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BACKGROUND: This study’s aim was to evaluate the performance of senior orthopedic residents during simulated arthroscopic anterior stabilization (Bankart repair) before and after a national shoulder review course. METHODS: Participants were assessed before and after the Annual Shoulder Review Course over a 3-da…

AIM: Evidence-based practices (EBPs) seek to promote the implementation of interventions that are effective, appropriate, feasible and meaningful for patients. The current demand for updated EBPs in Finland is shaped by national legislation. This study's aim was to describe nurses', nurse directors' and clinical nurse…

AIMS: This study's purpose was to evaluate the effect of ultrasound in air at a frequency of 0.04MHz and an intensity of 50mW/cmon neural differentiation of hBM-MSCs in vitro and on neurogenesis in an ischemic stroke model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: hBM-MSCs were exposed to 0.04MHz ultrasound and then compared with no ex…

Support for authoritarian approaches to parenting, including corporal punishment, is known to be elevated among individuals with low current levels of socioeconomic attainment. The objectives of this study are: (1) to determine whether authoritarian parenting dispositions are related to disadvantages in one's social ba…

In recent years there has been increased debate and critique of the focus on psychopathology in general, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in particular, as a predominant consequence of the refugee experience. This study was conducted to broaden the conceptualization and examination of the outcomes of the refuge…

Interruptions and distractions due to smartphone use in healthcare settings pose potential risks to patient safety. Therefore, it is important to assess smartphone use at work, to encourage nursing students to review their relevant behaviors, and to recognize these potential risks. This study's aim was to develop a sca…

The present study tested 2 competing, extended models of the theory of work adjustment (TWA) with a sample of 100 economically distressed working African Americans receiving services at a nonprofit community center. Model 1 depicted a mediated model consistent with postulations of the TWA's original theorists. Model 2…

Although it is expert opinion that transsyndesmotic screws are placed obliquely 30° from posterolateral to anteromedial in the transverse plane, this has not been formally studied, and there is inconsistency regarding the congruency of the distal tibiofibular joint. Thirty-eight computed tomography (CT) scans of t…

OBJECTIVE: The study's aim was to examine longitudinal outcomes of a leadership program for permanent and relief charge nurse from 1996 to 2012 using action research and Kouzes and Posner's The Leadership Challenge conceptual frameworks. BACKGROUND: Charge nurses hold significant oversight of patient safety, quality,…

The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of unilateral and bilateral muscle fatigue on bipedal postural control and neuromuscular activities. Nineteen subjects completed bilateral fatiguing contractions (BI group), and seventeen subjects completed unilateral fatiguing contractions (UNI group) of the quad…

AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the surface functionalization of model nanoparticles on their mobility in bacterial biofilms and cystic fibrosis sputum. MATERIALS & METHODS: With single-particle tracking microscopy, the mobility of 0.1- and 0.2-µm fluorescent polyethylene glycol (PEG) mod…

The 60 percent rule has served as a controversial policy change within the postacute care sector since its revision in 2004, requiring inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) to admit no less than 60% of patients according to 1 of 13 specific conditions or else risk the loss of IRF designation according to Medicare'…

Low- and lower-middle-income countries are faced with a large and increasingly complicated portfolio of vaccines to introduce into their national immunization programmes. Countries must also incorporate their vaccine introduction plans into donor-required assessments and multi-year plans. An international workshop and…

UNLABELLED: The perspectives of adolescents were solicited on the issue of sexual and reproductive health messages they received through dancehall music as well as their perceptions of parents' views of such messages and adolescents' indulgence with this genre of music. METHODS: This sequential mixed methods study was…

PURPOSE: To describe mothers' experiences during the first month after their preterm infant's hospital discharge. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Descriptive phenomenology with a sample of 10 mothers who were mostly single, under 25, and African American. Institutional review board approval and informed consents were obtain…

OBJECTIVE: Physical activity intervention research involving individuals with serious mental illness are often not based on any theoretical framework. This study examined the construct validity of the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) in individuals with serious mental illness to guide future physical activity interventions…

PURPOSE: To explore barriers that NICU nurses face when attempting to optimally manage newborn pain. SUBJECTS: Ninety California NICU nurses with current membership in the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) voluntarily participated. DESIGN: A descriptive survey study. METHODS: A researcher-developed surv…

The study's purpose was to describe and compare depression, anxiety, and quality of life, by degree of relationship, between closely related and distantly related survivors (persons close to the suicide victim, or "suicide survivors"; N = 60) during the acute phase of bereavement (within 1 month of the death). The clos…

BACKGROUND: Education is integral to reducing stigma toward the mentally ill. Medical educators have a key role in delivering education that reduces that stigma. Undergraduate psychiatric training and specific education programs are both effective in reducing stigma. However, many students are exposed to concepts of me…

PURPOSE: Strategies to improve the design, implementation, and evaluation of interventions in pharmacy practice-based research are discussed. SUMMARY: Various issues inherent in the clinical research continuum explain the lack of research translation into practice settings. The RE-AIM model is used to frame descriptio…