Research Interest: Nursing care, Surgical nursing, breast cancer, postoperative pain

I was graduated Istanbul University Florence Nıghtıngale Nursing Faculty, Istanbul, in 1990. I was worked  in surgical intensive care unit two years as a clinic manager nurse. I have been worked in nursing school in Samsun Ondokuz Mayıs University as an instructor between 1992-2013. I have given the Medical surgical nursing lessons in nursing and midwifery departments. I had been in Poland, Warsaw Medical University  by the Sokrates Erasmus Programme in June 2008 for giving lesson. I’m interested in perioperative nursing, postoperative pain management, breast cancer and nursing care. I have worked  at İstanbul Medipol University, as a faculty member, 2015-2021. I ‘m working  at Health Science University since 2021. I’m married and have three children.

List of Publications: 

1 RIZALAR SELDA,TURAL ESRA,ALTAY BIRSEN (2012). Nurses Protective Measures During Chemotherapy Preparation and Administration in Turkey International Journal of Nursing Practice. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 18, 91-98., Doi: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2011.01996.x,

2 RIZALAR SELDA,ÖZBAS AYFER,AKYOLCU NERIMAN,GÜNGÖR BAHADIR BÜLENT (2014). Effect of perceived social support on psychosocial adjustment of Turkish patients with breast cancer. Asian pacific journal of cancer prevention, 15(8), 3429-3934., Doi: 10.7314/APJCP. 2014.15.8.3429,

3 ALTAY BIRSEN,AYDIN AVCI ILKNUR,RIZALAR SELDA,OZ HATICE,MERAL DAMLANUR (2015). Breast and cervical cancer knowledge and awareness among female university students in Turkey. Asian pacific journal of cancer prevention, 16(5), 1719-1724., Doi: 10.7314/ APJCP.2015.16.5.1719,

4 RIZALAR SELDA,YILDIZELI TOPÇU SACIDE (2017). The patient safety culture perception of Turkish nurses who work in operating room and intensive care unit. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 33(2), 374-379., Doi: 10.12669/pjms.332.11727

5 RIZALAR SELDA,TURAL BÜYÜK ESRA,YILDIRIM NEJLA Children’s Perspectives on the Medical and Cultural Aspects of Circumcision. Iranian Journal of Pediatrics(In Press), Doi: 10.5812/ijp.7561

6 RIZALAR SELDA,ÖZBAS AYFER Effect of Early Postoperative Feeding on the Recovery of Children Post-Appendectomy. Gastroenterology Nursing, Doi: 10.1097/SGA.00000000000002709,

7 TURAL ESRA,RIZALAR SELDA,GÜDEK SEFEROGLU EMINE,GÜNEY ZEYNEP (2015). Evaluation of Empathetic Skills of Nurses Working in Oncology Units in Samsun, Turkey. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 8(1), 131-139.

8 RIZALAR SELDA,YILDIZELI TOPÇU SACIDE (2015). Analysis of Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Applications in Patients Who Received Surgical Intervention. OALib, 2(10), 1-8., Doi: 10.4236/oalib.1102010,

9 RIZALAR SELDA,BALTACI NAZLI,KAHRAMAN SENGÜL (2015). Investigation of Postoperative Pain Levels and Pain Management Following Gynecologic Surgery. Nursing Practice Today, 2(2), 62-68.,

10 AYDIN AVCI ILKNUR,ALTAY BIRSEN,RIZALAR SELDA,ÖZDELIKARA AFITAP,Öz Hatice (2015).

Attitudes of woman about breast cancer and cervical cancer screening. TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin, 14(3), 235-239., Doi: 10.5455/pmb.1-1420709931,

11 TURAL ESRA,RIZALAR SELDA,GÜDEK SEFEROGLU EMINE,OGUZHAN HANIFE (2014). Analysing Liking of Children and Parenting Attitudes of Nurses Working in Pediatric and Adult Clinics. The Journal of Pediatric Research, 1(3), 130-137., Doi: 10.4274/jpr.32032

12 TURAL ESRA,RIZALAR SELDA,KORKMAZ MEHMET (2015). Male nurses: The perspectives of the hospitalized children's mothers. International journal of caring science, 8(3), 729-736.,

13 TURAL BÜYÜK ESRA,RIZALAR SELDA,GÜDEK EMINE (2015). Ethical sensitivity job satisfaction and related factors of the nurses working in different areas. Progress In Health Sciences , 5(1), 138- 149.,

14 TURAL ESRA,RIZALAR SELDA (2016). Knowledge levels of members of different occupations on child abuse and neglect. Journal of Human Sciences, 13(3), 3827-3836., Doi:10.14687/jhs.v13i3.3832,

15 RIZALAR SELDA,ÖZBAS AYFER (2016). Pain Level, Influencing Factors and Applied Nursing Interventions in Patients Undergoing GI Surgery. International Journal of caring sciences, 9(2), 669-676., 43288879166-1032.01-16

16 YILDIZELI TOPÇU SACIDE,RIZALAR SELDA,ÖNÜT FATMA,ISIKLI AYSE GÖKÇE,ÜNVER SEHER (2016). Relations between Patients' Breathing Practices and Mobilisation after Lung Resection. Surgery. International Journal of caring sciences, 9(2), 653-657.

17. ŞAHİN, G., RIZALAR, S. : Relationship between nutritional status treatment and care attitude in diabetic individuals. IJCS. 11 (3) : 1557-1565, 2019

18. ALTAY B., YILMAZ T., RIZALAR,S. (2018) Geriatric Depression and Death Depression in Older Individuals that are Provided with Care in the Hospitals Located in Northern Anatolia International Journal of caring sciences . May-August 2018  11 ( 2); 852-859.

19. RIZALAR S. BALTACI N (2020) Ethical Decision-Making Levels of Nurses and it’s Affecting Factors IJCS International Journal of Caring Sciences January – April 2020, 13;1, 42-52.

Research Interest: 1. Quality of life, 2. Community health promotion, 3. Community mental health, 4. Medical education, 5. Infection control

Research Interest: Community mental health nursing, Psychiatric epidemiology

Research Interest: 1. Special needs of child with chronic illness, 2. Phenomenology, 3. Family Nursing, 4. Evidence-based practice, 5. Cancer and palliative care of children, 6. Ethnography, 7. Neuro-oncology nursing

Research Interest: Adult health nursing, pain management, palliative care

Research Interest: Chronic disease management; model of care delivery; disaster nursing

Research Interest: • Cardiovascular Nursing and Cardiac Rehabilitation, • Chronic Disease Management, • Instrument Development and Validation, and Advanced Psychometric Analysis• Nursing Education

Research Interest: Organizational culture, motivation, burnout and job satisfaction in the workplace.

Research Interest: Stroke, Acupuncture,Traditional Chinese medicine, Liver cirrhosis, SLE, Traumatic brain injury, Epilepsy, Fracture, Parkinson’s disease, Surgery, Diabetes

Research Interest: High risk populations, socio-economic and racial health disparities, secondary data analysis, advanced practice nursing professional issues and nursing education

Research Interest: Qualitative, phenomenology, photostory, arts-based research strategies, online teaching, distance education, oncology nursing, palliative care nursing

Research Interest: Nursing quality, patient safety.

Research Interest: Tropical medicine, Laboratory science (biomedical), Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Bioinformatics and medical engineering, Family medicine, social medicine and public health