Advanced Practice Nurses' Evidence-Based Healthcare Competence and Associated Factors in Finland and Singapore-A Cross-Sectional Study.

Aim: To describe and compare the Evidence-Based HealthCare (EBHC) competence of Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs), and the factors associated with it in Finland and Singapore.

Design: A descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study.

Methods: Data were collected from APNs working in healthcare in Finland (n = 157) or Singapore (n = 99) between May 2023 and October 2023 using a self-assessment instrument to measure EBHC competence (EBHC-Comp-APN) and an EBHC knowledge test.

Development and Validation of the Family and Community Nursing Advanced Practice Scale.

Aim: To develop and test a Family and Community Nursing-Advanced Practice Scale.

Design: A cross-sectional and methodological scale validation design, following classical test theory.

Methods: Three phases, the first of which involved scale development, including item generation.

Non-targeted LC-MS metabolomics reveal shifts from wound-induced enzymatic browning to lignification during extended storage of fresh-cut lettuce in modified atmosphere packaging.

Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) is a conventional method used to prolong the shelf-life of fresh-cut vegetables, including lettuce. However, MAP-stored lettuce remains perishable, and its deterioration mechanism is not fully understood. Here, we utilized non-targeted LC-MS metabolomics to evaluate the effects of cutting and extended storage time on metabolite profiles of lettuce stored in MAP.

Pseudo-3D HSQC, a method to create a true 2D HSQC-plane. Application to softwood extract analysis.

Pseudo-3D HSQC provides an alternative and easy way to record and analyze quantitative HSQC-data. In the original time-zero extrapolated H-C HSQC (HSQC), three separate 2D constant-time (CT) HSQC-experiments (HSQC, i = 1-3) are acquired, where either 1,2 or 3 consecutive CT-HSQC-propagators are repeated in each pulse sequence, and the 2D integral data from the three 2D experiments is analyzed via linear regression. In the presented pseudo-3D HSQC, HSQC is one of the dimensions and all data is contained within one dataset, which is recorded in interleaved manner by acquiring the same t-value for each HSQC-point before t-incrementation.

Factors influencing nurses and nursing students' attitudes towards vaccinations: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Vaccination hesitancy remains the main obstacle to improving vaccination coverage. Influenza and COVID-19 vaccination coverage among healthcare professionals is essential. It is crucial to study the vaccination attitudes of healthcare professionals as they significantly influence the vaccination attitudes and behaviour of the rest of the population.

Wood hemicelluloses as protective materials for preserving the viability of probiotic Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG during spray drying.

Wood hemicelluloses from forest industry side-streams are promising economic and sustainable alternatives for encapsulating bioactive compounds. This study explores their suitability for probiotic encapsulation, specifically for maintaining cell viability and structure. The ability of galactoglucomannans (GGM) and glucuronoxylans (GX) to support the survival of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) during spray drying at solid feed concentrations of 15 and 20 % and inlet air temperatures of 105 and 140 °C (outlet air temperature of 50 °C) was investigated and compared to the results obtained using maltodextrin (MD).

Social services and healthcare personnel's digital competence profiles: A Finnish cross-sectional study.

Background: Recent research has highlighted the deficiencies and variations in the digital competences of social services and healthcare personnel. Yet there is a shortage of data regarding how the personnel use digital devices and solutions and their attitudes towards digitalisation. Hence, a systematic investigation into digital devices and solutions in healthcare is warranted.

The Relationship Between Nurses' Digital Health Literacy and Their Educational Levels, Professional Roles, and Digital Attitudes: A Cluster Analysis Based on a Cross-Sectional Study.

Aim: The current study aimed to identify digital health literacy levels among nurses with respect to their education, role and attitude towards digital technologies.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods: Through convenience sampling, all Registered Nurses, managers/leaders and nurse researchers employed in Hospitals, University Hospitals and Districts were recruited and surveyed using an online questionnaire.

Exploring the integration of culturally and linguistically diverse nurses and nursing students in healthcare: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To investigate the factors that influence the integration of CALD nurses and nursing students into the healthcare system and to explore their perception of integration.

Background: In many countries, strengthening the nursing workforce requires a ramping up of international recruitment. Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) nurses and nursing students experience significant challenges when integrating into new healthcare systems.

Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs) Uptake by Caveolae-Dependent Endocytosis is Responsible for Their Selective Effect Towards Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Purpose: Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC) is characterized by poor prognosis and limited therapeutic options. AgNPs functionalized with glucose (G-AgNPs) were observed cytotoxic to CRPC cell lines (PC-3 and Du-145) and not LNCaP. This study aims to evaluate AgNPs and G-AgNPs' uptake mechanisms in these cells and understand their role in the selective effect against CRPC cells.

Exploring educator perceptions and profiles in supporting culturally and linguistically diverse students integration in healthcare work environments - A cross-sectional study.

Background: The global shortage of healthcare workers, an ageing population, and increasing retirement within the healthcare workforce are causing social and healthcare systems to undergo significant internationalisation and cultural-linguistic diversification. Despite the crucial role educators play in imparting healthcare education and supporting the integration of professionals into these diverse environments, there is a lack of effective strategies and understanding to achieve this integration successfully.

Aim: To explore and understand how social and healthcare educators self-perceive their role in supporting the integration of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) students into healthcare working environments, and to identify whether these perceptions can be categorised into specific educator profiles.

Identifying patterns and profiles of vaccination hesitancy among nurses for tailoring healthcare policies in the UK: A cross-sectional study.

Aims: To profile the characteristics of nurses with varying levels of vaccine hesitancy toward the COVID-19 and influenza vaccines.

