Nursing leadership in tobacco dependence treatment to advance health equity: An American Academy of Nursing policy manuscript.

Background: Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States and is a significant cause of health disparities.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to update the Tobacco Control policy paper published over a decade ago by the American Academy of Nursing's Health Behavior Expert Panel Tobacco Control subcommittee.

Methods: Members reviewed and synthesized published literature from 2012 to 2024 to identify the current state of the science related to nurse-led tobacco dependence treatment and implications for nursing practice, education, and research.

Pilot Intervention for Mindful Drinking and Eating for Patients on Hemodialysis with Fluid Restrictions: Lessons Learned.

Patients requiring hemodialysis would benefit from evidence-based strategies that improve adherence to fluid restrictions while concurrently improving quality of life (QOL). This pilot study examined the effect of a four-week mindful drinking and eating intervention on interdialytic weight gain and QOL in patients on hemodialysis. Using paired t tests, no significant differences from pre- to post-test were found in interdialytic weight gain, a measure of fluid restriction adherence, or QOL in either the intervention ( = 18) or wait list control ( = 19) group.

An Interprofessional Approach to Advance Care Planning.

Context: Advance care planning (ACP) can improve patients' outcomes at end of life, and interprofessional collaboration has been recommended to facilitate ACP. However, role confusion in ACP facilitation among team members from different disciplines exists, and health professional disciplines' expectations for interprofessional collaboration in ACP are unclear.

Objective: To review expectations of major health professional organizations for ACP competencies, in order to identify gaps and opportunities for promoting interprofessional collaboration in ACP facilitation.

Lessons learned from eight teams: The value of pilot and feasibility studies in self-management science.

Designing and conducting effective intervention research is an important domain of nursing science. Nurse scientists have long recognized people with chronic conditions need effective self-management strategies across the lifespan, so they have led the way in establishing theoretical and practical grounds for the science of self-management. Guidance from pilot and feasibility research for self-management interventions is scarce.

Quality of Life after Dietary Self-Management Intervention for Persons with Early Stage CKD.

Dietary recommendations that potentially delay the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be perceived as restrictive and unpalatable, negatively impacting quality of life (QOL). This pilot study examined the effect of a six-week small group intervention, "Self-Management of Dietary Intake Using Mindful Eating," on QOL, health literacy, and dietary self-efficacy among persons with CKD Stages 1-3. Improvements (n=19) were found from pre-test to post-test in total scores for Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short Form-36 (p=0.

Using Videoconferencing for Verbal Reports to Improve Clinical Nurse Specialist Student Performance.

Purpose: Clear, concise verbal reports are essential to clinical nurse specialists' practice, yet current literature addressing the development of this skill is sparse. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of using videoconferencing for verbal reports as a learning strategy for improving clinical nurse specialist students' communication competencies and advanced practice decision making.

Description Of The Project: Videoconferencing, using iPad minis issued to faculty and students, was used routinely for verbal reports on clinical cases to faculty, which included immediate faculty feedback.

Food Sources of Sodium in Korean Americans With Type 2 Diabetes: Implications for Cardiovascular Disease.

Introduction: Excess sodium intake can increase the risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, common comorbidities for those with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The purpose of this study is to describe sodium intake and high sodium food sources among Korean Americans (KAs) with T2DM.

Method: This study, a descriptive, secondary analysis of baseline data from a clinical trial for diabetes, recruited KAs with T2DM ( n = 232) from the community.

Feasibility study of a combined lifestyle behaviors and asthma self-management intervention for school-aged children.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of delivering an intervention that combines healthy lifestyle behaviors related to weight management with asthma self-management, the Living Healthy with Asthma intervention, to children who have asthma.

Methods And Design: Using a mixed design, the feasibility study of the 12-week Living Healthy with Asthma intervention was conducted with a single group of children diagnosed with asthma. Pretest and posttest data were collected on asthma-related (self-management, metered dose inhaler [MDI] skill, asthma severity, quality of life [QOL]), and healthy lifestyle variables (body mass index [BMI], dietary quality).

Factors influencing dietary fat intake among black emerging adults.

Objective: To determine what factors influenced dietary fat intake (DFI) among black emerging adults.

Participants: Sample included 251 black emerging adults, ages 18-25 years, living in the US.

Methods: This was a nonexperimental cross-sectional study based on self-report data.

A Multifaceted Model to Evaluate Interprofessional Education in Clinical Nurse Specialist Programs.

Purpose: Preparing students to engage in team-based healthcare is a major focus of clinical nurse specialist (CNS) education programs. A robust evaluation plan is needed to monitor achievement of key outcomes in this complex undertaking.

Description: Informed by the work of Kirkpatrick and Stufflebeam, an evaluation model that incorporates multiple information sources about process and outcomes related to interprofessional (IP) education is proposed.

Factors Predicting Sodium Intake of Korean Americans with Type 2 Diabetes.

The increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and its complications including cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease threaten Korean Americans (KAs). High dietary sodium intake contributes to both conditions. The purpose of the study was to assess dietary sodium consumption and to examine the predictors of sodium intake among KA with T2DM.

Self-management of dietary intake using mindful eating to improve dietary intake for individuals with early stage chronic kidney disease.

Using mindful eating to improve specific dietary recommendations has not been adequately studied. This feasibility study examined an intervention, self-management of dietary intake using mindful eating, with 19 participants that had mild to moderate chronic kidney disease, using a prospective, single group, pretest-posttest design. The intervention had six weekly classes focused on self-management using mindful eating, goal-setting, problem-solving, and food label reading.

