Effectiveness of educational video on standardized nursing language for nursing home nurses.

Objectives: Developing nursing plans using standardized taxonomy offers for a better understanding of how nursing abilities affect the achievement of better levels of outcomes for NH residents. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of an educational video on standardized nursing languages (SNLs) developed for nursing home nurses.

Methods: We used a single group pre-post study design.

Identification of North American Nursing Diagnosis Association-Nursing Interventions Classification-Nursing Outcomes Classification of nursing home residents using on-time data by android smartphone application by registered nurses.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the nursing process linkages formed by Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) and Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) according to the primary NANDA-I diagnoses by registered nurses (RNs), customized to nursing home (NH) residents in Korea, using a developed smartphone application for NH RNs.

Methods: This is a retrospective descriptive study. Applying quota sampling, a total of 51 NHs from all operating 686 NHs hiring RNs participated in this study.

Patients' self-management of adverse events and patient-reported outcomes in advanced renal cell carcinoma treated with targeted therapies: A prospective, longitudinal, observational study.

Background: Early intervention to reduce the impact of adverse events (AEs) may improve patients' quality of life and enable optimal treatment duration.

Methods: This nationwide, multicenter, prospective, longitudinal, 1-year observational study investigated patients' self-management of AEs associated with targeted therapy for advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and explored corresponding outcomes, including treatment duration and patient-reported outcomes (PROs).

Results: We enrolled 77 advanced RCC patients (mean age 62 years) treated with a first targeted therapy.

Feasibility and Efficacy of Intra-Arterial Administration of Embryonic Stem Cell Derived-Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Animal Model of Alzheimer's Disease.

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) promote functional recoveries in pathological experimental models of the central nervous system and are currently being tested in clinical trials for neurological disorders. However, no studies have examined the various roles of embryonic stem cell derived (ES)-MSCs in eliciting therapeutic effects for Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the present study, we investigated the neuroprotective effect of ES-MSCs in cellular and animal models of AD, as well as the safety of the intra-arterial administration of ES-MSCs in an AD animal model.

An analysis of fall incidence rate and risk factors in an inpatient rehabilitation unit: A retrospective study.

Background: Accurate prediction of fall likelihood is advantageous for instituting fall prevention program in rehabilitation facilities.

Objective: This study was designed to determine the clinical measures, which can predict the risk of fall events in a rehabilitation hospital.

Methods: Medical records of 166 patients (114 males and 52 females) who were hospitalized in an adult inpatient unit of a rehabilitation hospital were retrospectively analyzed for this study.

Coffee consumption and bone mineral density in korean premenopausal women.

Background: Although Asian people are known to have lower bone mass than that of Caucasians, little is known about coffee-associated bone health in Asian. This study aimed to assess the relationship between coffee consumption and bone mineral density (BMD) in Korean premenopausal women.

Methods: Data were obtained from the Fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008-2009.

Botulinum Toxin Treatment on Upper Limb Function in School Age Children With Bilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy: One Year Follow-up.

Objective: To prospectively investigate the long-term effects of botulinum toxin treatment on the upper limb function and performance of school age children with spastic bilateral cerebral palsy, who have limitations in performing activities of daily living and school activities, due to spasticity of the upper extremities.

Methods: Botulinum type A toxin (BoNT-A) was injected into 24 spastic upper limbs of 15 children. We used a Modified Ashworth Scale and a Modified Tardieu Scale for the evaluation of upper limb spasticity, and Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test (QUEST), Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM), and Test of Visual-Motor Skills-Revised (TVMS-R) for the evaluation of upper limb function and performance.