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The Changing Role Of The Hospital-Based Clinical Nurse Scientist In An Enculturated Evidence-Based Practice Environment, Esther M. Chipps

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 28, 2014:

Purpose: This presentation will discuss the necessary transitions in the role of the Hospital-Based Clinical Nurse Scientist to work successfully in a fully enculturated evidence-based practice environment. The role of the Hospital-Based Nurse Scientist is relatively new. Nurse Scientists who are employed in hospital- based settings are educated in the traditional research paradigm and many have very limited exposure to evidence-based practice.

Methods: The traditional Nurse Scientist views himself/herself as a research generator 1 and therefore approaches mentorship of clinical staff from this paradigm. The overarching goal of the role has been to …

Nurse Educator's Role In Transforming Education Systems For The Future, Diane Mcgovern Billings, Judith A. Halstead

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

As health care shifts from acute care management to creating a culture of health, from hospital- based to community- based care, and from providing local to global health services, nurse educators must be prepared to transform nursing education systems to prepare graduates for these realities. Transforming education systems will create a need to reconceptualize the role of the nurse educator. This session will discuss the driving forces for change, the educational preparation and retooling required of nurse educators to meet these challenges, and the disruptive leadership needed within nursing education to re-envision …

Leadership As Influence: Reflective Models To Create Work Environments Focused On Quality And Safety, Gwen D. Sherwood

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

Nurses must constantly respond to change, in practice, shifting organizational systems, and evolving team relationships. Developing a work place for all to thrive belongs to all and challenges traditional leadership models. Leadership is influence. How we develop, manage, and influence relationships within nursing and inter-professional teams determines our effectiveness, affects satisfaction, and a key factor in quality and safety outcomes. Reflective practice helps advance leadership capacity. This symposium explores three models grounded in reflective practices to facilitate transformation of team members; developing leadership and influence creates the potential to achieve common goals and …

Global Leadership: Building Academic Nursing Scholarship, Education, And Service, Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, Ann E. Kurth

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Sunday, November 17, 2013:

This panel session is designed to share experiences and lessons learned in building academic nursing scholarship, education, and service. The symposium will move from the macro to the micro level, beginning with a discussion of the context for academic global nursing within a broad university setting (overview of NYU Global Network University structure). Next will be a presentation of strategies employed to build the Global division within NYU College of Nursing and current results. Finally, two illustrative and informative case example presentations will be given: one on a Ghana diabetes project, and one …

Evaluation Of Transitional Care Through Home Care Services And Teaching/Learning Processes For Heart Failure Patients To Decrease 30-Day Hospital Readmissions, Judith T. Caruso

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on: Monday, July 22, 2013:

Purpose: To evaluate if the use of transitional care services through home care services reduced hospital readmissions as compared to self-care at home for heart failure patients. In addition, the four key processes of the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Transforming Care at the Bedside How to Guide for Patients with Heart Failure were evaluated.

Methods: Retrospective chart reviews were performed of hospital and home care records of Medicare patients discharged (N=76) from a large northern NJ medical center January 2010-April 2010 with a diagnosis of heart failure. Through interviews/observations of work processes, …

Engineering Organizational Change To Ramp Up Research Culture In Schools Of Nursing, Jean D. Leuner, Karen Aroian

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on: Thursday, July 25, 2013:

Purpose: Changing an organization's culture is challenging and requires comprehensive assessment and purposefully deploying organizational tools. This paper will present a model of engaging a process to ramp up a research culture in a College of Nursing where teaching was heretofore the primary focus.

Methods: To purposefully engage in transformational change, an organizational consultant was utilized to conduct a systematic assessment of the college's work culture and climate. The consultant used a case study approach to collect interview data from key individuals and teams, observe meetings of standing committees, and examine external forces …

Usability And Acceptability Testing Of A Modified Early Warning Scoring (Mews) Tool Using Simulation, Jamie K. Roney, Joann D. Long, Jessica Maples, Kimberley A. Stunkard, Barbara Erin Whitley, Lexie Scarborough Futrell

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on: Thursday, July 25, 2013:

Purpose: Anticipating barriers when introducing a new form to nurses for incorporation into their daily routine, Kurt Lewin's action research model for change was used as a framework for this study. The purpose was to determine usability and acceptability of the Modified Early Warning Scoring (MEWS) tool by healthcare providers from the hospital units where the tool will be implemented.

