Becoming an Air Force Nurse: The Experience of Transition A New Perspective of a Known Phenomenon.

Problem: Transitions in nursing have consistently been described as complex and stressful. While the literature is replete with studies investigating role transitions in civilian healthcare settings, there is no known research that explores the role transition of experienced nurses who move from civilian to military nursing practice. Using nurses in the U.

The ICN Leadership For Change™ Programme--20 years of growing influence.

Aim: The aim of this article was to present experiences from the field in the context of the International Council of Nurses' Leadership for Change™ programme, which celebrates 20 years of excellence in 2016 for developing the leadership and management capacity of nurses worldwide.

Background: The programme was launched in 1996 in order to boost nurse participation in the healthcare policy-making process, globally, and to foster within the nursing profession the requisite skills for nurses to lobby for and assume a greater responsibility in the leadership and management of health care services.

Introduction: Over the course of two decades, the programme has been implemented in cooperation between ICN, national nurses associations, the World Health Organization, Ministries of Health and a variety of donor organizations such as the W.

Facilitating Community Participants' Research Engagement: Community Members' Perceptions of Community-based Research.

Objectives: To describe the perspectives of community participants about engaging in community-based participatory research, and then to use the information to develop a model to depict the community participants' perceptions of interfacing with academic researchers.

Method: A diverse group of Native Hawaiian community-dwelling participants engaged in open-ended and semi-structured focus group interviews, addressing community members' perceptions of community-based participatory research.

Results: Three key areas were identified: (1) reciprocal trustable is needed; (2) perceptions about the purpose, research intent and expectations; (3) expectations of roles and responsibilities of the researcher(s).

A statewide consortium's adoption of a unified nursing curriculum: evaluation of the first two years.

Aim: This article provides an evaluation of the first two years of implementation of a statewide nursing consortium (SNC) curriculum on nursing faculty work life, teaching productivity, and quality of education.

Background: In response to the call for nursing education reform, the SNC incorporated new approaches to competency-based, student-centered learning and clinical education.

Method: Faculty and two cohorts of students were measured at three points over the first two years of the curriculum implementation.

Care delivery for Filipino Americans using the Neuman systems model.

Filipino Americans are at risk of coronary heart disease due to the presence of multiple cardiometabolic factors. Selecting a framework that addresses the factors leading to coronary heart disease is vital when providing care for this population. The Neuman systems model is a comprehensive and wholistic framework that offers an innovative method of viewing clients, their families, and the healthcare system across multiple dimensions.

Evaluating the impact of a school-based prevention program on self-esteem, body image, and risky dieting attitudes and behaviors among Kaua'i youth.

Eating disorders and obesity (EDO) are increasing among youth, having serious long-term physical and psychological consequences. The purpose of this study was to determine if significant differences exist in EDO risk factors following participation of 4-6th grade students in a school-based EDO prevention curriculum. This community-based research project assessed students at baseline and one week following EDO intervention.

Application of guided imagery to facilitate the transition of new graduate registered nurses.

Traditionally, the new graduate registered nurse (RN) transition has included a didactic and skills-based orientation accompanied by a period of preceptored practice. However, these methods do not ensure that new RNs are in a state of reduced anxiety to fully interact with their new environment. Transition to practice may cause anxiety, and the new graduate RN may perceive moderate to severe stress.

Dietary issues inpatients face with being vegetarian: an integrative review.

This article reviews the literature from 1985 through 2010 on research related to the dietary issues vegetarian inpatients may encounter in the acute care setting. A thematic portrayal of vegetarianism in the context of the inpatient setting is described. Implications for future research and nursing practice are identified.

Body Ideals and Body Dissatisfaction Among a Community Sample of Ethnically Diverse Adolescents on Kauai, Hawaii.

Introduction: Body dissatisfaction (BD), a risk factor for eating disorders, is occurring at younger ages and among a wide range of socioeconomic and cultural groups.

Objective: To describe body ideals and prevalence of body satisfaction among an ethnically diverse population of male and female students in Hawaii.

Methods: An anonymous cross-sectional survey including biographical information and the figure drawing screen was distributed to 7 through 12 grade students.

Use of complementary and alternative medical interventions for the management of procedure-related pain, anxiety, and distress in pediatric oncology: an integrative review.

This integrative review aims to identify evidence in four electronic databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsyINFO, and COCHRANE) regarding the effectiveness of complementary and alternative medical interventions, either alone or as an adjunct to pharmacological therapy, in alleviating procedure-related pain, anxiety, and distress in children and adolescents with cancer. A total of 32 articles met inclusion criteria. Results suggest that mind-body interventions, including hypnosis, distraction, and imagery, may be effective, alone or as adjuncts to pharmacological interventions, in managing procedure-related pain, anxiety, and distress in pediatric oncology.

A collaborative approach to developing a validated competence-based curriculum for health professions students.

Problem: Curricula are developed to educate health professions students to provide efficient and effective health services. In addition to learning their disciplinary perspective, today's students must master the concepts of multidisciplinary team care. Traditionally, curriculum was developed based primarily on the perspectives of the discipline faculty, administration and accrediting agencies.

Contrast of pediatric asthma management approaches in a multicultural and collectivistic population.

Background: Although asthma is the most prevalent chronic illness in childhood and affects approximately 9 million children, the management approaches used by practitioners may not be efficient from the perspective of families. Clinicians often maintain their usual customs of practice, and the context of the clinical encounter is defined in terms of an individual illness management. In collectivistic and multiethnic settings, the extended kin group or extended family shares responsibility for illness management.