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Cognitive Reserve And Memory Compensation Strategies In Mexican Older Adults, Claudia Jennifer Dominguez Chavez, Perla Lizeth Hernandez, Bertha Cecilia Salazar Gonzalez Oct 2017

Cognitive Reserve And Memory Compensation Strategies In Mexican Older Adults, Claudia Jennifer Dominguez Chavez, Perla Lizeth Hernandez, Bertha Cecilia Salazar Gonzalez

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Description of memory compensation strategies used by a sample of older adults in relation to their cognitive reserve (years of education, working activties, and leisure activities).


Caregiving Burden Of The Dyad In Cancer Situations, Lorena Chaparro Diaz, Cindy Lorena Valbuena-Castiblanco Oct 2017

Caregiving Burden Of The Dyad In Cancer Situations, Lorena Chaparro Diaz, Cindy Lorena Valbuena-Castiblanco

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This research is a development to nursing research in Colombia to validate the functional nursing model with dyads in cancer situation. It is based in nursing paradigm that "Nurses caring to human health experiences."


Negative Attitude And Anxiety Toward Aging In Students From A Nursing School In Saltillo, Mexico, Irving Arnoldo Sr. Viera-Villanueva, Ana Laura Sr. Carrillo-Cervantes, Maria De Los Angeles Villarreal-Reyna, Daniel Sifuentes-Leura, Maria Magdalena Delabra-Salinas, Raul Adrian Castillo Vargas Oct 2017

Negative Attitude And Anxiety Toward Aging In Students From A Nursing School In Saltillo, Mexico, Irving Arnoldo Sr. Viera-Villanueva, Ana Laura Sr. Carrillo-Cervantes, Maria De Los Angeles Villarreal-Reyna, Daniel Sifuentes-Leura, Maria Magdalena Delabra-Salinas, Raul Adrian Castillo Vargas

Biennial Convention (CONV)

To identify negative attitudes and anxiety levels towards aging and their relationship with socio-demographic variables and co-existence with the elderly, this, for the increment on the geriatric population.


Factors Predicting Mastery Of Informatics Competencies In Doctor Of Nursing Practice Students, Barbara J. Kupferschmid, Constance J. Creech, Marilyn R. Mcfarland, Judy Haefner, Marilyn Filter Oct 2017

Factors Predicting Mastery Of Informatics Competencies In Doctor Of Nursing Practice Students, Barbara J. Kupferschmid, Constance J. Creech, Marilyn R. Mcfarland, Judy Haefner, Marilyn Filter

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Information technology is increasingly utilized in care delivery. While competence in Informatics is recommended for Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students, factors predicting the mastery of Informatics competencies requires further study. The purpose of this study was to analyze factors predicting the ability of DNP students to master Informatics competencies.


Engaging Students In Research: Decreasing Social Isolation In The Independent Living Senior Through Technology, Dona Molyneaux Oct 2017

Engaging Students In Research: Decreasing Social Isolation In The Independent Living Senior Through Technology, Dona Molyneaux

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This session will discuss a pilot research study conducted to determine if technology could decrease social isolation in independent living seniors. Seniors skyped with graduate nursing students for 7 months. Benefits and Barriers are identified for both seniors and nursing students.


Advanced Practice Registered Nurse-Led Transitional Care Program To Prevent Hospital Readmissions, Kala Sugathan Oct 2017

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse-Led Transitional Care Program To Prevent Hospital Readmissions, Kala Sugathan

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Advanced practice registered nurse led home-based transitional care project embedded in local community through partnership with accountable care organization reduced re-admissions among heart failure patients within 30 days of hospital admission and increased quality of life, self-care behaviors and satisfaction.


Cultural Inaccuracy: Misidentification Of Alzheimer's Disease Indicators In The American Indian Population, Dayhna Pamela Marti Ojeda Oct 2017

Cultural Inaccuracy: Misidentification Of Alzheimer's Disease Indicators In The American Indian Population, Dayhna Pamela Marti Ojeda

Biennial Convention (CONV)

A systematic review of sources of discrepancy from Alzheimer's disease screening tools as applied to the American Indian/Alaska Natives shows the importance of incorporating cultural sensitive information in the identification of signs and symptoms to improve in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.


