Many research communities routinely conduct activities that fall outside the bounds of traditional human subjects research, yet still frequently rely on determinations institutional review boards (IRBs) or similar regulatory bodies to scope ethical decision-making. Presented as a U.S. university-based fictional memo describing post-hoc IRB study about social media and public health, this design...

I try to strengthen my relationship with Heavenly Mother, but I'm not always sure how. Some days sing, “Heavenly are you really there? And do hear and answer every child's prayer?” get stuck on the word “prayer” because President Gordon B. Hinckley said we shouldn't pray our Mother in Heaven.1 struggle this. Why not? Does praying somehow take away from Father? talk one parent other? That doesn'...

The World Health Organisation estimates there are approximately 3 million cases of needlestick injury (NSI) in healthcare workers (HCW) each year, with 90% of these occurring in developing countries 1 . Student nurses are thought to be at high risk of NSI due to poor technique, inexperience and poor use of universal precautions 2 . There has been little research into the incidence of NSI in Afr...