The aims of this study were to describe current policy practice related to the use of the HESITM Exit Exam in schools of nursing and to determine which policies result in higher HESI Exit Scores. Deans and directors of nursing schools that administered Elsevier HESI Exit Exam to students during the 2010 academic year were queried. Data were collected regarding students’ HESI Exit Exam results, ...

BACKGROUND In order to optimise the cost-effectiveness of active surveillance to substantiate freedom from disease, a new approach using targeted sampling of farms was developed and applied on the example of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) and enzootic bovine leucosis (EBL) in Switzerland. Relevant risk factors (RF) for the introduction of IBR and EBL into Swiss cattle farms were identi...

In this article, we propose several quantization based stratified sampling methods to reduce the variance of a Monte-Carlo simulation. Theoretical aspects of stratification lead to a strong link between the problem of optimal Lquantization of a random variable and the variance reduction that can be achieved. We first emphasize on the consistency of quantization for designing strata in stratifie...

We consider the Useful Informational Energy introduced by L. Pardo [5]. Our purpose is to study the asymptotic distribution of its analogue estimator, in a random and stratified sampling, as well as its application to testing hypotheses.

We aimed to estimate the prevalence of overactive bladder (OAB) in South of China, to assess the variation in prevalence by sex and age, and to measure the impact of OAB on quality of life. A population-based, cross-sectional telephone survey was conducted with a questionnaire regarding the prevalence of OAB, demographics, and the impact of OAB on quality of life. A geographically stratified ra...

Study objective: To assess the representativeness of survey participants by systematically comparing volunteers in a national health and sexuality survey with the Australian population in terms of self reported health status (including the SF-36) and a wide range of demographic characteristics. Design: A cross sectional sample of Australian residents were compared with demographic data from the...

Pressure ulcer trials often use development of category≥2 pressure ulcers as an endpoint [1]. Research nurses regularly assess patient’s skin to capture pressure ulcer development, however missed assessments may lead to missed pressure ulcers and capturing data from routine care may be an alternative. Pressure ulcer monitoring systems have been introduced in the English NHS including the Safety...