Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Kidney Failure in People with HIV-Infection in Africa: Current Status and a Call to Action.

There is an increasing global burden of diabetes mellitus (DM) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), coupled with a high burden of people with HIV (PWH). Due to an increased lifespan on ART, PWH are now at risk of developing non-communicable diseases, including DM. Africa has the greatest burden of HIV infection and will experience the greatest increase in prevalence of DM over the next two decades.

Adverse drug reactions in South African patients receiving bedaquiline-containing tuberculosis treatment: an evaluation of spontaneously reported cases.

Background: Bedaquiline was recently introduced into World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended regimens for treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis. There is limited data on the long-term safety of bedaquiline. Because bedaquiline prolongs the QT interval, there are concerns regarding cardiovascular safety.

Use of Clinical Faculty Input in Development of an Error and Near-Miss Reporting Form.

Background: Nonreporting of medical errors is an impediment to error prevention and safety in the clinical environment. Many prelicensure nursing education programs do not have policies, procedures, or forms to support student reporting of errors or near misses during their clinical experiences.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of clinical faculty with prelicensure nursing student errors or near misses in the clinical environment and to use this information to create a reporting form.

After the Medication Error: Recent Nursing Graduates' Reflections on Adequacy of Education.

Background: The purpose of this study was to better understand individual- and system-level factors surrounding making a medication error from the perspective of recent Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduates.

Method: Online survey mixed-methods items included perceptions of adequacy of preparatory nursing education, contributory variables, emotional responses, and treatment by employer following the error.

Results: Of the 168 respondents, 55% had made a medication error.

Nurses' rights of medication administration: Including authority with accountability and responsibility.

Medication errors continue to occur too frequently in the United States. Although the five rights of medication administration have expanded to include several others, evidence that the number of errors has decreased is missing. This study suggests that medication rights for nurses as they administer medications are needed.

Making an Infusion Error: The Second Victims of Infusion Therapy-Related Medication Errors.

Infusion therapy-related adverse events can result in distress and professional suffering for the nurse involved with the event, with long-lasting consequences. This article discusses the second victim syndrome and its impacts on nurses. Original research on 168 recent nursing graduates and their experiences with second victim syndrome after making an infusion-related error is also presented.

More Than 1 Million Potential Second Victims: How Many Could Nursing Education Prevent?

Any error made in health care can cause the health care provider to become a second victim. There are many initiatives, tools, and instruments designed to support second victims after an error has been made. The role that nursing education can play in preventing nurses from becoming second victims has not been well explored.

Adverse Drug Reactions Reported to a National HIV & Tuberculosis Health Care Worker Hotline in South Africa: Description and Prospective Follow-Up of Reports.

Introduction: The National HIV & Tuberculosis Health Care Worker (HCW) Hotline provides advice on the management of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs). We describe suspected ADRs reported to the hotline by HCWs, concordance with advice, and patient outcomes.

Methods: We reviewed suspected ADRs in HIV-infected patients, patients taking antiretrovirals and patients taking anti-tuberculosis therapy reported from May 2013 to October 2014.

Implementation of Mock Competency Skill Assessments to Improve Student Outcomes.

A primary responsibility for nurse educators is to provide students with theoretical knowledge and clinical skills for professional nursing. In this study, laboratory faculty developed a creative pedagogical strategy to reduce nursing student stress during assessment of skill performance. Mock competencies were structured so that students participated in peer-to-peer evaluations in simulated competency assessments.

Best practice guidelines on publishing ethics: a publisher's perspective, 2nd edition.

Wiley has updated its publishing ethics guidelines, first published in 2006. These new guidelines provide guidance, resources, and practical advice on ethical concerns that arise in academic publishing for editors, authors, and researchers, among other audiences. New guidance is included about whistle blowers, animal research, clinical research, and clinical trial registration, addressing cultural differences, human rights, and confidentiality.

Best practice guidelines on publishing ethics: a publisher's perspective, 2nd edition.

Wiley has updated its publishing ethics guidelines, first published in 2006. The new guidelines provide guidance, resources, and practical advice on ethical concerns that arise in academic publishing for editors, authors, and researchers, among other audiences. New guidance is also included on whistle blowers, animal research, clinical research, and clinical trial registration, addressing cultural differences, human rights, and confidentiality.

Best practice guidelines on publishing ethics: a publisher's perspective, 2nd edition.

Wiley has updated its publishing ethics guidelines, first published in 2006. The new guidelines provide guidance, resources, and practical advice on ethical concerns that arise in academic publishing for editors, authors, and researchers, among other audiences. New guidance is also included on whistle blowers, animal research, clinical research, and clinical trial registration, addressing cultural differences, human rights, and confidentiality.

Oral hygiene behaviors and caries experience in Northwest PRECEDENT patients.

Objectives: To investigate the association between oral hygiene behaviors (toothbrushing, water rinsing after brushing, interproximal cleaning, and adjunctive use of fluoride products) and recent caries (past 24 months) in a random sample of patients in Northwest PRECEDENT practices.

Methods: Practitioner-members of Northwest PRECEDENT, a dental practice-based research network, conducted a longitudinal study on caries risk assessment. At baseline, patients completed a questionnaire on oral self-care, snacking, health, and socio-demographics.

When nurses become the "second" victim.

Purpose: Well-intentioned, conscientious nurses make medication errors. The subsequent feelings of guilt, remorse, and loss of personal and professional self-esteem these nurses experience are well documented. In this paper, we analyze the concept of "second victim" within the context of medication administration errors.

Medication errors, routines, and differences between perioperative and non-perioperative nurses.

Despite efforts to reduce the incidence of perioperative medication errors, these errors continue to be a problem. We examined written accounts from 16 nurses who discussed medication errors in the perioperative environment and 11 nurses who provided additional information about perioperative errors, nursing education, and the state of health care. Preoperative medication errors were the most frequently reported perioperative medication errors.

Using highly sensitive C-reactive protein measurement to diagnose MODY in a family with suspected type 2 diabetes.

The authors report an adolescent who was found to have diabetes on routine blood testing. The initial diagnosis was type 2 diabetes because she was obese, did not have type 1 diabetes antibodies and both parents had diabetes. Highly sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) was low in the proband and her father (≤0.

Devastatingly human: an analysis of registered nurses' medication error accounts.

Despite many safeguards, nurses make the majority of medication administration errors. The purpose of our research was to investigate the perceived causes for such errors and to better understand how nurses deal with them. We performed an interpretive analysis of 158 accounts by nurses who made self-identified medication errors.

When the 5 rights go wrong: medication errors from the nursing perspective.

This study describes nurses' perceptions about how and why medication errors occur and their personal experiences with medication errors. A survey was mailed to a random sample of registered nurses. Two hundred and two responded.

Developing critical thinking in the perioperative environment.

Critical thinking is considered an essential skill for nurses by many, including major accrediting agencies, health care administrators, and AORN. This is in part because of the environment in which nurses function. Health care, medicine, technology, and nursing are dynamic and constantly changing.

Essential steps in implementing a comprehensive testing and review program.

Nursing education literature reveals a proliferation of articles about interventions designed to prepare undergraduate nursing students for success on the professional licensure examination. An intervention featured in much of this literature is a comprehensive testing program. However, there is little information about implementing a curricular adoption of such a program.