Expressive Art And Stress Levels In Baccalaureate Nursing Students: A Secondary Analysis Study, Jessica N. Myers, Cynthia M. Pipkins Oct 2017

Expressive Art And Stress Levels In Baccalaureate Nursing Students: A Secondary Analysis Study, Jessica N. Myers, Cynthia M. Pipkins

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Expressive art (EA) is utilized to calm and balance the mind, body, and spirit through enhanced relaxation. Stress is a common psychological factor that affects physiological factors in nursing students. This secondary analysis explored the effects of expressive art therapy on stress levels and biophysical markers of BSN students.


Healthcare Provider Barriers To Hiv Screening Among Older African Americans: An Integrative Literature Review, Attalah Siedah Dillard Oct 2017

Healthcare Provider Barriers To Hiv Screening Among Older African Americans: An Integrative Literature Review, Attalah Siedah Dillard

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This poster will highlight the findings of an integrative literature review which examined the degree to which published research has explored healthcare provider barriers to HIV/AIDS screening among older African Americans.


Fuel For Life: Literature Review Of Nutrition Education And Assessment Among Older Adults At Home, Maloney Astrup Oct 2017

Fuel For Life: Literature Review Of Nutrition Education And Assessment Among Older Adults At Home, Maloney Astrup

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Nutrition is the foundation of health, but older adults living at home are at high risk for malnutrition due to incidence of multiple chronic diseases. Due to lack of education, preparation, and healthcare provider confidence, older adults are not being educated or assessed properly for nutritional status.


Factors Associated With Self-Management In African Americans With Hypertension, Linda P. Bolin Oct 2017

Factors Associated With Self-Management In African Americans With Hypertension, Linda P. Bolin

Biennial Convention (CONV)

African Americans have a higher prevalence of hypertension and poorer health outcomes. Effective management of hypertension requires pharmacology therapy, a low sodium diet, and increased physical activity. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of multifaceted factors on self-management behaviors related to hypertension in African Americans.


A Nurse Leader's Initiative: Enhancing Standards Of Nursing Practice For Older Adults In The Philippines, Pearl Ed G. Cuevas, Rose E. Constantino, Deborah F. Cleeter Bailey Oct 2017

A Nurse Leader's Initiative: Enhancing Standards Of Nursing Practice For Older Adults In The Philippines, Pearl Ed G. Cuevas, Rose E. Constantino, Deborah F. Cleeter Bailey

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The poster will showcase my individual leadership development, advancing nursing practice through an interprofessional team leadership project and increasing the scope of influence and impact.


Gerontological Nursing Leadership Academy: A Nurses' Leadership Journey To Improve Care For Older Adults, Emily Simmons, Kellie L. Flood, Deborah F. Cleeter Bailey Oct 2017

Gerontological Nursing Leadership Academy: A Nurses' Leadership Journey To Improve Care For Older Adults, Emily Simmons, Kellie L. Flood, Deborah F. Cleeter Bailey

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Describe the impact that participating in a GNLA fellowship has on the following 3 domains: Individual Leadership Development, expanded scope of influence at the state and national level, and leading an interprofessional team project to expand the Hospital Elder Life Program to 2 units.


Developing Students To Influence Global Healthcare, Sharon K. Byrne Oct 2017

Developing Students To Influence Global Healthcare, Sharon K. Byrne

Biennial Convention (CONV)

A global health course and academic-nongovernmental partnership was developed to promote sustainability in delivery of global health while at the same develop leadership skills in nursing students while immersed in a host country. The goals, design, methods of learning and outcomes to date of this program will be shared.


Advancing Nursing Education In China: Contributions Of Foreign Expert Nurse Faculty, Deborah F. Lindell Oct 2017

Advancing Nursing Education In China: Contributions Of Foreign Expert Nurse Faculty, Deborah F. Lindell

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The nursing profession in China has faced challenges in its efforts to improve the quality of education and practice. Invited foreign expert nurse faculty, who collaborated with a major research university in China, will report their contributions to advancing the nursing education programs, scholarship, and capacity of students and faculty.


