Missed nursing care: A cross-sectional and multi-centric study from Turkey.

AIM: The aim of this study is to explore the extent of missed nursing care in Turkey and identify its predictors. DESIGN: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional, multicentre study. METHODS: A total of 477 nurses working in seven public hospitals participated in this study from March to July 2019. The survey included two components: a personal and professional characteristics data form and the MISSCARE survey. RESULTS: The study revealed that emotional support, patient bathing and ambulation were the most frequently missed nursing care activities. An inadequate number of assistive personnel and staff, along with an unexpected increase in patient volume, were identified as the primary reasons for missed nursing care. Of the 21 missed nursing care activities, nine predictive models showed statistical significance (p < 0.05). Factors such as the type of unit, years of work experience, working hours, number of patients cared for in a shift and intention to leave the unit were found to be significant predictors of seven missed nursing care activities (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: This study found that numerous variables influence each care activity, which suggests the need to devise more targeted and specific strategies to minimize missed nursing care. Thorough investigation into the impact of these strategies on each care activity is essential.

Pandemic journey to prestige at nursing.

Respect, which is human virtue by its very nature, is a universal feeling and action. Prestige; it is expressed as being respected, valuable, and reliable. These intertwined concepts draw attention basically for nursing, in which interpersonal interactions stand out compared to other professions. Moreover, while continuing the services in a kind of mobilization environment during the pandemic process that we have been faced with since 11 March 2020 and will obviously be affected for a long time in our country, the most common sense and respectful perspectives and approaches are needed. Respectful actions and respectful practices which are also included in the scope of professional ethics are more strategically important as we experience such a mass and historical human experience in which each of us is responsible for each other's health. The reputation of nursing continues to be formed and differentiated with how this profession is perceived by members of the profession and society, influenced by various processes from past to present. In this article, the change/development of the reputation of the nursing profession during the COVID-19 pandemic period was discussed.

Determination of carboxyhemoglobin levels and health effects on officers working at the Istanbul Bosphorus Bridge.

Urban air pollution is a problem throughout the world. Carbon monoxide (CO), one of the major air pollutants, is an odorless, colorless, tasteless, and toxic gas, which is mainly produced by incomplete combustion of the fossil fuels such as gasoline and kerosene. The main outdoor sources of CO gas are vehicle exhausts, industrial effluents, and fires. When inhaled CO gas causes occupational hazards especially on workers who work at the junctions of heavy traffic roads and at the inefficiently ventilated closed areas such as parking garages and car repair shops. The purpose of this research was to determine the relation between carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) and CO levels and its health effects on cashiers working at the Istanbul Bosphorus Bridge. In the research the carbon monoxide and carboxyhemoglobin levels in the alveolar air of the numbers of the test group and the control group were measured and a questionnaire consisting of questions related to the personal information, their habitats as smoking or not smoking and the health conditions of the test and control group members were filled by interviewing them. The data obtained was analyzed by using Microsoft Excel Table Graphic Program, Chi-Square (2) Test and the Student-t Test. The results indicated that smokers are affected more by the CO than the nonsmokers.