Faculty (Internal Medicine Nursing)

E.mail: akyar@hacettepe.edu.tr

Phone: +90312 305 15 80 / 147

Dr. Akyar graduated from Hacettepe University School of Nursing in 2003. Dr. Akyar has received her master's degree in 2006 and Ph.D. degree in 2010. Since 2004 Dr. Akyar has been working in Hacettepe University, currently as an associate professor in Internal Medicine Department. 

Selected Publications:

• Akyar I, Dionne-Odom JN, Ozcan M, Bakitas MA. Needs Assessment for Turkish Family Caregivers of Older Persons with Cancer: First Phase Results of Adapting an Early Palliative Care Model (ENABLE). Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2019.
• Böke Kılıclı A, Talcott Kelber S, Akyar I, Litwack K. Attitude, Source of Knowledge, and Supporting Factors on Evidence-Based Nursing Among Cardiovascular Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study in Turkey. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2019, 25:498-506. 
• Ersoy N, Akyar I. Multidimensional Pruritus Assessment in Hemodialysis Patients. BMC Nephrology. 2019, 42. 
• Akyar I, Dionne-Odom JN, Bakitas MA. Using Patients and Their Caregivers Feedback to Develop ENABLE CHF-PC: An early Palliative Care Intervention for Advanced Heart Failure. Journal of Palliative Care. 2019, 34(2):103-110. 
• Atakul E, Akyar I. Frailty Prevalence and Characteristrics in Older Adults with Hematologic Cancer: A descriptive Study. Asian Pacific Journal Oncology Nursing. 2019. 6:43-49.