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Purpose: The study was conducted to develop a risk assessment tool to determine the Turkish population's risk of undiagnosed type 2 diabetes. Methods: The study was carried out in a methodological design. A total of 610 individuals, including those diagnosed with diabetes (321) and not diagnosed with diabetes (289), who applied to the internal medicine and diabetes outpatient clinics of a public hospital, were included in the study. The sample of patients with diabetes was created with the individuals who applied to diabetes outpatient clinics, were 40 years of age and older, and had the values of FPG ≥ 126 mg/dl and HbA1C ≥ 6.5%. The sample of healthy individuals consisted of people over the age of 40 who were not diagnosed with diabetes or prediabetes. Logistic regression and random forest algorithms were used to evaluate the diabetes risk of individuals. The performance of the models was evaluated with sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and area under the ROC (AUC). Result: In the study, the variables of exercise in daily routines, presence of prediabetes, getting angry, feeling hungry frequently, and excessive thirst formed the diabetes risk assessment model with Sensitivity 0.983 and Specificity 0.984 according to the logistic regression model obtained. Body mass index, physical activity, age, gender, and family history of diabetes were not found to be significant in differentiating cases with diabetes (0.05 < p). Conclusion: This diabetes risk assessment tool is a reliable tool for Turkish society to identify individuals at high risk for diabetes and to raise awareness of the importance of modifiable risk factors.

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AIMS: This study aims to assess the relationship between management nurses' leadership self-efficacy and medical artificial intelligence readiness. METHODS: The research was conducted using a descriptive-correlational design. The sample of the study consisted of 196 management nurses working in public, private, and educational research hospitals in Gaziantep, Turkey. The data collection tools included the Personal Information Form, the Leadership Self-Efficacy Scale, and the Medical Artificial Intelligence Readiness Scale. RESULTS: The majority of the participants in the research were female (71.4 %), married (80.1 %) and graduates of a bachelor's or higher degree in nursing (74.5 %), had 16 years or more of work experience in the profession (39.3 %), and worked during the day shift (75.5 %). Among the participating management nurses, those who were single had a significantly higher mean score in the cognition subscale and the total score of medical artificial intelligence readiness (p < 0.05). The management nurses working in shifts had significantly higher mean scores in the cognition and ability subscales, as well as the total score of medical artificial intelligence readiness (p < 0.05). The management nurses who received leadership/management-related training after their undergraduate education had a significantly higher mean score in the cognition subscale (p < 0.05). Furthermore, there was a significant relationship (p < 0.05) between leadership self-efficacy, medical artificial intelligence readiness, and their subscales, concerning following and finding artificial intelligence applications useful, as well as informing team members about artificial intelligence applications. CONCLUSIONS: In the research, it was determined that the leadership self-efficacy of the manager nurses was at a good level and that their artificial intelligence readiness was at a medium level in terms of cognition, skill, foresight and ethics while presenting their professional knowledge. A positive and significant relationship was found between leadership self-efficacy and medical artificial intelligence readiness.

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OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to determine the beliefs and opinions of breastfeeding mothers about human milk banking. METHODS: This study was conducted as a case study, which is a qualitative research method. The population researched consisted of women who applied to the Gaziantep Health Care Family Health Center between June and December 2022. The sample included 30 mothers selected through purposive sampling. The data were collected using a descriptive characteristics form and a semistructured interview form. Ethical committee and institutional approvals were obtained. The data were analyzed using the MAXQDA qualitative research software program. RESULTS: The majority of the breastfeeding mothers had limited knowledge about human milk banking and considered it religiously problematic. They held the belief that breastfeeding siblings should not marry each other on religious grounds. The mothers were willing to act as wet nurses in case of necessity, but they expressed a preference against having their own baby nursed by another woman. They also stated that they would consider using milk banks only if the information provided was limited to the mother and baby. Additionally, it was observed that if they found themselves in a difficult situation, they would only seek a wet nurse from their immediate social circle. CONCLUSION: The breastfeeding mothers expressed that milk banking was a beneficial practice; however, they had religious reservations about it. It was observed that they would be willing to donate their milk to these banks and use them in times of need under certain conditions. These conditions included ensuring that the milk is not mixed, providing information about the mother and baby to families, having babies of the same sex, and adhering to strict cleanliness and hygiene measures.

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The aim of this study was to determine the effect of nursing students' fasting during Ramadan on their risky behaviors. This study was conducted in a university located in 2022 using the prospective cohort study method. The data were collected from the nursing department students through face-to-face questionnaires. The sample of the study consisted of 186 nursing students. The data were obtained using a descriptive information form, which consists of questions regarding the descriptive characteristics of the nursing students, and the risky behaviors form, created by the researchers, to evaluate the effect of fasting during Ramadan on nursing students' risky behaviors. According to the findings of the research, it has been determined that the students who always fast during Ramadan have regular sahur. When the students' level of religious faith and fasting and having sahur status were compared with their risky behaviors, the mean scores of exercise and nutrition increased significantly, and the mean scores of interpersonal relationships decreased significantly. It was determined that the majority of students had a high level of religious faith, fasted and had sahur during Ramadan. Consequently, while Ramadan fasting negatively affected students' physical activity, nutrition and sleep patterns, it positively affected their interpersonal relationship status.

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Whatever the reason, migration has negative effects on individuals in terms of their physical, social and psychological aspects. Syria has witnessed a significant level of migration since 2011. The study was conducted with refugee women who attended the Adana Gülpinar Family Health Center between the dates of May 15 and April 15, 2019-2020. The samples of the study were the women who applied to the Adana Gülpinar Family Health Center. 30 individuals, determined using the purposeful sampling method, were included in the study. Refugee women cannot make personal decisions regarding the family planning for reasons such as pressure from their spouses, cultural pressure, and the inferior status of women. For this reason, they lack the necessary information regarding the family planning, and they are unable to access the family planning solutions.

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