Occupational stress among Nigerian construction trade artisans in the building construction sector: An intervention study.

Background: Construction work can negatively affect artisans' mental health in the form of stress. This research investigated the effect of cognitive behavioral intervention on occupational stress among Nigerian construction trade artisans in the building construction sector.

Methods: In this randomized controlled study involving 3 waves of data collection, 140 construction trade artisans who presented with high occupational stress symptoms at the study onset were assigned randomly to either a treatment condition (n = 70) or to a waitlist control condition (n = 70).

Selecting An Open Access Journal for Publication: Be Cautious.

Nurse scholars and clinicians seek to publish their research and scholarly findings to strengthen both nursing science and clinical practice. Traditionally subscription-based publications have been the mainstay of knowledge dissemination. However, subscription costs have tended to restrict access to many journals to a small, specialized, academic community, a limitation that has contributed to the development of open access (OA) publications.

Nurse practitioner clinical decision-making and evidence-based practice.

Evidence-based practice is key to improving patient outcomes but can be challenging for busy nurse practitioners to implement. This article describes the process of critically appraising evidence for use in clinical practice and offers strategies for implementing evidence-based innovations and disseminating the findings.

Affordable Care Act: Overview and Implications for Advancing Nursing.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) confronts nursing with opportunities as well as challenges. The authors provide an overview of the ACA and highlights opportunities for nursing practice, research, and doctoral education. The importance of disciplinary foundations is also addressed as relevant to envisioning the future of practice and education in the context of healthcare reform.

The effects of a community-based, culturally tailored diabetes prevention intervention for high-risk adults of Mexican descent.

Purpose: This article reports the results of a community-based, culturally tailored diabetes prevention program for overweight Mexican American adults on weight loss, waist circumference, diet and physical activity self-efficacy, and diet behaviors.

Methods: The intervention used content from the Diabetes Prevention Program but culturally tailored the delivery methods into a community-based program for Spanish-speaking adults of Mexican descent. The design was a randomized controlled trial (N = 58) comparing the effects of a 5-month educational intervention with an attention control group.

Challenges and success of recruiting and retention for a culturally tailored diabetes prevention program for adults of Mexican descent.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to describe methods used to recruit and retain high-risk, Spanish-speaking adults of Mexican origin in a randomized clinical trial that adapts Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) content into a community-based, culturally tailored intervention.

Methods: Multiple passive and active recruitment strategies were analyzed for effectiveness in reaching the recruitment goal. Of 91 potential participants assessed for eligibility, 58 participated in the study, with 38 in the intervention and 20 in the attention control group.

The dimensions of nursing surveillance: a concept analysis.

Aim: This paper is a report of an analysis of the concept of nursing surveillance.

Background: Nursing surveillance, a primary function of acute care nurses, is critical to patient safety and outcomes. Although it has been associated with patient outcomes and organizational context of care, little knowledge has been generated about the conceptual and operational process of surveillance.

Culturally tailored education to promote lifestyle change in Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to report the results of a culturally tailored diabetes intervention for Mexican Americans on physical activity and to report the results of a focus group with intervention participants.

Data Sources: Seventeen Mexican American subjects with type 2 diabetes participated in the study. The study used a pretest/posttest control group design with 10 subjects in each group (N = 20).

Cultural values and political economic contexts of diabetes among low-income Mexican Americans.

Purpose: To explore the political and economic dimensions of diabetes self-management for Mexican American adults.

Design: Critical ethnographic analysis of focus group data from caregivers and adults with diabetes.

Findings: Three themes were identified: diabetes self-management is tied to other mental and bodily states, family and neighborhood environments cause stress and prevent diabetes solutions, and hassles of the health care environment subvert self-management.

Treatment patterns and outcomes in a low-risk nurse-midwifery practice.

Childbirth, which represents more than 20% of all hospitalizations for women, is often accompanied by technical intervention, and identifying best practices is crucial. This study analyzed data entered into the Nurse-Midwifery Clinical Data Set (ACNM, 1990) to ascertain treatment patterns and associated outcomes, using Kane's Model of Treatment and Outcomes (Kane, R. L.

The validity and reliability of a Spanish version of the summary of diabetes self-care activities questionnaire.

Background: Translation of data collection instruments, paying careful attention to equivalency between the source and the target language, is important to obtain valid data collection instruments.

Objective: To translate the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) questionnaire (English) into Spanish and to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Spanish version.

Methods: Translation and back-translation were used to develop the Spanish version of the SDSCA.

A feasibility study of a culturally tailored diabetes intervention for Mexican Americans.

Latinos, the fastest growing minority group in the United States, are among the hardest hit by diabetes. Among Latinos, Mexican Americans have the highest rate (23.9%) of diabetes.

Getting through birth in one piece: protecting the perineum.

Purpose: To identify factors related to perineal trauma in childbirth, replicating the work of .

Study Design And Method: A retrospective descriptive analysis of pregnancy and birth data recorded into the Nurse Midwifery Clinical Data Set for women (N = 510) with a singleton pregnancy and largely uncomplicated prenatal course. Prenatal care occurred at four prenatal clinics with births at a tertiary care facility during 1996-1997, with care provided by nurse midwifery faculty.

Translation research in long-term care: improving pain management in nursing homes.

Background: Pain prevalence in nursing homes remains high, with multiple resident, staff, and physician barriers presenting serious challenges to its improvement.

Aims: The study aims were to (1) develop and test a multifaceted, culturally competent intervention to improve nursing home pain practices; (2) improve staff, resident, and physician knowledge and attitudes about pain and its management; (3) improve actual pain practices in nursing homes; and (4) improve nursing home policies and procedures related to pain.

Methods: A multifaceted, culturally competent intervention was developed and tested in six Colorado nursing homes, with another six nursing homes serving as control sites.

Disparity in prenatal care among women of colour in the USA.

Objective: To describe the disparity in prenatal care among women of colour in timing of initiation of prenatal care and total number of prenatal visits.

Design: A retrospective, descriptive design.

Setting: A large, urban university midwifery faculty practice.

Using focus groups to develop a culturally competent diabetes self-management program for Mexican Americans.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe factors that facilitate or hinder diabetes self-management and elicit participants' preferences and recommendations about the essential components of a culturally competent diabetes self-management program.

Methods: Latino patients with type 2 diabetes and their family caregivers were interviewed in focus groups. Four focus groups consisted of patients, and 2 groups consisted of family caregivers for a total of 40 participants.

Down the rabbit hole: examining outcomes of nurse midwifery care.

Care of the laboring woman and subsequent birth interventions have generally been based on tradition rather than a systematic examination of the cost-effectiveness of the interventions. This retrospective study examined the outcomes of nurse midwifery care at a large metropolitan university clinic setting. Findings suggest that more sensitive cost and quality indicators of nurse midwifery care need to be developed, and the effect of these on outcomes needs to be elucidated.