Background: Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 occurred in the Turkish province of Kahramanmaraş in 2023. The earthquakes resulted in serious losses of life and property in 11 provinces, and the injured were transferred to other provinces for treatment and care. To date, no studies on the experiences of intensive care nurses providing care to earthquake victims after the Kahramanmaraş earthquake sequence have been identified.Aim: The aim of the present study is to explore the experiences of intensive care nurses providing care to earthquake victims who were transferred to other provinces.Study Design: A qualitative descriptive research design with conventional content analysis was used. Snowball sampling was used in the selection of intensive care nurses. Data saturation was achieved with 20 nurses. In‐depth interviews were conducted with the participants through phone between March 8 and March 15, 2023. MAXQDA 20 software was used for data analysis. The COREQ checklist was used to guide the reporting of the study.Results: Twenty nurses were recruited. Four themes emerged from the data: challenges in caregiving processes; psychological challenges; ethical situations; urgent need for training and support.Conclusions: After the Kahramanmaraş earthquake sequence, described by some as the disaster of the century, nurses encountered patients with unique needs that they had never encountered before and tried to cope with the constantly changing health conditions. For this reason, they were affected psychologically and experienced challenges in caregiving processes.Relevance to Clinical Practice: Conducting comprehensive training for diseases common among earthquake victims, developing new protocols for providing care to earthquake victims, developing more action plans for nurses, and psychologically supporting intensive care nurses would facilitate the caregiving processes.

Araştırma kadınların sağlık okuryazarlığı düzeyinin emzirme ve doğum şekline etkisinin olup olmadığını belirlemek amacı ile yapıldı. Araştırmanın tipi kesitsel olup, örneklem büyüklüğünü 318 kadın oluşturdu. Veriler “Tanıtıcı Bilgi Formu” ve “Yetişkin Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Ölçeği (YSOÖ)” kullanılarak toplandı. Araştırmamız için etik kuruldan, kaymakamlıktan, ölçek sahibinden ve kadınlardan izin alındı. Verilerin istatistiksel analizinde sayısal ve yüzdelik dağılımı, Mann Whitney U testi ve Kruskal-Wallis testi kullanıldı. Kadınların yaş ortalaması 37,68±6,41’dir (min=25, max=49). Kadınların %96,9’u evli ve %51,9’u ilköğretim mezunudur. Kadınların %24,2’si primipar ve %75’8’si multipardır. Normal doğum yapanların oranı %46,5, sezeryan doğum yapanların oranı %53,5 olarak bulundu. Kadınların %45,0’i bir sağlık personelinden emzirme eğitimi aldığını belirtti. Kadınların YSOÖ toplam puanı 10,19±5,68 olarak bulundu. Kadınların YSOÖ toplam puanı ile yaşayan çocuk sayısı (p≤0,001), düşük yapma (p=0,006), küretaj yapma (p=0,006), emzirme eğitimi alma (p≤0,001) ve ilk 1 saatte emzirme (p≤0,001) oranları arasında anlamlı fark bulundu. Bunun yanı sıra kadınların YSOÖ toplam puanı ile doğum şekli (p=0,482) arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark bulunmadı. Araştırmanın sonuçları kadınlarda sağlık okuryazarlığının ilk bir saatte emzirmeye başlamada etkisi olduğunu, ancak doğum şekline etkisi olmadığını gösterdi.

Death anxiety is common in patients with chronic diseases. Death literacy is a novel theoretical framework that enables patients to discuss death, accept it as a natural aspect of life, and get a deeper comprehension of it. However, it is unclear whether there is a relationship between death literacy and death anxiety. Furthermore, death literacy has not been sufficiently researched in Turkish society. This study investigated the levels of death anxiety and death literacy among Turkish patients with chronic diseases and the factors affecting death anxiety. This was a cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of Turkish patients with chronic diseases (n = 225). The data were collected with the Turkish Death Anxiety Scale and the Death Literacy Index. Pearson correlation, independent samples t test, One-Way ANOVA, and multiple linear regression were employed to analyse the data. There exists a negative moderate correlation between death anxiety and death literacy. It has been determined that the factors that most influence patients’ fear of death are their level of death literacy and gender. These factors explained 12.8% of the variance in death anxiety (R2 = 0.128, F = 3.153, p < 0.001). The results suggest that death literacy level and gender were found to be factors affecting death anxiety of patients. Women have higher death anxiety scores. While the level of death literacy of Turkish patients with chronic diseases increases, their death anxiety decreases. The findings of the study were believed to offer a comprehensive information for healthcare practitioners in the management of such patients.

