Impact of Cardiorespiratory Fitness on Mortality in Black Male Veterans With Resistant Systemic Hypertension.

Patients with resistant systemic hypertension have poorer outcomes than nonresistant hypertensives. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and all-cause mortality in black male Veterans with resistant systemic hypertension. Patients were identified from a cohort undergoing exercise tolerance test at the department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, DC.

Using a board game to reinforce learning.

Experiential gaming strategies offer a variation on traditional learning. A board game was used to present synthesized content of fundamental catheter care concepts and reinforce evidence-based practices relevant to nursing. Board games are innovative educational tools that can enhance active learning.

Changing Behavior among Nurses to Track Indwelling Urinary Catheters in Hospitalized Patients.

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are preventable complications of hospitalization. An interdisciplinary team developed a curriculum to increase awareness of the presence of indwelling urinary catheters (IUCs) in hospitalized patients, addressed practical, primarily nurse-controlled inpatient risk-reduction interventions, and promoted the use of the IUC labels ("tags"). Five thirty-minute educational sessions were cycled over three daily nursing shifts on two inpatient medical floors over a 1-year period; participants were surveyed (n = 152) to elicit feedback and provide real-time insight on the learning objectives.

A qualitative study of the meaning of physical examination teaching for patients.

Background: Physical examination teaching using actual patients is an important part of medical training. The patient experience undergoing this type of teaching is not well-understood.

Objective: To understand the meaning of physical examination teaching for patients.

Complementary and alternative medicine use by primary care patients with chronic pain.

Objectives: To describe the characteristics and attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among primary care patients with chronic pain disorders and to determine if CAM use is associated with better pain control.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Subjects: Four hundred sixty-three patients suffering from chronic, nonmalignant pain receiving primary care at 12 U.