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The Impact Of Role Perception Gaps Among Nurses: An Integrative Review, Anita Fennessey, Drnp, Rn, Cne

College of Nursing Posters

Background & Significance

• Inadequate communication has consistently been indicated as a contributor to adverse events in all areas of healthcare (Paltved et al, 2017).
• Factors related to individual, team, work environment, organizational and institutional aspects have also been shown to influence patient safety, with increased chances of causing patient harm (Rezende da Silva dos Santos, Campos & Celestino da Silva, 2018).
• Efficient communication among healthcare members is considered a contributing element in promoting a culture of safety (Rezende da Silva dos Santos, Campos & Celestino da Silva, 2018).
• Errors in communication can compromise continuity of care and place patient safety …

The Extent Of Disability Education In Three Levels Of Nursing Education: A Descriptive Quantitative Stud, Ksenia Zukowsky, Phd, Crnp, Nnp, Julia Ward, Rn, Phd, Ruth Wittmann-Price, Phd, Rn, Anef, Faan

College of Nursing Posters

Purpose

• This quasi-experimental research project, completed by a Qualtrics survey, assessed the knowledge and confidence of baccalaureate, masters, and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) nursing students’ about caring for People With Disabilities (PWD).
• Participants completed a Qualtrics survey to assessed the knowledge and confidence about caring for People With Disabilities.

Redesigning Nursing Education To Build Healthier Communities: An Innovative Cross-Sector Collaboration., Beth Ann Swan, Peggy Hilden, Nikki West, Garrett Chan, Kathryn Shaffer, Judith G Berg, Mary Dickow, Deloras Jones

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

Today's health care environment requires registered nurses to be prepared for an array of practice settings, providing care outside the hospital and directly in the community. There is increasing focus on wellness, prevention, access to care, and mental health services for an aging and more diverse population. To improve alignment of education with increasingly complex needs, donor-advised funding supported four prelicensure nursing schools to transform their curricula. Selected schools were guided through a curriculum redesign process emphasizing community and continuum of care. This innovation was consistent with meeting challenges to realize the Institute of Medicine's 2011 Future of Nursing recommendations.

Generational Differences In Nursing Influencing Job Satisfaction, Sarah Carter, Rn, Capa, Maryjo Marino Hertzog, Rn, Bsn, Capa, Demetrius Trihoulis, Rn, Viktor Hum, Rn

Aria Health Posters

Purpose

A generation is defined as a group of individuals who are roughly the same age, and who experience and are influenced by the same set of significant historical events during key developmental periods in their lives.

With multiple Nursing generations working together in the heath care setting identifying and understanding generational differences that influence job satisfaction will help to promote a healthy work environment and a sustainable work force.

Does Having A Nurse Navigator Vs. Not Having A Nurse Navigator Decrease The Cost Of Healthcare In Patients With A Sepsis Diagnosis?, Marybeth Forward, Rn, Amanda Kuzewycz, Bsn, Rn-Bc, Sandra Little, Msn, Rn, Anne Lyons, Bsn, Rn-Bc, Kelly Panei, Bsn, Rn, Pccn, Diane Yaple, Ms, Lpc

Aria Health Posters

Purpose

The nurse navigator facilitates the care of a patient with the diagnosis of sepsis across the healthcare continuum. This includes:

• Promoting optimal outcomes
• Preventing readmissions
• Patient education
• Decreasing length of stay in skilled nursing facilities

The coordination of transition of care starts from the time of admission through the 90 day post acute period.

