Purpose The attitudes of healthcare workers toward COVID‐19 vaccines ensure that health services are able to run without interruption and potentially have a role in the messaging about vaccination that they convey to the public. Hence, healthcare workers’ attitudes ultimately have a significant role in controlling the pandemic. This study aimed to qualitatively investigate the attitudes of healthcare workers in Turkey in relation to COVID‐19 vaccines. Methods The study used the phenomenological approach. The sample consisted of 36 healthcare workers who were employed during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Data were collected online using focus group interviews. A total of four focus group interviews were conducted. Findings Following analysis of the data, the attitudes of healthcare workers in Turkey toward the COVID‐19 vaccine were divided into three themes: “influencing factors,” “priority group” and “trust.” Conclusions Vaccination was found to create negative emotions among some of the healthcare workers. Their opinions about the COVID‐19 vaccines were affected by the negative emotions and burnout they experienced during the pandemic. In addition, they saw the vaccination process as impacted by contraindications and uncertainty about the duration of the protection, the balance of the benefits and harm of the vaccines, and by vaccine myths and prejudices about the country where the vaccine was developed. Healthcare professionals expressed the need for trust to be established in the whole vaccination process. They suggested that different vaccine options should be offered, that the appointment and process notification system for vaccination should be improved, that evidence‐based information about vaccines should be provided and that a safe environment should be created. Practice Implications Vaccine hesitancy can be addressed by careful attention to the application of vaccination programs, correct and effective use of social media, transparent, and precise management of political processes, and the provision of evidence‐based information about the vaccines.
This study was carried out in order to find out the opinions of nursing and midwifery students about their professions. This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted on Health School students at Yuzuncu Yil University in 2014-2015 spring term. 473 voluntary students were included in the study (except the cases of absence, suspension of registration and non-voluntary students). The data were collected by the question form prepared by the researchers, and were evaluated in SPSS software with the application of percentage and chi-squared tests. It was found that the majority of our students have chosen the profession due to the ease in finding a job. It was also found that half of our students had a desire to change their professions. On the other hand, the ones who made their career choice in the light of strong reasons did not have such intentions. While most of our students (9 2.8%) knew their profession was taking major roles in treatment and aftercare periods, a significant proportion (42.5%) did not consider their professional status positively, and almost half of them (43.6%) stated that they believed their profession was no t wellknown enough. Students stated that the education of nursing and midwifery needed to be given at the bachelor level (84.4%) and would like to specialize in branches of their profession. Students (87.9%) also were evaluated the participation of males to the profession positively. In the 21 st century, employment is a major reason for profession selection and our students seem to have made their choice in accordance with this reality. It was determined that our students were aware of the responsibilities of their profession, but were affected by the negative public image of their professions.
The infestation rates observed and the evaluation of the questionnaire showed that there is a statistically significant relationships between pediculosis capitis and sex, level of family income, education level of the mother, number of baths taken per weekly, number of family members living in the same home, room number per capita, and hair length (p<0.001). However, there was no significant relationship between pediculosis capitis and cleaning materials used to wash the head (p>0.05).
GirişHemşireler ve ebeler, hasta bireyin ve ailesinin sürekli olarak iletişim içerisinde oldukları, her türlü problemlerinde ilk başvurdukları ve bu görevleri nedeniyle sağlık ekibi içerisinde önemli rollere sahip sağlık çalışanlarıdır. Hemşirelik ve ebelik gibi meslek grupları, çalışma ortamından kaynaklanan pek çok olumsuz faktörün etkisiyle yoğun iş yüküne sahip stresli meslekler olarak kabul edilmektedir. Olumsuz fiziki ortam, etik olmayan çalışma şekli ve çalışma ortamında yaşadıkları sorunlar, hemşireleri ve ebeleri fiziksel, ruhsal ve sosyal açıdan olumsuz yönde etkilemekte ve yaşanan bu sorunlar hizmet kalitesini etkileyerek verimin azalmasına neden olmaktadır (1,2). Son yıllarda ülkemizde ve yurt dışında sağlık kurumlarında ebe ve hemşire sayısının yetersizliği, aşırı iş yükü, vardiyalı çalışma sistemi, terfi, yükselme ve ücret olanaklarının yetersizliği, rol ve Sonuç: Ebe ve hemşirelerin büyük bir çoğunluğunun işinden memnun olmadığı sonucuna varılmıştır. Bu verilere dayanarak iş ortamında çalışanların iş yükünün fazla olmasının stres kaynağı oluşturacağı, yaşam kalitesini ve iş verimini olumsuz etkileyeceği, bu nedenle çalışma saatlerinin azaltılması ve her birimde yeterli sayıda ebe ve hemşire çalıştırılması gerektiği kanaatine varıldı.Anahtar Kelimeler: Ebe, hemşire, iş memnuniyeti ABSTRACT Objective: This study was conducted to determine job satisfaction levels of nurses and midwives working in hospitals and family health centers in Van. Material and Method:This survey was conducted on a total of 596 nurses and midwives working in hospitals and family health centers in Van. A questionnaire of 27 questions was guestionered to participants with face-toface interview method in order to identify their sociodemographic properties and job satisfaction levels. The data was analyzed by SPSS (ver: 15) statistics software with ratio test and chi square test. Results:In the study, 278 of the 596 nurses and midwives (46.6%) were found to be satisfied with their jobs, while 161 (27%) were found to be partially satisfied and 157 (26.3%) to be unsatisfied. Conclusion:A significant amount of nurses and midwives were found to be unsatisfied with their jobs. Based on the findings, it was concluded that excessive workloads were acting as sources of stress, causing a drop in life standards and having a negative effect on productivity; and as such, a reduction on working hours and an increase in number of nurses and midwives on every medical unit was necessary.
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