Aims. The aim of this study was to investigate if relaxing music is an effective method reducing the physiological signs anxiety in patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support. Background. Few studies have focused on effect Design. A study–case–control, experimental repeated measures design used. Method. Sixty aged 18–70 years, support and hospitalised intensive care unit, were taken as a convenience sample. Participants randomised control group or intervention group, who received 60...

ABSTRACT Background Ventilator‐associated pneumonia constitutes a significant concern for ventilated patients in the intensive care unit. Aim This study was planned to evaluate knowledge of nurses working general units concerning evidence‐based measures prevention ventilator‐associated pneumonia. Method design is cross‐sectional. It carried out on anesthiology and re‐animation clinics. Collection research data performed by means Nurse Identification Form Evidence‐Based Knowledge Prevention...

dijkstra a., yönt g.h., korhan e.a., muszalik m, kędziora‐kornatowska k. & suzuki m. (2012) The Care Dependency Scale for measuring basic human needs: an international comparison. Journal of Advanced Nursing 68 (10), 2341–2348. Abstract Aim. To report a study conducted to compare the utility across four countries. Background. provides framework assessing needs institutionalized patients nursing care. Henderson’s components care have been used specify variable aspects concept dependency...

Nurses are more likely to face the dilemma of whether resort physical restraints or not and have a hard time making that decision. This is descriptive study. A total 55 nurses participated in research. For data collection, question form developed by researchers determine perceptions ethical dilemmas application restraint was used. analysis made calculating mean, standard deviation, maximum minimum values. The expressed (36.4%) having difficulty deciding use restraint. reported they...

Abstract Aim The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect music therapy on pain, anxiety, and patient satisfaction in patients who present emergency department T urkey. Methods This controlled experimental was conducted a hospital urkey between J uly O ctober 2012. sample consisted 200 total, 100 forming intervention group being control group, fell under color code green triage system came with complaints pain due nausea/vomiting diarrhea, abdominal headaches, joint pain. A...

Amaç: Bu araştırma, yapay zeka ve sağlıkta zekanın kullanımına yönelik sağlık bilimleri fakültesi öğrencilerinin görüşlerinin belirlenmesi amacı ile yapılmıştır. Materyal-Metot: Tanımlayıcı tipteki bu Mayıs-Temmuz 2020 tarihleri arasında, İzmir ilinde yer alan bir üniversitenin Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi hemşirelik (n=182), fizyoteretapi rehabilitasyon (n=191) beslenme diyetetik (n=32) bölümünde öğrenim gören 405 öğrencisinin katılımı gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma verileri, Yapay Zeka...

The study aimed to determine the ability of first year students in identifying nursing diagnoses.In a descriptive evaluation study, an expert-validated vignette containing 18 diagnoses was used.The determined 15 diagnoses. highest percentages identified were disturbed sleep pattern and nutrition imbalance. Students also considered medical as diagnoses: hypertension tachycardia.Despite fact that only at end their semester had limited clinical experience, they successfully majority...

To investigate whether reflexology has an effect on the physiological signs of anxiety and level sedation in patients receiving mechanically ventilated support, a single blinded, randomized controlled design with repeated measures was used intensive care unit university hospital Turkey. Patients (n = 60) aged between 18 70 years were hospitalized support. Participants to control group or intervention group. The latter received 30 minutes therapy their feet, hands, ears for 5 days. Subjects...

Rapid palatal expansion (RPE) is widely used in the treatment of transverse maxillary deficiencies. Generally, there are two types RPE appliances: banded and bonded expanders. The purpose this prospective study was to compare dental effects appliances. consisted 23 patients (13 females 10 males) with a bilateral deficiency. Twelve (seven five mean age 14.8 +/- 0.3 years were treated 11 (six 15.1 0.7 RPE. Multitomographic radiographs taken before (T0) at end (T1) while wearing an acrylic...

Many countries in Europe and the world have to cope with an aging population. Although health policy many aims at increasing disability-free life expectancy, elderly patients represent a significant proportion of all admitted different hospital departments. The aim research was investigate relationship between health-related quality (HRQOL) care dependency status among patients. In 2012, descriptive survey administered convenience sample 325 (> 60 years) from Netherlands (N = 125), Poland...

Objective: The study is a descriptive and cross-sectional designed to determine the quality of nursing care factors affecting in palliative clinic.Material method: population sample consisted nurses (n=16) who were working clinic at state hospital west Turkey patients (n=102) take this between date January 2015 October 2016. size was not calculated all met criteria agreed participate reached during data collection period. Data collected with questionnaire from Nurse Presentation Form,...

Investigation of swallowing is an important part oral diagnosis. It usually plays a role in the aetiology some orofacial deformities and open-bite as well relapse treated patients. In recent years, movements anatomical structures that participate deglutition have been investigated by several methods such cineradiography, electromyography, electropalatography, electromagnetic articulography ultrasonography. However, all these techniques various disadvantages. Recently, dynamic magnetic...

Purpose of the study was to evaluate effect complete denture wearing on deglutition time (DT), hyoid bone and larynx movements in edentulous patients with real-time balanced turbo field echo cine-magnetic resonance imaging. Subjects were examined by imaging supine position during swallowing water. Two sets images for 23 (with/without dentures) one dentulous obtained. Radiographic outputs representing three consecutive stages (oral, pharyngeal oesophageal) provided perform measurements....

Background: Pain acceptance is the process of giving up struggle with pain and learning to live a worthwhile life despite it.In assessing patients chronic in Turkey, making diagnosis tracking effectiveness treatment done scales that have been translated into Turkish.However, there as yet no valid reliable scale Turkish assess pain.Aims: To validate version Chronic Acceptance Questionnaire developed by McCracken colleagues.Study Design: Methodological cross sectional study.Methods: A simple...

Peer teaching is an effective educational approach for nursing students. It has been used in as adjunct to lectures and support learning clinical practice. This study evaluated the efficacy of peer model which skills training student nurses. As experimental study, it included 57 first years 10 senior students from department. First constituted interventional group control while seniors made up educators. revealed that had obtained adequate nasopharyngeal aspiration, permanent bladder...