Gerontological Nursing Leadership Journey: Passion For Advancing Professionalism, Excellence, And Transitional Care For Older Adults, Rogers Maria A., Mona L. Hohman, Nelma B. Crawford Shearer Oct 2017

Gerontological Nursing Leadership Journey: Passion For Advancing Professionalism, Excellence, And Transitional Care For Older Adults, Rogers Maria A., Mona L. Hohman, Nelma B. Crawford Shearer

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The purpose of this poster is to convey the leadership development journey of a GNLA Cohort V Fellow. The experience consists of three comprehensive domains: Individual Leadership Development (ILDP), Advancing Practice through an Interprofessional Team Leadership Project, and Expanding Scope of Influence: Organization, Community, and Profession.


Finding My Niche Through Fellowship In Stti's Gerontological Nursing Leadership Academy, Mary Catherine Rawls, Ellen Flaherty, Claudia Jean Beverly Oct 2017

Finding My Niche Through Fellowship In Stti's Gerontological Nursing Leadership Academy, Mary Catherine Rawls, Ellen Flaherty, Claudia Jean Beverly

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Leadership skills are developed via examination of self using the Kouzes-Posner practice model (Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, Encourage the Heart) in three domains: Individual Leadership Development, Advancing Nursing Practice through Inter-professional Team Project Leadership and Expanding the Scope of Influence.


Gerontological Nursing Leadership Academy (Gnla) Fellowship Experience: Optimizing Quality Care For Persons Living With Dementia, Nichole T. Spencer, Angie Norman, Nelma B. Crawford Shearer Oct 2017

Gerontological Nursing Leadership Academy (Gnla) Fellowship Experience: Optimizing Quality Care For Persons Living With Dementia, Nichole T. Spencer, Angie Norman, Nelma B. Crawford Shearer

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Poster presentation to share the impact of the Gerontological Nursing Leadership Academy (GNLA) on enhancing leadership growth and scope of influence in order to change the quality of care for the aging adult population who are living with dementia.


Creating A Faculty Scholarship Grid And Policy, Michele N. Pedulla, Pegge Bell, Sherry L. Pontious Oct 2017

Creating A Faculty Scholarship Grid And Policy, Michele N. Pedulla, Pegge Bell, Sherry L. Pontious

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The project involved the creation of a Faculty Scholarship Grid and Policy based on the Boyer model, including explanations and examples of the four components (discovery, integration, application, and teaching).


Interprofessional Education For Undergraduate Health Science, Amy J. Mcclune, Nancy C. Sharts-Hopko, Anne Thomas Oct 2017

Interprofessional Education For Undergraduate Health Science, Amy J. Mcclune, Nancy C. Sharts-Hopko, Anne Thomas

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Current healthcare, educational and labor market trends support an entry level health science program. A Bachelor of Science (BS) in Health Science (HS) degree integrates interprofessional education to enhance the curriculum embedded in the College of Science and Health Professions at a state owned university in northwest Pennsylvania.


Use Of Flipped Classroom Teaching To Promote Students' Active Learning, Rick Y. C. Kwan Oct 2017

Use Of Flipped Classroom Teaching To Promote Students' Active Learning, Rick Y. C. Kwan

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Flipped classroom offers students an opportunity to learn the fundamental knowledge of a subject at their own pace. Students are expected to study a self-learning package before attending the face-to-face classes. During the face-to-face contact time, students are expected to learn more non-basic contents through face-to-face interaction with teachers.


Falls In The Elderly And Its Relationship With The Characteristics Of The Foot, Pedro Enrique Trujillo-Hernandez, Sandra Cecilia Esparza-Gonzalez, Maria De Los Angeles Villarreal-Reyna, Raul Adrian Castillo Vargas Oct 2017

Falls In The Elderly And Its Relationship With The Characteristics Of The Foot, Pedro Enrique Trujillo-Hernandez, Sandra Cecilia Esparza-Gonzalez, Maria De Los Angeles Villarreal-Reyna, Raul Adrian Castillo Vargas

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The falls in the elderly are one of the main geriatric syndromes, due to their high prevalence and an important health problem, due to the high number of complications, incapacity and even death of the elderly. Its importance lies in the function of the most reliable indicator of fragility.


