The diversity of practices included under the name of Complementary
and Alternative Medicine (CAM) range from highly focused therapies
such as reflexology to whole systems such as traditional Chinese
medicine. Some 42% of people in Australia, the US and Britain
Australians use CAM. It is imperative for all health care professionals
to become familiar with the range of CAM options and the roles they
play. This article aims to introduce to the reader development and using
of CAM, and importance of CAM in nursing and medicine education
in Turkey.

Hysterectomy is the most frequently performed gynecologic operation
in the world and our country. This operation is being removed of
uterus which is perceived by the women as the symbol of attraction,
maternity, sexuality, youth, etc. In addition to removal of uterus, veins
that feed this organ and other genital organs and for the most importantly
nerves get damaged, in this case it has a negative effect on innervations.
In order to maintain a healthy and good sexual life, it is necessary to
have normal endocrine system, strong innervations and enough blood
flow to those organs. From this reasons, hysterectomy like most of the
pelvic surgeries is one of the common reasons for female sexual
dysfunction. However, women sexuality is a multifactorial phenomenon.
Therefore, needs to be evaluated of female sexuality after hysterectomy
multi-faceted and in conformance with international standards by
studies. Consequently, female sexual dysfunction after hysterectomy
should be studied by multi-dimensional approach and emphasized.

Triage is a process of sorting and prioritizing patients for care. The
primary goal of triage system is rapid identification of patients with
urgent, life-threatening conditions. Complementary goals include
regulating patient flow through the emergency department and
decreasing congestion in emergency treatment area, determining the
most appropriate area for treatment, and reducing the patients’ and
their families’ fear and anxiety. There are three-level, four-level and
five-level triage systems; however the current trend is to adopt a
standardized five-level triage in developed country. This article includes
five-level triage system, rapid triage assessment, desicion-making to
the patients’ triage categories and triage nurse qualifications.

The rate of people with diabetes who need insulin therapy increase
with the increase of diabetes prevelance paralelly. Therefore, to use
effective the facilities and maintain the well-controlled life and
high quality of life for people with diabetes, physician, nurses and
other health care professionals have important roles and
responsibilities. Nurses should know enough about how insulin
works, when and why insulin therapy is needed, how dose settings
and adjustment are arranged, what the main rules of insulin
implemantations are. This article aims to explain to the nurses the
current knowledge and implementations of insulin therapy which
will guide to improve the care of people with diabetes.

OBJECTIVE: Nurses have important roles in determining the health
needs of individuals and society, planning and implementing the care.
At the undergraduate level, education for problem solving improves
coping skills, and integrated education based on assertivity-training,
social skills-training improves the problem solving skills. Therefore,
it is cruical to assess the problem solving skills and internal-extrenal
locus of control, which affect the problem solving skills, for developing
a curriculum for nursing undergraduate programs focused on promoting
these skills. It is a decriptive study which is planned to assess the
problem solving skills and internal-extrenal locus of control of nursing
students.
METHODS: The sample of the study consisted of 283 nursing students
who were willing to participate in the study. The permissions were
obtained from the school administrations and students gave verbal
informed consent to participate in the study. The students’ problem
solving skills were assessed using Problem Solving Inventory, internalextrenal
locus of control with Rotter’s Internal-External Locus of
Control Scale, personal characteristics were obtained using Student
Information Form. The data were analysed using SPSS 11.5 for Windows
statistical program.
RESULTS: The problem solving skills of nursing students are moderate,
internal locus of control is high. There were statistically significant
differences in problem solving skills in regard to variables such as
marital status, the type of graduated high school, the income level and
the students’ perception of their success during high school. There
were also statistically significant differences in internal-external locus
of control in regard to the students’ perception of their recent health
status, the perception about the relationships with their family and
friends. Since the high internal locus of control may affect the problem
solving skills, it is important to develop a curriculum and strategies
which aim to improve the undergraduate nursing students’ problem
solving skills and internal locus of control.
CONCLUSION: