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Systematic Review Of Fatigue Management Among Parturients, Prueksalada Khiaokham, Kannika Kantaruksa, Chavee Baosoung

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Introduction: Childbirth is the natural phenomenon which parturients need to adapting to physical, psychological and social changes and parturients have to lose much more energy for labor process. These will contribute to fatigue (Pugh & Milligan, 1993). The definition of fatigue is self-perception and self-assessment that ability of physical and psychological functioning are decreasing until occurrence of exhaustion. These caused from imbalance between energy receiving and energy consuming and physical and psychological changes are faced with stress (Herdman, 2009). The causes of intrapartum fatigue are physical changes when entering the first stage of …

Building The Capacity Of Nurses To Achieve The Sustainable Development Goals (Sdgs) Through Knowledge Gateways, Ashley K. Gresh, Phyllis Sharps, Evi Dallman, Teresa A. Pfaff, Krista Brooks

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

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

Purpose: The Sustainable Development Goals embody a one-health strategy - healthy people living on a habitable planet. (Gostin & Friedman, 2015) In an increasingly interconnected world, efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) need to be creative and build the capacity of practitioners and programs so that they are achievable. Globally, nurses comprise the majority of health care workers and therefore are essential to achieve the SDGs, specifically SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all the ages. The Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery …

Addressing Global Faculty Needs: The Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy, Deborah F. Cleeter Bailey, Barbara J. Patterson, Laura Cox Dzurec, Wyona M. Freysteinson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016:

Nurse educators are challenged to lead innovative change to create efficient and effective learning environments and improve the quality of the nursing education. In the face of a well-documented shortage of nurse faculty and faculty leaders globally, the need for leadership education, professional development, and mentoring becomes increasingly apparent. The development of academic nurse leaders is a concern at the forefront of organizational planning in nursing programs throughout the world. Without question, as the quality of individual faculty members' leadership ability increases, so does their satisfaction and retention as academicians. Moreover, informed leadership …

Enabling Solutions: Pacers Toolkit Tackles The Wicked Problems Of Bullying In Healthcare, Rita K. Adeniran

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016:

Background: Historically, strategies to eliminate bullying and create respectful, civil, supportive, and safe environments have largely centered on individuals, while ignoring the broader context of its occurrence that includes influences from interpersonal, community, environmental and policy sources. Theory and research establishes bullying as a complex interplay of influences between individuals and their broader environments. Bullying is a group phenomenon, reciprocally influenced by the individual, peers, the immediate environment/institution, community and/or society. Human behaviors are not isolated events; they are linked with and influenced by other behaviors and social norms. Evidence suggests organizational factors …

The Ottawa Model Of Research Use: Lessons Learned From A Nurse-Led Hypertension Pilot Study, Godfrey Katende

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016:

Background: Cardiovascular disease accounts for 27% of all deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Uganda. It is estimated that the hypertension prevalence rates in Uganda range from 22.5% to 30.5%. Hypertension is a risk factor in the development of atherosclerosis the underlying pathological process that leads to heart attacks (coronary heart disease) and strokes (cerebrovascular disease). Most of these deaths are due to modifiable risk factors. Information on the best strategies to address the burden of disease from hypertension through knowledge translation in Uganda is still lacking and requires a concerted effort between …

Memory Book Interventions With Orphaned Children In South Africa, Kenya, And India: A Global Partnership, Barbara J. Braband, Tamara Lynn Faris, Kaye Wilson-Anderson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016:

The Memory Book intervention program, a psychosocial support program for orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) (King et al., 2009), was initially developed and implemented in South Africa in 2005 by a nurse leader with a supportive volunteer base in the United States. The books were implemented to facilitate orphaned children in "telling their story" of loss and grief and to foster their sense of well-being, personal identity, and resilience (Masten, 2001). The Memory Book utilizes drawings and a story-telling format to help children retell their story to real or imagined audiences to support …

Simulation, Video Reflection And Standardized Patient Actors To Enhance Communication Skills In Undergraduate Nursing Students, Genevieve F. Beaird, Carla Nye

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The goal of this presentation is to share the development process and results of a research study completed with undergraduate nursing students participating in simulations with standardized patient actors. In this research study, different methods of debriefing and reflection practices were implemented to determine if the simulations had an impact on their communication skills overtime and whether reflection practices affected those scores.