Adults with diabetes encounter various challenges related to managing their condition. In this study, we explored the experiences of adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus with low socioeconomic status in Türkiye. This study was conducted as a phenomenological qualitative research. The purposive sampling method was used to select adults with type 2 diabetes. Data saturation was achieved with 20 patients. The data were collected through a demographic information form and a semi-structured questionnaire. The participants were interviewed by phone. The interviews were conducted in a quiet environment where the participants could respond comfortably. During the data analysis process, the content analysis approach suggested by Graneheim and Lundman (2004) was used. This method involves identifying meaningful units within the text, coding these units, and developing sub-themes and main themes. The MAXQDA 20 software was used for data management. The participants were between 41 and 71 years old. Four main themes and ten subthemes were identified in the analysis. Themes: The identified themes included difficulties with dietary management of diabetes, individual difficulties, difficulties with self-management in diabetes, and coping strategies. According to Theme 1, it was observed that the participants experienced difficulties in managing nutrition in diabetes due to the economic aspect of diet and the inability to adapt to the diet. According to Theme 2, it was observed that the participants faced physical, psychological, and social difficulties. According to Theme 3, it was observed that the participants faced difficulties related to diabetes self-management, including blood glucose monitoring, insulin injection administration, and maintaining glycemic control.” According to Theme 4, it was observed that the participants attempted to cope with diabetes-related difficulties through healthy lifestyle habits and family support. Our findings indicate that adults with type 2 diabetes in low socioeconomic status face challenges related to biopsychosocial factors, nutrition, and diabetes self-management. However, these individuals managed their difficulties by adopting healthy lifestyle behaviors and relying on family support. The challenges faced by adults with diabetes may be alleviated through awareness training on dietary management and glycemic control.

Aim: To determine the perceptions of good death and death literacy levels of Turkish nurses working in palliative care services and the factors affecting their perceptions of good death.Background: Death literacy is defined as the acquisition of the knowledge and skills necessary to understand end‐of‐life care and contribute to a good death.Methods: For this cross‐sectional study, sample consisted of 162 Turkish nurses working in palliative care services. The data were collected using the Socio‐demographic Information Form, Good Death Scale (GDS), and Death Literacy Index (DLI). The data were analyzed by Pearson correlation, independent sample t test, and one‐way ANOVA. Hierarchical regression analysis was performed to determine the predictors of good death perception. The STROBE checklist was used in the study.Findings: The mean GDS score was 59.53 ± 4.49, and the mean DLI score was 100.70 ± 12.11. It was determined that those who are older, male, married, have worked longer in the clinic, and have knowledge about a good death have higher average scores on the GDS. The models explain 91.8% of the variance in the perception of good death.Discussion: Our study shows that as death literacy increases, nurses’ perceptions of a good death tend to decrease. This situation suggests that as nurses’ knowledge and awareness of death increase, the inadequacies of the healthcare system and the impact of limited resources may cause them to develop a more negative perception. Death literacy in nurses is a new concept, and further studies are needed in different cultures.Conclusions: In the study, it was observed that death literacy levels and good death perceptions of nurses were above average, and as the death literacy level of nurses increased, their good death perceptions decreased. Age, gender, marital status, working time in the clinic and knowledge about good death affect the perception of good death of nurses working in palliative care.Implications for nursing: By improving their understanding of death literacy and the principles of a good death, palliative care nurses can achieve greater job satisfaction and develop a more positive attitude toward end‐of‐life care. In addition, systematically incorporating death literacy into nursing education curricula and continuing professional development programs, and the establishment of evidence‐based clinical guidelines and standard care protocols will improve the quality of palliative care services.