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Psychosocial Knowledge For Future Nursing And Midwifery Practice In Community Placement In Vietnam And Australia, Yvonne Karen Parry, Pauline Hill

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The oral presentation will report on two completed research projects which compare the levels of staff and student learning across two community based placements, one in the Vietnam highlands and one in a homelessness service in South Australia. Both community based placements provided health care to vulnerable and disadvantaged population groups. Community placements with vulnerable population groups provide nursing and midwifery students with the confidence needed to care for people with complex health and social issues in acute care settings. These placements enhanced the student"s clinical skills and linkages to psychosocial theories of human development. The Australian research project mixed …

Half The Sky: Use Of Literature To Teach Undergraduate Nursing Students About Global Health Equity, Jane Greene-Ryan, Jane Donovan

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: This presentation describes qualtiative findings from a global health assignment which we have used with undergraduate maternal child nursing students for the past ten years. We developed this assignment as a way to encourage students to reflect upon literature as well as current evidence when considering the needs of vulnerable populations of migrant women whom they are likely to encounter in their clinical practice. Our university is situated with a distinctly urban setting in the northeastern United States. Our diverse but inherently financially priviledged student body is situated within an inner city where many residents live far below the …

Using Trigger Films As A Bariatric Sensitivity Intervention To Improve Nursing Students' Attitudes And Beliefs, Margory A. Molloy

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: This project was a program evaluation. Its aim was to develop, implement, and evaluate the effects of a bariatric sensitivity intervention (BSI) on nursing students" attitudes toward obesity and their beliefs about caring for obese patients.

Methods: One-group repeated measures design used surveys immediately before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, and 30 days after the intervention to evaluate the effects of the BSI on nursing students" attitudes toward obesity and beliefs about obese persons. The BSI was delivered to a convenience sample of 70 first-semester nursing students enrolled in the introductory clinical nursing course of an accelerated BSN …

Knowledge Mobilization Of Methods And Findings Of Intimate Partner Violence Research In Canada's North, Pertice M. Moffitt, Heather Fikowski

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this presentation is to highlight knowledge mobilization (a way of taking the knowledge generated by a study and putting it into action to afford change in a culturally and contextually congruent way) in relation to the research findings of this study and to specific strategies of knowledge mobilization used for our northern culture. Knowledge mobilization was conducted from the beginning of the research through to completion of the project and will extend beyond the completion date with dissemination of the findings. The process of knowledge mobilization occurred through a variety of different activities, some of which were …

Misconceptions About Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Complications Rate Based On Insertion Settings: A Comprehensive Literature Review, Ani Kaziu, Liam Mcneil, Laura Lee Robishaw, Erica Marie Luke, Elisha Son

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: With more than 300 million IV catheters sold and 60% to 90% of hospitalized patients requiring PIVC access in the United States, this intervention is the most common, invasive, patient procedure performed worldwide (Helm et al., 2015). Current guidelines for PIVC care suggest that complication rates may be increased when access is obtained in pre-hospital or emergency department settings over those placed in the inpatient care units. The 2011 CDC published guidelines state there is no need to replace PIVC more frequently than 72 to 96 hours in order to decrease the risk of complications in adult patients (CDC, …

Pain-Me-Free: A Video Game To Improve Geriatric Pain Management Using A Multi-Discipline Approach, Martha L. Martinez, Sandra Sanchez-Reilly, Jeanette Ross

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: In response to the IOM report the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) recognized the importance adequately preparing healthcare professionals to care for elders and developed minimum geriatrics competency guidelines grounded in evidence-based principles of quality care for older adults. Despite its prevalence, evidence suggests that pain is often poorly assessed/managed, especially in the elderly. The PAIN-ME-FREE (Pain Activity for Inter-professional Nursing and Medical Student Education Focusing on Response, Effectiveness and decreasing side E …

Preschool Children: What They Know About Asthma And How They Learn, Adaya A. Troyer, Tami Hodges Wyatt

