Nursing Empowerment, Workplace Environment, and Job Satisfaction in Nurses Employed in an Academic Health Science Center.

Objective: The aim of this study was to test predictors of nursing empowerment and job satisfaction in nurses.

Background: Nursing professional development leaders and Magnet® coordinators need foundational data on which to build interventions that will support and empower nurses on the journey toward American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet® designation.

Method: Secondary data analysis methods were used.

Phase II trial of pyrazoloacridine in advanced non-small cell carcinoma of the lung--a Kansas Cancer Institute and Thompson Cancer Survival Center Study.

Background: More active agents are needed in the treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. Pyrazoloacridine (PZA) is a 9-methoxy acridine compound containing a reducible 5-nitro substituent. Although the mechanism of action of PZA is unknown, the acridine compounds are known to cause cytotoxicity by interaction with DNA and RNA.