TY - JOUR T1 - Investigation of the Relationship Between Cancer Patients' Perception of Nurse Presence and Psychological Resilience Levels TT - Kanser Hastalarının Hemşirenin Varlığını Algılamaları ile Psikolojik Dayanıklılık Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi AU - Yazgı Demir, Zahide Gül AU - Havlioğlu, Suzan AU - Çelik, Hanife AU - Karaağaç, Mustafa PY - 2025 DA - September Y2 - 2025 DO - 10.17049/jnursology.1515680 JF - Journal of Nursology PB - Atatürk Üniversitesi WT - DergiPark SN - 2822-2954 SP - 267 EP - 274 VL - 28 IS - 3 LA - en AB - Objective: In the literature, studies on how cancer patients perceive nurse presence and the effects of these perceptions on mental health are quite limited. In this study, it was aimed to determine the relationship between cancer patients' perception of nurse presence and psychological resilience levels.Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with 153 cancer patients hospitalised at the Turgut Özal Medical Centre Oncology Hospital in Malatya province. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Nurse Presence Scale and Adult Psychological Resilience Scale.Results: The mean score of the patients participating in the study was 89.31±19.93 on the Nurse Presence Scale and 98.31±22.11 on the Psychological Resilience Scale. No relationship was found between the mean scores of the Nurse Presence Scale and the Psychological Resilience Scale. It was determined that the level of cancer patients' perception of the presence of the nurse was above the medium level and their psychological resilience level was at the medium level.Conclusion: It is recommended to organize trainings to increase the awareness of nurses about offering their presence and to develop behaviors that enable them to offer their presence. In addition, evaluating the psychological resilience levels of patients at regular intervals and considering individual, environmental and cultural differences that may affect the psychological resilience level of patients may be effective in planning interventions to achieve positive results in the care to be provided. KW - Perception of nurse KW - nurse presence KW - psychological resilience KW - cancer patients N2 - Amaç: Literatürde kanser hastalarının hemşire varlığını nasıl algıladıkları ve bu algıların ruh sağlığı üzerindeki etkilerine ilişkin çalışmaların oldukça sınırlı olduğu görülmektedir. Bu araştırmada kanser hastalarının hemşirenin varlığını algılamaları ile psikolojik dayanıklılık düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.Yöntemler: Tanımlayıcı tipte olan bu araştırma, Malatya ilinde bulunan Turgut Özal Tıp Merkezi Onkoloji Hastanesi'nde yatan 153 kanser hastası ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler Tanımlayıcı Bilgi Formu, Hemşire Varlığı Ölçeği ve Yetişkinlere Yönelik Psikolojik Dayanıklılık Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır.Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan hastaların Hemşire Varlığı Ölçeği puan ortalaması 89,31±19,93, Psikolojik Dayanıklılık Ölçeği puan ortalaması ise 98,31±22,11'dir. Hemşire Varlığı Ölçeği ile Psikolojik Dayanıklılık Ölçeği puan ortalamaları arasında ilişki bulunmamıştır. Kanser hastalarının hemşirenin varlığını algılama düzeylerinin orta seviyenin üzerinde ve psikolojik dayanıklılık düzeylerinin orta seviyede olduğu belirlenmiştir.Sonuç: Hemşirelerin varlığını sunmaya ilişkin farkındalıklarını arttırmaya ve varlığını sunmalarını sağlayan davranışları geliştirmeye yönelik eğitimlerin düzenlenmesi önerilmektedir. Ayrıca hastaların psikolojik dayanıklılık düzeylerinin düzenli aralıklarla değerlendirilmesi ve hastaların psikolojik dayanıklılık düzeyini etkileyebilecek bireysel, çevresel ve kültürel farklılıkları göz önünde bulundurulması, sunulacak bakımda olumlu sonuçların elde edilmesine ilişkin müdahalelerin planlanmasında etkili olabilir. CR - 1. Weis J. Psychosocial care for cancer patients. Breast Care. 2015;10(2):84-86. https://doi.org/10.1159%2F000381969 CR - 2. Global Cancer Observatory: World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer 2022. 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