Implementation of a Patient Acuity Tool and Safe Staffing Model in an Outpatient Oncology Clinical Trials Unit.

Appropriate staffing in the outpatient oncology setting contributes to the delivery of quality care. Objective measures of acuity and nursing workload can assist with developing staffing models; however, measuring acuity in a.

Tobacco treatment clinics in urban public housing: feasibility and outcomes of a hands-on tobacco dependence service in the community.

Background: As a further extension of smoke-free laws in indoor public places and workplaces, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's declaration to propose a regulation that would make housing units smoke-free was inevitable. Of note is the challenge this regulation poses to current tenants of housing units who are active smokers. We aimed to assess the efficacy of a tobacco treatment clinic in public housing.

Update your "sore throat" differential list: A case report and discussion of oral chlamydia.

There has been an exponential increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States, causing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to declare an epidemic. Current evidence demonstrates that extragenital STIs of the oropharynx and rectum are often asymptomatic and may not be associated with concurrent positive urogenital infections. As a result, these infections are often missed in primary care.

Adolescent flourishing in relation to having asthma: Results from a population-based cross-sectional study.

Objective: This study investigated parent report of adolescent behaviors and flourishing of adolescents with asthma from a nationwide sample.

Methods: A secondary analysis of the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children's Health was conducted. There were 2,880 youth with asthma in our sample and 25,841 without asthma between 13 and 17 years of age.