This study was conducted between August 15 and September 20, 2013, to determine the effects of workload and working conditions on operating room (OR) nurses and technicians. The study sample included 74 OR nurses and technicians working in a private university's six hospitals. The Individual Workload Perception Scale and a questionnaire that collected data on risk and environmental factors were used. The mean age of study participants was 29.3 ± 6.7 years, and 62.2% of the participants were female. More than 90% of the nurses and technicians had experienced spills or splashing of blood or other body fluids; anesthetic gases and radiation had affected 63.5% and 71.6% of nurses and technicians, respectively; 63.5% reported lumbar pain; and 46.6% defined the work environment as very stressful. The average workload scale score was 32.4 ± 6.2 (min = 11, max = 55). OR nurses and technicians are exposed to many occupational risks.

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Thermal comfort is an important component of any work setting and can be difficult to achieve in the complex OR environment. This comparative descriptive study sought to identify factors affecting the thermal comfort of perioperative personnel in the OR (N = 68). Researchers used the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air‐Conditioning Engineers Thermal Sensation Scale and researcher‐developed surveys to collect data. The mean reported thermal comfort level was −0.44 (standard deviation 1.3), which is within acceptable parameters. Factors affecting thermal comfort were gender, professional role, and wearing additional clothing. Additionally, participants who complained about temperature or ventilation were less likely to report thermal comfort levels in the normal range. Health care facility leaders should consider the comfort needs of perioperative personnel when making purchasing decisions about ventilation systems and surgical clothing; however, they also should consider other factors (eg, surgeon comfort, permeability of protective clothing to blood and other body fluids).

have been taken by central authorities and health units around the world. However, it has spread rapidly and caused more than 75 million diagnoses and 1.6 million deaths globally (2). It is known that healthcare professionals are at serious risk and are infected with Covid-19 14 times more than other segments of the ABSTRACT Purpose: To determine the effect of pandemic workload on depression, anxiety and stress levels in surgical and operating room nurses. Methods: study is planed a descriptive and cross-sectional . This study sample was 166 nurses (92% of all surgical nurses) working in surgical units a state hospital, all of whom agreed to participate in this study july 1, 2020.The data were collected by personal information form, the workload Questionnaire and the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale-21. Number, mean, SD, percentage calculations, t test, ANOVA test, the Spearman correlation test and multivariate linear regresyon were used for data analysis Results: The mean age of the nurses was 38.75±8.38 years, 86% were women, 78% were undergraduate, 63% chose their profession willingly, 64% reported high stress in the pandemic and 64.5% high workload. When nurses who chose voluntarily and nurses who do not voluntarily choose their profession were compared, a statistically highly significant difference was found between the mean workload scores. As a result of the variance analysis performed between the departments (operating room, surgical intensive care units, surgical clinics) and DASS-21 and the mean scores of all subdimensions and workload scales, the difference between the units was found to be statistically significant (p <.05). Conclusion:More attention should be paid to the mental health of surgical nurses after pandemics. It is necessary to reduce the workload in order to prevent post traumatic syndrome. Taking steps to make them psychologically strong will be effective in balancing their mental state.

A AB BS S T TR RA AC CT T O Ob b j je ec c t ti i v ve e: : We con duc ted a des crip ti ve study to de ter mi ne va ri o us vi o len ce forms with the ir im pacts on re gis te red fe ma le sex wor kers. M Ma a t te e r ri i a al l a an nd d M Me et t h ho od ds s: We sur ve yed 124 re gis tered fe ma le sex wor kers of a me an age of 41.6 ± 9.1 ye ars, at ob li ga tory pe ri o dic exa mi na ti on in the De part ments of Der ma to logy and Se xu ally Trans mit ted Di se a ses at An ka ra Met ro po li tan Mu ni cipa lity Hos pi tal. The re se arc hers de ve lo ped and va li da ted a qu es ti on na i re, ba sed on re le vant li te ratu re, and ad mi nis te red it to par ti ci pants vi a fa ce to fa ce sur ve ying ap pro ach. The qu es ti on na i re con ta i ned items both on the fe a tu res on so ci o-de mog rap hic and qu es ti ons on the le vels of psycholo gi cal, physi cal, se xu al, fi nan ci al and pub lic vi o len ce among fe ma le sex wor kers. R Re e s su ul lt ts s: : The most com mon vi o len ce types we re psycho lo gi cal (in sul ting), physi cal (slap ping/punc hing), pub lic (so cial iso la ti on), se xu al (for ced un pro tec ted in ter co ur se) and fi nan ci al (con fis ca ti on of the ear nings). The ma in per pet ra tors of vi o len ce we re mostly cli ents, re la ti ves, and pimps. C Co on nc cl lu us si io on n: : Fe ma le sex wor kers se e med to be ex po sed to all kinds of vi o len ce. Vi o len ce af fec ted wo men's li fe by des tructi on of self res pect, da ma ged self-es te em, thre a te ned the sa fety of them sel ves and fa mily mem bers, abo lis hed/as si mi la ted the ir sa fety, eco no mic in de pen den ce and in di vi du al fre e dom, and dis tur bed so ci al as pect of the ir li ves.K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Sex workers; violence Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Araş tır ma ti ca ri seks iş çi le ri üze ri ne çe şit li şid det form la rı nı ve et ki le ri ni be lir le mek ama cıy la ta nım la yı cı ola rak ya pıl mış tır. G Ge e r re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön n t te em m l le er r: : Yaş or ta la ma la rı 41.6 ± 9.1 olan 124 ti ca ri seks iş çi si ile An ka ra Be le di ye Has ta ne si Cilt Has ta lık la rı ve Cin sel Yol la Bu la şan Has ta lık lar bö lü mün de zo run lu pe ri yo dik mu a ye ne le ri sı ra sın da gö rü şül müş tür. İlgi li li te ra tu re da ya na rak araş -tır ma cı lar ta ra fın dan ge çer li li ği ça lı şıl mış olan bir an ket for mu yüz yü ze gö rüş me yön tem le ka tı -lım cı la ra uy gu lan mış tır. An ket for mu sos yo de mog ra fik özel lik le ri ve seks ça lı şan la rı ara sın da psi ko lo jik, fi zik sel, sek sü el, fi nan sal ve top lum sal şid det dü zey le ri ni de ğer len di ren so ru la rı içer-mek te dir. S So o n nu uç ç l la ar r: : Seks ça lı şa nı ka dın la rı en çok kar şı laş tık la rı şid det tip le ri psi ko lo jik (ha ka ret), fi zik sel (to kat la ma/yum ruk la ma), top lum sal (sos yal izo las yon), sek sü el (zor la ko run ma sız cin sel ili-ş ki) ve fi nan sal (ka zan ca zor la el koy ma) şid det tir. En sık ola rak göz le nen şid det uy gu ...