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Assessment Of The Knowledge, Utilisation And Opinions Of Healthcare Workers Regarding Hiv Post Prophylaxis, Melita Rasweswe, Mmapheko Doriccah Peu

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose was to assess the knowledge, utilisation and opinions of healthcare workers regarding HIV post-exposure prophylaxis at a selected hospital in Gauteng, one of the provinces in South Africa. Healthcare workers work in an environment where there is a constant risk of occupational exposure to HIV infection and it is extremely important for nurses to be knowledgeable about the risk of HIV infection at work. Various strategies, such as Universal precautions (UPs) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) are in place to protect them from contracting blood-borne infections while performing their day-to-day activities …

Don't Take Away My Spark : A Humane Approach In Nursing Education, Mary Hermann, Barbara Jones, Anastasia Ness

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016:

Purpose: Given the intense demands of the 21st century, how can nursing educators construct a nursing curriculum that seeks to prepare competent, humanistic and globally educated professional nurses? The typical nursing student enters the nursing program overflowing with aspirations to become a nurse because of an enormous desire to care for others. However, is nursing education sustaining the student nurse's initial spark of inspiration throughout the curriculum? The negative impact of a joyless nurse who has lost the spark to care or who has not assimilated the ability to meet the emotional needs …

Identifying Key Components Of Professional Practice Models For Nursing: A Synthesis Of The Literature, Diane Esma Twigg, Susanne Megan Davis, Linda L. Coventry, Susan Slatyer

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: This presentation will synthesize the key components of professional practice models for nursing published in the literature. A professional practice model provides a foundation for safe, high quality care and depicts the values that underpin nursing practice. While the Magnet Recognition Program resulted in professional practice models being developed and implemented across much of the United States, more recently the value of a professional practice model to provide the best environment for quality care has resulted in a much wider attention and application. This paper will discuss the implications for nurse leaders …

Mhealth Technology And Clinical Integration Of Patient-Generated Health Data (Pghd) For Improving Patient Engagement, Madan Dharmar, Heather M. Young, Sarina Fazio, Sheridan Miyamoto

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: mHealth technologies are becoming an integral part of everyday life; this is particularly true among people suffering from chronic health conditions. Sixty two percent of Americans with 2 or more chronic conditions track a health indicator; of those, 45% have Diabetes Mellitus. While using sensors and technology has the potential to empower patients to better understand their disease and help them in self-management, technologic limitations exist due to the lack of integration of patient generated health data (PGHD) into the Electronic Health Record (EHR) thereby limiting its availability to their healthcare team. …

Navigating A Program Of Research Through The Ever-Changing Labyrinth Of Nutritional Recommendations, Terry A. Lennie

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016:

Nutrition can play an important role in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Consequently, interventions that help individuals manage their diet as part of a comprehensive heart-healthy life-style are needed to improve cardiovascular health. The importance of tailoring interventions to make them culturally and socio-economically relevant is well-recognized, challenge. There are two external factors, however, that make developing nutrition-related interventions particularly challenging: the frequent changes in nutritional recommendations and the food industry's response to these recommendations. For example, all dietary fats were initially thought to be the major culprits in cardiovascular disease. …

The Impact Of Nursing Support Workers On Nursing Work Activities, Michael A. Roche

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: To determine the impact of nursing support workers on the type of patient care activities completed on nursing units (wards) with and without nursing support workers.

Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of work sampling data. Data were collected from ten sampled wards in public general acute care hospitals in Perth, Western Australia between March and October 2013: 5 wards with AINs and 5 without. Nurses were observed using a validated data collection tool (Pelletier & Duffield, 2003; Urden & Roode, 1997), in randomly assigned time slots between the hours of 0700 and 1900, over …

The Impact Of Nursing Practice Environment On Job Dissatisfaction, Burnout, And Intention To Leave, Apiradee Nantsupawat

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Background: The shortage of nurses is a significant problem for healthcare systems. Nursing shortages have led to concerns following warnings and evidence of shortcomings in patient safety, quality of care, and welfare of nurses. Improving nursing practice environments has been suggested to reduce nurse turnover and improve nurse retention. To enhance strategies for solving the issues related to nursing shortages it is essential to better understand the effects of the nursing practice environment and how they relate to nurses' job satisfaction, intent to quit their current job, and nurses' burnout that contributes to …

