Enhancing nursing education through mobile health clinics: Aligning AACN core competencies with pediatric clinical experiences in rural and indigenous communities.

Aim: A well-prepared nursing workforce is essential to meet the healthcare needs of rural, underserved, and Indigenous communities. This study examines nursing students' perceptions of a Mobile Health Training Program (MHTP) that integrates AACN core competencies, with a focus on culturally responsive care, interprofessional collaboration, and professional development. Over the past two years, the MHTP conducted preschool health screenings for children aged 0-5 at four Tribal nations in Montana.

Implementation of a COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Clinic to College Students in Montana.

We describe a large-scale collaborative intervention of practice measures and COVID-19 vaccine administration to college students in the priority 1b group, which included Black or Indigenous persons and other persons of color. In February 2021, at this decentralized vaccine distribution site at Montana State University in Bozeman, we administered 806 first doses and 776 second doses by implementing an interprofessional effort with personnel from relevant university units, including facilities management, student health, communications, administration, and academic units (e.g.

Interprofessional education telephone simulation for campus-based pharmacy students and distance-learning family nurse practitioner students.

Background: Interprofessional education (IPE) is an essential component of healthcare professions' curriculum but is often difficult to provide due to scheduling issues, cost, different learning formats, and lack of access to other health care professions. To meet the school of pharmacy's need to have IPE with prescribers and the school of nursing's need to provide IPE to distance-learning students, a telephone-based IPE activity was created. The goals of the simulation activity were to provide students a forum to practice communication skills, work to maintain a climate of mutual respect, and forge interdependent relationships with another profession.

Quality of anesthesia for the maxillary primary anterior segment in pediatric patients: comparison of the P-ASA nerve block using CompuMed delivery system vs traditional supraperiosteal injections.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of 2 injection techniques to anesthetize the maxillary primary anterior segment by applying either the palatal approach anterior superior alveolar nerve block (P-ASA) utilizing a computer-controlled injection device (CompuMed with the Wand handpiece) or traditional multiple supraperiosteal (TMS) injections with a hand-operated syringe. Depth and duration of anesthesia was assessed by the number of disruptive behaviors 20 minutes following injection.

Methods: Twenty-one preschoolers aged 3 to 5 years, who required pulp tissue removal with subsequent crown placement and/or extraction of at least 2 teeth in the maxillary incisor segment on opposite sides of the midline, participated in this study.