Teaching health disparities on the road: An experiential educational intervention for doctor of nursing practice students.

Aim: This analysis was conducted to understand the nuanced and underlying benefits and challenges of an experiential educational intervention for DNP students learning how neighborhoods and health disparities may be related.

Background: Poor social and environmental conditions in many low-income urban neighborhoods are linked to deleterious health outcomes. Many of the structural and political influences are unknown to health providers, which can inhibit their understanding of the social effects on health.

A Multisample Path Analysis Including a Novel Psychological Indicator, Attitude Toward Life, After the First Wave of COVID-19.

Introduction: During the COVID-19 outbreak, China applied a unique volunteerism system in which nurses and physicians traveled to the epicenter to care for patients. During the same period, another group, nurse and physician nonvolunteers, stayed at their home hospitals outside of the epicenter and cared for patients without COVID-19. Yet only one Chinese study examined psychological responses comparing these groups.

For the Good of the People: an interpretive analysis of Chinese volunteerism in the critical matter of care at the start of the pandemic.

Purpose: China employed a unique volunteerism system where health care providers outside of Hubei Province, the epicentre, travelled to reverse the devastation wrought by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at its global onset. The aim is to study the unique circumstances of Chinese volunteerism in the context of continuing pandemic threats, specifically exploring the experiences of 20 Chinese nurse and physician volunteers fighting COVID-19 during the outbreak.

Methods: Interviews were done through video calling.

Factor Structure and Construct Validity of a Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Using Exploratory Factor Analysis.

Objective: Nurses' voluntary reporting of adverse events and errors is critical for improving patient safety. The operationalization and application of the concept, patient safety culture, warrant further study. The objectives are to explore the underlying factor structure, the correlational relationship, between items of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture and examine its construct validity.

Immobility and the High Risk of Not Recovering Function in Older Adults: A Focused Ethnography.

Purpose: The objective of the study was to explore the experiences of older adults with immobility posthospitalization.

Design: We conducted a focused ethnography qualitative study.

Methods: Data collection included in-depth interviews with 10 individuals ages 69-82 years who had been hospitalized for at least 1 week, field notes, and observations of mobility.

Determination of Key Inflection Points for Maladaptive Responses in US Nurses During the Pandemic: A Network Analysis.

Introduction: During the pandemic, the nursing workforce is experiencing overwhelming workloads that carry a heavy psychological burden. A wide variety of psychological responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have been studied in nurses globally, but many are not studied or understudied in US nurses. Theoretical underpinnings of the current study are based on the disaster component of the Middle-Range Theory of Nurses' Psychological Trauma.

Adverse Event Reporting Priorities: An Integrative Review.

Objectives: Adverse events remain the third leading cause of death in hospitals today, after heart disease and cancer. However, adverse events remain underreported. The purpose of this integrative review is to synthesize adverse event reporting priorities in acute care hospitals from quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research articles.

Implementing a novel self-care clock strategy as part of a trauma awareness intervention in a university setting.

Purpose: This study compared post- and preintervention trauma-informed care attitudes, explored relationships among outcomes, and identified self-care behavior changes participants are willing to make.

Design And Methods: A quasi-experimental study with content analysis was conducted with 96 adults that took part in a Trauma Awareness Intervention including a novel self-care clock.

Conclusions: Participants' trauma-informed care attitudes improved (p ≤ 0.

Best Practices for Meta-Reviews in Physical Activity and Health Research: Insights From the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Advisory Committee Scientific Report.

Background: Systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) have proliferated with a concomitant increase in reviews of SRs/MAs or "meta-reviews" (MRs). As uncovered by the 2018 US Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee (PAGAC), there is a paucity of best practice guidance on MRs on physical activity health-related research. This manuscript aims to fill this gap.

The "seeing place": Teaching nurse practitioners about cultural difference through dramatization.

Background: The use of dramatization in health professional education is one method to teach students about implicit bias and cultural difference, yet it has not been widely studied among graduate students of nursing.

Objectives: The purpose of this article is to present a qualitative analysis of data regarding doctoral nursing students' responses to a new dramatic exercise as part of a funded project to facilitate cultural learning in a diversity-enhanced nursing curriculum.

Design: We employed a cross-sectional posttest design with qualitative data collection and hermeneutic analysis.

The Role of Extracellular Vesicles in β-Cell Function and Viability: A Scoping Review.

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) released by cells throughout the body have been implicated in diabetes pathogenesis. Understanding the role of EVs in regulation of β-cell function and viability may provide insights into diabetes etiology and may lead to the development of more effective screening and diagnostic tools to detect diabetes earlier and prevent disease progression. This review was conducted to determine what is known from the literature about the effect of EV crosstalk on pancreatic β-cell function and viability in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus, to perform a gap analysis for future research directions, and to discuss implications of available evidence for diabetes care.

Implementation science: Changing practice in oral health.

Caries remain the most common preventable chronic childhood disease. One state oral health program including fluoride varnish showed a decrease in presence of decay and improvement in overall oral health; however, early childhood caries did not improve. Implementation of an oral health preventive program during well-child medical visits may address this gap.

