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Evaluation Of Summer School Safety Methods And Future Applications, Adelaida T. Stamenova Aug 2023

Evaluation Of Summer School Safety Methods And Future Applications, Adelaida T. Stamenova

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

A case study of health safety methods used in a summer school program leading to a successful safe work and learning environment during a time of COVID-19 pandemic, future applications, and considerations for applying this model with modified approaches in larger scale (e.g., during a school year).


The Unspoken Wellbeing Dilemma: A Mixed-Methods Exploration Of Nurse Loneliness And Burnout, Patricia A. Kinser, Rachel E. Wood Aug 2023

The Unspoken Wellbeing Dilemma: A Mixed-Methods Exploration Of Nurse Loneliness And Burnout, Patricia A. Kinser, Rachel E. Wood

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The growing need to promote the emotional well-being of the nursing workforce is clear. The experience of loneliness may be an unrecognized or unspoken burden on our nurses. This project explores nurse loneliness as a potential avenue for improving well-being in our profession.


Caritas Literacy In Action: Cultivating Authentic Presence To Enhance Professional Well-Being During Faculty Meetings, Ludy Llasus Aug 2023

Caritas Literacy In Action: Cultivating Authentic Presence To Enhance Professional Well-Being During Faculty Meetings, Ludy Llasus

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A healthy work environment for nursing faculty is essential to foster optimal student outcomes. The co-creation of mindfulness centering practices by academic leadership and faculty to cultivate authentic presence and enhance professional well-being during faculty meetings in an academic program anchored in the caring science is described.


Personal Down Time Vacation To Avoid Professional Burn-Out During Covid-19, Heerak Christian Kim Aug 2023

Personal Down Time Vacation To Avoid Professional Burn-Out During Covid-19, Heerak Christian Kim

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Many nurses are leaving not only their jobs in the hospital setting but the profession of nursing due to COVID-19 and the stress they are experiencing from intermittent spikes of COVID-19 since the beginning of 2020. Personal Down Time Vacations can be a way to save professional nursing.


An Educational Tool For Family Nurse Practitioners To Detect Melanoma Skin Cancer, Kimberly E. Heathcotte Aug 2023

An Educational Tool For Family Nurse Practitioners To Detect Melanoma Skin Cancer, Kimberly E. Heathcotte

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Melanoma skin cancer didactic and case-study exercises were integrated into a web-based educational tool. Family nurse practitioners viewed the educational tool on-line. A statistically significant number of participants increased ability to detect melanoma skin cancer post intervention.


Simulation-Based Teaching To Improve Perioperative Care Of Transgender Patients, Amanda E. Lund Aug 2023

Simulation-Based Teaching To Improve Perioperative Care Of Transgender Patients, Amanda E. Lund

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Transgender individuals face health disparities, largely due to poor provider education. A pretest/posttest design evaluated whether anesthesia providers’ knowledge and confidence in providing care increased following a simulated preoperative interview with a transgender patient. There were statistically significant improvements in post-implementation knowledge and confidence scores when compared to pre-implementation scores.


Factors Contributing To Actual Turnover Of Newly Licensed Registered Nurses: A Systematic Review, Sung-Heui Bae Aug 2023

Factors Contributing To Actual Turnover Of Newly Licensed Registered Nurses: A Systematic Review, Sung-Heui Bae

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This study examined and synthesized the factors contributing to actual turnover of newly licensed registered nurses working in acute care hospitals. Significant personal and work-related factors were found in the relationship with turnover. The study finding can be used to develop and implement prevention strategies and policy for their turnover.


Leading In A Crisis: Understanding Interprofessional First Line Healthcare Leader Experiences During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Sue Bookey-Bassett, Nancy Purdy, Donald N. Rose, Karen Spalding, Melanie Woodside Aug 2023

Leading In A Crisis: Understanding Interprofessional First Line Healthcare Leader Experiences During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Sue Bookey-Bassett, Nancy Purdy, Donald N. Rose, Karen Spalding, Melanie Woodside

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Frontline leaders play a pivotal role leading through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This session describes interprofessional first line healthcare leaders' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada by examining leadership supports, transformational leadership, crisis leadership self-efficacy, work engagement, and resilience experienced by leaders from various healthcare sectors and organizations.


