Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation

The content validity ratio originally proposed by Lawshe is widely used to quantify content validity and yet methods used to calculate the original critical values were never reported. Methods for original calculation of critical values are suggested along with tables of exact binomial probabilities.

• HÜSEYİN ABDURRAHMAN KANIBİR

AIM: To provide a systematic review of the literature from 1997 to 2017 on nursing-sensitive indicators. DESIGN: A qualitative design with a deductive approach was used. DATA SOURCES: Original and Grey Literature references from Cochrane Library, Medline/PubMed, Embase, and CINAHL, Google Scholar Original and Grey Lit…

• BERATİYE ÖNER

AIM: To provide a systematic review of the literature from 1997 to 2017 on nursing-sensitive indicators. DESIGN: A qualitative design with a deductive approach was used. DATA SOURCES: Original and Grey Literature references from Cochrane Library, Medline/PubMed, Embase, and CINAHL, Google Scholar Original and Grey Lit…

• NURETTİN ÖNER

Regression analyses of field study data from 27 nursing subunits supported the hypothesis that a simple measure of fit between technology and structure is better predictor of quality of care than either technology or structure alone, or the two together. The results of this study were thus consistent with the growing…

BACKGROUND: Nursing theory-guided practice helps improve the quality of nursing care because it allows nurses to articulate what they do for patients and why they do it. However, the usefulness of nursing theory-guided practice has been questioned and more emphasis has been placed on evidence-based nursing and traditi…

• AHTISHAM YOUNAS

AIM AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to test the validity and reliability of the modified version of the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Care Scale on medical and surgical patients. BACKGROUND: Measuring patient satisfaction with nursing care is important in evaluating the extent to which patients' needs a…

Survey-based studies are ubiquitous in medical, social, economic, psychological and behavioural research, where questionnaires are often used as the main research tool to collect various information from respondents. Given the importance of questionnaires to research, ensuring the validity of the questionnaires is cri…

AIM: To determine the effectiveness of an educational program concerning knowledge of breast cancer, early detection practices and health beliefs of nurses and midwives. BACKGROUND: Educational programs play an important role in breast cancer preventive behaviour. DESIGN: The study was designed as an experimental post…

• ESİN ÇEBER TURFAN

AIM: In this study, the quality and suitability of written educational materials being used for the education of patients in surgical departments of hospitals were studied. BACKGROUND: In the literature, it is stated that most of the educational materials for patients are not suitable from the aspects of contents, str…

• FATMA DEMİR KORKMAZ

AIM: In this study, the quality and suitability of written educational materials being used for the education of patients in surgical departments of hospitals were studied. BACKGROUND: In the literature, it is stated that most of the educational materials for patients are not suitable from the aspects of contents, str…

• ESMA ÖZŞAKER

OBJECTIVES: To provide an overview of three consecutive stages involved in the processing of quantitative research data (ie, data management, analysis, and interpretation) with the aid of practical examples to foster enhanced understanding. DATA SOURCES: Published scientific articles, research textbooks, and expert ad…

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to assess the self-care agency and factors regarding this agency among patients with hypertensions. DESIGN: This study, descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional in nature, was conducted to evaluate the self-care agency of 120 hypertensive patients at the Cardiology and…