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Assessment Of Graduates' Critical Thinking Abilities As An Intended Learning Outcome Of The Bsn Program, Amel M. Abouelfettoh, Hanan G. Gabry

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016:

Nursing Students' Critical thinking dispositions (CTD) are benchmarks and guiding indicators of the effectiveness of the nursing program. A study of the nursing students CTD showed that graduates perceived that the program contributed to their critical thinking abilities, and highlighted the mostly effective teaching and learning strategies.

Group Exercise To Decrease Anxiety In African-American Women, Pamela Johnson

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016:

Purpose/Aims: The purpose of this proposed Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) capstone project is to examine the effects of exercise on African American women with anxiety disorders. This study proposes to determine if exercise is an alternative treatment to medication and psychotherapy for African American women with high state anxiety disorder. More specifically the study proposes that exercise might be an adjunctive treatment for African American women that are already taking psychotropic medication or using psychotherapy for treatment with little or no change in symptoms.

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Evaluating An Innovative Pedagogy For Teaching Transcultural Nursing In An Online Format, Jessica H. Ochs

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016: Background and significance: Online learning is frequently utilized in higher education in an effort to meet the needs of the changing educational landscape. This includes the intergenerational students of both Generation Y and Z in higher education as well as the ever-evolving technology in the classroom (Billings & Halstead, 2012). Findings from the literature review suggest that student learning outcomes are at the least equivalent between online formats and face to face classroom lectures. Some findings suggest that online learning is associated with improved scores on standardized testing …

A Systematic Review Of Suicide Prevention Programs For Operation Enduring Freedom And Operation Iraqi Freedom, Linda Casale

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016: ABSTRACT: Title: A Systematic Review of Suicide Prevention Programs for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraq Veterans. Background: In this country, there is concern for the mental health of the returning OEF/OIF Veterans who have been sent to participate in the present conflict. According to Veterans Health Administration (VHA), everyday twenty-two Veterans take their own lives ("About Cochrane systematic reviews and protocols," 2014). Important variables that contribute to poor mental health in veterans include: a debilitating physical injury or exposure to stressful environments, loss of institutional structure that necessitates decision-makings, and lack of …

Making Community-Based Participatory Research (Cbpr) "Real" In Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Nursing Education, Lasonya A. Davis-Smith

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016: Implementation of 'High Impact Educational Practices (HIEP)' has been shown to positively impact critical thinking, expands inquiry, and promotes life long learning in undergraduate students (Seifert, et al, 2014). Furthermore, faculty needs to expand learning beyond the confines of the classroom to link knowledge to the larger educational mission (Wawrzynski & Baldwin, 2014), thus in nursing, professional practice. The HIEP (Kuh, 2008) exercised in this project were: undergraduate research, collaborative assignments/projects, diversity/global learning, and service/community based learning. Baccalaureate prepared nurses should graduate with a basic understanding of research process (AACN, 2008). Undergraduate students …

Virtual Clinical To Help With High Stakes Testing, Tamara J. Pobocik

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016: Purpose: Technology is in every aspect of students' lives today, this is no different in nursing education. Nursing education must find ways to capture nursing students' interest and provide interactive learning opportunities. When educators use virtual clinical experiences students are able to put theory content into real clinical patient scenarios. This in turn provides students with a view of the whole patient rather than certain aspects of care being in isolation. These virtual programs can be used in the classroom, nursing resource center, or as an assignment. This quantitative research project used a …

We Don't Miter The Sheets On The Bed: Understanding The Preceptor Role In Nursing Enculturation, Susan M. Strouse, Emily M. Haan

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016: Background: Many studies examine the role of preceptors with students in pre-licensure clinical immersion experiences and how that impacts student socialization to the role of the nurse and the transition from academe to the practice world (Carlson, Pilhammar, & Wann-Hansson, 2010; Dinmohammadi, Peyrovi, & Mehrdad, 2013). However, students still struggle with this transition to practice and the unique nursing culture (Clipper & Cherry, 2015; Dinmohammadi, Peyrovi, & Mehrdad, 2013). Research literature supports that nursing has a distinct professional culture yet research on the beliefs of preceptors foundational to their interactions with students is …

A Transformation To Family-Focused Nursing Practice Is Evident In Undergraduate Students, Kelly Krumwiede, Kristen Abbott-Anderson, Patricia K. Young

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016:

Introduction and Purpose: Teaching and learning are interactive and dynamic processes that require nurse educators to focus on the learner and learning (Cahill, Turner, & Barefoot, 2010). In the learner-centered paradigm educators create a collaborative environment where teaching engages students in experiences that promote intellectual processes of thinking in new ways. Nursing faculty have the responsibility to create learning experiences that will advance nursing practice (Bell, 2010; Holtslander, Solar, & Smith, 2013; Sowan & Jenkins, 2013). The responsibility for creating engaging learning approaches is particularly important for transforming practice with families. The purpose …

Role Strain, Faculty Stress, And Organizational Support For Clinical Nurse Faculty Assigning A Failing Grade, Jeannie Couper

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016:

The purpose of this correlational study was to explore the relationships between role strain (RS), faculty stress (FS), and perceived organizational support (POS) for Clinical Nurse Faculty (CNF) who faced the decision to assign a failing grade to a clinical nursing student.

Teaching Students And Nurses Evidence-Based Recommendations For Culturally Sensitive Perinatal Care Of Somali Immigrant Women, Bernita Eileen Missal, Connie Lynn Clark

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016:

Nursing education should provide students and nurses with knowledge to meet the current healthcare needs of all groups within society, including immigrant populations. Research allows the direct acquisition of information that can then transform education and subsequently improve practice. Because of the diaspora of the Somali people which began in the 1990s, there is a large immigrant Somali population in the United States (Warfa et al., 2012). In Somalia, the cultural mores include the value of large families and there is a strong social support for 40 days after childbirth (Binder, Johnsdotter, & …

A Cognitive-Behavioral Rehearsal Intervention To Increase Nursing Students' Self-Efficacy To Respond To Lateral Violence, Ericka J. Sanner-Stiehr

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016:

The steps and principles of a cognitive behavioral rehearsal were utilized in developing an intervention to increase nursing students' self-efficacy to respond to lateral violence. Participants reported a statistically significant increase in self-efficacy both immediately following the intervention and three months afterward.

Shaping Nursing Pedagogy To Support Client-Focused Care For The Practitioners Of Tomorrow, Stacey M. Frawley

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016: Nursing education has undergone profound change during the past several decades. A rapidly changing healthcare landscape and the globalization of healthcare faces present day nurse educators. The health care delivery system of the future will rely on teams of nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, dentists, social workers, pharmacists, and other providers to work together. Team-based, interdisciplinary approaches have been shown to be highly effective for improving clinical outcomes and reducing cost; it is therefore imperative that schools of nursing focus on teaching methods that incorporate opportunities for interdisciplinary education. Demonstration of leadership and competence …

"My Wish Is Not Big, I Just Want To Pass": Clinical Learning For International Students, Cathy Dickson

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016: International students enrolling into courses at university and college are not a new phenomenon and currently international student mobility is increasing. According to the OECD (2013) more than 4.5 million students are enrolled in courses outside their country of birth. In terms of market share The United States of America (USA) attracts the largest number of students, followed by the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia (AUS) in 4th place. Together these three countries educate 36% of the worlds' international students (OECD, 2013). Whilst in their host country students make significant contributions to social …

Transition To Practice After Participation In A Student Nurse Associate Program: A Qualitative Study, Kathleen W. Hopkins

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016:

The aim of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to explore the lived experience of new graduate nurses who have completed a Student Nurse Associate Program during the summer between their junior and senior year of their baccalaureate nursing program. This pre-licensure program was designed to support transition to professional practice by fostering confidence and competence, thus reducing fear and anxiety. Purposive sampling in addition to the use of the snowball technique was used which yielded data saturation with a of sample of 12 nurses. Data were generated by asking the participants to respond …

Ethical And Cultural Considerations Involving The Transgender Community And Implications For Nursing Education, Diane Allen Young, Natasha R. Colvin

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016:

Transgender issues have surfaced in numerous ways in the media, such as, television specials, autobiographies, and news broadcasts. One of the issues that surfaced is healthcare for transgender individuals. There is a need to enhance understandings of culturally competent care within a nursing context regarding transgender individuals. The former will enhance abilities to address the diverse and holistic needs of transgender individuals within nursing education. Zuner and Grance (2012) report transgender patients experience humiliating and inappropriate treatment from staff and health care workers (p. 62). Nursing students are …

Yes!: A Workshop For Your Educational Success, Debora S. Coombs

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016:

