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Accountability Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students: Definitions, Perceptions, And Engagement Practices Of Accountability, Jennifer Ann Ort Sep 2017

Accountability Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students: Definitions, Perceptions, And Engagement Practices Of Accountability, Jennifer Ann Ort

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The purpose of this study was to explore, describe, and define student perceptions of accountability. Study findings suggested students understood the importance of accountability but were unable to verbalize a definition. Understanding student accountability is imperative because new nurses are expected to accept accountability when entering the workforce.


Weaving Evidence-Based Practice Into Nursing Shared Governance: One Model For The Magnet Journey, Patricia A. O'Malley Sep 2017

Weaving Evidence-Based Practice Into Nursing Shared Governance: One Model For The Magnet Journey, Patricia A. O'Malley

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This presentation describes integration of evidence based practice (EBP) within all aspects of nursing shared governance in a hospital system. Nursing's journey to EBP integration will be explored. Attendees will be provided a map for their EBP journey which includes recommendations, resources and how not to become lost.


Esmart-Htn: An Electronic Hypertension Self-Management Intervention For Improving The Quality Of The Patient-Provider Interaction, Marym Alaamri Sep 2017

Esmart-Htn: An Electronic Hypertension Self-Management Intervention For Improving The Quality Of The Patient-Provider Interaction, Marym Alaamri

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This presentation will focus on the current state of the science on hypertension self-management and evaluate the effect of a new behavioral intervention, eSMART-HTN, that targets quality of the patient-provider interaction. The presenter will discuss the potential implication to improve the quality of patient-provider interaction in hypertension self-management.


Statistics Used In Scholarly Projects Of Doctor Of Nursing Practice Graduates, Aliya Kuerban Sep 2017

Statistics Used In Scholarly Projects Of Doctor Of Nursing Practice Graduates, Aliya Kuerban

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Content analysis of 100 DNP projects selected from two repositories was conducted to explore the most often used statistics methods in DNP projects. This study provided a workable framework for faculty to teach biostatistics to DNP students more effectively.


Nursing, Respiratory Care, And Social Work Undergraduate Students' Practices, Attitudes, And Knowledge/Skills With Evidence-Based Practice, Kathleen M. Williamson Sep 2017

Nursing, Respiratory Care, And Social Work Undergraduate Students' Practices, Attitudes, And Knowledge/Skills With Evidence-Based Practice, Kathleen M. Williamson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The purpose of this inter-professional study was to identify undergraduate nursing, respiratory care, and social work students' practice of, attitudes toward, and knowledge/skills with EBP to find patterns of adoption and implementation of EBP throughout the learning process.


Learning From Culturally Diverse Nursing Students With Physical Disabilities, Geraldine C. Fike, Dawn I. Blue Sep 2017

Learning From Culturally Diverse Nursing Students With Physical Disabilities, Geraldine C. Fike, Dawn I. Blue

Biennial Convention (CONV)

An educational activity providing concepts of reasonable accommodations to meet the educational needs of culturally diverse students with physical disabilities and a focus on the needs to provide an opportunity for students with disabilities to meet academic competencies without compromising the essence of the program.


Student Engagement And Satisfaction In A Flipped Classroom, Kellie Adams, Joyce Zurmehly Sep 2017

Student Engagement And Satisfaction In A Flipped Classroom, Kellie Adams, Joyce Zurmehly

Biennial Convention (CONV)

A quasi-experimental design was used to determine the effects of the flipped classroom approach as a teaching method on student satisfaction, engagement and content knowledge within an adult medical surgical nursing course. Overall positive trends were noted in all areas.


The I-Obesity Course: Delivering An Evidence-Based Obesity Intervention In Your Community!, Douglas H. Sutton Sep 2017

The I-Obesity Course: Delivering An Evidence-Based Obesity Intervention In Your Community!, Douglas H. Sutton

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This intensive intervention program explored the effectiveness of an internet-delivered, evidence-based obesity management program. All participants lived in either a rural or medically underserved community in Arizona. The program was provided as a cohort model working with the clients own primary care provider.


