Aim: This study was conducted to determine the effects of free sessions with philosophical sessions on the epistemological beliefs, critical thinking disposition and metacognitive awareness of nursing students taking research course.Method: It was conducted using semi-experimental pretest-posttest design with 177 students. Ethical approval was taken. It used Epistemological Beliefs Scale, Metacognitive Awareness Inventory and Critical Thinking Disposition Scale. Research in Nursing course was implemented in a 10-week program as two hours of theory and two hours of practice.Results: It was found that the posttest Epistemological Beliefs Scale total score, Metacognitive Awareness Inventory total score and was Critical Thinking Disposition Scale total score were significantly higher than their respective pretest total scores (p=0.00). A significant positive relationship was found between the posttest score of Critical Thinking Disposition Scale and posttest score of Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (r=0.452, p=0.000). Conclusion and Suggestions:Free sessions with philosophical sessions were found to help students develop epistemological beliefs, metacognitive skills and critical thinking skills. It is recommended for nursing education to include free sessions in different course programs and to increase research on this subject.

Aim: To examine the age, gender and chronic disease status of patients who died due to Covid-19 during the pandemic process and the effects of these diseases on their deaths. Material and Method: It was a retrospective retrospective analysis with 2715 patients. The statistics of the patients who met the research criteria were evaluated from the hospital database. Patients were evaluated in terms of age, gender, length of hospital stay, presence of chronic disease, and Modified Comorbidity Index Scores. Results: It was determined that the Modified Charlson Comorbidity Index (MCCI) score mean of the patients was 4.74±2.07 and MCCI scores of 56.9% were serious. There was a statistically significant difference in the length of hospital stay according to the number of diseases the patient had, age, and MCCI score. It was determined that there was a statistically significant, negative and high-level correlation between MCCI score and the length of hospital stay (r=-0.075: p=0.001). Conclusion and recommendations: Age, comorbidity score, and the number of comorbidities were found to affect the length of hospital stay, ie death. For this reason, it is recommended to use comorbidity indices in health protection and development studies, in the field, as well as in the clinics.

Amaç: Bu çalışma özel eğitim öğretmenlerinin tükenmişlik düzeyleri ve yaşam doyumları arasındaki ilişki ve deneyimlerini incelemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışma karma desen kullanılarak, sıralı açıklayıcı tasarımla yapılmıştır. Çalışmanın nicel kısmı 146, nitel kısmı ise 12 öğretmenle tamamlanmıştır. Araştırmanın nicel verileri; Sosyodemografik Form, Diener Yaşam Doyum Ölçeği ve Tükenmişlik Ölçeği-Kısa Formu ile toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın nitel kısmı öğretmenlerin yaşam doyumu ve tükenmişlik median puanları baz alınarak belirlenmiştir. Veriler doygunluk oranına ulaşılana kadar veri toplanmış, çalışmanın nitel kısmı oniki öğretmenle tamamlanmıştır. Öğretmenlerin deneyimleri yarı yapılandırılmış form kullanılarak derinlemesine görüşmelerle toplanmış, tematik içerik analiziyle değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Çalışmada yaşam doyumu ve tükenmişlik arasında negatif ve önemli düzeyde bir ilişki belirlenmiştir (rho=-0,310, p=0,001). Nitel kısımda dört kategori, dört tema ve temaların altında 12 kod belirlenmiştir. “Yaşamın anlamını değiştirme, çalışma isteğini artırma, sorunlarla başa çıkma ve sorun yaşamama” olmak üzere dört tema ortaya çıkmıştır. Çalışmaya katılan öğretmenlerin potansiyel engelli olma durumunu hissetme, sağlığın öneminin farkına varma, manevi olarak iyi hissetme, hayatın farkına varma ve çocukların durumunu ve masumiyetini fark etmesi nedeniyle hayatının anlamının değiştiğini belirtmiştir. Çalışmadaki öğretmenler farkındalığının artması ve güçlü olma nedeniyle çalışma şevkinin arttığını ifade etmiştir. Problemlerle başa çıkma kategorisinde öğretmenlerin destek alarak, susma-uzaklaşma-sessiz kalma yöntemlerini kullanarak, çözüm arayarak ve kabullenerek problemlerle baş etme yolları geliştirdiğini ifade etmiştir. Sonuç: Özel eğitimde çalışan öğretmenlerin yaşam doyum ve tükenmişliklerinin belirlenerek, çalışmadaki temalar doğrultusunda eğitimler planlanması önerilebilir.

BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has greatly affected healthcare workers at the physical and psychosocial level. In this process, primary healthcare workers have taken the most active role by taking part in the filiation groups. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the anxiety and workload perception level of primary healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study. An online survey was conducted among 197 healthcare workers. Personal Information Form, the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale and Work Overload Scale were used as data collection tools in the research. Independent Two-Sample T-Test, One-Way Analysis of Variance, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis test were used to evaluate the data. Moreover, the relationships between the scales were evaluated with Pearson correlation analysis and simple regression analysis. RESULTS: The median total score of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale of healthcare workers was 3.0, and the mean score of the Work Overload Scale was 37.89±7.47. It was found that there was a correlation between the Coronavirus Anxiety and the Work Overload Scales and 21.0% of the variance changes in the Work Overload Scale were affected by coronavirus anxiety. CONCLUSION: It was determined that the level of coronavirus anxiety affects the perception of workload. Therefore, it is recommended that work plans should be made considering this situation.