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 2019, Susan Albrecht Curcio

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

2019–2020 Meeting Dates Calendar

2020 Annual Luncheon and Meeting Notice

Officers for 2019–2020

President’s Message

Treasurer’s Report

Resume of Minutes

Office News

Committee Reports

• Social
• Relief Trust Fund
• Central Pennsylvania Satellite Group
• Scholarship
• By-Laws
• Nominating
• Bulletin

Jefferson Office of Alumni Relations

Annual Giving

In Honor of and in Memory of

Janet C. Hindson Award

• Janet C. Hindson Award Winner

Pearls of Wisdom

The History of the Jefferson Cap

A Nurses’ Cape Finds a Home

Happy Birthday – to Be 80 or More

Flower Thank You Notes

Annual Luncheon

• Photos
• Annual Luncheon Comments
• 1970 – 50th Anniversary Class List

In Memoriam …

Experiential Learning And Injury Prevention: A Win-Win, Christine Mckeever, Msn, Rn, Julia Ward, Phd, Rn, Anita Fennessey, Drnp, Rn, Cne, Kathryn M. Shaffer, Edd, Rn, Msn, Cne

College of Nursing Posters

Purpose

Experiential learning opportunities help prepare students for patients in crisis management

Harm reduction by ensuring students become certified in the Stop the Bleed Campaign & Opioid Overdose Narcan Prevention

Felty Syndrome, Dorothea Frederick, Dnp, Fnp-C

College of Nursing Posters

Take home point: It is important to remember that the diagnosis of FS may be masked in patients who present with infection, since active bacterial infection raises the WBC count to normal or slightly elevated – the neutropenia reappears shortly after successful treatment (Kay, 2017).

Rural Hospital Nursing Skill Mix And Work Environment Associated With Frequency Of Adverse Events., Jessica G. Smith, Colin M. Plover, Moira C. Mcchesney, Eileen T. Lake

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

Introduction: Though rural hospitals serve about one fifth of the United States (U.S.), few studies have investigated relationships among nursing resources and rural hospital adverse events.

Objectives: The purpose was to determine relationships among nursing skill mix (proportion of Registered Nurses (RNs) to all nursing staff), the work environment and adverse events (medication errors, patient falls with injury, pressure ulcers, and urinary tract infections) in rural hospitals.

Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, nurse survey data from a large study examining nurse organizational factors, patient safety, and quality from four U.S. states were linked to the 2006 American Hospital Association data. …

Developing A Business Case For The Care Coordination And Transition Management Model: Need, Metrics, And Measures, Sheila Haas, Phd, Rn, Faan, Regina Conway-Phillips, Phd, Rn, Beth Ann Swan, Phd, Crnp, Faan, Laura De La Pena, Msn, Rnc, C-Efm, Rachel Start, Msn, Rn, Ne-Bc, Diane Storer Brown, Phd, Rn, Cphq, Fnahq, Faan

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

In this descriptive qualitative study, nurse and healthcare leaders' experiences, perceptions of care coordination and transition management (CCTM®), and insights as to how to foster adoption of the CCTM RN role in nursing education, practice across the continuum, and policy were explored. Twenty-five barriers to recognition and adoption of CCTM RN practice across the continuum were identified and categorized. Implications of these findings, recommendations for adoption of CCTM RN practice across the care continuum, and strategies for reimbursement policies are discussed.

Optimizing Strategies For Care Coordination And Transition Management: Recommendations For Nursing Education, Beth Ann Swan, Regina Conway-Phillips, Sheila Haas, Laura De La Pena

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to explore nurse and healthcare leaders' experiences and perceptions of care coordination and transition management (CCTM®). Four barriers emerged that added insight into the lack of adopting and integrating CCTM knowledge, skills, and attitudes in nursing education in the following categories: curriculum redesign, silos of care settings and care providers, knowledge gap, and faculty development/resistance. Recommendations and implications for education, for both nursing students and practicing nurses, are described.

Rotating Shifts Vs. Fixed Schedules, Sara Vallett, Ba, Bsn, Rn, Dilek Reisoglu, Bs, Bsn, Rn

College of Nursing Posters

Purpose

• This EBP project seeks to examine the literature and nurses’ perceptions related to rotating shifts, especially the impact of quick returns on nurses and possible solutions.
• Nurses struggle to manage rotating shifts with quick turnaround between shifts. Quick returns defined as returning to work a different shift within 24 hrs

PICO question: What effect does rotating shifts with (quick returns) have on clinical nurses?