Creating Safe International Nursing Placements: Exploring The Impact Of Race, Gender, And Social Class, Susan Eva Fowler-Kerry, Louise Racine Aug 2023

Creating Safe International Nursing Placements: Exploring The Impact Of Race, Gender, And Social Class, Susan Eva Fowler-Kerry, Louise Racine

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This abstract presents the results of a study examining the efficacy and relevance of international placements in developing cultural competency and cultural safety among nursing students. International placements may not create the anti-racist pedagogies necessary to avoid marginalization and neocolonial practices influencing these placements in low-income countries.


Rnpc Scholars: Promoting Interprofessional Collaboration Through Primary Healthcare Training, Jene' M. Hurlbut, Imelda R. Revuelto Aug 2023

Rnpc Scholars: Promoting Interprofessional Collaboration Through Primary Healthcare Training, Jene' M. Hurlbut, Imelda R. Revuelto

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The purpose of the RNPC Scholar program is to recruit and train undergraduate nursing students to practice to the full scope of their license in community-based interprofessional primary healthcare teams; thereby increasing access to care and improve population health outcomes for rural and underserved populations.


Creating A Healthy Work Environment Through Clinical Manager Mentorship, Tess Bilyeu, Susan A. Winslow Aug 2023

Creating A Healthy Work Environment Through Clinical Manager Mentorship, Tess Bilyeu, Susan A. Winslow

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Traditional mentorships are structured, ongoing, one on one connections. Limited research discusses the impact of mentoring on the mentor, or virtual mentorship platforms. This study assessed the impact of virtual mentoring on nurse manager mentors and demonstrated strong influence on resiliency, job satisfaction, pride, and energy for the cohort.


Healthy Work Environment: Let's Chat About Skilled Communication, Sherley John Aug 2023

Healthy Work Environment: Let's Chat About Skilled Communication, Sherley John

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Let’s CHAT: a positive feedback loop was created to improve communication, socialization, and work satisfaction among novice nurses in an effort to promote organizational commitment and decrease turnover. It can also contribute to eliminating the "nurses eat their young" culture as well as workplace bullying.


Optimizing Intra-Professional Collaboration With The Introduction Of Registered Practical Nurses (Rpns), Kinza Malik, Ronald Ordinario Aug 2023

Optimizing Intra-Professional Collaboration With The Introduction Of Registered Practical Nurses (Rpns), Kinza Malik, Ronald Ordinario

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

By the end of the session, participants will recognize the importance of intra-professional collaboration among Registered Nurses (RNs) and RPNs and its impact on healthy work environments (HWEs). Participants will also appreciate pragmatic strategies to enhance role clarity and optimize mentoring relationships among nurses.


How Physical Activity Strategies Changed During The Covid-19 Pandemic In Maine And New Hampshire Schools, Alexandra Kerith Peary Aug 2023

How Physical Activity Strategies Changed During The Covid-19 Pandemic In Maine And New Hampshire Schools, Alexandra Kerith Peary

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States by reducing students’ access to physical activity opportunities and promoting inactivity. The purpose of this study was to determine how the pandemic has shaped physical activity strategies in schools enrolled in the “Let’s Go!” obesity prevention program.


Parenting Stress, Self-Efficacy, And Covid-19 Health Risks As Predictors Of General Stress Among Nurses, Robin J. Brown, Christin Carotta, Paula Carson, Patricia Da Rosa, Aileen Garcia, Brandi Pravecek Aug 2023

Parenting Stress, Self-Efficacy, And Covid-19 Health Risks As Predictors Of General Stress Among Nurses, Robin J. Brown, Christin Carotta, Paula Carson, Patricia Da Rosa, Aileen Garcia, Brandi Pravecek

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Nurses are experiencing acute stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, and those with childcare obligations are facing even more stressors at home. Findings show parenting stress contributes to nurses' overall stress, but self-efficacy can serve as a protective factor against stress for nurses working in the frontlines.


