Surveillance of vancomycin-resistant enterococci reveals shift in dominating clusters from to clusters, Denmark, 2015 to 2022.

BackgroundVancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are increasing in Denmark and Europe. Linezolid and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (LVRE) are of concern, as treatment options are limited. Vancomycin-variable enterococci (VVE) harbour the gene complex but are phenotypically vancomycin-susceptible.

VirulenceFinder for and : an enhanced database for detection of putative virulence markers by using whole-genome sequencing data.

() is a leading cause of hospital-associated (HA) infections, often enriched in putative virulence markers (PVMs). Recently, the clade B was assigned as (), which usually lack HA- infection markers. Available databases for extracting PVM are incomplete and/or present an intermix of genes from and , with distinct virulence profiles.

Perceptions of society regarding the concept of nurse: A metaphorical study.

Introduction: Metaphors are one of the most effective linguistic tools that are used to reveal how society describes nursing and what their vision of nursing is and to understand how effective the roles and responsibilities assumed by nurses in a multidisciplinary healthcare team are in protecting and maintaining the health of individuals, families, and society.

Aim: The aim of this study was to reveal the perceptions of society about "nurses" through metaphors.

Methods: The study was planned with a mixed design involving qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Do the Lifelong Learning Tendencies of Nursing Students Affect Their Attitudes Toward E-Learning?

Aim: This study aimed to determine the lifelong learning tendencies and e-learning attitudes of prospective nurses and the relationship between these variables.

Method: This was a descriptive study conducted to find the relationship between lifelong learning tendencies and e-learning attitudes of nurses. The population of the study consisted of a total of 1202 students who were enrolled in the nursing faculty of a state university.

The Relationship Between Learning Needs and Fatalism Tendency in Women Who Have a Relative with Breast Cancer.

The aim of this study was to determine the information-support needs and level of meeting these needs, the tendency of fatalism trend, and the relationship between these parameters in women having a relative with breast cancer. The research was carried out with 400 women who were the primary relatives of patients treated within oncology units. Participants completed an information form, the information support needs questionnaire and the fatalism tendency scale.

Transmission of Antimicrobial-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complex 9 between Pigs and Humans, United States.

Transmission of livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 9 (LA-SA CC9) between pigs raised on industrial hog operations (IHOs) and humans in the United States is poorly understood. We analyzed whole-genome sequences from 32 international S. aureus CC9 isolates and 49 LA-SA CC9 isolates from IHO pigs and humans who work on or live near IHOs in 10 pig-producing counties in North Carolina, USA.

Complete Genome Sequences of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains 110900 and 128254, Two Representatives of the CRISPR-Cas-Carrying Sequence Type 630/ Type t4549 Lineage.

Methicillin-resistant (MRSA) sequence type 630 (ST630) and type t4549 is an emerging lineage in Nordic countries, and some representatives carry the CRISPR-Cas system. Here, the complete genome sequences of two isolates from this lineage are presented, comprising chromosomes of 2,918,239 and 2,877,083 nucleotides, respectively, and a 2,473-nucleotide plasmid carrying (C).

Molecular characterization of Danish ESBL/AmpC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from bloodstream infections, 2018.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to molecularly characterize third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from bloodstream infections in Denmark in 2018 using whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data, and to compare these isolates to the most common clones detected in 2006 and 2008.

Methods: Sixty-two extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)/AmpC-producing K. pneumoniae isolates from Danish blood cultures from 2018 were analysed using WGS to obtain multilocus sequence typing (MLST), core genome MLST (cgMLST), resistance profile and phylogeny.

Surveillance of OXA-244-producing and epidemiologic investigation of cases, Denmark, January 2016 to August 2019.

BackgroundCarbapenemase-producing are increasing worldwide. In recent years, an increase in OXA-244-producing isolates has been seen in the national surveillance of carbapenemase-producing organisms in Denmark.AimMolecular characterisation and epidemiological investigation of OXA-244-producing isolates from January 2016 to August 2019.

Association between vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium colonization and subsequent infection: a retrospective WGS study.

Background: Since 2012, the incidence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) has increased dramatically in Copenhagen and vanA E. faecium has become endemic and polyclonal.

Objectives: To examine whether a patient with a positive VRE clinical sample had the same VREfm in a preceding screening sample (within 60 days).

A valid and reliable tool in assessing patient education: the Patient Education Implementation Scale.

Aim: This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable tool for assessing the frequency of nurses' implementation of patient education in line with the stages of determining needs, assessment and planning, implementation, and evaluation and documentation.

Background: Patient education is important in terms of the patient's completion of a reliable and effective treatment process. Patient education is one of the main responsibilities of a nurse.

Author Correction: Comparison of livestock-associated and community-associated Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity in a mouse model of skin and soft tissue infection.

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Surveillance of vancomycin-resistant enterococci reveals shift in dominating clones and national spread of a vancomycin-variable ST1421-CT1134 clone, Denmark, 2015 to March 2019.

