Teaching in the Digital Age-Developing a Support Program for Nursing Education Providers: Design-Based Research.

Background: Health care systems and the nursing profession worldwide are being transformed by technology and digitalization. Nurses acquire digital competence through their own experience in daily practice, but also from education and training; nursing education providers thus play an important role. While nursing education providers have some level of digital competence, there is a need for ongoing training and support for them to develop more advanced skills and effectively integrate technology into their teaching.

How to deal with the variability of peripheral nerve lesion patterns after inguinal herniotomy? A descriptive approach for a new terminology in clinical practice.

Background: Inguinal hernia is one of the most common visceral surgical conditions in industrialised countries. The aim of the present observational clinical study was to investigate the dermatome patterns after nerve injury following inguinal hernia surgery and to demonstrate the marked individual anatomical and topographical variability of peripheral nerves in the inguinal region.

Methods: 220 patients were followed up for one year after inguinal herniotomy.

Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by proteomics: a complementary diagnosis tool on erythema migrans biopsies.

Objectives: We have developed targeted proteomics in the context of Lyme borreliosis (LM) as a new direct diagnostic tool for detecting Borrelia proteins in the skin of patients with erythema migrans. If satisfactory, this proteomic technique could be used in addition to culture and/or PCR for disseminated infections where Borrelia detection is essential to demonstrate active infection. In these infections, the diagnosis is indirect and relies mainly on serology.

Ticks and tick-borne pathogens on Belle-Île-en-Mer: An exploratory study in a western French island environment.

The islands of Brittany provide unique ecosystems for ticks and tick-borne diseases owing to their oceanic climate, influencing interactions among ticks, hosts, and pathogens. We conducted a preliminary investigation on Belle-Île-en-Mer, an island off the Atlantic coast of Brittany in western France, to assess the prevalence of questing adult ticks and associated human pathogenic bacteria. Dermacentor spp.