Methods: The purpose of the research study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial of undergraduate students completing a series of four Maternal child simulations. The students were randomized into …

Quality Of Life Of Women In Climacteric Transition In Delta State, Nigeria, Elizabeth Oghoteru Oyibocha, Adenike Ayobola Olaogun

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide additional information on the symptoms and quality of life (QoL) of midlife women. This will assist administrators, policy makers and clinicians including nurses in developing and implementing interventions such as health teaching, exercise programs and active self-management programs aimed at improving midlife women's overall QoL. This study also contributed to existing knowledge on reproductive and women's health and it will serve as gateway for further research study.

Methods: This study was conducted among 405 midlife women who were selected by the use of a …

Nursing Practice For Patients With Lost The Oral Cavity Function: The Perspective Of Home Nursing, Kumiko Kotake, Masako Yamada, Kazuyo Iwanaga, Yoshimi Suzukamo, Ichiro Kai, Kaori Haba, Aya Takahashi, Yoko Ishibashi

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to clarify the perspective of home nursing on nursing practice for patients who lost the oral cavity function. Methods: We asked nursing departments of 409 designated regional cancer centers and hospitals to participate in our research. We asked each institution about the number of nurses who had had nursing experiences of caring for patients who lost the most of oral cavity function after the surgeries of larynx cancer and hypopharynx cancer, and then sent a sufficient number of questionnaires to representatives in each institution for distributing them to nurses. Participation of this survey …

Experiences In Clinical Decision Making For Nursing School Graduates, Laura Moran, Maribel Aguilera Rivera

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The overall objective is to explore the experiences of graduates from the National School of Nursing and Obstetrics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in relation to the factors that influence the process of clinical decision making during their social service.

Methods: Phenomenological qualitative study was executed using a focus group of seven recent nursing school graduates. This study is semi-structured based on the process and sources of clinical decision making proposed by Dr. Andrea Marshall. From the focus group, audiovisual data was recorded transcribed and micro analyzed through open and axial coding in order to find …

The Nature And Scope Of Nurse-Midwifery Practice In One U.S. State: Implications For Global Midwifery, Sarah L. Wilcox, Barbara D. Camune, Mary C. Brucker, Priscilla M. Nodine, Marie Hastings-Tolsma

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

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

Worldwide, midwives provide substantial amounts of care to underserved and vulnerable women and infants. However, workforce surveys regarding midwives are conspicuously absent across much of the globe. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 establish metrics for Goal #3: Global Good Health and Well-Being; many require midwifery care to achieve. There is an urgent need for healthcare policymakers to understand the nature and scope of midwifery care to improve healthcare across the globe. As the largest state in the U.S.A. with a diverse population and shared border …

Addressing Nursing Workaround Solutions To Encountered Problems: Engagement Of Frontline Nurses In Star-2++ Network Study, Jamie K. Roney, Aruna Maharjan, Sheryll Mae Coulombe, Elizabeth Jo Davis, Frances Cortes, Joann D. Long

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

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

Purpose: Frontline nursing staff experience first-order operational failures negatively impacting their ability to provide optimal care. Frontline nurses problem solve and navigate around first-order operational failures using 'workaround' solutions to overcome encountered system failures. Participation in the Improvement Science Research Network's (ISRN) Small Troubles, Adaptive Responses (STAR-2++) study aimed to contribute to global and institutional nursing knowledge by identifying and reporting practice environment relationships with direct care clinicians' quality improvement engagement and clinical outcomes in the surgical intensive care, pediatric medical-surgical, and oncology units. By tracking and developing …

Hypertension Assessment And Education In Carries, Haiti, Solange Wilson, Med-Murielle Pierre

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016: Hypertension remains the leading global burden of disease. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC,2015). Hypertension is known as the silent killer because it is a very dangerous and common condition. A person can have hypertension for many years without knowing because it presents with no warning signs or symptoms, which why it is important to check the blood pressure regularly (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). Based on statistics by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2013), 'approximately 40% of adults aged 25 …

Dental Hygiene To Preschoolers In Carries, Haiti, Pierre Andre Elmera

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016: According to World Health Organization (2012), 60?90% of school age children have dental cavities. Oral health is essential to a person's general health. It consist of being free from oral infection, mouth and facial pain, tooth decay, tooth loss, or any other condition such as blood borne disease and heart attacks. Many of these issues might restrict a person's ability in biting, chewing, smiling, speaking, and psychosocial wellbeing. Some of the risk factors consist of unhealthy diet, poor oral hygiene, and especially availability and access to dental care …

Bsn Student Attitudes Towards Teamwork Using Teamstepps 2.0 Vs. A Conventional Method, Virginia Lamothe, Julie Meek, Julie Poore

