Approval was obtained from the Ethical Committee of the
Health Sciences Institute and Nursing Administration of the hospital.
Written explanations about the study were placed on the
questionnaires distributed to the nurses. In the explanations, it
was stated that the nurses would be deemed to have accepted to
participate in the study in the event that they put their names on
the questionnaires that they filled and that they submitted the
envelopes with the questionnaires therein. In addition, coping
groups were organized for the control group after the study had
been completed.