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Article Citation - WoS: 1Evaluation of Patient Safety Culture of Nurses in Northern Cyprus(Galenos Publ House, 2022) Kaymakci, Senay oezen; Dikmen, Burcu Totur; Bayraktar, Nurhan; Dal Yilmaz, Uemran; Aydin, Nida; Yılmaz, Umran DalBACKGROUND/AIMS: Patient safety culture is the outcome of values, perceptions, attitudes, skills and behaviors of an individual or group that determine the style, competence and promises of an institution in health and safety management. Nurses play an important role in improving quality in health care through initiatives and strategies for patient safety. This study was conducted to evaluate patient safety culture in nurses working in a university hospital in Northern Cyprus.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This survey was planned as a cross-sectional descriptive study and 130 nurses were included in the sampling. The survey data were collected using the Personal Information Form and the Patient Safety Culture Scale (PSCS).RESULTS: In this study, the total mean score of the nurses from the PSCS was 2.82 +/- 0.44. The mean scores of the nurses' subscales related to PSCS were determined as follows: 2.88 +/- 0.54 in the "care environment", 2.83 +/- 0.56 in the "employee behavior", 2.83 +/- 0.59 in the "employee training", 2.81 +/- 0.50 in the "management and leadership", and 2.68 +/- 0.54 in the "unexpected incident and error reporting" subscales. The total Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was 0.963 and between 0.807-0.963 for the subscales.CONCLUSION: It was determined that the nurses' PSCS scores were above the average level. Developing a patient safety culture in institutions is important for quality improvements which are rapidly advancing in healthcare services nowadays.Article Lomber Disk Hernisi Ameliyatı Olan Hastalar İçin Geliştirilen Hasta Güvenliği Öğretim Planının Hastaların Günlük Yaşam Aktiviteleri ve Yaşam Kalitesi Üzerine Etkisi(2024) Çetinkaya, Meral Yıldırım; Bayraktar, Nurhan; Yıldırımçetinkaya, MeralAmaç: Araştırmanın amacı; lomber disk hernisi cerrahisi için başvuran hastalara uygulanan hasta güvenliği öğretim planının, günlük yaşam aktivitesi ve yaşam kalitesine etkisini değerlendirmektir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırmanın türü ön – son test düzeninde yarı deneysel tasarımdır. Evreni, Ankara Üniversitesi İbn-i Sina Hastanesi Beyin Cerrrahisi servisine Lomber Disk Hernisi ameliyatı için kabul edilen hastalar oluşturmuştur Örneklemi 60 hasta oluşturmuştur. Deney ve kontrol grubunda 30 hasta yer almıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak; Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Bilgi Düzeyi Belirleme Formu, Günlük Yaşam Aktiviteleri Formu ve SF-36 Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Deney grubuna “Hasta Güvenliği Öğretim Planı” uygulanmıştır. Kontrol grubu rutin hemşirelik bakımını almışlardır. Analizde sayı ve yüzde, Kolmogrov-Smirnov, ki-kare ve Mann-Whitney U testi kullanılmıştır.. Bulgular: Tanıtıcı özellikler deney ve kontrol gurubunda benzer bulunmuştur. Deney grubunun bilgi ve günlük yaşam aktiviteleri puan ortancaları istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir (p0,05). Sonuç: Hasta güvenliği öğretim planı lomber disk hernisi cerrahisi geçirenlerin bilgilerini ve günlük yaşam aktivitelerini olumlu yönde geliştirirken, yaşam kaliteleri üzerinde olumlu bir etki oluşturmamıştır. Lomber disk hernisi tanısı konan bireylere yönelik olarak hazırlanan öğretim planının yaşam kalitesi içeriğinin güncellenerek ve aralıklı izlemler yapılarak kliniklerde kullanımı önerilmektedir.Article Nurses' Hand Hygiene Beliefs and Practices: A Cross-Sectional Study(2025) Bayraktar, Nurhan; Bakare, Oluwasegun GaniyuAim: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are related to significant morbidity, mortality, and increased hospital costs. Hand hygiene has been demonstrated to be an effective measure in preventing HAIs. This study aimed to evaluate nurses’ beliefs and practices concerning hand hygiene. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in two university hospitals in North Cyprus between November and December 2020, involving a total of 80 nurses. Data were collected using the Turkish revised version of the Hand Hygiene Belief Scale and the Hand Hygiene Practices Inventory. Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskall Wallis test were used to compare the groups. Results: The findings revealed that the overall hand hygiene belief score among nurses was 3.99±1.74, while the overall hand hygiene practice score was 4.85±0.84. Comparisons between hand hygiene belief and practice scores and nurses' demographic data indicated no statistically significant difference. Conclusions: Nurses had positive hand hygiene beliefs and a high level of practice score of hand hygiene. Notably, the practice scores exceeded the belief scores. Implication for nursing practice/management or policy: Educational strategies to improve the hand hygiene beliefs of the nurses are recommended. Future studies could expand the participation rate, extending the research across multiple healthcare institutions.
