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S Myers

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Assignment of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A to chromosome 10 by linkage.

Multiple endocrine neoplasis type 2A (MEN2A) is one of several kinds of cancers that appear to be inherited in an autosomally dominant fashion. We have assigned the MEN2A locus to chromosome 10 by linkage with a new DNA marker (D10S5). The linkage led us to investigate other chromosome 10 markers and demonstrate linkage between the disease locus and the interstitial retinol-binding protein (IRBP) gene. The D10S5 locus was sublocalized to 10q21.1 by hybridization in situ and the IRBP gene to p11.2----q11.2 with a secondary site at q24----q25. The linkages were established using 292 members of five families, three different restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) at D10S5 and two RFLPs recognized by the IRBP probe. The recombination frequencies from pairwise linkage analysis between the disease and two marker loci D10S5 and IRBP were 0.19 and 0.11, with maximum lod scores of 3.6 and 8.0 respectively. Ordering of the three loci by multipoint analysis placed the IRBP gene approximately midway between the disease and D10S5 loci.

Chromosome Mapping↗
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Creating a career ladder for nursing assistants in long-term care.

This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a career ladder for certified nursing assistants in long-term care. A career ladder is an effective way to maximize the use of unlicensed workers without changing the skill mix (eg, no loss of licensed nursing positions) and allow the licensed nurse more time to perform higher-level clinical tasks, such as assessments, patient education, and documentation. Implementation of an unlicensed worker career ladder also can improve nursing assistant retention.

Career Mobility↗
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Parental perceptions of the preschool obese child.

Childhood obesity is a serious public health problem today with many potential complications and adverse outcomes for children. How parents view their children's weight is an important consideration for nurses. The purpose of this study was to increase staff understanding of parents' views so that interventions could be developed to achieve improved outcomes in attenuating the rate of weight gain in obese children. A questionnaire was administered to 200 parents, mostly Hispanic, of obese children to determine the parents' perceptions of their child's obesity. The study revealed that 35% of parents did not believe their obese child was overweight and 53% had no problem controlling what their child eats. However, 78% of parents expressed concern about heart disease as a consequence of childhood obesity. The study demonstrated that parents acknowledge some health risks of obesity but that interventions in treating childhood obesity need to begin with the understanding of parents' perceptions of their own child's obesity.

Attitude to Health↗
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A quality assurance plan for an epidural analgesia program.

A midwestern community hospital established an Acute Pain Service to implement epidural analgesia on the general care units. It developed a multidisciplinary quality assurance plan using the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' 10-step monitoring and evaluation process. Quality assurance monitors provided information regarding important aspects of care. Data collected from the monitors enabled nurses and other disciplines to make decisions and changes about the growing epidural analgesia program.

Analgesia, Epidural↗