R1 version, self-concept in Taiwanese adolescents with congenital heart disease.

Background:   The objectives of this study were to evaluate and compare differences in self-concept between male and female adolescents with congenital heart disease, and to compare the self-concepts of these adolescents to that of the general adolescent population using normative data.

Methods:   A total of 300 adolescents, 143 male and 157 female, from two medical centers in Taiwan completed the Tennessee Self-Concept Scales and the scores of male and female subjects were compared. The scores of adolescents with congenital heart disease were also compared with normative data of healthy Taiwanese adolescents.

Pilot feasibility study of binaural auditory beats for reducing symptoms of inattention in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Introduction: The purpose of this pilot study was to explore the potential for the use of binaural auditory beat stimulation to reduce the symptom of inattention in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Methods: This pilot study had a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled design. Twenty participants were randomly assigned to listen to either an audio program on compact disk that contained binaural auditory beats or a sham audio program that did not have binaural beats for 20 minutes, three times a week for 3 weeks.

Stimulating student interest in nursing research: a program pairing students with practicing clinician researchers.

Teaching nursing research to baccalaureate nursing (BSN) students can be challenging for nurse educators. The content of research courses often is dry and seemingly irrelevant to BSN students who are focused on more concrete tasks, such as passing clinical and academic courses. Through our search for creative ways to bring energy, excitement, passion, purpose, and reality to students' views of nursing research, we designed a program in which hospital nurses involved in clinical research projects mentored students in the clinical environment.