Is there a relationship between nursing students' perceptions of dishonesty and attitudes towards medical errors?

BACKGROUND: Understanding nursing students' perceptions of dishonesty and their attitudes towards medical errors is crucial for nurse educators. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine the relationship between nursing students' perceptions of dishonesty and their attitudes towards medical errors. DESIGN: This study is descriptive and correlational research. The sample size consisted of 230 nursing students in a Department of Nursing at Kirsehir Ahi Evran University Faculty of Health Sciences in Turkey during the 2022-2023 academic year. The data was collected between May 15-31, 2023. RESULTS: A statistically significant correlation was observed between the total score of the Nursing Student Perceptions of Dishonesty Scale, and the Medical Errors Attitude Scale (p < 0.05). There was a positive and weak correlation between the MEAS scale score and the cheating (r = 0.284, p < 0.05), sabotage (r = 0.275, p < 0.05), perjury (r = 0.308, p < 0.05), non-compliance (r = 0.309, p < 0.05), and stealing (r = 0.359, p < 0.05) sub dimension score, and a positive and very weak correlation between the MEAS score and the sub dimension of not my problem score (r = 0.182, p < 0.05). The perceptions of dishonesty explain 15 % of the attitude towards medical errors (F = 4.563, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, a significant relationship was observed between nursing students' perceptions of dishonesty and their attitudes towards medical errors. Specifically, as the perception of dishonesty increased, there was a positive change in attitudes towards medical errors. These results offer nurse educators valuable insights into the impact of academic dishonesty on the development of medical error attitudes among student nurses throughout their nursing education and beyond.

Failure to thrive among asylum-seeking children: A descriptive study from Turkey.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to determine failure to thrive among asylum-seeking children. DESIGN: The study was a descriptive study. SAMPLE: The sample of the study comprised of 187 children who were registered in an Afghan Association. The power of the study was found to be 97% at 0.5% (moderate) effect size and 95% confidence level. MEASUREMENTS: The data was collected between November 8, 2021 and January 10, 2022 using a sociodemographic form and the children's anthropometric measurement. RESULTS: 57.2% of children were male and 44.9% were 6-12 years old. It was determined that female and male infants less than 1 year of age were underweight (z-score = -2) and male infants were stunting (z-score ≤-1). CONCLUSIONS: Childhood growth and development problems are significant issues among asylum-seeking families. Public health nurses need to develop their roles in organizing the healthcare service for vulnerable and underrepresented groups.

Breastfeeding within the circle of motherhood, restriction, and patriarchy: A qualitative study.

Our purpose in the present study is to analyze the opinions of women regarding the factors that support and hinder their breastfeeding. This is a phenomenological and qualitative study. The present study included 32 breastfeeding women who live in different provinces in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. The data were collected using a semi-structured interview form and were evaluated using the content analysis method. Three themes and ten sub-themes about women's experience on breastfeeding their babies and factors affecting their breastfeeding were found. The themes identified were: motherhood, restriction, patriarchy.Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2021.1935958 .

Predictors of eHealth literacy in pregnant women: A structural equation model analysis.

OBJECTIVE: To develop and evaluate a theoretical model to explain the relationships between eHealth literacy and perception of health, and perception of pregnancy risk in pregnant women. METHOD: This cross-sectional study was carried out with 238 pregnant women in one of the hospitals in Turkey between March 15, 2021 and May 15, 2021. Data were collected using an Information Form, eHealth Literacy Scale, Perception of Health Scale, and Perception of Pregnancy Risk Questionnaire. RESULTS: The mean scores of the pregnant women participating in the study on eHealth literacy and perception of health were 30.45 ± 6.56 and 51.42 ± 6.91, respectively and their mean score on perception of pregnancy risk was 42.6 ± 29.38. The direct effect of the eHealth Literacy Scale on the "Risk for Baby" subscale of the Perception of Pregnancy Risk Questionnaire was insignificant whereas the scale's effect became significant with the Perception of Health Scale (ß = -0.006; 0.057). CONCLUSION: To reduce the perception of risk in pregnant women, it is important to improve not only their eHealth literacy but also their knowledge and attitudes about being healthy.

Smartphone addiction and perceived pain among nursing students: a cross-sectional study.

This study investigates smartphone addiction among nursing students, the levels of perceived pain in the upper extremity, and the relationship between them. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 259 nursing students in a Turkish state university, who agreed to participate in the research. Study data were collected online using the introductory questionnaire, smartphone addiction scale-short version (SAS-SV), and numeric rating scale (NRS). The data were evaluated by descriptive statistics and simple linear regression analysis. The SAS-SV score of students included in the study was 25.71 ± 7.49. It was determined that all of the students experienced burning in the ears, pinkie, elbow, shoulder, wrist, eye, hand and neck pain due to telephone use. In the study, it was determined that the SAS-SV scores of the students were found to be higher 7.4 times in those with the highest level of headache; 6.8 times in those with the highest level of ear pain; 8.4 times in those with the highest level of shoulder pain; 8.2 times in those with the highest level of low back pain. The study established that students were experiencing a low level of smartphone addiction; however, various health and social problems associated with phone use and smartphone addiction caused pain in certain extremities.

