Collaborative Section-Based DNP Project Faculty Workload Model.

Background: The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree culminates in the DNP project, a scholarly project aimed at enhancing health care systems aligned with national standards. While DNP projects are valued, they pose challenges due to resource-intensive demands including faculty time and effort.

Problem: Faculty workload models related to DNP projects have not kept pace with increasing enrollment and program expectations.

A simulation educational intervention to enhance preclinical family nurse practitioner student preparation.

Simulation has been shown to improve communication and psychometric skills in advanced practice nursing students. Little is known about the impact of a simulation educational intervention with a faculty-facilitated debriefing on the preparation of novice nurse practitioner students for their first clinical practicum. This article describes the development of an educational intervention to accomplish this.

Dyspareunia: Etiology, presentation, and management.

Dyspareunia in women is a recurrent pain in the genital and/or pelvic area associated with sexual intercourse. Dyspareunia is associated with increased risk of sexual dysfunction and relationship distress, and it may impact an individual's confidence, self-image, and self-esteem. Pain resulting from dyspareunia can be superficial or deep; it can range from intermittent to continuous and dull to sharp.

Effect of age at molting on postmolting performance.

Molt was induced at the 431, 501, or 571 d, in Lohmann (L) and Hy-Line W-77 (H) hens, by 8 or 14 d, respectively, of feed withdrawal followed by a rest period of 16 d. Induced molt resulted in increases in egg production, numbers of intact eggs, egg mass per housed or surviving hen, and shell quality and in decreases in egg breakage (not significant), mortality, and culling. Egg weight was only slightly affected by molt, and the EW of hens induced to molt at 431 or 501 d of age were slightly lower than those of the unmolted hens or of those induced to molt at 571 d.

Lack of effect of body weight of breeder pullets at various ages and the amount of food allocated on their subsequent laying performance.

1. Two factorial experiments were carried out with White Rock (Arbor Acres) female pullets, kept in layer cages, to evaluate the relationship between body weight (BW) at different ages and the amount of food allocated (FA) on laying performance. Differences in BW at the beginning of experiments 1 and 2 (12 and 18 weeks of age, respectively) were obtained by segregating pullets raised under the recommended FA into weight groups (WGs): standard (ST), light BW (LBW) and heavy BW (HBW).