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Aim To explain the feelings and experiences of nurses who survived COVID‐19 in their care and recovery processes, based on Watson's Theory of Human Care. Background The COVID 19 pandemic was an extraordinary time when nurses both took care of their patients and dealt with their illness by catching the disease themselves. In this process, nurses who contracted the disease experienced the fear of transmitting the disease to their relatives. Method Qualitative descriptive research design was used in this study. The sample consists of 15 nurses selected by the convenience sampling method and diagnosed with COVID‐19 and recovered. The data were collected in face‐to‐face interviews using the individual in‐depth interview method through a semi‐structured interview form. A thematic analysis was performed on the data according to the 10 carative factors of Watson's Theory of Human Caring. Results It was determined that the spiritual and professional difficulties experienced by nurses who recovered from COVID‐19 during the disease and symptom management process were the fear of death, infecting their family members and losing them, and the importance of life. Conclusion It is considered that care practices based on Watson's Theory of Human Caring will be beneficial in the management of these processes. Implications for Nursing Management Nurses diagnosed with COVID 19 should be supported by the nursing management during their illness so that their negative experiences will not be repeated. Watson's Theory of Human Caring can help eliminate this sense of fear and loss.

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Bu tanımlayıcı nitelikte araştırmada, hemşirelik öğrencilerinin öz-etkililik-yeterlik düzeyleri ile akademik başarıları arasındaki ilişki incelendi. Araştırmanın evrenini, Siirt Üniversitesi Sağlık Yüksekokulu Hemşirelik Bölümü öğrencileri (N=550) oluşturdu. Araştırma örneklemi, katılmayı kabul eden 342 öğrenci ile tamamlandı. Verilerin toplanmasında, birey tanıtıcı formu ve Öz-etkililik-yeterlik Ölçeği kullanıldı. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde tanımlayıcı istatistik, t testi, ANOVA ve Pearson korelasyon analizi kullanıldı. Araştırmada, öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 21.20±2.46 olduğu, %50'si kız olduğu, %36'sı I. sınıfta öğrenim gördüğü, %61.7'si hemşirelik mesleğini isteyerek seçtiği, %36'sı teorik derslerini yeterli bulmadığı, %74.6'sı uygulamalı dersleri yeterli bulmadığı, %45.9'u not ortalamasının 71-80 aralığında olduğu, %40.6'sı kendini kısmen başarılı bulduğu, %34.5'i çevresinin başarılarını etkilediğini, %58.8'i rahat, sakin disiplinli ve sorumluluk almayı sevmeyen kişilik yapısına sahip olduğu tespit edildi. Öz-etkililik-yeterlik toplam puan ortalaması 84.64±11.95 olarak tespit edilirken, Öz-etkililik-yeterlik ölçeği alt boyutlarında puan ortalamaları; davranışa başlamada 30.47±5.55, davranışı sürdürmede 26.07±4.58, davranışı tamamlamada 18.80±3.94, engellerle mücadelede 9.29±2.41 olarak saptandı. 2. sınıf öğrencilerinin Öz-etkililik-yeterlik toplam puan ortalamaları, diğer sınıftaki öğrencilerden daha yüksekti. Araştırmada öğrencilerin öz-etkililik-yeterlik düzeylerinin (Öz-etkililik-yeterlik toplam ve Engellerle Mücadele dışında) puan ortalaması, ortalamanın üzerinde olduğu tespit edildi. Öz-Etkililik-Yeterlik toplamı ve davranışı tamamlama alt boyut puanı ile derslerin not ortalaması arasında pozitif yönde bir ilişki olduğu saptandı.

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Covid-19 which emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019, is an infectious disease caused by coronavirus and causes serious respiratory infections. The Covid-19 disease was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020 due to its easy and rapid spread and affecting many countries globally. This rapid spread also increased the number of individuals infected with the virus worldwide. Unfortunately, deaths resulting from the disease cannot be prevented and the number of individuals who lost their lives continues to increase rapidly. Elective surgery of individuals who are infected or at risk can be postponed in pandemics with such a high rate of infectiousness and disease-related mortality. However, if the absence or postponement of the surgery is life-threatening, performing the surgery becomes inevitable. An individual infected or possibly infected with the Covid-19 virus may pose many risks during the surgical procedure, which requires taking some additional precautions before, during, and after surgery. In addition to the normal surgical process, perioperative nursing care should focus on some specific issues during the pandemic, which is improving the treatment success of the patients, improving the quality of the care, ensuring that the Covid-19 disease is overcome without complications, and preventing the transmission of the disease to other individuals. Thus, the perioperative nursing care of the Covid-19 patients with the possible or definitive diagnosis was discussed considering the available literature.

Nurses experience a great deal of stress in their work environment. This quantitative descriptive study was carried out to determine the anxiety levels and the moral sensitivity of nurses working in intensive care units. Data were collected with a personal information form, the Beck Anxiety Inventory and Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire. The data analyses were performed using descriptive statistics, independent group's t-test, the Mann-Whitney U test, the Kruskal-Wallis test and correlation analysis. It was determined that the nurses' average total Beck Anxiety Inventory score was 18.65±9.73, average total Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire score was 96.24±24.24. There was no relationship between anxiety and moral sensitivities of nurses (p>0.05). Research results showed that nurses had moderate levels of anxiety and moral sensitivity. With these results it may be recommended to increase in-service training to improve the moral sensitivity of intensive care nurses and to develop improvement policies to reduce their anxiety levels.