Aim: The purpose of this study was to examine facilitators and barriers that migrant women in Turkey identified related to breast self-examination, clinical breast examination, and mammography. Design: Focus group method was conducted with 39 women. An interview guide based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) and the Health Promotion Model (HPM) was used. Results: Three main themes became apparent as a result of data analysis: (a) knowledge and awareness about breast cancer, (b) personal factors, and (c) medical service provider and social environment. Conclusions: Focus groups conducted in line with HBM and HPM were effective in explaining barriers and facilitators toward participation of women in screening behaviors. Lack of information, indifference, and cultural factors are the most important barriers of women. Recommendations for Practice: The study will shed light on health care professionals working in primary health care organizations for developing the health training programs and consulting strategies in order to increase breast cancer screening practices of migrant women.

This comparative descriptive study compared mammography behaviors, health beliefs, and fear levels of Turkish women aged 40–69 years, who had or did not have a familial breast cancer history (FBCH). The sample included first-degree female relatives (n = 350) of 220 female patients who had received breast cancer treatment at Akdeniz University Hospital and first-degree female relatives of women who did not have a FBCH (n = 300) who had applied to a Family Health Center (FHC) in Antalya. Data were collected between October 2015 and March 2016. The percentage of women who regularly had a mammography was 38% in women with a FBCH and 15.3% in women without a FBCH. Women with a FBCH had higher susceptibility, seriousness, health motivation, mammography self-efficacy perception, and fear of breast cancer, and lower perception of mammography barriers than women without a FBCH. The frequency of having mammography in women with and without a FBCH increased with increased susceptibility perception and was higher in women with a FBCH than in women without a FBCH. Additionally, being single increased mammography screening behavior in those with FBCH. Trainings on screenings should emphasize risks of breast cancer and mammography barriers of the married ones should be reduced.

Awareness,culture,education,nursing,students

Background: Bibliometric analysis is an effective method for evaluating the publication characteristics and development of a journal. To our knowledge, this study is the first such analysis of the publications in Cancer Nursing. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the publication characteristics and evolution of Cancer Nursing over a period of 36 years since its inception. Methods: Bibliometric analysis was carried out on 3095 publications. Data were collected from the Web of Science Core Collection database on September 15, 2023. Data analysis was conducted with Web of Science Core Collection, VOSviewer, and Bibliometrix package in R software. Results: The results showed a steady increase in the citation and publication structure of Cancer Nursing. “Quality of life” was at the center of the studies, and “quality of life,” “women,” and “breast cancer” were identified as trend topics. The United States was both at the center of the cooperation network and was the country that contributed the most publications to the journal. Conclusion: Cancer Nursing has had an increasing contribution to and impact on cancer nursing in terms of the quality and citations of published articles. It was noted that the journal’s network of collaboration has expanded globally and that its thematic diversity is high. Although quality of life, women, and breast cancer have been reported extensively, more studies addressing the concepts of “children,” “support,” and “needs” are needed in the journal. Implications for Practice: This study not only enriches global readers in the field of cancer nursing but may also be beneficial in providing input to guide future research.

Introduction: The number of immigrants and refugees in Turkey is increasing due to various reasons. Therefore, it is important to understand the factors that influence the cultural competence of pediatric nurses who often encounter families and children from different cultural backgrounds in multicultural societies. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the cultural competencies of pediatric nurses and the associated factors. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at hospitals in Antalya and its districts, Turkey, in 2018. The study sample consisted of 236 pediatric nurses. Descriptive information form and Nurse Cultural Competence Scale-Turkish (NCCS-T) form were used for data collection. Results: The mean NCCS-T score of pediatric nurses was found 60.82±14.31. Nurses who received vocational training to provide health care services to individuals from different cultures, who were satisfied with working with immigrants or who were not experienced in providing care for such groups had higher competence levels (p

Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı hemşirelik lisans programında eğitim gören uluslararası öğrencilerin, lisans eğitimine ilişkin görüş ve deneyimlerine ilişkin derinlemesine veriler sunmaktır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Nitel araştırma yöntemi ile yürütülen çalışmada fenomonolojik desen kullanılmıştır. Çalışma grubunu, Akdeniz Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi’nde öğrenim gören uluslararası öğrencilerin tümü oluşturmuştur. Bu öğrencilerin biri (1) birinci sınıf, üçü (3) ikinci sınıf ve ikisi (2) üçüncü sınıf öğrencilerdir. Öğrencilerin üçü (3) Afrika ülkelerinden, biri (1) Yunanistan, biri (1) Rusya, diğeri (1) Arnavutluk’tan gelmiştir. Veriler bireysel ve odak grup görüşmeleri ile toplanmış, içerik analizi yöntemi ile çözümlenmiştir. Bulgular: Araştırmacılar tarafından kodlanarak oluşturulmuş temalar; hemşirelik öğrencisi olmayı nasıl tanımladıkları, hemşirelik öğrencisi olmayı tanımlama, hemşirelik programındaki yaşadıkları olumlu ve olumsuz deneyimler, uluslararası öğrenci olmanın akademik başarıyı nasıl etkilediği, Türk öğrenciler ile etkileşim kurma, hemşirelik öğrencisi olarak yaşadıkları olumsuzlukların ortadan kaldırılması için çözüm önerileridir. Hem bireysel hem odak grup görüşmelerinde öğrencilerin tamamına yakını dil engelinden dolayı Türkiye’de uluslararası öğrenci olmayı zorlu bir süreç olarak tanımlamışlardır. Çalışmada öğrencilerin olumlu deneyimleri; yöneticilerinin desteği, klinik deneyimleri, arkadaş desteği ve eğitimin iyi olması olarak belirlenmiştir. Olumsuz deneyimleri ekonomik sorunlar, iletişim sorunu ve teorik derslerin zor olması olarak saptanmıştır. Sonuç: Öğrencilerin hemşirelik eğitiminde özellikle dil engelinden dolayı uyum sorunları yaşadıkları, buna karşın sınıf arkadaşlarının, öğretim elemanı ve yönetici desteğinden dolayı daha az zorluk yaşadıkları saptanmıştır.