A dedicated wound care module for third-year baccalaureate nurses: does it increase their knowledge and confidence?

Objective: Wound care is an important component of nursing care, consuming a significant amount of working hours. Literature reports the existence of many barriers to evidence-based wound care and that nursing students have an increasing need for education in this field. While blended learning activities have shown some benefits in learning outcomes, dedicated wound care modules within baccalaureate nursing courses occur infrequently.

Subject-level spinal osteoporotic fracture prediction combining deep learning vertebral outputs and limited demographic data.

Unlabelled: Automated screening for vertebral fractures could improve outcomes. We achieved an AUC-ROC = 0.968 for the prediction of moderate to severe fracture using a GAM with age and three maximal vertebral body scores of fracture from a convolutional neural network.

Multi-Omics Profiles of Chronic Low Back Pain and Fibromyalgia - Study Protocol.

Background: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) and fibromyalgia (FM) are leading causes of suffering, disability, and social costs. Current pharmacological treatments do not target molecular mechanisms driving CLBP and FM, and no validated biomarkers are available, hampering the development of effective therapeutics. Omics research has the potential to substantially advance our ability to develop mechanism-specific therapeutics by identifying pathways involved in the pathophysiology of CLBP and FM, and facilitate the development of diagnostic, predictive, and prognostic biomarkers.

Effectiveness of interventions for the prevention or management of workplace violence in student nurses during clinical placement: A systematic review.

Aim: To systematically investigate the effectiveness of interventions for managing workplace violence experienced by registered nursing students during clinical placement.

Design: A systematic review of experimental studies.

Methods: The review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.

What interprofessional education teaching and learning approaches are being implemented in baccalaureate health professional curricula in wound care education? A scoping review.

Aim: This scoping review aimed to explore the interprofessional curriculum content and teaching approaches specific to wound care education in baccalaureate health courses internationally.

Background: Interprofessional education is defined as occurring when future health practitioners learn with, from and about each other with the goal of improving health outcomes. The management of wounds is a global public health issue with the World Health Organization recognising wound care is best managed by an interprofessional team.

Mortality with concurrent treatment with gabapentin and opioids among people with spine diagnoses in the U.S. Medicare population: a propensity-matched cohort study.

Importance: Given the negative impact of opioid use on population health, prescriptions for alternative pain-relieving medications, including gabapentin, have increased. Concurrent gabapentin and opioid prescriptions are commonly reported in retrospective studies of opioid-related overdose deaths.

Objective: To determine whether people who filled gabapentin and opioid prescriptions concurrently ('gabapentin + opioids') had greater mortality than those who filled an active control medication (tricyclic antidepressants [TCAs] or duloxetine) and opioids concurrently ('TCAs/duloxetine + opioids').

Australian nursing students' experiences of workplace violence during clinical placement: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To identify the nature, degree and contributing factors of workplace violence (WPV) incidents experienced by Australian nursing students during clinical placement.

Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study.

Methods: Data were collected from 13 September to 25 November 2022.

Nursing students satisfaction and self-confidence with standardized patient palliative care simulation focusing on difficult conversations.

Objectives: Lack of experience communicating with patients and families at the end of life are key concerns for nursing students. Palliative care simulation using standardized patients (SPs) focusing on difficult conversations may lead to increased self-confidence in providing palliative and end-of-life care in clinical practice. There is currently a paucity of research on SP palliative care simulations in undergraduate nursing education.

Interventions to prevent or manage workplace violence against student nurses during clinical placement: a systematic review protocol.

Objectives: The objective of this review is to investigate the effectiveness of workplace violence management or prevention interventions, including strategies, protocols, and policies, to address violence against, and provide support to, registered nursing students (RNS) following incidents of violence during clinical placement.

Introduction: Workplace violence is a global issue that affects victims' physical and mental health. RNS are especially vulnerable to workplace violence because of their limited work experience and confidence.

Implementing a medication lubricant for pill dysphagia on an acute care ward using Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles.

Background: Pill dysphagia, the difficulty in swallowing solid oral medications, is a common problem that can affect medication adherence and increase pill modifications. Current practices of crushing medications or using food vehicles have limitations and potential risks. This report describes the implementation of a medication lubricant, Gloup, for pill dysphagia on an acute care ward using Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles.

Generalizability of Deep Learning Classification of Spinal Osteoporotic Compression Fractures on Radiographs Using an Adaptation of the Modified-2 Algorithm-Based Qualitative Criteria.

Rationale And Objectives: Spinal osteoporotic compression fractures (OCFs) can be an early biomarker for osteoporosis but are often subtle, incidental, and underreported. To ensure early diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis, we aimed to build a deep learning vertebral body classifier for OCFs as a critical component of our future automated opportunistic screening tool.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively assembled a local dataset, including 1790 subjects and 15,050 vertebral bodies (thoracic and lumbar).

Elements of Long-Term Care That Promote Quality of Life for Indigenous and First Nations Peoples: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review.

Background And Objectives: Little is known about elements of long-term care (LTC) that promote quality of life (QoL) for older Indigenous and First Nations peoples. This systematic review aimed to extend understanding of those deemed most important.

Research Design And Methods: Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, systematic database and hand-searching were used to find published and unpublished qualitative studies and textual reports.

