Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate related factors and satisfaction levels of nursing students in the clinical setting. Method: This study is a descriptive study. The study was conducted with 225 students at a health school nursing department. Data are collected with questionnaire and Student Satisfaction Scale. Data was evaluated by frequency, correlation coeff icient, One-Way ANOVA, and Tukey test. Results: Problems encountered by most students in clinical practice; take responsibility tasks outside and can not go to areas related to clinical courses. Student satisfaction score of students are above the middle level. Satisfaction scores of the 1st and 3rd grade students are higher. Conclusion: Satisfaction scores of students who enjoy working in clinical practice, practices with nurse, assistance from teacher, and don't take responsibility for tasks outside are higher.

Introduction: Although breastfeeding is a common practice in Turkey, there are problems with exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life or sustaining breastfeeding. The purpose of this study was to determine the variables that affect breastfeeding success of Turkish women by creating a hypothetical model based on the information–motivation–behavioral skills model. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 229 women who gave birth at a public hospital. Data were collected using a questionnaire and through observation. Structural equation model was used for data analyses. Results: Information was found to directly affect behavioral skills and indirectly affect self-management behaviors and breastfeeding success ( p < .05). The motivation was found to affect self-management behaviors directly ( p < .05). Behavioral skills were found to directly affect self-management behaviors and indirectly affect breastfeeding success ( p < .05). Discussion: The results can be used to develop culturally congruent nursing interventions and improve breastfeeding success.

Amaç: Mesleki zorluklarla baş etmeye yönelik öz yeterliği değerlendiren Hemşirelik Mesleği Öz Yeterlik Ölçeği Caruso ve arkadaşları tarafından geliştirilmiş ve test edilmiştir. Bu çalışmanın amacı Hemşirelik Mesleği Öz Yeterlik Ölçeği'ni Türkçeye uyarlamaktır. Yöntem: Ölçek İngilizceden Türkçeye çevrildi ve daha sonra onları bir grup uzman ve tercüman tarafından İngilizceye geri çevrildi. Araştırma, Afyonkarahisar'da çalışan 18 yaş ve üzerindeki 205 hemşire ile yapılmıştır. Analizler uzman görüşüne dayalı kapsam geçerliğini, açıklayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizini, iç tutarlılık ve değişmezlik analizlerini içermektedir. Bulgular: Uzman görüşünün kapsam geçerlilik endeksleri 0.90 ile 1.00 arasında değişmektedir. Faktör analizi yapıldıktan sonra, Profesyonel Durumlar boyutundaki üç madde orijinal ölçekten silinmiştir. Bakımın Niteliği alt boyutundan dört madde diğer boyuta yer değiştirmiştir. Böylece ölçeğin nihai Türkçe versiyonu, iki boyuta ayrılmış 16 madde içermektedir: bakım durumlarının özellikleri (sekiz madde) ve mesleki durumlar (sekiz madde). Ölçeğin madde-toplam korelasyon katsayıları 0.40 ile 0.62 arasında değişmektedir. Ölçeğin Spearman-Brown ve Guttman katsayıları 0.86'dır. İç tutarlılık katsayısı 0.87'dir. Sonuç: Psikometrik test sonuçları bu hemşire grubu için ölçeğin güvenirliği ve geçerliği açısından tatmin edicidir. Hemşirenin çalışma ortamındaki güçlüklerle baş etmeye yönelik öz yeterliğini ölçen araç, hemşirelerin klinik performansını öngörmek için de kullanılabilir.

Objective: This systematic review aimed to determine the effects of physical exercises on pregnant women's mental health during pregnancy. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in accordance with the guidelines developed by the National Institute of Health Research, University of York (UK). In this process, PubMed, EBSCOhost, ULAKBİM Medical Database, Turkish Medline, Web of Science, and Ovid databases were searched. Three English keywords; "pregnancy", "physical exercise", "mental health" were used. For the Turkish keywords, Turkish equivalents of the selected English keywords in the Turkish Science Terms index were used. At first, 319 articles were examined according to their titles and abstracts. Secondly, duplicate articles were excluded. The remaining articles were examined according to the inclusion criteria. Six articles that fit these criteria were included in the study. Results: Four of the articles included in the study were descriptive, one was qualitative, and the last one was experimental. The mental health of the pregnant women who exercised regularly was found to be better than that of pregnant women who exercised irregularly or who did not exercise at all. Conclusion: This systematic review revealed that exercises done by pregnant women positively influenced their mental health, and improved their psychological well-being. It also revealed the quantitative limitations of the studies related to the subject. It is suggested to increase the number of randomized controlled studies carried out on this subject, and to perform meta-analyses providing high-level evidence to generalize the results.