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Beyond Survival: An Interpretive Phenomenological Investigation Into Being The Father Of A Very Low Birth Weight Infant, Donald Johnston

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015:

This phenomenological study, based on the writings of Martin Heidegger, describes what it was like for eleven fathers of very low birth weight infants during their infants' stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Each participant was interviewed up to three times. Interviews were semi-structured, digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed using Max van Manen's methodology, along with a metaphorical illustration to illuminate meanings of experiences. Analysis was structured using Heidegger's philosophical concepts of Being-in-the-world and Being-with-others, as well as the added concept of Being a changed man. The themes that …

Job Satisfaction As Experienced By Generation Y Nurses: A Phenomenological Study, Sonia Anselmo-Witzel

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015: J

Job satisfaction in nursing has been reported to be at an all-time low, which has posed a challenge for healthcare organizations (Chung & Fitzsimons, 2013). With an increasing shortage of nurses, awareness needs to be directed toward understanding job satisfaction among nurses. When nurses are dissatisfied with their job, healthcare organizations can spend millions of dollars per year on orientating and recruiting new nurses, as well as employing traveling or contract nurses (Morgan & Lynn, 2009). Efforts by healthcare organizations and nurse leaders are necessary to address …

Ribbons Of Hope, Kristy L. Oden

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015.

Reliability And Validity Of The Willingness To Adopt Inclusive Teaching Strategies In Nursing Education Instrument, Janet A. Levey

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: Purpose and Background/Significance: The purpose of this study is to: (1) examine the psychometric properties of the Willingness to Adopt Inclusive Teaching Strategies (ITSinNE) instrument and (2) measure factors influencing nurse educators' willingness to adopt inclusive teaching strategies based in universal design for instruction (UDI). National nursing organizations are calling for innovative and inclusive science of nursing education demonstrated by the use of teaching strategies that are accessible, responsive and meaningful to diverse student populations, with and without disabilities. Universal design for instruction (UDI) is one approach to …

Safety Climate: Perception Of Professionals In An Emergency Unit, Fernanda R. E. Gimenes, Mayara C. G. Rigobello

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015:

Introduction: The emergency medical services, characterized as challenging and dynamic environments, are considered particularly prone to adverse events for several reasons, including the fast pace and frequency of complex conditions and life-threatening, the fact that health professionals meet both a great number of patients with poor clinical information without limits to the kind of problems or conditions and under time pressure 1-4. In 2004, the World Health Organization defined as a priority the development of research based on scientific evidence with best practices focused on patient safety. Since …

Interprofessional Education And Collaboration From The Students' Points Of View, Pennie Sessler Branden

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015:

Introduction/Background: Healthcare providers can no longer work in silos and neither can health professions' educators. Health care professionals must work together to provide the best possible care for individuals and communities and reduce redundancy. Opportunities for Interprofessional Education (IPE) have not been utilized to their full potential even when the health professions schools/programs share a building or exist on a university campus. Those lost opportunities reduce the extensive and worthwhile possibilities for interprofessional awareness, education and collaboration across the health professions. Interprofessional education is a pedagogical approach for …

Cultural Relevancy Of Palliative And End-Of-Life Care: Conversations With Indigenous Elders, Mary J. Isaacson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015:

Purpose: Access to palliative and end-of-life (EOL) care is severely limited for South Dakota (SD) Native American/American Indians [NA/AI] (Isaacson et al., 2014), which is of significant concern given their high morbidity and mortality rates (SD Vital Statistics Report, 2012). Palliative care professionals and NA/AI healthcare providers identify funding, infrastructure, and misperceptions specific to the NA/AI population and palliative/EOL care as barriers to access (Isaacson et al., 2014). Addressing these barriers and feasibility concerns must occur by bringing together key individuals and include persons receptive to the voices and concerns of NA/AIs residing …

Healthcare Injustice Experiences Or Negative Pain Coping Strategies In Patients With Sickle Cell Disease: Which Comes First?, Miriam O. Ezenwa

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015:

Purpose/Theoretical Rationale: Healthcare injustice is a psychological stressor that has been associated with adverse psychological (stress) and physiological (pain) consequences in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). (Ezenwa, In press). Research evidence suggests that patients with SCD endorse different approaches to cope with sickle cell pain. (Anie, 2002), (Gil, 1989). Little is known about the pain coping strategies of patients with SCD who report experiencing healthcare injustice in their pain control. The purpose of this comparative study was to determine the pain coping strategies of patients with SCD who reported experiencing healthcare injustice …

