Biography

Prof.Dr. Şenay Çetinkaya has 5 patent applications. These patent applications relate to medical devices. With the first of these, European and American patents were approved. She won the innovative nurse of the year award with one and a silver medal with the other. She has 1 USA, 2 German, 1 UK, 1 French, 1 Turkish patents and 3 Turkish Utility Model. Having completed her undergraduate, graduate and doctorate education in nursing at Ege University, 1 German Utility Model. Prof. Dr. Şenay Çetinkaya has been continuing to train undergraduate and graduate students of nursing for 35 years. She worked as Ege University Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Intensive Care Nursing for 8 years. In 27 years of this 35-year study period, she conducted undergraduate and graduate courses in Child Health and Disease Nursing alone. She has been working as the head of the Department of Child Health and Diseases Nursing at Çukurova University for 16 years. During this time she served as the Erasmus Faculty coordinator. Under her supervision, 21 graduate students and 5 PhD students graduated. There is an international book editor (1 book), a book chapter author (6 book chapters), a national book chapter (9 book chapters). She has been published in SCI journals (14 original research articles), international peer-reviewed journals other than SCI (26 articles), and national (33 articles).