Early Interventions to Achieve Thermal Balance in Term Neonates.

Hypothermia is one of the most recognized and potentially avoidable reasons for transfer of a term neonate to the NICU. Physiologic and physical factors involved in the loss of heat affect a neonate's ability to thermoregulate in extrauterine environments. At the same time, these processes are interdependently affected by hypothermia, hypoglycemia, and respiratory distress.

Parents of Preterm and Very Low Birthweight Infants and Their Childrearing Practices.

Emerging research supports that early intervention leads to better health and higher functional status for infants with very low birthweight and/or low gestational age. Optimizing the transition from neonatal intensive care to early intervention programs relies heavily on parent engagement. The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to investigate the relationship between parental characteristics, childrearing behaviors, and participation in early intervention.

Assessing Vaccine Protection for Older Adults with Diabetes: A Systematic Review.

Immunosenescence and comorbidities increase the susceptibility of older adults with diabetes mellitus (DM) to vaccine-preventable diseases, hospitalization, disability, or death. This systematic review synthesizes research on protecting older adults with DM during pandemics, exploring vaccine safety, tolerance, and vaccination uptake by older adults in anticipation of seasonal influenza outbreaks during the current COVID-19 threat. Addressed were: (a) age-related factors influencing the effectiveness of vaccines against infectious disease in older adults; (b) vaccine safety, tolerance, effectiveness for older persons with DM; and (c) issues affecting older adults accepting immunization recommendations.

Physical Activity Among Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy: An Integrative Review.

Problem: Physical activity is necessary for optimum physical and psychosocial health in the general population. It is even more important for adolescents who struggle with impairments that limit motor function. Recommendations for best practice are needed as adolescents transition into adulthood.

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Night Sweats in a Primary Care Population.

Objective: Several small published case reports have suggested that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) can cause night sweats. The purpose of this study was to investigate this possibility further and to explore possible associations between night sweats and other commonly prescribed medications.

Design: Cross-sectional, secondary data analysis.

Aging in place: merging desire with reality.

Barriers to aging in place include physical mobility and transportation limitations, isolation related loneliness and depression, diminishing health status, housing quality, finances, and caregiving resources. The scope of the aging demographic shift, economic consequences and loss of quality of life urge adoption of such successful approaches as the life course model. Desirable aging in place provides person-centered quality of living that is independence-effective and affordable.

Managing fever and febrile symptoms in HIV: evidence-based approaches.

Fever remains a common symptom for persons living with HIV (PLWH) despite improving overall health and survival rates. Elevated body temperatures are among the classic symptoms of primary HIV infection and are later harbingers of opportunistic infections. Therapeutic agents, including antiretrovirals, antifungals, interleukins, interferon, and blood products, can produce fever.

Night sweats: a systematic review of the literature.

Background: Much of primary care involves helping patients manage symptoms. Nighttime sweating is a symptom linked to menopause, malignancies, autoimmune diseases, and infections. However, in primary care settings, night sweats are commonly reported by persons without these conditions.

Research careers for American Indian/Alaska Native nurses: pathway to elimination of health disparities.

The health status of American Indians/Alaska Natives lags behind that of the US population. American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) nurses are on the front lines of health services for AIAN people. They have the potential to make scientific contributions as well, but are under-represented among researchers working to understand health disparities.

Shivering in acutely ill vulnerable populations.

The hazards of thermoregulatory shivering in the critically ill are often overlooked by caregivers. Shivering may accompany heat loss from bathing, dressing, transport, and many therapeutic activities. Febrile shivering is common during chills of fever, blood product transfusions, administration of antigenic drugs, and chemotherapy.

Use of non-human biobehavioral models in critical care nursing research.

The complexity of critical care settings and diversity among vulnerable patient populations often make clinical research study outcomes difficult to evaluate. When interventions are tested, outcomes or improvements in condition often can be questioned on the basis of variations in the patient's constitutional, genetic, or disease state. Study of mechanisms underlying physiologic problems in the seriously ill also are complicated by effects of drugs, preexisting cellular damage, and behavioral influences.