Are Nurses Willing to Provide Care to Obese Surgical Patients?

dc.contributor.authorUgras, Gulay Altun
dc.contributor.authorYuksel, Serpil
dc.contributor.authorErer, Meryem Turkan Isik
dc.contributor.authorKettas, Elife
dc.contributor.authorRanda, Serap
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T14:20:52Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T14:20:52Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.departmentNEÜen_US
dc.description.abstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to identify the willingness of nurses working in surgical units to provide care to obese surgical patients and related factors. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with 250 nurses from surgical units of the 3 hospitals. Data analysis was performed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and chi-square test. Results: It was found that 85.6% of nurses were unwilling to provide care to obese surgical patients. The reasons of nurses' unwillingness to provide care included back/low-back pain, fears of dropping the patient, and inability to meet patients' care needs. It was determined that the intensive care nurses, who provided care to one to three patients a month, who were untrained in obese patient care, who worked with inadequate staff during nursing care procedures, and those who experienced emotional problems during care delivery were unwilling to provide caring. It was also found that most of the equipment required for obese patient care was unsuitable for caring. Conclusion: The findings of this study demonstrated that nurses were unwilling to provide care to obese surgical patients. The unwillingness was mostly caused by certain clinical features, nurses' emotional problems during care delivery, lack of necessary equipment, and inadequate staffing.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1089/bari.2017.0009
dc.identifier.endpage122en_US
dc.identifier.issn2168-023X
dc.identifier.issn2168-0248
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85058064109en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage116en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1089/bari.2017.0009
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/13346
dc.identifier.volume12en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000411388600005en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMary Ann Liebert, Incen_US
dc.relation.ispartofBariatric Surgical Practice And Patient Careen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectObese Surgical Patienten_US
dc.subjectNursing Careen_US
dc.subjectUnwillingnessen_US
dc.subjectNurse And Patient Safetyen_US
dc.titleAre Nurses Willing to Provide Care to Obese Surgical Patients?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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