Scoping review: Diagnostic reasoning as a component of clinical reasoning in the U.S. primary care nurse practitioner education.

Aims: Diagnostic Reasoning (DR) is an essential competency requiring mastery for safe, independent Nurse Practitioner (NP) practice, but little is known about DR content included in NP education programs. The aims of this study were to identify whether and how the concept of DR is addressed in NP education.

Design: We conducted a scoping review on DR-related content and teaching innovations in U.

Enablers and barriers to dietary practices contributing to bone health among early adolescent Somali girls living in Minnesota.

Purpose: To explore the dietary factors that contribute to bone health among first generation Somali girls and to determine the social and cultural contexts that shape these health behaviors.

Design And Methods: Findings presented are from a larger, descriptive qualitative study that used a series of focus groups with four cohorts of 11- to 14-year-old Somali girls (n= 39) living in two Minnesota communities.

Results: Cultural tradition, developmental stage, acculturation, and environment were major factors contributing to the intake of calcium and vitamin D-rich foods.