Aim: This study was carried out to determine the relationship between alexithymia and empathy in nursing and midwifery students. Method: This descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study was performed 240 students who volunteered to participate in the study on the date during which data were collected studying at the nursing and midwifery department of the Faculty of Health Sciences of a state university during the 2016-2017 Spring Semester. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Basic Empathy Scale (BES) and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale . Frequency, percentage, mean, Mann-Whitney U test for binary groups, Kruskal-Wallis H Test and Spearman correlation analysis test for more than two groups were used in the evaluation of data. Findings: The average age of 240 students who participated in the study was 21.72±1.30 years, and 66.3% of them (n=159) were nursing students while 33.7% of them (n=81) were midwifery students. When the
Background and Aim There is usually a strong cultural taboo when breastfeeding overlaps with pregnancy. A lot of mothers cease breastfeeding their infants when they conceive again due to social pressure, professional advice, or their own beliefs. The present research aimed to reveal the attitudes of mothers who conceived again while breastfeeding their infants and their experiences in this process.MethodsThe data of the study, were collected between November 2018 and March 2019 in Sakarya University Education and Research Hospital, Sakarya. The study conducted in 40 women in whom lactation overlapped with pregnancy, and the face-to-face interview technique was employed for data collection. Data were collected using an information form containing information about the participants and a semi-structured interview form. The interviews conducted were then examined using the interpretative phenomenological analysis method, one of the qualitative research methods. The codes and themes were created using the NVIVO 9.0 program. In the report of this study, the Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist was utilized as a guide.ResultsThe mean age of the mothers is 26.70±4.58 (min: 20, max: 36), 62.5% (n=25) of the mothers were in the third trimester. While 5% of the mothers (n=2) continued breastfeeding during pregnancy, 95% (n=38) ceased breastfeeding at certain periods of pregnancy. It was observed that the mothers who conceived again during the lactation period considerably hesitated how to act about breastfeeding, they were significantly influenced by the people in their environment concerning how to overcome this, and they were often misguided.Conclusion There is obviously an urgent need for evidence-based studies on the subject. Studies to be carried out in this regard will increase the self-confidence of healthcare professionals and will enable them to perform effective training and counseling on the subject
This study was conducted to determine the relationship between self-handicapping and burnout of nursing students. In the study which was carried out descriptively, the population consisted of all students attending the nursing department of a state university during the first semester of the 2016-2017 academic year, and the sample group consisted of the students who were volunteer to participate (n=338) in the study on the date when the data were collected. The data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Self-Handicapping Scale (SHS) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). In evaluating the data, the number, percentage, mean and Spearman correlation analysis test were used. 47.3% (n=160) of 338 nursing students who participated in the study were 3rd-grade and 52.7% (n=178) were 4th-grade students and the average age was 21.30±1.15 years. 72.2% (n=244) of the students stated that their school success was at the medium level and 77.1% (n=259) stated that they were satisfied with their department. It was identified that there was a lowlevel positive significant correlation between emotional exhaustion and depersonalization in the subgroups of SHS and MBI (r=.351, p=.000; r=.316, p=.000, respectively). It was determined that the students sabotaging/restraining themselves experienced exhaustion more.
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