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Primary Care Plus Global At Home: A Clinical Option In A Bsn Ambulatory Nursing Course, Caroline Varner Coburn, Valerie V. Mac Jun 2018

Primary Care Plus Global At Home: A Clinical Option In A Bsn Ambulatory Nursing Course, Caroline Varner Coburn, Valerie V. Mac

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

As part of an Ambulatory Care Nursing course, BSN students had an opportunity for clinical experience in a Nurse Practitioner-run clinic that serves refugee and immigrant clients. They gained experience in primary care nursing with specific cultural implications, and observed the challenges in sustaining a clinic for underserved populations.


Integrated Literature Review Of Delirium In Elderly Patients, Shu-Ming Chen Jun 2018

Integrated Literature Review Of Delirium In Elderly Patients, Shu-Ming Chen

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The integrated review of delirium in elderly patients includes definitions of the characteristics, related factors, assessment scales, and consequences of elderly delirium, with major emphasis on the findings from the literature.


Arcc: An Evidence-Based System-Wide Model For Implementation And Sustainability Of Evidence-Based Practice, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk Jun 2018

Arcc: An Evidence-Based System-Wide Model For Implementation And Sustainability Of Evidence-Based Practice, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This presentation will describe the Advancing Research and Clinical practice through close Collaboration (ARCC) Model, which is an evidence-based system-wide model for advancing and sustaining evidence-based practice in hospitals and healthcare systems. Evidence to support the relationships in the model and its outcomes will be highlighted.


Bridging The Theory-To-Practice Gap: An Innovative Program, Elevating Competency In Clinical Practice, Erin Mccalley Jun 2018

Bridging The Theory-To-Practice Gap: An Innovative Program, Elevating Competency In Clinical Practice, Erin Mccalley

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Increasingly we are seeing new graduate nurses enter the clinical setting knowing very little about situated thinking and actions in clinical practice. Situated thinking and action are contextualized knowledge and practices that are applied to patient-specific situations. This session will describe our program to bridge this gap.


Utilizing Evidence, Experience, And Intention To Build A Better Ebp Program And Achieve Results, Penelope F. Gorsuch Jun 2018

Utilizing Evidence, Experience, And Intention To Build A Better Ebp Program And Achieve Results, Penelope F. Gorsuch

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This session will feature how a CNO built an EBP program by leveraged evidence-based models and resources along with her previous EBP knowledge and experience, combined with intention and persistence intention to build a better EBP program with measurable and achievable results.


Integrated Literature Review Of Communication Methods Of Patients With Dementia, Hui-Ling Wang Jun 2018

Integrated Literature Review Of Communication Methods Of Patients With Dementia, Hui-Ling Wang

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This study reviewed systematic and meta-analysis research on the methods of communication in patients with dementia. This study aimed to identify the interventions that can improve communication between these patients and the health care professionals who care for them.


Bridging The Theory-To-Practice Gap: An Innovative Nurse Residency Program, Edward Jr. Burns, Lisa Muniz Jun 2018

Bridging The Theory-To-Practice Gap: An Innovative Nurse Residency Program, Edward Jr. Burns, Lisa Muniz

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Bridging the gap from nursing student to professional nurse is essential for long term success of the new graduate. Stanford Health Care has implemented three innovative approaches using a multifaceted approach to training programs, teaching methods, the support mechanisms established to foster success.


Bridging The Theory-To-Practice Gap: Innovative Teaching-Learning Methodologies, Edward Jr. Burns Jun 2018

Bridging The Theory-To-Practice Gap: Innovative Teaching-Learning Methodologies, Edward Jr. Burns

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this abstract is to describe how the utilization of two learner-centered pedagogies, interactive case studies and role play, are effective in mitigating the theory-practice gap essential in safe patient care. These interventions facilitate development of requisite clinical reasoning and affective domain skills that positively impact patient outcomes.


Integrated Literature Review Of Depression In Elderly People, Li-Yu Chuang Jun 2018

Integrated Literature Review Of Depression In Elderly People, Li-Yu Chuang

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The authors conducted a literature review of the depression findings of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in elderly people, including the defining characteristics of depression, four major self-rating depression scales, and the interventions for depression in elderly people.


Utilizing Expertise, Experience, And Lessons Learned To Build Effective Ebp Programs That Sustain, Lynn Gallagher-Ford Jun 2018

Utilizing Expertise, Experience, And Lessons Learned To Build Effective Ebp Programs That Sustain, Lynn Gallagher-Ford

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This session will focus on the lessons learned by an EBP expert organization in their collaborative work with multiple healthcare organizations as they have built EBP programs and how this new knowledge is used to inform the work of other organizations on their EBP journeys.


Workshop To Workplace: Nursing Leadership In The Preceptor Role By Engaging Head-Hands-Heart, Gisso Oreo Jun 2018

Workshop To Workplace: Nursing Leadership In The Preceptor Role By Engaging Head-Hands-Heart, Gisso Oreo

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this abstract is to describe the importance and impact of the preceptor role in the practice setting, role clarification for the preceptor, and integration of preceptors as an essential component of the FACC to promote effective transition to practice for the preceptee.


The Effects Of Nurse Practice Environment And Organizational Justice On Job Embeddedness Among Hospital Nurses, Seung Hee Lee Jun 2018

The Effects Of Nurse Practice Environment And Organizational Justice On Job Embeddedness Among Hospital Nurses, Seung Hee Lee

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This study was to understand more clearly about how work-related factors (e.g. nurse practice environment and organizational justice) affected job embeddedness along with general characteristics in hospitals nurses in South Korea.


Efficacy Of Culturally Tailored Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy For Insomnia Among Korean Middle-Aged Women, Ok Kyung Ham, Bo Gyeong Lee Jun 2018

Efficacy Of Culturally Tailored Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy For Insomnia Among Korean Middle-Aged Women, Ok Kyung Ham, Bo Gyeong Lee

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Sleep problem is prevalent in middle-aged women. Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) would be effective intervention for decreasing insomnia, poor sleep quality, and depressive symptoms of women.


Ebp Knowledge And Competency In Nurses At Magnet And Non-Magnet Healthcare Institutions: A National Survey, Cindy G. Zellefrow Jun 2018

Ebp Knowledge And Competency In Nurses At Magnet And Non-Magnet Healthcare Institutions: A National Survey, Cindy G. Zellefrow

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this presentation is to describe differences in EBP knowledge and EBP competency between nurses employed at Magnet and non-Magnet healthcare institutions. EBP knowledge and competency are key if nurses are to effectively implement evidence-based practice into decision-making.


Cognitive Symptoms Of Midlife Women And Their Influencing Factors In Four Racial/Ethnic Groups, Eun-Ok Im, Yun Hu, Ching-Yu Cheng, Young Ko, Eunice Chee, Wonshik Chee Jun 2018

Cognitive Symptoms Of Midlife Women And Their Influencing Factors In Four Racial/Ethnic Groups, Eun-Ok Im, Yun Hu, Ching-Yu Cheng, Young Ko, Eunice Chee, Wonshik Chee

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this presentation is to report the findings of a secondary analysis on racial/ethnic differences in cognitive symptoms among four major racial/ethnic groups of midlife women in the U.S. and to discuss the contextual factors that differently affect the women"s cognitive symptoms.


Leveraging Metabolomics To Advance Nursing Assessment, Diagnosis, And Intervention Exemplar: Chronic Stress And Birth Outcomes, Elizabeth J. Corwin, Anne Dunlop Jun 2018

Leveraging Metabolomics To Advance Nursing Assessment, Diagnosis, And Intervention Exemplar: Chronic Stress And Birth Outcomes, Elizabeth J. Corwin, Anne Dunlop

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

In this presentation, we will review the emerging technology of metabolomics, describing what it is and its implications for nursing science. Within the exemplar of chronic prenatal stress exposure and birth outcomes, we will then describe how metabolomics can be leveraged by nurses to improve patient assessment, diagnosis, and management.


Interprofessional Collaboration On An Aging Simulation, Tamatha Arms Jun 2018

Interprofessional Collaboration On An Aging Simulation, Tamatha Arms

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Young adults going into health related fields are not always thrilled to care for an aging population and many lack the knowledge and empathy needed. An interprofessional simulation created an environment in which the student takes on the role of an older adult. Significant impact on empathy was noted.


Interprofessional Collaboration To Advance Nursing Education And Research, Laurie Badzek Jun 2018

Interprofessional Collaboration To Advance Nursing Education And Research, Laurie Badzek

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

A model of interprofessional education and research developed in a non-health science center setting with nursing perspective exemplars will be presented. The model was developed by a new college comprised of three schools: nursing, social work, and health and human applied sciences including exercise science, recreational therapy, and gerontology.


Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphism And Family Caregiver Outcomes, Sandra B. Dunbar, Rebecca A. Gary, Elizabeth J. Corwin Jun 2018

Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphism And Family Caregiver Outcomes, Sandra B. Dunbar, Rebecca A. Gary, Elizabeth J. Corwin

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This abstract is part of a larger symposium on Omics and the Nursing Process. The serotonin transporter gene polymorphism and relationship with family caregivers of persons with chronic conditions will be presented with implications for research and family caregivers interventions.


Interprofessional Nursing Education To Prepare Baccalaureate Nursing Students For Transition To Practice, Patricia White Jun 2018

Interprofessional Nursing Education To Prepare Baccalaureate Nursing Students For Transition To Practice, Patricia White

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The study presented outlines current rationales for promoting the use of interprofessional education within nursing curricula to better prepare students for transition to practice. An innovative experiential learning application supports desired behavior outcomes. Student perceptions and attitudes toward interprofessional education were measured through reflective journaling and a validated tool.


Correlation Of Hormonal Biomarkers With Mental Health And Healthy Behaviors Of Mothers With Very-Low-Birthweight Infants, June Cho Jun 2018

Correlation Of Hormonal Biomarkers With Mental Health And Healthy Behaviors Of Mothers With Very-Low-Birthweight Infants, June Cho

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

For learning about possible hormonal biomarkers that could explain maternal mental health problems; as well as, possible resources that could improve maternal health during postpartum period when mothers of very-low-birthweight infants experience more difficulties than other mothers because of extra burden for childcare.


Differences In Ebp Beliefs And Implementation Between Us Nurses At Magnet And Non-Magnet Healthcare Institutions, Hannele E. Saunders, Fathimath Shifaza Jun 2018

Differences In Ebp Beliefs And Implementation Between Us Nurses At Magnet And Non-Magnet Healthcare Institutions, Hannele E. Saunders, Fathimath Shifaza

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This presentation describes differences in EBP beliefs and EBP implementation between U.S. nurses employed at Magnet and non-Magnet healthcare institutions, based on an online survey completed by 2,344 nurses between February-August 2017.


Differences In Job Satisfaction And Ebp Competency Between Nurses In Magnet And Non-Magnet Healthcare Institutions, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk Jun 2018

Differences In Job Satisfaction And Ebp Competency Between Nurses In Magnet And Non-Magnet Healthcare Institutions, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The aim of this study was to describe differences in EBP culture, knowledge, beliefs, implementation and competency between nurses employed in Magnet and non-Magnet healthcare institutions. Implications of the findings for healthcare systems and future research will be highlighted.


Fighting The Fakes: Spotting And Fighting The Fakes In Research Policy And Practice, Philip Darbyshire Jun 2018

Fighting The Fakes: Spotting And Fighting The Fakes In Research Policy And Practice, Philip Darbyshire

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This session will highlight the rise of predatory publishers, detail the extent of the problem, expose many of their tricks, deceptions and scams and show how researchers and schools can do do the due diligence needed to avoid predatory publishers' journals and conferences.


Global Collaboration For Interprofessional Education On Dementia And Driving Decision Aid, Diane Pastor, Victoria Traynor Jun 2018

Global Collaboration For Interprofessional Education On Dementia And Driving Decision Aid, Diane Pastor, Victoria Traynor

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This project presents views of U.S. persons with dementia, caregivers and practitioners on the suitability of the Australian-specific Dementia and Driving Decision Aid to a U.S. audience. Integration of the results of this study into graduate nursing education curricula will enhance care of community dwelling persons with dementia.


Epigenetic Mechanisms Of Inflammation And Fatigue In Patients With Cancer, Canhua Xiao, Alicia Smith, Karen Conneely, Jonathan Beitler, Kristin Higgins, Evanthia Wommack, Dong Shin, Nabil Saba, Deborah Bruner, Andrew H. Miller Jun 2018

Epigenetic Mechanisms Of Inflammation And Fatigue In Patients With Cancer, Canhua Xiao, Alicia Smith, Karen Conneely, Jonathan Beitler, Kristin Higgins, Evanthia Wommack, Dong Shin, Nabil Saba, Deborah Bruner, Andrew H. Miller

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

In this abstract, we present preliminary data from a research project related to epigenetic modifications as the use of omics in cancer symptom assessment, diagnosis, and potentially intervention.


Fighting The Fakes: How To Identify And Beat The Predatory Publishers, Linda Shields Jun 2018

Fighting The Fakes: How To Identify And Beat The Predatory Publishers, Linda Shields

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Predator publishers prey on nursing authors, who need to be educated about how to avoid being trapped by them. This paper describes how to recognise predators, how to avoid their traps and how to protect oneself and one's writing from such criminal activity.


A Cluster Analysis On Cognitive Symptoms Of Midlife Women: Racial/Ethnic Differences, Yun Hu, Ching-Yu Cheng, Young Ko, Eunice Chee, Wonshik Chee, Eun-Ok Im Jun 2018

A Cluster Analysis On Cognitive Symptoms Of Midlife Women: Racial/Ethnic Differences, Yun Hu, Ching-Yu Cheng, Young Ko, Eunice Chee, Wonshik Chee, Eun-Ok Im

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this presentation is to report the findings of the clusters of midlife women by cognitive symptoms in multi-ethnic groups and discuss the racial/ethnic differences in the clusters.


Health-Related Quality Of Life In Women With Hypertension In Korea, Sun Ju Chang Jun 2018

Health-Related Quality Of Life In Women With Hypertension In Korea, Sun Ju Chang

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

For improving health-related quality of life in women with hypertension in Korea, healthcare providers should be aware of education for managing stress and preventing hypertension-related complication.


Fighting The Fakes: How Using Legitimate Publishing And Open Access Can Enhance Nursing Research, Roger Watson Jun 2018

Fighting The Fakes: How Using Legitimate Publishing And Open Access Can Enhance Nursing Research, Roger Watson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Avoiding predatory journals is easy yet, academics do publish in them. Strategies range from common sense through to checking journal websites and the Directory of Open Access Journals. Universities should be prepared to provide more training about publication policies and to sanction academics who do use predatory publishers.