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Improving Mammography Rates Of African American Women: Sisters Educated In Emergency Departments, Jennifer Hatcher, Nancy E. Schoenberg, Mary Kay Rayens, Brenda Combs

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to describe a series of studies conducted to develop an intervention to promote mammography screening among African American women while they wait for non urgent care in Emergency departments.

Methods: Three projects were conducted to meet the overall aim of developing and piloting an intervention. The studies were formative (mixed methods), developmental, and a pilot RCT.

Results: Study 1: formative: mixed methods designed to examine cultural, social and personal factors that are barriers or benefits of mammography use among African American women who use the ED …

Psychosocial Educational Programme To Facilitate The Reintegration Of Incarcerated Women Dumped Babies Or Committed Infanticide, Hans Justus Amukugo, Ndemupavali Sumpi

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Purpose: In this study, the researcher explored and described the views of women who had dumped babies and/or committed infanticide with regard to their experiences with the purpose of developing, implementing, and evaluating an educational programme to facilitate their reintegration upon release with their families and with society in general in the Oshana Region, Namibia. Baby dumping and infanticide have become social phenomena with grave consequences that are drawing nationwide attention and condemnation in Namibia. Those women who are perpetrating these heinous acts provide numerous motives; such as fathers denying paternity, unemployment, young …

Consumer-Centered Recruitment Approach For Midlife South Asian Indian Immigrant Women Into Health Promotion Research, Manju N. Daniel, Mary Elaine Koren

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the utilization of a culturally relevant consumer-centered approach in recruiting midlife South Asian Indian Immigrant women into a research study that focused on physical activity as a lifestyle modification for health promotion.

Methods: A descriptive study design was used to explore the utilization of a culturally relevant consumer-centered approach in recruiting midlife South Asian Indian Immigrant women into five focus groups. This was part of a larger qualitative study where data was gathered with focus group approach to determine factors that SAI women view …

Comparisons Of Health Status And Behaviors Of Adolescent Immigrants And Non-Immigrants By Gender, Cheryl Zlotnick, Hadass Goldblatt, Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli, Omer Taychaw, Efrat Shadmi, Yael Dishon

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Purpose: This study examined the nature of health status disparities between immigrant and non-immigrant adolescents and the influence of gender.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at several public health high schools where surveys were collected on 10th grade students (n=612). Comparisons between immigrant and non-immigrants adolescents, as well as comparisons by gender were made to examine the dependent variable health status. Analyses included cluster analysis and logistic regression models. Significance was declared at p<0.05. SAS version 9.3 was used.

Results: Bivariate results indicate that of the four adolescent groups (male immigrants, female immigrants, male non-immigrants and female …

Incorporating Military And Veteran Culture In Nursing Curricula: Where Is Nursing Education?, Barbara J. Patterson, Brenda S. Elliott

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to describe the curricular content that addresses the cultural and healthcare aspects of the military, Veteran, and their families. While research related to military, Veterans, and their families is growing, there is little published on how pre-licensure nursing education should be approached, specifically if and how care of this unique population should be incorporated into nursing curricula. Nurses are in a key position to care for military and Veteran service members and their families, especially after separation from the service. Currently, there are Veterans living …

A Review Of Primary Care Providers' Attitudes Toward Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, And Questioning People, Mollie E. Aleshire, Jennifer Hatcher, Kristin Ashford

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Background: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals experience health disparities at higher rates than their heterosexual counterparts, and some of these health disparities may be directly attributed to delays in seeking health care (Clift & Kirby, 2012; Institute of Medicine, 2011; Kates, 2015). Understanding health care providers' attitudes related to LGBTQ people is an essential part of the foundational knowledge necessary to guide future interventions to address these inequalities (Abdessamad, Yudin, Tarasoff, Radford, & Ross, 2013; Daniel & Butkus, 2015; Institute of Medicine, 2011; Smith & Mathews, 2007). Nurse practitioners and …

How Communities Shape Unmet Need For Modern Contraception: An Analysis Of 44 Low-And Middle-Income Countries, Nicholas S. Metheny, Rob Stephenson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016:

Background: Access to modern contraception and its resulting decline in fertility is associated with reduced poverty, improved health outcomes for women, and gains in female empowerment. However, fewer than 40% of women in the least-developed countries are currently using any method of modern contraception. As a result, fertility rates are higher in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) than in developed countries and declining rates of fertility in the second half of the 20th century have slowed or stalled in many LMICs- especially those in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite …

Implementing Bonny Method Of Guided Imagery And Music To Complement Care Provided In Cancer Homes, Varshika Manilal Bhana

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:

