Cennet Çiriş Yildiz

Background/Objectives: Pregnancy may involve psychological and existential concerns, particularly for women experiencing pregnancy for the first time. This study examined the relationships among spiritual well-being, perceived social support, and death anxiety in primigravid women and explored the cross-sectional indirect association through perceived social support. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 390 primigravid women attending an antenatal outpatient clinic in northern Türkiye. Data were collected using the Three-Factor Spiritual Well-Being Scale, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and Death Anxiety Scale. Pearson correlation, hierarchical multiple regression, and an exploratory cross-sectional indirect association analysis using PROCESS Model 4 with 5000 bootstrap samples were performed. Results: Spiritual well-being was positively correlated with perceived social support (r = 0.495, p < 0.001) and negatively correlated with death anxiety (r = −0.554, p < 0.001). Perceived social support was also negatively correlated with death anxiety (r = −0.522, p < 0.001). After adjustment for the prespecified covariates, spiritual well-being (β = −0.152, p < 0.001) and perceived social support (β = −0.145, p < 0.001) remained negatively associated with death anxiety. A statistically significant adjusted indirect association was observed in the specified cross-sectional model (B = −0.91, 95% percentile bootstrap CI [−1.44, −0.44]). Conclusions: Higher spiritual well-being and perceived social support were associated with lower death anxiety among primigravid women. A statistically significant adjusted cross-sectional indirect association between spiritual well-being and death anxiety through perceived social support was also observed; however, this finding does not establish mediation, temporal ordering, or causality.

1. The quality and continuity of healthcare services depend considerably on healthcare professionals’ safety levels and their motivation to ensure safety. Nurses constitute the largest group among ...

Objective: This study determined the professional values of nurses and their statuses of protecting patient privacy and investigated the relationship between these variables. Methods: The study was conducted with 380 nurses working at 4 state hospitals operating in the 4 cities of in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. This cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted between May 2024 and September 2024. Data was collected using a Descriptive Information Form, the Patient Privacy Scale in Nursing, and the Nurses Professional Values Scale-Revised. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, parametric tests (t-test, ANOVA), and regression analyses via SPSS 27.0. Results: The nurses had a mean total Patient Privacy Scale (PPS) score of 113.82 ± 5.57 and a mean total Nurses Professional Values Scale-Revised (NPVS-R) score of 87.18 ± 7.35, which indicated that they had high levels of professional values and protecting patient privacy. The regression model showed that the scores of the dimensions of NPVS-R predicted PPS scores, and the former explained 3.6% of the total variance in the latter. It was also detected that knowledge and practices in the context of patient privacy affected the statuses of the nurses to ensure the privacy of their patients and their perceptions of professional values. Conclusion: The study concluded that nurses’ knowledge and practices regarding patient privacy and their professional values affect their ability to ensure the privacy of their patients. It is essential for nurses to understand professional values well and internalize them to provide reliable and quality care complying with ethical standards. Cite this article as: Canbakiş E, Yildiz CÇ. Examination of nurses’ professional values and their respect for patient privacy: A cross-sectional and correlational study. Arch Health Sci Res. 2026, 13, 0125, doi: 10.5152/ArcHealthSciRes.2026.25125.

This study aims to examine the relationships between intensive care nurses' individual, professional, and work environment characteristics and their attitudes toward wasteful behaviors. The cross‐sectional study was carried out with 346 intensive care nurses in a multicenter setting between August and October 2025 in two provincial centers. While attitudes toward wastefulness correlated positively with age, working hours, years of working in the institution and profession, status of loving the profession, and satisfaction with the unit, they correlated negatively with the number of patients cared for daily. The scores for staffing and resource adequacy and nursing foundations for quality of care positively affected the perception of wastefulness, individual attitude, use of resources, and organizational culture of wastefulness scores. On the other hand, the scores for collegial nurse–physician relations and nurse participation in hospital affairs negatively affected the perception of wastefulness, individual attitude, use of resources, and organizational culture of wastefulness scores. Furthermore, the scores for collegial nurse–physician relations negatively impacted the score for non‐value adding processes. In conclusion, addressing all dimensions of wastefulness, improving the work environment, organizing continuous training and awareness programs, and motivating intensive care nurses are essential for developing positive attitudes toward wastefulness. It is crucial to adopt an organizational culture and provide training and motivation for intensive care nurses, who are at the center of care, in order to improve their attitudes toward wastefulness as a part of nursing services management. This study adheres to the STROBE guideline of reporting.

