Strategies to Guide Paediatric Type 1 Diabetes Management and Transition of Care: A State-Of-The-Art Review.

Aim: The aim of the study was to synthesise current evidence on the transition of type 1 diabetes management responsibility from caregiver to child.

Design: A state-of-the-art review was conducted.

Methods: Using Rayyan software, two authors independently performed the study selection.

Relationships Among the Endorsement of Superwoman Schema and Health Outcomes.

Objective: To examine associations among endorsement of elements of the superwoman schema (the obligation to manifest strength and the obligation to help others) and health outcomes and to test if stress mediates the association between the obligation to manifest strength and depression in adult Black women.

Design: Cross-sectional design.

Setting: Community space in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Exploring US Nursing Leadership During the Initial COVID-19 Pandemic Response: A Qualitative Descriptive Study to Guide Leadership Development for Future Emergent Situations.

Objective: This study aimed to describe the experiences of nurse leaders during the 1st wave of the COVID-19 pandemic to enhance understanding in preparation for future disasters.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges to the healthcare system globally. Nurse leaders play an essential part and have a significant impact on the efficacy of disaster management in future emergent situations.

Increasing Equity of Physical Activity Promotion for Optimal Cardiovascular Health in Adults: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

Fewer than 1 in 4 adults achieves the recommended amount of physical activity, with lower activity levels reported among some groups. Addressing low levels of physical activity among underresourced groups provides a modifiable target with the potential to improve equity in cardiovascular health. This article (1) examines physical activity levels across strata of cardiovascular disease risk factors, individual level characteristics, and environmental factors; (2) reviews strategies for increasing physical activity in groups who are underresourced or at risk for poor cardiovascular health; and (3) provides practical suggestions for physical activity promotion to increase equity of risk reduction and to improve cardiovascular health.

Examining the Association Between Parental Factors and Childhood Obesity.

Purpose: To examine associations between parent's diet and BMI (body mass index) and child's sedentary behavior and physical activity (PA) with child's BMI.

Design: A descriptive design.

Methods: Study participants were a parent-child dyad in a subsample of families enrolled in Chicago Heights Early Childhood Center.

Black Americans Receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine and Effective Strategies to Overcome Barriers: An Integrative Literature Review.

Background: Black Americans have a greater likelihood of serious morbidity or mortality from contracting the coronavirus and represent the lowest percentage of vaccinated individuals by race. This integrative literature review aims to identify the major barriers to Black Americans receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and proposed solutions to improve vaccination rates among this population.

Method: Databases CINAHL and LitCovid from the National Library of Medicine were utilized to find the articles included in this review.

Comparison of GPS imputation methods in environmental health research.

Assessment of personal exposure in the external environment commonly relies on global positioning system (GPS) measurements. However, it has been challenging to determine exposures accurately due to missing data in GPS trajectories. In environmental health research using GPS, missing data are often discarded or are typically imputed based on the last known location or linear interpolation.

A systematic review examining the pulmonary effects of electronic vapor delivery systems.

Study Objective: Despite the popularity of vaping and electronic vapor delivery systems (EVDS), the healthcare community remains largely unfamiliar with their potential to induce harm. The purpose of this systematic review is to identify how EVDS use affects the pulmonary system in order to support future anesthetic guidelines for patients who vape.

Design: Systematic Review.

Moral Distress Experienced by US Nurses on the Frontlines During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Nursing Policy and Practice.

Introduction: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic represents the largest contemporary challenge to the nursing workforce in the 21 century given the high stress and prolonged strain it has created for both human and healthcare supply resources. Nurses on the frontlines providing patient care during COVID-19 have faced unrivaled psychological and physical demands. However, no known large-scale qualitative study has described the emotions experienced by nurses providing patient care during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US.

Barriers to Dialysis Home Therapy Utilization: A Systematic Review.

Barriers to the utilization of home therapy among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) impact progression to kidney failure and access to treatment options. The impact of health disparities on home therapy utilization receiving kidney replacement therapy requires investigation. A systematic review utilizing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines was conducted to examine health disparity barriers to home therapy utilization among patients with kidney failure.

Predictors associated with new nursing faculty's intent to leave nursing academia: teaching preparation in doctoral program, institutional supports, and job satisfaction.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among demographics, doctoral teaching preparation, nurse faculty institutional support, faculty job satisfaction, and intent to leave current nursing academic position in PhD- and DNP-prepared faculty.

Methods: Using a survey research design, invitations to a Qualtrics survey were emailed to nursing program directors. Independent samples t-tests and logistic regression models were used to determine the nature of the relationships.

Envisioning Nursing Education for a Post-COVID-19 World: Qualitative Findings From the Frontline.

Background: This study sought to qualitatively describe the implications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on nursing education and provide recommendations for curricular changes expressed by frontline nurses practicing during the first wave of the pandemic.

Method: Nurses throughout the United States ( = 100) completed the study protocol. The study sample was diverse and included White (37%), Black (20%), Latinx (20%), Asian (14%), multiracial (7%), and Native American (2%) participants; the sample also included transgender and nonbinary nurses (2%).

