Health Assessment & Physical Examination in Nursing

Gulbeyaz Can (Editor)
Prof. Dr., Istanbul Universty
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5368-0893
3Gulbeyaz Can born in 1971, Kardzhali, Bulgaria. In 1993, she completed nursing education at Istanbul University Florence Nightingale School of Nursing. Between 1993 and 1995, she worked as an intensive care nurse in cardiovascular surgery department at the Istanbul University Institute of Cardiology. Her academic life started in 1995, as a research assistant at the Medical Nursing Department in Istanbul University Florence Nightingale School of Nursing. In 1996, she completed her master thesis, studying the efficacy of patient education in managing chemotherapy-related side effects and in 2001, PhD thesis, assessing the fatigue level and care needs of the breast cancer patients. In 2010, she was promoted to Associate Professor and in 2015 to a full Professor of the Medical Nursing Department and still continues this duty. She has many contributions to the literature on cancer, palliative care, and other research topics. She has many national and international publications, presentations and lectures. Th e focus of her studies is an evidence-based symptom management in oncology. Five consensus meeting address this issue was organized by her in last 10 years. In all meetings standards of care in oncology nursing was established to ensure better care for cancer patients and reference books reflecting the decisions taken during the meetings were published and presented to all nurses working in Oncology. “Leman Birol Award” in 2005 by the Turkish Oncology Nursing Association and “The International Award for Contributions in Cancer Care” by ONS in 2018 was given to Prof.Dr. Gulbeyaz Can for her contributions to Oncology Nursing.