Falling short: When testing is mandated and follow-up is not.

In 1999, the Texas Legislature mandated acanthosis nigricans (AN) screening in primary schools in designated regions of the state through the passage of House Bill 1860 to identify children at risk for diabetes by identifying the skin condition AN. AN is related to insulin resistance, and, thus, is associated with type 2 diabetes (diabetes mellitus type 2 [DMT2]), a growing concern among school-aged children. Since 1999, millions of children have been screened and hundreds of thousands have been screened positive.

Serum levels of folate and cobalamin are lower in depressed than in nondepressed hemodialysis subjects.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate if there was a significant difference in serum and RBC folate or serum cobalamin levels in depressed and nondepressed subjects on hemodialysis (HD).

Design: A cross-sectional design was used in this study. Each subject's serum folate and cobalamin, and red blood cell (RBC) folate were measured.

Time requirements for implementation of the course facilitator role.

The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify the time requirements to implement the lead position (course facilitator) for nursing courses at a health sciences center school of nursing located in the southwestern United States. Faculty participants completed instruments dividing tasks into pre-course, within-course, and post-course responsibilities. The results of this study revealed that more than 1 hour per week was spent in pre-course and post-course activities and 3.