The relationship of perception of invincibility, demographics, and risk behaviors in adolescents of military parents.

Introduction: The purpose of this research was to determine relationships among perceived invincibility, demographic variables, and risk behaviors in adolescents of active duty and retired military personnel.

Method: An instrument titled the Adolescent Invincibility Tool (AIT) was constructed and administered to a group of 125 adolescents of military parents. Correlation statistics were analyzed to determine variable relationships.

A pilot study: reports of benefits from a 6-month, multidisciplinary, shared medical appointment approach for heart failure patients.

ABSTRACT Heart failure continues to be the leading cause of hospitalization among older adults. Noncompliance with medications, dietary indiscretion, failure to recognize symptoms, and failed social support systems contribute to increased morbidity. Multidisciplinary medical approaches have proven successful for heart failure.

The quality of therapeutic alliance between patient and provider predicts general satisfaction.

Objectives: Therapeutic alliance has been proposed as an ideal patient-provider relationship. The Kim Alliance Scale (KAS) measures the quality of therapeutic alliance, including patient empowerment. The objectives were to refine KAS and to measure the relationship between therapeutic alliance and patients' general satisfaction.

Managing critical care casualties on the Navy's hospital ships.

In this article, a history of the hospital ships was recounted. Recent missions were described in terms of the ship and crew's capability based on education and mock training exercises. Patient flow was described and a case scenario was presented to illustrate surgically intensive management of critical care casualties.