With a projected global increase in incidence of cancer the need for supportive cancer care is also on an increase. Nurses are tasked to care for the psychological and social needs of the patients. However, patients and nurses do not always perceive that these needs are being fulfilled. Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (BMGIM) has physical, psychological, social and spiritual effects which can enhance supportive cancer care. However, limited research could be found on the use of BMGIM in the care of cancer patients in South …

Comparing Client And Provider Preferences For Hiv Prevention In South Africa, John Shaver, Rob Stephenson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016:

Background & Significance: Estimates of HIV prevalence among South African MSM range between 10 and 50% and has been estimated to be more than twice that of other reproductive age men. South African MSM experience unique barriers to accessing HIV-prevention services, including the almost exclusive focus on heterosexuals when promoting public health strategies for HIV prevention, and providers' stigmatizing views of MSM and their lack of understanding regarding the needs or sexual behaviors of MSM. MSM were included for the first time as a target demographic in the …

Reflections Of Student Nurses On The Use Of All Media Application To Improve Their Learning, Juliana Willemse

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016: Purpose: In 2011/2012 smartphones became the most used globally connected computer device when smartphone ownership outnumbered basic cell phone ownership (Cochrane, 2014: 65). Instructional methods of teaching have progressed from board and chalk, overhead projectors and Microsoft PowerPoint lectures to the application of technology as a new method of instruction. Emerging technology affords students with an opportunity to visualise and interact with learning content using multimedia, rich-graphics, animation, simulation and virtual environments (Madeira, Sousa, Pires, Esteves & Dias, 2009: 2441). Educationalists, researchers, and companies who develop learning systems …

Anxiety And Depression In Pregnant Women With Preterm Labor In Ramathibodi Hospital, Kunlasatree Wattanapaisit

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Anxiety and depression in early pregnancy were associated with risk for subsequent preeclampsia, giving birth to low birth weight and preterm infants. Medical complications associated with preterm birth include respiratory distress syndrome, chronic lung disease, injury to the intestines, immune system compromise, cardiovascular disorders, hearing and vision problems, and neurologic injury including cerebral palsy. Therefore preterm birth was major public health problem. Purpose: This study aimed at investigating: 1) the rate and level of anxiety and depression in pregnant women with preterm labor and 2) the relationship between …

Hookah Smoking Among College Students: Factors Associated With A Trendy Risk Behavior, Susan M. Norris

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to investigate hookah smoking behaviors and beliefs among college students. More specifically, the study examined the practice of hookah smoking in college students ages 18-24 years, and tested hypothesized relationships between hookah use and perceptions, attitudes, subjective norms and trait sensation seeking. Adolescence and young adulthood are critical times for developing lifelong healthy habits. Although cigarette use has declined, Hookah (waterpipe) use among youth is rapidly increasing in prevalence, with 10-20% of US adolescents and young adults reporting use in the …

The Impact Of Accessing Health Information At The Point Of Care In Clinical Decision Making, Esmeralda J. Ricks

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the impact that accessing health information at the point of care via MCDs had on the clinical decision making practice of medical practitioners and professional nurses in public hospitals and primary health care settings in the Eastern Cape Province. The information obtained was used to make recommendations to the Eastern Cape Department of Health with regard to facilitating further expansion of the use of MCDs in practice. Methods: A quantitative, comparative descriptive design was used to conduct this study. The research population comprised all professional nurses and medical practitioners who participated …

Tool To Assess Knowledge Of Precautions Against Transmission Of Microorganisms In Brazil's Primary Health Care, Rosely Moralez Figueiredo, Stephen Timmons, Michelli Pacheco Sako, Michely Aparecida Cardoso Maroldi, Maria Clara Padoveze, Adriana Maria Da Silva Felix, Julia Yaeko Kawagoe, Silvia Helena Zem-Mascarenhas, Silvia Alice Ferreira

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016:

Purpose: Health care workers' adherence to Standard Precautions and Specific Precautions is essential to preventing transmission of microorganisms in both hospitals and primary health care (PHC). Little is known about the risk of infection transmission and practice of precautions in non-hospital settings, particularly in PHC. In addition, comparing the information available is problematic due to lack of standard and specific tools for PHC. This study aimed to develop and validate a tool for assessing health care workers' knowledge of specific precautions in PHC.

