Newly Licensed Nurse Perceived Incivility: A Valid and Reliable Assessment Tool.

Objective: To test the instrument, Nursing Student Perception of Civil and Uncivil Behaviors (NSPCUB) in newly licensed nurses' (NLNs') to create a credible measure of NLNs' perceptions of civil/uncivil behaviors by RNs.

Background: Uncivil behaviors in the workplace result in poor morale, absenteeism, and turnover. When targeted toward NLNs, the outcome of these behaviors can affect not only a job but a future career.

Incivility Toward Nursing Students in Clinical Rotations: Measuring the Incidence and Testing Interventions.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to measure nursing student perceptions of incivility in the clinical learning environment and test interventions that improve these perceptions. The secondary aim was to further test the reliability of the Nursing Student Perception of Civil and Uncivil Behaviors (NSPCUB) tool.

Background: Incidence of incivility in nursing is well documented in the literature; however, there are few evidence-based interventions to combat this phenomenon.

Early Systolic Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Cohort Study.

Objective: Prior studies have suggested that traumatic brain injury may affect cardiac function. Our study aims were to determine the frequency, longitudinal course, and admission risk factors for systolic dysfunction in patients with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Posterior-inferior glenoid rim shapes by MR imaging.

Our purpose was to try to apply a CT classification of glenoid rim shapes to MR images and to determine the reliability of the subsequent MR classification by testing observer variability. Shoulder MR imaging exams of 54 consecutive patients were reviewed retrospectively by two musculoskeletal radiologists independently. Posterior-inferior glenoid rim shape was categorized, based on reported CT criteria, as triangle, "lazy-J" or "delta" using the most caudal MR section that unequivocally showed articular cartilage.

Consumer direct access to clinical laboratory testing: what are the critical issues?

Americans are demanding, independent people. In most aspects of our lives, we are used to walking into a store or other place of business with the expectation that the personnel working for the business will make every effort to satisfy our requests quickly and without the need for a third party to intervene or approve the transaction. Hence, the popularity of convenience stores, do-it-yourself stores and kits, and e-commerce.