Simplified Chinese Trauma Advanced Practice Nurses' Core Competency Scale: A development and psychometric validation study.

Background: The core competency of trauma advanced practice nurses (APNs) is directly related to the quality of trauma nursing work.

Objectives: To develop an instrument to measure trauma APNs' core competency and examine its psychometric properties.

Design: A cross-sectional psychometric validation study.

Difference in quantitative MRI measurements of cartilage between Wiberg type III patella and stable patella based on a 3.0-T synthetic MRI sequence.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference between the quantitative MRI values of Wiberg type III and stable patellar cartilage, and to improve the accuracy of MRI quantification in early patellar cartilage damage.

Methods: The knee joints of 94 healthy volunteers were scanned by a GE Signa Pioneer 3.0-T synthetic MRI machine.

Developing a core competency training curriculum system for emergency trauma nurses in China: a modified Delphi method study.

Objectives: To develop a core competency training curriculum system for emergency trauma nurses in China.

Design: A modified Delphi study design.

Participants: The selection criteria for participants identified in practitioner roles were to be currently engaged in trauma care for over 5 years, to serve as the manager of emergency or trauma surgery department, and to have a bachelor's degree or higher.