Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

AIM: To evaluate patients' satisfaction with the quality of nursing care and examine associated factors. DESIGN: A cross-sectional, descriptive survey study. METHODS: The sample was composed of 635 patients discharged from a private hospital. Data were collected using "Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care Quality Qu…

• ANİTA KARACA
• ZEHRA DURNA

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Patients' health literacy is increasingly recognized as a critical factor affecting health communication and outcomes. We performed this study to assess the levels of health literacy by using Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM) and Newest Vital Sign (NVS) instruments. Patients (n = 456) at a family me…

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To outline and examine the literature about self-awareness in nursing and to identify areas for future research and practice. BACKGROUND: Self-awareness is important for the personal and professional development of nurses, for developing an effective nurse-patient relationship and for improving nu…

• AHTISHAM YOUNAS

The aim of this study was to assess patient satisfaction with nursing care and the relationship between patient satisfaction and patient characteristics. This cross-sectional study was conducted at a 1100-bed tertiary care teaching hospital in Turkey. Data were collected using the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing C…

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• AYLİN REZVANİ
• SENA TOLU

AIM: To determine whether listening to music decreases the requirement for dosages of sedative drugs, patients' anxiety, pain and dissatisfaction feelings during colonoscopy and makes the procedure more comfortable and acceptable. METHODS: Patients undergoing elective colonoscopy between October 2005 and February 2006…

BACKGROUND: Professional nurses provide holistic healthcare to people and deal with patients closely. Furthermore, patients need nurses to do self-care and patients trust them for their treatments. Therefore, trust is extremely important in a professional care relationship and in satisfactory patient outcomes. OBJECTI…

• GÖZDE ÖZARAS ÖZ

PURPOSE: To describe the experiences of Turkish women with gynecologic cancer and their partners. DESIGN AND METHODS: Qualitative research using a descriptive phenomenological approach. SETTING: Gynecologic oncology outpatient clinic of the Gulhane Military Medical Academy in Ankara, Turkey. Nineteen women with gyneco…

• AYŞE KILIÇ UÇAR

PURPOSE: To describe the experiences of Turkish women with gynecologic cancer and their partners. DESIGN AND METHODS: Qualitative research using a descriptive phenomenological approach. SETTING: Gynecologic oncology outpatient clinic of the Gulhane Military Medical Academy in Ankara, Turkey. Nineteen women with gyneco…

• AYGÜL AKYÜZ

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• MEHMET ARTAÇ

OBJECTIVE: Providing adequate information to the patients about their drugs is an essential principle of rational pharmacotherapy. This study investigates the knowledge of general practice patients about their drugs, since the level of knowledge of the patient about the medication is highly associated with the outcome…

• AHMET AKICI