Pooled microarray expression analysis of failing left ventricles reveals extensive cellular-level dysregulation independent of age and sex.

Existing cardiovascular studies tend to suffer from small sample sizes and unaddressed confounders. Re-profiling of 9 microarray datasets revealed significant global gene expression differences between 358 failing and 191 non-failing left ventricles independent of age and sex ( = 5.1e-10).

Mapping Health Disparities:: Leveraging Area-Based Deprivation Indices for Targeted Chronic Disease Intervention.

This article addresses the critical link between socioeconomic status and health outcomes in chronic disease patients, emphasizing the need for system-level outcome measurement stratified by socioeconomic status. Despite the acknowledged influence of social determinants, there is a lack of published studies analyzing chronic disease outcomes neighborhood by neighborhood. The importance of mapping as a public health tool, and the significance of analyzing outcomes at the neighborhood level is emphasized.

A 6-Week Virtual Exercise/Dance Program Impacts Fitness Levels for Adults With Intellectual Disabilities:: A DNP Project.

Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) experience age-related diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and obesity much earlier than their typical peers. Therefore, health promotion is essential in this population. This population tends to live sedentary lives; exercise needs to be a focus.

Psychometric Testing of a Tool to Assess Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Educator Skill Acquisition.

Nurse anesthesia clinical educators bridge didactic content and clinical practice. A sample of 99 nurse anesthesia clinical educators completed the Academic Clinical Nurse Educator Skill Acquisition Tool (ACNESAT) to assess their skill acquisition and ACNESAT psychometric properties. Participants reported extreme confidence ( M = 170.

The relationship among faculty-to-faculty incivility and job satisfaction or intent to leave in nursing programs in the United States.

Background: There have been numerous studies examining student-faculty and faculty-student incivility in nursing programs (Atmiller, 2012; Clark et al., 2021; Clark & Springer, 2010; Eka & Chambers, 2019; Tourangeau et al., 2014).

Experiences of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)-prepared nurses choosing to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.

Background: Increasingly, nurses with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree are seeking a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree. This subset of students may provide valuable insight for bolstering the PhD-prepared workforce, which is in decline.

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to understand the essence of the lived experience of DNP-prepared nurses choosing to pursue a PhD degree.

Youth Sport Specialization and Risk of Injury: A General Review.

Objective: The purpose of this literature review was to analyze, understand, and disclose prior empirical findings about the injury risks associated with youth sport specialization.

Data Sources: Articles were included in this review if they examined the association between youth sport specialization status and injury. Nine articles from 5 journals met these criteria.

Psychometric Testing of a Tool to Assess Midwifery Clinical Educator Skill Acquisition.

Background: Midwifery clinical educators balance expertise in clinical practice and academia.

Purpose: The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to assess midwifery clinical educator skill acquisition and psychometric properties of the Academic Clinical Nurse Educator Skill Acquisition Tool (ACNESAT) with midwifery clinical educators.

Methods: A convenience sample of 143 educators completed the 40-item ACNESAT aligned with the National League for Nursing academic clinical nurse educator competencies.

Exploring the Experiences of Doctor of Nursing Practice Students' Use of Flipgrid to Create a Community of Inquiry in a Predominantly Online Program.

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore the experiences of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students utilizing Flipgrid, a free, asynchronous online video discussion forum, as an alternative to written journals and discussion boards in a predominately online program. Results suggest greater student engagement, efficiency, and public speaking skills with Flipgrid than with conventional journals and discussion boards. Flipgrid can serve as an active learning strategy to promote a community of inquiry among online DNP students.

The connectedness and risk spillovers between bitcoin spot and futures markets: evidence from intraday data.

This paper examines the dynamic relation between Bitcoin spot and futures markets during the Covid-19 pandemic. Using hourly data from 2020 combined with quantile impulse response analysis and predictability in the distribution test, we attempt to ascertain whether spot or futures markets lead in the price discovery process under a variety of market conditions. Granger predictability based on the left tail, the right tail, and the center of the distribution show bidirectional predictability between spot and futures markets suggesting significant feedback effects following normal and extreme gains/losses where neither market dominates in price discovery.

