Balance Confidence and Falls Self-Efficacy in Older Breast Cancer Survivors.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to examine the reliability, validity, and measurement error of balance confidence and fall-related self-efficacy measures in older breast cancer survivors.

Design: A cross-sectional study was performed.

Methods: The Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC), the shorter, six-item version of the ABC (ABC-6), and the Modified Falls Efficacy Scale (MFES) were completed by 35 older breast cancer survivors.

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Spanking Have Similar Associations with Early Behavior Problems.

Objectives: To examine whether adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and physical punishment (ie, spanking) are unique risk factors for behavior problems in early childhood, and whether ACEs moderate the associations of spanking with child behavior problems.

Study Design: We conducted prospective, longitudinal analyses on 2380 families in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Mothers reported outcomes of externalizing and internalizing behavior problems at age 5 years; and the main predictors, ACEs and spanking, at age 3 years.

Increasing awareness, sensitivity, and empathy for Alzheimer's dementia patients using simulation.

Background: Alzheimer's Disease (AD), a type of dementia that interferes with memory, thinking, and behavior is the most common type of dementia. As a result, it is a leading contributor to death and disability for those over the age of 65. Therefore, future nurses must have the knowledge and skills to manage patients with AD in any setting spanning the healthcare continuum.

Selective Atrophy of the Vastus Medialis: Does It Exist in Women With Nontraumatic Patellofemoral Pain?

Background: A commonly cited theory related to the pathomechanics of patellofemoral pain (PFP) states that atrophy of the vastus medialis (VM) muscle leads to lateral tracking of the patella. However, isolated atrophy of the VM or atrophy of the quadriceps muscle group as a whole, has not been consistently reported in this population.

Purpose: To compare individual and total quadriceps muscle volumes between women with nontraumatic PFP and women without PFP as measured on magnetic resonance imaging scans.

Telehealth Competencies for Nursing Education and Practice: The Four P's of Telehealth.

Background: Telehealth is a rapidly growing health care delivery modality with advanced practice nurses as key providers. This growth has occurred without critical consideration of provider training. Training requires the development of competencies situated within a framework.

Perceived barriers to and suggested interventions for physical activity during pregnancy among participants of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Southern California.

Background: The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends that pregnant women engage in at least 20 to 30 min of moderate-intensity physical activity on most days of the week. Regular exercise during pregnancy is associated with many benefits for the mother and the developing fetus; yet, a large number of pregnant women do not engage in the recommended amounts. This study aimed to investigate barriers to and interventions for physical activity among pregnant WIC participants in Southern California.

The Impact of Nurse Education on Heart Failure Readmissions and Patient Education.

Background: Heart failure (HF) has become a national concern, with approximately 5.7 million adults in the United States suffering from this life-altering disease. Improved education of these patients prior to discharge helps patients manage their disease adequately and reduce symptom exacerbations.

The physiological benefits of sitting less and moving more: Opportunities for future research.

Sedentary behavior (SB) and physical activity (PA) are important risk factors of cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. In addition to increasing the amount of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), the current PA guidelines recommend that adults should reduce SB, or any waking activity performed while sitting, reclining, or lying, with low energy expenditure. While mounting evidence has emphasized the benefits of increasing MVPA, little has focused on the effect of SB on health.

A quality improvement project to improve diabetes self-management and patient satisfaction in a low-resourced central Kenyan hospital.

Background: There is limited evidence about effective strategies for promoting culturally congruent diabetes education in low-resourced primary-care settings.

Objectives: This project, conducted in Central Kenya, examined the effect of an intervention on provider practices and patients' knowledge of diabetes self-care management.

Methods: The intervention consisted of short (30-minute) sessions that offered providers evidenced-based, culturally congruent diabetes education and teaching materials to use with patients.

Children's Active School Travel: Examining the Combined Perceived and Objective Built-Environment Factors from Space Syntax.

Increasing active school travel (AST) among children may provide the required level of daily physical activity and reduce the prevalence of obesity. Despite efforts to promote this mode, recent evidence shows that AST rates continue to decrease in suburban and urban areas alike. The aim of this research study, therefore, is to facilitate our understanding of how objective and perceived factors near the home influence children's AST in an understudied city, İstanbul, Turkey.

Effect of Genetic Testing on Diagnosing Gastrointestinal Pediatric Patients with Previously Undiagnosed Diseases.

Purpose: Four consanguineous Jordanian families with affected members of unknown gastrointestinal related diseases were recruited to assess the utility and efficiency of whole exome sequencing (WES) in reaching the definitive diagnosis.

Patients And Methods: Members from four consanguineous Jordanian families were recruited in this study. Laboratory and imaging tests were used for initial diagnosis, followed by performing WES to test all affected members for the detection of causative variants.

An Ethnohistory of the Transcultural Nursing Scholars and Their Contributions to the Field.

The Transcultural Nursing Society (TCNS) recognizes transcultural nursing (TCN) scholars for creative leadership and advancing education, practice, research, and administration. The purpose of this study was to discover the historical context of scholars' professional growth and development and their contributions to and future vision for transcultural nursing. Leininger's Ethnonursing Research Method was used to develop an ethnohistorical qualitative approach that included a semistructured, open-ended interview guide and data analysis plan.

Implementing Sleep Apnea Screening Prior to Conscious Sedation Procedures in a Rural Hospital: A Quality Improvement Project.

Background: Screening patients for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) risk factors is an effective method for helping reduce adverse outcomes in conscious sedation. Patients receiving conscious sedation for endoscopy were not being screened for OSA at a rural hospital.

Objective: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to implement a nurse education program to improve OSA screening of endoscopy patients, using an evidence-based screening tool, and to increase nurse OSA knowledge and patient education.

