Developing the WATCh Nurse: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding a Pediatric Rapid Response Role.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to identify the characteristics and tasks vital for individuals to successfully navigate a proactive rapid response role at a quaternary children's hospital.

Design And Methods: A qualitative thematic analysis of open-ended interviews was utilized to define the essential characteristics and functions of a WATCh (Watch, Assess, Triage for Children) nurse. The sample included both WATCh nurses and other healthcare providers that work with WATCh nurses.

Evaluating the awareness, access, and use of the State Indicator Report on Physical Activity, 2010.

Background: The State Indicator Report on Physical Activity, 2010 (SIRPA) and accompanying resources provide information for practitioners to promote physical activity. This study evaluated awareness, access, and use of materials among physical activity practitioners.

Methods: A Web-based survey assessed awareness, access and use among respondents.

Leisure-time physical activity during pregnancy and offspring size at 18 to 24 months.

Background: Leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) during pregnancy has maternal benefits, but effects on offspring have not often been considered. This study aimed to determine associations among trimester-specific LTPA during pregnancy and toddler size.

Methods: Women (n = 300) were recruited while pregnant in 2006.

Behavioral effects of prenatal exposure to lidocaine in the rat: effects of dosage and of gestational age at administration.

Pregnant Long-Evans hooded rats were dosed via injections into the gum with 3, 6, or 9 mg/kg lidocaine, or vehicle, or were uninjected, on gestational day 4 (GD4), GD11, or GD18. Offspring (8-11 litters/group) were tested on a variety of tests of behavioral development and adult behavior. No effects of any dose at any time of administration were found upon maternal weight gain in gestation, litter size, or initial birth weight or weight gain of the pups.

Alterations in offspring behavior induced by chronic prenatal cocaine dosing.

Sperm-positive female Long-Evans hooded rats were dosed subcutaneously with 10 mg/kg/day cocaine or an equal volume of vehicle (0.9% sterile saline) from gestation day 4 (GD4) through GD18. Offspring were assessed for development of negative geotaxis, righting reflex, spontaneous alternation, and open field activity, and for adult behaviors including DRL-20 acquisition, water maze, visual discrimination, barbiturate sleep time, shuttlebox avoidance, footshock sensitivity, and tail flick latency.

Behavioral effects of mid-pregnancy administration of lidocaine and mepivacaine in the rat.

Sperm-positive female Long-Evans hooded rats were injected with 6 mg/kg lidocaine (with epinephrine), 6 mg/kg mepivacaine, or saline, into the masseter muscle of the jaw on Day 11 of gestation. Birth, growth, and litter composition were unaffected by the drug treatment, as was shuttle box acquisition. Offspring of drug-treated dams had longer latencies than controls on the first day of negative geotaxis training, and were more sensitive to electric footshock.