Dr. Stevens completed most of his training in Utah. After completing an internship, he served three years in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War where he cared for war casualties as an assistant otolaryngologist. Following the completion of his residency, he became the Chief of Otolaryngology at the VA Hospital as well as an assistant Dean of the School of Medicine. He was also a member of the admissions committee and the promotion and tenure committee for the medical school. He became a member of the prestigious Triologic Society after writing a thesis on “Primary Fungal Infections of the Paranasal Sinuses” in 1978. He has been an author or co-author of 75 articles in medical literature, and a teacher for the American Academy of Otolaryngology for 20 years on smell and taste disorders. His part time practice now includes general otolaryngology problems with particular focus on disorders of the sense of smell and taste. He is currently conducting research on improving methods of treating dysgeusia or disturbances of the sense of taste.

Dr. Stevens has a master’s degree in music history and literature. He is a long time supporter of the Utah Symphony and Opera, has six children, and 17 grandchildren. He enjoys playing the piano, singing, skiing and golf.

Pandemic Evolution and Pandemic Equation Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 12180, USA shurm@rpi.edu 

Monitoring, understanding, and managing the pandemic evolution involves the analyses of a large amount of data. The time dependencies of the number of infections, hospitalizations, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admissions, and pandemic-related deaths are recorded, internationally and nationally, and at the state, city, and county levels. These dependencies vary quite a bit from locality to locality and having means of easy and accurate data interpolation and parameter extraction is quite useful for revealing trends and evaluating the impact of new variants or mitigation measures. Such interpolations also reveal the characteristic time constant of the pandemic evolution when the data are averaged (typically over seven days). Estimating a relevant time constant and the rate of its change with time might be also useful for predicting the pandemic trends over a period of time comparable to the characteristic pandemic evolution time constant estimated from the latest recorded pandemic data.

Dr. Weiyun Chen’s research focuses on developing and examining technology-enhanced physical activity (PA) interventions to promote health, cognition, and psychological well-being in school-aged children, young adults, and older adults. Dr. Chen has delivered over 120 presentations at international and national conferences. She first authored one book, two book chapters, and published 76 peer-reviewed research articles. She served a 3-year term as chair of AERA SIG and AAHPERD NASPE C & I Academy. She also chaired AERA SIG Scholar Lecture Committee, AAHPERD Research Writing Award Committee, and AAHPERD Pedagogy Panel Review Committee. She served as associate editor for Journal of Teaching in Physical Education. Currently, Dr. Chen is associate editor for Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport since 2013

Impact of COVID-19 on rheumatology practice in the UK-a pan-regional rheumatology survey
I am a consultant Rheumatologist and a general physician, working in the UK. My areas of expertise are general rheumatology, early Inflammatory arthritis and vasculitides. My current research interest is about the delivery of rheumatology care during the COVID-19 pandemic. I have published multiple articles in this area recently

The effect of cognitive dysfunction on mid- and long-term mortality after vascular surgery
Andras Szabo has started his anesthesiology residency at 2016 in Semmelweis University, Budapest. PhD fellowship has started at 2018 on examining relationship between novel aspect of patients frailty and morbidity and mortality. As an active anesthesiologist resident these topics are obligatory part of everyday clinical routine and in the modern perioperative medicine. The role of examined area is more and more important to evaluate better the postoperative morbidity and mortality

Experiences of a bridging programme for nurses educated outside the European Union/EES: integration into the Swedish nursing profession
I started my doctoral studies by studying the meaning of ethnic background in care of older migrants, and after my dissertation in 2004 I have continued to study care and experiences of living with geriatric diseases among different cultural groups both from the relatives’ and the diseased persons’ perspective. Later on, I have also found interest in studying higher education both from the teaching staff’s and the students’ perspective. The study I am going to present is a combination of both of my research interests, on education for migrated persons

Effectiveness of motivational interviewing on improving care for patients with type 2 diabetes in China: A randomized controlled trail
I have completed bachelor and master of nursing from UTS and UOW in Australia, and back to Shenzhen in 2011. Since then, I have started worked in Family Medicine General Clinic and Health Promotion Office (WHO HPH) for five years, which is my first contact to adult medicine since my previous experiences were with pediatrics. At that point of time, I have interested in patient education by using MI, especially for the chronic disease patients and smokers, I wish I could help them to change.

A mathematical model for COVID-19 pandemic — SIIR model: Effects of asymptomatic individuals
Dr. Tomochi, who is a professor of College of Economics and Environmental Policy at Okinawa International University, is in the research field of Social Science with a concentration in Mathematical Behavioral Sciences

Mental Health and Moral Injury Among Nurses
Registered with the British Psychological Society, Kimberley is an award winning, dynamic, inclusive and published mental health professional. With sound knowledge and proven application of the latest developments to drive improvements of industry standards and regulation in the interest of public health protection. Specialising in psycho-aesthetic solutions through ethical practice management, curating trauma informed patient approaches, and representing fitness to practice issues she contributes widely to voluntary sectors including advisory to Parliamentary Council with the JCCP

Mapping nursing practices in rehabilitation units in Spain and the United Kingdom
Lecturer from the Nursing Department of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona UAB (Spain). 12 years experience in healthcare. Expertise in research on "Patient Safety Culture", "Primary and Community Health" and "Clinical Simulation"

The Use of eHealth Technologies to support Communication with Parents in the Neonatal Unit
I am a final year medical student at Cardiff University, and due to start a Foundation Training Programme within Cardiff and Vale Health Board in summer 2021. Prior research work includes presenting a project on Neuropathic Pain in Inflammatory Arthritis in a South Wales Rheumatology Meeting. In 2019 I undertook an ERASMUS internship in Madrid, where I had my first experiences in a Neonatal Unit. This is my first publication, published in Journal of Neonatal Nursing December 2020

Duration of Yoga session and its impact on psychological health among long time elderly Yoga practitioners
Dr Shivaji chobe is medical Graduate in Ayurveda medicine and sugary; and postgraduate MD (Yoga and Rehabilitation). He also perused his masters in Counseling and Psychotherapy. And Phd in Yoga. Main research area is geriatrics and mental health and rehabilitation. He has enormous experience in integrative medicine. That is integrating the convectional medical care with complementary and alternative medicine. He worked in holistic health center from 2015 to 2017 at Arogyadham, S-VYASA Yoga University Bangalore, India as Integrative medicine consultant. Presently, working at Department of Yoga, Central University of Rajasthan, India as Assistant Professor. He has been published more than 20 research papers in national and International journals. He was been a resource person in more than 10 Yoga therapy workshops conducted within country and abroad by various organization. Also invited speaker in various international conferences

Attractive Flu Shot: A Behavioral Approach to Increasing Influenza Vaccination Uptake Rates
I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Economics at the University of Haifa. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from NYU in 2015. My main research interests are Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics and Decision Theory. I am specifically interested in applying insights from economics and psychology in order to lead individuals to live a healthier life and adhere to their health care providers’ recommendations

Peer education for HIV prevention among high-risk groups: a systematic review and meta-analysis
I am Jiayu He, a phD candidate student majoring in HIV epidemiology, mainly focus on the health of People Living With HIV (PLWH) and explore the mechanism of HIV aging, in an attempt to improve the life expectancy and quality of PLWH. I have a strong interest in multi-omics studies and will try to figure out the biomarkers and mechanism of early onset aging among HIV patients. I am also the head of the academic apartment in graduate students’ union and have achieved first prize scholarship for a number of times

Evaluation of conventional and four real-time PCR methods for the detection of Leishmania on field-collected samples in Ethiopia
I did my Diploma in Nursing, my BSc in Public Health. I did my Master’s degree in Global Health from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. Currently I am PhD candidate from University of Antwerp in Belgium. I worked as a Nurse, Public Health expert. I worked as dean of college of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vice President for Administration affairs and currently working as Vice President for Research and Community Services of Arba Minch University, which is a research University in Ethiopia. I have published over 30 articles on international peer review journals and have an Associate Professor academic rank.

