Development and evaluation of a simulation activity on preoperative patient care: Cross-sectional study applying the National League for Nursing/Jeffries Simulation Theory.

Aim: This study aimed to develop a simulation activity integrated with an Interactive Response System (IRS) and explore the relative contribution of individual factors influencing participant reaction by applying the National League for Nursing (NLN)/Jeffries Simulation Theory as a study framework.

Background: Adopting an appropriate theoretical framework to assess the effectiveness of integrating such systems into simulation activity may be beneficial for nursing education innovation.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted.

Nursing Students' Perceptions of Menstrual Distress during Clinical Practice: A Q-Methodology Study.

This study aimed to explore the cluster patterns of female nursing students' perceptions of the effects of menstrual distress during clinical practice. This study adopted the Q-methodology study design. We recruited female nursing students from a college in northern Taiwan.

Does "hospital loyalty" matter? Factors related to the intention of using a mobile app.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the association between hospital loyalty, perceived usefulness of a mobile app, perceived ease of use of that mobile app, and satisfaction with the app's use as well as predicting patients' intended use of the app.

Patients And Methods: Purposive sampling was adopted in a cross-sectional survey. The participants were outpatients at the traditional Chinese medicine departments of three hospitals in northern Taiwan (n=125).

The fixed combination of fortified vancomycin and amikacin ophthalmic solution--VA solution: in vitro study of the potency and stability.

Purpose: We compared the in vitro potency and stability of a fixed combination of vancomycin and amikacin solution (VA solution) with amikacin or vancomycin solution.

Methods: Solutions of 2% amikacin (20 mg/mL) and of 5% vancomycin (50 mg/mL) and VA solution (each 1 mL contained 20 mg of amikacin and 50 mg of vancomycin) were prepared from parenteral antibiotics by reconstituting them with sterile injection water and refrigerated (4 degrees C) in the dark. Triplicate 5-mL portions of each solution were tested before storage and 7 and 14 days after preparation for potency of antimicrobial activity by the disk diffusion method and for stability.