Insights into fear: A phenomenological study of Black mothers.

Aim: The aim of the study was to explore the lived experience of stress as described by Black childbearing women.

Design: A phenomenological approach was used.

Methods: Seven mothers who met inclusion criteria participated in both individual and group interviews between August 2018 and August 2019.

Introduction to the Online Nursing Education Best Practices Guide.

Introduction: As online nursing education programs continue to increase to meet the demands of the growing market, nursing faculty are challenged to develop and deliver courses based on best practice principles. The Online Nursing Education Best Practices Guide (ONE Guide) builds on and extends the nationally recognized Quality Matters® program and serves as a roadmap guiding course development and delivery. The fundamental principle for success in online teaching is instructor presence; the teacher as a facilitator of learning is illustrated throughout the guide.

Message Heard: Insights for Doctoral Program Design From Community Partners.

Developing a nursing doctoral program requires, among other considerations, thoughtful reflection on opportunities for graduates, and needs of the health-care community. To educate nurse clinicians, scientists, and leaders prepared to address complex health-care issues, colleges of nursing must engage with community stakeholders during program development. One college embraced this opportunity to dialogue through a series of semistructured focus groups and surveys to inform community partners of the developing doctoral program plan and to hear their related ideas and opinions.

Finding My Way: A Phenomenology of Fathering in the NICU.

Background: Historically, the relationship between infant and mother in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has been the main focus of parenting research, leaving a gap in the literature regarding the paternal experience.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the lived experience of fathering an infant born at less than 28 weeks' gestation admitted to a level III NICU.

Methods: Seven fathers of premature infants (25-27 weeks' gestation) participated in a semistructured interview about the experience of becoming a father to a premature infant at least 1 to 2 weeks after the NICU admission.

Dementia Care Content in Prelicensure Nursing Curricula: A Pilot Mixed-Methods Study.

Background: Having a nursing workforce equipped to provide quality care for patients living with dementia is essential. The purpose of this study was to investigate how undergraduate nursing programs integration of dementia care content into their curricula.

Method: Using sequential explanatory mixed methods, a stratified sample of 137 representatives of programs in 11 states with dense elderly populations completed a quantitative survey.

Menopausal symptoms among four major ethnic groups in the United States.

The purpose of the study was to explore ethnic differences in symptoms experienced during the menopausal transition among four major ethnic groups in the United States. This study was done via a cross-sectional Internet survey among 512 midlife women recruited using a convenience sampling. The instruments included questions on background characteristics, ethnicity-related factors, health, and menopausal status and the Midlife Women's Symptom Index.

A national multiethnic online forum study on menopausal symptom experience.

Background: Little is known about how culture influences menopausal symptom experience, and few comparative qualitative studies have been conducted among multiethnic groups of midlife women in the United States.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore commonalities and differences in menopausal symptom experience among four major ethnic groups in the United States (Whites, Hispanics, African Americans, and Asians).

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of qualitative data from a larger national Internet-based study.

Menopausal symptom experience of Hispanic midlife women in the United States.

Using a feminist approach, we examined the menopausal symptom experience of Hispanic midlife women in the United States This was a qualitative online forum study among 27 Hispanic midlife women in the United States. Seven topics related to menopausal symptom experience were used to administer the 6-month online forum. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis.

The effects of hormone therapy decision support for women with mobility impairments.

Deciding about hormone therapy (HT) use is particularly complex for women with mobility impairments. While HT controls menopausal symptoms, the potential increased risk of blood clots resulting from physical inactivity can contraindicate HT use. These women, therefore, may benefit from interventions to help them tailor standard information about HT.

Complementary and alternative medicine use for vasomotor symptoms among women who have discontinued hormone therapy.

Objectives: To explore the use and perceived usefulness of complementary and alternative medicine therapies and nonhormonal conventional medicine alternatives to treat vasomotor symptoms occurring after withdrawal from hormone therapy.