Nursing Education
Challenges in the handover process of the new-born with congenital heart disease

How should community health workers in fragile contexts be supported to fulfil their vital interface role? Qualitative evidence from Sierra Leone, Liberia, and DR Congo
Mrs. Gray holds a Bsc degree in Nursing from the Cuttington University, Liberia. She has worked in several health facilities as bedside nurse and presently work with COUNTDOWN Liberia project as a Research Assistant for the past four (4) years. Gartee has contributed immensely to many research projects in Liberia such as COUNTDOWN, understanding illness experience of onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, buruli ulcer and leprosy, the ReBUILD Community Health Workers project and UL-PIRE Long Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets Durability study using CTO survey software platform using multimethod approaches. Currently she is a Field Supervisor for the Female Genital Schistosomiasis study in Liberia.

Nurse Education
How to Surge to Face the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak: Lessons Learned From Lombardy, Italy

Electronic Medical Records implementation in Hospital: An empirical investigation of individual and organizational determinants
Dr. Anna De Benedictis, graduated in Nursing and Midwifery Sciences at the University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, PhD in "Economics Management and Industrial Engineering" at Politecnico di Milano. She is Professor of Nursing Sciences at the University Campus Bio-Medico and Quality Manager of the Hospital Campus Bio-Medico Clinical Direction. Executive education in the Stanford Graduate School of Business of Stanford University (California) by the course "The Innovative Healthcare Leader: From Design Thinking to Personal Leadership" Her main research lines are related to digital innovation, patient experience, oncology, quality improvements and bioethics.

Prevalence of fear of falling and related factors in community-dwelling older people
Nuria Alcolea Ruiz. She has a degree in Nursing from the Complutense University of Madrid (2010-2014). Specialist Nurse in Family and Community Care via EIR system (Resident Internal Nurse. National system of specialization for nurses.) (2015-2017). Official Master of Research in Health Care from the Complutense University of Madrid (2018-2019). PhD student in the Health Care Program of the Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry of the Complutense University of Madrid (2020-Present).

Nursing Informatics & Technology
Katarina Baudin is a reg Occupational Therapist and works as a lecturer and PhD at Örebro University in Sweden. Katarina has many years of work experience of rehabilitation and occupational therapy. Her research focuses on assistive technology and welfare technology, from the perspectives of the older adults, the significant others, the health care and social care personnel, and the decision-makers and managers.

Child Development Assessment: Practitioner Input Before and After Publication of Griffiths III
Dr Paula McAlinden is the President of the Association for Research in Infant and Child Development (ARICD), a member of the research development team for both Griffiths III and GMDS-ER and has been a Griffiths Scales Tutor for many years. She is the Chair of the ARICD Training Committee. Paula worked as a senior paediatrician in Northern Ireland, UK.

PROCESS MINING IN HEALTHCARE: BACKGROUND, OPPORTUNITIES, PERSPECTIVES
Roberto Gatta has an MD in Electronic Engineer (Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy) and a PhD in Oncological Sciences (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy). He is currently researcher at the Università degli Studi di Brescia, Data Scientits at the CHUV (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Losanne, Switzerland) and consultant for the Kaunas Clinics (Kaunas, Lithuania). He is a researcher in Artificial intelligence in Medicine and in Medical Informatics; mainly focused in Process Mining, Computer Interpretable Clinical Guidelines, Machine Learning, Radiomics. He is co-founder of the Società Scientifica Italiana di Informatica Biomedica and member of the PODS4H allianc

Mental health problems and suicide attempts in university students – how important are physicals exercise?
Kari-Jussie Lønning is a doctor with specializations as GP and educated in Community medicine and also a Master in health administration and leadership. After working as a GP for eleven years, she has for the last nine years worked as a healthcare director in different Companies in Norway. She is also represented in several boards among them as a chairman for the board for SHoT (The students health and wellbeing survey in Norway). She is daily working as a Director of science in the Norwegian medical association. She is doing research together with the National Institute of Public Health on results from the SHoT studies and the implications the results can have for the students in Norway and Norwegian students abroad.

