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BACKGROUND: An integral part of both undergraduate and postgraduate nursing and midwifery programmes, is the teaching and assessment of clinical psychomotor skills. In order to provide safe care, there is an expectation that technical nursing procedures are performed competently and effectively. Due to limited opportun…

This research, funded by the National Science Foundation (Award #2412054) as part of the NH-LIFT project, provides a critical analysis of a successful public health initiative addressing food insecurity in New Hampshire, which affects nearly 10% of residents and 13.4% of children. The study's primary objective was to a…

In this issue of JAACAP, Asarnow and colleagues report the results of their innovative, elegantly conducted clinical trial that assessed the added value of stratified, stepped care (SSC) for youth at risk for suicidal behavior in a health system that was already implementing a Zero Suicide quality improvement (ZSQI) pr…

This manuscript presents a letter to the editor addressing the study by Lv et al. (J Mol Histol 56(2):129, 2025), which identifies PDZ-binding kinase (PBK) as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). While commending the article's comprehensive approach-including bioinformatics integrat…

Implementing evidence-based practice (EBP) in clinical practice is an ongoing challenge for nurses. EQUIP-Evidence-based QUality Improvement Project- is a multiphase project aimed at equipping nurses with the essential skills to implement EBP and advanced nursing practice. EQUIP embraces the assumption that implementat…

Social workers have a significant role in empowering clients to discover their own strengths as well as strengths in their environment and to achieve social justice on behalf of oppressed populations. The goal of this exploratory qualitative study was to broaden our knowledge on strength-based approaches in working wit…

This study aimed to evaluate the integrated cognitive-behavioral group therapy and Gestalt empty chair technique on bereaved individuals with COVID-19-caused PGD (prolonged grief disease). Thirty-six patients with PGD resultant from COVID-19 were randomly assigned intervention and control groups. The intervention group…

PURPOSE: Delayed start times for cardiac MRI examinations have resulted in longer patient fasts, extended wait times, and poor synchronization of anesthesia induction and contrast administration. The aim of this work was to improve on-time start rates from an initial baseline of 10%. METHODS: A multidisciplinary team…

Upper limb stroke rehabilitation has been understudied in usual occupational therapy. The study's purpose was to describe the timing and amount of usual occupational therapy in the stroke population for hospital-based outpatient upper limb rehabilitation. A multi-site study of timing and amount of occupational therapy…

Bottle refusal by breastfed babies is a scenario that has received surprisingly little attention in the literature, given the number of mothers who appear to be experiencing it globally and the subsequent negative impact it can have. In line with this, we undertook a study to explore mothers' views on why their breastf…

Preschool teachers' professional toughness (PT) has received a lot of attention recently, and this research is one of the main areas of study for their ability to manage stress and develop normally. Based on how well a person thinks of his own abilities, SE (self-efficacy) is formed. 300 kindergarten teachers from 10 m…

The study's purpose was to identify the meaning and the attributes of Korean nurses' clinical decision making. A sequential and systematic literature review with reflection according to the conceptual analysis method of Walker and Avant was used in this study. Data sources included the National Assembly Library, the Na…

INTRODUCTION: Dual-process theory characterizes clinical reasoning (CR) as Type 1 (intuitive) and Type 2 (analytical) thinking. This study examined CR on a summative clinical clerkship structured clinical oral examination (SCOE). METHODS AND SUBJECTS: 511 clinical clerks at the University of Toronto underwent SCOEs. T…

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect mediated by self-determined motivation on an athlete's burnout, anxiety and fear of failure. To this end, the sample group consisting of 235 semi-professional yachtsmen and women was asked to answer four questionnaires which set out to assess each of the study's varia…

OBJECTIVE: Incarcerated adults have high rates of fatal and nonfatal suicidal behaviors. Suicide prevention recommendations stress the need for the provision of health care for incarcerated adults after suicide attempts, yet prison policies and practices often focus instead on punitive responses to suicidal behaviors.…

This study aimed to consolidate the body height, body weight, BMI, and nutrition status data of the overall young male population from the Municipality of Berane in order to assess the trajectories of those variables from 1979 to 1987. The sample of respondents included 8740 adolescents who were divided into nine group…

BACKGROUND: Assessing the quality of healthcare data is a complex task including the selection of suitable measurement methods (MM) and adequately assessing their results. OBJECTIVES: To present an interoperable data quality (DQ) assessment method that formalizes MMs based on standardized data definitions and intends…

This study's objective is to estimate the effects of corruption in the public health sector on the economic growth of Brazilian municipalities. To build three corruption measures, data from audits conducted by the office of the comptroller general (Controladoria Geral da Uniao, CGU henceforth) in 2009 and 2010 in the h…

In tandem with internet development and widespread social media use, e-health communities have begun to emerge in recent years. These communities allow doctors to access forums anywhere, anytime, seek or exchange medical information online, find literature, and so on. This is convenient and can solve some problems for…

BACKGROUND: Contextualised within minority stress theory, this study explores the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) medical students and how they navigate medical school as sexual minorities. Past research indicates many LGBTQ medical students have witnessed medical school staff make…