The Effect of Mindful Hand Hygiene Practice on Self-Care Perception and Self-Compassion Levels of Oncology Nurses; Mixed Design Example

This study was planned to evaluate the effect of hand hygiene awareness activities to be carried out by nurses with positive affirmation words and breathing exercises during hand washing or hand hygiene with hand antiseptic on increasing the conscious awareness and self-compassion of oncology nurses and to determine the experiences of oncology nurses regarding hand hygiene awareness activities. Research Hypothesis Hypothesis 1a: Hand hygiene with awareness increases the conscious awareness levels of oncology nurses. Hypothesis 1b: Hand hygiene with awareness increases the self-compassion levels of oncology nurses. Hypothesis 1c: Hand hygiene with awareness increases the self-care perception levels of oncology nurses. Research Question: How does hand hygiene with awareness affect the self-compassion, self-care perception and conscious awareness levels of oncology nurses?