The Effect of Guided Imagery on Postoperative Pain Management in Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Surgical Operations: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Guided imagery distracts patients from disturbing feelings and thoughts, positively affects emotional well-being, and reduces pain by producing pleasing mental images. This study aimed to determine the effects of guided imagery on postoperative pain management in patients undergoing lower extremity surgery. This randomized controlled study was conducted between April 2018 and May 2019. This study included 60 patients who underwent lower extremity surgery. After using guided imagery, the posttest mean Visual Analog Scale score of patients in the intervention group was found to be 2.56 (1.00 ± 6.00), whereas the posttest mean score of patients in the control group was 4.10 (3.00 ± 6.00), and the difference between the groups was statistically significant (p <.001). Guided imagery reduces short-term postoperative pain after lower extremity surgery.

The relationship between the sexual care attitudes, beliefs and self-efficacy of nursing students and gender roles: A cross-sectional study.

PURPOSE: The aim of the research is to determine the relationship between the gender role approaches and the sexual care attitudes, beliefs, and self-efficacy of nursing students. DESIGN AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 109 nursing students. FINDINGS: A negative correlation was found between the Gender Roles Attitude Scale and the Sexual Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (p < 0.001). A positive correlation was found between the Gender Roles Attitude Scale and the self-efficacy in clinical performance scale total score and its assessment, diagnosis, planning, and implementation subscales (p < 0.05). PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: This study is considered to be useful to specify the education and awareness strategies that will contribute to better preparation of the nursing students for sexual health services.

The effects of training with simulation on knowledge, skill and anxiety levels of the nursing students in terms of cardiac auscultation: A randomized controlled study.

BACKGROUND: The use of simulation methods in nursing education is important in terms of decreasing anxiety of students in a safe and realistic environment due to the improvement of knowledge and skills of students in terms of cardiac auscultation and their attitudes to prepare for clinical applications. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of high-fidelity simulator and traditional teaching method on nursing students' knowledge and skill development in terms of cardiac auscultation and their anxiety levels. DESIGN: Randomized controlled study. SETTING: The study was conducted in the simulation laboratory of the Nursing Department in the Health College and in the inpatient clinics of the Medicine Faculty Hospital. PARTICIPANTS: 72 first-year nursing students (simulation group = 36, control group = 36). METHODS: The students were randomly distributed to the simulation and control groups. The students in the simulation group received a cardiac auscultation training by using a high-fidelity simulator while the students in the control group received training with the traditional teaching method. After the training sessions, all students practiced their skills in the laboratory and on real patients in clinical setting under the supervision of the researcher. The data were collected by using the Demographic Information Form, Knowledge Assessment Form for Cardiac Auscultation, Skill Evaluation Form for Cardiac Auscultation and State Anxiety Inventory (SAI). RESULTS: High-fidelity simulators and traditional teaching method were found to be effective in increasing the students' knowledge and skill levels in terms of cardiac auscultation. However, it was found that the high-fidelity simulator method was more effective than the traditional teaching method to increase the students' knowledge (p = 0.001) and skill (p < 0.001) levels; this increase was significant. In addition, it was found that the students in the high-fidelity simulator group showed a significant decrease in anxiety scores compared to the students who were trained with traditional education method (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that the use of high-fidelity simulator in nursing education was more effective than traditional method in terms of improving the students' knowledge, skill levels for cardiac auscultation and reducing their anxiety.