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L S Smith

Publications and source records attributed to L S Smith.

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Mentoring benefits and issues for public health nurses.

New public health nurses (PHNs) move from novice to expert status with enormous expectations from their organization, their peers, and themselves. These expectations lead to stress that may be beyond the level of endurance. Mentoring is an important answer to this problem. Mentoring is the greatest gift PHNs can give to each other, especially for PHNs who self-identified themselves as minority cultural group members. This article describes definitions, roles, benefits, and responsibilities of mentors and mentees and includes mentoring concerns, current and proposed mentoring programs, and mentoring issues for gender and race. Organizational mentoring programs can be created that will facilitate the development of mentoring relationships. These programs help experienced PHNs bridge the gap between the theory and reality of nursing for themselves and inexperienced colleagues.

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Polydactyly of the foot in adults: literature review and unusual case presentation with diagnostic and treatment recommendations.

The authors present an unusual case of polydactyly of the foot in an otherwise healthy adult male. The modern literature describing polydactyly of the foot is reviewed, as well as a review and critique of various classification schemes for foot polydactyly deformities. The authors applied the classification criteria of Blauth and Olason to an atypical case and to other varied, yet typical, presentations of polydactyly of the foot in adults. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment options are reviewed, and a rational treatment plan is proposed based upon use of the classification scheme. They then apply the management plan for symptomatic polydactyly of the foot to the unusual case, and make recommendations for surgical management of this deformity.

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Measuring and validating a nurse's caring performance.

This article describes the importance of clear, specific methods of evaluating nursing care. Nursing standards and job descriptions are explained within the context of performance evaluations for nurses.

Empathy↗