Preparing to intervene in intimate partner violence: An interprofessional safety planning and assessment simulation.

The healthcare system is often the point where intimate partner violence (IPV) can be identified and where intervention strategies are initiated. Healthcare workers often operate in silos; therefore, timely and appropriate intervention depends on effective interdisciplinary communication and teamwork. Interprofessional education initiatives are one method for promoting interdisciplinary cooperation.

Interprofessional Education for Domestic Violence Safety Planning in Nursing and Social Work: A Scoping Review.

Rationale: Nurses and social workers in healthcare settings are positioned to identify abuse and contribute to improving the wellbeing of victims and their family members by screening for, providing safety education about, and reporting abuse when required by law.

Objective: The review aims to assess the current state of the simulation education for addressing the needs of domestic violence (DV) survivors to screen, assess, and intervene in DV cases in healthcare settings.

Method: A scoping review to map the peer-reviewed evidence on interprofessional education (IPE) was conducted by means of automated database search for nursing and social work students.

Linear regression: A beginner's guide for nursing research.

Linear regression is one of the most basic regression techniques used in research statistics, particularly nursing research. This article explains linear regression in detail.

Trajectories of Functional Decline in Older Adults: A Latent Class Growth Curve Analysis.

There have been few studies examining trajectories of functional decline among older adults in the United States using large representative databases. The purpose of this study was to describe the mean trajectory of functional decline for a representative sample of US older adults, to determine the optimal number of latent classes within that sample, and to identify key differences between the classes on select variables. Through the use of link functions, non-linear trajectories can be modeled.

Independent Thinking in Nursing: An Archaeology of Knowledge Perspective.

Background: The topic of thinking was not widely discussed in nursing literature until the 1960s. At that time, the nursing process entered nursing literature, and later, in the 1980s, critical thinking began to be examined. Critical thinking had been talked about in fields other than nursing since at least the time of educational philosopher John Dewey.

Service-Learning and Clinical Nursing Education: A Delphi Inquiry.

Background: There is confusion about the similarities and differences between service-learning and clinical nursing education among nurse educators.

Method: The Delphi method was used to survey nursing authors of articles on service-learning with the purpose of uncovering differences and similarities between the two methods, as well as the unique contributions of service-learning.

Results: Both service-learning and clinical education further outcomes such as cultural competence, skill development, teamwork, leadership, and application of theory to practice.

Near-infrared spectroscopy detects age-related differences in skeletal muscle oxidative function: promising implications for geroscience.

Age is the greatest risk factor for chronic disease and is associated with a marked decline in functional capacity and quality of life. A key factor contributing to loss of function in older adults is the decline in skeletal muscle function. While the exact mechanism(s) remains incompletely understood, age-related mitochondrial dysfunction is thought to play a major role.

Isometric handgrip echocardiography: A noninvasive stress test to assess left ventricular diastolic function.

Background: Cycle exercise echocardiography is a useful tool to "unmask" diastolic dysfunction; however, this approach can be limited by respiratory and movement artifacts. Isometric handgrip avoids these issues while reproducibly increasing afterload and myocardial oxygen demand.

Hypothesis: Isometric handgrip echocardiography (IHE) can differentiate normal from abnormal diastolic function.

Relationship between engagement and level of functional status in older adults.

Unlabelled: Functional status is an important component of quality of life for older adults and for their caregivers. Factors associated with level of functional status include age, comorbidity, cognitive status, depression, social support, and activity. Of the types of activity linked with functional status, the strongest evidence is for physical exercise, with weaker evidence for social and productive activity.

Preconceptions about the infection process among prenursing students.

Two hundred seven prenursing students in a large university-based nursing college participated in a study about their preconceptions concerning the infection process. Most students had a poor understanding of the distinction between bacteria and viruses and had little knowledge about the immune system or the mechanism of action of antibiotics. Instructors can use knowledge of student preconceptions to create more relevant learning experiences.