Intensive care nurses play a pivotal role in patient care; however, their perceptions and concerns regarding artificial intelligence (AI) in intensive care units remain limited. This study aimed to explore ICU nurses' views on AI to support effective integration strategies. A qualitative descriptive design with interpretive elements was conducted between September and December 2025 in multiple hospitals in Istanbul, Turkey. Using purposive snowball sampling, 22 ICU nurses participated in semi‐structured, face‐to‐face interviews. Data were analyzed inductively using interpretive description. Six themes were identified: knowledge and awareness of AI, experiences with AI, impact on nursing care, role in clinical decision‐making, ethical and safety risks, and educational needs and future expectations. Findings revealed that nurses had limited and fragmented knowledge of AI, with mostly indirect exposure. While AI was perceived as having the potential to improve care quality and support clinical decisions, concerns were raised regarding loss of autonomy, data security, device errors, and accountability. Participants also emphasized the irreplaceable role of human presence in care and highlighted a clear need for structured education and institutional support.

Good cultures competency, especially empathy, skills and positive attitudes among nurses promote effective intercultural communication. This can reduce discrimination, isolation, and difficulties in interactions with patients. The current research aimed to investigate the relationship between the cultural competence, empathic tendency, and caregiving behaviors of nurses, also it is the identification of variables that predict maintenance behaviors. The descriptive correlational study was performed in hospitals with a high foreign patient portfolio located in the center of Istanbul province. “The Personal Information Form,” “Cultural Competence Scale,” “Empathic Tendency Scale,” and “Caring Behaviors Inventory-24” were utilized to collect data. The low negative correlation was revealed between the “Cultural Competence Scale” and “Empathic Tendency Scale” scores of nurses ( r = −0.123, P = .011), there was a low positive correlation between the “Cultural Competence Scale” and “Caring Behaviors Inventory-24” total scores of nurses ( r = 0.158, P < .001). The moderate positive correlation was found between the “Empathic Tendency Scale” score and the “Caring Behaviors Inventory-24” total score ( r = 0.262, P < .001). The regression analysis determined that working duration, cultural competence, and empathic tendency explained 20.3% of the total variance in the caregiving behaviors of nurses. The study found positive correlation between cultural competence, empathic tendencies, and caregiving behaviors. Also, the study found negative correlation between between the “Cultural Competence Scale” and “Empathic Tendency Scale” scores of nurses.

Aim: The study focuses on the effects of workplace violence on certain organisational outcomes, such as job performance, burnout, turnover, and work alienation. Design and Methods: The study is a cross‐sectional study. The study was conducted with 400 nurses between June 2025 and July 2025 across Turkey. Results: Verbal violence was the most common form of violence experienced both in the first year of professional experience and throughout the career, with the number of reported incidents increasing over the years. In the first month following the violence, nurses commonly reported experiencing stress, anger, frustration, fear, and headaches; in the last 5 years, they reported experiencing frustration, alarmism, stress, anger, and sleep problems. Nurses reported sharing workplace stress with colleagues, managers, and their families, but received support primarily from colleagues and personal friends. Finally, workplace violence decreased nurse performance and increased work alienation, burnout, and intention to leave. Conclusions: It provides basic data for the development of preventive and supportive social and managerial plans by determining the workplace violence to which nurses are exposed and its impact on organisational outcomes. Implications for the Profession and/or Patient Care: Workplace violence against nurses is widespread, and its impacts are not limited to the results of this study. Therefore, legal regulations should be developed to prevent workplace violence, social and administrative support should be provided to nurses who are victims of violence, and the prevalence of workplace violence against nurses and its effects should be evaluated periodically. Impact: In this study, workplace violence against nurses and its effects on some organisational outcomes were evaluated. The findings provide baseline data for implementing social and managerial interventions to reduce workplace violence to which nurses are exposed and its effects. Reporting Method: This study adheres to the STROBE guideline of reporting. Patient or Public Contribution: This study did not include patient or public involvement in its design, conduct, or reporting.

The objective of the current research is to assess the effects of self-management skills training provided through the peer education module on problematic internet use and academic procrastination behavior among nursing students. The research was conducted as a pre-test-post-test randomized controlled trial. The sample consisted of nursing students (intervention group: 86; control group: 87) studying at a non-profit university in Istanbul. Academic procrastination and problematic internet use scores were lower in the intervention group at the first month (p = 0.018, d = 0.36; p < 0.01, d = 0.62, respectively), while problematic internet use scores were lower at the third month compared to the control group (p = 0.02, d = 0.47). In addition, problematic internet use and its sub-dimensions differed statistically significantly between the pre-test, first-month, and third-month tests (p = 0.001, f = 0.17; p = 0.005, f = 0.16; p = 0.000, f = 0.17; p = 0.032, f = 0.14, respectively). The self-management skills training provided through the peer education module reduced nursing students' problematic internet use levels, but did not impact their academic procrastination behavior.