Impact of Attendance on Academic Performance in Prenursing Students.

A descriptive-correlational design was used to explore the relationship between attendance and course grade in a prenursing course. Findings revealed that attendance was positively associated with final course grades (r443 = 0.54, P < .

Measures of cultural competence in nurses: an integrative review.

Background: There is limited literature available identifying and describing the instruments that measure cultural competence in nursing students and nursing professionals.

Design: An integrative review was undertaken to identify the characteristics common to these instruments, examine their psychometric properties, and identify the concepts these instruments are designed to measure.

Method: There were eleven instruments identified that measure cultural competence in nursing.

Saving costs, saving health care providers' backs, and creating a safe patient environment.

Back injuries are increasing among health care providers and are related to a multitude of factors, including repetitive tasks related to patient handling, the aging of the nursing workforce, higher patient acuity levels, and an increased prevalence of obesity in patients, as well as limited workspaces in patient rooms. An estimated 12% of nurses leave the profession annually because of back injuries, and more than 52% complain of chronic back pain and injuries. Implemented in response to rising costs of health care providers' injuries, a safe patient handling program resulted in decreased injuries from staff performing work-related duties, and decreased workers' compensation claims, which resulted in significant cost savings and improved patient satisfaction.