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Superstitions Among Perioperative Nurses
Author(s) -
Mandell David L.,
Claypool Margie L.,
Kay David J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)60464-x
Subject(s) - perioperative nursing , perioperative , operating room nursing , medicine , psychology , anesthesia , nursing
• A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY was conducted using a mailed questionnaire to determine the prevalence of work‐related superstitious among perioperative nurses. • DATA ANALYSIS included the two‐sample t test for continuous data and the two‐sided Fisher's exact test for binary data. • STUDY RESULTS indicate that although only 23% of respondents view themselves as “generally superstitious,” specific work‐related superstitions are widespread. Belief in specific superstitions was not statistically related to age or number of years as a perioperative nurse. • AN ANALYSIS of the literature on medical workplace superstitions helps to elucidate possible underlying explanations for the phenomenon of nursing superstitions. AORN J 81 (May 2005) 971–984.