Aim. The aim of this study was to assess parents’ knowledge of first aid in case of child burn injury in relation to their previous experience of burns.

Methods. Quantitative cross-sectional study design was applied. Two groups of parents/guardians were included in the study: (1) those whose child experienced thermal injury under 3 years of age and (2) families that had no experience of child thermal injury until they were 3 years of age or younger. In total, 243 parents were invited to take part in the study and 232 filled in the forms with the response rate of 95.5%. The data were collected between February and May, 2017. An anonymous questionnaire was developed by the researchers. Ethical permission to conduct the study was issued by the Bioethics Centre of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.

Results. The results are presented on 105 boys (45.3%) and 127 girls (54.7%) whose parents provided information for this study; 68 children (29.3%) had experience of burns. Boys suffered from burns significantly more often than girls (53.3% and 9.4%, respectively, P<0.001). In 85% of the cases, hot beverages were the main cause of burns in children. The results revealed that 55 children (80.9%) were provided with first aid within the first 5 minutes after a burn and parents were those who most often (85.3%) administered first aid to their children. The experience of thermal burns in children was linked with the socio-demographic characteristics of their parents. Parents whose children did not have burns knew better how to behave in provided sample cases than those whose children had experience of burns. The results revealed that the average point of parents’ selfassessed knowledge was 5.1±1.98 (min – 1, max – 9, median – 5.0).

Conclusions. Parents who were younger, lived in the city, had higher education and were married had better first aid knowledge related to child burns. Self-assessment of knowledge about first aid in burns was higher in parents whose children never experienced burns. It is necessary to teach parents/guardians how to provide timely and proper first aid in case of a child thermal burn.

Material and Methods: The study included 18-year-old or older patients with psoriasis who were treated at inpatient and outpatient units (n=385). In this study, we assessed their sociodemographic data, knowledge about the disease, body mass index, and disease duration. Depression and anxiety were assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale.

Results. Almost one-half (44.4%) of the test subjects rated their knowledge about the disease as satisfactory. More than one-half (57.4%) of the subjects stated that they received sufficient information about psoriasis in health care institutions. The majority of the subjects (70.1%) learned about their disease from a physician, 48.1% from the Internet, 15.6% in the press, 10.9% from television or radio broadcasts, and 9.1% of the respondents learned about their disease from a nurse. Anxiety and depression were detected in 37.4% and 23.4% of the patients, respectively. Depression was more frequent in the patients aged more than 55 years than in those aged <35 years. Anxiety was more common in women than men, and in the respondents with primary or unfinished secondary education than in those with higher education.

Conclusions. A higher proportion of the patients were aware of the key aspects of the disease, and their knowledge may be classified as satisfactory. The patients with psoriasis, especially women and older people aged more than 55 years, experienced anxiety and symptoms of depression. In this context, patient education about the disease and the avoidance of addictions can improve the management of psychological problems in patients with psoriasis.

The aim of the study was to assess the nurses’ knowledge about the application and care of peripheral and central venous and port catheters focusing on prevention of complications that may occur.

Methods. Nurses (n=151) working in the intensive care-nephrology unit, the emergency service, and the oncology clinic in Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Education and Research Hospital and Turgut Ozal University Medicine Faculty Hospital in Turkey were enrolled in the study. The data were collected using a specially developed questionnaire. The 3-part questionnaire consisted of 55 questions.

Results. The response rates obtained were 79.1% and 62.5% for university graduate nurses and college graduate nurses, respectively; there was a significant difference in knowledge between those 2 groups. The knowledge of the nurses about peripheral and central venous catheters significantly differed considering the length of their professional experience and the working place. The information about port catheterization was extraordinarily low, as 91% (n=138) of the nurses failed during the test or had no idea about this procedure.

Conclusion. The knowledge of nurses about the application, care, and complications of central and peripheral catheters and port catheters differs in relation to their education, duration of practical experience, and working site. The lack of knowledge about port catheters was the greatest. In-service training of nurses is required to improve their knowledge and skills on the topic of safe nursing practice.