Human-Centered Design in Graduate Nursing Education: Outcomes From a Cohort Study.

Background: Many nursing curricula lack human-centered design (HCD) learning opportunities, and minimal evidence exists about HCD educational outcomes.

Purpose: The study explored the effects of HCD experiential learning activities on graduate nursing students.

Methods: The quasi-experimental mixed-method design employed an explanatory approach.

Sensitivity enhancement of fiber Bragg gratings to transverse stress by using microstructural fibers.

We present simulation and experimental results of fiber Bragg grating responses to transverse stress in microstructure fibers. The grating wavelength shifts and peak splits are studied as a function of external load and fiber orientation. Both simulation and measurement results indicate that the sensitivity of grating sensors to the transverse stress can be enhanced by a factor of eight in a two-hole fiber over that in a standard fiber.