Food Insecurity and Affecting Factors in Households With Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of food insecurity and affecting factors in households with children in Turkey during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study. The participants were recruited by the snowball sampling method, and the data were collected by means of a link sent to their smartphones through their social media accounts. This study included 211 households with at least 1 child. RESULTS: The study revealed that 21.8% households had food insecurity that was not at the hunger threshold. The monthly income of 80.6% of the households was below the poverty line and monthly income decreased in more than half of the households during the pandemic. Food insecurity increased 2.5 times when the households comprised workers or self-employed individuals (odds ratio [OR] = 2.529; P = 0.002), increased 3 times when the monthly income of the households decreased (OR = 3.131; P = 0.000), and increased 2 times when total monthly income of the household fell below poverty line during the pandemic (OR = 2.001; P = 0.049). CONCLUSIONS: It is determined that nearly half the households have food insecurity and that the pandemic poses a risk in terms of food security. We recommend that public health studies should be planned to ensure accessibility to healthy foods.

Is there a relationship between nursing students' smartphone use, their fear of missing out and their care-related behaviour?

AIM: This study aims to determine the relationship between smartphone use among intern nursing students, fear of missing out and their care-related behaviour. BACKGROUND: Today, smartphone use is common and fear of missing out is a prominent issue in our society; this behaviour and issue are linked and may lead to adverse consequences. DESIGN: The study is conducted as a cross-sectional design. METHODS: The target population in this research consists of senior nursing students (n = 101). There was no sampling selection and the study was completed with 97 students who agreed to participate in the research. Data were collected with introductory questionnaire forms, the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS), the Fear of Missing Out Scale (FoMOs) and the Caring Assessment Questionnaire (Care-Q). The valid and reliable SAS, FoMOs and Care-Q were transformed into online forms and the link was distributed to the participants via online Google forms. RESULTS: Based on the results of the study, the mean scores were 83.30 ±â€¯2.21 of SAS, 21.56 ±â€¯6.42 for FOMOs and 5.54 ±â€¯0.87 for Care-Q scale. There were statistically significant differences between gender and Care-Q score and between the duration of smartphone use, daily smartphone usage time and SAS score (p < 0.05). There was a weak positive relationship between SAS and FoMOs scale scores, along with a weak negative relationship between the accessibility and comfort sub-dimensions of the SAS and Care-Q scale. Also, the SAS score explains 0.4% of the comfort subscale of the Care-Q scale (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Further research focusing on nursing students is recommended to identify potential adverse effects created by the use of smartphones and the fear of missing out. In addition, educators are recommended to develop guidelines and prepare new policies for smartphone use to minimise the potential negative effects of smartphone use and fear of missing out on student care behaviour.

Pro-abortion attitude with context of traditional and professional identity dilemma.

BACKGROUND: Nurses are in a key position for reproduction health service delivery. Therefore, it is thought that it would be important to inspect opinions of student nurses, who will be health employees in the future, about self-induced abortion to develop women health and public health. OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study is to inspect opinions of nursing students with different sociocultural specialties, about self-induced abortions. RESEARCH DESIGN: It is qualitative type and planned with ethnographic research pattern. PARTICIPANTS AND RESEARCH CONTEXT: The study was conducted with 20 last-term students of Kirsehir Ahi Evran University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, who were chosen by maximum diversity sampling technique. Interviews were made with semi-structured interview form and voice records during the study; data were analyzed with content analyzing method. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS: Permission from the organization, university ethics committee, and personal approvals were taken from participants to conduct the research. FINDINGS: Based on the analysis, two major themes on self-induced abortion in Turkish nursing students were found: dilemma of traditional perspective and professional identity and occupational awareness. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: It is seen that there is a dilemma between traditional point of view and professional identities about self-induced abortion for nursing students, but they had occupational awareness. It should be recommended to give information about national and international licit legislations for reproductive health, self-induced abortion, and setting up ethical discussion environments for nursing students.

The Effect of Care Provided at Home by Public Health Nurse on Control of Type II Diabetes Mellitus.

AIM: The aim of the study was to examine the effect of home care provided for patients with type II diabetes by public health nurse on HbA1c, and to investigate the opinions of these patients regarding diabetes. METHOD: The quantitative aspect of the study consisted of a pre and posttest with the control group; the qualitative aspect consisted of a semi-structured interviewing technique. The sample size was 48 patients receiving treatment within the clinic of hospital during 11th-30th April 2016. Because some patients were excluded from the study, the research was completed with a sample size of 20 for the experiment and 20 for the control group. The following forms were used during data: Pre and post measurement and qualitative interview forms. A total of seven home visits were conducted for the experiment group and two home visits for the control group, during 2nd May to 27th October, 2016. RESULTS: HbA1c decreased by 0.75% in the experiment group (p<0.05). It was found that faulty usage of insulin was treated; all patients developed the habit of tracking blood glucose. Blood glucose of three patients continued to remain at high levels, and most of the patients failed to develop healthy eating habits and regular exercising. CONCLUSION: According to these results, it is advised that long-term interventions be planned with the contributions of other experts.