The premise of the proposed poster presentation is to inform educators on the need to prepare students prior to attending their first day of class in a face to face classroom environment. A six hour workshop was developed to encourage students to take responsibility for their learning and to introduce the concepts of an active learning environment. Information necessary for understanding and identifying different learning styles that have a positive influence on their motivation and active involvement are provided within this workshop. Orientation and preparation to the rigors …

Transitioning From Practice To Academia: An Integrative Review Of Facilitators And Barriers, Terri Lea Legare, Deborah K. Armstrong

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016 and Friday, April 8, 2016:

A nursing faculty shortage has been documented and is anticipated to persist according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN, 2009). The lack of academic nursing faculty in turn contributes to the nursing shortage (Benner, Sutphen, Leonard, & Day, 2010; Bellack & Tanner, 2010; Institute of Medicine, 2011). Many qualified applicants to pre-licensure nursing programs have been turned away because of the inability to attract and retain qualified and competent academic nursing faculty (AACN, 2011; National Advisory Council of Nursing Education, 2010; NLN, 2014; Yedidia, Chou, …

Development Of An Interprofressional Honors Program: Results Of A Needs Assessment, Larry Z. Slater, Fidelindo Lim, Ann-Margaret Navarra, Amy Witkoski Stimpfel, Karla G. Rodriguez, Noreen Nelson

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016: Honors programs are academic programs or curricula designed to provide qualitatively different educational experiences and learning environments for high-achieving students (National Collegiate Honors Council [NCHC], 2013). With a lack of evidence-based support of nursing honors program curricula and outcomes, the development of new programs requires a rigorous examination of theoretical frameworks, determination of student and faculty needs within the academic institution as part of a comprehensive stakeholder analysis, and appraisal of factors that will contribute to sustainability and operationalization of student, faculty, and program outcomes. Nursing honors programs …

Assessing Presenteeism And Interest In "One Body" Stress Reduction Fitness Program In A Healthcare Setting, Immacula Cann, Dorothy M. Mullaney

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

The purpose of this research project is to assess for evidence of presenteeism and to evaluate interest for a stress reduction mental and physical fitness program that is based on a wholistic (whole person) mind-body relationship called "One Body." The research survey results will be used answer two specific research questions: (1) does presenteeism exist in this population, (2) does the study population exhibit an interest in a stress reduction fitness program such as "One Body." This quantitative and exploratory, descriptive research study will utilize a web-based survey hosted by Survey Monkey. Following IRB approvals the survey will be distributed …

Correlates Of Student Challenges In Achieving Successful Outcomes, Donna Ho-Shing

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016: Background/Purpose: Studies have identified factors related to success in nursing licensure examinations for senior Nursing students. However, none of these studies have identified correlates of academic and nonacademic challenges to students' successful outcomes in Undergraduate Nursing programs. This study is significant because identification of correlates of barriers to academic success could lead to implementing specific strategies to improve academic and licensure success of students in the Undergraduate Nursing program. The purpose of this study is to identify factors related to achieving academic success in order to implement specific …

Developing Nursing Student's Critical Thinking Ability Through Concept Mapping, Julie A. Perry, Robingale A. Panepinto

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016: Nursing concept mapping is a model that allows for organization of client problems and provides connections between the problems that is physically drawn to show the student's knowledge of the connection (Gerdeman, J.L., Lux, K., & Jacko, J., 2013). Concept mapping development was piloted in our fundamental clinical to help students develop an overall picture of their client and their situation. Student and instructor feedback was acknowledged and utilized in development of the process and later implemented in all clinical rotations. Fluidity in client care is captured within …

Undergraduate Nursing Students Experience Engaging In End-Of-Life Conversations As A Tool To Transforming Practice, Katherine L. Chadwell, Elizabeth A. Olafson, Ellen A. Morris

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016:

End-of-life decision planning is difficult, and a process which the need for is often unrecognized or neglected. Ninety percent of people think it's important to talk about end of life care (IHI, 2014). Although 60% of people would like to have their end of life wishes honored, the reality is that only 23%-30% of persons have completed advanced directives, and often no conversation was ever initiated with their families (Morhaim & Pollack, 2014; Rao, Anderson, Lin, & Laux, 2014; The Conversation Project, 2013). Rao (2014) reported a significant …