Evaluating The Effectiveness Of The Development Of Interprofessional Education Activities, Heba Sadaka, Denise Ragland Sep 2017

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of The Development Of Interprofessional Education Activities, Heba Sadaka, Denise Ragland

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The learner should be able to list 2 interprofessional activities to use in nursing education. The learner should be able to state at least one way of measuring IPE activities to use in nursing education.


Elderly Singaporeans' Perceptions Of Undergoing Joint Replacement Surgery: A Qualitative Study, Rosy Tay Sep 2017

Elderly Singaporeans' Perceptions Of Undergoing Joint Replacement Surgery: A Qualitative Study, Rosy Tay

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This descriptive qualitative study lends insights of elderly Singaporeans perceptions of their perioperative journey undergoing joint replacement surgery to inform healthcare policy, clinical practice and educational curricula amongst healthcare professionals.


Recruiting Staff Nurses As Research Participants: Lessons Learned, Karen H. Morin, Ashley Wright, Marshe Remynse, Donna Moyer, Khristina Grimm Sep 2017

Recruiting Staff Nurses As Research Participants: Lessons Learned, Karen H. Morin, Ashley Wright, Marshe Remynse, Donna Moyer, Khristina Grimm

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This session highlights lessons learned when trying to recruit staff nurses on a mother-baby unit in a Magnet designated hospital as participants in focus groups.


Family Health And Wellness: Thai Mothers' Perceptions, Pamela E. Treisman, Julia Snethen, Wirunpat Sakunsuntiporn, Moudi S. Albargawi, Shaherah Andargeery, Sheryl T. Kelber Sep 2017

Family Health And Wellness: Thai Mothers' Perceptions, Pamela E. Treisman, Julia Snethen, Wirunpat Sakunsuntiporn, Moudi S. Albargawi, Shaherah Andargeery, Sheryl T. Kelber

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This study explores Thai mother's perceptions of the health and wellness of their families. This will provide insight into what nurses should address when working with their patients.


Engaging Ms Students As Nurse Educators: Flipping The Online Classroom, Kimberly Ann Balko, Lynn Mcnall, Jennifer Nettleton Sep 2017

Engaging Ms Students As Nurse Educators: Flipping The Online Classroom, Kimberly Ann Balko, Lynn Mcnall, Jennifer Nettleton

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This session will provide an overview of flipping an online course designed to enhance the graduate nurse educator's ability to communicate, collaborate, and use problem solving skills in developing unfolding case studies using the scaffolding technique in educating their peers about advanced pharmacology.


Continuous Labour Support In Public Health Facilities In Nigeria: Midwives' Perception And Attitude, Olabisi Ibitoye, Deliwe Rene Phetlhu Sep 2017

Continuous Labour Support In Public Health Facilities In Nigeria: Midwives' Perception And Attitude, Olabisi Ibitoye, Deliwe Rene Phetlhu

Biennial Convention (CONV)

A qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study that explored the Nurse/Midwives perceptions and attitudes to Continuous Labour Support (CLS) in seven selected public health facilities in the South-West region of Nigeria


Decreasing Test-Taking Anxiety In Nursing Students: Recommendations For Nursing Faculty, Catherine C. Razzi, Rhonda S. Sullivan, Azita Amiri, Elizabeth Mackessy-Lloyd, Tennille Curtis Sep 2017

Decreasing Test-Taking Anxiety In Nursing Students: Recommendations For Nursing Faculty, Catherine C. Razzi, Rhonda S. Sullivan, Azita Amiri, Elizabeth Mackessy-Lloyd, Tennille Curtis

Biennial Convention (CONV)

A systematic review using PRISMA was completed to identify strategies that can be used by nursing faculty to reduce test-taking anxiety among nursing. Muscle relaxation, deep breathing, psychological and educational counseling, co-meditation, emotional freedom technique, music intervention and aromatherapy showed the greatest statistical significance for reducing text-anxiety among nursing students.


