Nursing students’ perceptions of obesity and behaviour change: Implications for undergraduate nurse education

Keyworth, Chris; Peters, Sarah; Chisholm, Anna; Hart, Jo

doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2012.05.016

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“…Mercer and Tessier (2001) similarly observed that although general practitioners (GPs) and nurses understood obesity as a health problem, most of them were not confident managing obese patients. Through qualitative semi-structured interviews, others (Keyworth et al, 2013) have also found that nurses despite being willing are ill-equipped to manage obesity. Apparently, the use of inadequately skilled healthcare staff in the management of obesity translates into increased risk of mismanagement and stigma related practices.…”

Section: Healthcare Organisational Weight Management Practices Promotmentioning

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Weight Stigma in Healthcare Settings in the United Kingdom: A Review

Ekeagwu¹

2017

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Due to weight stigma, obese and overweight individuals are stereotyped, rejected and victimised by the public. The pervasion of this discrimination in healthcare settings is concerning given that the healthcare setting plays a crucial role in influencing health and shaping perception of health conditions. Without adequate support and little public attention, obese individuals are primarily left on their own to deal with ongoing prejudice unless addressed through vigorous research and strategic interventions at individual, interpersonal, organisational and community levels, and through policy implementation.

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Section: Healthcare Organisational Weight Management Practices Promotmentioning

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Weight Stigma in Healthcare Settings in the United Kingdom: A Review

Ekeagwu¹

2017

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“…Evidence which suggests that the negative attitudes of health professionals towards weight can have a detrimental impact on the way they care for patients is not consistent with this definition (Keyworth et al, 2013;Phelan et al, 2015). Midwives, for example, have been found to have high levels of intolerance of pregnant women with obesity (Schmied et al, 2011); this may erode the potential for compassionate care when working with this client group.…”

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“…Firstly, because obesity has been identified as one of the most significant current issues facing midwifery (Royal College of Midwives, 2013); despite this, obesity training for health professionals has been found to be inadequate (Fillingham et al, 2014). Secondly, because there is a growing body of concerning evidence to suggest that health-care students and professionals (including midwives) may hold negative, even discriminatory attitudes towards obesity, seeing the condition as a sign of lack of self-control (Schmied et al, 2011;Keyworth et al, 2013). Not surprisingly, research suggests that the lived experience of receiving maternity care when obese is far from positive (Deery and Wray, 2009;Furber and McGowan, 2011).…”

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Teaching about obesity: Caring, compassion, communication and courage in midwifery education

Scamell

Olander²

2016

British Journal of Midwifery

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Key points Effective obesity training is essential to pre-registration midwifery education  Students and midwives may hold negative, discriminatory attitudes towards people with obesity, meaning care can be experienced as stigmatising  Innovation in pre-registration education can be used to encourage compassionate care of pregnant women living with obesity  Research in teaching obesity management in midwifery is urgently needed

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“…The current curriculum does not cover courses on communication skills for care of obese patients (8). Obese patients who candidate for surgical operations should be examined specifically and accurately in terms of underlying diseases, BMI, and the amount of medications, especially for anesthesia, and should receive special care for the respiratory system, skin, and prevention of DVT besides the routine care for necessary surgical operations.…”

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Challenges in Nursing Care of Morbidly Obese Patients: Nurses’ Viewpoints

Foroozesh¹,

Sadati²,

Nosrati³

et al. 2017

J Minim Invasive Surg Sci

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Background: Parallel with the growing obesity problem in the world, the number of obese patients admitted to hospitals is soaring. With the hospitalization of the obese patients, healthcare team faces many challenges. Based on studies in many countries, most of the problems are related to inadequate equipment and space, shortage of nursing staff, high pressure on the staff for transferring patients, which causes physical damage. In this study, we examined problems related to the care of obese patients in Iran from the perspective of personnel in surgical wards and operating rooms. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2015. Data were collected using a three-section researcher-made questionnaire completed by the staff. The first part collected demographic information, while the second part pertained to patient's problems and the challenges that the staff faced regarding equipment and clinical activities. The third part covered personnel's opinion about priorities of care of obese patients. The collected data were analyzed by statistical tests in SPSS software, Chi-square test, fisher exact test and descriptive statistic. Results: Two hundred people participated (25% male and 75% female) in this study. Regarding the equipment, the biggest challenges for the personnel were related to the lifters and then the clothing and bed sheets. Concerning clinical activities, repositioning the patient (56.1%), transferring between the wards and clinics and changing clothes were the biggest challenges. The participants believe the priorities for obese patient care include employing more staff and supplying equipment. Conclusions: Taking the increasing number of obese patients in hospitals along with the importance of staff health, and providing appropriate patient care, it is necessary to provide the required equipment for obese patient care and to educate the staff for delivering high-quality care.

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Nursing students’ perceptions of obesity and behaviour change: Implications for undergraduate nurse education

Abstract: Nurse educators should consider the perceptions of current students when making curriculum developments in this area.

Cited by 40 publications

References 27 publications

Weight Stigma in Healthcare Settings in the United Kingdom: A Review

Weight Stigma in Healthcare Settings in the United Kingdom: A Review

Teaching about obesity: Caring, compassion, communication and courage in midwifery education

Challenges in Nursing Care of Morbidly Obese Patients: Nurses’ Viewpoints

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