Developing and Implementing Entrustable Professional Activities to Prepare Global Nurses.

INTRODUCTION: Nurses work in global settings and must be prepared to enter practice and provide culturally appropriate care to diverse populations. As faculty we want to ensure the achievement of programmatic, national, and global competencies for our student's successful future practice. METHODS: Aligning current programs with American Association of Colleges of Nursing's (AACN) New Essentials provides an opportunity to consider new approaches and address challenges. By merging the New Essentials with the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) competencies, we facilitate the achievement of programmatic outcomes, mission, and values in nursing education. RESULTS: Using an entrustable professional activities framework provides a clear measure of achieving priority competencies. We created an approach other faculty might find helpful. DISCUSSION: Entrustable professional activities, well established in medical education, are emerging as a valuable tool to measure the achievement of competencies in the preparation of nurses.

Measles: Moving toward eradication.

ABSTRACT: Measles is a vaccine-preventable, highly contagious virus once considered eradicated in the US. It is still a significant source of morbidity and mortality for children under 5 years of age worldwide. Advanced practice registered nurses are on the frontlines of reducing the spread of disease and educating the community on measles prevention.

Implementing an Evidence-Based Outpatient Program to Reduce Postpartum Weight Retention.

In 2009, the Institute of Medicine published the report Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines as a call to action for health care providers. The report suggests that at 6 months postpartum, approximately 50% of women still retained an excess weight of 10 pounds or more and that 25% retained 20 pounds or more. Long-term consequences of postpartum weight retention and subsequent obesity include postpartum depression, successive pregnancy complications, and chronic health conditions. This article describes Motivated Moms, an evidence-based postpartum weight management program in an outpatient clinic. Motivated Moms uses a multilevel approach including diet, social support, and self-monitoring, with the goal of reducing postpartum weight retention.

Cuidate: implementation of a culturally based sexual risk reduction program for Hispanic adolescents.

Birth rates for adolescents have been declining in the United States since 1991 for all races. However, the rate for Hispanic teens still remains significantly higher than those for White teens. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that community-based organizations implement evidence-based programs to address the risky sexual behaviors of adolescents. Cuidate is an evidence-based sexual risk reduction program designed specifically for Hispanic adolescents ages 13-18 years. The program uses Hispanic cultural beliefs to influence the use of abstinence and condoms as culturally accepted practices. The purpose of this article is to describe the implementation of Cuidate at a federally funded community health center to reduce the sexual risk behaviors of the adolescent Hispanic population it serves.