The American Academy Of Ambulatory Care Nursing's Invitational Summit On Care Coordination And Transition Management: An Overview, Sheila Haas, Beth Ann Swan

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing convened an Invitational Summit of national leaders to assist with strategic planning for promulgation of the care coordination and transition management (CCTM™) model. The conference was devoted to CCTM and the roles of registered nurses (RNs) across the care continuum to ensure safety and quality health care. The specific emphasis was on embedding the CCTM RN in healthcare policy and payment reform, as well as integration into academic and ongoing education across all care settings and specialties.

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 2018, Susan Albrecht Curcio

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

2018 – 2019 Meeting Dates Calendar

2019 Annual Luncheon and Meeting Notice

Officers, Committee Chairs, and Satellite

2018 President’s Message

Treasurer’s Report

Resume of Minutes

Office News

Committee Reports

• Social
• Relief Trust Fund
• Satellite – Harrisburg Satellite Area
• Scholarship
• By-Laws
• Nominating
• Bulletin

Jefferson Office of Alumni Relations

Annual Giving

Janet C. Hindson Award

• Janet C. Hindson Award Winner

News About and From Our Graduates

Pearls of Wisdom

Brain Health by YOU...and by Music!

Three Months at Byberry

Happy Birthday – To Be 80 or More

Annual Luncheon

• 1969 50th Anniversary Class List for 2019 Annual Luncheon
• Luncheon Photos
• Annual Luncheon …

Refusing To Let The Dust Settle: Creative Evaluation Of A Concept-Based Curriculum, Jeannette Kates, Phd, Gnp-Bc, Rn, Mary Hanson-Zalot, Edd, Rn, Julia Ward, Phd, Rn, Jamie Smith, Msn, Rn, Ccrn, Valerie Clary-Muronda, Phd, Msn-Ed, Rn

College of Nursing Posters

Concept-based curricula are being implemented in nursing education as a means to shift the emphasis from content to an emphasis on concepts and conceptual learning (Giddens & Brady, 2007). This paradigm shift requires concomitant changes in how faculty teach and how students learn. In concept-based curricula, teachers use student-centered learning activities, such as case studies, questions, or problems to engage students in active learning (Giddens, Caputi, & Rodgers, 2015).

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 2017, Susan Albrecht Curcio, Aileen Ishuin Macmillan, Ruth Huff Iuliano

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

2017 – 2018 Meeting Dates Calendar

2018 Annual Luncheon & Meeting Notice

Officers, Committee Chairs, Satellite and Volunteers

2017 President’s Message

Treasurer’s Report

Resume of Minutes

Where do your Alumni funds go?

Office News

Committee Reports

Alumni Relations

Annual Giving

In Honor of and in Memory of

Janet C. Hindson Award

Janet C. Hindson 2017 Award Winner

News About and From Our Graduates

Pearls of Wisdom

Happy Birthday to Be 80 or More

50th Anniversary Class List for 1967

Brain Health by YOU

2017 Lunch Attendees

50th Anniversary Class List for 1968

Luncheon Photos

Annual Luncheon Comments

In Memoriam, Names …

Prisons As Learning Environments For Nursing And Public Health Practice, Mary Bouchaud, Phd, Rn, Madeline Brooks

College of Nursing Posters

Background:

Challenges in Securing Community Nursing Rotation Sites Eighteen years of providing clinical placement for Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students has demonstrated that community-based educational opportunities are shrinking due to:

•Increased regulatory requirements

•Competing numbers of nursing schools

•Increasing student enrollment

•Decreasing availability of community resources capable and willing to precept students

These issues present challenges to preparing students for nursing practice. A college of nursing at an urban, academic health center found a solution by working with unexpected partners – maximum security prisons and juvenile detention centers.

