Determining the attitude of operating room nurses to radiation exposure: A descriptive study

The aim of this study was to determine the compassion levels and the factors that affect the mercy levels of the operating room nurses, which is an important part of the surgical process.Methods:This descriptive study was conducted with 236 nurses working in the operating rooms of public and private hospitals between December 2017 and January 2018, which allowed the study to be carried out in Istanbul.The Compassion Scale and the Introductory Information Form were used to collect data.The SPSS 23 for Windows computer program was used to analyze the frequency,Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal-Wallis H Test, .Result:47.1% of the operating room nurses were male and 52.9% were female.The mean total score of the operating room nurses' Compassion Scale was 3.92 ± 0.85.According to gender, kindness, common humanity, mindfulness, disengagement and total compassion level in men; ındifference and separation were higher in women (p <0.05).According to marital status, the size of indifference was higher in married, all other dimensions were higher in single staff. Conclusıon:In the light of the findings obtained from the study, it can be said that the highest average score can be taken from the scale, and the compassion levels of the operating room nurses are high.

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Is Normothermia Maintained in the Operating Room?

Dubai Medical Journal ◽

10.1159/000518827 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Ikbal Cavdar ◽

Didem Kandemir ◽

Ezgi Seyhan Ak ◽

Nuray Akyuz

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Operating Room ◽

Perioperative Period ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Inclusion Criteria ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Face To Face ◽

Operating Room Nurses ◽

Common Problems ◽

Collection Form

Background: Inadvertent hypothermia is one of the most common problems in the perioperative period. Providing and maintaining normothermia is very important in preventing inadvertent perioperative hypothermia as well as complications. Purpose: The aim of the study was to determine the knowledge and practices of operating room nurses to prevent hypothermia. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in the operating rooms of 4 hospitals in Istanbul between July 2016 and September 2017. The sample consisted of a total of 95 participants who met the inclusion criteria. Data were collected by using a data collection form. Data collection forms were filled with face-to-face interview techniques. Results: According to this study, 84.2% of the participants did not receive any training to prevent hypothermia, 85.3% stated that it was very important to protect the patients from hypothermia, and 88.4% stated that there was no protocol on hypothermia in the hospital. Conlusions: The majority of the operating room nurses who participated in this study about determining the practices in maintaining normothermia in the operating room environment stated that they did not receive any training to prevent hypothermia, and the prevention of hypothermia was important. There was no common protocol used.

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The Measurement Of The Level Of Compassion Of Nurses In Operating Room

10.31124/advance.7797569 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

fadime cinar

Keyword(s):

Operating Room ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Average Score ◽

Common Humanity ◽

Private Hospitals ◽

Public And Private ◽

Operating Room Nurses ◽

Public And Private Hospitals ◽

Compassion Scale ◽

Test Result

The aim of this study was to determine the compassion levels and the factors that affect the mercy levels of the operating room nurses, which is an important part of the surgical process.Methods:This descriptive study was conducted with 236 nurses working in the operating rooms of public and private hospitals between December 2017 and January 2018, which allowed the study to be carried out in Istanbul.The Compassion Scale and the Introductory Information Form were used to collect data.The SPSS 23 for Windows computer program was used to analyze the frequency,Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal-Wallis H Test, .Result:47.1% of the operating room nurses were male and 52.9% were female.The mean total score of the operating room nurses' Compassion Scale was 3.92 ± 0.85.According to gender, kindness, common humanity, mindfulness, disengagement and total compassion level in men; ındifference and separation were higher in women (p <0.05).According to marital status, the size of indifference was higher in married, all other dimensions were higher in single staff. Conclusıon:In the light of the findings obtained from the study, it can be said that the highest average score can be taken from the scale, and the compassion levels of the operating room nurses are high.

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