Helping Mothers Survive And Helping Babies Breathe: Nurse-Midwives Bringing High Impact Interventions To Low-Resource Settings, Sara A. Chace, Jennifer L. Breads, Cherrie Lynn Evans

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Building on the success of Helping Babies Breathe (HBB), Helping Mothers Survive (HMS) is an innovative training initiative to equip nurses, midwives, and other frontline workers with the knowledge and skills required to prevent mothers dying from preventable causes on the day of birth. Both HMS and HBB are simulation-based training packages for providers working in countries with a high burden of Maternal and newborn mortality. These packages complement and extend the reach of basic emergency obstetric and newborn care (BEmONC) training by acting as the 'booster shot' to the initial 'immunization' of …

Initiating An Undergraduate Public Health Nursing Leadership Program For Underrepresented Students, Caroline Varner Coburn, Angela Frederick Amar

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The "Building Nursing's Diverse Leadership at Emory" (BUNDLE) program at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing (NHWSN) in Atlanta, Georgia was initiated to prepare nursing students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds to enter the public health nursing workforce as leaders who provide care to underserved populations and who can make a difference in local communities. A major focus of the BUNDLE program is to reduce the social and structural forces that act as barriers to the enrollment and retention of students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds. The objectives of the BUNDLE …

Hiv Task Shifting From Physicians To Nurses In Nigeria: Correlates Of Self-Efficacy And Job Satisfaction, Emilia Ngozi Iwu, William L. Holzemer

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: With 25% of the global disease burden and 3% of the world's health workforce, the African region has the worst health worker shortage. According to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV & AIDS (UNAIDS), Sub-Sahara Africa accounted for 24.7 out of 35 Million people living with HIV globally and 70% of all new HIV infections in 2013. Task shifting (or sharing), a human resource strategy to maximize contributions of available health workers has improved access to HIV treatment in sub-Sahara Africa. However, it also led to nurses acquiring roles previously performed …

Weight Related Perceptions And Lifestyle Behaviors Of Black Nurses In The United States, Doris Ezomo

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of this descriptive study is to examine weight-related perceptions and lifestyle behaviors of Black nurses living in the United States.

Methods: Participants (N=41) were recruited from the graduate and undergraduate nursing program at Kean University. An Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved Consent was obtained from the participants to complete a 13-item questionnaire that assessed their weight perceptions and life style behaviors. Eligibility for this study entailed students who identified as nurses and as Black, communicated in English and were enrolled in the masters or baccalaureate degree program. Data was analyzed …

Re-Designing The Leadership Development Of Academic Healthcare Leaders In A Higher Education Context, Karien Jooste, Jose Frantz, Firdouza Waggie

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016:

Purpose: Universities are in a highly competitive environment needing strong academic leadership. Changes in technology, student demographics, funding or government regulations will affect higher education instiutions, and the need for certain leadership skills and traits will endure (Kelly,2015). However, academic leaders are appointed in positions from previous acting as only academics that could pose challenges. The need for a more proactive approach is needed to identifying leadership competencies and developing leadership throughout universities. It is also known that new models of leadership are needed for the higher education sector. Heads as senior academics …

Validity And Reliability Of Health Literacy Scale For Turkish Diabetic Patients, Hatice Agrali, Imatullah Akyar

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Purpose: The aim of the study was to examine the psychometric properties of Health Literacy Scale which measures health literacy in three levels (functional, communicative, critical) for Turkish Diabetic Patients.