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Childhood asthma is a growing societal problem that causes suffering for children and families. Asthma currently impacts 6.8 million children in the United States, with as many as 50-80% developing symptoms before the age of five ( Beydon et al., 2007; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Insitute, 2007). Short of finding a cure, the best way to address this health concern is to give children with asthma the resources they need to control their condition. Unfortunately, research and resources for young children with asthma are lacking. The authors hypothesize using age-appropriate education via technology, which promotes self-regulation with psychosocial …

Burnout And Intent To Leave Among Mid-Level Academic Nurse Leaders: An Unfolding Crisis, Linda Flynn, Pamela Ironside

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Much attention has been focused, appropriately, on nursing faculty shortages. Another growing international concern, however, is the critical shortage of mid-level academic nurse leaders such as associate and assistant deans. Since many future deanship vacancies are expected to be filled by current mid-level academic leaders, it is vital to the future of nursing education that we better understand the contributors to mid-level leader shortages (Morton, 2014). Occupational burnout has been found to be associated with job dissatisfaction and attrition in international samples of clinical-focused nurses as well as educators in other disciplines (Aiken, et al., 2012; Brunsting, Sreckovic, & …

The Cultural Impact Of An Interprofessional Nursing And Health Sciences Summer Academy, Audrey P. Miller, Chanadra T. Young-Whiting

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: The vision of the 100: Nursing & Health Sciences Summer Academy is to serve as a beacon of leadership by utilizing our diverse talents to create environments where our children are motivated to achieve as self-sufficient shareholders of the communities they serve. To create a positive transformation of society with a focus on the healthcare needs of underserved populations. The mission of the 100: Nursing & Health Sciences Summer Academy is to improve the quality of life within our communities and enhance educational and economic opportunities. To prepare diverse healthcare professionals and leaders in the delivery of high quality, …

A Pilot Study Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Diabetes Prevention In A Medically Underserved Community, Stefanie Annette Schroeter, Kelley Anderson, Andrew C. Robie

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This pilot study evaluated the effectiveness of participation in the National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) for weight reduction in a sample of prediabetic individuals in an urban medically underserved community. The study also evaluated the challenges of implementing the NDPP into such a community, where rates of low education, poverty, medical comorbidities and psychosocial comorbidities are high. The NDPP was developed from a large multicenter study by Knowler and co-authors (2002), Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group, demonstrating a reduced risk for diabetes in prediabetic individuals who participated in an intensive lifestyle intervention program aimed at reducing weight and improving lifestyle …

Use Of The Pediatric Infant Parent Exam: Screening Maternal-Infant Interactional Synchrony During Well-Infant Visits, Kathryn Sridaromont

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Maternal-infant interactional synchrony is a dyadic interaction between mother and infant that provides an observable mutually regulated pattern of contingent reciprocal rhythm as each member makes behavioral adjustments to maintain a balance in the system (Leclere et al., 2014). Reciprocal synchronous interaction results in greater maternal sensitivity and more secure infant attachment. A major anticipatory need has been identified to screen for altered maternal-infant interaction early in life to identify at risk dyads and guide appropriate interventions to ameliorate maladaptive patterns. Nurses are well suited to screen early maternal-infant interactional synchrony as a component of well-baby visits via direct observation …

Barriers And Facilitators To Timely Epinephrine Administration For Anaphylaxis In Schools: A Systematic Review, Emily Christensen, Susi Miller, Victoria Von Sadovszky

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Anaphylaxis affects 2% of the United States population and the incidence is increasing the US, UK, and Australia (Koplin, Marcin, & Allen, 2011; Lieberman et al, 2006). Rates of anaphylaxis are highest in children between the ages of 0 and 19 years, with between 10%-18% cases of all pediatric anaphylaxis occurring in schools (Song, Worm, & Lieberman, 2014). In children not previously diagnosed with anaphylaxis, 24% of first time anaphylaxis occurred at school (Dinakar, 2012). In 32 cases of fatal anaphylaxis in the school setting, 28% of those were due do a delay in the administration of epinephrine (Sicherer …

Students' Perceptions Of Front-End Loading Of Didactic And Simulation Classes In A Maternal Child Course, Judy M. Comeaux, Julie A. Baker-Townsend

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose of the presentation is to share an innovative approach to teaching undergraduate BSN students" concepts and practices essential to maternal child nursing prior to inpatient clinical experiences.