Effect-Of-Life Review With Patients On Palliative Care Nurses' Practice And Views About Life And Death, Miyuki Kinoshita, Noriko Watanabe, Nahoko Saita, Hitomi Takemoto Oct 2017

Effect-Of-Life Review With Patients On Palliative Care Nurses' Practice And Views About Life And Death, Miyuki Kinoshita, Noriko Watanabe, Nahoko Saita, Hitomi Takemoto

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Life review with patients and their family members influenced nurses' practice and view about life-and-death. Proving life review therapy affected nurses' views on life-and-death and nurses had deeper understanding and developed more trusting relationships with patients and family members.


Mentoring: Positively Influencing Job Satisfaction And Retention Of New Hire Nurse Practitioners, Diane Kostrey Horner Oct 2017

Mentoring: Positively Influencing Job Satisfaction And Retention Of New Hire Nurse Practitioners, Diane Kostrey Horner

Biennial Convention (CONV)

A mentoring experience can provide a positive environment, which can lead to increased job satisfaction, reduced turnover and improved retention and patient outcomes. Mentoring based on Watson's Caring Model positively influences nurse practitioner (NP) job satisfaction.


Self-Management Education For Hemophiliac Patients In Japan, Masami Kutsumi, Ayako Okada Oct 2017

Self-Management Education For Hemophiliac Patients In Japan, Masami Kutsumi, Ayako Okada

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Hemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder characterized by a deficiency in clotting factors and expressed predominantly in males. The aim of this study was to gain insight into how professionals educate self-management skills of hemophiliac in Japan.


Steps To Transforming Clinical Education With On-Campus Clinical Simulation: The Experience Of One Bsn Program, Rhonda E. Maneval Oct 2017

Steps To Transforming Clinical Education With On-Campus Clinical Simulation: The Experience Of One Bsn Program, Rhonda E. Maneval

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This session focuses on steps taken by a BSN program to transition 30% of agency-based clinical experiences to campus-based simulated clinical experiences. The aims of the project, supporting research, resources, clinical course substitution planning, staffing, faculty development, and approval and compliance processes will be presented.


Moving From Place-To-Place For End-Of-Life Care: A Mixed-Methods Investigation, Donna M. Wilson, Stephen Birch Sep 2017

Moving From Place-To-Place For End-Of-Life Care: A Mixed-Methods Investigation, Donna M. Wilson, Stephen Birch

Biennial Convention (CONV)

A mixed-method study was undertaken to determine effective and appropriate end-of-life care (EoL) setting transitions. The findings of qualitative and quantitative phases will be presented so as to prevent and address issues over end-of-life care setting transitions or moves in the last year of life.


Collaborative Learning: An Analysis Of Critical Care Nursing Simulation, Kristin Schams, Audrey Elizabeth Snyder, Dean L. Zeller, Krisinda M. Caywood Sep 2017

Collaborative Learning: An Analysis Of Critical Care Nursing Simulation, Kristin Schams, Audrey Elizabeth Snyder, Dean L. Zeller, Krisinda M. Caywood

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The outcomes of a qualitative analysis of collaborative undergraduate and graduate nursing student critical care simulations are presented. The realistic simulations promoted understanding of the importance of communication and felt like a real patient encounter. Students recognized that when caring for a patient, everyone is working toward the same goal.


The Association Between Body Composition And Nutritional Markers In Hemodialysis Patients In Mainland China, Haifen Zhang, Xingjuan Tao, Ling Shi, Nina Fang Sep 2017

The Association Between Body Composition And Nutritional Markers In Hemodialysis Patients In Mainland China, Haifen Zhang, Xingjuan Tao, Ling Shi, Nina Fang

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The presentation is addressed to clinical nurses and researchers who are interested in implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of nutrition programs for patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment.


"Hanging On In There": A Qualitative Longitudinal Study Exploring Caring Values In Undergraduate Nurse Students, Janet M. E. Scammell, Elizabeth Anne Rosser, Sara White, Karen Cooper, Vanessa Heaslip, Ian Donaldson Sep 2017

"Hanging On In There": A Qualitative Longitudinal Study Exploring Caring Values In Undergraduate Nurse Students, Janet M. E. Scammell, Elizabeth Anne Rosser, Sara White, Karen Cooper, Vanessa Heaslip, Ian Donaldson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The purpose of this presentation is to report on findings from a 5-phase qualitative longitudinal study exploring the impact of an undergraduate-nursing curriculum based on humanising philosophy on students' values. Whilst the findings originate in the UK, the audience can judge transferability to nurse education internationally.