Integrating Evidence-Based Practice In A Nursing Curriculum Based On The Rnao Guidelines Using Action Research, Christa Van Der Walt, Sharon Vasuthevan, Johanna Catharina (Irene) Lubbe, P. J. Smith

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015:

Problem Statement: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is increasingly emphasized in healthcare, nursing practice and nursing and miwifery curricula. The same applies to South Africa. Nursing Education Institutions in South Africa need to provide evidence of how EBP is integrated throughout their curricula during accreditation visits from the South African Nursing Council, peer and external reviews. The past three decades much has been invested in research and implementation exercises to close the practice theory gap and to answer to the quest for excellence and accountability. Although a wide vocabularly is used, best practice guidelines (BPGs) …

A Profile Of U.S. Nursing Faculty In Research-And Practice-Focused Doctoral Education, Nancy C. Sharts-Hopko

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015:

Purpose and Significance: Growth in DNP programs has outpaced growth in PhD programs, and DNP graduates have moved into doctoral education in greater numbers than PhD graduates. This study aimed to ascertain characteristics of faculty teaching in DNP and PhD programs and of the schools in which they teach with particular attention to scholarly productivity.

Methods: Data were collected via an on-line researcher-developed survey distributed nationally and completed by 554 faculty teaching in PhD, DNP, or both types of programs. The survey was based on review of the literature and on data from …

Factors Influencing Australian Nursing Students' Psychological Well-Being And Suicidal Ideation, Pi-Ming Yeh, Lorna Moxham, Carolyn Antoniou, Christopher Patterson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015:

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the state of psychological well-being and suicidal ideation of Australian nursing students. The study also examined levels of anxiety and depression, and features of personality and family interaction as well as the relationship of these to students' psychological well-being and suicidal ideation.

Methods: Participants were Bachelor of nursing students from a University in the Australia. This study utilized a cross sectional descriptive research design, with data collected by structured questionnaires. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20 with descriptive data analysis, Pearson Correlation, and …

Patients' Perceptions Of Hope And Hope-Engendering Nurse Interventions, Debra Haas Stavarski

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015:

Hope is a basic human need and has the ability to restore health. Hope enhances quality of life, promotes health and healing, and has been shown necessary for recovery. Patients with an acute illness may have feelings of hopelessness or reduced hope. Hospitalized patients experience health/illness transitions which require preparation for discharge. If patients experience healthy transitions they may have a better sense of well-being about their health/illness condition upon discharge. Nurses play a role in fostering hope during health/illness transitions such as patient hospitalization. Nurse patient relationships, communication, and nurse actions may …

Nursing Perspectives Of An Advanced Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Curriculum: Findings Of A Qualitative Research Study, Jeanette Rossetti, Kelly Bryant, Patricia Jones-Bendel, Faith Stauserboll

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015:

Preparing psychiatric mental health nurses to provide holistic person centered care promoting self-management and recovery following principles of the Tidal Model presents an opportunity for consistent practice and clear articulation the nurses' role on the interdisciplinary team. Nursing staff from a Midwestern Behavioral Health Hospital in the United States attended an advanced nursing curriculum titled Advanced Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Curriculum: A Journey of Therapeutic Engagement. This research study aims to assess the experience of and the impact that this advanced continuing education curriculum had on the nurses' psychiatric nursing practice and the …

Teaching Undergraduate Research In An Online Environment, Nancy C. Falvo, Laurie Bladen

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015:

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. Historically, the course was taught following the steps for the research process, research critique exercises, and the development of a hypothetical study. As the curriculum moved to an evidence-based practice model, the course was been redesigned to focus on students developing pilot study proposals in small groups, appraising study proposals created by peers, and submitting the final study proposals to the university's …

Nurses' Perspectives On Flexible Visitation In Adult And Neonatal Critical Care Units, Alina Pedchenko, Joanne Eckert

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015:

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify nurses' perspectives on flexible visitation in adult and neonatal ICUs and describe nurses' suggestions for successful implementation of flexible visitation in the adult and neonatal NICUs.

Methods: A comparative descriptive design was used. The Theory of Reasoned Action guided the development of a questionnaire and data collection. A total of 62 nurses (31 from the adult ICU and 31 from the NICU) in a 255 bed community hospital participated in the study.

