Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Barriers to Surgical Conscience Action in Perioperative Nurses.

Surgical conscience is a concept well known to perioperative nurses, yet it is rarely studied. The purpose of this study was to develop and psychometrically validate an original instrument called the Surgical Conscience Scale with perioperative nurses. The Surgical Conscience Scale was designed after a review of the literature, the creation of a concept analysis, content validity, and pilot testing.

An Integrative Review of the Perinatal Experiences of Black Women.

Objective: To synthesize the current body of evidence regarding the perinatal experiences of Black women.

Data Sources: The databases PubMed, the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), and Scopus were searched with the search terms "African American" (in PubMed), "Black" (in Scopus), or "Black" OR "African American" (in CINAHL) AND "pregnancy" AND "experiences."

Study Selection: Searches yielded 266 articles published between January 2015 and May 2021.

Development and validation of the mirror image comfort and avoidance scale (MICAS).

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument to measure the experience of viewing one's reflection in the mirror for use in rehabilitation, nursing, psychology, and in research studies designed to improve the mirror-viewing experience for those who have suffered psychological or bodily trauma. A secondary purpose was to explore demographic differences in each subscale of the instrument.

Methods: The developed items went through content expert validation, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, and internal consistency reliability testing.

Contraception among women on probation and parole on the United States-Mexico border.

Objective: Effective contraception prevents unintended pregnancy which disproportionately affects women in the criminal justice system. This study examined selected variables associated with contraceptive use by women on probation and parole living on the United States-Mexico border.

Design: This quantitative correlational study examined individual and interpersonal variables-age, parity, ethnicity, prior contraception, self-efficacy, pregnancy attitudes, and reproductive autonomy-that may influence contraception among 52 women under community supervision.

To Role Model or Not? Nurses' Challenges in Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle.

Nurses often struggle with maintaining a healthy lifestyle. While nurses are often assumed to have the knowledge to participate in health-promoting behaviors, this knowledge may not translate into sustainable change in behavior. The purpose of this descriptive study was to compare nurses' health behaviors with residents in the community where the nurses were employed.

Relationship of Tympanic and Temporal Temperature Modalities to Core Temperature in Pediatric Surgical Patients.

Temperature monitoring is a standard of anesthesia care as listed in Standard V of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Standards of Nurse Anesthesia Practice. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine which temperature modality (tympanic vs temporal) best correlates with pediatric surgical patients' core rectal temperature. Data were from a sample of 106 intraoperative pediatric surgical patients with ASA physical classification 1 or 2 who were scheduled for elective surgical procedures.

Development of the exercise motivation questionnaire with Mexican American adults.

Prevalence of physical inactivity is the highest among Mexican Americans (40%) as compared to only 18% among Whites. The purpose of this study was to test a culturally relevant exercise motivation instrument with 269 Mexican Americans living along the southern New Mexico border area. Construct validation was supportive with items clustering into five factors consistent with reversal theory constructs explaining 54% of the variance.

Implementing an over-the-counter medication administration policy in an elementary school.

A major focus of school nursing interventions is to improve school attendance. In many schools, parents are required to leave work and/or to arrange transportation to bring their children over-the-counter medicines. Many times these children went home, missing class and making it difficult to keep up with class work.