Methods: In an effort to improve confidence and ensure acceptable skill level in the maternal child specialty areas, all didactic and simulation experiences were front-end loaded during the first two weeks of the semester. This concept was developed to improve knowledge of maternal child principles to promote safe practices in various inpatient clinical areas of maternal child health. Evidence-based studies have shown the use of laboratory simulators help students become …

The Lived Experience In Relation To The Educational Needs Of Nurses Caring For Induced Hypothermia Patients, Marie Hankinson

Dissertations

Ongoing educational development is essential to ensure the effectiveness of professional nurses' learning experiences. Understanding the ways in which workplace learning occurs is fundamental to enabling nurse educators to deliver that knowledge. Induced hypothermia was introduced as a new treatment modality in 2005 and education surrounding the care of the hypothermia patient is lacking in the literature.

The purpose of this study is to illuminate how nurses learn new knowledge in the clinical setting. Theoretical Framework: The learning theory chosen for this study is the three dimensions of learning by Illeris (2004).

Exploring Determinants Of Registered Nurses' Trust In Their Managers, Barbara Joy Wilson-Keates

Dissertations

A nurse-manager relationship plays a key role in a nurse's practice environment. A nurse's trust in one's manager is the foundation for a supportive nurse-manager relationship and has crucial bearing upon the professional and personal lives of the nurse. However due to health care restructuring, nurses expressed little trust towards their leaders. To develop and implement strategies to help build healthy nurse-manager relationships, research is needed to more fully understand the factors that establish and enhance a nurse's trust in one's manager.

The Effect Of A School Nurse Led Education Intervention On Blood Pressure And Physical Activity Levels In Adolescents, Nancyruth Leibold

Dissertations

Regular physical activity (PA) is a necessary health promotion behavior for adolescents. Benefits of regular physical activity are optimal body weight, lowering blood pressure (BP), and decreasing risk factors for chronic illnesses. Yet declining physical activity levels and increasing sedentary behaviors along with the rising prevalence of overweight and obesity, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension exists in teenagers. The purpose of this quantitative research was to study the effects of a School Nurse led teaching intervention to promote physical activity as a healthy behavior on blood pressures and physical activity levels in adolescents. Youth empowerment was the theoretical framework for …

Primary Care Practitioners' Guidelines In The Treatment Of Chronic Non Cancer Pain, Alice F. Messer

DNP and Student Works

The purpose of this project was to enhance primary care nurse practitioners' knowledge regarding opioid prescribing evidence-based guidelines in the treatment of CNCP. By enhancing prescribers' knowledge of the guidelines, nurse practitioners may help to reduce the prevalence of opioid misuse and decrease the number of deaths due to opioid overdose.

Transforming Dnp Practice Partnerships Through Meaningful Student Initiatives And Structured Collaborations, Mary A. Hooshmand, Jessica R. Williams, Kenya Snowden, Cynthia L. Foronda

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies (UMSONHS) Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) program has developed a unique approach to practice immersion. During this time, students have been exposed to an increasingly diverse array of educational experiences with a broad range of healthcare partners across local, national, and international communities. The objective is to expand students" leadership skills for serving at the forefront of the 21^st century heath care system by providing transformational experiences. Ensuring such opportunities remain available for each successive class requires maintaining strong bonds with an infrastructure of health providers throughout the community …

The Effects Of Tai Chi Exercise On Cardiovascular Functions: A Meta-Analysis, Hsiao-Ping Shih, Yueh-Yen Fang

