Outcomes of Hematuria Evaluation by Advanced Practice Providers and Urologists.

Objective: To examine the quality and costs of care for patients evaluated for hematuria by urologic advanced practice providers (APPs) and urologists. The roles of APPs in urology are growing, but their clinical and financial outcomes compared to urologists are not well understood.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of commercially insured patients using data from 2014 to 2020.

Self-management in Heart Failure: The Importance of Self-regulation but not Complexity of Condition.

Heart failure (HF) is a growing public health problem. Self-management (SM) of HF is an important component of chronic disease management. Guided by the Individual and Family Self-Management Theory (IFSMT), we examined the associations among complexity of condition, self-regulation, and self-efficacy mediation of SM behaviors in a population of HF outpatients.

Student experiences in an academic support program to diversify the nursing workforce.

Background: The current demographic of the Nursing workforce in the United States suggests a need to increase the percentage of minority nurses in practice. Diversifying the nursing workforce may change patient perceptions and improve the quality of care received by underserved patients. A college of nursing created the Nursing Endeavor Program to support first generation, low income, and/or underrepresented students from the point of acceptance in the nursing program to graduation.

Attitude, source of knowledge, and supporting factors on evidence-based nursing among cardiovascular nurses: A cross-sectional descriptive study in Turkey.

Rationale, Aims, And Objectives: Cardiovascular nursing has been a rapidly growing specialty since the 1960s. Assessing cardiovascular nurses' EBN (evidence-based nursing) attitudes and beliefs and the factors supporting EBN is important to assist the training programmes in fostering EBN practice in a clinical environment. Few investigations have been conducted on EBN knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and implementation among cardiovascular nurses.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Flexible Option for Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree Completion.

The 2010 "Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health" report from the Institute of Medicine recommended that 80% of registered nurses (RNs) obtain a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) degree by 2020. Hospitals with BSN nurses have reduced morbidity and mortality. In 2014, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Extension launched the University of Wisconsin Flexible Option BSN (UW Flex BSN) as an additional model for BSN degree completion, adding to the in-person and online delivery models already being offered.

Pain management in military trauma.

The wounded warrior requires immediate care, and at times, evacuation from injury. Care may be self-regulated, or may require more advanced care under the direction of medics or advanced practitioners, including physicians and surgeons. While survivability is the immediate priority, pain management has become a military initiative, recognizing that poor management of acute pain may lead to the development of chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Predictors of chronic pain in traumatically injured hospitalized adult patients.

It is unclear what causes chronic pain in traumatically injured hospitalized adults. A total of 101 patients admitted to a level 1 trauma center completed interviews during their inpatient stay and at 4 months, and data on biologic, psychologic, and sociologic variables were collected. Statistical analysis used hierarchical logistical regression,χ, and independent-samples t tests.