Correction to: Sex differences in 10-year ischemic cardiovascular disease risk prediction in Chinese patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.

After the publication of the original article [1], we were notified that one of the corresponding author's name and her related institution were wrongly spelled.

Testing a model of body image in the bariatric surgery patient.

Purpose: The purpose was to test a published model of body image in the bariatric surgery patient in the clinical office setting.

Background: A model was created based on clinical observations during field work and the literature. It focuses on five concepts of body image: body attitude, body checking, appearance orientation, perceived body size, and perceived body space.

Sex differences in 10-year ischemic cardiovascular disease risk prediction in Chinese patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.

Background: Cardiovascular disease has become a serious public health problem in recent years in China. The aim of the study was to examine sex differences in cardiovascular risk factors and 10-year ischemic cardiovascular disease (ICVD) risk in Chinese patients with prediabetes (PreDM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: This was a multi-site retrospective case-control study conducted from April-November 2016 using an electronic medical record database, involving 217 PreDM and 900 T2DM patients admitted to endocrinology units in four hospitals in China.

Identifying the Complexity of Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder: A Focused Ethnography.

To identify and describe the complexity of diagnosing bipolar disorder, including the diagnostic process and patient experiences of being newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder. A mixed-methods focused ethnography was conducted, grounded in a post-positivist foundation. Medical records ( = 100) of patients whose diagnosis had been switched to bipolar disorder were examined.

The Compelling and Persistent Problem of Bipolar Disorder Disguised as Major Depression Disorder: An Integrative Review [Formula: see text].

Background: Up to 40% of patients with bipolar disorder are misdiagnosed, usually with major depression disorder.

Objective: The purpose was to describe the current state of the science of the misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder, with the ultimate goal of improving psychiatric diagnostic workups including screening.

Design: An integrative review was conducted using standard criteria for evaluating research articles.

A Journey with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. Motor neurons are affected in certain patterns, such as cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and bulbar (facial) regions. Although initial presentations can vary, eventually upper and lower motor neurons are lost in the two types of ALS: familial and sporadic.

Conceptualization of body image in the bariatric surgery patient.

Bariatric (weight loss) surgery is more popular than ever. The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in 2016 reported that 216,000 bariatric procedures were performed in the United States. Bariatric surgery has major physiological benefits; its use is expected to increase globally.

Use of the Hage framework for theory construction: Factors affecting glucose control in the college-aged student with type 1 diabetes.

This article describes the Hage framework for theory construction and its application to the clinical problem of glycemic control in college-aged students with type 1 diabetes. College-aged students with type 1 diabetes struggle to self-manage their condition. Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), if controlled within acceptable limits (6-8%), is associated with the prevention or delay of serious diabetic complications such as kidney and cardiovascular disease.

Correlates of pericardial adipose tissue volume using multidetector CT scanning in cardiac patients in China.

Background: Pericardial adipose tissue (PAT) is an emerging cardiovascular risk factor, yet much less is understood about PAT volume in Chinese adults, especially in relation to physical activity. The study explores associations between demographic and clinical variables and PAT volume, using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) scanning in China. We also examined the relationship between PAT volume and coronary artery disease (CAD).

Inpatient glycemic management in internal medicine: an observational multicenter study in Nanjing, China.

Aims: To evaluate the prevalence of hyperglycemia among inpatients in internal medicine, and specifically, to assess the glycemic management of inpatients in non-endocrinology departments in three large urban hospitals in China.

Methods: A multicenter observational study was conducted using electronic health records, and a survey of 1939 patients who were admitted to internal medicine units and followed until discharge. Those with previously diagnosed diabetes, newly diagnosed diabetes, or impaired fasting glucose were included.

Diabetes-related distress and its associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in China.

Diabetes-related distress is one of the psychological disorders affecting patients with diabetes, yet there are few studies about diabetes-related distress in Chinese patients. To assess the level of psychological distress and examine its associated factors, we conducted a cross-sectional analysis of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus from a Chinese tertiary hospital. The Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS) and the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) were administered.

Radiolabeled Rhein as Small-Molecule Necrosis Avid Agents for Imaging of Necrotic Myocardium.

A rapid and accurate identification of necrotic myocardium is of great importance for diagnosis, risk stratification, clinical decision-making, and prognosis evaluation of myocardial infarction. Here, we explored technetium-99m labeled rhein derivatives for rapid imaging of the necrotic myocardium. Three hydrazinonicotinic acid-linker-rhein (HYNIC-linker-rhein) derivatives were synthesized, and then, these synthetic compounds were labeled with technetium-99m using ethylenediaminediacetic acid (EDDA) and tricine as coligands [Tc(EDDA)-HYNIC-linker-rhein].

Effect of case management on glycemic control and behavioral outcomes for chinese people with type 2 diabetes: A 2-year study.

Objective: To examine the effect of case management on glycemic control and behavioral outcomes in adults with Type 2 diabetes in China.

Methods: Participants were randomly assigned to a 1-year case management (CM) group (n=60) or control group (n=60). Monthly case management visits included identifying individuals' diabetes-related problems, setting goals, planning self-care, and evaluating progress.