Development and Psychometric Testing of a Measure to Evaluate Faculty Engagement With Underrepresented Minority Nursing Students.

Background And Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid measure of faculty response patterns to the needs of underrepresented minority (URM) nursing students.

Methods: A mixed-method approach.

Results: The 10-item scale was found to be valid (content validity index [CVI] = .

Intervention Fidelity: Monitoring Drift, Providing Feedback, and Assessing the Control Condition.

Background: Measurement of intervention fidelity is an essential component of any scientifically sound intervention trial. However, few papers have proposed ways to integrate intervention fidelity data into the execution of these trials.

Objective: The purpose of this article is to describe the intervention fidelity process used in a randomized controlled trial of a human patient simulator intervention and how these data were used to monitor drift and provide feedback to improve the consistency of both intervention and control delivery over time in a multisite education intervention for parents of children with newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes.

PETS-D: Impact on Diabetes Management Outcomes.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Parent Education Through Simulation-Diabetes (PETS-D; clinical trial registration NCT01517269) for parents of children <13 years old newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes with 3 parent education vignette sessions using human patient simulation (HPS) as compared with formal parent-nurse education sessions (vignette only) regarding diabetes knowledge, problem-solving skills, hypoglycemia fear, anxiety, and self-efficacy.

Design And Methods: Subjects were randomized to the HPS parent diabetes education or the vignette-only arm. Using linear mixed modeling, we compared HPS and vignette-only groups at 2, 6, and 14 weeks.

Engaging teens and parents in collaborative practice: perspectives on diabetes self-management.

Purpose: The purpose of this exploratory focus group study was to describe the perspectives of teens and their parents about self-management knowledge, behaviors (including division of labor associated with T1D management), and resources used to manage T1D. The overall goal is to use this information to develop a teen-family transition clinic.

Methods: The self and family management behaviors framework undergirded the separate teen-parent focus groups that were conducted concurrently.

The Symptom Experience of HIV/HCV-Coinfected Adults.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has emerged as a major problem for adults with HIV infection. This report describes the symptom experience of HIV/HCV-coinfected adults at entry into a longitudinal mixed-method study. In-depth qualitative interviews and a standardized quantitative symptom measure were used to capture the symptom experiences of 39 (46% women) HIV/HCV-coinfected patients.