Women Veterans' Stroke Risk Factors: Identified Prevention Methods and Knowledge Gaps.

Introduction: Stroke is a significant health burden for veterans and the fifth leading cause of death for women. Compared to civilian women, women veterans have significant multimorbid physical and mental health conditions contributing to their stroke risk. This scoping review aimed to synthesize evidence on the stroke risk factors specific to U.

End-of-Life Education in a Prelicensure Nursing Program.

The demand for palliative and end-of-life nursing is increasing with the aging US population. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing published recommendations for incorporating palliative and end-of-life care across nursing curriculum to prepare the future workforce. However, recommendations regarding teaching end-of-life content are limited.

Case Presentation of a Neuroglial Cyst Causing Acute Hydrocephalus.

Neuroglial cysts are rare congenital cysts that seldom require surgical treatment. This case highlights a rare instance when a neurolglial cyst caused acute hydrocephalus in a 10-year old boy. Originally diagnosed and managed as pediatric-onset migraines, the patient presented to the emergency department with nausea, vomiting, and ataxia without clear pathology on neuroradiology.

The QSEN Competency Legacy Threaded Through the Entry-Level AACN Essentials: Shaping the Future.

Background: For the last 17 years, the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) prelicensure competencies and knowledge, skill, and attitude (KSA) statements were integrated into nursing curricula.

Problem: With the publication of the competency-based American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials , it is important to determine the overlap of the QSEN competencies.

Approach: We developed a QSEN-AACN prelicensure crosswalk to help faculty map and integrate the 2021 AACN Essentials into their curriculum.

Value of Using a Structured Improvement Approach: A Dedicated Education Unit Exemplar.

Using a structured approach to improvement that integrates methodological frameworks and commonly used improvement tools and techniques allows an improvement team to systematically implement and evaluate an intervention. Authors from one academic medical center will describe our four-step structured improvement approach in the design of a dedicated education unit (DEU) pilot to potentially meet a critical post-COVID-19 workforce need. Using our structured improvement approach, we successfully piloted a DEU with a unit-based clinical educator and 16 nursing students over 26 clinical days and received 13 preintervention surveys from participants.

Anosognosia for Hemiplegia and Falls After Stroke: A Prospective Correlational Study.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore the association between the presence and severity of anosognosia for hemiplegia (AHP) and falls in stroke survivors.

Design: A prospective, correlational research design was utilized.

Methods: Primary instrumentation included demographic information and the Visual-Analogue Test for Anosognosia for motor impairment (VATA-m).

Understanding Anosognosia for Hemiplegia After Stroke.

Background: Anosognosia for hemiplegia (AHP) after stroke is a complex cognitive behavioral disorder that removes awareness of one-sided paralysis (hemiplegia). As a result, stroke survivors afflicted with AHP may be more likely to have unrealistic expectations for stroke rehabilitation, display unsafe behaviors and experience falls, and ultimately suffer the physical and psychological consequences of frequent falling.

Objective: The purpose of this article is to describe AHP by discussing anosognosia within the context of contemporary theoretical understandings, examining current imaging evidence of the disorder, and summarizing emerging interventions designed to reinstate self-awareness in anosognosic patients.

Perceptions of Hunting and Hunters by U.S. Respondents.

Public acceptance of hunting and hunting practices is an important human dimension of wildlife management in the United States. Researchers surveyed 825 U.S.

Feasibility of Providing Safe Mouth Care and Collecting Oral and Fecal Microbiome Samples from Nursing Home Residents with Dysphagia: Proof of Concept Study.

Individuals with dysphagia who reside in nursing homes often receive inadequate mouth care and experience poor oral health. From a policy perspective, the combination of absent evidence-based mouth care protocols coupled with insufficient dental coverage create a pool of individuals at great risk for preventable infectious illnesses that contribute to high health care costs. The purpose of the current study was to determine (a) the safety of a mouth care protocol tailored for individuals with dysphagia residing in nursing homes without access to suction equipment, and (b) the feasibility of collecting oral and fecal samples for microbiota analyses.

Of Fur, Feather, and Fin: Human's Use and Concern for Non-Human Species.

The public's concern for animal welfare is evolving and it is important to consider factors that are related to concern for animals and their use by humans. An online survey of 825 U.S.

Social desirability bias in reporting of holiday season healthfulness.

Respondents participating in survey or interview based research often tend to give answers that put themselves in a favorable light, displaying social desirability bias (SDB). Understanding the susceptibility of individuals to underreport their perceived unhealthy holiday behaviors or over report holiday behaviors they perceive as healthy has important implications for health promotion and health policy surrounding the holiday season. This study examines SDB specific to the reporting of holiday food consumption and health-related behaviors.

Attenuation of cocaine-seeking by progesterone treatment in female rats.

Clinical research suggests that gender differences exist in cocaine dependence. Similarly, preclinical studies have shown that female rats exhibit higher response rates during cocaine self-administration, early extinction, and cocaine-primed reinstatement of drug-seeking. These effects are also estrous cycle dependent and inversely related to plasma progesterone, in that proestrus females (high progesterone) exhibit less cocaine-seeking, while estrous females (low progesterone) show the greatest cocaine-seeking.