The sample of this study consisted of a total 105 nurses working in surgery clinics or surgical intensive care units of
a university hospital, who volunteered to participate in the study.The questionnaire used in this study was developed
by the researchers with the help of material obtained from the literature review. Questionnaires were distributed and
collected to participants by researcher. In the calculation of knowledge and practice scores, every correct answer
was assigned 1 point, while incorrect answers were assigned 0. Mean, percentage, ANOVA, the kruskal-wallis h test,
the mann-whitney u test and pearson correlation were used for data analysis.