Measuring Bachelor of Science in Nursing competencies in public/population health.

Nurses have a long history of practice in public health. More recently basic population health knowledge and skills are being required across all nursing practice settings. To prepare nurses for this practice nursing education has long included public or community health nursing (PHN) content and skills as part of prelicensure education at the baccalaureate level and above.

Utilization of (111)In-Capromab pendetide SPECT-CT for detecting seminal vesicle invasion with recurrent prostate cancer after primary in situ therapy.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of a hybrid (111)In-capromab pendetide fused computed tomography (CT) scan in detecting seminal vesicle invasion (SVI) in the setting of recurrent prostate cancer following primary in situ therapy. The study population comprised 59 patients, who biochemically failed primary in situ treatment based on American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology criteria. The patients underwent an (111)In-capromab pendetide/CT scan at the time of biochemical failure with a prostate (12-core) and seminal vesicle (SV) (8-core) biopsy.

Public survey and survival data do not support recommendations to discontinue prostate-specific antigen screening in men at age 75.

Objectives: To evaluate the US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation to discontinue prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening at age 75.

Methods: Public survey: A cohort of 340 patients was surveyed at our PSA screening clinic and stratified by awareness of the recommendation and education level. Age (< 75, >or= 75), race, health insurance status, knowledge of prostate cancer, and opinion on screening discontinuation at age 75 was evaluated between groups.

Satisfaction and regret after open retropubic or robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

Background: To counsel patients adequately, it is important to understand the variables influencing satisfaction and regret following prostatectomy.

Objective: To identify independent predictors for satisfaction and regret after radical prostatectomy.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Patients who had undergone retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) or robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) between 2000 and 2007 were mailed cross-sectional surveys composed of sociodemographic information, the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC), and questions regarding satisfaction and regret.

Body mass index, prostate-specific antigen, and digital rectal examination findings among participants in a prostate cancer screening clinic.

Objectives: Prior studies suggested obese men have lower prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values. However, the association between body mass index (BMI) and digital rectal examination (DRE) findings and the association between weight at age 18 and adult PSA or DRE findings have not been examined. We sought to study the associations among BMI and weight at age 18 and adult PSA and DRE findings.