Promoting Person-Centered Care for Health Baccalaureate Students: Piloting an Interprofessional Education Approach to Wound Management.

Objective: To describe and analyze the implementation of a wound management interprofessional education experience for nursing, podiatry, pharmacy, and exercise and nutrition science health baccalaureate students. The disciplines outside of nursing were invited to join the classes of a wound care elective unit in nursing.

Methods: This study included the development and implementation of a wound care program and observation of all students enrolled in the health disciplines where wound management education was relevant.

The Lumbar Stenosis Prognostic Subgroups for Personalizing Care and Treatment (PROSPECTS) study: protocol for an inception cohort study.

Background: Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common degenerative condition that contributes to back and back-related leg pain in older adults. Most patients with symptomatic LSS initially receive non-operative care before surgical consultation. However, there is a scarcity of data regarding prognosis for patients seeking non-surgical care.

Risk factors for the recurrence of venous leg ulcers in adults: A systematic review protocol.

Background: Venous leg ulcers are slow to heal, and recurrence is frequent. Living with venous leg ulcers can affect physical and psychological health, and result in financial burden for individuals. Physiological and psychosocial factors are associated with venous leg ulcer recurrence.

Factors influencing nursing students' ability to recognise and respond to simulated patient deterioration: A scoping review.

Aim: The aim of this scoping review was to identify empirical literature on simulation used to develop undergraduate nursing student's clinical assessment skills to recognise and respond to patient deterioration.

Background: Early recognition and response to clinical deterioration is necessary to ensure the best outcome for the patient. Undergraduate nursing students have limited exposure to deteriorating patient situations, therefore simulation is widely implemented in nursing courses to address this educational need.

Deep Learning Classification of Spinal Osteoporotic Compression Fractures on Radiographs using an Adaptation of the Genant Semiquantitative Criteria.

Rationale And Objectives: Osteoporosis affects 9% of individuals over 50 in the United States and 200 million women globally. Spinal osteoporotic compression fractures (OCFs), an osteoporosis biomarker, are often incidental and under-reported. Accurate automated opportunistic OCF screening can increase the diagnosis rate and ensure adequate treatment.

Exploring the observer role and clinical reasoning in simulation: A scoping review.

Aim: This scoping review aimed to explore nursing students experience as simulation observers and their level of engagement in learning through use of clinical decision-making models and learning scaffolds.

Background: A gap continues to exist between the published empirical literature, the role and experiences of the simulation observer and teaching scaffolds that enhance learning outcomes, despite the increased understanding of simulation and its role in preparing nursing students for practice. Further, little is known about the nursing student's experience of clinical reasoning whilst observing simulation and the impact of scaffolding observations using clinical decision-making models.

Effectiveness of using simulation in the development of clinical reasoning in undergraduate nursing students: A systematic review.

Aim/objective: This systematic review examines the effectiveness of undergraduate nursing students' using simulation to acquire clinical reasoning.

Background: Use of simulation to positively impact practice outcomes is an established method in nursing education. Clinical reasoning is a graduate capability that contributes to safe practice, so developing clinical reasoning requires explicit scaffolding in undergraduate contexts.

Patient, Provider, and Clinic Characteristics Associated with Opioid and Non-Opioid Pain Prescriptions for Patients Receiving Low Back Imaging in Primary Care.

Background: To describe characteristics of patients, providers, and clinics associated with opioid or non-opioid pain medication prescribing patterns for patients who received lower spine imaging in primary care clinics.

Methods: In these secondary analyses of the Lumbar Imaging with Reporting of Epidemiology (LIRE) study, a randomized controlled trial conducted in 4 health systems in the United States, we evaluated characteristics associated with receipt of pain medication prescriptions. The outcomes were receipt of prescriptions for opioid or, separately, non-opioid pain medications within 90 days after imaging.

Comparison of simulation observer tools on engagement and maximising learning: a pilot study.

Objectives: This pilot study examined if the Clinical Reasoning Observer Worksheet (CROW) compared to a standard observer worksheet used during simulation, would enhance nursing students active learning behaviours and perceptions of clinical reasoning ability.

Methods: This pilot study was undertaken to test the design and processes for a future larger study and reports on preliminary evidence of efficacy of recruitment procedures and instrumentation in addition to student's learning outcomes.

Results: There was little overall difference in outcomes between groups who used either simulation observer worksheet.

Providing Epidemiological Data in Lumbar Spine Imaging Reports Did Not Affect Subsequent Utilization of Spine Procedures: Secondary Outcomes from a Stepped-Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of inserting epidemiological information into lumbar spine imaging reports on subsequent nonsurgical and surgical procedures involving the thoracolumbosacral spine and sacroiliac joints.

Design: Analysis of secondary outcomes from the Lumbar Imaging with Reporting of Epidemiology (LIRE) pragmatic stepped-wedge randomized trial.

Setting: Primary care clinics within four integrated health care systems in the United States.

Assessment of Prognostic Value of Cystic Features in Glioblastoma Relative to Sex and Treatment With Standard-of-Care.

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive primary brain tumor and can have cystic components, identifiable through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Previous studies suggest that cysts occur in 7-23% of GBMs and report mixed results regarding their prognostic impact. Using our retrospective cohort of 493 patients with first-diagnosis GBM, we carried out an exploratory analysis on this potential link between cystic GBM and survival.