Navigating The Impostor Phenomenon: The Lived Experience Of Nurse Leaders, Arzu Adiguzel Aug 2023

Navigating The Impostor Phenomenon: The Lived Experience Of Nurse Leaders, Arzu Adiguzel

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The impostor phenomenon is a psychological pattern in which individuals doubt their skills, talents, or accomplishments, or may have internalized fears of being exposed. These feelings may prevent nurses from advancing their careers and to lead. This study uncovers how to manage it effectively, further supporting sustaining healthy work environments.


Associations Between Occupational Heat Stress And Surgeons' Thermal Comfort, Body Temperature, And Cognitive Performance, Christopher Burant, Jill E. Byrne, Susan Ludington-Hoe, Nora Nock, Joachim G. Voss Aug 2023

Associations Between Occupational Heat Stress And Surgeons' Thermal Comfort, Body Temperature, And Cognitive Performance, Christopher Burant, Jill E. Byrne, Susan Ludington-Hoe, Nora Nock, Joachim G. Voss

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The learner will identify the physiological and psychological impact occupational heat stress has on operating room personnel during real-time orthopedic surgeries. Hence, nurses will then be able to identify individuals at risk for heat stress and interventions to alleviate discomfort to preserve cognitive performance.


Clinical Nurses' Perceptions Of The Night Shift Nurse Work Environment, Ulanda Marcus-Aiyeku, Susan H. Weaver Aug 2023

Clinical Nurses' Perceptions Of The Night Shift Nurse Work Environment, Ulanda Marcus-Aiyeku, Susan H. Weaver

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This session will discuss what is known about working night shift and the work environment, recent research on clinical nurses' perception of the night shift work environment, and conclude with initiatives implemented to foster a healthy work environment on the night shift.


Covid-19 Outbreak: Advocating For Healthcare Workers Facing Moral Distress In The Workplace, Esther Alonso Prieto, Agnes T. Black, Holly Longstaff, Alice Virani Aug 2023

Covid-19 Outbreak: Advocating For Healthcare Workers Facing Moral Distress In The Workplace, Esther Alonso Prieto, Agnes T. Black, Holly Longstaff, Alice Virani

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This study sought to understand healthcare workers' experiences of moral distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, identify their preferred coping strategies, and share these findings with healthcare leaders to advocate for workplace improvements.


Nurse Externships Promote Interprofessional Collaboration, Enhance Resiliency, And Foster Nurse Self-Advocacy, Emma R. Cawood, Madeline R. Mann, Lisa A. Ruth-Sahd Aug 2023

Nurse Externships Promote Interprofessional Collaboration, Enhance Resiliency, And Foster Nurse Self-Advocacy, Emma R. Cawood, Madeline R. Mann, Lisa A. Ruth-Sahd

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Nursing externships augment the student's undergraduate clinical education and focus on reinforcing safe patient care. However, externships have the ability to do more than reinforce theoretical knowledge. When immersed in the clinical environment for 8 to 10 weeks, externships benefit students' knowledge of interprofessional collaboration, personal resilience, and self-advocacy.


Sustaining Healthy Environments Through An Annual Running Event, Emefa Butler, Michael Callihan, Aidan Conway, Jay Haley, Sara K. Kaylor Aug 2023

Sustaining Healthy Environments Through An Annual Running Event, Emefa Butler, Michael Callihan, Aidan Conway, Jay Haley, Sara K. Kaylor

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This presentation will: a.) illustrate how a running event was developed to serve as an annual sustainable fundraiser for a non-profit organization; and b.) demonstrate the effectiveness of a group training program for the annual running event by considering aspects related to participants' overall health and wellness.


