A community-university run conference as a catalyst for addressing health disparities in an urban community.

The African American population of Buffalo, New York experiences striking race-based health disparities due to adverse social determinants of health. A team of community leaders and university faculty determined that a community dialogue was needed to focus research and advocacy on the root causes of these disparities. In response, we organized the annual conference series that has become the premier conference on health disparities in the region.

Development and psychometric evaluation of the Diabetes Self-Efficacy Scale.

Background And Purpose: No scales measure self-efficacy in women with Type 2 diabetes. A scale was developed and tested.

Methods: Items generated, content validity index (CVI) assessed by experts, the 2-part Diabetes Self-Efficacy Scale (DSLF-I and DSLF-II) was piloted with 62 women, administered to 208 women, and then readministered to 30 women to determine initial reliability.

Registered nurse scope of practice and ED complaint-specific protocols.

Introduction: The use of complaint-specific protocols (CSPs) by emergency registered nurses (RNs) can improve ED efficiency. However, RN practice is influenced by regulatory environments that may facilitate or inhibit the use of protocols. The purpose of this policy analysis was to explore the language of state boards of nursing scope-of-practice documents related to the use of RN-initiated CSPs in the ED setting.

Pilot testing HIV and intimate partner violence prevention modules among Spanish-speaking Latinas.

The purpose of this study was to test two modules of a theoretically based, gender- and culturally specific HIV intimate partner violence risk reduction intervention for Spanish-speaking Latinas. The themes of the modules were "Estás en una relación sana y segura?" (Are you in a healthy and safe relationship?) and "Mantenerse sana y segura" (Keeping yourself healthy and safe). An evaluative one-group, repeated measure design with measures collected at preintervention (N = 31), immediate postintervention (n = 26), and 1-month postintervention follow-up (n = 20) design was used to evaluate the intervention.

Diabetic ketoacidosis: implications for the medical-surgical nurse.

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute complication associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus. DKA accounts for a significant portion of annual health care expenditures and is considered a medical emergency. Previously treated in the ICU, DKA is now treated on general medical-surgical nursing units.