A heuristic model for collaborative practice in mental health services
Rolf Sundet, professor emeritus at the University of Southeast-Norway and specialist in clinical psychology. His clinical career is both in mental health for adults and for children and adolescents with a special focus on working together with families. He is also a freelance supervisor and consultant. He has published in both English and Scandinavian books and journals. His Ph.D. is on collaborative practises and the use of client feedback as a monitoring and conversational tool in family therapy practice. Resent work is on the relationship between the medical model, evidence based practice and New Public Management as an unjust assemblage

An analysis of apps with a medication list functionality for older adults with heart failure: evaluation using the mobile application rating scale (MARS) and the IMS institute for healthcare informatics functionality score
Yohanca has a background on Nursing and a MSc in “Ageing, Health & the Environment” and is currently undertaking a PhD studentship. Her doctoral studies, led by the NetwellCASALA Advanced Research Centre, is part of a larger project focused on improving cardiovascular health, the Eastern Corridor of Medical & Engineering Centre (ECME). Her study is focused on exploring multi-disciplinary working practices in cardiac care to in-home older patients, and the impact that digital health has on healthcare staff working practices and on system outcomes. Yohanca is also registered with the Irish Teaching Council & the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

Emerging infection control committee: a never-ending job in a pandemic scenario
Marta Jorge de Vasconcelos Pinto as a degree in Environmental Health from Coimbra Health School (ESTeSC) and a PhD in "Hygiene, Health and Safety in the Work" from the University of Léon, Spain, focusing her research on occupational exposure to biological agents. Currently, is Vice-President of the School of Technology and Health of Coimbra (ESTeSC), professor at the Scientific Unit of Environmental Health. Has published several articles in national and international journals, participating as a guest speaker at various scientific meetings in the area of occupational health and safety. Currently, collaborates in several research groups mostly related to occupational safety and health.

Nursing Administration
Missed nursing care, non-nursing tasks, staffing adequacy and job satisfaction among nurses in a teaching hospital in Egypt

Facing Cancer: a nurse’s experience of cancer and the loss of her nose, eye and part of her cheek
I qualified as a State Registered Nurse in 1986 and have since worked in acute respiratory and urology surgical departments. I have enjoyed my work as a general practice nurse, public health nurse and now as a lecturer in nurse education. I hold qualifications as an SRN, DIP Nursing (distinction), SCPHN BSc Hons (first class), MSc Professional Healthcare Education and Extended Nurse Prescribing. I have a passion for the inclusion of patient stories in humanizing teaching to students, qualified nurses and other health professionals

Use of online telemedicine abortion during first two years of legalised abortion in Ireland
Dr Catherine Conlon is Assistant Professor of Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin and PI of Unplanned Pregnancy and Abortion Care (UnPAC) study funded by the Health Service Executive Ireland to inform the legislative review of abortion specified by law to take place during 2020, three years after abortion was first legalized in Ireland.

Collaborative testing in physical examination skills training and the autonomous motivation of students: a qualitative study
Anjeleen Douma: Medical Educator at the Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Clinical Skills teacher, Medical Doctor, MRCGP. Anjeleen went to Medical School in Leiden, the Netherlands, then trained as a GP in London and worked as a GP in both the UK and the Netherlands for several years. She now teaches clinical skills to medical students at the University of Amsterdam. Together with Jiska Patiwael, Anjeleen recently published an article on collaborative testing and autonomous motivation. Collaborative testing can be used as a teaching method to stimulate active learning.

Collaborative testing in physical examination skills training and the autonomous motivation of students: a qualitative study
Jiska Patiwael: Medical teacher at the Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Clinical Skills teacher, Medical Doctor, PhD. After finishing Medical School at Leiden University, the Netherlands, Jiska worked as a MD at the Allergology department of Erasmus University Medical Centre and completed her PhD ‘Interplay between allergy and work’. While working with allergy patients, she discovered a strong interest in teaching. Therefore, she started a new career as a medical teacher and she now teaches clinical skills to medical students at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.Together with Anjeleen Douma, Jiska recently published an article on collaborative testing and autonomous motivation. Collaborative testing can be used as a teaching method to stimulate active learning.

