Parental Acceptability
As new screening programs are developed and implemented it is importent to consider the screening acceptability to parent. Screening procedures,as well as results of the testing have the ability to cause increased stress and anxiety in parents. Powell et al. (2013) have carried out the only study to date regarding the acceptability of pulse oximetry screening to new mother, and the researchers aimed to identify factors that may predict particuipation in the screening. This study utilzed a cross-sectional sample of mothers who had been previously recruited into a study to measure the accuracy of pulse oximetry screening (the PulseOx study). A total of 813 mothers participated in this The role of nurses and nurse involvement may be different within each setting. However nurses can always be leaders in engaging in the conversation about pulse oximetry screening and active drivers in the encouragement of program development and practice change. In involvement with program development, nurses can be enlisted as program educators during initial stages of implementation using a model such as the train-the-trainer model (Lane &Mitchell, 2013). Once programs of pulse oximetry screening have been implemented, nurses will also be engaged in parent teaching in order to achieve high levels of parental satisfaction. As with any program continued evaluation of program components, processes, and outcomes should be completed which also opens opportunities for nursing involvement and nursing led components.