The Journal of Nursing Science, published by the Faculty of Nursing at Aydın Adnan Menderes University, is an online, open- access, peer-reviewed, and free journal. It is published three times a year and is available in Turkish and English. The Journal of Nursing Science, its publications, and its publishing processes comply with the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). This journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-onCommercial 4.0 International License.