"WORK ENGAGEMENT IN NURSES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY "
Lecturer at Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Physioteraphy and Podiatry of University of Seville. Degree in Psyhology and Nursing. Master Degree in Innovation and Research in Nursing Caring. Advanced Nurse in Emergency Room, Virgen del Rocío Hospital in Seville. Collaborator Researcher in A_A.3.2_0376 TEC-MED (ENI CBC MED - Europe) and Research Group PAIDI-CTS 1050 "Complex Care, Chronicity and Health Outcomes". Several articles published in Nursing Science and Public Health

Neonatal nursing during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: A thematic analysis of personal reflections
Following a varied career in adult, pediatric and neonatal nursing Breidge returned to Great Ormond Street Hospital where she was employed as an ANNP, the first advanced nurse practitioner at that hospital. The training included completing a BSc in Neonatal Studies at Southampton University. She served as Lead Nurse for Neonates for North Central London 2004-2005. Breidge moved into research full time in 2006; leading on the clinical and nursing aspects of the BOOST-11 UK trial in the UK and Ireland. She returned to Ireland in 2009 where she completed a PhD in perinatal epidemiology, examining the association between twinning and congenital anomaly, at Ulster University. She now lectures in Children’s and Neonatal Nursing at Queen’s University Belfast. She is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Neonatal Nursing

A survey of nurses' awareness of infection control measures in Baranya County, Hungary
Sahar Hammoud a PhD candidate at University of Pécs, Doctoral School of Health Sciences, Hungary. Holding a Master’s degree in Healthcare and Quality Management from the Lebanese University. A former infection control officer and an ISQua certified accreditation surveyor in Lebanon. Her PhD research examines the effect of nurses’ awareness of infection control measures on implementing patient and family education. She has published in several international peer-reviewed journals.

Healthcare professionals’ behavior regarding the implementation of shared decision-making in screening programmes
María José Hernández is member of Research Group on Statistics, Economic Evaluation and Health, Sigma Theta Tau International chapter Miami and funder of Hayek Labs. She completed her bachelor’s degree and her master’s degree in nursing at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She is studding a PhD of economics in Universitat Rovira i Virgili -Spain- with Marie Curie founding. Her thesis is about the participation in health, exactly in breast cancer screening programs. Finally, she stays in Mayo Clinic -USA- in a scholarship about Shared Decision-Making training

Citizen-Patient Involvement in the Development of mHealth Technology: A Systematic Scoping Review Protocol
Jorunn Bjerkan is an associate professor at Nord University, Norway. She is a registered nurse holding a master's degree in health informatics and a PhD in health sciences within collaborative development of electronic individual care plans (ICP). Bjerkan teaches e-health, welfare technology and nursing management. The research field is related to EHR- use, digital collaboration and patient safety. She has a special focus on the role of ICT users, ie both the service providers and patients' participation in system development and -use. She is present leader of the research group PASDI, and editor-in-chief of “Nordic Journal of Healthcare research”.

Nursing Practice
The Influence of Caregivers’ Preparedness and Role burden on Quality of Life among Stroke Patients

People with learning disabilities and access to mainstream arts and culture: A participatory action research approach
Nicola Gratton is the Lead for Cultural and Community engagement at Staffordshire University. She is a qualified Youth Worker and has extensive experience in the public and community sectors as a youth worker, community development worker and training development manager. She joined Staffordshire University in 2007 and was a core member of the Creative Communities Unit with a primary focus on post graduate youth work and community practice teaching and management of a range of collaborative projects with civic and community partners. She specializes in participatory action research and creative research techniques and her research interests lie with the use of these to address social inequality.

Knowledge-Based Attitudes Of Medical Students In Antibiotic Therapy And Antibiotic Resistance. A Cross-Sectional Study
Tomasz Sobierajski, PhD - sociologist and social vaccinologist from the University of Warsaw. His main areas of interest are the sociology of health and disease, the sociology of education, social vaccinology and interpersonal communication with particular emphasis on doctor-patient communication. For twelve years, he has been training doctors of various specialties in the field of communication with patients, with particular attention to communication on vaccination. Author of many important research projects carried out at the interface of sociology and medicine in the field of vaccinology, pediatrics, diabetology, chronic diseases and antibiotic therapy. He is the author of several books, including a bestselling textbook „33 readings on communication, or how to be a good doctor and not go crazy” and a multidisciplinary monography “Social context of vaccination. Introduction to social vaccinology and sociology of vaccination”. He publishes in Polish and foreign scientific journals. He designs and coordinates national and international research projects for government institutions, non-governmental organizations and private companies. He conducts research projects with the Medical University of Warsaw, the National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene and the National Institute of Medicines. He is a marathoner.

