This descriptive, cross-sectional study in hospital ORs in İzmir, Turkey, assessed the environmental and physical ergonomic conditions that may place perioperative personnel at risk for injury or illness. We used an ergonomic conditions and risk factor description form to collect data in 58 ORs in nine different hospitals. We identified that the noise level and general air quality in the ORs were within recommended levels. However, none of the ORs had a surgical smoke evacuation system, pressure-absorbing mats, or special equipment to facilitate patient moving and lifting. Approximately 70% of the ORs had high stools to provide short periods of rest for the surgical personnel. In addition, perioperative personnel did not wear protection to prevent intraoperative radiation exposure. These results indicate that although some environmental factors were within acceptable limits, other physical ergonomic risks were not adequately addressed, thereby placing perioperative staff members at risk for health concerns.
This study examined the effect of Web-based preoperative and postoperative patient care education among undergraduate nursing students. This was an experimental, randomized controlled study. The study included 305 nursing students (experimental group: n = 155, control group: n = 150), who were assessed with the following instruments: the Preoperative and Postoperative Care Knowledge Test, Preoperative and Postoperative Care Skill Control List, Clinical Decision Making in Nursing Scale, and Nursing Student Clinical Performance Evaluation Scale. t Tests and χ 2 tests were used to evaluate the data. There was no statistically significant difference between the students' posttest knowledge levels, clinical performance assessment, or clinical decision-making scores. The experimental group was found to perform the skills of “check patient's documents and prophylactic antibiotics when going to surgery” (χ 2 = 4.88; P = .02), “controls the surgical safety checklist (before surgery) before going to surgery” (χ 2 = 10.41; P = .00), and “observes surgical site/dressing (χ 2 = 7.77; P = .00)” at a statistically significantly higher level. The education provided in the Web-based education was equivalent to that provided in traditional education. Thus, Web-based education appears to be a useful tool to educate student nurses in preoperative and postoperative patient care.
açısından yüksek riskli ve iyi yönetilmesi gereken kurumların başında gelmektedir. Hastanelerde de en riskli alanlar yoğun bakımlar ve ameliyathanelerdir. Salgının başlamasıyla birlikte cerrahi müdahale gerekli olan tüm hastalar, olası enfekte kabul edilerek hareket edilmelidir. Ameliyathanelerde cerrahi ekip (cerrah, hemşire, anestezist ve diğer yardımcı sağlık personeli) koordineli biçimde olası/kesin tanılı COVID-19 hastaların yönetiminde bulaş önlemlerini acilen hayata geçirmelidir. Önlemlerin amacı; olası/kesin tanılı COVID-19 hastalarının ameliyat sürecini kolaylaştırmak, sağlık çalışanlarına ve diğer hastalara yönelik viral bulaşma riskini azaltmaktır. Bu makalede, olası/kesin tanılı COVID-19 hastalarının ameliyat sürecinde alınması gereken önlemlere yönelik bir izolasyon ameliyathanesinin tanımlanması, iş akışı ve süreçlerinin belirlenmesi, personelin ve hastanın perioperatif dönem yönetimine ilişkin önlemler açıklanmıştır.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a peer learning on attitudes to organ donation and the rate of obtaining a donor card in university students. Method: This was a quasi-experimental study in a single group. Study was conducted between October-2017 and October-2019 from nursing (n=320) and the fine arts (n=160) students. Peer learning approach was applied as an intervention. Results: There was a statistically significant difference in the nursing faculty students’ positive attitudes to organ donation after peer learning. Also, there was a statistically significant difference in the second-year nursing students’ negative attitudes to organ donation after peer learning. The difference in the number of the nursing students having a donor card after peer learning was highly significant. There was not a statistically significant difference in the fine art students’ positive attitudes to organ donation and having a donor card after peer learning. Conclusions: It is recommended that private and social issues such as organ donation be taught to students in the higher education curriculum with the peer learning approach.
The aim of the study is to determine the awareness of the Turkish society in COVID-19, and determine the anxiety stress levels. Research two months after the start of the outbreak in Turkey has reached 2163 individuals completed the online platform. The Integrated Anxiety Stress Scale significantly changed according to age, gender, marital status and working status after the pandemic. According to the results of multiple binary logistic regression analysis, individuals aged 50 and over, female gender, being single and not working after the pandemic for anxiety; female gender, being married, and post-pandemic study were found to be risk factors for Covid awareness. It is recommended that epidemic awareness studies and information sharing on controlled healing measures are planned considering the anxiety levels.
Aim: To examine the effect of self-efficacy and selected factors on quality of life after bariatric surgery. Method: The research is descriptive and relationship seeking. The research sample consisted of 103 patients who underwent bariatric surgery. Data were collected between September 2018 and July 2019 using the sociodemographic characteristics form, the Effect of Weight on Quality of Life Scale and the Self-Efficacy Scale. Results: The mean age of the patients was 33.70 ± 8.13, and the time elapsed after surgery was 9.64 ± 5.22 months. Sleeve gastrectomy was performed for all patients. The effect of weight on the quality of life scale total mean score of the patients 75.12 ± 20.14; The total score average of the Self-Efficacy Scale was 51.25 ± 6.57. When the factors affecting the patients' quality of life were examined, the model was found to be significant. The variables included in the model explain 52% of the patients' quality of life. It was found that the elapsed time after the operation (: -0.653, p = 0.000) significantly and negatively predicted the quality of life. Conclusion: The patients' quality of life was found to be moderate and their self-efficacy to be low. It was found that self-efficacy had no effect on quality of life in patients. It was found that the quality of life of the patients decreased as the time elapsed after bariatric surgery increased. It is recommended that nurses and team members follow up patients for long periods after surgery in order to increase the quality of life after surgery.
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