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) continues to rise, and will be accounted for 23.6 million global deaths by 2030. Physical activity plays an important role on cardiac rehabilitation. Prior studies had suggested that exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation had contributed to a reduction of 20% mortality in patients with coronary artery disease. Tai Chi, a traditional Chinese conditioning exercise, is well recognized by its effect on relaxation. Many studies had investigated its effect on cardiovascular functions, however, there was a lack of direct measure on heart functions and the study results were inconsistent …

"Gift Of Life": Comparing Factors Involving Non-Directed Kidney Donor Motivation For Social Workers And Nurses, Cheryl K. Giefer

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: This research examines donor motivations using a research design from earlier investigations evaluating the persuasiveness of the National Kidney Foundation"s (NKF) altruistic "gift of life" frame. Earlier studies produced mixed results, showing, in particular, substantially more support for material incentives among an international sample of nursing professionals as compared to a convenience sample of college students. The purpose of this exploratory study is to compare nurses and social workers on each of three measures used as indicators of kidney donor motivation: 1) social distance between donor and recipient; 2) support for material incentives as a component of motivation to …

Regular Sport Activity Is Positively Associated With Biopsychosocial Outcomes In Adults With Congenital Heart Disease, Hsiao-Ling Yang

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore whether adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) engaged in regular sport, and to examine whether participating in sport activities on a regular basis was associated with increase exercise capacity as well as better quality of life in adults with CHD.

Methods: From March 2014 to July 2014, a total of one hundred and thirty adults (82 female, 48 male, 18 -61 years) with various CHD were included in this study, twenty four (18.5%) with simple CHD, seventy four with moderate CHD (56.9%), and thirty two (24.6%) with great complexity CHD. Participants …

Perceptions Of Self-Reported Civility Among Undergraduate Nursing Students, Abby Grammer Horton, Norma Graciela Cuellar

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Nearly 62% of students and faculty in nursing education have reported incivility in an academic setting. The majority of the evidence in the literature describes Student Incivility as faculty to student or student to faculty. Few studies have identified student to student. It is uncertain how students perceive their level of civility. Incivility between students can impact participation in the class resulting in failure, poor attrition, stress, anxiety, depression, and lack of self-esteem.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify perceptions of self-reported civility in undergraduate nursing students.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study of undergraduate …

Impact Of High-Fidelity Simulation On Teaching Medical Nursing, Yaohua Gu, Zhijie Zou, Yangun Liu

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose:Â Â The purpose of this study was to examine the High-Fidelity Simulation to improve disease-related knowledge level of junior students in a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and to explore the students evaluation on High-Fidelity Simulation.

Methods:  The study used a within-group, pre-post test design with twenty-three students of a nursing school in central city in the People’s Republic of China. Students were divided into four groups of five to six students. Facilitated by the same teacher, the four groups performed simulations in four different days. For each group, three simulation scenarios with high-fidelity simulator were implemented. …

Developing A Framework For Faculty Global Scholarship, Inez Tuck

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Global health is a strategic initiative for the nursing program and the institute where I serve as Dean. Faculty are actively engaged in a number of global projects including participating in mission trips, providing professional services and direct patient care, leading student immersions and studies abroad, and consulting and training nurses in nursing programs or practice sites. Faculty activities occur in diverse sites including locations in the Caribbean, Africa, South and Central America, the former Soviet Union and Asian-Pacific countries.

As a nursing dean supporting faculty members with great interest in international work and a strategic goal to enhance the …

Self-Reported Parenting Stress And Salivary Cortisol Following Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Intervention, Lisa R. Roberts, G. Griffin Boostrom, Salem Omar Dehom, Cameron L. Neece

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: To examine the correlation of self-reported stress and salivary cortisol, a stress biomarker.

