A Survey of California\u27s Nurse Practitioners\u27 Regarding Practice, Knowledge and Atitudes of the National Asthma Management Guidelines

Background: Pediatric asthma morbidity and mortality continues to rise in the United States despite the institution of the National Institute of Health/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute\u27s diagnostic and treatment guidelines. This study examines the practices, knowledge and attitudes of California\u27s pediatric and family nurse practitioners regarding the national asthma guidelines. Method: A quantitative mail-in survey of pediatric, pulmonary, emergent, urgent care, and family nurse practitioners was utilized to gather the data regarding the care of pediatric asthma patients. The survey collected demographic data and the NP\u27 s current asthma practices in a Likert scale format. Results: The nurse practitioners currently practicing in California have incorporated the asthma guidelines into their practice. The guidelines were found to be evidence based, useful to practice, and maintained the individuality of patients. Conclusion: Selected nurse practitioners in the study indicated they are staying current with the latest asthma guidelines and the pediatric asthma patients reap the benefits of the asthma guidelines

Mind the Gap: Teaching Archival Silences in Digital Collections

This engaging case study describes a library instruction session held virtually for undergraduate students in an upper-level history course on US foreign relations. Working collaboratively, the special collections librarian and instruction librarian for history presented students with strategies for finding and evaluating digital primary sources for their research papers. Students were introduced to the role the curatorial process plays in the creation of digital collections. The instructors highlighted that such collections frequently contain only a portion of the materials in a full archival collection as well as the role of curatorial bias: digital collections often reflect the prejudices and interests of the person who selected the materials to be digitized. In some cases, this can mean less material in digital collections from underrepresented groups, hence the need to mind the gap

Protecting Children from Overexposure to Lead in Candy and Protecting Children by Lowering the Blood Lead “Level of Concern” Standard

The American Public Health Association: Recognizing that in April 2004, the Orange County Register in an investigative report, published for the first time information that the state of California had been testing for lead in candies for decades but had not informed the public about the high lead levels in many candies, candy wrappers and seasonings (sold as a snack item and consumed as candy) imported from Mexico, the Philippines and other countries

Murger’s Scenes de la Vie de Boheme--Model for Puccini’s La Boheme

This paper investigates Henri Murger's novel, Scenes de la Vie de Bohème, as a model for the opera composed by Giacomo Puccini La Bohème. Colleen Hughes Mallette discusses the historical background of the works and examines the music and story