Child safety seats for the prevention of traffic injuries.

It's an old joke among new parents in Labor and Delivery: How many people did it take to install your car seat? Although the remark elicits chuckles from new moms and dads, using a child safety seat--and using it correctly--is no laughing matter. More children between the ages of one and ten die in automobile crashes than from any other type of injury or disease. In the under-one-year age group, this health risk is second only to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

The Nurse Practitioner Rating Form. Part I: Conceptual development and potential uses.

Most research and evaluation studies of nurse practitioner practice have used data collection instruments developed for that specific study, choosing and defining variables of interest to them and developing ad hoc measurement instruments with psychometric properties that are largely unknown. The primary focus of such studies and the instruments used in them has been on activities related to the assessment and management of medical problems. Such focus in the early studies is understandable, since these are the activities that have been added to the traditional nursing functions to form the nurse practitioner role.