Evaluatin of professional functions of nurses in dialysis centers

This research has been prepared with the aim of evaluating situations of nurses, who work at various dialysis centers, to correctly accept and apply information and abilities they have grown in professional training and dialysis education, that it, professional nursing functions, and defining factors that may affect their professional approach.The survey, which has been prepared for this objective, has been applied to a total of 210 nurses, every 20-50 nurses from 7 private and foundation hospitals in İstanbul and completed between the dates December 2009 ? May 2011.Statistical evaluation was made by computer, using SPSS 17.0 program. The prevalence scale of Frequency Distribution (%), Arithmetic Mean ?? x), and Standard Deviation ?? SD) are used in order to evaluate distribution of nurses participating in this research; also in order to evaluate relevance among different group means, non-parametric significance tests (Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis analysis) are used.In conclusion, it has been determined that majority of nurses (80% and above) accept and apply the professional nursing functions correctly. In addition; it has been determined that professional nursing function utilization level is higher in the nurses, who are between the ages 31-40, have associate degrees, have hemodialysis certificate, find their health information and given patient education, are content with their doctor and management and with the respect and tolerance from society and their colleagues, subjected to performance evaluation in their units and whose duties, authorities and responsibilities are defined.