Supporting Physical Activity in Patients and Populations During Life Events and Transitions: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

Achieving recommended levels of physical activity is important for optimal cardiovascular health and can help reduce cardiovascular disease risk. Emerging evidence suggests that physical activity fluctuates throughout the life course. Some life events and transitions are associated with reductions in physical activity and, potentially, increases in sedentary behavior.

Examining current physical activity interventions in Black school-age children and parents: A systematic review.

Obesity is prevalent in Black children and adults; increasing physical activity (PA) can aid in reducing childhood obesity in both age groups. The purpose of this systematic review is to examine current research on PA interventions in school-age Black children. Adhering to PRISMA guidelines, a systematic search was conducted in six databases for PA interventions in Black children.

Global impact of physical inactivity and implications for public health nursing.

Physicalinactivity has been a public health problem worldwide for more than a decade. Of those who are physically active, a substantial percentage engage solely in low or very low physical activity (PA) levels. In the last 3 decades, the prevalence of PA in the United States has decreased with approximately 80% of adults not meeting the recommended guidelines for aerobic and muscle strengthening PA.

Recruitment Strategies to Optimize Participation by Diverse Populations.

The authors describe the methodological strategies used to effectively recruit a diverse sample of nurses in a qualitative study. Adequate representation of diverse populations is necessary to advance science and health equity. A multimodal research approach (research team composition, flyers, social media, and purposive sampling) was used.

Examining effective communication in nursing practice during COVID-19: A large-scale qualitative study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to conduct a primary examination of the qualitative communication experiences of nurses during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Background: Ambiguity in ever-evolving knowledge on how to provide care during COVID-19. Remaining safe has created a sense of urgency, which has in turn created the need for organizations to quickly alter their operational plans and protocols to support measures that increase capacity and establish a culture of safe care and clear communication.

Development and Feasibility of an Obesity Prevention Intervention for Black Adolescent Daughters and Their Mothers.

Black female adolescents and women have disproportionately higher rates of obesity than their racial/ethnic counterparts. There is an urgent need to address obesity prevention in Black adolescent females through interventions that enhance lifestyle physical activity and improve dietary behaviors. Middle adolescence presents an important opportunity to strengthen the daughter-mother bond and improve healthy behaviors such as physical activity and dietary intake.

Care Delivery and Treatment Decision Making: Bioethical and Nursing Considerations During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: The disruption in the supply chain of resources and interruptions in cancer treatments caused by the pandemic presented tremendous challenges to the healthcare system.

Objectives: This article describes the National Academy of Medicine-defined states of medical and nursing care delivery for which local plans should be drawn and the shifting and evolving systems framework that can guide decisions to optimize the crisis standards of care.

Methods: A case study is presented to describe the process of shifting the state of medical and nursing care delivery and bioethical nursing considerations during the pandemic and beyond.

COVID-19: Qualitative Research With Vulnerable Populations.

With COVID-19 affecting all types of research, the authors of this article contribute to the discussions on how COVID-19 affects the world of qualitative nursing research in irrefutable ways. Underrepresented and vulnerable populations are faced with higher rates and severity of COVID-19, heightening the need to better address their health needs, which require their voices to be heard. Moreover, nurses' perspectives on practicing during COVID-19 are needed.

An Online Asynchronous Physical Assessment Lab (OAPAL) for Graduate Nursing Students Using Low-Fidelity Simulation With Peer Feedback.

Physical assessment courses typically include a didactic component and a skills laboratory component. It is a challenge to create laboratory components in fully online nursing courses. This article reports on the use of an online asynchronous physical assessment laboratory using low-fidelity simulation with peer feedback to teach physical assessment skills to postlicensure nursing students in a fully online advanced health assessment course within an RN to MS program.

Shared Decision-Making Competency: Provider-Specific Factors in Hematology-Oncology Clinical Practice.

A computerized database search was performed using PubMed®, CINAHL®, and EBSCOhost to identify provider-specific factors associated with shared decision-making (SDM) competency among direct patient care providers in hematology-oncology practice. Personal factors included being female or older in age and having higher education. Years of clinical experience, nonclinical experiences, institutional support for SDM, administrative support for SDM training and education, and cultural competence were also reported as having a positive correlation with SDM competence among care providers.

Recruiting African American parents of school-aged children in a physical activity study: Lessons learned.

Objectives: To describe the recruitment strategies and lessons learned when enrolling African American parents/caregivers of school-aged children (ages 6-12 years) in an online survey of physical activity. With physical activity serving as a modifiable behavioral risk factor for several chronic diseases (obesity and cardiovascular diseases), little is understood regarding the influences on African Americans' physical activity participation to develop culturally appropriate physical activity interventions. Gaining a better understanding of physical activity influences is possible through research, yet recruiting and enrolling African Americans in health research is a challenge.

Physical Activity in Parents of Young African American Children: The Application of Social Cognitive Theory.

Background: Social cognitive theory (SCT) proposes that personal and environmental factors influence behavior bidirectionally. Research examining the personal and environmental factors of physical activity (PA) among African Americans (AAs) framed by SCT is scarce.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to enhance knowledge of SCT as a foundation for health promotion and PA research, in general, and among AAs.