Methods: This study was conducted as a methodological study. Health Literacy scale was developed by Ishikawa et al. (2008) to provide a better understanding of diabetic patients perspective in disease management focusing health-promotion activities. Following approval from Ishikawa, ethical committee and institutional approvals were obtained. Turkish adaptation of scale started with language adaptation process. Scale translated from English to Turkish by three experts …

A Program Of Research: Improving Outcomes For Infants Born Preterm, Rita H. Pickler

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016:

This presentation will focus on the development and maintenance of a program of research focused on the care of the preterm infants. The program of research has been on-going for over 30 years and has included multiple National Institute of Health funded studies as well as numerous foundation and organizationally funded projects. The program of research began with a focus on how nurses interacted with and managed care for preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. With input from practicing nurses and awareness of the lack of evidence to support care practices, …

Facilitators And Barriers To Reproductive Health Information Among Women And Men Affected By Hiv, Lorraine Byrnes

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016:

Purpose: To examine and explore factors which facilitate accessing reproductive health information and treatment (RHI/T) for women and men living with HIV and the barriers that exist when attempting to access reproductive health information and treatment.

Methods: This qualitative grounded theory study utilized face to face interviews with 8 men and 6 women who identified as wanting to have biological children, had been diagnosed with HIV, and/or had a partner living with HIV. The study took place in the U.S. over 8 months in 2014-2015. Interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim by …

Impact Of The Fuld Fellowship Program On Patient Safety Competence And Systems Thinking, Kelly T. Gleason, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Cheryl R. Dennison Himmelfarb, Jo M. Walrath, Brigit Vangraafeiland, Roseann Velez

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The growing complexity of healthcare worldwide is driving a need for nurse leaders with patient safety and quality improvement competencies. However, patient safety and quality improvement content has historically been omitted from nursing education, and its integration into curricula has proved to be a challenge. The lack of faculty prepared to teach such courses, the limited time available, and increase of instruction done through simulation are all factors the complicate the incorporation of this much-needed content into Baccalaureate nursing education. The Fuld Fellows Leadership Program is an innovative curriculum designed to provide …

"Nurses Eat Their Young" Moves To Academia: Expert Nurse Researchers Treatment Of Novice Nurse Researchers, Cindy Ford

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016:

Purpose: The nursing literature is resplendent with research and publications of the topic of nurse incivility, horizontal violence and bullying. Incivility in nursing is troubling (Clark & Springer, 2010) and incivility and bullying in nursing are complex problems (Luparell, 2011). The background and significance includes: The Joint Commission (2008) stated, 'Intimidating and disruptive behaviors can foster medical errors, contribute to poor patient satisfaction and to preventable adverse outcomes, increased cost of care, and cause qualified clinicians, administrators and manger to seek new positions in more professional environments' (Simpson, 2014; Murray, 2009; Stevens, 2002). …

Symptom Science: Clinical Trials To Address Menopausal Hot Flashes, Janet S. Carpenter

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016:

Vasomotor symptoms, also called hot flashes or flushes or night sweats, are sudden transient experiences of heat and sweating resulting from neuroendocrine disruptions during the menopausal transition. Vasomotor symptoms are prevalent, persistent, and severe physiological disruptions affecting quality of life outcomes for many menopausal women worldwide. A variety of non-hormonal, non-herbal therapies have been investigated to alleviate these bothersome symptoms. The purpose of this presentation is to illustrate how a program of research has contributed to strengthening the empirical evidence base for vasomotor symptom management and subsequently influenced policy statements. A variety of …

Hand Washing Among Nurses And Midwives In Rwanda: Is It Compliance Or Adherence?, Philomene Uwimana, Oluyinka Adejumo

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016:

Purpose: It is paramount that hand washing (HW) adherence among health care workers (HCWs) be increased and sustained as it has been found as one of the simplest yet most effective intervention in healthcare to prevent nosocomial infections(Karaaslan et al., 2014 ). According to (White et al., 2015), in order to improve their adherence, it is essential to understand the cognitive determinants of HW decisions for nurses. The cognitive determinants play a key role in promoting many elements of HW. Nonetheless, the concepts of adherence and compliance to HW guidelines are often used …

Time Management Skills Of Nursing Students, Dilek Baklacioglu Yildiz, Berna Fidanci, Goknil Boyraz, Evrim Kiziler

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016: Purpose: This study was carried out in order to determine time management skills of nursing students. Methods: This is a cross sectional study and was carried out at G lhane Military Medical Academy (GMMA), School of Nursing between April - May 2015. The study population consisted of 373 students of which 298 student were selected for sampling. The data were collected using a Student Information Form, Time Management Inventory (TMI). The Time Management Inventory was developed by Britton and Tesser. It was developed to determine the time management skills of university students. Validity …