Poverty Simulation: A Teaching Tool For Undergraduate Nursing Students, Dawn Garrett-Wright, Kim Link, Kara Haughtigan Sep 2017

Poverty Simulation: A Teaching Tool For Undergraduate Nursing Students, Dawn Garrett-Wright, Kim Link, Kara Haughtigan

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Advocacy for vulnerable populations is considered an essential aspect of professional nursing practice (AACN, 2008). Negative attitudes towards those living in poverty interferes with providing high quality, unbiased care to clients. The purpose of this clinical simulation was to expose nursing students to the realities of living in poverty.


Influencing Nursing Practice: Engaging New Graduate Nurses In Evidence-Based Practice, Janet Kay Hosking, Katie B. Knox Sep 2017

Influencing Nursing Practice: Engaging New Graduate Nurses In Evidence-Based Practice, Janet Kay Hosking, Katie B. Knox

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Are new graduate nurses ready to engage in evidence-based practice (EBP)? This presentation will report on the evolution of an EBP curriculum within a nurse residency program and subsequent study to investigate the effect the curriculum has on the new graduate nurses' EBP self-efficacy.


Partnering To Provide Midwifery And Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Education: A Model For Success, Susan Bragg Leight, Karen Johnson Feltham, Marian Newton Sep 2017

Partnering To Provide Midwifery And Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Education: A Model For Success, Susan Bragg Leight, Karen Johnson Feltham, Marian Newton

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Challenges in clinical education demand creative solutions. Through our initiatives, graduate nursing students complete core master's level coursework at their home universities, and study midwifery and PMHNP at SU. The end result is an MSN degree awarded from the home institution and a Post Master's certificate from SU.


Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Psychological Factors In Licensed Nurses, Cynthia M. Pipkins Sep 2017

Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Psychological Factors In Licensed Nurses, Cynthia M. Pipkins

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Licensed nurses complain of pain and leave the profession citing work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD). Psychological factors affect injury response of avoidance or confrontation. Explore the self-reported characteristics of nurses with a WMSD and relationships among psychological factors (pain, personality traits, and coping strategies) to create evidence-based innovations for holistic rehabilitation.


The Effect Of Music Relaxation Video On College Students' Anxiety And Physical Vital Signs, Grace Chu-Hui-Lin Chi, Dennis Cheek, Jerry L. Chi Sep 2017

The Effect Of Music Relaxation Video On College Students' Anxiety And Physical Vital Signs, Grace Chu-Hui-Lin Chi, Dennis Cheek, Jerry L. Chi

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The music relaxation video is a safe and inexpensive technique that can be used for college students with anxiety. It also demonstrates beneficial effects on decreasing pulses and diastolic blood pressure. The findings can improve health among college students and can be easily utilized in educational institutions.


The Three Pillars For Success Of African Americans In Bachelor Of Science Nursing, Anne Marie Jean-Baptiste Sep 2017

The Three Pillars For Success Of African Americans In Bachelor Of Science Nursing, Anne Marie Jean-Baptiste

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Participants will understand when clustering African American under the umbrella of minority, specific characteristics hindering their recruitment and retention are missed. These students relied on their inner skills and dispositions as they redefined the learning context and embraced external support systems for successful recruitment and retention in a BSN program.


Health Promotion And Nursing In Cuba, Debra Pettit Whisenant, Alice L. March Sep 2017

Health Promotion And Nursing In Cuba, Debra Pettit Whisenant, Alice L. March

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The purpose is to provide information regarding the organization and functioning of the Cuban health care system. We will examine how nurses are educated and practice. We will discuss our preconceived ideas about health care in Cuba and how those were altered by an actual visit to the country.


Impact Of A Human Papilloma Virus Seminar On Students' Attitudes, Perceptions, Knowledge, And Record Search, Marivic B. Torregosa, Marcus Antonius Ynalvez, Patricia C. Keck, Claudia Carolina Beltran Sep 2017

Impact Of A Human Papilloma Virus Seminar On Students' Attitudes, Perceptions, Knowledge, And Record Search, Marivic B. Torregosa, Marcus Antonius Ynalvez, Patricia C. Keck, Claudia Carolina Beltran

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The purpose of this presentation is to examine whether a 15-minute school-located face-to-face Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) seminar directly impacts college-level freshman students' vaccination-record search behavior, or indirectly impacts through changes in their perceptions of safety and of risk, attitude toward, and knowledge about HPV vaccine.


