Aims To determine whether nurses respect or violate patient privacy by comparing nurses’ and patients’ opinions. Background Although nurses want to respect patient privacy, they can sometimes violate patient privacy or not pay enough attention. Method This comparative and cross‐sectional study was conducted with 357 patients and 305 nurses in 12 public hospitals in Trabzon, Turkey. Data were collected with an information form and the Patient Privacy Scale. Reporting is consistent with the STROBE checklist for cross‐sectional studies. Results The total mean score of the patient privacy scale was 4.6 ± 0.39 for nurses and 4.5 ± 0.41 for patients, and no significant difference was found between their scores (U = 52999.0; p = .554). Further, the nurses (U = 14358.0; p = .000) and the patients (U = 13272.5; p = .006) in the public hospitals had statistically significantly higher overall privacy scores than those in the training and research hospitals. The overall privacy scale scores were higher and more statistically significant in the patients hospitalised in surgical clinics than those hospitalised in clinics for internal diseases (U = 8514.0; p = .005) and in single compared to married patients (U = 12364.5; p = .034). Conclusion Nurses respected patient privacy highly according to both nurses and patients, and there was no significant difference between their views. However, nurses working in training and research hospitals and internal diseases clinics need to improve their approaches to patient privacy. Relevance to clinical practice The results of this study could be used to reduce patient privacy vulnerabilities in complex hospitals and clinics such as training and research hospitals and to improve institutional policies and activities regarding patient privacy. By comparing the results of patients and nurses, the study provided more consistent and accurate data about patient privacy.

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Sokakta yaşayan çocuk sorunu, küresel bir problem olup ne yazık ki önüne geçilememiş; yoksulluk, göç, savaş, destek sistemlerin yetersizliği ve eğitimsizlik gibi birçok faktörün neden olduğu ciddi bir dünya sorunudur. Bu soruna yönelik girişimler yapılsa da bu girişimlerin yeterli olmadığı görülmekte ve sokaklarda herhangi bir yetişkin gözetiminde olmadan yaşayan ve çalışan çocuklar bulunmaktadır. Sokakta yaşamanın her çocuk üzerinde etkisi bulunurken bu etkiler yaş dönemine göre farklılaşmaktadır. Birçok disipline bu hususta sorumluluk düşmektedir. Özellikle pediatri hemşirelerinin bu konuda rol alması önem taşımaktadır. Çünkü pediatri hemşireleri çocukları anatomik, fizyolojik, ruhsal, sosyal ve bilişsel yönden en iyi tanıyan meslek grubu olmakla birlikte bakım verici, tedavi edici, danışmanlık, savunuculuk ve eğitici rollerini bir arada bulunduran bir meslek dalıdır. Dolayısıyla pediatri hemşireleri de çözüm getirici yasa ve politikaların üretilmesine yardımcı olmalı ve çelişkili yasaların açıklığa kavuşturulmasına öncülük etmelidir. Bu çalışma sokakta yaşayan çocuklara yönelik farkındalık oluşturmak, çocukları sokağa iten nedenleri açıklamak, sokakta yaşamanın çocukların yaş dönemlerine göre etkilerini incelemek, bu çocukların yaşadıkları sorunlara dikkat çekmek ve hemşirelik yaklaşımlarını belirtmek için ele alındı.

Background: Pediatric nurses must have a sense of calling as they provide services to pediatric patients, a very sensitive population. Pediatric nurses are often required to use their creative personality traits when giving care and treatment to children, explaining any procedure, trying to divert attention, etc. The research was conducted between January and May 2021 in order to evaluate the sense of calling and creative personality traits of pediatric nurses. Methods: The research was conducted based on descriptive and cross-sectional type. The sample of the study consisted of 96 pediatric nurses working in two separate training and research hospitals and a state hospital. "Information Form", "Calling and Vocation Questionnaire" and "Creative Personality Trait Scale" were used to collect data. Results: A statistically significant, positive and strong relationship was determined between the presence of calling and the total creative personality trait, task orientedness, internal motivation and self-confidence sub-dimensions. The presence of calling and the search for calling of nurses explain 47% of their creative personality traits. Conclusion: It was determined that the presence of calling is an important predictor of creative personality traits. The model we established in our study was found to be significant.