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When patients are given personalized versus generic risk information, they are better able to make genuinely informed choices about undergoing screening tests, according to research published online in The Cochrane Library.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force notes that there is insufficient evidence to indicate that hypertension screening in children and adolescents reduces adverse cardiovascular outcomes in adults. This Recommendation Statement is based on an evidence review published in Pediatrics.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated its guidelines for the management of acute otitis media (AOM); the updated clinical practice guideline has been published in Pediatrics.

Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease have been published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Original Research: Evaluation of a Hand Hygiene Campaign in Outpatient Health Care Clinics
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, March 2013

In this study, the objective was to improve hand hygiene in two outpatient health care clinics through the introduction of a gel sanitizer and an informational poster.

Using Research to Advance Nursing Practice: Comparative Research Design: A Guide for the Clinical Nurse Specialist
Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice, April 2013

This article focuses on the experimental design process and provides guidelines for designing and conducting a comparative study that will maximize the validity of the findings and provide the clinical nurse specialist with the opportunity to contribute to the knowledge of the profession.

Adherence and Completion in Hepatitis C Management: A Systematic Review
Gastroenterology Nursing, February 2013

The complexity and challenge of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) medication therapy call for a comprehensive and integrated approach in management. This article includes an appraisal of the current state of the science in HCV management and the various models that support treatment completion and adherence

PROFILES: Nurse Develops Successful Evidence-Based Parenting Program
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, March 2013

When Deborah Gross and her colleagues started the Chicago Parent Program, she didn't want to take a program designed for middle-class white families and replicate it for low-income minority families-rather, she wanted to give ethnic minority families a culturally relevant program that would also address the specific child-rearing challenges they faced.

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