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Aim: This study was carried out to evaluate the personality traits, professional self-concept and occupational perceptions of the nurses and to examine the relationship among them. Method: This is a descriptive and correlational study. The research sample was made of 185 nurses working in two private hospitals affiliated to a foundation university and in a medical center located in Istanbul Province. Data were obtained using the Ten-Item Personality Scale, the Perception of Nursing Profession Scale and the Professional Self-Concept Scale in Nurses. Results: The average age of nurses was 25.32, 42.2% had bachelor's degree and the duration of experience as a nurse was 5.21 years. In the ranking of the average scores of the answers given to the items of the Ten-Item Personality Scale, the averages of the statements "I consider myself as reliable self-disciplined", "I consider myself as sympathetic, warm-hearted" and "I consider myself as extroverted, enthusiastic" were higher than the means of other items. The general perceptions of nurses on nursing profession are moderately positive. Scores showed that professional self concept in nurses was quite positively (110.30±12.53). Positive relationship was found between the scores of Extroversion sub-dimension of the Ten-Item Personality Scale and the Professional Satisfaction sub-dimension scores of the Professional Self-Concept Scale in Nurses (p=0.006). No statistically significant relationship was found between the scores of the Ten-Item Personality Scale and Perception of Nursing Profession Scale (p>0.05). Statistically significant positive relationship was determined between scores of the Perception of Nursing Profession Scale and the Professional Self-Concept Scale in Nurses (p<0.01). Conclusion: Research results show ed a positive relationship between nurses’ occupational perceptions and professional self-perceptions, and that there is a need for strategies to improve the nurses’ occupational perceptions. It is important to adopt approaches that improve occupational perceptions and professional self-perception in accordance with the personality traits.

Ebelik ö¤rencilerinin do¤um a¤r›s›n›n yönetiminde kullan›lan nonfarmakolojik yöntemlere iliflkin bilgi, tutum ve davran›fllar› Amaç: Bu çal›flma ebelik ö¤rencilerinin do¤um a¤r›s›n›n yönetiminde kullan›lan nonfarmakolojik yöntemler konusundaki bilgi düzeylerinin belirlenmesi ve fark›ndal›klar›n›n artt›r›lmas› amac›yla plan-land› ve uyguland›. Yöntem: Araflt›rma ‹stanbul Bilim Üniversitesi Sa¤l›k Yüksekokulu Ebelik bölümünde okuyan ve araflt›rmaya kat›lmay› kabul eden 60 ö¤renci ile tan›mlay›c› olarak yürütüldü. Veriler kurum izni ve etik kurul onay› al›narak anket formu ile topland›. Anketler SPSS versiyon 22 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, ABD) program› kullan›larak de¤erlendirildi. Bulgular: Araflt›rmaya göre ebelik ö¤rencilerinin %43.3'ünün (n=26) nonfarmakolojik yöntemler hakk›nda bilgi sahibi oldu¤u ve bu yöntemlerden en az bir tanesini gebeye uygulad›¤› saptand›. Ö¤renim gördükleri s›n›fa göre karfl›laflt›r›ld›¤›nda; 2. s›n›flar›n do¤um a¤r›s›n›n yönetiminde kullan›lan nonfarmakolojik yöntemlere iliflkin tutumlar›n› belirlemeye yönelik sorulara verdikleri cevaplar›n toplam puanlar›n›n, 4. s›n›flar›n puanlar›na göre istatistiksel olarak anlaml› derecede yüksek oldu¤u; yafllar› karfl›laflt›r›l-d›¤›nda ise 18-19, 22-23 ve 24 yafl ve üzeri ö¤renci ebelerin dav-ran›fllar›n› belirlemeye yönelik sorulara verdikleri cevaplar›n toplam puanlar›n›n, 20-21 yafl grubundaki ö¤renci ebelerin puanlar›na göre istatistiksel olarak anlaml› derecede yüksek oldu¤u bulundu. Sonuç: Ö¤rencilerin do¤um a¤r›s›n›n yönetiminde kullan›lan nonfarmakolojik yöntemler konusunda bilgilerinin art›r›lmas›na gereksinim vard›r. Bunun için konu ile ilgili teorik e¤itimlerin ya-n› s›ra, görsel ö¤renme teknikleri ve simülasyon uygulama yöntemleri de kullan›larak ö¤rencilerin bilgileri pekifltirilmelidir.

This study aims to plan and carry out the determination of daily living activities, nursing care needs and to what extent these needs are met in patients who have been undergoing mechanical ventilation and then weaned from mechanical ventilation.Material and methods: This research is a descriptive study planned to determine the daily living activities, nursing care needs and to what extent these needs are met in patients who have been weaned from mechanical ventilation. In this study, "What is the level of meeting the daily living activities of the patients who have been undergoing mechanical ventilation and then weaned from mechanical ventilation?", "Is there a difference between the socio-demographic characteristics of the activities of daily living?", "What are the opinions of the patients who have been undergoing mechanical ventilation and then weaned from mechanical ventilation about the nursing care needs?" sought answers to questions.Results: The patients who participated the research were determined including into the half-dependent group cause of being the point average 11,63±3,314 of the KATZ scale of the daily life routines. It was found statistically significant difference (p<0,05) between the answer of the questions which were asked by the participating patients who needed to know about suppling with nursing care requirement. According to this: It was determined that people trust nursing care, are moderately affected by medical treatment, nutritional problems are reduced with nursing care, they receive moderate information from nurses, and they receive help from nurses for symptoms such as nausea-vomiting and pain due to illness.In addition, it was determined that they needed to be supported in complying with care, giving explanatory information about care, being honest and communicating effectively during the therapies, paying attention to the protection of privacy, and families' participation in nursing care therapies. Conclusion:There is a need to increase nurses' levels of knowledge about determining the care needs of patients receiving undergoing mechanical ventilation and then weaned from mechanical ventilation and meeting these needs. According to this, the knowledge of intensive care nurses should be strengthened by using visual learning techniques and simulation application methods, in addition to relevant theoretical trainings.