Knowledge-Based Attitudes Of Medical Students In Antibiotic Therapy And Antibiotic Resistance. A Cross-Sectional Study
Monika Wanke-Rytt, PhD, MD - graduated from the Medical University of Warsaw with a degree in medicine in 2007 and began specializing in pediatrics, which she passed in 2014 and graduated with honors. She started working at the Infectious Diseases Unit which involved starting a specialization in Infectious Diseases. She is an assistant professor at Medical University of Warsaw and teach students. She also currently work as the chair of the infection control team at the Children's Clinical Hospital in Warsaw.

Polypharmacy and its Influence on Renal Insufficiency in Elderly
Author, Specialist Biomedical scientist, HCPC Scientist, Chartered Scientist, writer, presenter, co-founder, lecturer, supervisor, researcher, blogger, contributor. Advancing Healthcare Awards (2018) Finalist. I am a Specialist Biomedical Scientist and member of the Healthcare Professions Council (HCPC). I am a Fellow for the Institute of Biomedical Sciences (FIBMS) and a Chartered Scientist with the Science Council (CSci). I have built experience in laboratory and health practice and comprehension surrounds pathology and general blood sciences. I have provided multidisciplinary team working perspectives between health sectors, and between research, and industry. With over two decades of experience, I have published over 200 research items. My knowledge-base has led to development of frameworks, healthcare initiatives and wider networks.

Clinical management of the adult patient with Osteogenesis Imperfect
The care for patients with a connective tissue disorder as OI, is by definition a multidisciplinary matter The management is usually focused on the musculoskeletal system with involvement of orthopedic surgery, rehabilitation medicine and pharmaceutical therapy. We our expert center (EC)., and the essential position of the nurse practitioner in coordinator of individual care Currently, the adult OI clinic in the Netherlands has seen near 500 individuals with different types of OI. We subsequently describe the evolution and the professionalization of the EC. Hereby we provide a blueprint of standardized multidisciplinary approach, (international) procedures for structured care for adult patients with OI.

Live music to reduce physiological symptoms of pain in intubated and sedated pediatrics
Music is often used as a nonpharmacological pain management strategy, but little evidence is available about its role in pediatric critical care patients. There are a few studies exploring the effects of recorded music with pediatric critical care patients but the results for recorded music are inconsistent. This presentation will discuss results from an exploratory randomized controlled trial performed in a pediatric intensive care unit. Participants were randomly allocated to receive a live music therapy intervention with standard care or a recorded music intervention with standard care. Participants were pediatric patients who were intubated and sedated and received the randomized allocation for 15 minutes

Anti-spasticity medication and multiple sclerosis: why nurses and therapists need to get involved
Spasticity is common in people with MS and other neurological conditions and can impact negatively on activities of daily living, function and quality of life. It can be managed with anti-spasticity medications, but prescribers often fail to titrate to the optimal dose, monitor or review their efficacy. Optimal doses are not always reached or, worse, may be exceeded. As a result, the primary spasticity may not be controlled adequately or the insidious side-effects of over-dose can cause symptoms such as weakness which mimic disease progression, increase disability, lead to unnecessary secondary complications and hinder therapeutic interventions

LEAD POISONING: A COMPELLING REASON FOR BEETHOVEN’S DEAFNESS
Significant articles written in this century substantiate that Ludwig van Beethoven had lead poisoning. High levels of lead found deep in his skull are characteristic of repeated exposure to lead over a long period of time. Shrunken cochlear nerves found at his autopsy can be the result of axonal degeneration by heavy metals such as lead. Recent articles also show that chronic low level lead exposure like Beethoven had does not cause motor deficits, such as wrist drop, that are commonly seen with acute lead poisoning, but rather sensory and autonomic findings like those he experienced

COVID-19 pediatric vaccine hesitancy among racially diverse parents in the United States
On 29 October 2021, the U.S. FDA authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine for emergency use in children ages 5–11 years. Racial/ethnic minorities have born the greatest burden of pediatric COVID-19 infection and hospitalization. Research indicates high prevalence of parental vaccine hesitancy among the general population, underscoring the urgency of understanding how race/ethnicity may influence parents’ decision to vaccinate their children.

