Assessing the virtual reality perspectives and self-directed learning skills of nursing students: A machine learning-enhanced approach.

AIM: This study aims to investigate nursing students' perspectives on virtual reality technologies and their self-directed learning skills, specifically focusing on how these variables interact and influence each other in the context of nursing education. We also discern potential disparities in these skills based on descriptive characteristics, using both traditional statistical and advanced machine learning approaches for a comprehensive analysis. BACKGROUND: Rapid developments in technology, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic, have brought virtual reality technologies to the forefront of nursing education. However, there is a gap in understanding how nursing students' perceptions of these technological relate to their development of self-directed learning skills. DESIGN: A descriptive and cross-sectional study design is employed to both quantify nursing students' perspectives on virtual reality in their education and assess their self-directed learning skills. This approach integrates traditional statistical methods with advanced machine learning techniques, with the intention of offering a comprehensive and nuanced analysis to inform future teaching strategies in nursing. METHODS: The study used a blend of survey scales and a tree-based machine learning model to measure and analyze nursing students' views, attitudes and self-directed learning levels. This dual approach allows for a more detailed assessment of the factors influencing self-directed learning abilities. Traditional statistical techniques were also applied to assess the reliability of the machine learning findings. RESULTS: Findings reveal that nursing students generally held positive views towards virtual reality technologies and exhibited a high level of self-directed learning skills. Notable differences in self-directed learning skills were influenced by gender on the overall scale (p <0.001), with male students scoring higher than their female counterparts in both specific sub-dimensions and on the overall scale, but not by academic year. The machine learning analysis provided deeper insights into these variations, highlighting subtle distinctions in student demographics that traditional statistical methods did not fully capture. CONCLUSIONS: The study offers valuable insights into interconnected nature of nursing students' views on virtual reality technologies and their self-directed learning skills. The results support the integration of virtual reality in nursing curriculum programs and underscore the importance of customizing teaching strategies based on insights gained from machine learning analyses. This approach has the potential to substantially improve both the learning experience and the overall quality of nursing education.

Perceptions of society regarding the concept of nurse: A metaphorical study.

INTRODUCTION: Metaphors are one of the most effective linguistic tools that are used to reveal how society describes nursing and what their vision of nursing is and to understand how effective the roles and responsibilities assumed by nurses in a multidisciplinary healthcare team are in protecting and maintaining the health of individuals, families, and society. AIM: The aim of this study was to reveal the perceptions of society about "nurses" through metaphors. METHODS: The study was planned with a mixed design involving qualitative and quantitative research methods. It was carried out with 810 people living in Turkey who were between the ages of 15 and 65 and voluntarily participated in the study. Each participant was asked to fill in the blanks in the sentence, "A nurse is like a/an………………because…………" The data were analyzed by using qualitative (content analysis) and quantitative (chi-squared) data analysis methods. RESULTS: It was determined that the participants produced 194 metaphors related to the concept of a "nurse." It was observed that they frequently used metaphors of "angel," "parent," "doctor's assistant/right hand," "lifesaver," and "confidant" regarding the concept of nurse and conceptualized a nurse as "Beneficial/Helpful/Healer/Facilitator." CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The results showed that the awareness and perception of society toward nurses should be improved on the basis of the opportunity created by the COVID-19 pandemic period, and the concepts should be introduced to younger generations in a wider framework under the leadership of nursing faculties.

Developing a valid and reliable Perceived Global Future Scale.

PURPOSE: To develop a valid and reliable data collection tool to define individuals' perceptions of the global future. DESIGN AND METHODS: This methodological study was carried out on 870 participants in Istanbul, a city with the country's highest and most diverse population. FINDINGS: Content validity, construct validity, item analyses, and stability of the draft tool were tested. The seven-factor scale structure was confirmed. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale was .93. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The Perceived Global Future Scale, consisting of 36 items and seven dimensions, was used. It is a valid and reliable tool to define perceptions of individuals on the global future.

Exposure to domestic violence in women living in Istanbul and Aegean regions: a Turkish sample.

