Engagement strategies adopted by the nursing information officer team in preparing nurses for the implementation of an integrated electronic health record.

This article explores the critical role the nursing information officer (NIO)'s team played in facilitating the transition to an electronic health record system (EHR) at two NHS trusts in London. The article highlights that with the increasing importance of digital leadership in nursing, it is necessary to prepare nursing staff for the implementation of an EHR to enhance patient care and staff experience. It discusses various methodologies the NIO's team adopted, including 'show and tells', demos, walkabouts, induction sessions, 'CopyCat' charting, and a 'change and engagement' document.

Controversial Screening for Thyroid Dysfunction in Preconception and Pregnancy: An Evidence-Based Review.

To evaluate the recommendations on the most adequate screening method (universal or selective) for thyroid dysfunction. Although thyroid dysfunction is a common disorder in fertile women and untreated cases may have negative maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes, its screening in preconception and early pregnancy is controversial. An evidence-based review was conducted to identify publications since 2017 of American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines, according to the following Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes and Study (PICOS): women in preconception or pregnancy without thyroid disease who underwent universal or selective screening for thyroid dysfunction.

Risks to the fetus from diagnostic imaging during pregnancy: review and proposal of a clinical protocol.

Every day, medical practitioners face the dilemma of exposing pregnant or possibly pregnant patients to radiation from diagnostic examinations. Both doctors and patients often have questions about the risks of radiation. The most vulnerable period is between the 8th and 15th weeks of gestation.

SNPs/pools: a methodology for the identification of relevant SNPs in breast cancer epidemiology.

The identification of allelic variants of human genes is of great importance when assessing genetic susceptibility. The emerging role of genetic polymorphisms in association studies has created the need for high throughput genotyping methodologies that allow a more rapid identification of relevant polymorphisms related to individual cancer risk enabling the extension to large-scale association studies. DNA pooling methodology may be of great importance considering the cost, time and labor that are involved in large-scale genotyping analysis carried out on individual samples.