Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Malatya Turgut Ozal University, Malatya, Turkey.

Correspondence: Bilsev Demir, PhD, RN, Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Malatya Turgut Ozal University, Campus 44210, Malatya, Turkey ([email protected]).

The author thanks the participating transplant patients for their contribution.

The author has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with, or financial interest in, any commercial companies pertaining to this article.