The effect of forced-air warming in the cesarean section on maternal hypothermia, shivering, and thermal comfort: A randomized controlled trial.

This trial was carried out to investigate the effect of forced air warming in various body areas of women on hypothermia during cesarean delivery. The patients in the study groups (n = 76) were assigned to the full-body warming group, upper-extremity warming group, lower-extremity warming group, and control groups. The intervention groups received forced-air warming 30 min before the surgery and continued until 30 min after surgery. The incidence of hypothermia was significantly higher in the control group than in the other groups at the 60th minute of the operation (p < 0.01). The intervention and control groups showed significant differences in the frequency of shivering at the entrance to the PACU (p = 0.001). Thermal comfort scores have significant difference between the control group and all of the intervention groups (p<.001). It is said that the full-body forced-air warming technique prevents hypothermia, shivering, and thermal discomfort in women Cesarean Section (CS).

Predictors of health professional students' attitudes toward LGBTI individuals: A cross-sectional study from Turkey.

AIM: This study aimed to examine the relationships between the demographic characteristics, knowledge, and attitude of health professional students toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals. METHODS: A total of 860 undergraduate health professional students were enrolled in this analytical cross-sectional study. RESULTS: The attitudes of health professional students toward LGBTI individuals are moderately positive. Some variables such as gender, faculty/department, mother's working status, having knowledge about LGBTI, having friends who are openly LGBTI, and thoughts about being an LGBTI explained 17.1 % of the variance in attitudes toward LGBTI individuals. CONCLUSION: Since negative attitudes may prevent LGBTI individuals from receiving effective health care, courses that increase students' awareness of their own prejudices and knowledge of LGBTI health and communication should be integrated into undergraduate programs.

The impact of an educational program based on the reproductive health of LGBT individuals developed for nursing students to improve the knowledge, skills and attitudes of students: A quasi-experimental study.

AIM: This study aimed to investigate the impact of an educational program developed for nursing students to evaluate their knowledge of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, their reproductive health and recording their reproductive history. The program aimed to assess the effective communication skills and attitudes of nursing students toward LGBT individuals after completion of the program. BACKGROUND: Issues related to the reproductive health of LGBT individuals are not adequately addressed in the nursing curriculum. Innovative approaches using active learning methods will increase the knowledge and skills of the students regarding LGBT reproductive health and help them gain positive attitudes toward LGBT individuals. DESIGN: A quasi-experimental (single group pretest-posttest) design. METHODS: This study was conducted with 48 students in the 4th year in the Spring semester of the Academic year 2020-2021 at the Faculty of Nursing in a university. The eight-week education program included a discussion of modules developed for the reproductive health of LGBT individuals, film display and analysis, sample video display and analysis, role-play activities and standardized patient interviews. The research data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire, Information Evaluation Test for LGBT Individuals, Attitude Scale Toward LGBTI Individuals, Reproductive Health History Taking Skills Checklist, Effective Communication Skills Evaluation Form and Student Satisfaction Evaluation Form. The data were analyzed using the mean, standard deviation, frequency, percentage distributions and Wilcoxon signed-rank test. RESULTS: The study identified a significant increase in the median students' knowledge about LGBT individuals (p < 0.001), a substantial positive development in their attitudes toward LGBT individuals (p < 0.001) and a significant increase in the median scores of effective communication with LGBT individuals and recording the reproductive health history (p < 0.001) at the end of the education program. CONCLUSION: The education program resulted in positive knowledge, attitude and skill changes in the nursing students supporting the reproductive health of LGBT individuals. Education programs based on LGBT reproductive health using active learning methods should be integrated into undergraduate nursing curricula to combat disparities toward LGBT individuals.