Central nervous system biomarkers GFAp and NfL associate with post-acute cognitive impairment and fatigue following critical COVID-19.

A high proportion of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) experience post-acute COVID-19, including neuropsychiatric symptoms. Objective signs of central nervous system (CNS) damage can be investigated using CNS biomarkers such as glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAp), neurofilament light chain (NfL) and total tau (t-tau). We have examined whether CNS biomarkers can predict fatigue and cognitive impairment 3-6 months after discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) in critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Group Coaching Using Energy-Based Practices for Health, Healing, and Personal Growth: Program Design and Training Outcomes.

An innovative training curriculum on energy-based practices for group coaching was developed and disseminated to 16 coaching students. This article describes phase 1 curriculum design and initial evaluation of the coaching program. Findings demonstrated the benefits of this course, highlighted areas for refinement, and support progression to phase 2 for wider dissemination.

Review: Potential alternatives to high-concentration carbon dioxide stunning of pigs at slaughter.

Using carbon dioxide (CO) for stunning pigs at slaughter is common in Europe. The use of group stunning is a major advantage with CO, which is done without restraining the pigs and with minimized human contact. However, high concentrations of CO have been known for decades to cause pain, fear and distress in pigs before loss of consciousness, and the stunning method is clearly associated with animal welfare concerns.

A Metaphor Analysis of Patients' With Chronic Conditions Experiences With Holistic Nurse Coaching.

The purpose of this study was to examine metaphors used by patients with chronic conditions to describe their experience with holistic nurse coaching. A secondary analysis was conducted using Metaphor Identification Procedure to analyze the corpus of 112 pages of typed transcription. Five metaphors emerged: (1) taking personal power back like acquiring a new toolbox; (2) seeing health challenges from different angles like a duck pond race; (3) shifting perception of a chronic condition like a spider turned into a friend; (4) engaging in self-care like caring for a favorite plant; and (5) choosing to focus on the positive like a collage that changed from dark to light.

The Experience of Holistic Nurse Coaching for Patients With Chronic Conditions.

The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the lived experience of adults with chronic conditions receiving holistic nurse coaching. A qualitative phenomenological research design was used for this study. A purposive sample of 15 patients with varied chronic conditions participated.