The Impact of Nurses' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Cultural Sensitivity on the Management of Patient Pain.

Introduction: Nurses' attitudes and beliefs may impact pain management. This study investigated nurses' perceptions regarding their own and patients' pain experiences by examining relationships between pain cautiousness and stoicism, cultural sensitivity, and personal pain attitudes.

Methodology: A correlational methodology examined nursing staff in a Midwestern private hospital.

A 15-year-old with chest pain: An unexpected etiology.

A 15-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with 1 day of substernal and pleuritic chest pain, chills, cough, and hematuria. She also had swelling of the face and ankles that resolved by presentation. She was found to have elevated troponin and brain natriuretic peptide during initial workup.

Evaluation of the Development of Tolerance Following Frequent Administration of Propofol in Children Requiring Successive Sedation for Separate Procedures.

Objective: Propofol is frequently used for outpatient sedation for pediatric patients, some of whom require multiple rounds of sedation for separate procedures within a short period. Anecdotal experience suggests that frequent use of propofol results in escalating doses; however, clinical evidence is unconvincing. This study was designed to evaluate if tolerance develops with frequent administration of propofol for children requiring multiple successive sedations.

Anticipating posttraumatic growth from cancer: patients' and collaterals' experiences.

Posttraumatic growth has been demonstrated to occur following the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Still unknown is whether patients expect such growth, how growth is perceived at early points in time that follow the cancer experience, and whether patient reports of growth are corroborated by others. Participants were 87 patients and 55 collaterals who reported their anticipation of growth pretreatment and their perceived growth at a 9-month follow-up.