Nurses are the first health professionals to interact with people affected by disasters. The success of this interaction depends on the outcome of the process which is affected by the disaster management knowledge and skills of the nurse. This study was conducted to examine the effect of disaster nursing course on nursing students' disaster awareness, preparedness and intervention self-efficacy perceptions. The study was conducted in X University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing in the fall semester of 2021-2022 in a one-group quasi-experimental study design with pre-test post-test design. The population of the study consisted of senior students (n: 60) studying in the nursing department, while the sample was not selected (n: 43). "Personal information form", "Disaster Awareness Scale", "Disaster Preparedness Scale" and " Disaster Response Self-Efficacy Scale" were used to collect the data. The research data were collected in the first week (pre-test) and the last week (post-test) of the disaster nursing elective course. While 53.5% of the participants were between 22-23 years old, 55.8% of them stated that they had experienced a real disaster. It was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the participants' pre-disaster awareness dimension, post-disaster awareness dimension and disaster awareness perception scale (p<0.05). A statistically significant difference was found between the pre-test and post-test scores of the participants from the disaster preparedness scale, disaster response self-efficacy scale (p<0.05). It was observed that the disaster nursing course positively improved nursing students' disaster awareness, disaster preparedness and disaster response self-efficacy perceptions.

Aim: The purpose of our study was to assess the validity and reliability of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale for Turkish nurses. Materials and Methods: Content validity index (CVI), principles component analysis, Cronbach’s alpha, parallel form, and test-retest methods were used. Results: CVI was 0.98 (0.96-0.99). A one-factor solution was identified and the factor loading of items in scale was between 0.636 and 0.893. The Cronbach’s alpha value was found 0.84. Intraclass Correlation Coefficient was between 0.84 to 0.92. Conclusion: Turkish version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale for nurses was found to be valid and reliable to measure the anxiety of nurses towards COVID-19.

BACKGROUND: In the maintenance of this important application, it is very important to ensure safety and to prevent complications. Therefore, it must be careful in the transfusion of blood and blood component. AIM: The aim of the study was to define nurses’ blood transfusion-related knowledge levels and applications. STUDY SETTINGS AND DESIGN: The study sample consisted of nurses who worked in a medical faculty hospital, two education and research hospitals and two state hospitals in Turkey. The study was performed with 116 nurses. MATERIALS AND METHODS: “Nurse Information Form”, “The Blood Transfusion Knowledge Questionnaire” and “The scenario form and a video taken on the errors and drawbacks related to blood transfusion” were used as data collection instruments. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: The statistical analysis was performed using SPSS for Windows version 17.0. The sociodemographic data obtained from the study were assessed by numbers frequency and percentage distribution. The blood transfusion knowledge scores of the independent variables and, the relationship between knowledge scores and units were analysis by chi-square, Mann Whitney-U and, Kruskal–Wallis tests. RESULTS: The nurses’ mean scores for the blood transfusion knowledge level were 61.81 ± 10.18 (ranging between 0 and 79) for the overall scale. There was a significant relationship between the clinics and questions on pre-transfusion patient preparation knowledge and their mean total knowledge score. The nurses’ mean scores for the blood transfusion-related scenario knowledge levels were 36.42 ±15.42 for the overall scenario scores. CONCLUSIONS: Based on this, the nurses’ knowledge levels about blood transfusion are partly adequate in terms of their mean knowledge scores, and insufficient in terms of their mean scenario knowledge scores.

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