Bilecik Merkez

The research aims to study the effect of an immunization education program on parents' vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine hesitancy is a public health concern and a challenging issue for healthcare professionals. The study recognizes the important role health workers play in vaccinating families and emphasizes that building trust and communicating effectively with parents is key to reducing vaccine hesitancy. This study is designed as a randomized controlled trial with experimental and control groups to evaluate the impact of education on vaccine hesitancy in parents whose children are hospitalized. Parents in the experimental group will receive a 30-minute immunization education program delivered face-to-face using interactive methods to encourage participation. The content of the program was developed by researchers with expert input from child health and public health nursing specialists. The control group will not receive this education, allowing comparison between groups to assess the program's effect. Participants will be parents of children aged 0 to 6 years admitted to the pediatric ward who have not previously received immunization training. The study will measure vaccine hesitancy using a standardized scale over up to 10 months. Researchers will assess parents' vaccine hesitancy scores and compare them between groups. Participation involves attending the education session for the experimental group and completing follow-up assessments to monitor vaccine hesitancy and the program's impact.

Researchers are evaluating how a training program about using medicines wisely affects parents' attitudes toward rational drug use. This randomized controlled study focuses on parents whose children are hospitalized, which is a unique setting compared to previous studies that mostly described knowledge and attitudes without intervention. The aim is to see whether this education can improve parents' attitudes when managing medicines during their child's illness and hospital stay. Parents in the experimental group will receive a 30-minute face-to-face training session using a PowerPoint presentation designed to encourage their active participation. Along with the interactive session, parents will be given an educational booklet to help reinforce the information. The control group will not receive this training, enabling comparison between groups. During the study, researchers will measure changes in parents' attitudes toward rational drug use using a standardized scale over a period of up to 10 months. Parents will be monitored to assess how the education impacts their views. The entire focus is on understanding the effect of the education program in the context of their child's hospitalization and illness management.

Nursing education plays a vital role in ensuring quality health services by equipping nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to protect health, prevent diseases, and manage health problems. This research focuses on evaluating the effect of the jigsaw technique on nursing students' learning about stroke patient care. While several interactive teaching methods like problem-based learning and simulations are commonly used, the jigsaw technique, where students learn different parts of a topic and teach each other, is less explored. The study aims to see if this technique improves students' cooperation, communication skills, and knowledge in clinical stroke care. The study compares the jigsaw technique's impact on nursing students' knowledge and academic self-efficacy related to stroke patient care. Students form groups and learn parts of the stroke care subject independently before sharing and teaching their peers. This approach encourages active participation, teamwork, and comprehensive understanding. The study is expected to assess how this teaching method influences students' ability to perform neurological assessments, symptom control, and critical thinking in stroke care. Participants must be nursing students who have not received prior training in stroke patient care and are currently attending classes. During the study, students' knowledge levels, academic self-efficacy, and the jigsaw technique's effect on these areas will be measured between December 15, 2024, and January 31, 2025. The study monitors students' learning progress and evaluates outcomes related to cooperation, communication, and clinical care skills essential for stroke patient nursing, aiming to enhance nursing education quality.

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a common metabolic disorder characterized by high blood sugar due to insulin problems. A frequent complication of DM is diabetic neuropathy, which can affect peripheral, autonomic, or spinal nerves. Peripheral diabetic neuropathy is common and causes symptoms like numbness, tingling, muscle weakness, and burning or sharp pain, often worsening at night and impacting sleep and daily activities such as walking and climbing stairs. The study involves patients diagnosed with Type II diabetes who visit the Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic. Researchers will collect data through face-to-face interviews using several assessment tools including the Diabetes Quality of Life Scale, Self-Care Efficacy Scale, Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs Self-Assessment Scale, and a Visual Analog Scale for pain intensity. These tools evaluate patients' quality of life, self-care ability, neuropathic symptoms, and pain levels. Participants will provide information about their demographics, chronic diseases, medications, and pain severity using questionnaires and scales. Data collection occurs on weekdays from 09:00 to 16:00. Researchers will measure neuropathic pain and pain severity between December 15, 2024, and July 30, 2025, to understand how neuropathic pain affects self-care and quality of life in Type II diabetic patients.