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

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

Preparing nursing students to provide safe patient care in a collaborative team environment requires teamwork strategies and training. Exposure to teamwork tools and strategies may improve student attitudes towards teamwork. The aim of this study was to measure accelerated second-degree track BSN student attitudes towards teamwork comparing a conventional method (Teamwork flyer; control group) versus teamwork training (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety - TeamSTEPPS; intervention group) in a randomized, controlled trial with a parallel study design comparing the two treatment groups. The unit …

Building Regional Sustainable Nursing And Midwifery Research Networks To Improve Health Outcomes, Ana Maria Kelly, Jennifer Dohrn, Elaine L. Larson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: With the global demand for nurses and midwives with expanded scopes of practice to provide primary care as the key to achieving Universal Health Coverage, there is increased need for evidence-based practice. Nurses and midwives have made advances in expanding their practices at the educational and clinical levels. This is exemplified by their major contributions to tackling the HIV pandemic in Sub Saharan African countries through nurse-initiated and managed antiretroviral treatment (NIMART) - a model that enables nurses and midwives at the frontline clinical levels to have the knowledge and skills to …

Cardiac Genetic Testing In A Dominican Sample In New York, Kathleen Hickey

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016: Purpose: To better understand the impact of undergoing cardaic genetic testing, and the impact of clinically prescribed treatments in an underserved minority population. The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the psychological well-being and perceived cardiac risk among Dominicans who underwent clinically indicated cardiac genetic testing for a possible underlying inherited cardiomyopathy or inherited cardiac channelopathy that could result in a life threatening arrhythmia and/or sudden cardiac death. Methods: Participants completed the Short Form-36 (SF-36) questionnaire after undergoing cardiac genetic testing to evaluate the impact of cardiac genetic testing on their overall …

The Gerontological Nursing Leadership Academy: Impacting The Future Of Care Delivery And Policy, Deborah F. Cleeter Bailey, Claudia Jean Beverly, Amy A. Cotton, Amy J. Berman

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016:

The rising prominence of focus upon caring for older adults throughout the world drives the necessity to prepare and position nurse leaders to influence the future for this population. A growing need exists for large scale strategic intervention and innovation related to planning and providing health and wellness services to these older adults. Nurse leaders must facilitate advancements in awareness, interprofessional team leadership, delivery of care, and policy development in various settings and with diverse stakeholders to achieve measurable impact on health, cost and quality. The international Gerontological Nursing Leadership Academy (GNLA) provides …

Instructional Design Consideration: Taking The Learner And Lab Beyond Virtual, Jackie L. Michael

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This presentation will discuss innovative instructional considerations from content design to teaching strategies and evaluation methods as faculty meet the challenges of rapidly converting in-seat content for on-line delivery while they try to meet their own learning needs long with those of the on-line learners. This presentation is designed for beginner, intermediate and experienced instructors and faculty who are teaching in clinical and academic settings, and are faced with the challenges of the "flipped Classroom". While they are committed to quality instruction in a rapidly evolving environment and learners with diverse learning needs beyond those of age and learning styles. …

The Experiences Of Student Nurses Caring For Mental Health Care Users With Profound Intellectual Disabilities, Rakgadi Grace Malapela

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this study is to describe and explore the experiences of fourth year nursing students in caring for mental health care users with profound intellectual disabilities in one care and rehabilitation centre in Gauteng Province, incorporating the Common Sense Model.

Knowledge Of Private Hospital Midwives On The Use Of The Partogram, Mariatha Yazbek

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Background: The partogram is a clinical practice guideline that is useful in early detection of complications during labour, but is still poorly completed. Midwives are failing to monitor and plot the Maternal and foetal status correctly during the latent and active phase of labour. Quality-of care audits in South Africa also identified incorrect interpretation of the partogram. Partogram use varies between different health care facilities due to internal training facilities in the workplace. No studies on the knowledge of midwives on partogram use in the private sector could be found.

Objective: The aim …

Extended Work Hours And Patient, Nurse, And Organizational Outcome, Wipada Kunaviktikul

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine for the first time in Thailand nurses' extended work hours and its relationship to patient, nurse, and organizational outcomes.

