Mentoring in academia promotes the retention of students and future faculty. Presently, it is general knowledge that we have a shortage of nurses in our profession. However, we also have a shortage of experientially q...Mentoring in academia promotes the retention of students and future faculty. Presently, it is general knowledge that we have a shortage of nurses in our profession. However, we also have a shortage of experientially qualified educators and mentors. In general, the problem is there is a lack of mentors in healthcare as a whole that have the ability or willingness to mentor future generations of faculty. Mentors are needed to pass on knowledge and promote retention of students and faculty in academia. The example we present to the students in healthcare professions will also impact the retention of healthcare faculty as a whole. It is logical to think that if we retain our students in academia, we also retain future experientially qualified faculty in academia. How we mentor one another as a novice and seasoned faculty can impact what students see and learn as well from us. A literature review of 46 articles was completed and 19 of the articles were used as references in this article, along with a few more relevant references. The articles from the literature review showed evidence of positive mentoring experiences lead to the retention of students, future mentees, and mentors in nursing academia.展开更多
Increased disinfectant use commonly takes place in hospitals and other health care settings. A cross-sectional study among active nurses in two Cypriot public hospitals（n = 179） was conducted to examine the prevalen...Increased disinfectant use commonly takes place in hospitals and other health care settings. A cross-sectional study among active nurses in two Cypriot public hospitals（n = 179） was conducted to examine the prevalence of exposure to disinfection byproducts（DBPs）, such as trihalomethanes（THMs） using both self-reported information and biomarker measurements.The objectives of this study were to： i） quantify the magnitude and variability of occupational exposure to disinfectants/DBPs in nurses, ii） generate job exposure matrices（JEM） and job task exposure matrices（JTEM） for disinfectants, and iii） assess the major determinants of urinary THMs in nurses. End of shift urinary total THM values showed high variability among the nurses, but did not differ between hospitals. The disinfectant group of alcohols/phenols was used by 〉 98% of nurses, followed by octenidine（82%）, iodine and chlorine（39%, each）,chlorhexidine（25%）, formaldehyde（12%）, hydrogen peroxide（11%）, and peracetic acid/ammonia/quaternary ammonium compounds（QACs）, all being 〈 8% each. Chlorine use during the past 24 hr was associated with significantly（p 〈 0.05） lower brominated THMs（Br THMs） after adjusting for age, gender and BMI, while a positive association was shown for TCM and the sum of all THMs（TTHMs）, albeit not significant. Nurses were exposed to nearly double the levels of TTHMs and BrT HMs（median and IQR, 1027 [560, 2475] ng/g and 323 [212,497] ng/g, respectively） when compared to those of the general population（552 [309,989] ng/g and 152 [87,261] ng/g, respectively）. This was the first occupational health dataset reporting measurements of biomarkers of end of shift exposures to disinfectants/DBPs.展开更多
文摘Mentoring in academia promotes the retention of students and future faculty. Presently, it is general knowledge that we have a shortage of nurses in our profession. However, we also have a shortage of experientially qualified educators and mentors. In general, the problem is there is a lack of mentors in healthcare as a whole that have the ability or willingness to mentor future generations of faculty. Mentors are needed to pass on knowledge and promote retention of students and faculty in academia. The example we present to the students in healthcare professions will also impact the retention of healthcare faculty as a whole. It is logical to think that if we retain our students in academia, we also retain future experientially qualified faculty in academia. How we mentor one another as a novice and seasoned faculty can impact what students see and learn as well from us. A literature review of 46 articles was completed and 19 of the articles were used as references in this article, along with a few more relevant references. The articles from the literature review showed evidence of positive mentoring experiences lead to the retention of students, future mentees, and mentors in nursing academia.
文摘Increased disinfectant use commonly takes place in hospitals and other health care settings. A cross-sectional study among active nurses in two Cypriot public hospitals（n = 179） was conducted to examine the prevalence of exposure to disinfection byproducts（DBPs）, such as trihalomethanes（THMs） using both self-reported information and biomarker measurements.The objectives of this study were to： i） quantify the magnitude and variability of occupational exposure to disinfectants/DBPs in nurses, ii） generate job exposure matrices（JEM） and job task exposure matrices（JTEM） for disinfectants, and iii） assess the major determinants of urinary THMs in nurses. End of shift urinary total THM values showed high variability among the nurses, but did not differ between hospitals. The disinfectant group of alcohols/phenols was used by 〉 98% of nurses, followed by octenidine（82%）, iodine and chlorine（39%, each）,chlorhexidine（25%）, formaldehyde（12%）, hydrogen peroxide（11%）, and peracetic acid/ammonia/quaternary ammonium compounds（QACs）, all being 〈 8% each. Chlorine use during the past 24 hr was associated with significantly（p 〈 0.05） lower brominated THMs（Br THMs） after adjusting for age, gender and BMI, while a positive association was shown for TCM and the sum of all THMs（TTHMs）, albeit not significant. Nurses were exposed to nearly double the levels of TTHMs and BrT HMs（median and IQR, 1027 [560, 2475] ng/g and 323 [212,497] ng/g, respectively） when compared to those of the general population（552 [309,989] ng/g and 152 [87,261] ng/g, respectively）. This was the first occupational health dataset reporting measurements of biomarkers of end of shift exposures to disinfectants/DBPs.
