Integrating Disaster Management Into Curricula: A Successful Collaboration With Community Partners.

Millions of people are killed annually in disasters, and even more are injured, displaced, and in need of emergency assistance. Communities continue to need nurses who can respond effectively during times of disaster. A one-credit course was developed to provide a collaborative and engaging approach to prepare students for disaster and mass casualty situations.

Psychometric Evaluation of a Tool for Assessment of Clinical Development in Newly Licensed Registered Nurses.

Background And Purpose: For effective evaluation of clinical development, established psychometric properties of reliability and validity are essential. The Clinical Development Assessment (CDA) tool was developed within a 12-month pediatric nurse residency program. Benner's novice-to-expert model framed the development of the CDA.

If we gave away mammograms, who would get them? A neighborhood evaluation of a no-cost breast cancer screening program.

Background: Low- and no-cost mammography programs have become a widespread strategy to increase access to breast cancer screening in low-income populations. However, rigorous evaluations of who remains unscreened in communities with these programs are lacking. We conducted a case-control study of African American older women in East Baltimore, Maryland, comparing attendees at a no-cost program to friends and neighbors not using no-cost venues.