Parental holding and positioning to decrease IV distress in young children: a randomized controlled trial.

Young children are generally restrained in supine position for IV starts, a position that creates fear but is presumed necessary. This study randomly assigned children of ages 9 months to 4 years (N = 118) to being held upright by a parent or lying flat on an exam table for their IV procedure. Distress scores as rated by the Procedure Behavior Rating Scale were significantly lower in the upright positioning group (p = .

A pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of glargine and multiple injections of lispro in patients with type 2 diabetes receiving tube feedings in a cardiovascular intensive care unit.

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of insulin lispro and insulin glargine at controlling blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a cardiovascular intensive care unit (CICU) and receiving enteral tube feedings.

Methods: This was a pilot study with a retrospective control designed to evaluate an insulin protocol in patients admitted to the CICU in a level 3 teaching institution. Patients were 18-99 years of age with type 2 diabetes mellitus, receiving bolus tube feeding.

Predictors of poor coronary heart disease knowledge level in women without prior coronary heart disease.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to measure coronary heart disease (CHD) knowledge levels in women without a history of CHD and to determine predictors of poor CHD knowledge in these women.

Data Sources: The sample included 120 women between the ages of 35 and 60, who had no CHD history. Women were asked to complete self-administered surveys including demographic data, personal CHD risk factors, and a CHD Knowledge Test.

Predictors of health promotion behavior in women without prior history of coronary heart disease.

The purpose of this study was to determine health promotion behavior (HPB) and the best predictors of HPB in women without prior history of coronary heart disease (CHD). The sample included 119 women aged between 35 and 60 years who had no prior CHD history. The women were asked to complete a self-administered survey regarding their demographic data, personal CHD risk factors, HPB, CHD knowledge, and perceived benefits and barriers to CHD risk factor modification.

Barriers to coronary heart disease risk modification in women without prior history of coronary heart disease.

Purpose: To explore the extent to which women perceive barriers to coronary heart disease (CHD) risk modification and to determine if access to a nurse practitioner (NP) decreases perceived barriers to CHD risk modification.

Data Sources: Surveys completed by 120 women between the ages of 35 and 60 years, with no known history of CHD. The barriers scale was used to examine women's perceived barriers to CHD risk modification.