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The content, integrity, and efficacy of a nurse coaching intervention in type 2 diabetes.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to systematically evaluate the content, integrity, and efficacy of a nurse coaching intervention provided after diabetes education that focused on dietary and exercise lifestyle change in persons with type 2 diabetes. METHODS: A multimethod design incorporated an interpretive approach to examine the content and integrity of the intervention and a multiple-baseline, single-subject method to determine the preliminary efficacy of the intervention. RESULTS: The primary strategies of the nurse coaching intervention consisted of facilitating lifestyle change through educational reinforcement, psychosocial support, and motivational guidance. Aggregate quantitative outcomes revealed a modest increase in health-promoting behaviors and a decrease in fasting blood glucose, indicating a trend toward physiologic adaptation. Participants demonstrated a significant increase in integration reflective of psychosocial adaptation. CONCLUSIONS: Providing individualized nursing care after diabetes education may improve health outcomes and the quality of life of persons newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. This multimethod design is a cost-effective approach for preliminary evaluation of complex and/or novel interventions.

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2↗
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Taxable item or not.

DSSNY has legally challenged the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance twice over the propriety of the department imposing sales tax on various dental purchases. In those cases, the court upheld the department's determination that "cavity-fillers," orthodontic retainers, positioners and habit-breaking appliances are taxable to dentists. However, the court agreed with the Dental Society that space maintainers are not subject to tax. The following is a brief tax guide for dentists that takes into account these two decisions.

Dental Equipment↗
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Do clinicians use diagnostic labels to direct intervention selection?

The authors report a descriptive, correlational study that evaluated the relationship between accuracy in selecting diagnostic labels and nursing interventions, and the relationship between accuracy in selecting outcome statements and nursing interventions. An instrument developed by the authors was used, based on previously published case studies. For two case studies, respondents (N = 17) were asked to indicate how important the nursing problem, the intervention, and the outcome statement would be in patient care. No relationship between accuracy in diagnostic label selection and accuracy in intervention selection was found. A positive correlation between accuracy in outcome selection and accuracy in intervention selection was found for one of the cases.

Humans↗