Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510155
Occupational Health Nursing: A Specialty under Debate
Javier González-Caballero
Article Type: Short Review | First Published: March 31, 2021
The exercise of occupational health nursing based on the acquisition of competencies allows them to fully carry out their tasks, acquire levels of autonomous decision, make their role visible as a collective and record their contribution in this very specific work scenario. Considering the active role it plays in the context of organizations, its contribution allows guaranteeing the well-being of the people who are the object of its care, the working population. The occupational health nursing s...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510154
Determining of Proxy and Self-report Agreement on the Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale SAQOL-39/TR
Eda İyigün and Bülent Toğram
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: March 29, 2021
Health-related quality of life measures are increasingly used to evaluate after stroke conditions. However, after-stroke people with severe aphasia may not able to self-report on such scales due to the severity of their communication impairment and their proxies report on behalf of them. This research aims to determine the level of agreement between people with aphasia and their proxies on the Turkish Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale-39 (SAQOL-39- TR). For this purpose, 32 people with ap...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510153
Review of Feasibility Studies to Ensure Conducting the Proper Nursing Intervention Research
Michiyo Oka, RN, PhD, Satsuki Takahashi, RN, MHS and Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, RN, MSN, CNS
Article Type: Commentary | First Published: January 30, 2021
When introducing a new nursing system, it is the responsibility of the introducing side to incorporate what has been confirmed. However, it is difficult to conduct a large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) to confirm the evidence according to the protocol. Therefore, as a nursing researcher, we would like to utilize feasibility research. In this paper, we will introduce the necessity of feasibility study, the definition of feasibility study, and the parameters for high-quality feasibility ...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5823/1510152
Stigma Experiences of Psychiatric Nurses and Coping Strategies: A Qualitative Study
Sibel Çaynak, İlkay Keser and İlhan Günbayi
Article Type: Original Research | First Published: January 13, 2021
Individuals with mental disorders have been stigmatized from the past to the present. This situation continues to negatively affect the quality of care and the quality of life by keeping a large number of patients out of seeking appropriate professional help. Individuals with mental disorders are very sensitive to the attitudes of health staff. Negative attitudes of health workers may be an important factor negatively affecting patients' ability to receive needed professional help and the guidan...