Women's Knowledge of Genomic Testing and Precision Medicine in Breast Cancer Treatment Decision-Making
Oncol Nurs Forum. 2024 Apr 18;51(3):199-208. doi: 10.1188/24.ONF.199-208.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: To understand awareness of genetic and genomic testing, as well as decision-making, in women diagnosed with breast cancer.PARTICIPANTS & SETTING: 29 African American/Black and Latina/Hispanic women diagnosed with breast cancer.METHODOLOGIC APPROACH: A semistructured interview guide was used in focus groups conducted via videoconference. Transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis.FINDINGS: Many of the women understood the concept of genetic testing to identify the BRCA1/BRCA2 variant, but none of them were aware of genomic t...
Source: Oncology Nursing Forum - April 26, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Evelyn Robles-Rodriguez Linda Houser Belkys Sanchez Catherine Ormerod Stefanie Washburn Staci K Oertle Bonnie Jerome-D'Emilia Source Type: research
Outbreak of invasive Group A streptococcus disease in a nursing home in Ireland in February 2023 caused by < em > emm < /em > type 18
We describe the management of an iGAS outbreak involving three nursing home residents in Ireland in early 2023. A regional Department of Public Health was notified of an iGAS case in a nursing home resident in January 2023. When two further cases among residents were notified 7 days later, an outbreak was declared. Surveillance for GAS/iGAS infection in residents and staff was undertaken. The site was visited to provide infection prevention and control (IPC) support. Isolates were emm typed. A total of 38 residents and 29 staff in contact with resident cases were provided with antibiotic chemoprophylaxis. Seven additional ...
Source: Euro Surveill - April 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ciara Carroll Mary Meehan Roisin Connolly Jayne Prendergast Colette Magnone Aine Meehan Chantal Migone Keith Ian Quintyne Caroline Carpenter Helen Byrne Robert Cunney Paul Mullane Source Type: research
Access to Oncology Medicines in Canada: Consensus Forum for Recommendations for Improvement
Curr Oncol. 2024 Mar 29;31(4):1803-1816. doi: 10.3390/curroncol31040136.ABSTRACTPatient access to new oncology drugs in Canada is only possible after navigating multiple sequential systemic checkpoints for national regulatory approval, health technology assessment (HTA) and collective government price negotiation. These steps delay access and prevent health care providers from being able to prescribe optimal therapy. Eighteen Canadian oncology clinicians from the medicine, nursing and pharmacy professions met to develop consensus recommendations for defining reasonable government performance standards around process and ti...
Source: Current Oncology - April 26, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sandeep R Sehdev Nigel S B Rawson Olexiy I Aseyev Catriona J Buick Marcus O Butler Scott Edwards Sharlene Gill Joanna M Gotfrit Cyrus C Hsia Rosalyn A Juergens Mita Manna Joy S McCarthy Som D Mukherjee Stephanie L Snow Silvana Spadafora David J Stewart Ja Source Type: research
Training health professionals to reduce overreporting of birthing people who use drugs to child welfare
CONCLUSIONS: Webinars on the legal, scientific, and ethical aspects of reporting that are co-developed with people with lived experience may be a path to reducing health professional overreporting to child welfare related to birthing people's substance use.PMID:38671544 | DOI:10.1186/s13722-024-00466-6 (Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice)
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - April 26, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: Sarah C M Roberts Kim á Joy Taylor Karen Alexander Daisy Goodman Noelle Martinez Mishka Terplan Source Type: research
Contextual barriers and enablers to establishing an addiction-focused consultation team for hospitalized adults with opioid use disorder
CONCLUSIONS: Hospitals planning to implement an ACS in the inpatient setting may wish to engage in a systematic pre-implementation contextual assessment using a similar framework to understand and address potential barriers and contextual factors that may impact implementation. Pre-implementation work can help ensure the ACS and other new practices fit within each unique hospital context.PMID:38671482 | DOI:10.1186/s13722-024-00461-x (Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice)
Source: Addiction Science and Clinical Practice - April 26, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: Sandra K Evans Allison J Ober Ariella R Korn Alex Peltz Peter D Friedmann Kimberly Page Cristina Murray-Krezan Sergio Huerta Stephen J Ryzewicz Lina Tarhuni Teryl K Nuckols Katherine E Watkins Itai Danovitch Source Type: research
The Effect of Guided Imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation on Sedation in Patients Undergoing Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation
This study included 80 patients with a mean age (± SD) of 59.59 ± 9.27 years. The Quade nonparametric ANCOVA revealed the significant impact of intervention on the post values of Total score (p-value < 0.001), Tolerance (p-value < 0.001), Calmness (p-value < 0.001), Ventilator synchrony (p-value < 0.001), face relaxation (p-value < 0.001), Consciousness (p-value = 0.009) and Awakeness (p-value = 0.020). The study findings demonstrated the effectiveness of relaxation program in promoting sedation in patients undergoing NIV. Accordingly, intensive care unit (ICU) nurses at our institution are encouraged to u...