Methods: The study used a mixed-methods design. The low-fidelity simulation selected for use in testing usability and acceptability called mock hospital was used. Mannequins were used to represent hospitalized patients in four simulated …

Supporting Excellence In Long-Term Care With Student Ebp Projects, Suzanne Beltz, Loree Dubose

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

With any clinical experience, nursing students learning in the long-term care setting pose questions regarding specific practices by the health care provider(s). This curiosity of comparing what they are learning in the classroom with what they see in the clinical setting can provide learning opportunities and opportunities for best-practice dissemination to care givers in long-term care. The Institute of Medicine identified employing evidence-based practice as a core competency for providing quality and safe patient care (Finkleman & Kenner, 2009). This practice has more prongs than research alone; it includes client values and preferences; client history and assessment data; clinical expertise; …

Staff Nurse Perceptions Of The Magnet Journey: Implications For Nurse Leaders, Laurie Ecoff, Linda Diann Urden

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study'was to develop a broader understanding of organizational changes that occur during the time leading up to the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Magnet designation. The specific aims of this study were to compile a rich description of the phenomenon 'Magnet Journey' in a group of registered nurses in clinical settings who provide direct patient care with regards to: the factors that influence quality of care the factors that influence cultural transformation the factors that influence interdisciplinary collaboration Methods: Focus groups were conducted at recently designated Magnet hospitals in Southern California. Participants were consented, asked …

Reflections [Complete Issue : First Quarter 2005, Vol 31, 1], Sigma Theta Tau International, Hila J. Spear, Linda H. Aiken, Chad S. Priest, Faisal Aboul-Enein, Khurshid Khowaja, Beth Anderson

Sigma Past Publishing - Reflections Magazine

Publishing History: Print issues of Reflections magazine were published from 1975 to 1999 and its successor, Reflections on Nursing Leadership (RNL) began publication in 2000. RNL migrated to an online format, http://www.reflectionsonnursingleadership.org, in 2006 and continues today.

RNL is a member benefit of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). The historical print issues have been made openly available.

Publishing Frequency: Quarterly until its transition to online. It’s now updated virtually every day.

Format: Print, 1975 - 2005; Online, 2006 - present

Feature Articles in this Issue:

"Good Morning, Boys and Girls; Have You Thought About …

Resource Paper And Position Statement On: Leadership And Leadership Development Priorities, Sigma Theta Tau International

Sigma Resource Papers

The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International has long recognized and supported the importance of leadership and leadership development in the nursing profession. As the honor society works to improve the health of the world’s people through its global community of nurses, affirming the role of nurses as leaders and developing strategies for supporting the leadership development of nurses is imperative. In 2003, Sigma Theta Tau International President Daniel J. Pesut, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN, invited the International Leadership Institute Advisory Council to develop a position statement on leadership. The Advisory Council acknowledges the contributions of researchers, writers …

Reflections [Complete Issue : Fourth Quarter 2003], Sigma Theta Tau International, Mary Margaret Mooney, Kammie Monarch, Patricia R. Messmer, Jacqueline L. Gonzalez, Sharon M. Weinstein, Ann Marie T. Brooks, Grayce M. Sills, Rita Turley, Lynn Basford, Scott Rhoades, Norman C. Olsen, Gail Wolf, Theresa S. Standing, Frances M. Kramer, Elizabeth Percival, Teresa Ransdell

Sigma Past Publishing - Reflections Magazine

Publishing History: Print issues of Reflections magazine were published from 1975 to 1999 and its successor, Reflections on Nursing Leadership (RNL) began publication in 2000. RNL migrated to an online format, http://www.reflectionsonnursingleadership.org, in 2006 and continues today.

RNL is a member benefit of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). The historical print issues have been made openly available.

Publishing Frequency: Quarterly until its transition to online. It’s now updated virtually every day.

Format: Print, 1975 - 2005; Online, 2006 - present

Feature Articles in this Issue:Â

Hog-housed!

Magnet Hospitals: Powerful Force for Excellence

March to …

Excellence In Clinical Practice [Complete Issue - Digital Origin : Fourth Quarter 2002, Vol. 3, 4], Diane Mcgovern Billings, Pamela R. Jeffries, Connie J. Rowles, Cynthia Stone, Linda Diann Urden, Sigma Theta Tau International

Sigma Past Publishing - Excellence Newsletters

Publishing History: Nursing Excellence published yearly in 1998 and 1999. The publication became Excellence in the first quarter 2000. It transitioned to Excellence in Nursing Education, Excellence in Nursing Administration, and Excellence in Clinical Practice in the second quarter 2000 with volume 1, number 2. Excellence in Nursing Education transitioned to Excellence in Nursing Education & Research in the first quarter 2002.

Publishing Frequency: Yearly 1998, 1999; Quarterly 2000 - 2004.

Format: Print 1999 - third quarter 2002; Online fourth quarter 2002 - first quarter 2004. Ceased publishing in 2004.

Select features in this issue:

A partnership model of nursing …