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Using Trigger Films as a Bariatric Sensitivity Intervention: Improving Nursing Students' Attitudes and Beliefs About Caring for Obese Patients.

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Molloy, MA; Sabol, VK; Silva, SG; Guimond, ME
Published in: Nurse educator
January 2016

Nurse educators are uniquely positioned to improve obesity-related attitudes and beliefs among prelicensure nursing students. A bariatric sensitivity intervention using 6 trigger films with facilitated debriefing was designed and delivered to 70 first-semester baccalaureate nursing students. Attitudes and beliefs significantly improved immediately after the intervention on 3 of the 5 attitude measures and on the belief measure. Improvements in beliefs/attitudes were sustained 30 days after the intervention but may require content reinforcement throughout the curriculum for long-term effects.

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Nurse educator

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EISSN

1538-9855

ISSN

0363-3624

Publication Date

January 2016

Volume

41

Issue

1

Start / End Page

19 / 24

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Students, Nursing
  • Stereotyping
  • Obesity
  • Nursing Methodology Research
  • Nursing Evaluation Research
  • Nursing Education Research
  • Nursing
  • Motion Pictures
  • Middle Aged
 

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Molloy, M. A., Sabol, V. K., Silva, S. G., & Guimond, M. E. (2016). Using Trigger Films as a Bariatric Sensitivity Intervention: Improving Nursing Students' Attitudes and Beliefs About Caring for Obese Patients. Nurse Educator, 41(1), 19–24. https://doi.org/10.1097/nne.0000000000000225
Molloy, Margory A., Valerie K. Sabol, Susan G. Silva, and Mary Elizabeth Guimond. “Using Trigger Films as a Bariatric Sensitivity Intervention: Improving Nursing Students' Attitudes and Beliefs About Caring for Obese Patients.Nurse Educator 41, no. 1 (January 2016): 19–24. https://doi.org/10.1097/nne.0000000000000225.
Molloy, Margory A., et al. “Using Trigger Films as a Bariatric Sensitivity Intervention: Improving Nursing Students' Attitudes and Beliefs About Caring for Obese Patients.Nurse Educator, vol. 41, no. 1, Jan. 2016, pp. 19–24. Epmc, doi:10.1097/nne.0000000000000225.

Published In

Nurse educator

DOI

EISSN

1538-9855

ISSN

0363-3624

Publication Date

January 2016

Volume

41

Issue

1

Start / End Page

19 / 24

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Students, Nursing
  • Stereotyping
  • Obesity
  • Nursing Methodology Research
  • Nursing Evaluation Research
  • Nursing Education Research
  • Nursing
  • Motion Pictures
  • Middle Aged