Source: Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy - April 26, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Atefe Salimi Akinabadi Sorour Khari Mehdi Azizmohammad Looha Mitra Zandi Source Type: research
Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of MODY (Maturity Onset Diabetes of Young) Cases, Genetic Mutation Spectrum and Phenotype-genotype Relationship
CONCLUSION: This was the largest genetically diagnosed series from Turkey. The most common gene variants were GCK and HNF1A with much lower proportions for other MODY types. Hyperglycemia was the most common presenting symptom while 11% of patients had diabetes-associated autoantibodies and 7% were obese. The majority of patients received dietary management only.PMID:38665000 | DOI:10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2024.2023-10-16 (Source: Cell Research)
Source: Cell Research - April 26, 2024 Category: Cytology Authors: Elif Özsu Semra Çetinkaya Semih Bolu Nihal Hatipo ğlu Şenay Savaş Erdeve Olcay Evliyao ğlu Firdevs Ba ş Atilla Çayır İsmail Dündar Emine Demet Akba ş Seyid Ahmet U çaktürk Merih Berbero ğlu Zeynep Şıklar Şervan Özalkak Nursel Murato ğl Source Type: research
History of development of undergraduate public health education in Bulgaria
CONCLUSION: Despite the continuous development in the organization of undergraduate PH education in Bulgaria, its content is still not fully compatible with the basic European PH services and actions. There is a growing need for wider standardization and integration of undergraduate PH education in the EU so that the specialty can reach the status of a regulated health profession similar to medicine, nursing, and others.PMID:38669158 | DOI:10.21101/cejph.a7928 (Source: Central European Journal of Public Health)
Source: Central European Journal of Public Health - April 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Valentina Alexandrova Klara Dokova Source Type: research
Healthcare providers' perceived barriers and facilitators to screening for intimate partner violence in pregnant women attending prenatal clinics
CONCLUSION: Although higher-than-expected number of healthcare providers reported screening of pregnant women for intimate partner violence, the extent of screening is still suboptimal. The barrier to screening identified needs to be addressed and facilitators promoted. Receiving training among healthcare providers on intimate partner violence screening was associated with higher levels of screening; thus, this needs to be enhanced to optimize screening rates. Future studies should assess screening practices objectively and implement interventions to improve healthcare providers' intimate partner violence screening rates.I...
