Publications by authors named "Janice M Long"
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- Nursing schools aim to select students likely to succeed in their programs and on the NCLEX(®) exam, often using standardized tests like the TEAS V for admissions.
- The study aimed to establish a benchmark TEAS V composite score to help identify students who would succeed in their first semester of nursing studies.
- By analyzing previous students' TEAS V scores alongside ATI RN Fundamentals of Nursing assessment results, the researchers identified this benchmark score.
The study purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured education curriculum with simulation training in educating undergraduate Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BSN) students to recognize and respond to patients experiencing acute deterioration as first responders. Researchers have demonstrated a lack of adequate clinical reasoning skills in new graduate nurses is a factor in critical patient incidents. A mixed methods design using a quasi-experimental, repeated measures and a descriptive, qualitative approach was used.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLatinos, now the largest U.S. ethnic minority, have a high risk for type 2 diabetes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The study sought to determine if race/ethnicity, age, gender, and poverty index influence the development of overweight (OW) or obesity (OB) in children 6-11 years of age and whether a desirable time to intervene could be established.
Methods: A descriptive and comparative analysis was conducted using data from the 1999-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Results: Advancing age was the single largest predictor of OW or OB followed by race/ethnicity.