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Correspondence: Ezgi Seyhan AK, Assistant Professor, Istanbul Universtiy-Cerrahpasa Faculty of Nursing, Surgical Nursing Department, Abide-,i Hürriyet Street, 34381, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey. e-mail :esyhnak86@gmail. com
Abstract
Background: The main point in adapting to advances and changes in operating room nursing is to determine the specific education requirements of nurses and eliminate its deficiencies in the light of these requirements.
Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the operating-room nurses' involvement in the participation in scientific programs.
Methods: This is a descriptive study consisting of nurses employed in the operating rooms of three major hospitals in Istanbul; the sample included 93 operating room nurses who accepted to participate in the study and were not on leave or sick leave between June and December 2016. Written permits from the ethics committee and the institution were obtained prior to the start of the study. All data were gathered using "Data Collecting Form" developed by the researchers. The data were analyzed via the SPSS 18.0 through conducting the descriptive statistics, independent samples t test and Chi-square test were used for data analysis
Results: Most of the nurses (64.5%) attended scientific meetings such as congresses and symposiums. Moreover, 96.8% of the sample reported that they wished to participate in programs concerning operating-room and surgical nursing on a regular basis but 44.6% were unable to do so due to financial issues. The nurses' decisions and abilities to participate in scientific programs differed significantly in terms of marital status and mean age (p<0.05), while weekly working hours did not cause a statistically significant difference (p>0.05).
Conclusions/Implications for Practice: Based on our results, we determined that most of the nurses included in the study attended in-service training programs, kept up with scientific advances concerning operating-room procedures and wished to attend other scientific programs regularly but were unable to do so due to financial issues.
Keywords: operating room nurses, congress, participation.
Introduction
Operating rooms are areas, which requires teamwork, where high-technology devices are used and fast and accurate decision-making is essential (Gumuskaya, 2010; Karacakoylu, 2012; Ugurlu et al., 2015). The operating room (OR) nurse, who has an important role in the team, is ethically and legally responsible for providing the necessary quality care to patients admitted for a surgical intervention in the...