The purpose of this evidence-based education initiative was to increase A Fib detection in a cardiovascular diseased population in which participants were taught radial pulse palpation and signs/symptoms of A Fib. Participants were evaluated after initial education on performance of radial pulse palpation and teach back of signs/symptoms of the arrhythmia and again at three weeks on adherence to daily self-screening and recall of signs/symptoms of A Fib. Post initial education, 88% of eligible participants learned pulse-palpation and 93% could verbalize at minimum one sign/symptom. After three weeks, 94.7% reported daily self-screening, but only 44.7% could verbalize at minimum one sign/symptom. This indicated that participants were continuing to self-screen, but in need of booster education sessions. Educating individuals on self-screening and signs/symptoms of A Fib is clinically feasible.This study aimed to develop a locally suitable advance care planning (ACP) program for older community-dwelling adults and a training program for nurse facilitators in Korea, and to evaluate their feasibility from the facilitators' experiences. This was a mixed methods pilot study that assessed the feasibility of an ACP program by analyzing survey, checklist, and focus group interview data. The ACP program was named CLOSE (Communicating and Listening to Our Seniors' voices about End-of-life care). Home health care nurses (N = 9) participated in this study. The participants reported that CLOSE was applicable to older community-dwelling adults and the training program was useful for increasing facilitator competency. We suggest some lessons from this pilot study that can be used to improve the ACP program and encourage community health nurses to participate in ACP as facilitators.This study explored civic engagement and related variables among registered nurses and non-nurses. Historical influences that have shifted engagement are discussed. This was a cross-sectional, observational study. Data was collected in a convenience sample (n = 727) of registered nurses (n = 232) and non-nurses (n = 495) and was analyzed using descriptive and ANOVA statistics. Nurses were more engaged than non-nurses (p = .000). Age, education, and field of practice were significant variables among nurses. Nurses are positioned to answer the call to civically engage for health-related issues. Findings underscore ways to elevate and harness civic engagement among nurses.Purpose To expose students to various public health roles and complement clinical experience using simulated encounters.Design This exploratory study assessed students' performance of basic nursing tasks for three public health nurse roles.Methods 15-guided questions were used to evaluate a convenience sample of 137 students' expected performance compared to their actual performance of basic nursing skills.Findings Students' performed well in all nurse roles with some significant differences in completing a few critical tasks in the case manager and school nurse roles.Conclusion Simulation can address gaps in nursing programs and expose student nurses to various public health roles using real-life scenarios.Clinical Evidence Lack of clinical sites in public health limits students' experience to a myriad of nurse functions within communities.To describe development, use and outcomes of a Home Healthcare (HHC) simulation experience. Quasi-experimental pre/posttest. Setting A simulation center for nursing students (N = 108) completing an 8-hour simulation experience, followed by data collection on perceived benefits to their learning; and influence on their desire to work in HHC. 93% (n = 101) reported the simulation was helpful; 57.4% (n = 62) reported participation increased their desire to work in HHC. Use of a HHC-focused simulation had positive learning outcomes in this setting. In this sample, results suggest value in maintaining the simulation experience for future cohorts. Health behavior is important to control Diabetes Mellitus (DM) complications. Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) questionnaires are needed to assess healthy behavior. This research aimed to design and develop instruments to measure KAP of diabetic patients in the control of fasting blood glucose (FBG). Evaluation of the validity and reliability was assessed by calculating the score of internal consistency, testing the validity of the items by Pearson product moment correlation test, and confirmatory factor analysis. The validity and reliability tests were done at primary care centers in Yogyakarta. This study was conducted from August to October 2019. There were three stages of validity testing and one stage of reliability testing. The results of the knowledge variable validity test showed 16 question items were valid, while the attitude variable had 23 valid question items and the practice variable had 26 valid question items. The Cronbach Alpha scores of the KAP questionnaire were 0.597; 0.777; 0.824, with all values > r for each table (0.344; 0.361; 0.355), respectively. find more The questionnaire is concluded as valid and reliable if it is able to measure variables well and can be used repeatedly in the same conditions and give the same results. Questionnaires concerning KAP in controlling FBG are needed to support changes in healthy behaviors of patients with DM. The questionnaire to assess KAP proved to be valid and reliable. It is hoped that psychometric research concerning this questionnaire continues in various countries as a basis for improving these instruments.The questionnaire to assess KAP proved to be valid and reliable. It is hoped that psychometric research concerning this questionnaire continues in various countries as a basis for improving these instruments. Cerebral palsy (CP) in infants can affect global motor function and lead to swallowing difficulties. This study aims to characterize oral and pharyngeal swallowing dynamics in infancy of patients later diagnosed with CP and to determine if swallow study performance in early infancy is associated with later CP severity and characteristics. This is a retrospective chart review of infants who underwent videofluoroscopic swallow studies (VFSS) between 6/2008 and 10/2018 at a tertiary children's hospital, and were later diagnosed with CP. Demographic data, CP characteristics and metrics, and VFSS findings were collected and analyzed. There were 66 patients included in this study. The average age at the time of VFSS was 4 months (range 0.3-12 months), 42% of patients were female, and 50% of patients were born premature. In our sample, 86% of patients presented with oral dysphagia, and 76% with pharyngeal dysphagia. Laryngeal penetration in isolation was seen in 39% of patients, and tracheal aspiration was seen in 38% of patients.