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The Evidence-Based Practice Beliefs and Implementation Scales: Psychometric Properties of Two New Instruments by Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek, Fineout-Overholt, Ellen, Mays, Mary Z.

“…ABSTRACT Background: Implementation of evidence‐based practice (EBP) by health professionals is a key strategy for improving health care quality and patient…”
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Measuring competence: collaboration for safety by Randolph, Pamela K, Hinton, Janine E, Hagler, Debra, Mays, Mary Z, Kastenbaum, Beatrice, Brooks, Ruth, DeFalco, Nick, Miller, Kathy, Weberg, Dan

“…Few options are available to nursing regulatory boards for the evaluation of nursing competency in registered nurses who are reported for practice breakdown…”
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Sleep disturbances, quality of life, and ethnicity: the Sleep Heart Health Study by Baldwin, Carol M, Ervin, Ann-Margret, Mays, Mary Z, Robbins, John, Shafazand, Shirin, Walsleben, Joyce, Weaver, Terri

“…To compare health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) across subgroups defined by sleep disturbances and ethnicity. Men (47%) and women (53%) Sleep Heart Health…”
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Preparing clinical preceptors to support nursing students in evidence-based practice by Hagler, Debra, Mays, Mary Z, Stillwell, Susan B, Kastenbaum, Beatrice, Brooks, Ruth, Fineout-Overholt, Ellen, Williamson, Kathleen M, Jirsak, Jan

“…Staff nurse preceptors contribute importantly to student learning and to academic program outcomes; however, academic-clinical partnerships can offer focused…”
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Quick assessment of literacy in primary care: the newest vital sign by Weiss, Barry D, Mays, Mary Z, Martz, William, Castro, Kelley Merriam, DeWalt, Darren A, Pignone, Michael P, Mockbee, Joy, Hale, Frank A

“…Current health literacy screening instruments for health care settings are either too long for routine use or available only in English. Our objective was to…”
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Improving the Mental Health, Healthy Lifestyle Choices, and Physical Health of Hispanic Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study by Melnyk, Bernadette M., Jacobson, Diana, Kelly, Stephanie, O'Haver, Judith, Small, Leigh, Mays, Mary Z.

“…ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Obesity and mental health disorders are 2 major public health problems in American adolescents, with prevalence even higher in Hispanic…”
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Is there a relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and gastroesophageal reflux disease? by Morse, Chad A, Quan, Stuart F, Mays, Mary Z, Green, Colleen, Stephen, George, Fass, Ronnie

“…The causative relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) remains an area of controversy. The aim of the…”
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A Comparison of Bioabsorbable and Metallic Suture Anchors in a Dynamically Loaded, Intra-articular Caprine Model by BOTTONI, Craig R, BROOKS, Daniel E, DEBERARDINO, Thomas M, OWENS, Brett D, JUDSON, Kurt L, EGGERS, Jeffrey S, MAYS, Mary Z

“…Little is known about the in vivo behavior of bioabsorbable suture anchors. A goat model was used to biomechanically and histologically test bioabsorbable and…”
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A Call for the Reporting of Effect Sizes in Research Reports to Enhance Critical Appraisal and Evidence-Based Practice by Mays, Mary Z., Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek

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A Culturally Focused Wellness Intervention for American Indian Women of a Small Southwest Community: Associations with Alcohol Use, Abstinence Self-Efficacy, Symptoms of Depression, and Self-Esteem by Gray, Norma, Mays, Mary Z., Wolf, Denise, Jirsak, Janice

“…Purpose. This study examined the influence of a culturally focused wellness intervention on alcohol consumption, alcohol abstinence self-efficacy, depression,…”
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The Relationship of Perceived and Actual Weight in Minority Adolescents by O'Haver, Judith, Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek, Mays, Mary Z., Kelly, Stephanie, Jacobson, Diana

“…The prevalence of overweight in adolescents with its associated outcomes continues to be a major public health concern. The purpose of this study was to assess…”
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Reliability and validity of an instrument assessing nurses' attitudes about healthy work environments in hospitals by MAYS, MARY Z., HRABE, DAVID P., STEVENS, CAROL J.

“…mays m.z., hrabe d.p. & stevens c.j. (2011) Journal of Nursing Management 19, 18–26
Reliability and validity of an instrument assessing nurses' attitudes about…”
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Threshold of Trichloroethylene Contamination in Maternal Drinking Waters Affecting Fetal Heart Development in the Rat by Johnson, Paula D., Goldberg, Stanley J., Mays, Mary Z., Dawson, Brenda V.

“…Halogenated hydrocarbons such as trichloroethylene (TCE) are among the most common water supply contaminants in the United States and abroad. Epidemiologic…”
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School-Based Support Groups for Adolescents With a Substance-Abusing Parent by Gance-Cleveland, Bonnie, Mays, Mary Z.

“…BACKGROUND Adolescents with substance-abusing parents need interventions to reduce their risk for a variety of problems. School-based support groups (SBSGs)…”
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Who are health influencers? Characterizing a sample of tobacco cessation interveners by Campbell, Jean, Mays, Mary Z, Yuan, Nicole P, Muramoto, Myra L

“…To describe characteristics of health influencers (HIs) prior to training in brief tobacco cessation interventions (BI). HIs (n=910) in Arizona were recruited…”
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Back to the Future: Personal Digital Assistants in Nursing Education by McLeod, Renee P., Mays, Mary Z.

“…This article provides an overview of the current state of the art for incorporating personal digital assistants (PDAs) into nursing education. The development…”
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Association of Adolescent Physical and Emotional Health With Perceived Severity of Parental Substance Abuse by Gance-Cleveland, Bonnie, Mays, Mary Z., Steffen, Ann

“…PURPOSE.  This study aims to examine the association between adolescent health, including physical complaints, mood, and social adjustment, and perceived…”
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Measuring wellness among resident physicians by Keim, Samuel M., Mays, Mary Z., Williams, Jean M., Serido, Joyce, Harris, Robin B.

“…Requirements to include professionalism in residency curricula have generated a substantial body of literature concerning the environments that fail to nurture…”
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Self-reported health status of students in-processing into military medical advanced individual training by Rice, Valerie J Berg, Mays, Mary Z, Gable, Clayton

“…It is important to be aware of the health and injury status of students in military training settings in order to adequately plan for their progression through…”
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Eating and weight control behaviors among middle school girls in relationship to body weight and ethnicity by Shisslak, Catherine M., Mays, Mary Z., Crago, Marjorie, Jirsak, Jan K., Taitano, Keolani, Cagno, Colleen

“…This study examined the links among body mass index (BMI), weight control practices, binge eating, and eating disorders in 1164 middle school girls. Both the…”
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