Breakthrough pain in patients with cancer: clinical feature, assessment, and circadian variation
Background: Cancer-related breakthrough pain (BTP) is a common and difficult-to-manage pain syndrome. Studies have shown that pain may be subject to circadian variation as demonstrated by the circadian variation in pain intensity. Studies were retrospective in design, included relatively small patient populations and none of them had a validation group or gave a clear definition of BTP. The aim of this research was to assess the presence of a circadian variation of BTP in two cohorts of ambulatory patients and bedridden patients.

Pandemic Evolution and Pandemic Equation
Monitoring, understanding, and managing the pandemic evolution involves the analyses of a large amount of data. The time dependencies of the number of infections, hospitalizations, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admissions, and pandemic-related deaths are recorded, internationally and nationally, and at the state, city, and county levels. These dependencies vary quite a bit from locality to locality and having means of easy and accurate data interpolation and parameter extraction is quite useful for revealing trends and evaluating the impact of new variants or mitigation measures. Such interpolations also reveal the characteristic time constant of the pandemic evolution when the data are averaged (typically over seven days). Estimating a relevant time constant and the rate of its change with time might be also useful for predicting the pandemic trends over a period of time comparable to the characteristic pandemic evolution time constant estimated from the latest recorded pandemic data

Impacting Neonatal Patient Care: Reducing Needle Sticks, with an Extended Dwell Catheter
The use and efficacy of extended dwell peripheral intravenous catheters (EPIV) has been described at scientific conferences and in recent literature. The ramifications of repeated needle sticks, damage to vessels and ultimately the need for a more invasive and costly access device, clearly supports the need for change. Methods: This quality improvement project spanned over a four-year period, from 2017 through 2020, and included 128 patients who required a peripherally inserted catheter (PIV) as their primary or secondary access site for a prescribed therapy. The EPIV inserted was a 4 cm, 22- gauge catheter, made of thermosensitive polyurethane, inserted using Seldinger technique.

Technology-Enhanced 4Active Intervention for Older Adults: A Pilot Study
intervention in improving psychological well-being and PA participation in older adults living in retirement communities. Methods: Participants were 27 older adults with a mean age of 85.9 ±9.3 years. Based on the two-arm, quasi-experimental study design, fourteen older adults (2 men, 12 women) living in one retirement community (RC) were assigned into the intervention group receiving the two-level 4Active intervention, whereas 13 older adults (1 man,12 women) living in another RC were allocated to the active control group receiving group exercise intervention alone for eight weeks. One week before and after the interventions, the participants were pre-tested and post-tested in psychological well-being (i.e., life satisfaction, subjective happiness, positive affect, and negative affect) and weekly PA minutes (i.e., weekly walking, vigorous,

"Content Analysis of the Critical Reflective Journal of New Nurses : Using Text Network Analysis"
In this study, the contents of the critical reflective journal written by new nurses during the orientation period were analyzed and shared through a text network. The purpose of this study was to find ways to reduce turnover and improve clinical field adaptability among new nurses. Methods: We analyzed the critical reflective journals written by 143 new nurses who joined C University Hospital in G Metropolitan City in Korea from March 2020 to January 2021. The nurses recorded their experiences in the critical reflective journals six times during the orientation period (8 weeks).

Effects of the Clinical Core Competency Empowerment Program for New Nurses
The purpose of this study is to develop the Clinical Core Competency Empowerment Program(CCCEP) according to the educational guidelines and to identify the effectiveness of the developed program. The CCCEP is a 38-hour program for 8 weeks consisting of three empowerment modules: basic competency, system-based competency, and practical competency. Methods: This program was revised through expert content validity verification and was applied to 47 participants, a new graduate nurses, from March to July 2020.

