Bu araştırma hemşirelik öğrencilerinin yenilikçilik, girişimcilik, merak ve keşfetme özellikleri ve bu özellikler arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Tanımlayıcı tipte yapılan araştırmanın evrenini, Karadeniz bölgesinde bir üniversitenin Hemşirelik Bölümü'nde öğrenim gören 3. ve 4. sınıfta kayıtlı toplam 250 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Araştırmanın örneklemini araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden 236 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Veriler “Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Bireysel Yenilikçilik Ölçeği, Bireysel Girişimcilik Algı Ölçeği, Merak ve Keşfetme Envanteri-II” kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Araştırmada, herhangi bir kulübe üye olan, girişimci/yenilikçi faaliyette bulunan, yenilikçilik konusunda eğitim alan, sağlık ya da hemşirelik alanında yenilikçi uygulamaları takip eden, yenilikçi ürün geliştirme fikri olan, gelecekte hemşirelik dışında bir sektörde ya da özel sektörde çalışmak isteyen, eğitimine devam etmeyi düşünen öğrencilerin merak ve yenilikçilik düzeyleri daha yüksekti (p<0.05). Öğrencilerin Merak ve Keşfetme Envanteri-II puanları ile Bireysel Yenilikçilik Ölçeği puanları arasında zayıf düzeyde pozitif yönlü anlamlı bir ilişki vardı (p<0.01). Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin merak, keşfetme, yenilikçilik ve girişimcilik özelliklerinin orta düzeyde ve yeniliklere karşı sorgulayıcı oldukları tespit edilmiştir. Öğrencilerin merak ve keşfetme düzeyleri arttıkça yenilikçilik düzeyleri artmıştır.

Background: Pediatric nurses provide care to children, which is why they play an essential role in preventing medical errors and ensuring patient safety. Objectives: This comparative and descriptive study was conducted to determine the attitudes of pediatric nurses in Turkey regarding malpractice tendencies and patient safety culture and to reveal the relationship between them. Material and Methods: The study was conducted in the pediatric clinics of a university hospital and a public hospital in a metropolis in the northern region of Turkey. The study population included 142 nurses. A ‘Nurse Information Form’, a ‘Patient Safety Culture Scale (PSCS)’, and a ‘Malpractice Tendency Scale in Nursing (MTSN)’ were used to collect information. Data were analyzed by using SPSS 16 program, descriptive statistics, Independent Two-Sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Tukey test, Tamhane test, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis test and Pearson correlation tests. Results: Nurses who had a master’s degree, made a medical error, and observed medical errors made by another colleague had a higher mean MTSN score (p

Objective: This research was conducted as a descriptive and cross-sectional study in order to determine the effect of professional attitudes of nurses working ın different areas on the compliance of isolation precautions. Materials and Methods: This study was a correlational, cross-sectional and descriptive design and was conducted with 351 nurses employed in a university hospital in the north of Turkey. The data were collected through a questionnaire prepared by the researchers and the Inventory of Professional Attitude at Occupation and a Scale Compliance with Isolation Precautions. The data were collected between March and May 2019. In the analysis of the data, t test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann Whitney U test and variance analysis (ANOVA) were used.Results: 94% of the nurses received training on health care-related infections. It was observed that professional attitude at occupation was higher in nurses over the age of 41, single, having a 16-20 years of clinical experience and working as nurse manager, and showed statistically significant difference (p <0.05). In addition, it was observed that nurses working in intensive care units were more compliance with isolation precautions than nurses working in other fields and showed a statistically significant difference (p <0.05). It was detected that scale compliance with isolation precautions mean score of the nurses was 61.16±4.70 and professional attitude at occupation scale mean score was 135.77±17.17, and there was a significant, positively and weak relationship between the two scales (r=0.148, p<0.000).Conclusion: Although the nurses' professional attitude score averages were high, compliance with the isolation measures was above the average. In the study, it was determined that the professional attitude score of the nurses was high, and some sociodemographic characteristics of the nurses affect their professional attitudes.

Determining the attitudes of nurses working in the pediatrics clinics towards evidence-based nursing and the barriers they encounter while trying to utilize research. Methods: This research is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. Study was conducted in the pediatrics clinics of two big public hospitals located in a metropolitan city in the northern region of Turkey. The sample of the study consists of 244 nurses. A Personal Information Form, the Barriers to Research Utilization Scale (BRUS), and the Attitude Towards Evidence-Based Nursing Questionnaire (ATEBNQ) were used as data collection instruments. Results: It was determined that 67.6% of the nurses did not participate in any scientific event. It was found that the total average BRUS score of the nurses included in the study was 46.80±2.99 and the total average ATEBNQ score was 58.11±16.29. It was determined that the most important barrier in the use of research by nurses was "Not enough time to read scientific studies because of work" (46.3%). It was seen that there is a statistically significant difference between the total score averages of the research utilization scale and the working duration time and the workload they have (p <0.05). In addition, statistically significant differences were found between the level of participation in scientific activities and the type of these activities, and the total mean ATEBNQ scores (p <0.05). Conclusion and Suggestions: In this study, it was determined that nurses' attitudes towards evidence-based nursing and their perceived barriers against utilizing from their research were moderate; however, the majority of the nurses stated that they did not participate in scientific events, did not review the literature, did not try to bring an evidence-based approach to clinical practice, and that they did not consider themselves competent on this matter. It was determined that most of the barriers against the use of scientific studies in nursing practices stem from nurses and institutions.