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Nurses' Body Size and Public Confidence in Ability to Provide Health Education
Author(s) -
Hicks Mary,
McDermott Laura L.,
Rouhaicole,
Schmidt Melissa,
Seymour Megan Wood,
Sullivan Tina
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 1527-6546
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2008.00249.x
Subject(s) - overweight , confidence interval , descriptive statistics , psychological intervention , test (biology) , nursing , psychology , medicine , perception , obesity , statistics , paleontology , mathematics , biology , neuroscience
Purpose: To replicate research about confidence level in receiving health teaching from either an overweight or a weight‐appropriate RN.Methods: A quasi‐experimental post‐test only design was used. Participants were randomly assigned to be shown images of a nurse, either overweight or weight‐appropriate, then asked to rate their confidence in health teaching received from that nurse. Descriptive statistics, t test for independent samples, and covariate analyses were performed.Results: A significant difference in confidence p=0.000 was noted between participants who viewed the image of a weight‐appropriate nurse and participants who viewed the image of an overweight nurse.Conclusions: Weight‐appropriate nurses may inspire more confidence in their teaching. Further study is indicated to explore the implications of these findings for practice.Clinical Relevance: Nurses need to be conscious of clients' perceptions of weight when planning teaching interventions.