Undergraduate Nursing Students' Perspectives About A Community Poverty Simulation Workshop: A Longitudinal Cohort Study, Susan Eva Lowey Sep 2017

Undergraduate Nursing Students' Perspectives About A Community Poverty Simulation Workshop: A Longitudinal Cohort Study, Susan Eva Lowey

Biennial Convention (CONV)

To ensure a competent nursing workforce in an ever-changing global healthcare environment, all nursing students must have a basic understanding about the implications of poverty on health and compassion towards persons living in poverty.


Social Network Characteristics Of Adolescents With Adhd, Barbara Wise Sep 2017

Social Network Characteristics Of Adolescents With Adhd, Barbara Wise

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Youth with ADHD have been demonstrated to have social difficulties but no study has analyzed the social networks of adolescents with ADHD. This session presents research comparing the social networks of adolescents with ADHD to those without ADHD, and explores the clinical and research implications.


National Survey Indicates Low Levels Of Readiness For Ebp Among Nurses At Finnish University Hospitals, Hannele Saunders Sep 2017

National Survey Indicates Low Levels Of Readiness For Ebp Among Nurses At Finnish University Hospitals, Hannele Saunders

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Finnish Registered Nurses' readiness for evidence-based practice is described nationally at university hospitals in terms of their self-efficacy in employing evidence-based practice and their perceived and actual evidence-based practice knowledge, and compared with those of nurses at some other English- and non-English-speaking countries.


Engaging Transformational Learning Through Heutagogy And Brain-Based Constructs, Janice L. Albers Sep 2017

Engaging Transformational Learning Through Heutagogy And Brain-Based Constructs, Janice L. Albers

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Prepare nursing students with critical thinking skills to thrive in complex healthcare environments through innovative online course design. Engage students through integration of heutagogy (self-determined learning) and brain-based learning concepts to promote transformational student learning. Gain valuable tools to transform your online courses.


Secondary Emotional Labor: Supervisor Support Vs. Non-Support Of The Emotional Labor Of Hospice Nurses, Barbara Dicicco-Bloom, Benjamin Dicicco-Bloom Sep 2017

Secondary Emotional Labor: Supervisor Support Vs. Non-Support Of The Emotional Labor Of Hospice Nurses, Barbara Dicicco-Bloom, Benjamin Dicicco-Bloom

Biennial Convention (CONV)

We present two dynamics among nurses and supervisors in Hospice Interdisciplinary Group Meetings: Supervisors encouraging nurses to process their emotional labor with patients and in contrast, supervisors suppressing these attempts and imposing what we describe as secondary emotional labor. We discuss implications of these dynamics for nurses, patients and organizations.


Patient Safety Competencies In Rural Asn Students: An Evidence-Based Curricular Innovation, Janeen Berndt Sep 2017

Patient Safety Competencies In Rural Asn Students: An Evidence-Based Curricular Innovation, Janeen Berndt

Dissertations

Hospital clinical experiences are important events in prelicensure nursing education. Benefits include the opportunity for students to experience actual nursing responsibilities, immersion into environment, and professional socialization. However, challenges in finding appropriate clinical experiences include competition over clinical sites, decreasing patient acuity, and high student-faculty ratios. Rural schools of nursing have these challenges and those inherent in rural environments such as limited health
care access, restricted critical access hospitals, and limited resources. The purpose of this evidence-based practice project was to plan, implement, and evaluate the use of a series of patient care simulations as an educational intervention to improve …


Parenting Stress In Parents Of Infants With Congenital Heart Disease And Parents Of Healthy Infants: The First Year Of Life, Nadya Golfenshtein, Alexandra L. Hanlon, Janet A. Deatrick, Barbara Medoff-Cooper Sep 2017

Parenting Stress In Parents Of Infants With Congenital Heart Disease And Parents Of Healthy Infants: The First Year Of Life, Nadya Golfenshtein, Alexandra L. Hanlon, Janet A. Deatrick, Barbara Medoff-Cooper

Sigma Foundation for Nursing Research Grant Reports

Aims: To describe and compare parenting stress levels during infancy between parents of infants with complex CHD and parents of healthy infants.