Peripartum Cardiomyopathy.

Audience: This simulation is appropriate for emergency medicine (EM) residents of all levels.

Introduction: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare, idiopathic condition that occurs in the mother around the time of childbirth. Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and/or reduced systolic function diagnosed in patients during the last month of pregnancy or up to five months following delivery defines PCCM.

Promotion of Student Engagement Through the Application of Good Practices in Nursing Online Education.

The purpose of this article is to review Chickering and Gamson's principles of good practice in teaching and to illustrate their applicability to nursing online education delivery. An additional purpose is to present examples of teaching methods used by faculty to promote engagement in online education courses during the pandemic. The original 7 best practices in education, including ( a ) encourages contact between students and faculty, ( b ) develops reciprocity and cooperation among students, ( c ) uses active learning techniques, ( d ) gives prompt feedback, ( e ) emphasizes time on task, ( f ) communicates high expectations, and ( g ) respects diverse talents and ways of learning, remain evidence-based guidelines today.

Experiential Learning in Patient Safety: A Multi-Center Study Examining Emergency Medicine Residents' Situational Awareness of Hazards via Simulation.

Introduction The 2016 Clinical Learning Environment Review established that experiential patient safety curricula for residents are uncommon. Moreover, these curricula do not incorporate non-technical skills linked to safety, such as situational awareness (SA). We developed an in-situ patient safety simulation exercise incorporating core SA concepts and subsequently assessed exercise feasibility and acceptability, and measured residents' safety SA.

Nursing Faculty Resilience During a Time of Disruption and Change.

Assessing the resilience level of nursing faculty during a time of unprecedented change in nursing education was the focus of this study. A descriptive cross-sectional survey that incorporated demographic data and the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale was used. Participants ( n = 78) had an average resilience score of 32.

A Multicenter Study About Resilience of Nursing Students and Faculty in Online Courses.

Background: Resilience is the process of adapting well in adverse situations. Due to the challenges of teaching in online programs and the adaptations needed by students, it is important that faculty and students maintain a high level of resilience.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the resilience level of undergraduate and graduate nursing students and faculty who interact in an online environment and to determine factors that impact resilience.

Perception of online teacher self-efficacy: A multi-state study of nursing faculty pivoting courses during COVID 19.

Background: COVID-19 forced many colleges and schools of nursing to abruptly pivot face-to-face learning to online formats. Online teaching is not new, but some faculty have not taught in a virtual environment and rapidly transitioning courses online was challenging. It is not known if teacher self-efficacy was impacted by these circumstances.

Transitioning to Teaching Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic many nursing educators have been required to abruptly convert to an online delivery model. Faculty need resources and support to transition face to face courses into an online format.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to highlight nursing faculty perceptions of the effectiveness of resources, support, and methodologies for online teaching during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

A Multicenter Study of Student Engagement and Satisfaction in Online Programs.

Background: Students who are more satisfied and engaged in online courses have better learning experiences and outcomes.

Method: Survey data were collected during a 4-month period in 2019. The research team created a survey to collect demographic information and assess student satisfaction.

Characteristics of RN to BSN students in online programs.

Background: Registered nurse to baccalaureate in nursing (RN-BSN) programs has rapidly moved to online formats to increase the ability of working nurses to earn their BSN degree. Nursing faculty are tasked with designing programs to meet the needs of the nursing workforce using best practices for online learning.

Objectives: Describe RN-BSN student perceptions of their online programs, including clinical experiences.

Diffusiophoresis in Multivalent Electrolytes.

Diffusiophoresis is the spontaneous movement of colloidal particles in a concentration gradient of solutes. As a small-scale phenomenon that harnesses energy from concentration gradients, diffusiophoresis may prove useful for passively manipulating particles in lab-on-a-chip applications as well as configurations involving interfaces. Though naturally occurring ions are often multivalent, experimental studies of diffusiophoresis have been mostly limited to monovalent electrolytes.

Xenoprotein engineering via synthetic libraries.

Chemical methods have enabled the total synthesis of protein molecules of ever-increasing size and complexity. However, methods to engineer synthetic proteins comprising noncanonical amino acids have not kept pace, even though this capability would be a distinct advantage of the total synthesis approach to protein science. In this work, we report a platform for protein engineering based on the screening of synthetic one-bead one-compound protein libraries.

Diabetes and pre-eclampsia affecting pregnancy: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

The interaction between pre-eclampsia and diabetes mellitus (DM) is far from being completely understood. In this study, we compared normal pregnancies with those complicated with pre-eclampsia, gestational DM, and/or pre-existing diabetes to assess the effects of hyperglycemia on placental development. AnInstitutional Review Board (IRB) approved retrospective cross-sectional study with 621 subjects was performed.

Genetic testing likelihood: the impact of abortion views and quality of life information on women's decisions.

Little is known about factors predicting the likelihood of choosing genetic testing in college aged women versus older women, including knowledge of quality of life (QOL) associated with a disorder. Using vignettes with female college students (Experiment 1: n=257, mean age=19.70 yrs) and female faculty/staff/alumni (Experiment 2: n (nulliparous)=83, mean age=30.