Design: Retrospective, single cross sectional descriptive study.

Setting: Study volunteers were recruited via a direct mailed questionnaire sent to a sample of women throughout the United States.

The potential role of glucose transport changes in hot flash physiology: a hypothesis.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to detail a novel hypothesis regarding the role of changes in brain glucose delivery in menopausal hot flashes.

Organizing Framework: The impaired glucose delivery hypothesis of menopausal hot flashes is presented as a potential model of hot flash physiology. As foundational to the hypothesis, brain glucose physiology, specifically neurobarrier coupling, is presented in detail.

Menopausal symptom experience: an online forum study.

Aim: The aim of the study was to explore the menopausal symptom experience of White midlife women.

Background: Recent cross-cultural investigations have indicated important ethnic differences in menopausal symptoms and have challenged the universality of these symptoms. Currently available cultural knowledge on menopausal experience, however, is inadequate to guide appropriate and adequate care even for White women in the menopausal transition.

The effect of dietary intake on hot flashes in menopausal women.

Objectives: To describe the relation between dietary intake and menopausal hot flashes.

Design: Two studies are reported: a controlled, repeated-measures study and a descriptive study.

Setting: The controlled study was conducted in a general clinical research center of a large Midwestern university.

Menopause health decision support for women with physical disabilities.

Menopausal women with disabilities present health care providers with unique and challenging health issues. Many women with disabilities already face an ongoing struggle to promote their health and prevent secondary disabling conditions, which may be exacerbated by menopause. This article highlights some of the special health concerns of this population and to suggest ways in which a health care professional might tailor general clinical guidance to meet these women's needs.

Factors associated with use of hormone therapy among women with mobility impairments.

The purpose of the study was to examine the factors associated with hormone therapy (HT) use among women with mobility impairments. A non-probability sample of 188 menopausal women (average age = 53 years) from 38 states was recruited in 2004 for the study. Twenty-two percent of participants were currently taking HT; 33% were past users.

Midlife women's responses to a hospital sleep challenge: aging and menopause effects on sleep architecture.

Objective: To distinguish aging from menopause effects on sleep architecture, we studied an episode of disturbed hospital sleep in asymptomatic midlife women during the follicular phase of an ovulatory cycle and three control groups differing by age or menopause status.

Methods: Fifty-one studies were conducted in four groups of volunteers: young cycling (YC, 20-30 years, n = 14), older cycling (OC, 40-50 years, n = 15), ovariectomized receiving estrogen therapy (OVX, 40-50 years, n = 12), and spontaneously postmenopausal (PM, 40-50 years, n = 10). Subjects were admitted to the University Hospital General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) for a first-night sleep study conducted during a 24-hour, frequent blood sampling protocol.

Menopausal hot flash frequency changes in response to experimental manipulation of blood glucose.

Objective: Although a majority of women (80%) at menopause experience hot flashes, the symptoms' physiological trigger has yet to be identified. To determine the relationship between glucose availability and hot flashes in menopausal women, hot flash frequency was compared between intervals while the subjects were fasting and/or infusing in a sample of menopausal women (38-55 years of age).

Design: An experimental study was conducted in 10 postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy (HT) between the ages of 38 and 55.

What we know about managing menopausal hot flashes: navigating without a compass.

Hot flashes and night sweats are frequently experienced as the cardinal symptoms of menopause. However, their physiological basis has not been explained; nor have any potential risks been explored. Current knowledge and theoretical perspectives regarding hot flashes will be presented and contrasted with evidence for an emerging hypothesis of altered brain glucose availability as the hot flash trigger.

An alternative to Unibase/glycol as an effective nonhydrating electrolyte medium for the measurement of electrodermal activity.

Although Unibase cream has been an effective medium for electrodermal recordings, its production has recently been discontinued. This study compared alternative media to Unibase for effectiveness. Three base creams similar to Unibase were initially compared for in vitro viscosity and effectiveness.