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A Survey Of Stroke Nurses’ Knowledge Of Secondary Prevention Lifestyle Issues, Maggie Lawrence, Susan Kerr, Hazel Watson, Jennie Jackson, Margaret Brownlee

Dr. Maggie Lawrence

Nurses have an important role to play in providing information and advice on lifestyle risk factors for recurrent stroke. However, patients report receiving little or no lifestyle information. This study aimed to explore stroke nurses' knowledge and practice in relation to the provision of secondary prevention lifestyle information following stroke. Cross-sectional survey methods were used. Participants were members of the Scottish Stroke Nurse Forum (n=97). A self-completed questionnaire was used to collect the data, with descriptive statistics summarizing the results.

Association Between Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D And Depressive Symptoms In Japanese: Analysis By Survey Season, A. Nanri, T. Mizoue, Y. Matsushita, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, M. Sato, M. Ohta, N. Mishima

Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar

Effect Of Oral Stimulation On Feeding Progression In Preterm Infants, Brenda S. Lessen

Brenda S. Lessen

How To Do Case Study Research, Donna M. Zucker

Donna M. Zucker

No abstract provided.

The Association Of Religiosity, Sexual Education, And Parental Factors With Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescents And Young Adults, Kristin Haglund, Richard Fehring

Richard J Fehring

This study examined the association of religiosity, sexual education and family structure with risky sexual behaviors among adolescents and young adults. The nationally representative sample, from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, included 3,168 women and men ages 15–21 years. Those who viewed religion as very important, had frequent church attendance, and held religious sexual attitudes were 27–54% less likely to have had sex and had significantly fewer sex partners than peers. Participants whose formal and parental sexual education included abstinence and those from two-parent families were 15% less likely to have had sex and had fewer partners.

Alternate Reality: Nursing Research Tools For The Real World, Shannon Fay Johnson

Shannon F Johnson

No abstract provided.

Evolving The Theory And Praxis Of Knowledge Translation Through Social Interaction: A Social Phenomenological Study, Carol L. Mcwilliam, Anita Kothari, Cathy Ward-Griffin, Dorothy Forbes, Beverly Leipert

Anita Kothari

Background: As an inherently human process fraught with subjectivity, dynamic interaction, and change, social interaction knowledge translation (KT) invites implementation scientists to explore what might be learned from adopting the academic tradition of social constructivism and an interpretive research approach. This paper presents phenomenological investigation of the second cycle of a participatory action KT intervention in the home care sector to answer the question: What is the nature of the process of implementing KT through social interaction?

Methods: Social phenomenology was selected to capture how the social processes of the KT intervention were experienced, with the aim of representing these …

Reminder Systems To Reduce The Duration Of Indwelling Urinary Catheters: A Narrative Review, Thomas Blodgett

Thomas Blodgett

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is a common and costly problem for hospitalized patients. Policymakers have taken notice of the importance of these infections, and changes to the prospective payment rules of Medicare, Medicaid, and many additional third-party payers have been implemented to hold hospitals accountable for the delivery of poor quality health care services. As key members of the health care team, nurses must be prepared to utilize evidence-based practices to prevent CAUTI in hospitalized patients. This article describes several variable-technology interventions to remind clinicians to remove unnecessary urinary catheters and proposes potential roles for nursing informatics in the …

Safety Or Control? Workplace Organization And Occupational Health, Linda A. Treiber

Linda A. Treiber

The Reliability, Validity And Feasibility Of Tools Used To Screen For Caregiver Burden: A Systematic Review, Kimberly J. Whalen, Susan W. Buchholz

Kimberly J. Whalen

Objective: The overall objective of this review is to quantitatively measure the psychometric properties and the feasibility of caregiver burden screening tools. The more specific objectives were to determine the reliability, validity as well as feasibility of tools that are used to screen for caregiver burden and strain. Inclusion criteria: This review considered international quantitative research papers that addressed the psychometric properties and feasibility of caregiver burden screening tools. Search strategy: The search strategy aimed to find both published and unpublished studies from 1980-2007 published only in the English language. An initial limited search of MEDLINE and CINAHL was undertaken …

Advice To New Graduates: Get (At Least) One Year Of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Experience Before Working In Medical-Surgical Settings, Mona Shattell

Mona Shattell

No abstract provided.

Bayesian Statistics, Joseph F. Lucke

Joseph Lucke

No abstract provided.

Peer Education For Hepatitis C Prevention, Donna M. Zucker

Donna M. Zucker

The purpose of this article is to describe a model of education about hepatitis C virus prevention tested in a county correctional facility. The Teach One Method and Relational Communication models inform this work. Using a one-group pretest–posttest prospective design our aims were to (1) convey education about prevention, protection, and safety; (2) provide this information through relationship-centered communication; (3) test the reliability and validity of the instruments; and (4) measure changes in behavior, knowledge, and relationship in the learner. A convenience sample of 25 men was recruited at a Massachusetts county jail. Subscale reliability was 0.78 and 0.79 for …