Browsing by Author "Temel, AB"

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    Years Devoted to Public Health Nursing: World Examples of Public Health Nursing Pioneers
    Simsek, HG; Temel, AB
    Community health care needs that have emerged from health problems due to social, political, and environmental factors have increased the importance and development of public health nursing. As the pioneers of the creation of contemporary public health nursing implementations, the acknowledgment of the practices of public health nurses is crucial for future planning in this field. In Turkish nursing literature, very few studies have addressed these issues. This study aims to introduce the public health nurses that have influenced public health nursing and its development through history. Within the scope of the biographies of pioneering public health nurses, features such as the countries they lived in; the nursing education they received; their reasons for choosing nursing; their nursing practice; the position of women at the time; the social, economic conditions, and health problems of the time; the people they were influenced by and those they influenced; and the support they received or the barriers they faced were reviewed from a historical perspective.
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    The Relationship between quality of life and social support in homosexuals living in Izmir, Turkey
    Altiparmak, S; Temel, AB; Taner, S; Altiparmak, O; Yildirim, G
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    Turkish nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care
    Ozbasaran, F; Ergul, S; Temel, AB; Aslan, GG; Coban, A
    Aim. To explore Turkish nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care and to investigate the relationship between their perceptions and their demographic/independent variables. Background. Nurses' perception of spirituality can directly affect how they behave, deal with their patients and communicate with them in regard to the provision of spiritual care. Design. Survey. Methods. This study employed a convenience sample of 348 staff nurses from the public hospitals in the west of Turkey. The data were collected with two tools; a 'sociodemographic data form' and the 'Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale' (SSCRS). The response rate was 92% (n = 319). Results. The mean age of the nurses was 31.70 (SD 6.34) years and 22.9% of them had a Bachelor's degree. Among the nurses, 54.98% had >= 11 years of clinical experience. The mean score for the SSCRS was 3.21 (SD 0.63) which indicated that nurses' perceptions concerning spirituality and spiritual care were 'uncertain' or 'less clearly' defined. Significant differences were found between nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care and their ages (p < 0.05), marital status (p < 0.05) and education levels (p < 0 01). Conclusion. The research findings suggest that Turkish nurses' perceptions were indecisive and inconclusive. Nurses' educational level, belief in the evil eye and department of employment appeared to have a positive impact on their perception of spirituality and spiritual care. Relevance to clinical practice. These findings will enable nurses to consider the importance of spirituality and spiritual care. Grasping these concepts will enable nurses to become more sensitive in their daily practices of spiritual care.