Are college students health literate?

To examine the health literacy of college students. A convenience sample of 245 graduate and undergraduate college students. During February-April of 2018 participants completed the Short Test of Functional Health Literacy which assessed literacy on two passages describing a thyroid scan, and basic healthcare insurance information.

Complementary therapies: what are the ethics challenges for Kansas nurses?

Nurses have an important role in CT/IM now and in the future. Their influence is great because they serve as the frontline in health care and are often the source of patient information. Since the trend of integrating CT/IM modalities into patient self-care appears to be here to stay, nurses need to understand what they are, how they are used, and what the contraindications might be.

Meaning in motivation: does your organization need an inner life?

Leaders of health care organizations are increasingly interested in ways to attract, retain, and gain commitment from their employees. This interest is created in part because high turnover rates and the lack of commitment negatively affect the provision of care and the bottom line in their organizations. In a quality and cost conscious health care environment, health care managers need to find solutions for these difficult issues; solutions that are effective, efficient and sustainable.

What happens when the harassment is personal?

The medical field has long endured the destructive forces of personal harassment in work environments. Personal harassment, often called workplace bullying, has historically been kept quiet. The targets of personal harassment suffered in silence.

An evaluation of four programs for the management of aggression in psychiatric settings.

Regulatory agencies are encouraging health care facilities to address the problem of violence to employees. In response to this pressure, most psychiatric facilities now require and implement formal education for the nursing staff on a yearly or biannual basis in the management of aggressive behavior (MAB). Although some of the programs are good, not all are based on sound professional and clinical principles and very little is publicly known about the results of scientific study of these programs.

Reducing staff injuries and violence in a forensic psychiatric setting.

Despite the attention given to the issue of violence in the psychiatric literature, very little progress has been made towards improving our understanding of violence by the mentally ill and programs aimed at the prevention of violence are rare. This report describes the administrative and clinical efforts of the staff in a maximum security psychiatric facility when addressing an alarming increase in violence and serious staff injuries. Evaluation data include measures of aggression and violence, seclusion and restraint data, staff injuries, and incident report data.

Abortion and nurses who say no.

It is a pity that Health Secretary William Waldegrave does not feel able to take any action to make it easier for nurses to avoid taking part in abortions (Nursing Standard News, May22).