Source: Adv Data - April 26, 2024 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jane Frances Anyango Jennifer Yost Andrew Dobson Julius Nkalubo Amy McKeever Source Type: research
Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of MODY (Maturity Onset Diabetes of Young) Cases, Genetic Mutation Spectrum and Phenotype-genotype Relationship
CONCLUSION: This was the largest genetically diagnosed series from Turkey. The most common gene variants were GCK and HNF1A with much lower proportions for other MODY types. Hyperglycemia was the most common presenting symptom while 11% of patients had diabetes-associated autoantibodies and 7% were obese. The majority of patients received dietary management only.PMID:38665000 | DOI:10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2024.2023-10-16 (Source: JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology)
Source: JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology - April 26, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Elif Özsu Semra Çetinkaya Semih Bolu Nihal Hatipo ğlu Şenay Savaş Erdeve Olcay Evliyao ğlu Firdevs Ba ş Atilla Çayır İsmail Dündar Emine Demet Akba ş Seyid Ahmet U çaktürk Merih Berbero ğlu Zeynep Şıklar Şervan Özalkak Nursel Murato ğl Source Type: research
The relationship between received and perceived social support with ways of coping in nurses
CONCLUSION: This study showed that received and perceived social support have a significant correlation with ways of coping, but only able to explain the changes in social support seeking dimensions, positive reappraisal, accepting responsibility. Both types of social support are necessary, but that received social support covered more adaptive coping strategies.PMID:38669503 | DOI:10.3233/WOR-230337 (Source: Work)
Source: Work - April 26, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Shima Nazari Aida Zamani Pouya Farokhnezhad Afshar Source Type: research
The effect of sex, age, work experience, education, shift, and ward on nursing autonomy perceptions
CONCLUSIONS: The results highlighted the intricate world both of the healthcare surrounding and the abilities to act autonomously within the multiprofessional staff. Future studies will develop qualitative and phenomenological designs in order to better define in which fields nurses will act their professional autonomy.PMID:38669509 | DOI:10.3233/WOR-230740 (Source: Work)
Source: Work - April 26, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Elsa Vitale Rocco Mea Yun-Chen Chang Source Type: research
Outbreak of invasive Group A streptococcus disease in a nursing home in Ireland in February 2023 caused by < em > emm < /em > type 18
We describe the management of an iGAS outbreak involving three nursing home residents in Ireland in early 2023. A regional Department of Public Health was notified of an iGAS case in a nursing home resident in January 2023. When two further cases among residents were notified 7 days later, an outbreak was declared. Surveillance for GAS/iGAS infection in residents and staff was undertaken. The site was visited to provide infection prevention and control (IPC) support. Isolates were emm typed. A total of 38 residents and 29 staff in contact with resident cases were provided with antibiotic chemoprophylaxis. Seven additional ...
Source: Euro Surveill - April 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ciara Carroll Mary Meehan Roisin Connolly Jayne Prendergast Colette Magnone Aine Meehan Chantal Migone Keith Ian Quintyne Caroline Carpenter Helen Byrne Robert Cunney Paul Mullane Source Type: research
Oncology Nursing for the Future: Multisector Planning Is Needed
Oncol Nurs Forum. 2024 Apr 18;51(3):196-197. doi: 10.1188/24.ONF.196-197.ABSTRACTAssessing the landscape for oncology nursing of the future, the biggest problem that faces the specialty is that of workforce shortages. On the practice side, nursing turnover, resignations, and early retirements have contrib.PMID:38668913 | DOI:10.1188/24.ONF.196-197 (Source: Oncology Nursing Forum)
Source: Oncology Nursing Forum - April 26, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Debra Lyon Source Type: research
A Systematic Review of Cognitive Impairment in Individuals With Colorectal Cancer
Oncol Nurs Forum. 2024 Apr 18;51(3):275-288. doi: 10.1188/24.ONF.275-288.ABSTRACTPROBLEM IDENTIFICATION: Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) encounter varying degrees of objective and subjective cognitive impairment. The prevalence of objective and subjective cognitive impairment, factors affecting cognitive impairment, and interventions are presented in this review.LITERATURE SEARCH: The CINAHL Plus®, Cochrane Library, Embase®, PsycINFO®, PubMed®, and CNKI databases were systematically searched from the time of the database's establishment to May 2023. Manual searches for the relevant articles in the literature's re...
Source: Oncology Nursing Forum - April 26, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Ye Wang Zhiming Wang Rongyu Li Zheng Sun Yi Zhang Qiuping Li Source Type: research
