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Asst. Prof. Rana Elcin SEZER

 Faculty (Surgical Nursing Department)

E.mail: ranasezer@hacettepe.edu.tr

Phone: +90312 305 15 80 / 176

She graduated from Milas/Muğla Anatolian High School in 2011 and from the Faculty of Nursing at Hacettepe University in 2016. She obtained her Master of Science degree in 2018 and her PhD degree in 2024 from the Surgical Nursing Program at the Institute of Health Sciences of Hacettepe University. In 2016, she worked as an intensive care nurse at a private hospital in Ankara. Between 2017 and 2026, she served as a research assistant in the Department of Surgical Nursing at the Faculty of Nursing of Hacettepe University. Since February 2026, she has been working as a faculty member in the same department. She is actively involved in the Clinical Nutrition Unit of Hacettepe University Adult Hospital and in the Nursing Working Group of the Turkish Society of Clinical Enteral & Parenteral Nutrition (KEPAN). In 2023, she was awarded the ESPEN (European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism) Education Grant and worked as a visiting researcher for four months at the University of Lorraine University Hospital Center, Transversal Unit of Nutrition/Nutritional Assistance Ward in France, where she conducted studies in the field of clinical nutrition.

Selected Publications:

  • Sezer, R.E,  Talas, M. S., Akcay, K., Basar, F., & Halil, M. (2025). Development and implementation of a Sezer gastrostomy care bundle using the Knowledge to Action framework. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 40(6), 1483-1497.
  • Memili, S., Sezer, R.E., Akcay, K., Güven, G. S., Halil, M., & Cakir, B. K. (2025). Medication errors in drug administration via feeding tube: Enhancing safety in clinical practice. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 69, 1113.
  • Biyik, N. Y., Sezer, R.E., & Koken, Z. O. (2025). Experiences of health professionals in nutritional care of critically ill patients: A qualitative study. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 69, 852.
  • Sezer, RE., Mercier, C., Akçay, K., Krier, J., Köken, Z. Ö., Halil, M., & Quilliot, D. (2024). The structure and performance of two distinct nutrition teams: A comparison of hospital in Türkiye and France. Clin Sci Nutr.6(3):168-174. 
  • Akcay, K., Ayhan, H., Sezer, R. E., Simsek, C., & Abbasoglu, O. (2023). Comparison of normal saline and antiseptic solution effect on the early peristomal infection rates of patients with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes: A randomized double‐blind study. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 38(6), 1343-1353.
  • Sezer, R. E., Ozdemir Koken, Z., & Senol Celik, S. (2020). Home percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding: difficulties and needs of caregivers, qualitative study. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 44(3), 525-533.
  • Sari, M., Sezer, R. E., & Ozdemir Koken, Z. (2026). Beyond the hospital walls: post-discharge experiences of frail patients after hip fracture surgery, a mixed-methods study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-12.