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Objective: We aimed to understand what patients, caregivers and clinicians identified as the most important information from their audio-recorded clinic visits and why.

Methods: We recruited patients, caregivers and clinicians from primary and speciality care clinics at an academic medical centre in New Hampshire, U.S.

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Purpose: Interprofessional practice requires regular communication between professionals from different disciplines using shared terminology. Within schools, many professionals are tasked with supporting children with language disorders, namely, developmental language disorder (DLD) and/or dyslexia. Limited information exists as to (a) how school-based professionals' definitions of DLD and dyslexia align with research definitions, (b) how different school-based professionals define language disorders, (c) how school-based professionals' definitions of DLD and dyslexia align across professional groups, and (d) how one's definition of a language disorder correlates with other measures of knowledge.

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Introduction: Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing healthcare, necessitating corresponding advancements in nursing education to ensure that future nurses are equipped for a technologically driven environment. This article explores the imperative integration of generative AI literacy in nursing education.

Implications For Nurse Educators: The article delves into the practical challenges and opportunities presented by generative AI in nursing.

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Implementation of the RQI System: Baseline Skills and Self-Report Competence and Confidence Data From 12 NLN Inaugural Change Agent Nursing Programs.

Nurs Educ Perspect

December 2024

About the Authors Suzan Kardong-Edgren, PhD, RN, ANEF, FSSH, FAAN, is associate professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts. Donna Nikitas, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNE, FNAP, FAAN, is dean, Rutgers University School of Nursing-Camden, Camden, New Jersey. Elizabeth Gavin, MSN, RN, is simulation specialist, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. Heiddy DiGregorio, PhD, APRN, PCNS-BC, CHSE, CNE, is director, Simulation and Interprofessional Education, University of Delaware Health Sciences, Newark, Delaware. Dama O'Keefe, DNP, APRN, FNP, is dean, Anderson University in Anderson Indiana. Angela G. Opsahl, DNP, RN, CPHQ, is with Indiana University School of Nursing-Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana. Patricia A. Sharpnack, DNP, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, ANEF, FAAN, is dean and Strawbridge Professor, Breen School of Nursing and Health Professions, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio. For more information, contact Dr. Opsahl at

Aim: This article describes the implementation, baseline cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills, and competence and confidence in skills of participants in 12 nursing programs piloting the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) program. Of 1,847 participants, 175 had not previously completed a CPR course.

Method: Schools could choose the sequence for completing baselines skills and required e-learning modules.

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Background: Tongue-tie is associated with nipple pain and early breastfeeding cessation. To date, research has been limited by small sample sizes and a dearth of evidence on the effects of tongue-tie on infant feeding symptoms and physiologic breastfeeding mechanics.

Objectives: In this article, we describe the protocol for our study exploring infant feeding, negative breastfeeding symptoms, maternal anatomy, and physiologic sucking data between infants with and without tongue-tie.

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Adults with lower-limb (LL) amputation have difficulty dual-tasking which may elicit falls and is required for instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between dual-task performance, falls, and IADLs for Veterans with LL amputation. A cross-sectional study was completed with dual-task performance, retrospective fall reporting, and participation in IADLs.

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Background: There is critical need to strengthen the global nursing and midwifery workforce. This is especially true in Malawi where they are the primary providers of obstetric and neonatal care. In Neno district, Malawi, in 2017, we implemented an intensive training and longitudinal bedside mentorship intervention for nurses and midwives.

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Gossip is a ubiquitous sociocultural phenomenon serving many functions in human interactions, including in workplace and academic settings. Gossip can have profound positive and negative impacts; however, its impact on medical residents and their learning environment is unknown. To understand the function and impact of workplace gossip-from and about colleagues and supervisors-on medical residents' experiences in their learning environment.

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Objective: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) paired with rehabilitation therapy improved motor status compared to rehabilitation alone in the phase III VNS-REHAB stroke trial, but treatment response was variable and not associated with any clinical measures acquired at baseline, such as age or side of paresis. We hypothesized that neuroimaging measures would be associated with treatment-related gains, examining performance of regional injury measures versus global brain health measures in parallel with clinical measures.

Methods: Baseline magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in the VNS-REHAB trial were used to derive regional injury measures (extent of injury to corticospinal tract, the primary regional measure; plus extent of injury to precentral gyrus and postcentral gyrus; lesion volume; and lesion topography) and global brain health measures (degree of white matter hyperintensities, the primary global brain measure; plus volumes of cerebrospinal fluid, cortical gray matter, white matter, each thalamus, and total brain).

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Characterizing Vocal Hyperfunction Using Ecological Momentary Assessment of Relative Fundamental Frequency.

J Voice

December 2024

Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Program, Harvard University, 25 Shattuck St, Boston 02115, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, Boston 02115, Massachusetts; Mass General Hospital (MGH) Voice Center, 1 Bowdoin Sq, Boston 02114, Massachusetts; MGH Institute of Health Professions, 36 1st Ave, Boston 02129, Massachusetts. Electronic address:

Many common voice disorders are associated with vocal hyperfunction (VH), with subtypes including phonotraumatic VH (leading to organic vocal fold lesions such as nodules and/or polyps) and nonphonotraumatic VH (often diagnosed as primary muscle tension dysphonia). VH has been hypothesized to influence baseline vocal fold tension during phonation, and the relative fundamental frequency (RFF) during onset and offset cycles of phonation has been related to vocal fold tension and has been shown to differentiate typical voices from patients with VH in laboratory settings. In this study, we investigated whether the laboratory sensitivity of RFF to the presence of VH found in the laboratory is preserved in naturalistic, in-field settings and whether ecological momentary assessment of RFF during daily life could be a correlate of self-reported vocal effort.

