Implementation of Nurse-Led Cognitive Screening During Medicare Annual Wellness Visits

Dementia is a serious and costly illness. Early identification of cognitive impairment provides opportunity for earlier intervention, and there is growing evidence suggesting that early intervention may help delay the onset of dementia. There is limited concensus and standardized recommendations for when and how cognitive screening should occur. This quality improvement project implemented a standardized nurse-led cognitive screening workflow during the Medicare annual wellness visit. Statistically significant differences were found between the baseline and implementation groups for Mini-Cog screening rates and referral for follow-up for further neurocognitive evaluation. A structured nurse-led workflow improved the cognitive screening process, providing opportunity for further evaluation and intervention.     

An Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Environmental Education

Climate change education in advanced practice registered nursing curricula prepares nurse practitioners to respond to the health effects of climate change. Knowledge of the relationship between human and environmental health is essential for nurse practitioners to identify, teach, and respond to the health effects of climate change in clinical and community settings. This article describes a webinar hosted by the Sarah P. Duke Gardens in partnership with the Duke University School of Nursing. Our webinar provided an opportunity for attendees to understand how gardening can mitigate climate change, the important relationship between human and environmental health, and nurses’ role in climate crisis.     

临床护理教师胜任力现状及与护生的评价比较

目的 调查临床护理教师胜任力水平及影响因素，为提高临床护理教学质量提供参考。方法 采用临床护理教师胜任力问卷、学习动机量表对重庆市11所三级医院的749名临床护理教师及458名实习护生进行调查。结果 临床护理教师胜任力自评均分为4.38±0.49,护生评价均分为4.12±0.65,护生评价总分及6个维度得分显著低于教师自评(均P<0.01);护龄、职务和学习动机是临床护理教师胜任力的影响因素(均P<0.01)。结论 临床护理教师胜任力处于较好水平，但护生评价低于教师自评；护理管理者可通过激发教师的学习动机进一步培养和提升临床护理教师的胜任力。     

Inspiratory muscle training improves performance of a repeated sprints ability test in professional soccer players

BackgroundInspiratory muscle training (IMT) is an important method of attenuating both respiratory and peripheral effort perceptions, consequently improving neuromuscular performance and resulting in greater improvements in exercise capacity than exercise training alone.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the effects of IMT on exercise tolerance, repeated sprint ability (RSA) performance, maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP), and peak inspiratory flow (PIF) in a cohort of professional male soccer players.MethodsTwenty-two healthy male professional soccer players (18.3 ± 1.4 years; 174.5 ± 6.1 cm; 70.5 kg ± 4.6 kg; body fat 10.1 ± 4.2%) from a club in the Brazilian first division soccer league participated in this study. IMT consisted of 15 and 30 self-paced inspiratory breaths (each to 50% maximal static inspiratory pressure [P₀]) in the 1-and 2-week intervention period, respectively. IMT was performed prior to soccer training (1 sets.d⁻¹; 6 d.wk⁻¹) with repeated sprint ability (RSA) assessed pre- and post- the 2-week period of IMT.ResultsStatistical analyses identified a significant (p < 0.001) decrease in sprint time post-IMT. Additionally, RSA_best, RSA_mean, total sprint time and percentage of RSA performance decrement (RSA _{% dec}) also showed significant decreases (p < 0.0001) post-IMT. Additional measures including MIP and PIF were also significantly elevated (p < 0.0002) following the 2-week period of IMT.ConclusionIn conclusion, our results raise two important issues. Firstly, IMT demonstrated enhanced inspiratory muscle strength in professional soccer players. Secondly, this increase in inspiratory muscle efficiency led to a decrease in sprint time and improved exercise tolerance. We recommend that a standard training protocol be developed and tested in an experimental and control group with a large representative sample.