title: Nurses' intentions to wear gloves during venipuncture procedures: a behavioral psychology perspective.
abstract: Registered nurses working at a teaching hospital in Kuwait were surveyed to assess the psychosocial variables associated with their intention to comply with glove-wearing recommendations. Perceived consequences and normative beliefs, as well as sex and years of nursing experience, significantly influenced their behavioral intentions, suggesting that improvements in intention to comply are more likely to come from practical demonstrations that show nurses the potential outcomes of both using and not using gloves.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle, Australia. sardoi@gmx.net
authors.forename: Suhail A R
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Maria Florencia
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Amigo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D017575:Gloves, Protective / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D015438:Health Behavior; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007730:Kuwait; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D018962:Phlebotomy