Strengthening Cultural Competence in Prenatal Care With a Virtual Community: Building Capacity Through Collaboration.

Unlabelled: The purpose of this project was to design, implement, and evaluate a virtual simulation experience (VSE) facilitating student access to diverse cultures and strengthening their ability to provide culturally congruent care.

Design: Faculty from two universities collaborated in designing a pre/postnatal VSE with African American and Amish patients. Students viewed patient assessments, interacted with patients, worked in teams to develop culturally appropriate care plans, and engaged in debriefing.

RMR Estimation Model Accuracy Using Air Displacement Plethysmography-Derived Body Composition Measures in Young Adults.

Objective: Predictive equations derived from regression techniques based on large samples are extensively utilized in estimating resting metabolic rate (RMR). Body composition assessments utilize model equations to estimate RMR. However, the agreement of these predictive models with indirect calorimetery (IC) has come into question.

Transcultural self-efficacy perceptions of baccalaureate nursing students.

Addressing the health care needs of a 21st-century nation that is experiencing increased diversity and disparity will require new models of educating future providers. The cultural competence and confidence model was the guiding framework in a study evaluating the influence of cultural educational offerings on the transcultural self-efficacy (TSE) perceptions in baccalaureate nursing students. The Transcultural Self-Efficacy Tool was used to measure perceived TSE in a pretest (N = 260), posttest (N = 236) study over an academic year.

Use of CHAID decision trees to formulate pathways for the early detection of metabolic syndrome in young adults.

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) in young adults (age 20-39) is often undiagnosed. A simple screening tool using a surrogate measure might be invaluable in the early detection of MetS. Methods.

Preventing hypokalemia in critically ill patients.

Background: Many therapies used in critical care cause potassium depletion. Current practice relies on potassium replacement protocols after a patient becomes hypokalemic. Potassium bolus therapy creates risk for patients, is costly, and increases nurses' workload.

Decision tree approach for soil liquefaction assessment.

In the current study, the performances of some decision tree (DT) techniques are evaluated for postearthquake soil liquefaction assessment. A database containing 620 records of seismic parameters and soil properties is used in this study. Three decision tree techniques are used here in two different ways, considering statistical and engineering points of view, to develop decision rules.