Improving LGBT Cultural Competence in Nursing Students: An Integrative Review.

This study was done to synthesize current evidence in determining the best practice for improving the cultural competence of undergraduate nursing students towards the LGBT population. This integrative review included a systematic literature search of 12 databases. The analysis revealed a total of 14 resources to be of the highest level and quality.

Subjective and objective assessments in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis: effects of therapy with mometasone furoate nasal spray.

Background: Efficacy of topical nasal steroid therapy for allergic rhinitis is usually evaluated by patient and clinician assessments of subjective symptom changes in diaries and at clinical interviews.

Objective: We sought to complement the subjective measures with objective measures of nasal cytology, biochemistry, and function.

Methods: In this double-blind, randomized study patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) 12 years of age or older received 200 microg mometasone furoate nasal spray (n = 80) or placebo spray (n = 41) once daily for 2 weeks.

Ipratropium nasal spray in children with perennial rhinitis.

Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of ipratropium nasal spray and placebo administered twice each day for 4 weeks in pediatric patients with perennial rhinitis who had rhinorrhea as a major complaint.

Methods: This was a multicenter, double-blind, parallel group study. Patients aged 6 to 18 years with symptoms of perennial nonallergic (PNAR) or perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR) were randomized to receive ipratropium (42 micrograms per nostril) or placebo nasal spray, double-blind, twice each day for 4 weeks.

Histamine levels and nasal cytology in children with chronic otitis media and rhinitis.

Objective: Nasal and middle ear diseases are frequent health problems for young children. In some of these patients, allergic reactions may be contributing factors. The objective of this study was to determine whether the histamine level in nasal mucosal scrapings may be used as a marker for this subset of children.

Nasal cytology in patients with allergic rhinitis: effects of intranasal fluticasone propionate.

Background: Nasal cytograms of patients with allergic rhinitis contain increased numbers of eosinophils and basophilic cells. Neutrophils are also more numerous in cytograms of allergic persons. Topical intranasal corticosteroid therapy for allergic rhinitis has been shown to decrease the numbers of some inflammatory cell types.