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An Online Toolkit To Improve Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Awareness Of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Kelly Casler, Kelly Bosak

Leadership Connection

Using guidelines from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, an evidence- based practice toolkit to help primary care nurse practitioners (NP) diagnose and manage Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) was designed. Use of the toolkit improved knowledge and awareness regarding this prevalent chronic disease.

Achieving Work-Life Balance In An Ambulatory Surgery Center, Elizabeth S. Harmon

Leadership Connection

With more than one million nurses retiring in the next 15 years (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN] (2016), it is important to identify the modifiable factors, including scheduling and the availability of time off from work, that influence the work-life balance and job satisfaction of nurses.

An Investigation Of Vitamin C And Chronic Diseases With Inflammatory/Autoimmune Components: A Literature Review, Jennifer M. Crook

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This literature review combines emerging and established research regarding the multifaceted functions of Vitamin C in chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The importance of assessment of sub-optimal and marginal plasma Vitamin C status will be identified.

Academic To Clinical: Nursing And Physical Therapy Collaborative Attitudes After Interprofessional Simulation, Jennifer Nicole Carmack, Cheryl J. Erler

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An interprofessional simulation was developed that included Physical Therapy and Nursing students. This strategy was utilized to see if there was a change in attitudes towards collaboration with other health professions in the clinical setting. The data looks at the outcomes both in the academic setting and clinical setting.

A Systematic Review Of The Effects Of Yoga Therapy For Chronic Low Back Pain, Theresa Ann Poling

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The purpose of this poster is to present the current state of the opioid crisis and to explore alternative therapies for chronic low back pain in the general adult population. Findings indicate that yoga therapy is an effective, cost efficient alternative to usual medical care for low back pain.

A Retrospective Study Measuring Bmi And Related Comorbidities Before And After Bariatric Surgery, Samantha Ray Hoselton

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This study examines the differences between adults body mass index, hemoglobin A1c, hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease, sleep apnea, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes status. Current medications will also be taken before and up to two years after Laparoscopic Roux-en Y Gastric Bypass or Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy surgery.

A Registered Nurse's Understanding Of Pressure Ulcer Prevention And Treatment, Jennifer N. King

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What do registered nurses understand about prevention and treatment options for pressure ulcers and do those registered nurses need additional education or training. After analysis of the data, registered nurses reported they do not receive adequate education and training about pressure ulcer prevention and treatment.

A Qualitative Study: Undergraduate Students' Attitudes And Beliefs About Marijuana, Guadalupe M. Ortiz, Madissen Brookshire-Green, Andrea E. Pertl, Bradley R. Adkins, Ellie T. Ashbrook, Olivia Smith, Emma Kamp, Kayleigh Willett

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Marijuana is reported as the most common illicit drug used on college campuses. Through focus group interviews, college students expressed their opinions about the safety, popularity, and legal concerns related to the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana.

A Qualitative Mini-Study Of Young Adults Who Use Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (Ends), Beth Muriel Tremblay

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A focused ethnographic mini-study that explores the beliefs, values, and experiences of young adults who vape. Data were collected through interview with semi-structured question guide. Ten categories were identified and three patterns subsequently emerged; Feeling Shamed about Vaping, Uncertainty of Health Implications and, Positive Sensory Experiences. Further research is needed.

A Patient Portal Push Toward Acceptance And Utilization Of The Technology, Deborah Kornacker

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This DNP program evaluation highlights the results of a 90-day "Patient Portal Push" marketing and education initiative on overall patient portal registration and utilization numbers, provider "Meaningful Use" portal benchmark attainment, and survey outcomes of patients and providers acceptance and utilization of online portals.

A Concept Analysis Of Noise, Angie C. King

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In the clinical setting, noise has been documented to have a negative impact on staff and patients, resulting in poor patient outcomes and slow recovery (Lim, 2014). A concept analysis of noise was conducted to understand the attributes of noise and facilitate improved nursing practice.

A Case Study Of The Stroke Continuum Of Care In An Urban Neighborhood, Thomas Cannell, James N. Shea, Gregory Thompson

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Through a case study method employing interviews with health service providers, researchers describe the organization, financing and design of stroke care and prevention services in an urban neighborhood, with the goal of identifying barriers to improved care coordination and opportunities to improve outcomes.

Your Board Is Not Your Chapter, Jessica R. Wendorf

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Saturday, September 17, 2016: When you are passionate about your organization, it can be easy to accidently overlook the needs of other members. This session will demonstrate how to make your chapter sustainable beyond your term as a board member.

