The objective of the research was to identify the prevalence of obesity in primary school children. Material and Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted among 1526 students at a primary school between October 2016 and May 2017. The data were collected using the student follow-up form. Findings: The mean age of the children was 8.35±1.28 years; of them, 50.2 % were females and 5.2 % were Syrians. 7.7% of the children were found to be overweight and 8.8% of them were obese. A significant difference was not found between students' status of being overweight and obese in terms of their gender and nationality (p> 0.05). As the age and the number of years of education increased, the prevalence of overweight and obesity increased significantly (x2=8.432, p=0.015; x2=9.520, p=0.023). A significant difference between the duration of daily activity and the status of being overweight and obese could not be found (p>0.05). Conclusion: The results of the research showed that the prevalence of overweight and obesity was high in primary school children and this rate increased with age. It is extremely important to diagnose obesity and to conduct intervention at the earliest stage. The school environment is suitable for performing these interventions and it is recommended that existing programs aiming to improve screening, healthy nutrition and physical activity in school health services based on primary prevention should be sustainable and assessed for adequacy.

Background: Clinical practice areas are more limited, especially in sub-specialties such as school and occupational health. Different training techniques such as role-playing and simulation enable an opportunity to solve these problems. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of role-playing related to school-health screenings on nursing students’ academic achievement, motivation, and learning strategies. Method and Material: A quasi-experimental study was performed with experimental and control groups. Data were collected from 56 nursing students as data collection tools were used Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire and Grade Point Average. Results: After the role-playing, the grade point average scores of the students in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group. Nursing students in the experimental group had a significantly higher mean score in intrinsic goal orientation, control of learning beliefs, organization, critical thinking, peer learning, and metacognitive self-regulation at the post-test compared to the control group. Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrated that the role-playing intervention changed the learning strategies used by nursing students. Also, it increased the use of metacognitive strategies, organizing, explaining, and critical thinking while boosting collaborative learning strategies such as peer collaboration and help-seeking.

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the occupational exposure reasons and experiences of nursing students. Material and Method: The qualitative research design was used. The participants were selected using the purposive sampling method. The 20 nursing students included in this study. The data was collected at face-to-face interviews conducted during September 2019 and February 2020. Results: The mean age of nursing students was 21.65±0.91. The majority (85%) of nursing students were women, and 15% were men (n=3). From the interviews, six key themes were identified regarding the nursing students’ experiences of occupational exposure in the last six months: lack of knowledge, inadequate experience, theoretical and practical training loads, inadequate resources, lack of warning and information, and carelessness. Conclusion: The one of the most important reasons for exposure to occupational hazards is lack of knowledge. Nursing Schools should ensure that nursing students are adequately trained in occupational hazards before their clinical placements.

Objectives The aim of this study was to assess nursing students’ compliance to standard precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2021 to June 2022, 816 nursing students participated in the study. A socio-demographic questionnaire and Compliance with Standard Precautions Scale were used to collect data. Means and percentages were used to report socio-demographic characteristics multiple regression analysis used to identify the factors influencing compliance with standard precautions. Results The mean age of nursing students was 21.30 ± 1.31 years. The majority of nursing students were female, with 703 (86.2%) being female and 113 (13.8%) being male. Compliance among nursing students was 76.8% overall. Nursing students reported the highest compliance (97.7%) with putting used sharp articles into sharp boxes, with 97.1% compliance for covering mouth and nose when wearing a mask. Participants reported the lowest (38.6%) when it came to not recapping used needles after giving an injection. Regression analysis revealed that gender, year of study, and having needlestick injury or contact with blood/body fluids experience all influenced nursing students’ compliance with standard precautions. Conclusions During the pandemic, nursing students compliance to standard precautions was optimal, according to this study. More research should be done to assess nursing students’ compliance with standard precautions and the effect of infection control strategies used to prevent COVID-19 transmission.

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