Background: In many countries across the world, healthcare workers, and nurses in particular, display significant reluctance toward COVID-19 and influenza vaccines due to concerns about safety, distrust in healthcare policies, and media influences. To address this, a proposed approach involves profiling nurses to tailor vaccination campaigns and to improve acceptance rates and public health outcomes.

Profiling vaccine hesitancy in nursing to tailor public healthcare policies: A cross-sectional international study.

Introduction: Vaccine hesitancy is a complex issue of global concern. As nurses play a vital role in delivering patient care and shaping public opinions on vaccines, interventions to address vaccine hesitancy in nursing are imperative. As such, identifying profiles of characteristics and attitudes contributing to hesitancy may help identify specific areas of focus to target tailored global vaccination uptake campaigns.

Healthcare professionals' experiences of required competencies in mentoring of interprofessional students in clinical practice: A systematic review of qualitative studies.

Aim: To synthesize evidence on healthcare professionals' experiences of competencies in mentoring undergraduate healthcare, social care and medical students during their interprofessional clinical practice.

Design: This review was conducted by the JBI methodology for systematic reviews of qualitative evidence.

Methods: Studies were included if they were based on the phenomenon of interest and used qualitative or mixed methods (qualitative share).

Learning Outcomes of e-Learning in Psychotherapy Training and Comparison With Conventional Training Methods: Systematic Review.

Background: Mental disorders pose a major public health problem in most western countries. The demand for services for common mental health disorders has been on the rise despite the widespread accessibility of medication. Especially, the supply and demand for evidence-based psychotherapy do not align.

Critical care nurses' competence in mentoring students in intensive care units-A cross-sectional study.

Background: Mentors play an important role in the practical education of critical care nursing students in intensive care units, yet little is known about the mentoring competencies of critical care nurses.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess Norwegian critical care nurses' competence in mentoring students in intensive care units.

Design: This study has a descriptive, cross-sectional design, utilising a self-administered online survey.

Use of dairy industry side-stream lactose for tablet manufacturing - proof of concept study.

During recent years there have been shortages of certain drugs due to problems in raw material supply. These are often related to active ingredients but could also affect excipients. Lactose is one of the most used excipients in tableting and comes in two anomeric and several solid-state forms.

Competence of healthcare professionals in stroke care pathways: a cross-sectional study.

Aims: To describe healthcare professionals' self-assessed competence in stroke care pathways based on their self-evaluation and identify the factors associated with competence.

Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive explorative study design was used.

Methods: The data were collected during May and September 2021 through a survey sent to healthcare professionals (N=1200, n=215) working in neurological care.

Adsorption study on the formation of interfacial layers based on birch glucuronoxylans.

Glucuronoxylans (GX), particularly crude fractions obtained by pressurized hot water extraction of birch wood, act as potent emulsifiers and stabilizers against physical separation and lipid oxidation. Herein, we studied the adsorption of GX on hydrophobic interfaces to correlate their multicomponent character towards the formation of interfacial layers in emulsions. Dynamic interfacial tension (DIFT) and quartz crystal microgravimetry with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) were applied to various GX fractions and the results compared with those from cellulose-based emulsifiers.

Serum HMGB1 in febrile seizures.

The role of high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) in the pathogenesis of febrile seizures (FSs) is unclear. In our controlled follow-up study, we compared serum levels of HMGB1 (s-HMGB1) in the same individuals after the first FS, during febrile episodes without a FS, after recurrent FS, during healthy periods after FS, and between patients and controls. In all, 122 patients with FSs were included in the final analysis, including 18 with recurrent FSs with a complete follow-up protocol.

Evidence-based healthcare competence of social- and healthcare educators: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: The purpose of the study was to describe social and healthcare educators' evidence-based healthcare competence and explore the associated factors.

Design: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out.

Methods: The research spanned 5 universities, 19 universities of applied sciences, and 10 vocational colleges in Finland from September to December 2022.

Healthcare professionals' experience regarding competencies in specialized and primary stroke units: A qualitative study.

Aim: To describe healthcare professionals' experience of needed competence in patient stroke care within specialist and primary healthcare.

Background: Healthcare professionals who provide stroke care need multifaceted, multi-professional skills; ongoing training is important for competent stroke care.

Design: A descriptive qualitative study.

Enzymatic crosslinking of lignin nanoparticles and nanocellulose in cryogels improves adsorption of pharmaceutical pollutants.

Pharmaceuticals, designed for treating diseases, ironically endanger humans and aquatic ecosystems as pollutants. Adsorption-based wastewater treatment could address this problem, however, creating efficient adsorbents remains a challenge. Recent efforts have shifted towards sustainable bio-based adsorbents.

Educational interventions and their effects on healthcare professionals' digital competence development: A systematic review.

Introduction: The digitalisation of healthcare requires that healthcare professionals are equipped with adequate digital competencies to be able to deliver high-quality healthcare. Continuing professional education is needed to ensure these competencies.

Objective: This systematic review aimed to identify and describe the educational interventions that have been developed to improve various aspects of the digital competence of healthcare professionals and the effects of these interventions.

Exploring the impact of socially assistive robots on health and wellbeing across the lifespan: An umbrella review and meta-analysis.

Background: Socially assistive robots offer an alternate source of connection for interventions within health and social care amidst a landscape of technological advancement and reduced staff capacity. There is a need to summarise the available systematic reviews on the health and wellbeing impacts to evaluate effectiveness, explore potential moderators and mediators, and identify recommendations for future research and practice.

Objective: To explore the effect of socially assistive robots within health and social care on psychosocial, behavioural, and physiological health and wellbeing outcomes across the lifespan (PROSPERO registration number: CRD42023423862).