Domestic violence (DV) is a serious public health problem in the world. DV against women is also a global problem without cultural, geographic, religious, social, economic or national boundaries. This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the situations of DV in women living in Istanbul and the Aegean Region in Turkey. The study population included outpatient clinics of state hospitals both regions. A stratified sampling by age was performed and 1100 women were included into the sample. Data were collected at face-to-face interviews with Domestic Violence Against Women Determination Scale. The mean age of the women living in Istanbul was 41.81 ± 9.75 years and Aegean Region was 33.72 ± 11.38 years. The prevalence of emotional and financial violence were higher in Istanbul and the Aegean Region. The women living in Istanbul got higher scores for Domestic Violence Against Women Determination Scale. The prevalence of the women reporting to suffer from violence from their spouses was 15.4% in Istanbul and 14% in the Aegean Region. While the prevalence of the women suffering from violence was higher in Istanbul, the women in Aegean Region suffered from more severe violence. The violence prevalence was lower among the wives and the husbands with high education levels, employed women and high-income families.

Exposure to domestic violence in women living in Istanbul and Aegean regions: a Turkish sample / Exposição à violência doméstica em mulheres que vivem em Istambul e nas regiões do Egeu: uma amostra turca

Abstract Domestic violence (DV) is a serious public health problem in the world. DV against women is also a global problem without cultural, geographic, religious, social, economic or national boundaries. This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the situations of DV in women living in Istanbul and the Aegean Region in Turkey. The study population included outpatient clinics of state hospitals both regions. A stratified sampling by age was performed and 1100 women were included into the sample. Data were collected at face-to-face interviews with Domestic Violence Against Women Determination Scale. The mean age of the women living in Istanbul was 41.81 ± 9.75 years and Aegean Region was 33.72 ± 11.38 years. The prevalence of emotional and financial violence were higher in Istanbul and the Aegean Region. The women living in Istanbul got higher scores for Domestic Violence Against Women Determination Scale. The prevalence of the women reporting to suffer from violence from their spouses was 15.4% in Istanbul and 14% in the Aegean Region. While the prevalence of the women suffering from violence was higher in Istanbul, the women in Aegean Region suffered from more severe violence. The violence prevalence was lower among the wives and the husbands with high education levels, employed women and high-income families.

Resumo A violência doméstica (VD) é um grave problema de saúde pública no mundo. VD contra as mulheres também é um problema global sem fronteiras culturais, geográficas, religiosas, sociais, econômicas ou nacionais. Este estudo descritivo transversal foi realizado para determinar as situações de VD em mulheres que vivem em Istambul e na região do Egeu, na Turquia. Foi realizada uma amostragem estratificada por idade e 1.100 mulheres foram incluídas na amostra. Os dados foram coletados em entrevistas presenciais com a Escala de Determinação de Violência Doméstica Contra a Mulher. A idade média das mulheres que vivem em Istambul foi de 41.81 ± 9.75 anos e a região do Egeu foi de 33.72 ± 11.38 anos. As prevalências de violência emocional e financeira foram maiores em Istambul e na região do Egeu. A pontuação na Escala de Determinação de Violência Doméstica Contra a Mulher foi mais elevada entre as mulheres que vivem em Istambul. A prevalência das mulheres que relatam sofrer violência de seus cônjuges foi de 15.4% em Istambul e 14% na região do Egeu. Embora a prevalência das mulheres que sofrem de violência tenha sido maior em Istambul, as da região do Egeu sofreram de violência mais grave. A prevalência da violência foi menor entre as esposas e os maridos com altos níveis de escolaridade, mulheres empregadas e famílias de alta renda.

Perceptions of Turkish health professional students toward the effects of the internet of things (IOT) technology in the future.

AIM: The aim of this study is to determine the perceptions of Turkish health professional students toward the effects of IoT technology. BACKGROUND: The twenty-first century has a potential for social, cultural, economic and even political changes due to technological developments. Students should be aware of new technological trends that will influence their profession in the future to be ready for them. DESIGN: A descriptive and cross-sectional study. SETTINGS: At two well-established universities (a public and a private university) in a metropolitan city in Turkey with a total of 473 students. METHODS: The study was carried out using an information form and a foresight questionnaire for IoT developed by the researchers. The data were analyzed using parametric tests with SPSS. RESULTS: Of the participants, 70.8% were female, 81.6% were studying at a public university, 61.3% were senior nursing students, and 38.7% were senior medical students. A majority of the students stated that the IoT technology will affect future medical and nursing practices. The nursing students obtained the highest mean score on the item "Basic physical measurements such as blood sugar, heart rate and ECGs will be easier using IoT technology" (7.36 ±â€¯2.27), and the lowest mean score (5.36 ±â€¯2.82) on the item "Robot physicians and nurses developed through IoT technology will provide patient healthcare in the future". The nursing and medical students' opinions regarding the future of IoT technology focused on the issues such as smart vital follow-up of patients, mobile health, patient data security, biomedical applications, wearable technologies, and nursing practices in chronic diseases and home care. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study indicated that IoT technology should be involved in nursing and medical education, and further studies should be conducted to integrate technological trends into healthcare and nursing practices. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE AND HEALTH POLICIES: The future of IoT technology will focus on subjects such as vital follow-up of patients, monitoring patients with wearable technologies, and nursing practices in chronic diseases and home care. Competency in IoT technology should be included as a requirement in healthcare faculties' professional development policies and programs.