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Examining fundamental nursing textbooks for inclusivity and exclusivity content: A directed qualitative content analysis.

J Prof Nurs

December 2024

MGH Institute of Health Professions, School of Nursing, Charlestown Navy Yard, 36 1st Avenue, Boston, MA 02129, United States of America. Electronic address:

Background: Growing awareness of social inequities and injustices in education highlights the urgent need to address harmful mechanisms, policies, and norms within health education curricula and systems.

Purpose: This study examines inclusivity and exclusivity content in four fundamental nursing textbooks and contributes to the broader discourse on fostering equitable health education.

Methods: A Directed Qualitative Content Analysis on 32 chapters from four fundamental nursing textbooks was systematically conducted.

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Introduction: Malnutrition is a leading cause of death for persons living with X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (XDP), a degenerative disease endemic to the Philippines. Difficulty swallowing has been linked to malnutrition in other populations; however, knowledge of this relationship is limited in XDP. As such, the purpose of this study was to determine the association between dysphagia and malnutrition in this population.

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  • Canavan disease (CD) is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the ASPA gene, leading to high levels of N-acetylaspartate (NAA) in the body and severe developmental issues in infants.
  • A subset of patients displays milder symptoms, possibly due to some remaining ASPA activity, raising the question of how urine NAA levels relate to this.
  • A study found that individuals with the mild phenotype had significantly lower urine NAA levels and specific ASPA mutations that were absent in those with the typical phenotype, indicating that urine NAA can be used to differentiate between the two types of CD.
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Objective: Stroke risk factors often exert long-term effects, and Mendelian randomization (MR) offers significant advantages over traditional observational studies in evaluating the causal impact of these factors on stroke. This study aims to consolidate and evaluate the relationships between potential causal factors and stroke risk, drawing upon existing MR research.

Methods: A comprehensive search for MR studies related to stroke was conducted up to August 2023 using databases such as PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Scopus.

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Background And Purpose: Among individuals with diagnosed heart failure (HF), the impact of physical activity on systemic inflammation and risk of hospital admissions remains unclear. This study examines the associations between physical activity and 1) systemic inflammation measured through C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and 2) frequency of hospital admissions in those with HF.

Methods: We utilized data from the National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey in this observational cross-sectional study to include 377 community-dwelling adults with HF.

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  • * Factors such as higher education and income were linked to better PROMs, while specific brain injuries affected performance ratings differently, highlighting the impact of socioeconomics and brain health on recovery perceptions.
  • * The research identified a connection between parietal lobe damage and poorer self-reported outcomes, suggesting that injuries affecting self-awareness can distort patients' assessments of their own capabilities.
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Emotional Health Assessment in Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

NASN Sch Nurse

November 2024

Associate Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions, School of Nursing, 36 1st Avenue, Boston, MA 02129.

Students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are likely to experience psychiatric symptoms, like depression, anxiety, and distress, throughout their lifetime. Due to communication differences and minimal use of specialized diagnostic assessments for anxiety and depression, emotional pain can often be overlooked or underestimated in students with IDD. This is often complicated by atypical presentations of anxiety and depression, such as externalized aggression, self-injurious behaviors, or other behavioral dysregulation, that can indicate emotional distress, physical pain, or other medical complications.

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Background: Persisting Symptoms after Concussion (PSaC) are common and difficult to treat. Mindfulness-based interventions can support recovery but are rarely included in rehabilitative care. We developed , an eight-week live-video mindfulness-based group for PSaC.

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The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into health professions education is revolutionizing traditional teaching methodologies and enhancing learning experiences. This study explores the use of generative AI to aid occupational therapy (OT) students in intervention planning. OT students often lack the background knowledge to generate a wide variety of interventions, spending excessive time on idea generation rather than clinical reasoning, practice skills, and patient care.

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Interpreting Variations in Fugl-Meyer Assessment Protocols: Results and Recommendations From a Nominal Group Consensus Process.

Arch Phys Med Rehabil

October 2024

Occupational Therapy Department, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.

Objective: To identify variations among administration and scoring instructions of 6 upper extremity Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA-UE) protocols and to achieve consensus regarding optimal administration procedures.

Design: Nominal group consensus technique comprised of iterative independent reviews of protocol content, anonymous voting, and group consensus meetings.

Setting: Clinicians working in clinical practice and research settings participated in virtual meetings via Zoom.

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Background/objectives: Previous research indicates that children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) face challenges learning from feedback, resulting in suboptimal performance and learning outcomes. Feedback processing, a key developing executive function, involves cognitive processes critical for goal-directed behavior. This study examined the neural mechanisms underlying feedback processing in school-age children with DLD compared to typically developing (TD) peers, focusing on midfrontal theta band (4-8 Hz) oscillations as an index of cognitive control and error monitoring.

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Clinical Instructor's Self-reported Modeling of Evidence-Based Practice During Student Clinical Experience.

J Phys Ther Educ

October 2024

Amit Dashottar is the associate professor at the Simmons University, School of Sciences and Health Professions, Simmons University, 300 the Fenway, Boston, MA Please address all correspondence to Amit Dashottar.

Introduction: Having clinical instructors (CIs) model evidence-based practice (EBP) may enhance physical therapist student engagement in the EBP process and learning. However, the extent of EBP modeling by CIs at present is not known. The purpose of this survey was to assess the modeling of EBP by CIs during physical therapist student clinical education experiences (CEs).

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