Adult Learners Formulate Creative Pediatric Clinical Assignments With Real World Application, Jenny House Maffett, Susan E. Piras

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016, and Friday, April 8, 2016:

The purpose of this presentation is to assess the effects of problem-based learning activities targeting the adult learner. This project was developed to supplement a pediatric clinical experience for nursing students enrolled in an accelerated BSN program located in the southeast United States. Linked with their pediatric didactic course, the student's pediatric clinical experience required the completion of ninety clinical contact hours over the span of one month. Freedom to self-schedule certain clinical components allowed for time management challenges between the students' personal and degree-required experiences. To address …

Breaking Traditions: Exploring New Variables To Promote Student Success, Haley P. Strickland, Michelle H. Cheshire, Sara K. Kaylor, Melondie R. Carter

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016:

Nationally, nursing schools have a long standing history of using traditional academic measures of grade point average (GPA) for admission and evaluation of student success. Nursing faculty are concerned that while students excel academically in pre-nursing course requirements, this academic success does not always predict student progression and retention throughout the nursing program. Published studies support the fact that selection processes of nursing programs typically focus on academic achievement (Beauvais, Stewart, DeNisco & Beauvais, 2014; Jones-Schenk & Harper, 2014). Often students who are academically qualified for nursing school entrance lack the emotional maturity …

Simulation Roles And Clinical Decision Making Accuracy In An Acute Care Scenario, Krista White, Kristen D. Zulkosky, Jean Pretz, Amanda L. Price

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016:

The purpose of this presentation is to present findings from a quantitative study that examined clinical decision making accuracy (cue acquisition; diagnosis; action) among simulation roles in fourth semester associate degree nursing students. The theoretical framework used to undergird the study is built upon the Nursing Education Simulation Framework (Jefferies & Rogers, 2007). This framework was used as a guide when developing the components involved in the simulation scenario used in this study.

Identifying The Influence Of Barriers On Research As Described By Non-Tenured Nurse Faculty, Deborah L. Whittaker

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016:

The importance of nurses conducting research and writing for publication to increase nursing knowledge, advance evidence-based practice, increase personal knowledge, and as a means for promotion and tenure in academia is well known. The AACN (2006) priorities included basing professional nursing practice on research. Additionally, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), Honor Society of Nursing (1999), identified the importance of clinical scholarship, using evidence-based nursing to develop best practices to meet client needs. After reviewing the literature, it was determined that the barriers perceived by non-tenured nurse faculty in academia influencing their ability to …

The Impact Of Technology-Enhanced Learning Activities On Nursing Student Engagement In The Classroom, Alicia A. Stone

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016:

Educating student nurses in the present environment requires professors to stay current with new methodologies as well as innovations in technology. The question is how to address both the impact of technology and the skills of clinical reasoning, and keep the students involved in the material. If there can be integration of each aspect through the use of technology-enhanced learning activities on the internet and preparation to approach the issue, then perhaps success can be achieved. This is a quasi-experimental intervention study that explored the impact of a case study blogging assignment on …

Teaching Research In An Online Undergraduate Course Using Collaborative Learning, Laurie Bladen

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016:

The purpose of this presentation is to describe the transformation of research knowledge into practice by addressing the challenges and opportunities of teaching research methods to online RN to BSN students.

Shadowing In Early Baccalaureate Nursing Education And Its Influence On Professional Role Perspectives, Monika Schuler

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016:

Nursing students experience a great discrepancy between their ideal views of nursing obtained while in school and the realities of practice (Chappy, Jambunathan, & Marnocha, 2010). Many students come into nursing with an 'idyllic' view of nursing believing it involves minimal academic study and is more vocational in design (O'Donnell, 2011). A key issue is role discrepancy which has been shown to result in difficult transitions into nursing and reality shock for the newly licensed nurse (Duchscher, 2009; Emeghebo, 2012; Hickey, 2010). Clinical learning experiences provide opportunities for understanding the nursing role but …

Integrating Collaborative Learning In Nursing Education, Nancy C. Falvo

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Friday, April 8, 2016:

Group work for students in an academic setting is often discouraging for both students and the instructor. Students complain that groups often include students who are not motivated to master a concept or assignment and/or students who do not possess the same skill set as other members of the group. Often a subset of the original group takes responsibility for completing the assignment allowing the remaining students to not participate as required or expected. Instructors are frequently called upon to govern the group when problems with participation occur and are asked to 'force …