The Progression of Inclusive Language that Enhances Belonging.

Inclusive language has become a theoretical approach in attempts to ensure that language is not only clear but void of cultural nuances. Depending on the source or the discipline, the definition may vary, but the essence is similar. Inclusive language demonstrates a sense of respect and value for all people while simultaneously acknowledging the diverse culture in which we abide.

Evaluating and Addressing the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Climate in a School of Nursing.

Background: There is a critical need to prepare a diverse nursing workforce and address issues of structural racism and health inequities.

Problem: A shortage of underrepresented nurse faculty exacerbates the lack of diversity in nursing education. Microaggressions and discrimination experienced by underrepresented nursing students hinder their personal and professional growth.

Inclusion and Belonging at the Bedside and Beyond.

Inclusive work environments lead to a sense of belonging and improve retention.

Advancing faculty diversity in nursing education: Strategies for success.

Despite the established value of diversity, equity, and inclusion as critical components to achieving academic excellence, building diversity within nursing education remains a challenge. Institutional gatekeeping, overt racism, and implicit biases are barriers that perpetuate a low percentage of nursing faculty of color. From pre-search strategic prioritization to submission of the search committee report, a multi-prong, just, transparent, systematic, and strategic approach to hiring is needed to advance opportunities for hiring a diverse faculty.

Creating Collaborative Relationships With Historically Black Colleges and Universities: An Approach to Diversifying the Nursing Workforce.

Background: The lack of a diverse nursing workforce and inclusive nursing student pipeline initiatives can impact existing health disparities in the United States.

Problem: Gaps in the representation of future Black nurses in schools of nursing provide missed opportunities for cultural congruence and awareness.

Approach: Developing collaborative relationships with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) for recruitment is a mutually beneficial strategy.

A Summer Professional Immersion in Nursing Program for Underrepresented Minority Undergraduate Students.

Background: By 2044, more than 50% of the U.S. population will consist of ethnic/racial minorities.

Writing a Diversity and Inclusivity Statement: Guidelines for Nursing Programs and Faculty.

Background: For decades, nursing programs have worked to address the need for a culturally diverse workforce and student body to better reflect the populations they serve. The development of a diversity and inclusivity statement is a first step in ameliorating this issue.

Problem: A clearly communicated diversity and inclusivity statement should demonstrate a nursing organization's commitment to the value of people from all backgrounds.

Low-Income Residents' Perceptions of Medication Availability.

Access to medications is a critical determinant of health which often mediates the effects of diseases and leads to healthier lifestyles. With limited access to pharmacies, neighborhoods become pharmacy deserts. The purpose of this study was to explore the medication needs and perceptions of low-income community residents.

God and genes in the caring professions: clinician and clergy perceptions of religion and genetics.

Little is known about how care providers' perceptions of religion and genetics affect interactions with patients/parishioners. This study investigates clinicians' and clergy's perceptions of and experiences with religion and genetics in their clinical and pastoral interactions. This is an exploratory qualitative study designed to elicit care providers' descriptions of experiences with religion and genetics in clinical or pastoral interactions.

Genomics, nutrition, obesity, and diabetes.

Purpose: To present evidence of genetic and environmental interactions as they relate to nutrition, diabetes, and obesity.

Methods: A review of seminal literature related to genetics, obesity, and diabetes.

Findings: Multifactorial interactions are important in the development of nutrition-related disorders, but the challenge remains to explain how these interactions are expressed.

Genomics and cardiovascular disease.

Purpose: To describe genetic knowledge and discovery in the area of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and to discuss how these new advances will influence the clinical care of affected people.

Organizing Framework: A selective review of the literature is presented on the disease mechanism of both the Mendelian and multifactorial genetic cardiovascular conditions. A case study approach is used to illustrate how the genetic paradigm affects the healthcare experience of a family affected with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Gender differences in health-promoting lifestyles of African Americans.

Despite progress in meeting Healthy People 2010 goals, African American (AA) men and women have higher mortality and morbidity rates as compared with Caucasian Americans. These may be attributed to lifestyle behaviors; however, this is a complex, multifactorial problem. The purpose of this study was to examine gender differences among AA lifestyle behaviors.

A qualitative perspective of barriers to health-promoting behaviors of African Americans.

African American mortality and morbidity rates remain alarmingly high. Implementation of health promotion strategies can be effective in reducing these rates. Yet, African American health-promoting behaviors remain inadequate.

Pain-related distress and interference with daily life of ambulatory patients with cancer with pain.

Purpose/objectives: To examine the unique and combined effects of pain intensity, pain-related distress, analgesic prescription, and negative mood on interference with daily life because of pain.

Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional.

Setting: Two cancer clinics in academic medical centers in the southeastern United States.

Improving cancer pain management through patient and family education.

The purpose of this study was to determine if continued access to information following a baseline pain education program would increase knowledge and positive beliefs about cancer pain management, thus resulting in improved pain control during a 6-month follow-up period. Patients with cancer-related pain and their primary caregivers received a brief pain education program, and were then randomized into one of three information groups: a) usual care, b) pain hot line, and c) weekly provider-initiated follow-up calls for 1 month post-education. Sixty-four patients and their primary caregivers were recruited.

Racial identity from an African Amercian perspective.

Mortality and morbidity rates for African Americans remain high. Many of the contributing factors to these deaths may be associated with lifestyle. Research has shown that racial identity influences the lifestyles of African Americans.

The relationships among racial identity, self-esteem, sociodemographics, and health-promoting lifestyles.

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between racial identity, self-esteem, sociodemographic factors, and health-promoting lifestyles in a sample of African Americans. African American mortality rates are disproportionately high. These rates are associated with health behaviors that are driven by many factors including lifestyle practices.

Chromophore formation in resorcinarene solutions and the visual detection of mono- and oligosaccharides.

The colorimetric properties of resorcinarene solutions had not been investigated since Baeyer's initial synthesis. We recently reported that solutions containing resorcinarene macrocycles develop color upon heating or standing. In the presence of saccharides, these solutions exhibit significant color changes which are easily seen.