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Updates for the Journal of Pediatric Nursing Readership
19 January 2012
Cecily L. Betz
We wish to inform the readership of several recent developments initiated and about to be implemented at the Journal of Pediatric Nursing (JPN). These new changes reflect the global reach and widespre...
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Homelessness and Health Care Disparities Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth
18 January 2012
Deborah L. McBride
A NUMBER OF recent studies on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth have come up with some startling statistics. One study reported that somewhere between 30% and 40% of homeless youths...
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Infant Safe Sleep: Efforts to Improve Education and Awareness
18 January 2012
Donna M. Flook, Durae L. Vincze
According to the , more than 4,500 infants die annually in the United States of no apparent cause of death. These deaths are defined as sudden unexplained infant deaths (SUID). Half of these SUIDs are...
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Gene Therapy: A Genetic Era of Technological Development to Treat Pediatric Genetic Disorders
16 January 2012
Cheryl Mele
RECOGNITION THAT CERTAIN pediatric hereditary disorders are based upon definite genes and defects in specific proteins led the initial evolution of the concept of gene therapy, which began 50 years ag...
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Education of the Pediatric Patient With Asthma: A Literature Review
16 January 2012
Sharon Lack
PEDIATRIC ASTHMA AFFLICTS nearly 9 million children in the United States and is considered one of the most chronic conditions of childhood. According to , children with asthma have 65% more acute care...
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