Nurses' Body Size and Public Confidence in Ability to Provide Health Education

J Hicks, M; McDermott, Laura; Rouhana, Nicole; Schmidt, Melissa; Wood Seymour, Megan; Sullivan, Tina

doi:10.1111/j.1547-5069.2008.00249.x

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Nurses' Body Size and Public Confidence in Ability to Provide Health Education

Published in Journal of Nursing Scholarship • Nov 25, 2008

Authors:

M J Hicks

Laura McDermott

Nicole Rouhana

Abstract

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-approp...

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Overweight

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