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Objectives: there is no current data on the number and qualifications of the academic nursing work force in the mental health and psychiatric field in Turkey. The purpose of this research, therefore, is to construct a profile of academics who are working in the field of mental health and psychiatric nursing in Turkey. Methods: this descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted between January–May 2018 via a digital questionnaire form. Of the 227 teaching staff with internet access who were invited to participate in the study, 177 filled out the questionnaires. The questionnaire consists of 42 questions about personal and professional experience. Descriptive statistics were used in the analysis of the data. Results: among the participants, 5.6% were professors; 16.9% were associate professors; 31.3% were doctoral faculty members, 14.6% were faculty members and 31.6% were research assistants. The percentage of those with master of science degrees in Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing was 73.4%, while those with a doctorate in this field was 55.4%. It was further found that 89.8% of the participants worked full time, 34.5% had 1–5 years of academic experience, 45.2% taught outside the field of mental health, 20.9% had clinical experience in the field of mental health and 12.4% had never worked in a clinical area before. Finally, 34.5% stated that they had visited or studied in an institution abroad and 63.8% had participated in congresses abroad, with the mean number of international congresses attended being 3.92 (Max:43). Conclusion: the fact that about one-third of the academics were at the beginning of their academic experience and that half had no doctorate degree can be seen as characteristics posing possible risks to reaching goals. In contrast, the high number of those with clinical experience in the field of mental health can be viewed as a strong quality of the academic profile. / Amaç: ülkemizde, ruh sağlığı ve psikiyatri hemşireliği insan gücünü yetiştiren öğretim elemanlarının sayı ve niteliklerine ilişkin güncel veri bulunmamaktadır. Bu bağlamda araştırmanın amacı, Türkiye’de ruh sağlığı ve psikiyatri hemşireliği alanında görev yapmakta olan akademisyenlerin profilini ortaya koymaktır. Gereç ve yöntem: tanımlayıcı-kesitsel nitelikteki çalışmada veriler, Ocak–Mayıs 2018 tarihlerinde, dijital anket formu aracılığı ile toplanmıştır. İnternet erişimi olan 227 öğretim elemanı çalışmaya davet edilmiş olup, anketleri dolduran 177 kişi ile çalışma tamamlanmıştır. Anket formu, kişisel ve mesleki deneyime ilişkin 42 sorudan oluşmaktadır. Verilerin analizinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: katılımcıların %5.6’sı profesör; %16.9’u doçent; %31.3’ü doktor öğretim üyesi, %14.6’sı öğretim ve %31.6’sı araştırma görevlisidir. Ruh Sağlığı ve Psikiyatri Hemşireliği yüksek lisans mezunu olanların oranı %73.4 olup, bu alanda doktora yapmış olma oranı %55.4’dür. Katılımcıların %89.8’i tam zamanlı çalışmaktadır, %34.5’i 1-5 yıl arası akademik deneyime sahiptir ve %45.2’si ruh sağlığı alanı dışında da ders vermektedir. Katılımcıların %20.9’unun ruh sağlığı alanında klinik deneyimi olduğu, %12.4’ünün ise daha önce herhangi bir klinik alanda çalışmadığı bulunmuştur. Akademisyenlerin %34.5’i yurtdışında bir kurumda çalışma ya da gözlem yapmak için bulunmuş olup, %63.8’i yurt dışında kongreye katılmıştır. Yurt dışı kongreye katılım sayısı ortalaması 3.92’dir (max. 43). Sonuç: psikiyatri hemşireliği akademisyenlerinin yaklaşık olarak üçte birinin akademik deneyiminin başında olması ve yarısının doktora derecesine henüz sahip olmaması hedeflere ulaşmada risk yaratabilecek bir özellik olarak değerlendirmiştir. Ruh sağlığı alanında klinik deneyimi olanların sayısının yüksek olması ise güçlü bir özelliktir.

This article proposes a grand strategy for Turkey that is based on neorealist assumptions. While Turkey’s immediate neighbors, with the partial exception of Iran, do not pose a conventional, existential threat to Turkey in terms of their latent or military power, the “periphery” of Turkey’s immediate neighbors includes half a dozen regional powers that have the military or economic capacity to threaten Turkey’s neighbors or Turkey itself. Thus, Turkey should adopt a “neighborly core doctrine” to keep great powers’ military forces out of its immediate neighborhood and, if possible, should seek integration with its immediate neighbors through bilateral or multilateral economic, political and security initiatives. The urgency of this imperative is underlined by the fact that four of Turkey’s eight neighbors have been occupied by the great powers or their proxies since the end of the Cold War. Turkey’s position has to be that of the “third power”, buttressing the independence and territorial integrity of the countries in its neighborhood that are being partitioned and destroyed in proxy wars between the two major rival alliances. Among Turkey’s immediate neighbors, Bulgaria, Georgia and Syria are critical as Turkey’s gateways to the West, East and South, respectively. Turkey’s historically rooted and overwhelmingly amicable ties with more than a dozen countries across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia are highlighted for their positive significance in this grand strategy.

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