We describe clonal shifts in isolates from clinical samples obtained from patients in Denmark from 2015 to the first quarter (Q1) of 2019. During Q1 2019, the vancomycin-variable enterococci (VVE) ST1421-CT1134 became the most dominant clone and has spread to all five regions in Denmark. Among 174 isolates with or vanA/ genes in Q1 2019, 44% belonged to this type.

Comparison of livestock-associated and community-associated Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity in a mouse model of skin and soft tissue infection.

Industrial hog operation (IHO) workers are at increased risk of carrying Staphylococcus aureus in their nares, particularly strains that are livestock-associated (LA) and multidrug-resistant. The pathogenicity of LA-S. aureus strains remains unclear, with some prior studies suggesting reduced transmission and virulence in humans compared to community-associated methicillin-resistant (CA-MRSA) S.

LRE-Finder, a Web tool for detection of the 23S rRNA mutations and the optrA, cfr, cfr(B) and poxtA genes encoding linezolid resistance in enterococci from whole-genome sequences.

Objectives: In enterococci, resistance to linezolid is often mediated by mutations in the V domain of the 23S rRNA gene (G2576T or G2505A). Furthermore, four genes [optrA, cfr, cfr(B) and poxtA] encode linezolid resistance in enterococci. We aimed to develop a Web tool for detection of the two mutations and the four genes encoding linezolid resistance in enterococci from whole-genome sequence data.

The relationship between critical thinking and emotional intelligence in nursing students: A longitudinal study.

Background: Emotional Intelligence and critical thinking are regarded as important traits that nurses have which may influence the quality of their work including clinical decision-making and reasoning ability and adoption of evidence-based practice and practice-based knowledge.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate nursing students' critical thinking dispositions and emotional intelligence as an essential skill, over the course of the undergraduate nursing program.

Design: A longitudinal design.

SCCFinder, a Web-Based Tool for Typing of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome in Using Whole-Genome Sequence Data.

Typing of methicillin-resistant (MRSA) is important in infection control and surveillance. The current nomenclature of MRSA includes the genetic background of the strain determined by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) or equivalent methods like typing and typing of the mobile genetic element staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC), which carries the or gene. Whereas MLST and typing are relatively simple, typing of SCC is less trivial because of its heterogeneity.

The attitudes of emergency department nurses towards patient safety.

This research was planned to identify the attitudes of emergency department nurses towards patient safety. The study was performed as descriptive. The universe of the research the universe comprised hospitals defined as 3rd level according to Turkish health care classification, which provides service to all health disciplines in Istanbul.

RUCS: rapid identification of PCR primers for unique core sequences.

Motivation: Designing PCR primers to target a specific selection of whole genome sequenced strains can be a long, arduous and sometimes impractical task. Such tasks would benefit greatly from an automated tool to both identify unique targets, and to validate the vast number of potential primer pairs for the targets in silico.

Results: Here we present RUCS, a program that will find PCR primer pairs and probes for the unique core sequences of a positive genome dataset complement to a negative genome dataset.

Developing critical thinking disposition and emotional intelligence of nursing students: a longitudinal research.

Background: Emotional Intelligence is considered as an important characteristic of nurses that can affect the quality of their work including clinical decision-making, critical thinking, evidence and knowledge use in practice.

Objectives: The study is aimed to determine nursing students' critical thinking disposition and emotional intelligence in an academic year.

Design: A longitudinal design.

Association Mapping in Turkish Olive Cultivars Revealed Significant Markers Related to Some Important Agronomic Traits.

Olive (Olea europaea L.) is one of the most important fruit trees especially in the Mediterranean countries due to high consumption of table olive and olive oil. In olive breeding, the phenotypic traits associated to fruit are the key factors that determine productivity.

Personal and professional values held by baccalaureate nursing students.

Background: Values are ideals and beliefs that individuals and groups uphold and lie at the core of the diverse world of human behaviour and are expressed in every human decision and action, both consciously and unconsciously. They represent basic beliefs of what is right, good or desirable and motivate both personal and professional behaviour. In the context of nursing profession, values are essential in order to maintain high standards of the nursing care.

Relationship between self-compassion and emotional intelligence in nursing students.

Nursing focuses on meeting physical, social and emotional health-care needs of individuals, families and society. In health care, nurses directly communicate with patients and try to empathize with them. Nurses give care under emotionally intense conditions where the individual undergoes pain and distress.

SNP discovery by illumina-based transcriptome sequencing of the olive and the genetic characterization of Turkish olive genotypes revealed by AFLP, SSR and SNP markers.

Background: The olive tree (Olea europaea L.) is a diploid (2n = 2x = 46) outcrossing species mainly grown in the Mediterranean area, where it is the most important oil-producing crop. Because of its economic, cultural and ecological importance, various DNA markers have been used in the olive to characterize and elucidate homonyms, synonyms and unknown accessions.

Personal values of baccalaureate nursing students in Turkey.

Value education is aimed at helping students develop a mode of reasoning, enabling them to make decisions and deal with conflicts on a daily basis. For this, it should firstly be assessment personal values of nursing students. The purpose of the study was to determine the personal values of nursing students with respect to certain variables.