Content Analysis of the Feedback Journals for New Nurses of the Preceptor Nurses: Text Network Analysis Method
The purpose of this study is to identify central themes by analyzing the feedback journals written by preceptor nurses to new nurses during the preceptorship period, and to derive implications by clustering them. Methods: As for the data, a total of 143 preceptor nurses’ feedback journals for new nurses from March 2020 to January 2021 were converted into a database using Microsoft Office Excel. Text network analysis was performed using NetMiner 4.3.3 program. After data preprocessing, simple frequency, degree centrality, closeness centrality, betweenness centrality, and modularity community analysis were performed.

Towards a new understanding of pregnancy denial: the misunderstood dissociative disorder
Pervasive pregnancy denial is a misunderstood reproductive anomaly which compromises the health of both mother and the developing fetus. Although women who deny pregnancies fail to seek prenatal care, the failure to diagnose pregnancy frequently occurs even in general medical settings which in turn perpetuates the denied pregnancy. In extreme cases, the death of the neonate at the hands of his/her mother has criminal repercussions. This workshop addresses the development of understanding the association between pregnancy denial and neonaticide. Utilizing case example, it outlines the various ways in which pregnancies are denied or negated and identifies the similarities in symptom presentation, particularly dissociation, when a denied pregnancy ends with the death of the newborn. The presentation underscores the repetitive

Development and Evaluation of a Preceptor Education Program Based on the One-Minute Preceptor Model: Participatory Action Research
The study was conducted for eight weeks from March 2020 on 30 preceptor nurses in South Korea. Nursing standards were developed for two weeks, and six cycles (comprising four stages) were performed. Data collection was integrated using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. For quantitative data, the clinical core competency of preceptor (CCCP) and general communication competence scale (GICC-15) were collected from preceptor nurses through questionnaires. Reflection journals of nurses’ experiences were also analyzed through content analysis and frequency of keywords using Word Clouds.

Effect of Team-based Professional Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on Nursing Education using a High-Fidelity Patient Simulator
This study was used a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design and data from 109 control group and 117 experimental group were used for analysis. Outcome variables were measured twice: before education and after education. The paired t-test, independent t-test was used to compare the differences between study variables pre-post simulation intervention.

The connections between attitudes towards nursing home placement of elderly with Dementia, and the conflict between tradition and modernity, among three generations of Arab Muslim families in Israel
The backdrop to this examination was the increasing sociocultural tension between modernization tendencies and the long-established traditions and norms in the Arab Muslim society in Israel. Objectives: The goal of this study was to examine three generations of Arab Muslims in Israel, to investigate the relationships between their attitudes regarding the placement of an older relative with Dementia in a nursing home, intergenerational solidarity, and to ultimately proceed with the nursing home placement. Methodology: The sample included a total of 126 university students, as well as one parent and one grandparent of each student. Most of the participants from each family were at the same gender. All participants completed identical questionnaires examining the attitudes towards the nursing home placement of an elder relative with Dementia.

"Choice of Transport to Hospital in Nonurban Areas in Life-Threatening Situations A Qualitative Researc""Choice of Transport to Hospital in Nonurban Areas in Life-Threatening Situations A Qualitative Research
The elapse of time prior to receiving medical treatment is a primary factor in successful treatment in life-threatening conditions. In a mixed-method study, 71 people that arrived, some of them in an ambulance, at three hospitals at the northern part of Israel with a life-threatening condition, were interviewed and a socio-demographic questionnaire and a quality-of-life questionnaire associated with health were also filled. The purpose of the study was to examine in depth ambulance use patterns in life-threatening conditions. Two key themes emerged from the analysis of the interviews - the decision-making process, and attitudes and perceptions - positive and negative - toward the use of ambulance.

"Digital Tools for effective education of behavior change support of people with chronic disease
The research question was based on the PIO approach. The population included students in nursing, sports sciences, and pharmacy; the interventions included digital teaching tools; and the outcomes consisted of knowledge, motivation, and competencies. A systematic review was performed in the PubMed, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Web of Science, SAGE, Scopus, and Cochrane Library databases. PRISMA guidelines 2020 to depict the search process for relevant literature were used. Two authors independently evaluated included studies using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT). The findings were synthesized using a thematic method.