Clinical genetic counselors' use of people- and identity-first language in regard to patients' identification with disability.

The language surrounding disabilities has evolved from derogatory terms to the adoption of people-first language. However, identity-first language is being advocated for by some within the disability community. Using the preferred terminology is crucial to demonstrate respect and prevent stigmatization, especially in healthcare settings like genetic counseling, where language can impact relationships with the community.

AACN Essentials and nurse practitioner education: Competency-based case studies grounded in authentic practice.

The 2021 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Practice articulate the standards for baccalaureate and graduate level nursing education in the 21st century. Integral to these expectations is the call for nurse educators to implement a competency-based education format. For nurse practitioner education programs, the curriculum must not only align with core competencies described by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) and with the standards of the National Task Force (NTF), but will now also be framed in the Essentials.

Service learning: Nursing students' civic engagement with diverse populations of children with special needs.

Purpose: There is limited knowledge of nursing students' perspectives about engagement with special needs populations. The purpose of this study was to identify the advantages/benefits and disadvantages/challenges of nursing students' engagement experience with children with special mental and physical disabilities. Recommendations to enhance student engagement experiences were also provided.

Content Validation of the Quality and Safety Framed Clinical Evaluation for Nurse Practitioner Students.

Background: Clinical performance evaluation is a high-stakes assessment that requires a valid and reliable instrument. There appear to be no identified clinical evaluation instruments developed for nurse practitioner (NP) students that have undergone content validation.

Purpose: This study describes the process to develop, validate, and pilot a clinical evaluation instrument for NP students framed in the Quality and Safety Education of Nurses Competencies for advanced practice.

Improving Physical Assessment Observational Skills in the Community Setting: An Experiential Exercise.

To become skilled providers, nurse practitioner students are required to expand observational skills and develop acumen in differential diagnosis. Good observational skills are essential for developing differential diagnoses, which are narrowed through diagnostic reasoning to reach an accurate final diagnosis. Teaching observational skills and differential diagnosis methods to nurse practitioner students can be challenging for nurse educators.

Predictors of retention in an alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention study.

This article explored retention patterns, as well as factors that predicted these patterns, in the evaluation of a relationship-based substance abuse prevention intervention study that targeted inner-city African American youth. A total of 851 contacts were made to retain 82% (n = 104) of the baseline sample (N = 127) in the evaluation. Results from multinomial regression analyses indicated that participants who were retained in the evaluation were more likely to perceive alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use as less risky and were more likely to report higher levels of family supervision than were evaluation attrits.

Predictors of attrition in a longitudinal study of substance abusers.

Previous research has emphasized the importance of minimizing attrition in longitudinal studies. The authors examined the influence of demographic, clinical, and process factors on attrition from a longitudinal study of 286 substance abusers recruited at a central intake unit. Univariate tests showed that those who completed three, six, and 12 month interviews had higher baseline alcohol and drug use and were more likely to provide three or more contacts when recruited, to be female, to have been married, and to have previously received substance abuse or psychiatric treatment.