Methods: The mothod of this study used a multistage sampling 1,524 registered nurses working in 90 hospitals in all levels of hospital. They are from district hospitals, provincial hospitls, regional hospitals and university hospitals across Thailand. Sample completed a demographic form, the Nurses' Extended Work Hours Form; the Patient, Nurse, Organizational Outcomes Form; the Organizational Productivity Questionnaire; and the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Data were analyzed …

Race Matters: Disparities In Patients Presenting To The Emergency Department With Potential Acute Coronary Syndrome, Holli A. Devon, Larisa A. Burke, Julie Johnson Zerwic, Anne G. Rosenfeld

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine disparities in clinical presentation, treatment, and patient-reported outcomes between non-Hispanic Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites presenting to the emergency department (ED) with potential ACS. The complex relationship between race and health disparities in coronary heart disease (CHD) remains poorly understood. The presence of health disparities suggest that disadvantage, resulting in disease, is unjust and avoidable. Patterns of health disparities across the globe have been consistent; individuals with fewer resources have worse health outcomes and individuals with fewer resources are disproportionately those of color. It has …

Effect Of Dnp And Msn Evidence-Based Practice (Ebp) Courses On Nursing Students' Use Of Ebp, Richard Watters, Elizabeth R. Moore

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016:

Traditional nursing research courses at the MSN level have recently been restructured to incorporate more focus on evidence based practice (EBP). Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) curricula have been revised to incorporate more content on EBP (Moore & Watters, 2013). One of the challenges is to better understand the learning needs of these students as advanced practice nurses and subsequently develop learning activities to enhance their knowledge and skills with respect to EBP (Melnyk, Fineout-Overholt, Gallagher-Ford, & Kaplan, 2012). Students' attitudes towards EBP, perceived support from their professional network, or level of understanding …

"...And To All A Good Night": Advancing Sleep Health As An Essential Vital Sign!, Lucille C. Gambardella, Lyron Deputy

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Sleep and sleep disorders are rapidly becoming a major component in the care of patients in today's health care system. Unfortunately, nursing practice and nursing education have not maintained the same pace of importance in considering sleep as a component of nursing care. Research has validated the relationship of sleep and overall physical, mental, and spiritual health. The research literature is full of studies that link sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea with major disorders such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and respiratory disorders (Kryger, 2011; Morgenthaler, 2015; Caruso, 2010; Peppark, 2013). It …

The State Of Wellness In Universities Across The United States: Implications For Practice And Research, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Megan E. Amaya, Jacqueline Hoying

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: Although the overarching purpose of worksite wellness programs is to provide a positive return on investment (ROI) by reducing absenteeism and lowering health insurance premiums, the altruistic benefit is the creation of a healthier work force, which translates into a healthier and engaged population. It is recognized that a worksite culture of health, defined as a body of organizational factors that promote healthy lifestyle behaviors, is important in enhancing the health and wellness of employees. Academic institutions have lagged behind corporations in describing and enhancing wellness cultures and environments. Therefore, the purpose …

Using A Wellness Team As Beginning Strategy For Building Wellness Culture At An Academic Institution, Jacqueline Hoying, Megan E. Amaya, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: A wellness team is an essential component of a worksite wellness program initiative. The role of the wellness team is to communicate, participate, motivate, and support the worksite wellness program. Wellness teams help employees to see worksite wellness is an organizational priority. They contribute their interest, their passion, their expertise, and their time to the organization.

Methods: Developed 3 years ago under the direction of the University Chief Wellness Officer, the wellness team (Wellness Innovators) at a large academic institution in the United States includes over 500 faculty/staff members who have been …

Nursing Curriculum Trends, Claire J. Byrne

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

The 21st century has found the nursing profession in transition. The shortage of nursing faculty and nursing practitioners has unsuspectingly contributed to the increasing gap between education, research and clinical practice. The 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) has provided a blueprint for nursing leaders, nurse educators and nurses to unite academic pedagogy with comprehensive experiential learning to best prepare nursing students for clinical practice. The shift towards population health will assist in another system challenge, which is the excessive healthcare spending. To achieve this, Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies were …

Analysis And Promotion Of Psychological Safety In The Healthcare Setting, Ekta Srinivasa, Charles R. Kerr

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016:

Lateral violence and workplace bullying are endemic in the workplace. Both lateral violence and workplace bullying can be defined as covert or overt acts of verbal or non-verbal aggression that causes psychological distress (The Healthy Workplace Campaign, 2011). While bullying occurs when someone of higher position in the workplace perpetrates this behavior, lateral violence is perpetrated amongst peers. The healthcare workplace is well entrenched in this plague. In the United States of America 35% of all workers report being bullied at work (The Workplace Bullying Institute, 2011). Related to Nursing in the United …

Risk Factors For Burnout Among Nurses And Doctors In Selected Hospitals Of Botswana, Motshedisi Boitumelo Sabone

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of the presentation is to share areas of the work environment that doctors and nurses participating in the study found frustrating so as to encourage sharing of ideas.