Virtual Professional Collaboration Of Global Nurse Leaders: The Phi Gamma Virtual Chapter Experience, Carole D. Liske, Rita Munley Gallagher, Cathy D. Catrambone

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Session presented on Sunday, September 18, 2016:

Leaders of Phi Gamma Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International's only virtual chapter, will discuss and demonstrate the use of electronic and social media to promote professional collaboration in chapter operations, global outreach and member engagement. Chapter members from around the globe have been invited to participate in the virtual discussion.

Using Systems Thinking Leadership And Qsen Competencies To Design A Nursing Career Development Framework, Noreen T. Bernard, Cynthia A. Oster

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The purpose of this presentation is to share the journey one Accountable Care Organization (ACO) took to meet the changing needs of the community by addressing current and future workforce shortages through building a sustainable nursing career development framework supported by Quality Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies.

Understanding Stti's Membership Eligibility Criteria, Janell Jackson, Sabrina Collins-Christie

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Session presented on Saturday, September 17, 2016:

Attend this session to learn how to successfully invite and induct eligible students and nurse leaders into STTI using the International Bylaws and guidelines documents. This session is not eligible for continuing nursing education contact hours.

Transforming Nurse Leaders Through A Mentored Leadership Experience, Karen M. Beranek, Kay Clevenger, Jennifer L. Embree, Jennifer L. Declercq

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Session presented on Saturday, September 17, 2016.

The 2010 Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, calls for health organizations, including nursing organizations and nursing schools, to “provide nurses greater opportunities to gain leadership skills and put them into practice.” In an effort to prepare the next generation of nurse leaders, the International Leadership Institute (ILI) at Sigma Theta Tau International offers leadership development for academic and clinical nurse leaders, who wish to increase their leadership expertise. Often times, faculty members are promoted into leadership positions without adequate preparation. To facilitate this transition, the ILI …

Transforming Healthcare Through The Use Of Web-Based Technology, Julie A. Jones

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Nurses involve patients in their healthcare through explanation of tests, labs, and medication. Since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released their recommendations (in their report, To Err Is Human (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2000), there has been an increase focus to involve patients in their care. This presentation will introduce the basic concepts of patient engagement and health literacy. Participates will be able to discover new web-based technology that will enhance patient care. In addition, participants will be able to describe new tools to evaluate websites. Patient engagement is involving patients and their significant others in their health care across …

Transformational Leadership Operationalized In Concept-Based Clinicals By Using A Faculty Coach, Donna Huddleston

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

A faculty coach in a clinical support role relates achievements, challenges, and lessons learned. Over the past two years, twenty-five nursing faculty moved from traditional clinicals to augmented, concept-based clinicals. Transformational leadership supported increased nursing student success as evidenced by the number of both AAS and AA degrees.

The Relationships Among Education, Leadership Experience, Emotional Intelligence, And Transformational Leadership Of Nurse Managers, Ilia M. Echevarria, Barbara J. Patterson, Anne Marie Krouse

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Tuesday, September 20, 2016:

Healthcare has become increasingly complex. Such complexity calls for nursing leaders who can effectively transform infrastructures and practice environments that enhance and sustain favorable nursing, patient, and organizational outcomes. The examination of transformational leadership and its connection to leader effectiveness has been well documented. While a number of factors have been linked to leader effectiveness, nursing leadership research provides limited evidence for predictors of transformational leadership style, specifically in nurse managers. The purpose of this predictive correlational study was to examine the relationships among concepts that were empirically linked to transformational leadership to …

The Relationship Of Culture Change Constructs And Survey Deficiencies In The Nursing Home Setting, Jolie Marie Harris

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Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

In response to the anticipated growth of the over-65 age group and a demand for an altered approach of care delivery in long term care, providers have responded by implementation of culture change strategies. Support from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided the impetus for tremendous interest and implementation of various culture change initiatives, but the research supporting the culture change movement has been limited. The findings from the presented study were derived from expanding the seminal work of Bott (2007a, 2009) utilizing the Kansas Culture Change Instrument (KCCI) …

The Kansas Nurse Leader Residency Program: A Clinical-Academic Partnership To Develop Nurse Leaders, Jill Peltzer, Brian Selig, Cynthia Teel

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Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

In this presentation we will describe the Kansas Nurse Leader Residency (KNLR) program, developed and implemented through a statewide clinical-cademic partnership. The purpose of the KNLR is tofoster leaders in four specialty areas: acute care, long-term care, public and school health from all quadrants of the state.

