Perceptions and experiences of perioperative nurses and nurse anaesthetists in robotic-assisted surgery.

Aims And Objectives: To explore the perceptions and experiences of perioperative nurses and Certified Registered Nurse Anaesthetists (CRNAs) in robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS). The objective was to identify the factors that affect nursing care of patients who undergo robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS).

Background: The rapid introduction of technological innovations into the healthcare system has created new challenges for perioperative nurses.

A Bayesian Approach to Gateway Course Identification With Implications for the Prenursing Curriculum.

Background: Analysis of student performance in gateway courses has been an important predictor of successful admission into upper-division nursing.

Purpose: The aim was to explore the utility of a Bayesian statistical framework for determining threshold grades in prenursing courses that serve as gateways for successful admission into upper-division nursing programs.

Methods: Records of 3500 prenursing students who entered the prenursing program of a midsized public university during the past decade were analyzed.

Successful Modeling of Factors Related to Recruitment and Retention of Prenursing Students.

Background: The traditional admission methodology used by many schools of nursing is the second-tier admission based on specified criteria. This method has been associated with a student body that is predominately female, white, and English speaking.

Problem: Rational judgment modeling (points assigned to criteria) used to evaluate applicants for admission into prenursing programs potentially overlooks students who do not fit into the traditional model.

Relationships Among Neonatal Mortality, Hospital Volume, Weekday Demand, and Weekend Birth.

Background Research findings indicate that hospital volume affects the quality of care, that quality and demand for care on weekends differs from weekdays, and that giving birth on the weekend increases odds of neonatal mortality. Purpose To explore relationships among neonatal mortality, hospital volume, weekday demand for services, and weekend birth and risk of neonatal mortality. Methods For this retrospective, population-based, cohort study design, data were obtained from 32,140 electronic birth certificate records matched with 92 death certificate records from the Texas Department of State Health Services for 2012.

Empowered Consumers and the Health Care Team: A Dynamic Model of Health Informatics.

This article presents a dynamic new model of health informatics. Within the model, the focus of health informatics changes from the provider to the consumer and incorporates the dynamic relationship of technological change to health care. Bioinformatics is the scientific discipline that is translated into care through the practice of health informatics.

Triple-negative breast cancer: what is known about it?

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is considered a rare diagnosis. This malignancy targets a specific population of women and has risk factors differing from those of other breast cancers. TNBC exhibits distinct pathologic features that result in aggressive metastasis and poor prognosis.

Congenital Reproductive Abnormalities.

Congenital defects of the reproductive system are associated with a number of adverse health consequences. The pathophysiology of these defects is thought to be müllerian abnormalities, but they can also be attributed to failure of cells to degenerate appropriately during embryogenesis. The management of these congenital defects is dependent on the type of defect present and the severity of presentation.

Neurocysticercosis in pregnancy: not just another headache.

Infection with pork tapeworm, or Taenia solium, affects approximately 50 million people worldwide. The most important and potentially devastating form of the infestation, neurocysticercosis, occurs when the parasite invades the central nervous system. There has been a significant increase in the number of cases in the United States due to immigration from endemic areas.

Diagnostic breast evaluation: when to refer and what the results really mean.

Diagnostic breast imaging is an important tool in evaluating abnormal physical examination findings and assessing incomplete screening mammographic results. It is imperative for primary care providers to be knowledgeable regarding which patients would benefit from this evaluation to provide optimal healthcare.

Rediscovering.

The aim of this hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry was to explore the lived experience of aging for late-midlife women via reflective journaling and a photo elicitation interview, and to demonstrate how the creation of a collage allows women to make meaning of the aging experience. Using van Manen's philosophical framework, four themes were discovered: Invisibility, Conflicted Self, Freedom, and Relationality. Invisibility was expressed by the women as disregard, not being seen by others, or overlooked in daily activities.

Delivery of a polyp.

Background: Colorectal cancer is uncommon during pregnancy. Although there is overlap between symptoms of colon cancer and normal pregnancy, clinicians should be vigilant identifying those at risk and offer colorectal cancer screening when appropriate.

Cases: Three women in their 30s passed or prolapsed adenomatous tissue per rectum during the second stage of labor.

Timing of birth after spontaneous onset of labor.

Objective: To describe naturally occurring birth patterns in low-risk women with singleton gestations and spontaneous onset of labor at term.

Materials And Methods: The timing of birth of women who delivered in the low-risk labor unit at Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas, between January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2000, was analyzed. Women admitted to this unit were between 36(0/7) and 41(6/7) weeks of gestation, were in spontaneous labor, and had a singleton gestation.