The effect of moral intelligence on cultural sensitivity in nurses.

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to determine the relationship between the levels of moral intelligence and intercultural sensitivity in nurses. METHODS: The cross-sectional study was conduct with 200 nurses working in a research and training hospital. The data were collected using the intercultural sensitivity scale and the scale for the measurement of moral intelligence in the provision of health services. RESULTS: The mean total intercultural sensitivity score of the nurses was determined to be 89.34 ± 10.01, while their moral intelligence score was found 201.22 ± 21.99. There was a positive relationship between the nurses' mean total scores scales (p < 0.000). PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: The nurses' intercultural sensitivity and moral intelligence were at a moderate level. As the nurses' levels of moral intelligence increased, their intercultural sensitivity levels increased.

The effect of Yakson and Gentle Human Touch methods on pain and physiological parameters in preterm infants during heel lancing.

BACKGROUND: Various non-pharmacologic methods are used to alleviate pain in preterm infants who spend their first days in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) because they are exposed to numerous painful interventions. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of Yakson and Gentle Human Touch (GHT) methods on pain and physiologic parameters during heel lancing procedures in preterm infants. DESIGN AND METHODS: This was a randomised controlled trial. The study was conducted in a NICU between June 2018 and June 2019. A total of 90 preterm infants were divided into three groups: 30 infants in the Yakson group, 30 infants in the GHT group, and 30 infants in the control group. All preterm infants were randomly divided into groups. Pain responses were evaluated using the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale. RESULTS: It was found that pain scores and heart rates were significantly lower during and after heel lancing in preterm infants in the Yakson and GHT groups than in the control group, the difference was statistically significant (p < .001). PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Yakson and GHT applied to preterm infants during heel lancing has positive effects on pain and physiologic parameters.

A case of pediatric age anticholinergic intoxication due to accidental Datura stramonium ingestion admitting with visual hallucination.

Datura stramonium (DS) is a hallucinogenic plant that can produce anticholinergic toxicity because of its significant concentrations of toxic alkaloids, such as atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine. DS grows in both rural and urban areas in Turkey. Clinical findings of toxicity are similar to those of atropine toxicity. DS abuse is common among adolescents because of its hallucinatory effects. However, accidental DS poisoning from contaminated food is very rare. Accidental poisonings are commonly seen among children. Children are more prone to the toxic effects of atropine; ingestion of even a small amount can cause serious central nervous system symptoms. Treatment is supportive; antidote treatment is given rarely. An eight-year-old male with accidental DS poisoning who presented to the Pediatric Emergency Department with aggression, agitation, delirium, and visual hallucinations is reported.