Experience of stress in psychiatric nursing students in Ireland.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the experience of stress among psychiatric nursing students undertaking their 'internship' or final year of a four-year degree course.

Method: A questionnaire was administered to all 28 students in the intern year in conjunction with the 28-item version of the General Health Questionnaire. Semi-structured interviews were subsequently undertaken with four volunteers from a range of clinical locations.

Preeclampsia among Hispanic women in a Detroit health system.

Objective: We wished to estimate the incidence of preeclampsia among a group of Hispanic women in the greater Detroit metropolitan area.

Participants: We reviewed delivery records of 559 Hispanic women from a Detroit hospital and prenatal records of 134 Hispanic women who received care from an affiliated federally qualified health center in southwest Detroit.

Design: A retrospective chart review was conducted.

The influence of maternal weight and glucose tolerance on infant birthweight in Latino mother-infant pairs.

Objectives: We assessed the influence of maternal anthropometric and metabolic variables, including glucose tolerance, on infant birthweight.

Methods: In our prospective, population-based cohort study of 1041 Latino mother-infant pairs, we used standardized interviews, anthropometry, metabolic assays, and medical record reviews. We assessed relationships among maternal sociodemographic, prenatal care, anthropometric, and metabolic characteristics and birthweight with analysis of variance and bivariate and multivariate linear regression analyses.