IMPROVING NURSING CARE IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES FOR OLDER ADULTS BY ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL DIVERSITY OF THE NURSING STAFF

Improving Nursing Care in Long-Term Care Facilities for Older Adults by Addressing the Social Diversity of the Nursing Staff

Nursing education and administration at long-term care (LTC) facilities do not pay sufficient attention to the socioeconomic and cultural diversity of the nursing staff.This commentary raises specific issues, such as lack of representation of marginalized staff members in nursing leadership and training that require immediate attention.Ignoring the

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Low soil moisture predisposes field-grown chickpea plants to dry root rot disease: evidence from simulation modeling and correlation analysis

Abstract Rhizoctonia bataticola causes dry root rot (DRR), a devastating disease in chickpea (Cicer arietinum).DRR incidence increases under water deficit stress and high temperature.However, the roles of other edaphic and environmental factors remain unclear.Here, we performed an artificial neural network (ANN)-based prediction of DRR incidence co

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