A M McCarthy

..To evaluate the utility of the Bayley Infant Neurodevelopmental Screener (BINS), standardized in the US, for South American infants, 3-24 months of age...

..As other mortality and morbidity causes including infections, hygiene, prematurity, and nutrition are eradicated in less developed countries, the burden of birth defects will increase proportionally...

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..7% +/- 6.7%, p = .023). A Location x Time interaction was significant (p = .019). Findings demonstrate that salivary cortisol is a useful measure of stress response that can be used to evaluate intervention effectiveness...

..5% of the school nurses, with missed dose (79.7%) the most common error. Factors identified as contributing to errors included use of UAP and responsibility for large numbers of students...

..The need for children to participate in research has raised concerns about ethical issues surrounding their participation...

..The model presented is currently being tested in a large multisite study on the use of distraction during intravenous line insertion...

..To examine academic achievement in children with diabetes and to identify predictors of achievement...

..Cognitive-behavioral interventions such as distraction are effective in reducing pain and distress for many children undergoing these procedures...

..Communicating medication changes to schools, and ensuring medications are available at school, likely can reduce medication administration errors...

..The purpose of this paper is to describe the initial results of a patient-driven database on individuals with MPGN...

..Until genotyping is available at a clinically prescriptive level, other predictors (eg, age and activity level) can be used to tailor pain-relieving strategies for children undergoing needle sticks...

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..These strategies control extraneous variables and produce reliable and valid salivary cortisol results...

..A forward regression showed that nurturing parenting style, parent's state anxiety, and child's state anxiety accounted for 32% of the variance in child distress during a recent medical procedure...

..storage of medication, and (f). administration policies. The findings suggest that school nurses across the country have similar concerns regarding the administration of medications in the school setting...

..Strategies are provided for improving success of intervention research in unstable settings by carrying out an environmental assessment prior to beginning a study...

..This reduction has been accompanied by a dramatic increase in the range of medications administered, making the medication administration process in schools more complex, not less...

..The focus of this project was to develop a policy change strategy for head lice. The strategy provides direction for successful health policy advocacy using evidence-based practices for other health issues within the education setting...

..One recommendation is that school nurses partner with nurse leaders and nurse researchers to develop evidence-based practice guidelines relevant to school nurse practice...

..Criteria for determining the quality of existing guidelines are reviewed. The steps needed to develop EBP guidelines specifically for school nursing are discussed...

..Specific obstacles to implementing school-based health care for children with growth disorders are discussed...

..The results have implications for school nurses because childhood behaviors have such a profound impact on future adult lifestyle choices...

..Interestingly, children with more self-responsibility for medications were less likely to report medication errors. School nurses will want to include students when planning for medication management at school...

..Little is known about the health effects of PTSD in children. The purpose of this study was to explore patterns of physical comorbidity in female children and adolescents with PTSD by using population data...

..quot; Pat Fort-Rogner, chief executive officer of the AAN, says "We hope patient-advocacy groups and federal agencies like the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will take note."..

..9 for fibromyalgia to 4.3 for irritable bowel. Comorbidity with depression or a dissociative or borderline personality disorder raised risk in a dose-response pattern...

..The responses of parent-child dyads to the interventions will be compared by risk group and level of intervention. ..

..Parent success response will be measured with self-assessment of success and observation of performance of distraction. Logistic regression will be used to develop the predictive models. ..

..The responses of parent-child dyads to the interventions will be compared by risk group and level of intervention. ..