Dna Methylation And Preterm Birth Among African Americans, Veronica Barcelona

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive review on DNA methylation and preterm birth with a focus on health disparities and studies done in minority populations. Preterm birth is the leading contributor to infant mortality in the US (Martin, Hamilton, Osterman, Curtin, & Matthews, 2015) with a complex and multifactorial etiology. The care of infants born preterm is costly, over 26 million dollars annually (March of Dimes, 2013). Infants born preterm (<37 weeks gestation) or who experience stressors in utero such as Maternal hypertension, pre-eclampsia or restricted growth have significant sequelae throughout life (Platt, 2014). African American women are disproportionately affected by adverse pregnancy outcomes, and have higher rates of preterm birth (16%) than Caucasian women (11%) (Martin et al., 2015). Despite knowledge of several demographic (race, socioeconomic status, age), biomedical (infection, hypertension, multiple gestation, prior preterm birth) and environmental risk factors (substance use, stress, poor access to health care) for preterm birth and other adverse pregnancy outcomes, researchers have been unable to fully understand the causal mechanisms or how to prevent them (Burris, Baccarelli, Wright, & Wright, 2015). The science of epigenomics first identified how both genetics and environmental factors interact to affect fetal programming (stressors experienced in utero) and influence phenotype (variation in coat color) with early studies of the agouti mouse (Wolff, Kodell, Moore, & Cooney, 1998). Epigenomics is a promising field of study to understand the modulating factors that may lend itself to understanding and reducing preterm birth, yet there is a paucity of research in this area (Parets, Bedient, Menon, & Smith, 2014).

Methods: We conducted a systematic review of the literature to critically examine the research on preterm birth …

Parents' Experiences Of Continuing Pregnancy With A Lethal Fetal Diagnosis: Goal, Stages, Tasks Of Pregnancy, Denise Cote-Arsenault, Erin Denney-Koelsch

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe parent experiences in continuing pregnancy with a lethal fetal diagnosis. A secondary aim was to identify the revised developmental tasks of pregnancy undertaken by the parents.

Methods: Longitudinal, hermeneutic phenomenology study consistent with work of Merleau-Ponty. 16 mothers and their spouse/partners (14) who were continuing pregnancy with a known fetal diagnosis were recruited from obstetrical and perinatal centers in 4 states. Parents were interviewed jointly and separately prenatally and after the baby's birth death; 90 interviews were conducted. Transcripts of interviews and field notes …

Moving "Ninos Obesos" Project: Reducing Obesity In Hispanic And Non-Hispanic Children, Patricia R. Messmer, Giannina Santos, Yolanda Nitti, Nora Hernandez-Pupo, Yamina Alvarez, Kathleen Muniz, Guillermo Valdes, Roxana Orta, Marie O. Etienne, Maria Cary Rodriguez, Elisa Rodriguez, Ann Graziotti

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Introduction: Globally childhood obesity is increasing (Bauer, 2015; Brown, Kuk & Lee, 2015; Falkner, 2015).Treating obesity-related illness in Florida (25%) costs $6,675,940. Latino children are at a greater risk of obesity with prevalence increasing over time; obese south Florida children (20%) are more likely to develop Diabetes Type 2 and cardiovascular disease. National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) Miami Chapter was a site for Muevete USA Project (2012-2015) to reduce USA Hispanic childhood obesity. The program funded by Coca-Cola Foundation (Milan, 2011) was in partnership with U.S. 1st Lady Michelle Obama Let's Move …

Relationship Between Illness Perceptions And Stigma In Patients With Schizophrenia In Community, Esther Ching-Lan Lin, Ya-Fen Chang, Shih-Kai Lee, Wen-Chuan Shao

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016:

