Evidence-Based Practice Knowledge Retention Among Nurse Practitioner Students.

The mastery of clinical scholarship and analytic methods for evidence-based practice (EBP) is a published essential for nurse practitioner (NP) education; however, retention of EBP-related knowledge during NP education remains unknown. We assessed EBP knowledge during a first-semester research course and again during the last semester using an item response model. We found that changes depended on the exam item, with performance dropping on a third of the items.

Valuing Joyful Teaching Moments: Nursing Faculty Experiences in Texas.

Studies of joyful experiences in teaching nursing and related implications are lacking in the literature. The concept of joy seems undervalued yet critical to the theoretical basis for improving holistic faculty experiences and potentially affecting students and patients. The purpose of this study is to give voice to instances of joyful teaching identified by nursing faculty and to consider related implications, including advancing holistic nursing education.

A Cross-Sectional Exploration of Cytokine-Symptom Networks in Breast Cancer Survivors Using Network Analysis.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to (a) visualize the symptom-cytokine networks (perceived stress, fatigue, loneliness, perceived cognitive impairment, daytime sleepiness, sleep quality, and 13 cytokines) and (b) explore centrality metrics of symptom-cytokine networks in breast cancer survivors who completed chemotherapy treatment.

Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of data collected from 66 breast cancer survivors who were on average three years post chemotherapy completion. Perceived stress, fatigue, loneliness, perceived cognitive impairment, daytime sleepiness, and sleep quality were measured with self-report instruments, and a panel of 13 cytokines was measured from serum using multiplex assays.

Moderator Effects in Intervention Studies.

Background: Although nursing intervention studies typically focus on testing hypothesized differences between intervention and control groups, moderator variables can reveal for whom or under what circumstances an intervention may be most effective.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to explain and illustrate moderator effects using data from a nursing intervention study to improve cognitive abilities in those with a chronic health condition.

Methods: The sample consisted of 178 individuals with multiple sclerosis participating in an experimental study of a cognitive intervention.