Methods: Multimethod research carried out …

A Systematic Review Of The Content Of Mother-Daughter Reproductive Health Communication, Adejoke B. Ayoola, Elise Veurink, Barbara Bosscher Timmermans

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Teen pregnancies are usually unintended and continues to pose a threat to the social and economic status of the woman. Early adolescence (13-15 years old) is characterized by more sex-based discussions with mothers than fathers. Mothers are at a unique position to teach their daughters about the reproductive system and its related changes such as ovulation and the menstrual cycle. There is also a general perception that the mother was the appropriate parent to discuss sexuality. The aim of this study was to examine the content of mother-daughter sexual and reproductive health communication. Methods: A systematic review of 10 …

Pediatric Nursing Practice Environment, Job Outcomes And Safety Climate: Structural Equation Modeling Approach, Edineis De Brito Guirardello, Daniela Fernanda Dos Santos Alves

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016:

Purpose: The nursing practice environment is critical to the wellbeing of professionals and patient safety, as highlighted by national and international studies. However, there is a lack of evidence regarding this issue in pediatric units. The aim of this study was to assess correlations between the characteristics of nursing practice environment, emotional exhaustion, job satisfaction, intention to leave the job, and safety climate.

Methods: A cross-sectional study in fifteen inpatient units and three intensive care units of two pediatric hospitals in Brazil. The study was conducted from December …

Are Nurses Who Are Digital Immigrants Resistant To Technology Use For Delivery Of Care?, Melissia Tomblin

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016:

Purpose: Medicare and Medicaid were the driving force behind implementing information technology in healthcare in the 1960s. Healthcare entities focused on advancing the implementation of technology in the 1970s while personal computers and networking became a realization in the 1980s. Digital Immigrants resistance to technology is a growing concern, increasingly apparent since the 1990s. A digital immigrant is a person born before overall endorsement of digital technology. A wide range of information technology systems were implemented with relatively no standardization in the education or training of this generation …

Descriptive Guidelines On How To Integrate Theory And Clinical Practice Using Innovative Mobile Learning Strategies, Juliana Willemse

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016: Background: In today's health care environment, with the advancement in computers and information technology made it imperative for nurses to adapt to technological advancements to enable them to address the complexity in health care issues thus ensuring optimal delivery of care. Mobile devices have the capacity to store large quantities of information and their functioning systems allow applications that support sophisticated user interactions, their graphics capabilities offer representative flexibility and their networked status means that they afford easy communication among their users. A methodological review recognised that mobile …

Educating Rural Teenagers On Self Breast Examination In Carries, Haiti, Shanique Ivery, Michelle Muyibi

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016: Breast cancer is a disease that is very detrimental to many people's lives. This disease crosses social, economic, and racial lines. Black women such as Haitians are the most prevalent group to encounter a higher mortality breast cancer rate over other races. This issue may arise primarily because Haitians are currently facing a financial burden and are unable to receive high-quality cost-effective care. Consequently, these women go undiagnosed and undetected. According to World Health Organization (WHO) (2014), breast cancer ranked 13.9% of cancer deaths amongst the female population …

Determinants Of Hiv And Sti Testing Among Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence, Jessica R. Williams, Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda, Cherelle Carrington, Dalia Lorenzo

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Purpose: HIV testing and counseling among high risk populations has been identified as a key strategy to reducing HIV related health disparities (CDC, 2007). There is a growing body of research documenting the disproportionate risk of acquiring HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that individuals experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) face (Campbell et al., 2008; Geilen et al., 2007; Li et al., 2014; Phillips et al., 2014). Disparities experienced by victims of IPV may be exacerbated by racial and ethnic disparities in the occurrence of HIV and other STIs and access to …

Factors Related To Postpartum Depression Among First Time Mothers And Fathers, Punpilai Sriarporn, Jiraporn Nunchai, Prueksalada Khiaokham, Nuchanart Suntornlimsiri, Kanokporn Juntratit

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Introduction: Being a first time mother or father is an important transition in life that affects mental health and may lead to postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is a deviation of emotional, thinking and perception that cause changes of physical and psychological of mother or father. It represented by fatigue, headache, blues, changes in appetite and use of drugs or alcohol. Postpartum depression is increasing worldwide, both in Europe and Asia. Postpartum depression affected to father, mother and child such as decrease functional of father, difficulties in adaptation to mother's and father's role, and …

Whole Genome Sequencing And Nursing Science Among Minority Populations, Jacquelyn Taylor

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The development of increasingly powerful technology such as genome sequencing to understand and decode human genome sequence is now having a dramatic and expanding impact on the ability to deliver effective and precisely targeted healthcare. Nurses are uniquely poised to carry out a critical role in this healthcare revolution. It is crucial that nurses are able to provide patients with a clear and understandable rationale for the therapeutic interventions dictated by genomic analysis and to counsel wisely as questions arise for patients and families in the course of treatment. The purpose of this presentation is to explicate how nurse …

My Hiv Diagnosis Was A Blessing: It Saved My Life, Richard Sowell, Barbara J. Blake, Gloria Ann Jones Taylor