The relationship between critical thinking and emotional intelligence in nursing students: A longitudinal study.

BACKGROUND: Emotional Intelligence and critical thinking are regarded as important traits that nurses have which may influence the quality of their work including clinical decision-making and reasoning ability and adoption of evidence-based practice and practice-based knowledge. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to investigate nursing students' critical thinking dispositions and emotional intelligence as an essential skill, over the course of the undergraduate nursing program. DESIGN: A longitudinal design. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The research study was conducted as a longitudinal design. The target group of this study consists of 182 students studying at the faculty of nursing. Asymmetrical cluster sampling method has been applied to select the sample group and all students in their first academic year were included in the study. METHOD: Information Form, California Critical Thinking Disposition Scale and Emotional Intelligence Assessment Scale were used in order to collect data. The data was analyzed by using frequency, standard deviation, Kruskal Wallis and Bonferroni test. RESULTS: There was no relationship between sub-dimensions of emotional intelligence respectively; awareness of emotions, empathy, social skills in the first academic year and critical thinking disposition and the end of academic year. A moderate correlation was found in the positive direction between the self-motivation at the beginning of the academic year and critical thinking disposition at the end of the final academic year. CONCLUSION: It is recommended that the nursing scholarship investigates the current issues on the subjects of emotional intelligence and critical thinking in detail, discuss different aspects of the subjects and debate over the criticisms. Briefly, the discussion should go beyond the scope of nursing and include different aspects.

Developing critical thinking disposition and emotional intelligence of nursing students: a longitudinal research.

BACKGROUND: Emotional Intelligence is considered as an important characteristic of nurses that can affect the quality of their work including clinical decision-making, critical thinking, evidence and knowledge use in practice. OBJECTIVES: The study is aimed to determine nursing students' critical thinking disposition and emotional intelligence in an academic year. DESIGN: A longitudinal design. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The focus population of this longitudinal study consists of 197 freshman students studying at a faculty of nursing. METHOD: Asymmetrical cluster sampling method was used to determine sample group and all the students registered in the first year were included in scope of the study. Information Form, California Critical Thinking Disposition Scale and Emotional Intelligence Assessment Scale were used for data collection. SPSS version 11.5 was used for data analysis. RESULTS: Nursing students have a low level of critical thinking disposition and intermediate level of emotional intelligence both at the beginning and end of academic year. There was no statistically significant difference in both skills at the beginning and end of year. There was a statistically significant difference between students' critical thinking disposition and emotional intelligence at the beginning of academic year. There was a positive correlation at a medium level between students' critical thinking disposition and emotional intelligence at the beginning and end of academic year. CONLUSIONS: In light of these results, it is that suggested the study should be prolonged as longitudinal because development of both skills require a long time. The current study holds importance that it sheds light on other relevant studies and nursing education programs.

Relationship between self-compassion and emotional intelligence in nursing students.

Nursing focuses on meeting physical, social and emotional health-care needs of individuals, families and society. In health care, nurses directly communicate with patients and try to empathize with them. Nurses give care under emotionally intense conditions where the individual undergoes pain and distress. Research is aimed at analysing the correlation of self-compassion and emotional intelligence of nursing students. The population of the research consisted of all the undergraduate students (571 students) of the 2010-2011 fall semester of the department of nursing. An information form, Self-compassion Scale and Emotional Intelligence Assessment Scale were utilized to obtain data for the research. For the assessment of the findings of research, Statistical Package for Social Sciences 16.0 for Windows was utilized for statistical analysis. Results indicated that there is a correlation between self-compassion and emotional intelligence and that emotional intelligence, which includes the individual perceiving one's emotions and using the knowledge one gained from them to function while directing thoughts, actions and professional applications, has positive contributions to the features of nurses with developed self-compassion.