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N H Busen

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PubMed2001

Perioperative preparation of the adolescent surgical patient.

The perioperative preparation of adolescents for surgery provides a challenge to nurses and other health care providers because of the wide diversity in adolescents' age, physical maturation, and cognitive and psychosocial development. Perioperative issues, informed consent, and assent differ considerably depending on the age and developmental level of each adolescent. This article provides information about adolescent growth and development and approaches to managing adolescent surgical patients.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2001

Adolescent cigarette smoking and health risk behavior.

During the past 30 years, tobacco use among adolescents has substantially increased, resulting in major health problems associated with tobacco consumption. The purpose of this study was to identify adolescent smoking behaviors and to determine the relationship among smoking, specific demographic variables, and health risk behaviors. The sample consisted of 93 self-selecting adolescents. An ex post facto design was used for this study and data were analyzed by using nonparametric statistics. Findings included a statistically significant relationship between lifetime cigarette use and ethnicity. Statistically significant relationships were also found among current cigarette use and ethnicity, alcohol use, marijuana use, suicidal thoughts, and age at first sexual intercourse. Nurses and other providers must recognize that cigarette smoking may indicate other risk behaviors common among adolescents.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2001

Nurse practitioners and parent education: a partnership for health.

PURPOSE: To present the findings from a pilot-test of an innovative curriculum for parent education classes that included information about well child care and the care of sick children presented to substance abusing women at a residential drug treatment facility. DATA SOURCES: Selected literature and the results of a comparison of pre- and post-tests from the 37 women who received the classes over a 6 week period. CONCLUSIONS: The Healthy Children, Happy Children parent education program was successful overall in increasing the knowledge of the mothers about common skin disorders, care of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, and basic first aid. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Nurse practitioners (NPs) are well suited to teach parent education classes that contain information on growth and development, well child care and diagnosis and management of acute minor conditions. The Healthy Children, Happy Children curriculum can be adapted to a variety of settings and populations.

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PubMed1996

The CNS with practitioner preparation: an emerging role in advanced practice nursing.

As health care reform continues, CNSs are retooling for nurse practitioner (NP) roles. Although the debate regarding role integration is ongoing, advanced practice nurses (APNs) with blended preparation are appearing in the workplace. Much has been written about attributes the NP brings to the practice setting, but little has been said about the unique skills and knowledge base that the CNS brings. CNSs, with additional preparation as practitioners, will be marketable providers with population-specific knowledge, technological expertise, and comfort with higher acuity levels. This will allow APNs to combine a preventive model with high acuity levels, practice holistically, improve quality, and decrease costs of care. A case study of care given by a pediatric critical care CNS returning to school for practitioner preparation, which demonstrates several of the above concepts, is presented.

Clinical Competence↗
PubMed1995

Leadership development: educating nurse practitioners for the future.

The development of leadership potential is recognized to be an essential component of nurse practitioner education to prepare graduates for a dynamic health care system. Leadership potential refers to those skills that enable a nurse practitioner to function as a change agent and to effectively resolve conflict. The purpose of the study was to examine personal variables (personality type, self-esteem, and learning style) with respect to the leadership potential of pediatric nurse practitioner graduates over a 3-year period. The research study was descriptive, and data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The subjects consisted of 21 female students who completed five instruments used to measure the relationships between variables and leadership potential. Significant results were found between those students who learned abstractly and the ability to function effectively as a change agent post-program.

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Counseling the high-risk adolescent.

Interviewing and counseling high-risk adolescents provides a challenge to nurse practitioners. The problems of poverty, substance abuse, mental illness, and low self-esteem overlay other characteristics of risk, making assessment and management of the adolescent's problems complex and difficult. Survey data, obtained in this study on adolescent risk-taking, suggest that violence, aggression, and thrill-seeking behaviors are increasingly common. The finding is supported by current national statistics on adolescents. A case study is used to show the process of gathering information on home and educational settings that can provide insight into family dysfunction and specific problem behaviors.

Adolescent↗
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A collaborative model for community-based health care screening of homeless adolescents.

Because of their survival life-style, homeless youth are at extremely high risk for contracting life-threatening and debilitating diseases, such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and hepatitis B, and for engaging in chronic substance abuse; yet health services are often limited and not easily accessed. This article describes an innovative health-screening project for 150 homeless youth between the ages of 11 and 23 years in an urban metroplex. The Homeless Youth Services Project was the initial phase of a multiphase project to investigate the social and health services available to homeless youth. The study project was a collaborative effort between several community agencies that shared the multiple goals of identifying the homeless adolescent population, documenting the rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroprevalence and level of risk, and identifying community services and resources. Results of the screening project included the psychosocial and physical risks associated with homeless adolescents as well as the laboratory results of blood and urine screens. Consistent with the literature, the study population had a history of runaway behavior; physical, sexual, and substance abuse; and high rates of HIV seroprevalence and hepatitis B. Implications for advanced practice nurses working with homeless youth are also addressed.

Adolescent↗
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Perspectives in adolescent risk-taking through instrument development.

Understanding the high-risk adolescent's perception of risk taking is essential for health professionals to determine appropriate interventions. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the revised Adolescent Risk-Taking Instrument (ARTI) designed to measure the high-risk adolescent's perception of risk taking. This study also examined the variables that are most predictive of social adaptation and risk taking. An ex post facto design was used to standardize data collection and to assess the psychometric properties of the revised ARTI. The nonprobability sample consisted of 167 adolescents attending school in an urban, health-underserved area. Exploratory factor analysis supported construct validity, and Chronbach's Coefficient Alpha supported internal consistency reliability. The reliability coefficient for the risk taking and social adaptation constructs were .80 and .77, respectively. Current perspectives on adolescent risk taking and implications for the use of the ARTI in clinical practice are addressed.

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Development of an adolescent risk-taking instrument.

The purpose of this research study was to estimate the reliability and content validity of an instrument designed to measure risk-taking in adolescents. Six subscales containing 69 items were developed to measure the adolescent's perception of risk-taking. Subjects consisted of 75 male and female adolescents enrolled in a vocational training program. Support for reliability was obtained by the use of Chronbach's alpha correlation coefficient for the subscales and the Risk-Taking Instrument.

Adolescent↗