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: HIV remains at epidemic levels in the rural southern United States. Blacks are the ethnic group most affected by HIV with the rate of new HIV infections being 8 times that of Whites based on population size. The largest numbers of new HIV cases have been reported in the southern U.S. where Blacks represent a disproportional number of cases. Among Black adults and adolescents, men accounted for 70% of the estimated 20,900 new HIV infections that occurred in 2010. Among these men, sex with other men was the leading cause of infection …

Halo: Health And Liver Optimization, Partners In Care, Renee Pozza, Anna Marie Hefner, Tarek I. Hassanein

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of the presentation is to disseminate knowledge and effectiveness of a unique model of patient care in chronic disease management. The Health and Liver Optimization (HALO) model of care provides an individual collaborative program with identified target goals for every patient who walks through the clinic doors, regardless of their condition. One of the greatest challenges facing the U.S. health care system is improving the care for patients with chronic illnesses. Forty eight percent of all Americans and eighty-seven percent of senior citizens insured through Medicare have at least one …

Intentional Consciousness: Empowering Nurses Through Evidence-Based Practice, Maria Sochima N. Mgbokwere

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016:

Background: Nurses are being called upon to fill the ever-increasing demands and expanding roles in several different facets in the healthcare system. Without the knowledge of evidence-based practice (EBP), this task is difficult to achieve. Nursing faculty must incorporate and focus their teaching on EBP to enhance nursing students' knowledge, understanding, and embracing the concept of EBP. Although attitude regarding EBP is high among nursing faculty, their knowledge is lacking (Stichler et al 2011). To achieve a tangible knowledge of EBP for greater effectiveness and continuity, the involvement of all nurse educators who …

The Preferable Future For Nursing Curriculum, Denise Korniewicz

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016: Purpose: Nursing education continues to be reinventing the same traditional nursing curriculum of the past. Although today we call it "concept based nursing curriculum", the content continues to be the same. The focus of this presentation is to help transition nurse educators into redefining nursing curricula to meet the competencies of the future nurse workforce. What we have done in the past will not meet the workforce needs of the future since the skills of the future are not skills that are being taught in today's nursing programs. Methods: A comprehensive review of …

Intractable Peripheral Edema In Hospice: A Clinical Aromatherapy Case Study And Review Of The Literature, Dawn L. Langley-Brady

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: Many patients experience peripheral edema nearing end-of-life. Although peripheral edema is directly related to numerous hospice admitting diagnoses and co-morbid conditions, it may also be related to medication administered for palliation. Unfortunately, current pharmacological approaches to reduce acute, chronic, and neuropathic pain (i.e.: morphine and gabapentin) also have adverse effects which include peripheral edema. At times, peripheral edema is intractable to both pharmacological (i.e.: bumetanide, furosemide, and metolazone) and non-pharmacological (elevation, fluid and sodium restrictions) approaches. Aromatherapy is often understood as aroma from essential oils eliciting psychological or physiological responses via the …

Beliefs And Value Systems At A Collision Course: A Faculty Expedition Along A Client Pathway, Dora Maria Carbonu, Elissa Sakariassen, J. Rene Ritter, Anita Robertson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Purpose: Second-Year Students in the Nursing and Health Sciences Program at Nunavut Arctic College (NAC) are oriented to legal and ethical issues that they integrate into their own cultural framework as they provide healthcare services to their clients.

Methods: During a presentation on Traditional Inuit Law in February 2014, students and Faculty were challenged by shared experiences encountered by members of Inuit society as they sought health services within and outside their communities. Concepts evolving from these experiences included cultural issues impacting on client compliance, healthcare disparities, worldviews, and health education (Tilburt, 2010). …

Perceptions Of Students And Preceptors Regarding Primary Health Care Clinical Placements In Lesotho, Semakaleng Hyacinth Phafoli, Stacie C. Stender, E. Alice Christensen Majid

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016: Background: As a practice discipline, nursing education has a mandate to collaborate with the clinical setting to prepare nursing students to function and practice independently, competently and confidently in different healthcare settings, including Primary Health Care (PHC). In Lesotho in particular, PHC is the main access point for people to access health care services, and nurses and midwives provide the majority of care at this level. However, nursing and midwifery students are not receiving adequate exposure to PHC settings during their pre-service education. Since 2010, Jhpiego Lesotho has been working with the nurses' …

Feminine Hygiene Product Use And The Risk Of Ovarian Cancer, Sandra Kay Cesario

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this presentation to describe the findings of a study designed to explore the association between the use of feminine hygiene products (genital talc, tampons, and douching) and the risk for developing ovarian cancer.