Background: Despite the benefits of maintenance treatment with antipsychotic drugs for patients with schizophrenia, non-adherence impedes the treatment effect and results in reduced functioning and increased relapses, hospitalization, and healthcare costs. Nonadherence has been studied from biomedical and behavioral perspectives; however, patients' subjective perceptions of their illnesses and treatments and their association with health outcomes have been increasingly highlighted for knowledge development (Kucukarslan, 2012). Illness perception has been supported its mediated effect on patients' adherence to antipsychotics in Western studies (Rungruangsiripan, Sitthimongkol, Maneesriwongul, Talley, & Vorapongsathorn, 2011). Furthermore, stigma has been reported to …

Civil Use Of Social Media Technology In Health Professional Education, Jennie Chang De Gagne, Hee Sun Kang, Min Choi, Leila Ledbetter, Cynthia M. Clark

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016: Purpose: Uncivil and discourteous use of social media technology, such as Facebook, blogs or wikis, online courses with discussion boards, chat rooms, or emails, is a global and pervasive concern among general college populations. Despite the high prevalence of online incivility, little is known about the phenomenon including its contexts, conditions, and consequences among health professional students and educators. The creation and maintenance of a civil learning environment is particularly important because incivility is likely to interfere with educators' ability to communicate with students while negatively affecting student learning processes and outcomes (Altmiller, …

From Health Professional To Film Producer In One Easy Workshop: Creating Digital Stories, Penelope Gill

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016: Digital storytelling is an innovative method of capturing an audience emotionally by telling tales from the heart and soul. It consists of a short, four- to-six minute multi-media presentation which is narrated in the first person. Digital storytelling introduces the storyteller to multiple literacies such as writing, listening, narrating, publishing, presenting, language, acting and communication skills. Various types of multi-media and technological skills are also learned. The digital storytelling project can be used in many different situations to assist the student master the curriculum content. According to Hung, Hwang and Huang (2012) project …

Psychological Effects Of Termination Of Pregnancy (Top) By Choice On Adolescents, B. R. Sebola

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Introduction: The question of whether termination of pregnancy causes psychological harm or not continues to be debated today. In South Africa, the number of terminated pregnancies is increasing at the rate at which pregnancies are occuring (Tlale 2010:29). With this finding, it is worrying to note that adolescent abortion by choice has been linked to a number of physical and psychological problems. This study focused on adolescents 18 to 21 years of age.

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to explore and describe how the termination of pregnancy by choice affects adolescents …

Enhancing Responsible Reproductive Health Choices In Teenagers, Delene E. Botha

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of the pilot study was to create awareness amongst both boys and girls teenagers in what caring for a baby demands.

Methods: The pilot consisted out of three parts: one part where boys and girls were 'caring' for a 'baby', involvement of teachers in mathematics and language literacy and 'police' who oversaw the 'caring' of the 'babies.' Boys and girls from two local High Schools were provided with a doll made from material, a Kangaroo wrap, a cellular phone and a journal. They were requested to "care" for the "baby" …

Establishing A Research Academy Collaborative: Benefits, Challenges, And Preliminary Outcomes, Joann D. Long, Alyce S. Ashcraft, Cindy Ford, Jamie K. Roney, Charles Randall Stennett, Karen Baggerly, Colleen Leclair-Smith, Lisa Marguerite Fallon

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: Internationally, recognition of the need to build nursing capacity facilitating research utilization, translation, and dissemination is growing (Beal, 2012). As interest in achieving Magnet recognition expands, attention is being drawn to the importance of advancing the research utilization skill set of practicing nurses (ANA, 2014). Yet, clinical nurses frequently express feeling intimidated by research. Registered nurses claim multiple reasons for not engaging in evidence-based practice (EBP)--including the lack of knowledge/preparation to do so (Yoder, et al., 2014). To address this problem in a southwestern state, a research director in a department of …

An Evidenced-Based Orientation Course For An Online Msn Program, Nancy G. Cameron

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016: Preloading student satisfaction and success factors into an online program orientation course can strengthen the potential for student retention and success. The nursing literature is lacking in this area. Much of the information found on retention is focused on the undergraduate student in a face-to-face classroom setting. Less literature can be found on graduate level education retention and the body of knowledge regarding graduate online education retention is even more limited (Perry, Boman, Care, Edwards, & Park, 2008). Retention rates in online graduate education, not specific to nursing, vary widely, but are typically …