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Latest Full Text Articles (51)141 Challenges perceived by primary care providers to educating patients about chronic kidney disease Journal of Renal Care, December 11, 2012
142 Using insights from behavioral economics and social psychology to help patients manage chronic diseases Journal of General Internal Medicine, December 7, 2012
143 Multiple primary cancer survivors have poorer health status and well-being than single primary cancer survivors: a study from the population-based PROFILES registry Psycho-Oncology, December 6, 2012
144 Health providers need to stress importance of advance care planning Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, December 6, 2012
145 Clinician Confidence and Comfort in Providing Perinatal Palliative Care Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, December 4, 2012
146 Perioperative pain management in the opioid-tolerant patient with chronic pain: an evidence-based practice project Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, November 30, 2012
147 General practice-based clinical trials in Germany - a problem analysis Full Text Trials, November 29, 2012
148 The effect of physician's recommendation on seasonal influenza immunization in children with chronic diseases Full Text BMC Public Health, November 29, 2012
149 HPV vaccination of adult women: An audit of Australian general practitioners Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, November 28, 2012
150 Procalcitonin: Is it a predictor of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation necessity in acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, November 26, 2012
151 A concept analysis about temporality and its applicability in nursing care Nursing Forum, November 21, 2012
152 Providing diabetes self-management support in rural primary care clinics with nurse partners Western Journal of Nursing Research , November 20, 2012
153 System barriers associated with diabetes management in primary care Full Text The Journal for Nurse Practitioners , November 20, 2012
154 The effects of slow-stroke back massage on minutes of nighttime sleep in persons with dementia and sleep disturbances in the nursing home: a pilot study Journal of Holistic Nursing, November 19, 2012
155 The use of simulation to instruct students on the provision of spiritual care: a pilot study Journal of Holistic Nursing, November 19, 2012
156 Loneliness as experienced by women living with chronic illness in rural areas Journal of Holistic Nursing, November 19, 2012
157 Acculturation and self-rated health among arctic indigenous peoples: a population-based cross-sectional study Full Text BMC Public Health, November 16, 2012
158 Family-paid caregivers in hospital health care in China Journal of Nursing Management, November 16, 2012
159 Estimating length of stay in publicly-funded residential and nursing care homes: a retrospective analysis using linked administrative data sets Full Text BMC Health Services Research, November 15, 2012
160 Focus on increasing treatment self-efficacy to improve human immunodeficiency virus treatment adherence Journal of Nursing Scholarship, November 15, 2012
Clinical Pearls in Nurse Practitioner
- Depression care management increases treatment adherence and remission rates in geriatric patients with depression
- Exclusive enteral nutrition as treatment for children with Crohn’s disease confers longer-term positive outcomes compared to corticosteroid treatment.
- Zinc pyrithione inhibits fungal growth through increased cellular levels of copper, damaging iron-sulfur clusters of proteins essential for fungal metabolism.
Highlights in Nurse Practitioner
Psoriasis is strongly associated with non-fatal CVD
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health conducted a study involving 96,008 women in the Nurse’s Health Study II with 18 years of follow up, which demonstrated a strikingly strong association with non-fatal cardiovascular disease. There were 2463 participants with psoriasis and 1,709,069 person-years of follow up. There were 713 cases of non-fatal cardiovascular disease (HR=1.55). The HRs for myocardial infarction and stroke were 1.70 and 1.45, respectively. For women with psoriatic arthritis, the HR was 3.47. For women < 40 years of age and psoriasis > 9 years, the HRs were 3.26 and 3.09, respectively.
Read the article summaryIs alopecia areata an autoimmune disease?
As reported in the British Journal of Dermatology, two cytokine genes (IL-2RA and TNF/LTA) which have been implicated in autoimmune diseases are associated with severe alopecia areata. The study involved 768 patients with alopecia areata and 658 controls, and 26 cytokine genes were genotyped.
Read the article summarySex hormones associated with CRC risk in men
As reported in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology and based on participants in the Nurses’ Health Study, Women’s Health Study, Health Professionals’ Follow-up Study, and Physicians’ Health Study II, total testosterone (RR = 0.62) and SHBG levels (RR = 0.65), and the estradiol:testosterone ratio (RR = 2.63) are associated with colorectal cancer risk in men. An inverse association exists between the estradiol:testosterone ratio (RR = 0.43) and colorectal cancer risk in women.
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