The prognostic and diagnostic value of plasma D-dimer levels in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia

The Difficulties Experienced by Surgical Nurses in Elderly Patient Care on Ageism: Descriptive Research

“…This situation negatively affects the nurses' behaviors in the elderly care process. 11 More than half of the surgical nurses indicated that they have a fear of dropping the patient. Wu et al stated that in most of the fall cases, standard measures were taken, but the fall occurred due to elderly patients standing up alone.…”

“…The first part of the questionnaire consists of 10 questions measuring descriptive characteristics of the participants such as age, gender, marital status, whether they have a child or not, educational status, family type, status of living with individuals aged 65 and over in the same household, years of work experience and the clinic worked in, and years of experience in surgical clinics. 7,11,13 The second part of the questionnaire consists of 4 sections and 32 sub-items that determine the difficulties the nurses may experience in the elderly care process. The distribution of the difficulties experienced by the nurses was obtained from their responses to the items related to difficulties caused by the nurses, the institution, the elderly patient and the surgical process.…”

“…8,9 Elderly Patient Related Difficulties: Elderly individuals experience communication difficulties with nurses due to their chronic conditions such as sensory losses like vision and hearing loss or insufficiency, hoarseness and speech and language disorders. 5,10,11 Behavioral changes such as aggressiveness and agitation after surgical intervention, gait disturbance due to chronic diseases, and rejection of interventions due to increased fear of death are other difficulties experienced by the nurse. 5,10 Surgical nurses should evaluate elderly patients in terms of symptoms of chronic illnesses and signs of complications that may develop during the surgery process.…”

Investigation of the Relationship Between the Nursing Department Students' Behaviors About Aging and Empathy Levels: Descriptive Cross-Sectional Research

“…yüzyılın önemli konuları arasında yer almakta ve yaşlılık döneminde ortaya çıkan biyopsikososyal sorunlar da yaşlı bireylerin "bakım bağımlılık" düzeylerini etkilemektedir. [5][6][7][8] Hemşireler ise yaşlı bireylerin bakım sürecinde, yaşlılığa yönelik gereksinimleri belirleyen, bakım sürecini uygulayan ve yöneten aktif sağlık profesyonelleridir. 3,5,6 Yaşlı bireylere sağlanan bakımın kalitesinde hemşireler oldukça önemli bir role sahiptir.…”

“…[5][6][7][8] Hemşireler ise yaşlı bireylerin bakım sürecinde, yaşlılığa yönelik gereksinimleri belirleyen, bakım sürecini uygulayan ve yöneten aktif sağlık profesyonelleridir. 3,5,6 Yaşlı bireylere sağlanan bakımın kalitesinde hemşireler oldukça önemli bir role sahiptir. 7,8 Geleceğin hemşireleri olan hemşirelik bölümü öğrencileri ise bakım ve tedavi sürecinde sağlık ekibi içerisinde ön saflarda yer alacak ve yaşlı bireylerin bakım ihtiyaçlarını karşılayacak olmaları nedeniyle önemli bir popülasyonu oluşturmaktadırlar.…”