The Importance Of Collaborative Interprofessional Education On Advancing Leadership And Quality Improvement Attributes, Lorie L. Sigmon, Gina Woody

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Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

Emerging data suggests that effective and competent interprofessional teams improve health care outcomes and patient satisfaction. Healthcare systems are becoming more reliant on teamwork and collaboration among the professions and professionals. The result of this industry adjustment necessitates. Health professions educators to design curricular activities and instructional strategies that promote interaction with learners from different professions. Our Interprofessional Education (IPE) Qualtiy Improvement (QI) began with the Introduction of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement principles as it relates to the Plan -Do -Study -Act (PDSA) Cycle to nursing (seniors) and medical Students (M1) through …

The Henderson Repository: Your Portal To Global Impact Through Oa Dissimination, Kimberly S. Thompson

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What are you waiting for? Have you written research, research-based, educational documents (for students, CE courses, or patients), and/or other evidence-based practice materials that are not a good fit for traditional scholarly and scientific journals, but are otherwise based on sound principals? Do you want credit for all your work and not just a few select published manuscripts? Lucky you! The Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository (the Henderson Repository) accepts the following types of documents and more: reports, white papers, faculty created learning objects, dissertations, theses, capstone projects, posters, presentation slides, best practice guidelines, quality improvement tools, surveys, measurements, patient …

The Impact Of Shared Governance In Supporting Nursing Practice And Nurse Empowerment, Cheryl Griffith

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Shared governance is important to nursing practice in empowering the nurse at the bedside to improve patient care, patient safety, increase nurse engagement, improve nurse retention, and improve patient and nurse satisfaction. It is important to assess the effectiveness of shared governance and its deliverables to continue improving the processes that make it effective and viable. This study presents the findings at one hospital after one year of implementation. Aim(s): The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of shared governance and to provide recommendations and guidelines for improvement in order to create an effective and sustainable process. …

The Craziness Of Mental Health: Teaching Mental Illness To Pre-Licensure Nursing Students, Amy M. Richards

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

Nurse educators teach the nurses of tomorrow the correct way to take a blood pressure and listen to lung sounds. They also teach the proper way to insert an intravenous catheter or obtain a urine specimen. However, nurse educators also teach about mental health. From a historical perspective, the mentally ill have been treated poorly since biblical times. Until pharmacological breakthroughs in the 1950s, the mentally ill were institutionalized. Before the 1990's, psychiatric nursing textbooks provided little to no information on psychiatric nursing or psychopharmacology. Today, society has become more aware of the …

Teaching Financial Literacy: Preparing Future Nurse Executives, Kimberly A. Cleveland, Yvonne M. Smith

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

Faculty teaching in a graduate level nursing and health care management program in a major Midwest university discovered a significant gap between the finance course and the competencies expected of practicing nurse executives. Feedback from students and faculty revealed concerns about the depth and breadth of knowledge gained from the nursing finance course and students' abilities to apply financial concepts in other courses and in the practice environment. Many students struggled with course assignments in elective business courses with intense finance foci. Further, students and faculty expressed an interest in moving the course …

Strategies For Nursing Faculty Job Satisfaction And Retention, Thomas Kippenbrock, Peggy Lee, Deanna Jan Emory, Michael Miller, Christopher Rosen

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Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

The need for registered nurses in the United Sates continues to grow, yet the shortage of nursing faculty limits student enrollment. Funding reductions, faculty retirement and resignations, and increasing job competition from clinical sites have contributed to faculty's employment in nursing colleges. To add to the challenges, the role nursing faculty's role is becoming more complex with academic expectations in the areas of research, teaching, service and scholarly activities. Recognizing the variables associated with nursing faculty work-life is critical for changing strategies to gain and retain faculty. To achieve the goal of increased …

Starting Early: Influencing Change Through Nurse Engagement In Health Policy, Fabiola Romain-Lapeine

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

Nurses are the largest professional group within healthcare and have been voted the most trusted profession by the public for over 14 consecutive years (Tomajan, 2012). Capitalizing on this fact to influence as well as become a catalyst for change when opportunities present themselves would result in substantial advancement in the profession in addition to the populations they care for. The issue is nurses are indifferent about policy issues and are taught to focus on individual patient advocacy as opposed to population based advocacy despite being able to contribute significant information and wisdom …

Servant Leadership And Research: Using Both To Build Sustainable Service Projects, Linda S. Johanson

Leadership Connection

Session presented on Monday, September 19, 2016:

Nursing is a caring profession, and because of this, nurses are often drawn to volunteer for situations such as medical mission work or disaster outreach, where the skills of a health care professional are needed and appreciated. However, one of the criticisms of short-term medical service projects in developing countries is that they lack sustainability. A team enters a culture for a brief period of time, and when they leave there are no lasting changes to the host community. The content in this presentation relates to the conference theme of leadership success, specifically …