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Healthcare Reformers Hold Reception For Congressional HR 676 Caucus At Democratic National Convention, Tues. Aug 26, California Nurses Association
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:00:00 -0700
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC), and Progressive Democrats of America will hold a reception at the Democratic Convention in honor of the 92 members of the Congressional HR 676 Caucus. What: Reception for Congressional HR 676 Caucus When: Tuesday August 26, 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Sedating Children During Urodynamics Reduces Distress, Offers Alternative Method To Collect Results
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:00:00 -0700
Being catheterized for urodynamics testing can be extremely stressful for children. While sedating children for testing reduces stress, pain and behavior problems, it is not practical or cost-effective to sedate all children. In their article, Heidi Sweeney and co-authors studied characteristics of children who require sedation.
'Try For Dry' Program May Curb Bedwetting
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0700
Up to 20% of five to seven-year-old children experience bedwetting, and an effective treatment currently does not exist. In her article, Dawn Diaz Saldano examines bedwetting remission rates after children received one of two treatment options - an algorithm-based multimodal plan, Try for Dry (includes use of an alarm, pharmacology and managed diet), or a non-Try for Dry treatment plan (parents select and administer single aspects of the Try for Dry program).

Journal of Research in Nursing current issue

Nursing research and the cults of phenomenology
Porter, S. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0000

Commentary
le May, A. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0000

On the constitution and status of 'evidence' in the health sciences
Murray, S. J, Holmes, D., Rail, G. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0000
AbstractDrawing on the philosophy of Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze, this paper interrogates the constitution of ‘evidence' that defines the evidence-based movement in the health sciences. What are the current social and political conditions under which scientific knowledge appears to be ‘true'? Foucault describes these conditions as state ‘science', a regime that privileges economic modes of governance and efficiency. Today, the Cochrane taxonomy and research database is increasingly endorsed by government and public health policy makers. Although this ‘evidence-based' paradigm ostensibly promotes the noble ideal of ‘true knowledge' free from political bias, in reality, this apparent neutrality is dangerous because it masks the methods by which power silently operates to inscribe rigid norms and to ensure political dominance. Through the practice of critique, this paper begins to expose and to politicise the workings of this power, ultimately suggesting that scholars are in a privileged position to oppose such regimes and foremost have the duty to politicise what hides behind the distortion and misrepresentation of ‘evidence'.

Evidence-Based Nursing current issue

[Purpose and procedure] Purpose and procedure
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0000

[EBN notebook] Economic evaluation of healthcare technologies using primary research
Soares, M., Dumville, J. C Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0000

[Treatment] Review: venepuncture is less painful than heel lance for blood sampling in neonates
Mainous, R. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0000


Research in Nursing & Health

Erratum re: Community cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in Greece. Res Nurs Health, 31, 165-171 (2008)
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:27:00 -0000
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Reliability and validity of the Sexual Pressure Scale for Women-Revised
Rachel Jones, Elsie Gulick Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:20:00 -0000
Sexual pressure among young urban women represents adherence to gender stereotypical expectations to engage in sex. Revision of the original five-factor Sexual Pressure Scale was undertaken in two studies to improve reliabilities in two of the five factors. In Study 1 the reliability of the Sexual Pressure Scale for Women-Revised (SPSW-R) was tested, and principal components analysis was performed in a sample of 325 young, urban women. A parsimonious 18-item, four-factor model explained 61% of the variance. In Study 2 the theory underlying sexual pressure was supported by confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation modeling in a sample of 181 women. Reliabilities of the SPSW-R total and subscales were very satisfactory, suggesting it may be used in intervention research. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res. Nurs. Health
Conceptualizing and measuring illness self-concept: A comparison with self-esteem and optimism in predicting fibromyalgia adjustment
Jessica M. Morea, Ronald Friend, Robert M. Bennett Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:26:00 -0000
Illness self-concept (ISC), or the extent to which individuals are consumed by their illness, was theoretically described and evaluated with the Illness Self-Concept Scale (ISCS), a new 23-item scale, to predict adjustment in fibromyalgia. To establish convergent and discriminant validity, illness self-concept was compared to self-esteem and optimism in predicting health status, illness intrusiveness, depression, and life satisfaction. The ISCS demonstrated good reliability ([alpha] = .94; test-retest r = .80) and was a strong predictor of outcomes, even after controlling for optimism or self-esteem. The ISCS predicted unique variance in health-related outcomes; optimism and self-esteem did not, providing construct validation. Illness self-concept may play a significant role in coping with fibromyalgia and may prove useful in the evaluation of other chronic illnesses. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health

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