School of Nursing, Maltepe University, Maltepe, Istanbul (Dr Kandemir); Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beykent University, Istanbul, Turkey (Dr Abdullayev); Department of Surgical Nursing, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey (Dr Seyhan Ak); Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey (Dr Altun Uğraş); and Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Halic University, Istanbul, Turkey (Dr Kanan).
Correspondence: Ezgi Seyhan Ak, PhD, RN, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Department of Surgical Nursing, İstanbul, Turkey ([email protected]).
The authors would like to express their sincere thanks to all of the operating room nurses who voluntarily participated in this study. The authors extend their sincerest gratitude to the subjects who participated in this study.
Study conception and design were performed by Drs Kandemir, Seyhan Ak, Altun Uğraş, and Kanan; data collection by Drs Kandemir, Abdullayev, and Seyhan Ak; data analysis and interpretation by Drs Kandemir and Altun Uğraş; drafting of the article by Drs Kandemir, Abdullayev, and Altun Uğraş; and critical revision of the article by Drs Kandemir, Abdullayev, Seyhan Ak, Altun Uğraş, and Kanan.
The authors have disclosed that they have no significant relationships with, or financial interest in, any commercial companies pertaining to this article.