Parents of children with developmental delays (DD) experience higher levels of stress than parents of typically developing children. Roughly one- to two-thirds of parents of children with DD experience clinical levels of parental stress (Davis & Carter, 2008). Children with DD have significantly more behavior problems, experience more emotional difficulties, and are more likely to have clinical levels of behavior problems than typically developing children (Emerson & Einfeld, 2010). Parenting stress and child behavior problems appear to have an interdependent, reciprocal relationship (Neece, Green, & Baker, …

Incivility Between Nursing Students In The Classroom: A Review Of The Literature, Abby Grammer Horton, Norma Graciela Cuellar

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Nearly 62% of students and faculty in nursing education have reported incivility in an academic setting (Clark & Springer, 2007). In a national survey, 24.8% of faculty have been physically assaulted and 42.8% had experienced verbal abuse while in the clinical setting (Lashley & de Menese, 2001). Vertical incivility/violence may occur between faculty:students, nurse:students, and administration:employees. Horizontal incivility/violence may occur between nurse:nurse, faculty:faculty, and student:student. However, there is very little evidence of incivility reported between student:student.

Purpose: The purpose of this review of the literature was to identify the evidence of incivility between student and student in the classroom …

Neonatal Autonomic Function And Outcomes At 12-Months In Infants With Congenital Heart Disease, Tondi M. Harrison, Roger Brown

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Infants with complex congenital heart disease (CCHD) have impaired autonomic nervous system (ANS) function.^1-3 Impaired ANS function is a known predictor of morbidity and mortality in adults with acquired heart disease.^4,5Relationships between early ANS function and outcomes in infants with CCHD is unknown. The purpose of this study is to examine relationships between ANS function during the initial hospitalization of newborn infants with CCHD and growth, development, and survival over the first year of life.

Methods: Continuous 24-hour electrocardiographic (ECG) recordings from 55 newborn infants, hospitalized at birth for treatment of CCHD, will be used to …

New Male Contraception: College Students' Attitudes And Perceived Behaviors Related To Non-Hormonal Injectable Gel, Kirstin A. Buck, Jessica L. Stadick

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: At present, people assigned male at birth have extremely limited means by which to control their reproductive health. While medical advancements have yielded numerous modern contraceptives, nurses still have few modalities to recommend for male patients (Kanakis & Goulis, 2015; Davidson, London, & Ladewig, 2016). Hence, men, who represent over half the world"s population, experience stunted reproductive autonomy (Campo-Engelstein, 2011), the physical and economic burdens of pregnancy prevention are disproportionately relegated to women (Guttmacher Institute, 2011), and opportunities to expand the valuable individual and societal outcomes of family planning are missed (Waller, Bolick, Lissner, Premanandan, & Gamerman, 2016; Davidson …

Professional Development Of Nurse Leaders, Jennifer L. Embree

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this presentation is to describe curriculum innovation using a strengths-based perspective to develop graduate nurse leader talents and emotional intelligence. Health care reform and the resultant complexity require Registered Nurse (RN) leaders to demonstrate transformational skills (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2011; Trossman, 2010). Challenges in the health care environment include current and future technologic requirements, escalated pay for performance prerequisites, and retention and recruitment of the nursing workforce (Doody & Doody, 2012). Operating in principal leadership roles, leadership students need professional leadership skills and flexibility in order to facilitate nursing care delivery change in morphing health care …

Purposeful Proactive Hourly Rounding: A Positive Influence On Outcomes And Experience, Deirdre O'Flaherty, Renee Murray-Bachmann, Mary J. Deady-Rooney, Emily Alter, Linda R. Dicarlo

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Lenox Hill Hospital (a member of the Northwell Health System) is a comprehensive acute care facility located in New York City. It is recognized nationally for its outstanding patient care, as well as its innovative medical/surgical modalities. The market shift from volume to value based care, coupled with Lenox Hill Hospitals" own mission to provide exceptional patient centered health care with compassion and respect, is the foundation on which nursing leadership develops an environment that engenders staff contribution.

Patients" perception of their care significantly impacts their response to both Press Ganey and HCHAPS surveys, which directly correlates to incentive payments. …