Managing Gestational Weight Gain: Obstetricians' Perceived Barriers and Interventions.

To support optimal health outcomes during pregnancy, understanding obstetricians' (OBs) recommendations for and barriers to managing gestational weight gain (GWG) can benefit childbirth educators. This mailed survey examined OBs' practices ( = 63) for managing GWG along with perceived barriers. The most frequent recommendations were (a) increase activity (76.

Use of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination in Clinical Nurse Specialist Education.

Purpose: Helping patients maximize their potential using expert coaching to facilitate lifestyle change is an important practice area for clinical nurse specialists (CNSs). The purpose is to determine the usefulness of objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) for evaluating CNS students' coaching competencies in the context of facilitating lifestyle change.

Description Of The Project: Despite the use of OSCEs to assess competencies in clinical skills (eg, performance of procedures, decision making), its potential for evaluating coaching competencies for lifestyle change has not been demonstrated.

Emotional Eating, Nonpurge Binge Eating, and Self-Efficacy in Healthy Perimenopausal Women.

Purpose: To examine the relationships among nonpurge binge eating, emotional eating, and diet-related self-efficacy in perimenopausal women, a population at risk for weight gain.

Design Of Study: Descriptive correlational study.

Method: Secondary analysis of baseline data for a weight gain prevention intervention, Mindful Restaurant Eating, with a sample of healthy perimenopausal women (n = 43).

Nursing journal clubs and the clinical nurse specialist.

Purpose/objectives: The purpose of this article was to describe the clinical nurse specialist's role in developing and implementing a journal club. Tools for critiquing clinical and research articles with an application of each are provided.

Background: The journal club provides a forum through which nurses maintain their knowledge base about clinically relevant topics and developments in their specific clinical discipline, analyze and synthesize the relevant scientific literature as evidence, and engage in informal discussions about evidence-based and best practices.

Correlates of body mass index in women with fibromyalgia.

Background: Excess weight in women with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) may further contribute to joint pain and fatigue. However, there is little research addressing weight issues in this population.

Purpose: This study examined the relationship of body mass index (BMI) to quality of life.

The effect of a mindful restaurant eating intervention on weight management in women.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of a Mindful Restaurant Eating intervention on weight management.

Design: Randomized control trial.

Setting: Greater metropolitan area of Austin, Texas.

Relationships among maternal nutrient intake and placental biomarkers during the 1st trimester in low-income women.

Purpose: Pre-eclampsia is a multi-system disorder caused by inadequate placentation in early pregnancy; however, little is known about the influence of nutrient intake on placental development during the crucial 1st trimester. The objective of this study was to examine the relationships between nutrient intake and the raw values and ratios of angiogenic [placental growth factor (PlGF)] and antiangiogenic [soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1) and soluble endoglin (sEng)] placental biomarkers in the 1st trimester.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of low-income, pregnant women (n = 118).

Predictors of dietary quality in low-income pregnant women: a path analysis.

Background: Despite the potential importance of nutrition to pregnancy outcomes, little is known about the factors influencing dietary quality, especially during the first trimester.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the relationships of distress (an index of depression and stress), social support, and eating habits with dietary quality in low-income pregnant women.

Method: A cross-sectional design and path analytic methods was used in a clinic-based sample of low-income women (n = 118) in their first trimester of pregnancy.

Eating at fast-food restaurants and dietary quality in low-income pregnant women.

Little is known about how fast-food consumption affects dietary quality in women during the first trimester of pregnancy, which may adversely affect pregnancy outcomes. An observational design compared high versus low frequency of fast-food consumption in low-income pregnant women (N = 50) during the first trimester. Although high-frequency fast-food consumers ate significantly more vegetables, they also consumed more gravies, less fruit, and more daily calories, with a higher percentage of total calories from fats.

Strategies for and barriers to managing weight when eating at restaurants.

Introduction: Eating in restaurants contributes to excess caloric intake, which leads to weight gain, but little is known about strategies used to manage weight or barriers to weight management in restaurant settings. We describe and compare the strategies men and women use and the barriers they encounter when eating at restaurants.

Methods: We recruited a convenience sample of 146 adults at a university open house.

Anatomy of a binge: food environment and characteristics of nonpurge binge episodes.

This secondary analysis prospectively examined nonpurge binge eating patterns in a naturalistic setting in 48 nonpurge binge eating women. Binge eating episodes were analyzed from 14-day food diaries to describe the binge and to determine how types of foods consumed and setting variables affected nonpurge binge eating women. Findings indicated that binge episodes occurred mostly during the lunch (27.

Addressing barriers to health promotion in underserved women.

Underserved women face numerous barriers to adopting healthy eating behaviors. To develop effective health-promotion interventions for underserved women, barriers specific to the individual need should be addressed. Influenced by individual characteristics, experiences, and culture, different types of barriers (internal, interpersonal, and environmental) can overlap to impede healthy eating in underserved women.

Restaurant eating in nonpurge binge-eating women.

This study describes restaurant-eating behaviors for nonpurge binge-eating women in comparison to dieters. Restaurant-eating behaviors were determined from a content analysis of 14-day food diaries using a convenience sample of 71 women who reported binging without purging and 46 dieters without a recent binge history. Comparing bingers to dieters, there were no significant differences in frequency of eating out, dessert consumption at restaurants, or fast food eating.