Say the Words: Using Words to Confront Injustices in Health Care.

A guide for speaking out and taking action.

Using Fume Hood to Reduce Nurses' Exposure to Particulate Matters Dispersed Into the Air During Pill Crushing.

Background: Pill crushing is a common practice in patient care settings. Crushing pills can disperse particulate matter (PM) into indoor air. The PM is a widespread air pollutant composed of microscopic particles and droplets of various sizes and may carry active and/or inactive ingredients nurses can inhale.

Implementing the Role of Neonatal Assessment Nurse to Improve Skin-to-Skin Care and Breastfeeding Exclusivity.

Objective: To improve rates of exclusive breastfeeding during the postpartum hospital stay by implementing a new role of dedicated neonatal assessment nurse (NAN), whose primary function was neonatal care beginning immediately after birth.

Design: Quality improvement project with plan-do-study-act using evidence-based guidelines for implementing the NAN role.

Setting/local Problem: Labor and delivery department of a tertiary care teaching hospital in the southeastern United States; breastfeeding exclusivity rates at this hospital were in the range of 50%.

Draft Genome Resource for Forest Pathogen - A Facultative Pathogen of and .

In North America, causes root and butt rot of western redcedar () and yellow-cedar (). There is currently no draft genome for . .

Evidence-Based Practice Model to Increase Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake: A Stepwise Approach.

Objective: To increase uptake of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination by implementing a stepwise evidence-based practice model to offer HPV education along with a strong provider recommendation to parents of youth and adolescents.

Design: Evidence-based practice change model.

Setting: A nurse practitioner-run, primary care walk-in clinic in a rural area of the southeastern United States.