The Impact Of Team-Building On Job Enjoyment In Nursing, Janelle F. Sarnevitz Aug 2023

The Impact Of Team-Building On Job Enjoyment In Nursing, Janelle F. Sarnevitz

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This work utilized a personality test in which participants' dominant personality traits are described as one of four colors, delineating different personality styles. Additionally, a drawing/communication exercise was implemented to help foster communication and team building to help staff recognize how their communication impacts their work and thus job enjoyment.


Minimalizing Needlestick Injuries, Susan Somers Aug 2023

Minimalizing Needlestick Injuries, Susan Somers

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This is a poster, along with a 500 word abstract, on best practise to reduce needlestick injuries and reduce blood borne illness, if an injury occurs, among the multidisciplinary team.


Why We Are Tired Of Being Resilient And What Comes Next, Kahlia Anderson, Bethelehem Mengstu Aug 2023

Why We Are Tired Of Being Resilient And What Comes Next, Kahlia Anderson, Bethelehem Mengstu

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

In January 2021, we were given a glimpse of what this nation was built upon. As a catalyst for a change, myself and six other Black female employees created a diversity committee. Resilience was no longer an image we could uphold. Resilience died that day.


Working From Home: Nurse Educators And Lifestyle Choices During The Pandemic, Karyn Boyar, Karla Rodriguez Aug 2023

Working From Home: Nurse Educators And Lifestyle Choices During The Pandemic, Karyn Boyar, Karla Rodriguez

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

Two Nursing faculty from a large Northeastern university launched surveys to explore our colleague's lifestyle choices during the pandemic. We hoped to identify any gaps in health and lifestyle behaviors and to gauge faculty interest in attending webinars focused on improving overall diet and health during the pandemic.


Promoting Well-Being Through Engagement, Martha Nelson, Sheila Delong Aug 2023

Promoting Well-Being Through Engagement, Martha Nelson, Sheila Delong

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This project demonstrates that a single leadership strategy that engages and connects staff can effectively boost healthcare workers' well-being and positively impact the work environment.


Community Involvement: A High Impact Practice In Associate Degree Programs, Debbie H. Amason, Paula Stover Aug 2023

Community Involvement: A High Impact Practice In Associate Degree Programs, Debbie H. Amason, Paula Stover

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This presentation demonstrates how students are actively engaged in collaborative learning experiences through involvement in community health education. While teaching local teens about the consequences of risky behaviors, students learn to collaborate, lead, communicate, and practice ethically while learning the benefits of collaboration.


Collaborating To Improve Compliance With Hand Hygiene, Nicole M. Bradley, Mary Ehly Aug 2023

Collaborating To Improve Compliance With Hand Hygiene, Nicole M. Bradley, Mary Ehly

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

The purpose of this project was to improve the hand hygiene compliance among nursing staff on an acute, medical-surgical unit, using an inter-professional team developed intervention. The goal was to increase the hand hygiene compliance of the unit by 5% in a 12-month period by increasing peer-to-peer accountability and engagement.


Lived Experiences Of Nursing Educators: A Consensual Qualitative Research, Roland D. Villegas Aug 2023

Lived Experiences Of Nursing Educators: A Consensual Qualitative Research, Roland D. Villegas

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This study aimed to understand the lived experiences of nursing educators who are currently experiencing teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. It examined the challenges that the teachers encountered; identified the strategies and coping mechanisms; and determined how teachers lead, motivate, and engage their students despite the pandemic.


Implementation And Evaluation Of Staff Debriefing After Seclusion And Restraint Events, Zelda Falck, Renee Franquiz, Ashley Hernandez, Rosemarie Satyshur Aug 2023

Implementation And Evaluation Of Staff Debriefing After Seclusion And Restraint Events, Zelda Falck, Renee Franquiz, Ashley Hernandez, Rosemarie Satyshur

Creating Healthy Work Environments (CHWE)

This poster presentation will discuss implementation and evaluation of a structured staff debriefing after patient seclusion and restraint events in an inner city psychiatric emergency department.