Effects of Schema-Enriched Communication in Teams With Diverse Hearing Status.

This study examined the effects of (a) schema-enriched communication and (b) computer-based messaging on the sharing of knowledge and problem solving in teams with deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) and typical hearing (TH) postsecondary students. Four-member teams comprising either all DHH, all TH, or two DHH and two TH postsecondary students solved a complex problem. Measures consisted of (a) shared written information, (b) creation of a matrix with information for solving the problem, (c) recognition of information shared by team members, and (d) quality of the team's problem solution.

Pain Assessment Clinical Practice Improvement: An Educational Approach in the Home Healthcare Setting.

In the 2 decades since The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations designated pain as the fifth vital sign, practitioners have become increasingly aware of the numerous challenges associated with the assessment and management of pain in older adults. Comprehensive pain assessment relies not only on the availability of assessment tools, but also on a clinician's knowledge, training, prior experience, and keen awareness of their own implicit bias and how it may influence their assessment and decisions. The purpose of this project was to develop, implement, and evaluate outcomes of a two-part online learning module on home healthcare clinicians' knowledge of pain.

Attitudes of adult/adolescent sexual assault nurse examiners and caring for younger patients.

Introduction: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) are specialized nurses who provide sexual assault (SA) examinations and forensic evidence collection. Currently, Adult/Adolescent (A/A) SANEs in Massachusetts are trained and certified to care only for patients 12 years and older who present acutely to EDs. The purpose of this study was to describe the attitudes of SANEs regarding the possibility of cross-training to care for younger patients (<12 years).

Regret and police reporting among individuals who have experienced sexual assault.

Background: Sexual assault (SA) and the underreporting of SA are highly prevalent in the United States. Since regret is a complex, negative emotion linked to decision making, studying regret within the context of reporting SA is important.

Objective: To describe decisional regret regarding SA reporting.

Myometrial hyperplasia in pediatric, adolescent, and young adult uteri.

Objectives: To evaluate if myometrial hyperplasia is a congenital variation in myometrial differentiation, or an acquired structural disorder of the myometrium, this study evaluated whether myometrial hyperplasia was present in uteri of children, adolescents, and young adults.

Methods: We studied 19 pediatric/young adult uteri in cases with no clinical history of uterine disease. Random photomicrographs at 100x, taken at 1, 5, and 10 mm beneath the endometrium, were assessed for increased cellularity and nucleus/cell ratio, as compared to normal myometrium in the outer third of the same uterus.