Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
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Advances in genomic research are improving our understanding of human diseases and evoking promise of an era of genomic medicine. It is unclear whether genomic medicine may exacerbate or attenuate extant racial group health disparities. We delineate how nurse scholars could engage in the configuration of an equitable genomic medicine paradigm. ⋯ In an era of genomic medicine, nurse scholars should recognize and understand the challenges and complexities of genomics and race and their relevance to health care and health disparities.
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This study examined the influence of parental marital status, parent-child sexual communication, parent-child closeness on the HIV-related knowledge, safer-sex intentions, and behaviors of late adolescent urban African American males. ⋯ Evidence has shown that African American adolescent males are more likely to engage in high-risk sexual behaviors. Understanding the sexual risk communication between African American adolescent males and their parents is important to developing strategies in reducing sexual risk behavior.
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This article reports on recommendations arising from an invitational workshop series held at the National Institutes of Health for the purposes of identifying critical genomics problems important to the health of the public that can be addressed through nursing science. The overall purpose of the Genomic Nursing State of the Science Initiative is to establish a nursing research blueprint based on gaps in the evidence and expert evaluation of the current state of the science and through public comment. ⋯ This genomic nursing science blueprint targets research to build the evidence base to inform integration of genomics into nursing practice and regulation (such as nursing licensure requirements, institutional accreditation, and academic nursing school accreditation).
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Patient satisfaction in critical care is rarely measured yet has a major impact on hospital reimbursement. The critical care setting is characterized by high patient acuity and a fast-paced work environment. Nurses' perception of work environment in relation to various patient outcomes including patient satisfaction has not been explored exclusively in critical care. ⋯ This study examines two important aspects that are both relevant and important to clinical nursing. The first aspect is the healthy work environment. Multiple studies have linked the nursing work environment to patient outcomes and this is an area that deserves further attention. The second aspect, patient satisfaction, is now associated with hospital reimbursement. The relationship between the nursing work environment and patient satisfaction highlights an important link to improving patient care.
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The aim of this study was to examine differences related to gender among informal caregivers serving older disabled individuals. ⋯ These findings support the following recommendations regarding nursing interventions: (a) nurses should take into account specific cultural patterns in caregiving to improve their understanding concerning the relationships between gender and intensity of care, and (b) gender should be taken into account in interventions that are tailored toward addressing subjective burden.