Development and Psychometric Testing of the Academic Clinical Nurse Educator Skill Acquisition Tool.

Aim: This article reports the development and psychometric testing of an instrument to measure academic clinical nurse educator skill acquisition.

Background: Little research explores clinical nurse educator competence.

Method: Using the National League for Nursing Academic Clinical Nurse Educator core competencies and a literature review, newly created clinical nurse educator skill acquisition items underwent two rounds of content validity testing.

Decrease in the Size of Fat-Enlarged Axillary Lymph Nodes and Serum Lipids after Bariatric Surgery.

Background: Ectopic fat deposition in obesity is associated with organ dysfunction; however, little is known about fat deposition within the lymphatic system and associated lymphatic dysfunction.

Methods: One hundred fifty-five women who underwent routine screening mammography before and after a Roux-en-y gastric bypass or a sleeve gastrectomy were retrospectively reviewed and after excluding women without visible nodes both before and after bariatric surgery, 84 patients were included in the final analysis. Axillary lymph node size, patient weight in kilograms, body mass index, and a diagnosis of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidemia were evaluated before and after surgery.

Pain coping skills training un-locks patient-centered pain care during the COVID- 19 lockdown.

Background: In 2020, the COVID-19 virus sparked a crisis constituting a nationwide public health emergency that rapidly altered the provision of healthcare services for all Americans. Infectious disease mitigation led to widespread lockdowns of perceived nonessential services, programs, and non-emergent healthcare interventions. This lockdown exacerbated the public health dyad of uncontrolled pain and the opioid epidemic, which was already in a crisis state.

Burnout and Perceptions of Stigma and Help-Seeking Behavior Among Pediatric Fellows.

Background And Objectives: Although burnout has been studied extensively among students and residents, in few studies have researchers examined burnout among fellowship trainees. We measured burnout among fellows in our freestanding children's hospital and evaluated fellows' perceptions of stigma around (and willingness to seek treatment for) psychological distress. The objectives are as follows: to (1) measure burnout among pediatric fellows, (2) assess fellows' perceptions of stigma around help seeking for mental illness, and (3) examine the relationship between burnout and willingness to seek behavioral health counseling.

The Effectiveness of a Simulation Program to Enhance Readiness to Engage in Difficult Conversations in Clinical Practice.

Health care providers are often tasked with communicating difficult, emotionally charged news, including delivering an unwelcome diagnosis and planning end-of-life care. Patients and family members often cannot recall specifics of these conversations, although their perceptions of how information was communicated by health care providers impact not only their evaluation of the quality of care received, but also their abilities to cope with the communicated bad news. What can be done to better prepare novice clinicians to have these types of conversations? This quality improvement project used a simulation-based difficult conversation workshop given to adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner students in their final year of study.

Examining the Influence of Academic Nurse Educator Doctoral Degree Preparation on National League for Nursing Core Competency Skill Acquisition.

Aim: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of academic nurse educator doctoral degree preparation on National League for Nursing (NLN) core competency skill acquisition.

Background: Doctor of nursing practice (DNP) and doctor of philosophy (PhD) graduates frequently seek faculty positions, yet neither degree exclusively prepares graduates for careers in academia.

Method: A descriptive, correlational design was utilized to examine the influence of doctoral degree preparation on NLN core competency skill acquisition.

A descriptive study of faculty-to-faculty incivility in nursing programs in the United States.

Background: Incivility has become a major societal issue and over the last two decades more researchers have examined the incidence and prevalence of incivility in higher education. There has been significant research on faculty and student incivility in nursing programs (Atmiller, 2012; Clark, 2008a, 2008b, 2008c), but literature is lacking on faculty-to-faculty incivility in nursing programs.

Purpose: This descriptive study examined the incidence of faculty-to-faculty incivility in nursing programs in the United States.

Socioeconomic factors analysis for COVID-19 US reopening sentiment with Twitter and census data.

Investigating and classifying sentiments of social media users (e.g., positive, negative) towards an item, situation, and system are very popular among researchers.