SUMMARY
Aim: This study was conducted to examine healthy lifestyle behaviors and exercise behaviors of nursing students.Material and method: The sample of the descriptive study consisted of 317 students who were educated at the University of Health Sciences Faculty Nursing Department during the 2016-2017 school year and who agreed to participate in the research. Data were collected using via demografic characteristics questionnaire, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale and Exercise Benefit/Barrier Scale. While the data were evaluated, percentage calculations, average measures, Kruskal Wallis test, Mann Whitney U test, One Way Anova and Student t test were used.Results: It was determined that the mean score of the students' Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale as 130,69±19,22. It was found that the highest scores were obtained from spiritual development sub-dimension (26,19±4,31) while the lowest scores were obtained from the physical activity sub-dimension (17,38±5,16) of the scale. It was determined that the mean score of the students' Exercise Benefit/Barrier Scale as 127,82±15,12, mean score of the benefit sub-dimension as 90,35±12,19 and the mean score of the barrier sub-dimension as 37,47±5,96. It was determined that there was a moderate correlation between the exercise benefit scores and the physical activity scores of the students, which was 41% in the positive direction.Conclusion: It was determined that the students' healthy life style behaviors were middle level and their exercise benefits perceptions were high level. Physical activity behaviors of students were found to increase as the exercise benefit perception of them increased. In the direction of the results obtained from the research, in order to make the nursing students a good role model for the society, emphasizing the healthy lifestyle behaviours, especially nutrition, physical activity and stress management, from which they have received lower points, within the academic curriculums and trying to eliminate the perceived obstacles by attempting to improve the exercise benefit perceptions may be suggested. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.ÖzetAmaç: Çalisma, ögrenci hemsirelerin saglikli yasam biçimi davranislari ile egzersiz davranislarinin incelenmesi amaciyla yapilmistir.Materyal Metot: Tanimlayici tipteki arastirmanin örneklemini, bir üniversitenin Saglik Bilimleri Fakültesi Hemsirelik Bölümü’nde Bölümü’nde 2016-2017 yillarinda ögrenim ögrenim gören ve arastirmaya katilmayi kabul eden 317 ögrenci olusturmustur. Arastirma verileri; Tanitici Özellikler Formu, Saglikli Yasam Biçimi Davranislari Ölçegi ve Egzersiz Yarar/Engel Ölçegi kullanilarak toplanmistir. Veriler degerlendirilirken, yüzdelik hesaplari, ortalama ölçütleri, One Way Anova, Student t testi, Mann Whitney U testi ve Kruskal Wallis testi kullanilmistir.Bulgular: Ögrencilerin Saglikli Yasam Biçimi Davranislari Ölçegi toplam puan ortalamasinin 130,69±19,22 oldugu, manevi gelisim alt boyut (26,19±4,31) puan ortalamasinin en yüksek, fiziksel aktivite alt boyut (17,38±5,16) puan ortalamasinin ise en düsük oldugu belirlenmistir. Ögrencilerin Egzersiz Yarar/Engel Ölçegi toplam puan ortalamasi 127,82±15,12, yarar alt ölçegi puan ortalamasi 90,35±12,19, engel alt ölçegi puan ortalamasi ise 37,47±5,96 olarak bulunmustur. Ögrencilerin egzersiz yarar puanlari ile fiziksel aktivite puanlari arasinda pozitif yönde %41 oraninda orta düzeyde iliski oldugu saptanmistir.Sonuç: Çalismada ögrenci hemsirelerin saglikli yasam biçimi davranislarinin orta düzeyde oldugu, egzersiz yarar algilarinin yüksek oldugu ve ögrencilerin egzersiz yarar algilari arttikça fiziksel aktivite davranislarinin da arttigi saptanmistir. Arastirmadan elde edilen sonuçlar dogrultusunda, hemsirelik ögrencilerinin, topluma iyi bir rol model olabilmeleri için basta beslenme, stres yönetimi ve fiziksel aktivite gibi düsük puan aldiklari alt ölçek alanlarina müfredat programlarinda agirlik verilmesi ve egzersiz yarar algilarini gelistirilmeye çalisilarak algilanan engelleri ortadan kaldirma girisimleri önerilebilir.