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Aims To determine the main driving factors affecting the senior nursing students in their decision to migrate and to evaluate the effect of attitude towards migration in career planning. Background In order to promote the nursing workforce, it is important to understand the factors affecting the decisions to migrate. Method A cross‐sectional study was conducted with 1,410 Turkish nursing students. The data, which were collected using the Descriptive Form and Attitude Scale for Brain Drain (BD‐s), were analysed with the multiple regression and decision tree analysis. Results The mean score of attitudes towards migration was 56.30 ± 12.09 (min 16‐ max 80). The main push–pull drivers to migrate were the socio‐political factors and working conditions. The BD‐s score was higher in the participants, who had overseas experience, had career plans and studied in a metropolitan city. The strongest variable predicting career planning was the attitude towards migration. Conclusion The opinions of the students on career planning and their intentions to migrate indicated that the shortage of nurses would continue in Turkey in the future. Implications for Nursing Management The prospects of the nursing candidates regarding the nursing profession should be addressed considering their expectations for initial salaries, career development and salary increases.

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This research has been conducted fort he purpose of determining the quality of life of patients receiving physical theraphy and suffering from chronic pain and the factors affecting the quality of life. Complement- sectional type of this research sample was created from 150 patients those applied to Romatem in Samsun to receive physical theraphy because of the chronic pain between November 2007- February 2008. Patient information form and Quality of Life Scale were used for data collection. Data which obtained from forms and scales were evaluated by using persentage, aritmetic groups of patients Student t Test was utilized. At the end of this research, it is found that the functional score of patients receiving physical theraphy was 51.52±22.73, well- being score was 48.33±15.05, general health score was 50.33±16.35, global quality of life score was 50.19±16.38. Significant differences were seen between groups when the quality of life compared according to educational status, social security and occupational status (p<0.05). It is determined that the difference was caused by non-literate and housewives patients scores, because they are lower than the other groups. Significant differences were seen between groups when the quality of life compared according to have chronic disease, to experience pain and to use constant drug (p<0.05). In this study it is seen that the scores of patients' life quality are moderate and some demographic differences affects the quality of life.

Enürezisi Olan Okul Yaş Dönemindeki Çocuklarda Endişe Kaynakları Ölçeğinin Geliştirilmesi The investigation was planned to develop a scale for define anxiety resources of which school age children with enuresis and to make reliability validity analysis. The study was performed in *GKPS and **GUSRH after taking written and oral informed consent, between the dates March - September 2008. The sample of study was selected by using simple random sampling technique from GKPS and GUSRH. 120 school age children with enuresis and 200 healty children joined the study. As a tool to collect data, the scale of anxiety resources of school age children with enuresis and a question name developed by the researcher conscious were used. To assess the data obtained from the study, SPSS 15.0 program was used for statistical analysis. To assess the investigation data, besides definitive statistical methods (average, standard deviation), Oneway Anova and student t test were used. The questions at the scale developed were classified via factor analysis method. To determine reliability and validity of the scale, Spearmans Correlation Analysis, Cronbach Analysis, Kappa Adaptation Measurement and Factor Analysis were used. In this study, It was determined that 52.5% of participant children with enuresis were men, 76.7% of them had a problem with night wetting (Enurezis Nokturna). 59.2% of the children have had other diseases enuresis together with enuresis. Expression of "To think I could not be a successful student" in the scale was found tobe the most worrying statement. The total internal consistency coefficient Cronbach's a of the scale was found to be .96. Explained variance of the factors in the scale was calculated as 69.17%. Results were evaluated by accepting confidence interval 95%, significance level as p <0.05. Reliability and validity alpha coefficient of the scale was evaluated as 0.96. The variance indicated by the factors which take place in the scale was evaluated 69,17%. The results are at 95% confidence interval and p significance value is<0.05. The findings obtained via investigation revealed that "The Scale of Anxiety Resources of The School Age Children With Enuresis" is valid and confidential. So the scale could be used for such purposes.