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A Frauman

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PubMed1999

Research priorities for nephrology nursing: American Nephrology Nurses' Association's Delphi Study.

The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize research topics of importance for nephrology nursing and the American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA). This was an explorative survey design using the Delphi technique. Nephrology nurses who are members of ANNA participated in the study. In Round 1 participants included 90 members of the Advanced Practice Special Interest Group. Round 2 participants were 537 nephrology nurses who attended the 28th ANNA National Symposium. Participants in Round 3 were 491 ANNA members who had at least a master's degree in nursing or another field. A three-round Delphi technique was used to solicit, identify, and prioritize problems for nephrology nursing research. In Round 1, 90 nurses identified problems in response to an open-ended question. These responses were analyzed and categorized into a 21-item research survey that was used for subsequent rounds. Round 2 participants rated each research question/topic on the survey on a 1 to 5 scale for level of importance. In addition, they were asked to identify the top-ranked research priorities from the 21 questions. In Round 3, the participants were asked to do the same as in Round 2. In addition, they indicated whether the research priority was primarily a nursing responsibility or a collaborative effort with other health care personnel. Based on 3 rounds of the Delphi study and analysis of both level of importance and rated-research priority, the five areas that were identified as research priorities are (a) nursing interventions to prevent vascular access infections, (b) nursing interventions to maintain vascular access patency, (c) educational needs of patients and families, (d) levels of nursing competence and the effect on patient outcomes, and (e) validation of nursing interventions to achieve patient outcomes. These research priorities provide direction for nephrology nursing research and the ANNA. This Delphi study represents a significant step for ANNA in its commitment to research.

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PubMed1998

Pediatric nurses' use of behaviors to make medication administration decisions in infants recovering from surgery.

Although behavioral observation is recommended as the primary pain assessment for the nonverbal postsurgical child, little is known about clinicians' use of observation in their medication administration decisions. Eight infants were videotaped after surgery and segments of the videotapes were categorized as medication inactive or medication active (assumed to relieve pain) based on the usual duration of infants' analgesics. Nurses (N=50) viewed these segments and mean percent agreement with the pharmacologic categorization was 54%. Agreement was high for medication active segments and low for medication inactive ones. Nurses reported using the pain behaviors described in the literature as well as other infant characteristics in their decision making. Infant behaviors observed in the medication inactive snippets were not suggestive enough of the presence of pain to result in the nurses choosing to medicate.

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Progression of proteinuria in type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

A longitudinal study evaluating the time course of the transition from normal to microalbuminuria, and then on to macroalbuminuria, was made over a mean period of 7 years in a cohort of 52 patients with Type 1 diabetes and 61 patients with Type 2 diabetes. Transient episodes of micro- and macroalbuminuria were often observed before the ultimate development of persistent Albustix-positive proteinuria. The transition from normal to microalbuminuria and from micro- to macroalbuminuria was characterized by rises in renal albumin clearance accompanied by lesser rises in total proteinuria. Seven patients with Type 1 and 12 with Type 2 diabetes showed evidence of progression, the interval for the transition from normal to macroalbuminuria varying from 3 to 5 years. In Type 1 diabetic patients, the development of micro- and macroalbuminuria was associated with a decline in renal function and a rise in systolic blood pressure without a significant change in blood glucose control. In Type 2 diabetic patients, the development of microalbuminuria was associated with a small decline in renal function but no change in blood pressure or blood glucose control. It is concluded that the transition from normal to micro- and on to macroalbuminuria may be more rapid then previously reported and varies considerably among individuals.

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