Genetic factors associated with hidradenitis suppurativa, a literature review.

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by deep-seated, painful lesions most frequently occurring in intertriginous areas of the skin. HS leads to poor quality of life in affected individuals and is difficult to diagnose and treat.

Objective: Understanding the genetics associated with familial inheritance may lead to a better understanding of the pathogenesis of this debilitating disease.

Real-time continuous glucose monitoring improves glycemic control and reduces hypoglycemia: Real-world data.

Aim: To study the effect of real time continuous glucose monitor (RT-CGM) use on glycemic parameters in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) in real world practice.

Methods: We retrospectively studied 91 adult subjects with DM who had been using Dexcom™ RT-CGM. Two consecutive hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), both prior to and after at least 3 months of RT-CGM initiation, were collected.

Burdens and Educational Needs of Informal Caregivers of Older Adults With Urinary Incontinence: An Internet-Based Study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the burden and educational needs of informal caregivers of care-dependent older adults with urinary incontinence (UI).

Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive survey of informal caregivers recruited through Google Ads was performed.

Methods: An online survey, including the Overactive Bladder-Family Impact Measure, was used to assess five areas of the experience of the informal caregiver that may be affected by caring for a person with UI and their educational needs.

Teamwork and Coaching for Successful Manuscript Development by Nurse Faculty: A Novel Approach.

The current nurse faculty shortage warrants new models for both retaining faculty effectively and coaching new faculty efficiently. An approach for retaining faculty members through meeting publication review criteria while conserving senior faculty mentoring time is proposed. This article describes a successful manuscript development process using teamwork and coaching among faculty.

Cutting Corners: Provider Perceptions of Interpretation Services and Factors Related to Use of an Ad Hoc Interpreter.

Introduction: This study assessed health providers' perceptions of factors related to professional interpretation services and the association between these factors and the potential use of ad hoc interpreters.

Method: Data were collected from a convenience sample of 150 health services providers at a large, regional health system in South Carolina.

Results: Providers rated "ability to communicate effectively during a clinical encounter" as paramount regarding the use of interpretation services.

Content, placement, and acquisition of cancer education for Latino patient care: a qualitative study of medical and nursing students.

A focus group study was conducted with five medical and nursing education programs in Southeastern USA. Twenty-five third and fourth year students were queried about their experiences, beliefs, and attitudes regarding Latino patients and cancer care. A general inductive process using open coding and content comparison to identify emerging themes was used to analyze the qualitative data.

Knowledge, perceptions, and motivations related to HPV vaccination among college women.

Little research exists on the factors that affect the uptake patterns of the recently developed Gardasil® vaccine among young women. Human papillomavirus (HPV)-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of 18-24-year-old female students (n = 1,975) were assessed via an electronic survey. Mean HPV knowledge score, on a 10-point scale, was 6.

An interinstitutional academic collaborative partnership to end health disparities.

Much has been published in the health care literature describing partnerships between academic institutions and community or health care agencies that are designed to improve health outcomes in medically underserved populations. However, little has been published regarding partnerships between minority- and majority-serving academic institutions with this same aim. Key principles of collaborative partnerships are used in a descriptive analysis of the development, functions, and benefits of such an interinstitutional academic partnership that was formed to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities in rural South Carolina.

The LIFE project: a community-based weight loss intervention program for rural African American women.

Obesity continues to be a significant health problem for African American women. While a number of obesity interventions target urban African American women, few target rural ones. The LIFE Project is a 10-week intervention designed to reduce obesity in this rural population.

Evidence-based nursing: the role of the advanced practice registered nurse in the management of heart failure patients in the outpatient setting.

Heart failure (HF) is a chronic debilitating illness that affects millions of Americans each year. Patients with HF are faced with chronic physical symptoms, emotional strain, and significant socioeconomic burden. Goals in the management of HF are to slow the disease progression, decrease symptom acuity, and prevent exacerbations that lead to hospital readmission.

Coping and psychosocial adaptation to Type 2 diabetes in older Blacks born in the Southern US and the Caribbean.

Older Black men and women (n = 212) with Type 2 diabetes completed questionnaires. Spearman's rho correlation indicated that confrontive coping strategies supported effective psychosocial adaptation for persons originally from Haiti and Jamaica, while emotive coping strategies were related to ineffective psychosocial adaptation for persons originally from Barbados and to increased psychological distress for all participants. Women used more palliative coping; no gender differences were observed for psychosocial adaptation.

Fatalism toward breast cancer among the women of Ghana.

Personal beliefs about health and illness influence many people's decisions about seeking care. This research represents a study of beliefs about breast cancer held by African women in Ghana. In-person interviews based on the revised Powe fatalism inventory (rPFI) were held with 109 women.

The impact of education on the use of physical restraints in the acute care setting.

Background: Physical restraints have become an acceptable standard of practice for managing safety and behavior control in acute care settings. Although the primary intent for using physical restraints is for patient protection, there are many negative outcomes related to their use. Heightened awareness by recent Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services standards for restraint use has led health care administrators and nursing staff to explore methods of reducing or eliminating the use of restraints.

Documentation of characteristics of early hospital readmission of elderly patients. A challenge for inservice educators.

Researchers conducted a retrospective review of 127 hospital records over a 3-month period to examine factors related to early hospital readmissions of patients age 65 and over. The leading diagnoses resulting in early readmissions were related to heart and circulatory problems, with a mean of 12.5 days between discharge and readmission.

Promoting success for at-risk African-American youth: perceived barriers and resources in using community-based success criteria.

A Delphi technique was used to assess service provider and community consensus on program elements essential for promoting the success of at-risk African American youth. The respondent group consisted of 54 subjects representing three broad groups: service agencies, community leaders and members, and school system participants. The study identified barriers to the use of community-derived success constructs, opportunities for collaboration between community members and service agencies in the development of programs, and the feasibility of incorporating success constructs into program development and delivery.