A Novel Solution: Partnerships with Prisons

Several factors make prisons …

Utilization Of Care By Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome In Delaware, Michele K. Savin, Msn, Nnp-Bc

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

From 1999-2013, the nationwide incidence of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) due to maternal drug use rose from 1.5/1000 to 6/1000 hospital births. There is a dearth of information regarding what happens to these children when they are discharged. The purpose of this Practice Inquiry Project is to utilize existing Delaware Medicaid data to retrospectively explore the utilization of services and gaps in care for the infant with NAS in the first year of life. Key findings include less than expected well child visits and immunizations along with higher hospital re-admission rates. This represents missed opportunities for care, also demonstrating the …

Leveraging National Reports To Transform Ambulatory Care Practice, Anne T. Jessie, Beth Ann Swan

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

• Multiple national reports identify actionable recommendations to transform education and practice to meet the needs of health care and healthcare delivery beyond the hospital walls.
• The Josiah Macy Jr. Conference (2016) focused on transforming primary care and changing healthcare culture to support expansion of roles for registered nurses (RNs).
• Partnerships between academia and clinical practice are critical to expanding learning opportunities beyond traditional acute care settings.
• Development of primary care expertise in nursing faculty and adjunct faculty, in collaboration with primary care and ambulatory care nursing leaders, is essential.
• Academic-practice partnerships must advocate for removing regulatory and practice barriers to …

Neonatal Implications Of Substance Use Treatment During Pregnancy, Michele K. Savin, Msn, Nnp-Bc

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

I am writing in response to “Pharmacologic Treatment of Opioid Addiction During Pregnancy” by Keough and Fantasia (2017). The article nicely compares and summarizes the use of methadone and buprenorphine to treat substance use in pregnant women. I was dismayed, however, by the sections regarding neonatal considerations and breastfeeding, which contained some problematic assertions and some inaccurate conclusions.

Community Nursing: Health Care Behind Closed Doors, Mary Bouchaud, Phd, Rn, Mary Mangiaracina, Msn, Rn, 2009 Nln

College of Nursing Posters

Focus of nursing education in the 21st century is to teach students how to work with individuals & families within a community setting & to develop skills in providing nursing care that stresses community as the client.

The expectation of the APHA is that BSN students will be educationally prepared to work with & improve the health of individuals, families, & diverse populations within the community.

The H.E.R.E.© Curricular Model...Educating Nursing Students For 21st Century Health Care, Susan Egger, Phd, Rn, Mary Bouchaud, Phd, Rn, Beth Ann Swan, Phd, Crnp, Faan, Ann Phalen, Phd, Aprn, Nnp-Bc

College of Nursing Posters

Background:

The focus on traditional acute, hospital-based health care is being replaced with a new paradigm aimed at providing primary care, care of populations, and care across transitions and providers. As changes unfold, nursing education is challenged to prepare graduates who can effectively function in new healthcare environments of the 21st century. In response, the Jefferson College of Nursing (JCN) embarked on the ambitious task of designing a new 21st century baccalaureate nursing curriculum over a 13-month period. Although a 13-month turnaround time for curriculum design is unprecedented, what is most unique about JCN’s initiative is that it began with …

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 2016, Susan Albrecht Curcio, Aileen Ishuin Macmillan, Ruth Huff Iuliano

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

2016 – 2017 Meeting Dates Calendar

2017 Annual Luncheon & Meeting Notice

Officers, Committee Chairs, Satellite and Volunteers

2016 President’s Message

Treasurer’s Financial Report

Resume of Minutes

Alumni Office News

Committee Reports

• Social
• Relief Trust Fund
• Satellite–Harrisburg Satellite Area
• Scholarship
• Nominating
• Bulletin
• By Laws

Annual Giving Contributors

Janet C. Hindson Award

• Janet C. Hindson 2015 Award Winner

News About and From Our Graduates

Memories

Happy Birthday – To Be 80 or More

Annual Luncheon

• 50th Anniversary Class List for 1966
• Luncheon Attendees
• 1967 – Anniversary Class List for 2017 Annual Luncheon
• Luncheon Photos

In Memoriam, Names of Deceased Graduates

Class …

Lois Whaley Highsmith, Lois Whaley Highsmith, Kelsey Duinkerken

Jefferson Nursing Oral Histories

After originally studying chemical engineering at Penn State, Lois Highsmith decided to instead pursue nursing. At Jefferson she found a passion for community health nursing, specifically related to obstetrics, gynecology, and maternal child health. Ms. Highsmith graduated in 1986 and over the years worked mostly in maternal care but also in psychology. Among other positions, she worked for ten years at Pennsylvania Hospital where she founded STEPS, Strategies to Encourage Parental Self-Sufficiency, a teen pregnancy clinic, and worked as a home visitor for Mercy Home Health educating new moms about postpartum care. Since 2002 she has worked for Nurse Family …

