Publications

from florence nightingale to critical care nursing: a visit to istanbul.		1990	2226970
mortality rate, length of stay and extra cost of sternal surgical site infections following coronary artery bypass grafting in a private medical centre in turkey.	florence nightingale hospital is a 300-bed, university-affiliated, private medical centre with a large open heart surgery programme in istanbul, turkey. in this study, the mortality rates, lengths of stay (los) and extra costs of patients with deep sternal surgical site infections (dsssis) and superficial sternal surgical site infections (ssssis) following coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) were determined from january 1999 to december 2002. group i included 52 patients with dsssis, group ii ...	2005	15866018
relationship between nursing students' epistemological beliefs and locus of control.	the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between nursing students' epistemologic beliefs and locus of control, and the research was conducted at istanbul university florence nightingale school of nursing with 350 nursing students.	2010	20149504
evaluation of reproductive health and sexual behaviors of university students: case study from istanbul.	young people are affected to a higher extent by early and unprotected sexual relations in turkey. they do not have healthy sexual attitudes, are ignorant about reproductive health and engage in risky practices and behavior. it is therefore necessary to provide effective and confidential reproductive health services to young people.	2012	23343232
florence nightingale: light to illuminate the world from the woman with the lantern.	the ottoman-russian war of 1853 to 1855 was significant not only as a war, but also in response to a reflex from the west brought with itself novel approaches related to care of patients under severe health conditions. florence nightingale and her associates assigned at that time to care for soldiers in istanbul who were severely ailing as a result of battle conditions were instrumental in the emergence of a hitherto unknown profession. this article examines the progress of events in the london- ...	2013	23159649