Inside Looking Out: Updated Competency Model for Professional Rehabilitation Nursing Practice.

Background: The original Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) Competency Model for Professional Rehabilitation Nursing published in 2016, and updated in 2020, provides a framework for rehabilitation nursing practice.

Aim: This companion, but stand-alone, article to a 2022 publication further explicates and informs the updated Competency Model from inside looking out toward an increasing application for evidence-based practice (EBP).

Approach: An eight-member 2020 ARN Task Force used an iterative process to review the original four domains and related competencies and came to consensus for the updated model.

Updated Competency Model for Professional Rehabilitation Nursing: Practice Applications.

Background: The Competency Model for Professional Rehabilitation Nursing is a lens through which nurses can view their practice; the four domains provide a template that guides that practice.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe a task force's review procedures and share the updated model.

Appraisal Process: A rehabilitation nursing task force appraised the model over the course of 1 year.

COVID-19 and Inpatient Rehabilitation Nursing Care: Lessons Learned and Implications for the Future.

The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is impacting post-acute inpatient rehabilitation nursing practice from preadmission assessment to inpatient care delivery and transition planning. Patients with disability following COVID-19 require interventions to address respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, musculoskeletal, and psychosocial issues. The pandemic has resulted in changes to program structures and how inpatient rehabilitation facilities approach family caregiver engagement amidst visitation restrictions.

Combination Treatment With Metformin and Tacrolimus Improves Systemic Immune Cellular Homeostasis by Modulating Treg and Th17 Imbalance.

We examined the effect of combination therapy with metformin and tacrolimus on immune parameters including T regulatory (Treg) and type 17 helper T (Th17) cells and in mice and in liver transplantation (LT) patients. T cell proliferation and subtypes after T cell activation or allogeneic stimulation were evaluated. RNA sequencing and microarray analysis were used to evaluate differences in gene expression.

Time and tide: Seasonal, diel and tidal rhythms in Wadden Sea Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena).

Odontocetes have evolved a rich diversity of prey- and habitat-specific foraging strategies, which allows them to feed opportunistically on locally and temporally abundant prey. While habitat-specific foraging strategies have been documented for some odontocete species, this is less known for the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). We collected multiple years of acoustic data using echolocation click loggers to analyse porpoise occurrence and buzzing behaviour, indicating feeding, in the German Wadden Sea (North Sea).