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.

The relationship between caregiver burden and anger level of informal caregivers of patients in palliative care centre.

BACKGROUND: Palliative care is a comprehensive service that includes not only the patient but also the caregivers. AIMS: This research was carried out to determine the relationship and factors affecting the burden and anger level of informal caregivers of patients. METHODS: This descriptive study was conducted with caregivers (n=206) of patients hospitalised in two Palliative Care Centers in Ordu, Türkiye. FINDINGS: In the research, it was determined that there was a statistically significant relationship between the burden of caregivers and the trait anger level, anger-in, anger-out sub-dimension scores of The Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale, but a negative relationship was found between the burden of caregivers and anger control sub-dimension scores of The Trait Anger and Anger Expression Scale. CONCLUSIONS: The burden of a caregiving process has a positive impact on the trait anger level, anger-in, anger-out but has a negative impact on anger control. Nurses should monitor a caregiver's level of anger and burden and develop programmes required to decrease the caregiver's anger level and burden.