No abstract

Objective: University studentship and the university life itself have the potential to create worry and stress. Nursing education is a hard and stressful process. The purpose of this study is to identify nursing students' ways of coping with stress. Methods: The study was designed as a descriptive and cross-sectional. Target population of this study was all the students who were enrolled in a nursing school of a university located in Turkey. The data were collected "Personal Information Form", developed by the researchers in light of the related literature, with a view to identifying socio-demographic features of the participants and "Ways of Coping Questionnaire" with a view to finding out the ways of coping with stress. Results: The participants of the study were 467 students. An evaluation of the WoCQ sub-scale mean scores of the nursing students in the present study showed that they got 21.15 ± 3.92 from the self-confident style, 14.03 ± 2.87 from the optimistic style, and 12.04 ± 2.97 from the seeking social support. An evaluation of the WoCQ sub-scale mean scores of the nursing students according to grade level shows that first graders got 12.13 ± 2.19 from the submissive style (p = .037), who were pleased with the school tended to be more self-confident and who could not communicate with the opposite sex tended to have a more helpless style (p = .004) in coping with stress. Conclusions: Results of the present study indicate that various factors play a role in nursing students' ways of coping with stress and they seem to cope with stress effectively.

Purpose This study was conducted to determine death anxiety levels in nurses and to examine its effect on their approach to dying patients. Design and methods The study was conducted with 240 nurses. Study data were collected by Personal Information Form, Thorson–Powell Death Anxiety Scale, and Approach to Death and Dying Patients Attitude Scale. Findings According to the total scores of the nurses included in the study, it was determined that they experienced mild death anxiety and exhibited a moderate attitude of avoidance towards death and dying patients. Conclusion This study showed that as the death anxiety of nurses increased, their avoidance attitudes towards dying patients decreased.

No abstract

Without applying any further criteria, the whole population was included in the study. The sample consisted of 789 students (59.3%). "Personal Information Form" and "Violence Tendency Scale (VTS)" were used as data collection tools. Results: Mean age of the students was20.58±1.88 and 68.9% of them were female. VTS average score for the participants was 38.79±9.32 and according to the scale 71.1% have "Low" level of tendency to violence. Statistically significant correlations were found between students' average scores for VTS and their year at the university, their gender, smoking and alcohol consumption, history of inflicting violence on themselves or others and being subject to violence. Conclusion: The study indicated that nursing students' tendency to violence is low and the students who have experiences of inflicting violence on themselves or others or have been exposed to violence before have higher tendency to violence when compared with the students who do not have such experiences. Amaç: Bu araştırma, hemşirelik öğrencilerinin şiddet eğilimlerinin belirlenmesi amacı ile yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel olarak yapılan araştırmanın evrenini, Çukurova Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Hemşirelik Bölümü'nde eğitim gören 1329 hemşirelik öğrencisi oluşturmuştur. Araştırmada örneklem seçimine gidilmemiş, evrenin tümü örnekleme alınmış olup araştırma çalışmaya katılmayı kabul eden 789 hemşirelik öğrencisi (katılım oranı %59.3) ile tamamlanmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri öğrencilerin sosyodemografik özelliklerinin ve şiddet deneyimlerine ilişkin özelliklerinin sorgulandığı "Kişisel Bilgi Formu" ve şiddet eğilimlerini değerlendiren "Şiddet Eğilim Ölçeği (ŞEÖ)" kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin yaş ortalamaları 20.58±1.88'dir ve %68.9'u kadındır. Öğrencilerin ŞEÖ puan ortalamaları 38.79±9.32 olup, ŞEÖ'ye göre %71.1'i "Az" şiddet eğilimi göstermektedir. Öğrencilerin ŞEÖ puan ortalamaları ile sınıfları, cinsiyetleri, sigara ve alkol kullanımları, daha önce kendine ve bir başkasına şiddet uygulama ve şiddete uğrama durumları ile ŞEÖ arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu saptanmıştır. Sonuç: Araştırma sonucunda hemşirelik öğrencilerinin şiddet eğilimlerinin düşük olduğu; daha önce kendine, başkalarına şiddet uygulama ve şiddete uğrama gibi deneyimleri olan öğrencilerin şiddet eğilimlerinin, şiddet deneyimi olmayanlara göre daha yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir.