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Connecting Nurse Faculty: International Networking Opportunities, Matthew S. Howard, Kayla Woodward, Judith Bruce, Marie T. Nolan

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015:

Global bodies such as the World Health Organization have developed global standards for nursing and midwifery education to improve the quality of nursing education and create paths for professional advancement in line with worldwide education trends (WHO, 2009). Despite this general consensus to establish basic global standards, there are many challenges to doing so in each country, such as variations in the development of practice, competency, and regulatory and legal standards (Huston, 2009). We live in an increasingly global society that gives nurses the ability to connect with other nurses and healthcare professionals …

Perceptions Of Aging And Interaction Self-Efficacy With Older Adults Among Nursing Students Through The Intergeneration Service-Learning Program, Jiin-Ru Rong, Shu-Chen Hsu

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:

Purpose: In today's society, the young people lack of opportunities interact with community-dwelling older adults. Many young adults, even including nursing students, may have negative attitude toward aging and have no confidence or no interest in interaction with elderly people. The healthy aging attitude and gerontological caring skills are essential competences for nurses in providing humanity gerontology care. In this study, the intergenerational service-learning program (IGSLP) was provided for nursing students to promote positive attitude to aging, interaction and communication skills with older adults.

Methods: This was a two-group pre and post-test quasi-experimental …

A Model Testing On Health Literacy, Knowledge About Vitamin D, And Actual Behavior In Sunlight Exposure, Angela Yee Man Leung

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Purpose: To test whether health literacy is associated with actual sunlight exposure behavior, we interviewed 648 Chinese adults aged 65 years or older.

Methods: Using the information-motivation-behavioral skills model and structural equation modeling, we tested how health literacy was associated with the complex relationship among knowledge about vitamin D, attitudes towards sunlight exposure, doctor recommendations regarding sunlight exposure, and actual sunlight exposure behavior. Health literacy was directly associated with sunlight exposure (beta = .20, p < .01). Indirect relationships also existed between knowledge and sunlight exposure through health literacy (beta = .46, p < .001) and between attitudes and sunlight exposure through health literacy (beta = -.12, p < .05).

Results: The model had good fit (chi-square/df = 2.79; RMSEA = .053, p = .346; CFI = .95; …

Factors Involved In Coping With The Dilemma Of Using Physical Restraints On Elderly People With Dementia: Perspectives From Nurses Who Live With Elderly Relatives, Miwa Yamamoto, Yasuko Maekawa, Tomoharu Nakashima, Noriko Adachi, Yoshimi Noguchi, Naoko Nishimura

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Purpose: In Japan, physical restraint of patients has been used in nursing care to ensure patient safety 1-2). However, in 2000, when public care insurance was implemented, a ministerial decree, entitled 'Regulations prohibiting physical restraint' was enforced. This was passed by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and legally prohibits the physical restraint of elderly patients in target institutions. Harmful effects due to physical restraint of patients have been verified by several studies 3-5), and the discontinuation of this practice has become a social trend (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare 2001). …

Characteristics And Quality Of Gait In Older Adults Living In Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico And Lima, Peru, Maria De Los Angeles Villarreal-Reyna, Maria Magdalena Delabra-Salinas, Mistral Carhuapoma-Acosta, Elena Zuniga-Chura, Wendy Garcia-Meza, Ana Laura Sr. Carrillo-Cervantes, Jack Roberto Silva-Fhon

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014:

Purpose: To compare the characteristics and quality of gait in older adults living in the metropolitan area of Saltillo, Coahuila. Mexico and Lima, Peru.

Methods: Descriptive-comparative design. Population integrated by older adults with 60 or more years, users of Daycare Centers for Older Adults. The calculated sample was of 210 older adults from Saltillo, Mexico (n1=105) and Lima, Peru (n2=105) selected by convenience. Spatial-temporal characteristics and quality of gait were evaluated.

Results: The averages of the spatial-time parameters of gait show that it was characterized for being regular (speed (n1) = 1.42 m/s; …

Cogito Ergo Sum: A Grounded Theory Of The Filipino Elderly Transition Experiences In Third Age Education Program, Rowena Escolar Chua

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: A considerable number of studies have been carried out to explore the experiences of the elderly engaging in third age education, but most of these investigations have focused on elderly motivation, the benefits accruing from their participation, and the barriers they have encountered during their lifelong learning experience. However, there has been little attempt to probe into the experiences of the elderly engaging in third age education and how they view themselves during that time. This grounded theory study purported to describe the processes through which a select group of Filipino elderly experienced community-based third age learning programs. Methods: …

The Effects Of An Oral Care Program On Oral Health Of Institutionalized Elderly, Chia-Chi Chang, Jih-Hsuan Wu

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Purpose: Institutionalized elderly overlooked the oral care because of multiple chronic diseases and decline self-care skills, impact the oral health quality of life, oral health status and nutritional status, resulting in oral-related diseases. There are few oral care program interventions. The purpose of this study was to develop an oral care program and to examine the effects of this program among institutionalized elderly.

Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study. Fifty-five convenience subjects were recruited from two northern long-term care facilities, randomly assigned to the experimental group (n = 24) and the control group(n …

Celebrating The Asia Region's Excellence And Advancements In Research And Scholarship Development, Claudia K. Y. Lai, Misae Ito, Alice Yuen Loke, Mi Soon Song, Pei-Shan Tsai, Alice K. Y. Wong, Shela Akbar Ali Hirani, Sally Wai Chi Chan

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

The goal of this special session is to showcase the excellence in nursing scholarship in Asia and also recognize the Asian nurse leaders in their contribution to the profession and society. Five chapters in the Asia Region will present the work undertaken by their own chapter and leaders over the years. These five chapters (in alphabetical order) are the Lambda Alpha-at-Large (Korea), the Lambda Beta-at-Large (Taiwan), the Pi Iota (Hong Kong), the Rho Delta (Pakistan), and the Upsilon Eta Chapter. They will portrait the development of their own country's nursing research and scholarship. …

Does Social Activity Decrease The Depression In The Elderly?: An Analysis Of A Population-Based Study In South Korea, Seung Hee Lee, Young Bum Kim

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 25, 2014:

Purpose: Geriatric depression is a common condition in elderly Asian women including South Koreans. Geriatric depression also becomes an imminent challenging health concern with an increasing number of geriatric populations in Asian countries. In South Korea alone, the prevalence of probable depression in elders was 15.5% and increased with age (19.0% in female and 10.7% in male). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether social activity decreases depressive symptoms in elderly Korean women and to provide directions for future development of interventions to prevent geriatric depression.

Methods: For this study, we …

Nurses' Attitudes Toward Restraint Use In Japanese Hospitals, Miho Matsui

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 28, 2014:

Purpose: The use of restraints is a controversial issue that may present nurses with legal, ethical and practical dilemmas. Restraint use can result in numerous problems for the patients, including death by strangulation, falls injuries, deconditioning, skin breakdown, incontinence, constipation and psychological effects such as agitationand emotional distress. The aim of this study was to investigate nurses' attitudes towards restraint use and related factors.

Methods: A descriptive study was conducted to measure nurses' attitudes toward restraint use. Nurses employed in areas of internal, surgical, and sanatorium wards of three hospitals received the questionnaire. …

The Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy: Outcomes Across The Care Continuum, Deborah F. Cleeter Bailey, Irene Fleshner, Claudia Jean Beverly

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014:

Across practice settings, significant needs exist for improvement in delivery models, advancements in practice outcomes, and preparing the next generation of leaders in gerontological nursing. The Fellows of the first three cohorts of the national Geriatric Nursing Leadership Academy (GNLA) have achieved impressive outcomes within the three curricular domains: individual leadership and career development, advancement of practice through leadership of interprofessional team projects, and expanded scope of influence at the organizational, community, and professional levels. Fellows of the GNLA were positioned to lead practice change within acute care settings, long term care facilities, …

Correlations Between Psychological Symptoms And Quality Of Life In Resident Elderly: A Regional Hospital In Taiwan, Su-Jung Jr. Liao, Tse Tsung Liu, Jiin-Ru Rong

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014:

Purpose: According to the Council for Economic Planning Committee in Taiwan, said the United Nations and our population data and comparison of the data with the U.S. Census Bureau found that Taiwan's population is aging while compared with 193 countries in the United Nations, and our ranked world No. is 48 in 2010(1). At present, Taiwan's population's "aging index" is only 69% (the so-called aging index is defined as the population aged 65 and over accounted for 0 to 14 year-old the proportion of the elderly population is a young population that's 0.6 …

College Students' Attitude Toward The Elderly With Dementia In Japan: A Comparison Between Nursing And Non-Nursing Students, Miwako Hoshi, Chizuru Ikeda, Yurie Maeda, Yuri Kondo, Maki Fujimura

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the attitude of Japanese nursing and non-nursing students toward the elderly with dementia and to investigate the effects of students' varied background data on their attitudes shown. Methods: A total of 214 nursing students (n=137) and non-nursing students (n=77) was recruited to complete a questionnaire from a national university located in Southern Japan using convenience sampling method. The criterion of choosing subjects is the level of their professional nursing knowledge and clinical training experience. Based on their professional nursing knowledge and clinical experience, subjects …

The Nethersole Nursing Practice Research Unit: Reflecting On Its Successes And Challenges In Promoting Evidence-Based Practice In Nursing In Hong Kong, Helen Y. L. Chan, Diana T. F. Lee

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 27, 2014:

Evidence-based practice is a global development trend in the healthcare field with an ultimate goal to promote positive impacts on patient outcomes and care quality. Clinicians are empowered to make care decisions for individual patients on the basis of current best available research evidence together with their clinical expertise and patient preferences. This development trend calls for an urgent need to build capacity among nurses on the integration of research and clinical practice, and hence promote a culture of evidence-based care in nursing. In response to this, the Nethersole Nursing Practice Research Unit …

Assessment Of Nursing And Medical Students' Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Education, Karen S. Yehle, Kimberly Sanders, Marwa Noureldin, Kimberly S. Plake

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on: Friday, July 26, 2013:

Purpose: Providing opportunities for interprofessional education for students in the health professions is supported by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative. It is imperative for healthcare professionals to communicate and collaborate in teams, and understand each profession's roles and responsibilities. The purpose of this project was to examine the impact of participating in an aging simulation game on nursing and medical students' attitudes toward interprofessional education.

Methods: Nursing and medical students were paired together to play an aging simulation game, role playing older adults and navigating the healthcare system. Pre/post changes in attitudes toward interprofessional …

Interprofessional Collaboration: A Rural Self-Managment Program, Kathleen Farrell

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on: Monday, July 22, 2013: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) among individuals with chronic illness within a southern rural region. Methods: The study, designed to examine multiple, post-program outcome, was a quasi-experimental longitudinal pre-posttest design. Recognizing the need to have inter-professional collaboration to change health care outcomes in the community, faculty from nursing, social work, recreation and leisure services, and gerontology at a rural, regional school joined forces to look for collaborative pathways that would impact regional health status. The CDSMP is an internationally research …

The Effects Of Reiki On Total Knee Surgery, Barbara Byrne Notte, Carol Fazzini, Ruth A. Mooney

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on: Tuesday, July 23, 2013:

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of Reiki therapy on total knee replacement patients' pain perception and satisfaction with Reiki therapy.

Methods: Forty-four subjects scheduled for total knee replacement were randomized into Reiki (23) and non-Reiki (21) groups. Pain was assessed before and after Reiki therapy in the pre-operative area, PACU, and three postoperative days. A survey was distributed the day of discharge to measure satisfaction with Reiki. Data related to pain analgesia used was collected for all subjects.

Results: Using t-tests to compare pain ratings pre and …

Clinical Judgment And Transfer Of Learning From Simulation, Elizabeth Johnson, Patricia K. Ravert, Kathie Lasater, Doris Rink

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on: Friday, July 26, 2013:

Purpose: An international multi-site mixed methods study was conducted at five nursing programs to determine the effect of expert role modeling as described by Bandura on nursing students' clinical judgment in the care of a geriatric surgical patient. Qualitative findings reported here expand upon significant between-group findings regarding the effect of an expert role model on students' clinical judgment and explore the question of transfer of learning from simulation to bedside.

Methods: Immediately after the simulation, students from treatment and control groups (N = 275) responded to guided reflection questions based on the …

Enhancing Gerontology Content In Canadian Nursing Education Through Knowledge Translation, Lynn Mccleary, Katherine S. Mcgilton, Veronique Boscart

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on: Tuesday, July 23, 2013: Purpose: In Canada there is an urgent need to enhance gerontological content in entry to practice nursing education. This study examined the immediate and one year outcomes of Canadian Knowledge Exchange Institutes for Nursing Education. Methods: The Knowledge Exchange Institutes were based in Graham and colleagues' (2006) Knowledge-to-Action process model. They engaged 49 nursing faculty and PhD students from across Canada in the process of curriculum review and enhancement. Participants were given extensive knowledge products for integration in courses. They developed strategies to enhance courses and engage their colleagues in curriculum revision and …

Enhancing Clinical Reasoning: Teaching Thinking Through Debriefing, Susan G. Forneris, Diana Odland Neal, Heidi Meyer, Jone Tiffany, Lynnea Myers, Cynthia R. Pivec, Mary Beth Kuehn, Linda Blazovich

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on: Monday, July 22, 2013:

Purpose: How nurses are educated to think in practice is receiving well-deserved attention calling for the need for innovative and transformative strategies that guide nurses in the use of nursing knowledge and science. Guiding thinking to assist novice nurses to better infer meaning and apply clinical reasoning across contexts is an important teaching strategy. The overall purpose of this multi-site pilot study was to implement a debriefing strategy to determine its impact on clinical reasoning skills with undergraduate nursing students across four different colleges of nursing. This study replicates Dreifuerst's original study using …

Reducing Falls In Outpatients: Evaluation Of Fall Risk Assessment And Identification Of Fallers, Katherine Diane Pendleton-Romig

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on: Thursday, July 25, 2013:

Purpose: The purpose of the project aimed to study occurrences of injurious falls in outpatient areas in a health care facility with a focus on how falls can be mitigated. Prevention of falls is a national patient safey goal. Research shows that falls are more likely among older adults; however, falls may be preventable if fall risk screening and education could be started before patients become older adults. Risk factors and support factors are viewed as higher priorities for fall prevention than physiological measures.

Methods: The project was conducted in the internal medicine …

The Use Of Preparedness For Care Giving Scale On Family Caregivers And It's Outcome, Hui Chin Chua, Sujata Rajaram

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Aim: Family caregivers provide care at home equivalent to that of nurses. They monitor patient's condition, recognize impending problems such as side effects of medication and change the dressings of patients. They provide a high level of skill at home, they are not prepared for care-giving and lack the knowledge and skills required to provide care. Nurses evaluate caregiver preparedness before patient's transition from acute care settings to other settings.

Method: Preparedness for Care giving scale created by Archbald, et.al in 1990 is a caregiver self rated instrument that consists of 8 items that asks caregivers how well prepared they …

Development And Evaluation Of A Senior-Tailored Elastic Band Exercise Program, Kuei-Min Chen, Chun-Huw Li, Ya-Ping Lin, Wei-Shyuan Tseng, Hsin-Ting Huang

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Elastic band exercise is recognized as a safe and effective strategy to improve muscle strength and power and increase the ability of seniors to perform functional tasks. This study aimed to: 1) develop a tailored elastic band exercise program for seniors, 2) to evaluate its feasibility for seniors, and 3) to determine appropriate elastic band exercise frequencies and preferences of seniors.

Methods: This study had two phases. In Phase I, 11 professional experts were consulted to develop the Senior Elastic Band (SEB) exercise program. They responded to detailed description and demonstrations of the program contained on both a hard …

Bridging The Digital Divide: College Students Mentoring Seniors Via An Intergenerational Interdisciplinary Computing Course, Sharon Stahl Wexler, Lin J. Drury

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Nursing and Computer Science faculty created an interdisciplinary Gerotechnology course that prepares students to mentor older adults in computer literacy. The goal of the partnership is to prepare students for a future living and working in a world dominated by seniors. Residents of long term care facilities are matched with students who assist with computer and internet use. The course introduces students to residents with complex chronic illnesses while demonstrating that older adults are vital human beings who grow and change throughout the semester. Students have an aging sensitivity experience and practice communication with seniors. Nursing students assess the physical …

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; …

Nursing Education: Building Gerontological Capacity And Capability By Improving Perceptions Of Older Adults By Nursing Students, Barbara A. Heise, Vickie Johnsen

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

An aging crisis exists globally. Despite the influx of the older adult population, there exists a lack of trained gerontological healthcare professionals (Lun, 2011). Ageism is commonplace. Nursing students frequently see gerontological nursing as the last area in which to work. A lack of anything in common and anxiety about working with older adults is often expressed. Nursing clinical placements in gerontology demonstrate equivocal results. Placements in long-term care (LTC) facilities may enhance negative perceptions (Marsland & Hickey, 2003). Clinical experiences with healthy older adults may improve student attitudes toward working with older adults (Furze et al, 2008). A concern …

Nursing Inter-Shift Handover Process: Enhancing A Traditional Ritual Through Evidence-Based Practice, Rajni Parasuram, Chee Lien Poh

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Aims. project aims to 1) examine existing handover practices/process in the tertiary mental health institution; 2) determine the strengths and limitations of the existing handover practice / process; and 3) identify, implement and evaluate an evidence-based nursing inter-shift handover process to enhance patient safety and service delivery. Methods. This project was conducted in three phases using the JBI Practical Application of Clinical Evidence System (PACES) and Getting Research Into Practice (GRIP) programs. It was implemented over a period of four months from end August 2011 to beginning December 2011Evidence-based strategies such as town hall meetings and education sessions that reinforce …

Educating For Success In Evidence-Based Practice, Lin J. Drury, Sharon Stahl Wexler

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The profession of nursing endorses EBP as a means to ensure high quality care, yet many practicing nurses do not have the necessary tools. Faculty must prepare students to make evidence-based decisions in clinical practice. Our previous course had a traditional research focus. EBP was integrated in other courses. Students did not develop workable EBP skills. Student feedback indicated a lack of understanding of the relationship of research to practice, little confidence in appraising the literature and applying it to the clinical setting. This project presents the integration of EBP throughout an accelerated BSN curriculum. Evidence based practice is introduced …

Impact Of The Geriatric Medication Game On Nursing Students Empathy And Attitudes Toward Older Adults, Karen S. Yehle, Aleda M. H. Chen, Mary E. Kiersma, Kimberly S. Plake

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: It is estimated that in 2050 nearly two billion people worldwide will be 60 years or older, and nurses must be well-prepared to improve and address their health-related needs. However, it may be difficult for students to understand and empathize with older adults, as they may not yet have experienced aging-related challenges. The purpose of this project was to examine the impact of participation in an aging simulation game on nursing students' empathy and attitudes toward older adults as well as their understanding of the healthcare system.

Methods: Nursing students played the role of an older adult during a …

Barriers Hindering Nursing Students From Adopting Health-Promoting Lifestyles, Yim Wah Mak, Tsoi Hung Tse, Wai Chun Tse, Harn Fen Kao, Wing Yin Tam

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The present study aims to identify the patterns of the health-promoting lifestyles, quality of life and barriers from adopting the health-promoting lifestyles among nursing students in Hong Kong.

Methods: Although nursing students are expected to assume the position of health promoters after graduation, they may not be able to practice a healthy lifestyle due to a variety of barriers. Currently, there are no studies addressing these potential barriers and examining the impacts of health-promoting lifestyles on their health at a young age. Pre-registration students who were enrolled in the full-time nursing programs between April and August 2010 were invited …