The Texas Nurses Association initiated an Emerging Nurse Leaders Program as an approach to engaging new nurses in the leadership of the professional association. This article explains the program's origin, the commitment of the Texas Nurses Association to this process, the implementation of the plan, and the discussions that launched a new way of connecting leaders across generations. Further, it is an approach that any professional organization can use to encourage the involvement of new leaders.
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Int J Environ Res Public Health
January 2025
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
Hispanic populations are disproportionately impacted by HPV-associated cancers. An HPV vaccine is available that protects against 90% of HPV-associated cancers. Understanding the factors associated with HPV vaccine uptake, including identifying whom individuals trust to recommend the HPV vaccine, is an important step toward developing public health interventions for promoting the HPV vaccine among Hispanic people.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAppendiceal cancer (AC) is a rare malignancy, occurring in 1 to 2 individuals per million annually in the US. It is often diagnosed incidentally during appendectomies or imaging for unrelated conditions. This article explores the risk factors, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, pathology, staging, and treatment options for AC, highlighting disparities in access to care across different demographics.
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January 2025
Author Affiliations: College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas.
Background: The Social Determinants of Learning™ framework can be used to conceptualize the influence of psychosocial health among students applying to nursing programs. Little is known about variables that may influence psychosocial health in these students.
Purpose: To describe demographic and mental health variables that predict perceived stress and resilience levels in accelerated online prenursing students.
Nurs Educ Perspect
January 2025
About the Author LaDawna Goering, DNP, ARNP, ANP-BC, BC-ADM, CDP, is an assistant professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Cizik School of Nursing, Houston, Texas. The author acknowledges the support of Canvas Hero; this project was supported by Course Hero's teaching grant program. The author is also grateful to simulation instructor D'hania Miller, MS, BSN, and Stanley Cron, MSPH, senior statistician. For more information, contact Dr. Goering at
Eighteen family nurse practitioner students completed the Developing Empathic Experienced Providers dementia curriculum improvement project. The purpose was to examine the effects of a multicomponent curriculum designed to develop providers willing to work with older adults and to identify curriculum gaps. The project statistically and practically improved dementia knowledge, t(17) = 8.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBreastfeed Med
January 2025
School of Public Health, College of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Breastfeeding provides essential nutrition and disease protection for infants while reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes and breast cancer in mothers. Despite these benefits, significant racial and ethnic disparities exist in breastfeeding initiation, particularly among Black women. This study examines racial differences in the receipt of breastfeeding information from varying sources and their association with breastfeeding initiation.
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