Results: Perspectives among ICU and NICU nurses regarding appropriate visitation policies and …

Acupressure For Cancer Related Fatigue: Empowering Nurses In Symptom Management, Victoria L. Reiser

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015: The purpose of this presentation is to describe the results and nursing implications of the pilot study titled "Use of the Seva Stress Release (SSR) Protocol with hospitalized patients receiving cancer treatment" conducted on the BMTU and medical oncology unit at Ruby Memorial Hospital of WVU Healthcare. The target audience of this presentation is inpatient and outpatient oncology registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, nurse managers, and other oncology professionals interested seeking to incorporate integrative therapies with traditional methods of cancer-related symptoms. Researchers interested in these therapies and symptom …

Depression Among New Graduate Nurses Working In Icu And Medical-Surgical Units, Valery Bessmertnyy, Keith Taylor

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015:

Recent studies report that in the US healthcare workers suffer the third highest incidence of depressive episodes among all occupations. These studies, however, do not address the levels of depression in specific populations within the nursing community. Nurses who are depressed use more sick days, have lower productivity, higher rates of medication errors, and offer a lower quality of care. The rate of depression for new graduate nurses on different units in the hospital is unknown. This is especially important regarding medical-surgical units, as this is where most …

Utilizing Simulation In Nursing Education To Develop Confidence And Diminish Anxiety In Clinical Practice, Dana R. Martin, Susan Furr, Martha Hains Bramlett, Rachel W. Cozort, Susan Furr, Martha Hains Bramlett, Rachel W. Cozort

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015 and Sunday, November 8, 2015:

Utilizing Simulation in Nursing Education to Develop Confidence and Diminish Anxiety in Clinical Practice - The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of simulation-based learning experiences on nursing students' confidence levels and anxiety levels in clinical practice settings. This study enhanced nursing educational outcomes through the transformative educational intervention of simulation. The convenience sample consisted of 19 nursing students enrolled in a baccalaureate program at a small, rural university in the southern region of the United States. This study explores the influence of simulation on …

An Evaluation Of Knowledge, Skills, And Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practice In On-Line Graduate Nursing Students, Wilaiporn Rojjanasrirat

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015:

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an essential element in driving health care delivery and practice. The need to create a culture that values the practice of evidence-based nursing education through the design and evaluation of the education strategies is imperative. In spite of positive outcomes associated with EBP, many healthcare providers do not implement or adopt EBP. Little is known about the on-line graduate nursing students' EBP knowledge, attitudes, and skills/practice related to EBP and research.

Purpose: This study aimed to assess changes in EBP knowledge, attitudes, skills/practice …

Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among College Students: Knowledge, Perception And Risk Assessment, Dieu-My T. Tran, Lani M. Zimmerman

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015:

Background: Young adults in the United States are not realistic about their health and eating habits; one-third do not understand the association between their current health behaviors and the impact on their future cardiovascular disease risk.

Purpose: To assess a college population of young adults' knowledge and perception of cardiovascular risk factors and to screen for their cardiovascular risks and cluster subgroups with similar characteristics.

Conceptual Framework: The conceptual models guiding this study were the Health Belief Model and the Information, Motivation and Behavioral Skills Model.

Method: A descriptive research study was conducted …

Interprofessional Evidence-Based Care Of Hospitalized Patients With And At Risk For Sleep Apnea Improves Care Quality, Lisa A. Kuhen

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015:

Purpose: The project goal was to enhance healthcare outcomes for hospitalized patients with and at-risk for sleep apnea (SA) by increasing the ability of hospital nurses to asses for known SA, identify SA risk, and design appropriate nursing care management using an inter-professional care guideline.

Background/Significance: Hospital prevalence of SA is estimated to be 80%, yet only 6.8% are reported, and 5.8% of patients on home therapy continue treatment during hospitalization. Adverse hospital outcomes including increased length of stay, cardio-respiratory failure, and death are associated with untreated SA. Validated SA screening tools and …

Called To Promote Nursing Excellence As Global Educators, Mary Kay Smid

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015:

An American nurse educator spends a semester as a visiting professor at Wuhan HOPE School of Nursing in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China under the auspices of Project HOPE. Activities include helping to strengthen the Wuhan baccalaureate and masters' in nursing programs and creating an environment in the classroom and clinical settings to enhance achievement of desired cognitive, affective and psychomotor outcomes. This American nurse educator in the role of an affiliate faculty teams with a nursing faculty member at a private women's college in the Midwest United States, who is preparing to teach …

Factors Influencing Well-Being Among Post Myocardial Infarction Patients, Sanguan Thanee

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Saturday, November 7, 2015:

Post myocardial infarction patients tend to be functional decline and re-hospitalization because illness progression and complications.

Purpose: The objectives of this predictive study were to examine correlated and predicting factors of well-being among post myocardial infarction patients.

