Effects of Sleep on Adolescents' Appetite, Dietary Intake, and Weight.

Introduction: Several factors have been associated with excess weight gain in adolescents, including loss of sleep.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of sleep factors on appetite, dietary intake, and the body weights of adolescent youth.

Methods: A prospective correlational study design was used.

A Conceptual Model for Professional Identity in Nursing: An Interdependent Perspective.

The purpose of this initiative was to define the development, verification, and evolution of the conceptual model for Professional Identity in Nursing. This action research design occurred over two phases, utilizing observations, a modified Norris process for model development, and focus groups. Analysis consisted of conventional content analysis and the Fawcett method for conceptual model analysis and evaluation.

A Hybrid Concept-Based Clinical Practicum Course: An Innovative Approach to Baccalaureate Nursing Education in a Rural Area.

Reports have called for a radical change in the delivery of nursing education to meet the challenges of providing safe, quality care in a complex health care system. This article presents a new, concept-based bachelor of science in nursing clinical practicum course with hybrid delivery. A concept-based curriculum prepares students for practice by facilitating the development of clinical reasoning and judgment skills.

Exploring family nurse practitioner professional identity formation at rural health care facilities.

Background: Nurse practitioners (NPs) are being used to meet the increased demand for rural primary care.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of rural NPs while they transitioned from being registered nurses to family NPs (FNPs). In addition, the study examined if and how new FNPs experienced their professional identity formation in their first year of rural primary care practice.

The nurse practitioner workforce: One rural state's experience of comparing state data with national trends.

Background: There is a great need for primary care across the country especially in rural and underserved areas. Nurse practitioners (NPs) are filling these access gaps by providing high-quality, cost-effective primary care. However, one rural midwestern state does not address NP workforce data separately from other types of nursing data.

Exploring an Innovative Course Delivery Method for Accelerated BSN Students.

Background The purpose of the pilot study was to develop and implement an innovative hybrid-delivered professional development course and explore accelerated BSN student satisfaction and perceived learning. Methods The convenience sample consisted of 16 accelerated BSN students at one Midwestern university. The Student Evaluation of Learning and Feedback to Instructors online survey instrument used consisted of 21 five-point Likert-scale items.

Nurse Practitioner Role Transition and Identity Development in Rural Health Care Settings: A Scoping Review.

Aim: The purpose of this scoping review was to explore the literature regarding the nurse practitioner (NP) role transition and professional identity development at rural health care settings.

Background: Because of the shortage of primary care providers, NPs are meeting the demand for primary care in rural areas.

Method: Arksey and O'Malley's six-stage methodological framework for scoping reviews guided this systematic literature review, which resulted in selection of 145 sources.

Two-Year Institution Part-Time Nurse Faculty Experiences During Role Transition and Identity Development: A Phenomenological Study.

Aim: This study explored two-year institution part-time nurse faculty's perceptions of their experiences during their role transitions from nurses in clinical practice to part-time clinical instructors.

Background: Part-time nurse faculty enter academia as expert clinicians, but most have little or no training in the pedagogy of effective student learning.

Method: A phenomenological study was used to explore the faculty role transition experiences.

Transcultural nursing course in Tanzania, Africa.

A transcultural nursing course in Tanzania was offered in fall 2010 at Williston State College, located in North Dakota. Madeleine Leininger's Culture Care: Diversity and Universality Theory (Principles of Developing Cultural Competence) was the framework used for the experience. The course provided nursing students the opportunity to learn about the culture, health, and illness beliefs of Tanzanians; their values and practices; the prevalence of HIV/AIDS; and the differences and similarities between the healthcare systems, hospice/palliative care, and home visits in Tanzania as compared to the United States.

The caring behaviors of the home health nurse and influence on medication adherence.

The purpose of this study was to determine if the caring behaviors of the home health nurse toward the patient influence the patient's medication adherence. The study focused on what effects the verbal and nonverbal caring behaviors of the nurse toward the patient have on the patient's medication adherence. How is the patient's perception of caring by the nurse related to his or her medication adherence? The study was conducted in a Midwestern home health agency over a 4-week period.