Cognitive Preference and Clinical Experience: The Relationship Between Student Nurse Anesthetists' and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists' Thinking Styles.

This study examined the relationship between cognitive preference and clinical experience in student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs) and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs). Survey data was collected from enrolled SRNAs and practicing CRNAs via an email link distributive through a network sampling technique. Participants completed the Rational Experiential Inventory (REI-40), which assesses individuals' preference, ability, and engagement with rational and experiential cognitive styles.

Improved management of pediatric obesity in the primary care setting through implementation of the healthy care for healthy kids obesity toolkit.

Pediatric obesity has become a major health care concern over the last several decades. This condition can lead to detrimental life-long physical and mental comorbidities. Pediatric primary care providers have a unique opportunity to both prevent and treat pediatric obesity in their clinics.

Identifying adolescents with hoarding disorder.

Hoarding disorder is a relatively new diagnosis in the DSM-5, only just included in the most recent edition. The disorder has piqued the interest of many in the community, in part because of the hit TV show called "Hoarders." Although there is interest, there continues to be relatively few research studies into the causes, treatment, and management of this disorder specifically in adolescences.

"The Good Ole' Girls' Nursing Club": The Male Student Perspective.

Background: Diversity in nursing remains limited with little progress made in the recruitment of males. The purpose of this research was to garner the male nursing students' perspectives of their lived experiences while enrolled in their undergraduate program.

Method: A phenomenological group focus approach was utilized with male nursing students regarding their lived experiences of what factors support or negate their being successful in completing a nursing program.

Universal adolescent depression prevention programs: a review.

Although the subject of adolescent depression has gained significant attention, little is being done in the way of primary prevention. The purpose of this article is to conduct a review of the literature through the lens of the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance framework. This review was conducted utilizing several online databases, as well as web and hand searches.

An integrative review of adolescent depression screening instruments: applicability for use by school nurses.

Background:   Major depression is a significant yet underdiagnosed problem of adolescence. The consequences of undiagnosed and untreated depression in this vulnerable population can have detrimental effects. School nurses are in a prime position to perform early screening and referral.

Implementation and testing of the OPT Model as a teaching strategy in an undergraduate psychiatric nursing course.

Teaching undergraduate nursing students to think critically and reason clinically is a challenge for nurse educators, yet these skills are essential for the professional nurse. The Outcome-Present State-Test (OPT) Model of Reflective Clinical Reasoning (Pesut & Herman, 1999) provides a framework for teaching clinical reasoning skills to nursing students. This article describes how the model can be used in clinical teaching of undergraduate students in psychiatric and mental health settings and presents some findings from an evaluation of the model.

Evaluation of the Outcome-Present State Test Model as a way to teach clinical reasoning.

The Outcome-Present State Test (OPT) Model of Clinical Reasoning is a nursing process model designed to help students develop clinical reasoning skills. Although many nurse educators are using the OPT model as a teaching strategy, few are formally evaluating its use as a method. We used the OPT model as a teaching tool in an undergraduate psychiatric and mental health clinical nursing course and evaluated how quickly students became adept at using it.