Standardizing Outcome Assessment in Parkinson Disease: A Knowledge Translation Project.

Background And Purpose: Rehabilitation therapists do not consistently utilize standardized outcome measures. The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a tailored knowledge translation (KT) intervention to facilitate application of standardized outcome measures used in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) receiving outpatient rehabilitation.

Methods: Four clinics within a hospital-based outpatient system including physical therapists (n = 7) and occupational therapists (n = 2) collaborated with researcher clinicians.

Development and Implementation of an Upper Respiratory Infection Treatment Protocol in a Primary Care Health Clinic.

Background And Purpose: Acute viral respiratory infections (ARTIs) are among the most common reasons for a healthcare encounter throughout the industrialized world. Among the approximately100 million antibiotic prescriptions written every year for ARTI, half are prescribed inappropriately. Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for viral illnesses poses a serious threat since many organisms have become resistant to commonly used antibiotics.

Nopinone-based AIE-active dual-functional fluorescent chemosensor for Hg and Cu and its environmental and biological applications.

A highly sensitive AIE fluorescent chemosensor, N'-((4'-(6,6-dimethyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-5,7-methanoindazol-3-yl)-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl)methylene)picolinohydrazide (PBPHS), for the detection of Hg2+ and Cu2+ ions in near 100% aqueous solution was developed based on the renewable β-pinene derivative nopinone. The probe PBPHS was designed and synthesized via a four reaction steps, including condensation, cyclization, Suzuki coupling reaction, and Schiff-base reaction. PBPHS could recognize Hg2+ and Cu2+ over other competitive metal ions via specific complexation ability towards them.

Impact of the interaction between mild and mild-to-moderate cognitive impairment with chronic health problems on hospital admission among community-dwelling older adults.

Aim: This study aims to examine the effect of concurrent mild and mild-to-moderate cognitive impairment with chronic diseases on hospital admission (HA) among community-dwelling older adults.

Method: The National Health and Aging Trends Study (2011-2018), with 1225 respondents (each wave), were used. The number of HAs within 1 year was the outcome.

Reliability and Validity of Patient-Reported, Rater-Based, and Hybrid Physical Activity Assessments in COPD: A Systematic Review.

Selecting valid and reliable PA assessments in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is crucial to ensure that the information obtained is accurate, valuable, and meaningful. The purpose of this systematic review was to compare the validity and reliability among PA assessments in COPD. An electronic database search of PubMed and CINAHL was completed in December 2019 using MeSH terms on physical activity, COPD, validation, and questionnaires.

Highly efficient photon detection systems for noble liquid detectors based on perovskite quantum dots.

Wavelength shifting photon detection systems (PDS) are the critical functioning components in noble liquid detectors used for high energy physics (HEP) experiments and dark matter search. The vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) scintillation light emitted by these Liquid argon (LAr) and liquid Xenon (LXe) detectors are shifted to higher wavelengths resulting in its efficient detection using the state-of-the-art photodetectors such as silicon photomultipliers (SiPM). The currently used organic wavelength shifting materials [such as 1,1,4,4 Tetraphenyl Butadiene (TPB)] have several disadvantages and are unreliable for longterm use.

Diffusion tensor imaging of the spinal cord status post trauma.

Background: Since its development in 1994, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been successfully used to assess structural and functional changes to neurological tissue within the central nervous system. Namely, DTI is a noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based technique that uses anisotropic diffusion to visualize and estimate the organization of white matter in neuronal tissue. It has been used to study various spinal pathologies including neoplastic diseases, degenerative myelopathy, demyelinating diseases, and infections involving the spinal cord.

Cultural Aspects of End-of-Life Advance Care Planning for African Americans: An Ethnonursing Study.

Introduction: Advance directive completion rates among the general population are low, with even lower completion rates among African Americans (AAs). This study's purpose was to identify culturally based meanings, expressions, and traditions of end-of-life (EOL) advance care planning (ACP) and decision making in order to promote culturally congruent nursing care among African Americans.

Methodology: Leininger's Culture Care Theory and Ethnonursing Research Method guided the study.

Use of an educational intervention to increase screening for antenatal depression in an obstetrics and gynecology practice.

Background: Depression affects approximately 12% of pregnant women and increases maternal and fetal risk during pregnancy and the postpartum period. The United States Preventative Services Task Force and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend that all prenatal care include depression screening. This study assessed the effectiveness of an educational intervention to increase screening for depression during prenatal care.

Turpentine Derived Secondary Amines for Sustainable Crop Protection: Synthesis, Activity Evaluation and QSAR Study.

In this study, we will report on the synthesis and application of efficient botanical agrochemicals from turpentine for sustainable crop protection. Two series of turpentine derived secondary amines were synthesized and identified by FT-IR, H NMR, C NMR, and HRMS. The herbicidal activities against were evaluated.

Repetitive Traumatic Discopathy in the Modern-Era Tennis Player.

Degenerative disc disease is more prevalent among athletes than the general population. Repetitive traumatic discopathy is a pattern of injury that has been described in athletes participating in sports that impart repetitive mechanical forces on the lumbar spine. Hence, tennis players may be particularly susceptible to repetitive traumatic discopathy due to the fast-paced nature of the modern tennis match.

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Moral Injury in Nurses on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

To raise awareness of the potential for moral injury in nurses working on the frontlines of COVID-19 patient care and to present aspects of mental functioning that may increase the likelihood of psychological distress. Approaches that draw on psychoanalytic thinking to support frontline nurses' mental health are explained. This article draws on recent work that is available from multiple sources, including published journal articles on moral injury, recent reports from news services highlighting the crisis state of the pandemic and effects on nurses, established literature on the structural model of the mind, and recent webinars and online lectures addressing mental health crisis interventions.