Becoming a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner.

Aim: There is a shortage of sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) across the United States, especially in medically underserved communities. The purpose of this study was to describe the lived experiences of nurses on their journey before and after becoming a SANE.

Design: A qualitative descriptive research design was used in this study.

Predictors of attrition and program dismissal in a nursing major.

Background: Increasing the representation of nurses and other health professionals from minority populations is one way to address health disparities. The purpose of this study was to investigate nursing admission criteria that predicted first, second, third semester attrition and program dismissal.

Method: A retrospective secondary data analysis was conducted on existing student records spanning from 2016 to 2020 in one BSN program from a Hispanic-serving institution to gain an understanding about program attrition and dismissal.

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program: Long-term impact on confidence and attitudes on SANE trainees.

Aim/objective: The current study examined the long-term impact of SANE programming on the confidence of SANE trainees and on their attitudes toward the SANE role after obtaining SANE certification.

Background: Nationally, sexual assault examiners (SANEs) are in short supply. However, the shortage of SANE nurses takes on a special meaning in the medically underserved United States- Mexico border region where human trafficking is seen as a threat in the region and sexual assaults may be less likely to be reported.

The Mediating Role of Sexual Self-Efficacy on Protected Sex.

Background: Ascribed traditional gender role has rarely been examined in the topical area of protected sex.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between HIV knowledge, ascribed cultural gender roles of machismo and marianismo, acculturation, attitudes toward risky sexual behaviors and sexual self-efficacy on protected sex, and the mediating effect of sexual self-efficacy between these predictors and protected sex.

Methods: Part of a larger study, Hispanic college students from a Hispanic-serving institution in a U.

Building a Capacity of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners in an Underserved U.S.-Mexico Border Region.

Sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) conduct medical forensic examinations for persons who have been sexually assaulted. Positive psychological effects, high prosecution rates, and increased victim self-efficacy to seek resources for recovery were reported among sexual assault victims who received forensic care from SANEs. However, such endeavors may be very challenging to achieve because of the severe shortage of certified SANEs.

Perceived stress among Hispanic young adults: Impact of the coping with work and family stress program.

To examine the effect of an evidence-based curriculum on stress perceptions across time. Hispanic college students from a Hispanic-serving institution in a U.S.

Dealing with stroke: Perspectives from stroke survivors and stroke caregivers from an underserved Hispanic community.

Globally, stroke is the leading cause of death and disease burden. While post-stroke studies have been conducted, they excluded survivors and caregivers from underserved communities. It can be argued that the impact of stroke on survivors and caregivers from underserved communities may be greater.

Perceptions matter: faculty caring, campus racial climate and academic performance.

Aim: Examine the influence of students' perception of faculty caring on academic performance and the moderating role of students' perceptions of campus racial climate.

Background: There is limited knowledge on how students' perceptions of faculty caring, campus racial climate and academic performance are linked. Understanding this nexus is crucial to improving nursing education.

English-Language Proficiency, Academic Networks, and Academic Performance of Mexican American Baccalaureate Nursing Students.

Aim: We examine how academic networks mediate between English-language proficiency and academic performance.

Background: The relationship between English-language proficiency and academic performance remains inconclusive; it is possible that academic networks play a role in this relationship. Filling this knowledge gap is central to building best practices in teaching, and to evaluating the impact of networks on success.

Lived experiences relating to pediatric surgery: the case of Mexican American mothers in a southern US border city.

Purpose: This study examined the lived experiences of Mexican American mothers residing near a US/Mexico border town whose children underwent a surgical procedure requiring general anesthesia.

Design: Phenomenology was used to examine the lived experiences of the participants.

Method: Twelve Mexican American mothers were interviewed in the preoperative phase; 9 from the 12 participants were interviewed in the post-surgery phase.

Programmatic and teaching initiatives for ethnically diverse nursing students: a literature review.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the evidence of programmatic and teaching initiatives implemented by nursing faculty to enhance the academic success rates of ethnically diverse students (EDS).

Methods: A search of the literature in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and MEDLINE databases, wherein primary sources about programmatic and teaching initiative to promote academic success among EDS, was conducted. Using specific the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature subject headings and Medical Subject Headings, 230 articles were retrieved from both databases.

Do cell phones, iPods/MP3 players, siblings and friends matter? Predictors of child body mass in a U.S. Southern Border City Middle School.

Objective: This study examines the association of children's (i) micro-social environment, specifically siblings [kin-friends] and friends from school and neighborhood [non-kin-friends], and (ii) ownership of information and communication technologies (ICT), specifically cell phones and iPod/MP3 players, with body mass index percentile (BMIp).

Subjects: Fifty-five randomly selected 6th graders with a mean age of 12 years, stratified by gender (23 boys and 32 girls), from a Texas middle school located in a city along the U.S.