title: Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Health Promotion Attitudes in Preregistered Nurses: A Questionnaire Study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nurses report inadequacies in health promotion practices. This study investigated attitudes toward being role models for healthy eating, and examined predictors of health promotion attitudes in preregistered nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire was completed by 493 preregistered nurses. Measures included health promotion attitudes, healthy lifestyle index, self-esteem, and body satisfaction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Preregistered nurses (89.5%) felt that nurses should be role models for health. However, 37% had a negative health promotion attitude and were more likely to be dissatisfied with their body and lead less healthy lifestyles. Most preregistered nurses (96%) felt that delivering health promotion would be a key element of their job and held positive health promotion attitudes. Healthy lifestyle was the most consistent significant predictor of health promotion attitude.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Preregistered nurses with an unhealthy lifestyle and lower self-esteem held a more negative health promotion attitude. Intervention is needed to support preregistered nurses in making healthy lifestyle choices, improving their self-perception and health promotion attitude. [J Nurs Educ. 2017;56(2):94-103.].
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stanulewicz
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D000070497:Healthy Lifestyle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires