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• TITLE: The Desire to Explain Phenomenon: Hospital Nursing Staff’s Familiarity and Perceived Relevance of Superstitions

  AUTHORS: Melissa Thomassy, Ashley Peacock, Amber Leone, Heather Hornbostel, Peggy Ward-Smith

  KEYWORDS: Superstitions, Knowledge, Clinical Relevance, Nursing Staff, Survey Data

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.9 No.9, September 13, 2021

  ABSTRACT: The use of superstitions, in healthcare settings, is often used to understand uncontrollable events. In order to describe the knowledge and clinical relevance of superstitions, survey data were collected from nursing staff who provide direct patient care. Using a research-based, study-specific survey, the aim of this study was to describe the knowledge and clinical relevance of superstitions among nurses who provide direct patient care in a hospital setting. These data were analyzed to describe the study population, along with their knowledge and clinical relevance of superstitions, and compare the responses based on self-disclosure of superstitiousness. Participants that described themselves as superstitious reported a greater propensity for superstitions to be clinically relevant. Less education and younger age increased one’s use of superstitions in a clinical setting. The use of superstitions provides a coping mechanism for healthcare providers and a format to explain and understand uncontrollable events.