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Nurse Educ Today 2021 Feb 19;100:104794. Epub 2021 Feb 19.

University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Background: Academic dishonesty is increasing in prevalence in universities globally. Concerns exist that engagement in academic dishonesty by nursing students may transfer to professional misconduct in the clinical setting, thereby jeopardising the quality of patient care.

Objectives: To determine the type and prevalence of academic dishonesty engaged in by post-registration nursing students and their understanding of the relationship between academic honesty and professional conduct. Read More

J Trauma Nurs 2021 Apr-Jun 01;28(2):126-134

Mission Health, Asheville, North Carolina.

Background: Well-developed trauma programs take years of planning, dedication, and commitment to the trauma population to achieve the desired outcomes and, even more, resilience and persistence to maintain a high-quality standard of care. Despite widespread trauma care systems across the nation and their link to improved outcomes for the trauma patient, there is a paucity of literature outlining the foundational elements required to evolve and grow a successful trauma program.

Objective: The purpose of this article is to outline the key elements for developing and maintaining a successful trauma program that yields high-quality patient outcomes. Read More

JCO Glob Oncol 2021 Mar;7:353-360

Department of Surgical Oncology, Mercy Medical Center, The Institute for Cancer Care at Mercy, Baltimore, MD.

Purpose: The 2-year Russian oncology residency focuses on diagnosis and treatment of malignancies but lacks evidence-based medicine (EBM) and patient communication skills (PCS) training. To overcome these educational disparities, the 5-year national program, the Higher School of Oncology (HSO), involving Russian expatriate physicians trained in the United States was established.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted. Read More

JMIR Pediatr Parent 2021 Mar 5;4(1):e23842. Epub 2021 Mar 5.

Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.

Background: Electronic health records (EHRs) hold great potential for longitudinal mother-baby studies, ranging from assessing study feasibility to facilitating patient recruitment to streamlining study visits and data collection. Existing studies on the perspectives of pregnant and breastfeeding women on EHR use have been limited to the use of EHRs to engage in health care rather than to participate in research.

Objective: The aim of this study is to explore the perspectives of pregnant and breastfeeding women on releasing their own and their infants' EHR data for longitudinal research to identify factors affecting their willingness to participate in research. Read More

JMIR Hum Factors 2021 Mar 5;8(1):e24055. Epub 2021 Mar 5.

University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Background: Recruitment processes for clinical trials of digital interventions for psychosis are seldom described in detail in the literature. Although trial staff have expertise in describing barriers to and facilitators of recruitment, a specific focus on understanding recruitment from the point of view of trial staff is rare, and because trial staff are responsible for meeting recruitment targets, a lack of research on their point of view is a key limitation.

Objective: The primary aim of this study was to understand recruitment from the point of view of trial staff and discover what they consider important. Read More