Vera Paoletti, Vera Paoletti, Kelsey Duinkerken

Jefferson Nursing Oral Histories

Vera Paoletti became interested in nursing as a teenager after watching a close family member succumb to leukemia. This experience led her to work as a candy striper at Jefferson Hospital through her high school years and then enroll in the Jefferson Hospital School of Nursing in 1966. Once she graduated in 1969 Ms. Paoletti began her career as a nurse at Jefferson, first in surgery on Ninth Pavilion and then in oncology on Eleventh Pavilion before becoming head nurse first of a nineteen-bed unit reserved for VIPs and then two years later of Sixth Main. In 1975 she left …

Joan Walker Randolph, Joan Walker Randolph, Kelsey Duinkerken

Jefferson Nursing Oral Histories

Joan Randolph is a 1956 graduate of the Jefferson School of Nursing’s Diploma Program. Though she enjoyed all of her nursing rotations as a student, upon graduation she decided to go into medical-surgical nursing, starting her career at Jefferson Hospital working with, among others, Dr. John Gibbon. After leaving Jefferson, Ms. Randolph spent the bulk of her career at Jeanes Hospital, where she worked her way up from staff nurse to head nurse and eventually on to Vice President of Patient Care Services. Though now retired Ms. Randolph continues to be involved with the field of nursing by serving on …

Colleen Young Elwood, Colleen Young Elwood, Kelsey Duinkerken

Jefferson Nursing Oral Histories

Colleen Young Elwood discovered her interest in nursing after finishing a Bachelor’s of Science in psychology and starting her career at Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Learning about diabetes and working with diabetics sparked an interest in public and community health so she enrolled in Thomas Jefferson University’s two-year BSN program, which she graduated from in 2013. While at Jefferson her clinical experiences confirmed she was not interested in hospital nursing but instead in community nursing. After graduating she started working at Nurse Family Partnership, first as an intern and then as a Nurse-Home Visitor, where she helps new mothers during …

Grace Spena, Grace Spena, Kelsey Duinkerken

Jefferson Nursing Oral Histories

Grace Spena grew up with an interest in health sciences, first wanting to be a medical laboratory technologist and later a registered nurse after attending an open house on nursing at Saint Agnes Hospital, where she volunteered as a teenager. Upon completing her education in 1971 from the Jefferson Diploma School of Nursing, Ms. Spena began her career as a Staff Nurse in the Surgical ICU at Jefferson Hospital. She then went to Medical College of Pennsylvania, working as a Staff Nurse in the combined Medical/Surgical ICU and later as the Head Nurse of the 3 West Medical/Surgical unit. After …

Eileen Healy Garrity, Eileen Healy Garrity, Kelsey Duinkerken

Jefferson Nursing Oral Histories

Eileen Garrity’s first draw to the medical field came through her interest in Christiaan Barnard’s work as a cardiac surgeon. After deciding to pursue nursing instead of medicine, Ms. Garrity entered the Jefferson School of Nursing’s Diploma program, graduating in 1976. She began her career as an ER and ICU nurse, working at Atlantic City Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hospital, and Mercy Fitzgerald. She eventually left hospital nursing to work at Blue Cross, ending there as the manager of their risk programs department before moving on to Taylor Hospital as a director of social work case management and later manager of …

Breanne Ward, Breanne Ward, Kelsey Duinkerken

Jefferson Nursing Oral Histories

Though she originally decided to become an accountant during college, Breanne Ward soon realized she would rather be in a field where she could work more closely with people. She chose nursing because she wanted the opportunity to physically care for others. Ms. Ward was accepted as a nursing student in Jefferson’s Full-time Accelerated Coursework Track (FACT) program, during which time she discovered an interest in community health through both her non-hospital clinical experiences and volunteering with Jeff HEALTH (Helping East Africa Link To Health). After working in the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and completing her Master’s in Community Systems …