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The aim of this study was to determine the satisfaction with nursing care among patients diagnosed with Covid-19 and related factors. Materials and Methods. The study was conducted between June and July 2020. The population of the study consisted of 102 patients treated in the Covid-19 clinics of the University Teaching and Research Hospital. The data were collected using the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Care Scale with a total of 19 items, and the Patient Description Form designed to record the sociodemographic characteristics and medical histories. The data were evaluated using the program package IBM SPSS 20.0. To test the significance of the difference between two independent groups, the Student’s t-test was used, and the one-way ANOVA was used to test the significance of the difference between more than two groups. Results. The results showed that most patients were satisfied with nursing care. A higher level of satisfaction was seen in patients treated in the Covid-19 intensive care units, those with chronic conditions, and those who received information about their health state from nurses. Patients’ family type, sharing fears and worries with nurses, getting information from nurses and the quality of nursing care were the variables significantly associated with patient satisfaction with nursing care. Conclusions. Satisfaction with nursing care among Covid-19 patients was moderate. When nurses use effective communication skills to meet patients’ care needs, provide patients with adequate information, allow them to express their feelings, and keep them safe, this will further enhance patient satisfaction.

Aim: This study aims to examine the attitudes of nursing students towards information and communication technologies.  Method: The sample group of this descriptive research consists of 298 students, who voluntarily participated in the research from the Department of Nursing of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Sakarya University in 2016-2017 academic year. . The data were collected by using "Student Description Form" and "Scale of Attitudes Towards Information and Communication Technologies". The data has been analyzed by using their frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation together with Mann Whitney-U test and Kruskal Wallis test.Results: Average of the total scores of Scale of Attitudes Towards Information and Communication Technologies has been determined as 82.04±13.00. When the subscale scores have been examined, the tendency of general information and communication technology is determined as 23.65 ± 4.01, accessing information in the virtual environment as 19.98 ± 3.17, the computer hardware as 10.00 ± 4.97, the use of software as 17.91 ± 3.73 and the communication in the virtual environment as 10.47 ± 2.63. A significant difference has been found at the total score averages of the Scale of Attitudes Towards Information and Communication, according to the grade of the students, having a personal computer and the use of Internet mail (p <0.05). Besides, it was found that the information and communication technologies attitudes were not affected by the variables such as age, school that they were graduated, mother and father education status, income level, mother and father employment status, place of residence, using the internet for research, entertainment and communication purposes (p>0.05).Conclusion: Nursing students' attitudes towards information and communication technologies have been found to be positive.Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetAmaç: Bu çalışmada, hemşirelik öğrencilerinin bilgi ve iletişim teknolojilerine yönelik tutumlarının incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı tipte yürütülen bu araştırmanın örneklemini Sakarya Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi’nde 2016-2017 Eğitim-Öğretim yılında öğrenim gören ve araştırmaya katılmaya gönüllü 298 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. “Öğrenci Tanıtım Formu” ve “Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojilerine (BİT) Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği” kullanılarak veriler toplanmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde frekans, yüzde, aritmetik ortalama ve standart sapma ile Mann Whitney-U testi ve Kruskal Wallis testi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Ölçekten elde edilen toplam puan ortalaması 82.04±13.00, alt boyutlara ilişkin puanlar sırasıyla genel BİT  eğilimi: 23.65±4.01, sanal ortamda bilgiye erişim: 19.98±3.17, bilgisayar donanımı: 10.00±4.97, yazılım kullanımı: 17.91±3.73 ve sanal ortamda iletişim:10.47±2.63 olarak saptanmıştır.Öğrencilerin bilgi ve iletişim teknolojileri tutumları ile sınıf düzeyi, interneti mail amaçlı kullanma ve kişisel bilgisayara sahip olma durumu arasında anlamlı fark saptanmıştır (p<0.05). Bunun yanında BİT tutumlarının yaş, mezun olunan lise, anne ve baba eğitim durumu, gelir durumu, anne ve baba çalışma durumu, yaşanılan yer, interneti araştırma, eğlence ve iletişim amaçlı kullanma durumu gibi değişkenlerden etkilenmediği saptanmıştır  (p>0.05).Sonuç: Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin bilgi ve iletişim teknolojilerine yönelik tutumlarının olumlu olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Aim:This research aims to reveal the reflections of ethics education given to nursing students in undergraduate education on clinical practices. Method: A focus group interview from qualitative methods was held to obtain and interpret information regarding the reflections of ethics courses. Fifteenvolunteernursing students studyingatthe faculty of health sciences ofa public university in Turkey were included in the research. For the data analysis, the method used to code and categorizefocus group data were adapted from approaches to qualitative data analysis. Results: Six main themes emerged from the data: (1) opinions about ethics courses; (2) ethical issues; (3) the factors that cause ethical issues; (4) the effects of ethics courses on the approach towards ethical problems; (5)contradictory situations between the ethics course and clinical practices; (6) recommendationsabout the ethics course and educators. Conclusion:According to the data obtained in this study, the researcher concluded that the lecturers and teaching methods used are important in ethics education in nursing. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 21 No. 04 October’22 Page : 711-718