Methods: A sample consisted of 201 myocardial infarction patients who follow up at outpatient department. A package of questionnaires included personal information, health perception, well-being, mental and emotional status, depression, stress management, functional performance, illness adjustment, food consumption, physical activity, and adherence to treatment and risk control. Data were analyzed by descriptive, Pearson correlation, and multiple …

It's A Matter Of Time: Formative Feedback In Online Learning Environments, Deborah L. Sikes

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015:

Students desire to know how they are performing in online learning environments. The challenge for instructors teaching in the online learning environment is providing students with information to improve their performance prior to the assignment of a final grade. Formative feedback is an assessment element used to provide learners with information about how they are performing. Formative feedback is defined as "information communicated to the learner that is intended to modify the learner's thinking or behavior for the purpose of improving learning" (Shute, 2008, p.1). The formation of learning goals are assessed and …

Authentic Work Experiences Of Chief Nursing Officers: A Phenomenological Inquiry, Charlene M. Ingwell-Spolan

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015:

Background: Studies have shown that job dissatisfaction, increased workload demands, poor working conditions and high patient acuity (overload) are among the challenges facing the registered nurse (RN) today. These challenges are also being faced by the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), the leader of the professional nurse, in advancing the RN into a highly functioning professional practice guaranteeing, daily, the delivery of quality patient care. Today's CNO must think differently to remove the barriers in the acute care setting, providing effective practice at the point of care. Purpose: The purpose of this study was …

Evaluating And Developing Supplemental Clinical Faculty Competency, Jennifer Titzer, Gina L. Schaar, Constance F. Swenty, Marilyn Ostendorf

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015:

Purpose: Due to the shortage of nurse faculty, employment of clinical experts as supplemental clinical faculty is essential. As a result, nursing programs are challenged to offer strategic development and evaluation methods which address the unique needs of the supplemental clinical faculty. In order to support students' learning needs and program outcomes, it is essential that these faculty are provided ongoing professional development. To create a supplemental clinical faculty development program, assessment of their challenges and needs is necessary. Data from the initial supplemental clinical faculty evaluation and initial development workshop are presented. …

Using Teaching And Knowledge To Improve Health Of Chinese People, Bingxiang Yang

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015:

Chinese educators relate the importance of integration of nursing research findings in practice settings. Examples include using established protocols for insertion of intravenous catheters, handwashing practice at the point-of-care, use of safety devices to prevent accidental injury, and teaching patients to assume increased responsibility for monitoring their chronic illness. Inconsistencies exist in the availability of supplies and equipment to maintain standards which further compromises outcomes of care. The stigma of mental illness in the Chinese culture is widespread. Many students enter nursing education programs with no interest in working within a mental health …

Nurses' Involvement In Hiv Policy Formulation In Nigerian Health Care System, Ekaete Francis Asuquo, Josephine Bassey Etowa

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015:

Nurses' involvement in HIV policy formulation in Nigerian Health Care System. Background of study: Nigerian national policy on HIV stresses the need for the adoption of multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary approach in policy formulation, with the health sector taking the lead. This calls for collaboration among the various stakeholders including nurses in policy development initiatives to ensure the attainment of HIV health related goals.

Purpose: This paper will present the findings of a recent study which examined nurse's involvement in research productivity and policy development in the context of mother to child transmission (MTCT) …

Stigma In Mental Health: A Concept Analysis, Linda Carman Copel, Khamis Al-Mamari

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Sunday, November 8, 2015:

People with mental health disorders endure stigma. Negative labeling and stereotyping of clients diagnosed with chronic physical and mental health conditionshas grown dramatically in our society and makes stigma a universal health issue. The concept of stigma has been well documented and is associated with groups of people who suffer from health conditions such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), mental illness, disability, and other debilitating illnesses. Furthermore, ethnic minorities are particularly vulnerable to the five major types of stigma identified in the literature. The negative influence of stigma on people's lives creates a …

Drinking Patterns And Outcomes Of Alcohol Use By Lgbt Students At A Minority-Serving University, Sandra "Sande" Gracia Jones, Beatriz Valdes, Eric Fenkl

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on Tuesday, November 10, 2015:

Background/Purpose: The Institute of Medicine report (2011) on the health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) persons noted that sexual minority youth may have higher rates of substance use than heterosexual youth, and that LGBT youth may have an elevated risk for attempted suicide and depression. Substance use has been linked to HIV infection because both casual and chronic substance users are more likely to engage in high-risk behaviors, such as sex without a condom, when they are under the influence of drugs or alcohol (CDC, 2013). Unsafe sexual practices among college …