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Integrating Evidence-Based Practice In A Lebanese Nursing Baccalaureate Program: Challenges And Successes, Ola Sukkarieh-Haraty, Nancy Hoffart

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is defined as 'the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values' (Sackett, et. al., 2000). According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2014), registered nurses (RN) with baccalaureate degrees are better prepared to optimize patient care, particularly by decreasing mortality rates in hospitals. Despite the inclusion of EBP as the appropriate preparation for giving bed side care, research skills remain suboptimal in enabling nurses to conduct and implement evidence-based practice (EBP). In the Middle East (ME) region, there …

Xhosa Speaking Nursing Student's Experiences Of Education In A Language That's Not Their Mother Tongue, Juanita Espach, Ayanda Mlatsha

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: Nursing students attending any nursing school in South Africa are taught in English. A large percentage of students are second language English speakers who have to be taught nursing jargon as well as theory in English. These students have difficulty communicating with lecturers, colleagues and patients and struggle with reading textbooks or writing tests, assignments and examinations. Young men and women who are interested in a nursing career come from all walks of life and circumstances. Often the individual comes from a rural area and received all …

Community Leadership And Health Promotion: Lessons From Rural South Africa, Wilson Majee, Lydia Aziato, Karien Jooste

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016, Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: Rural communities have continued to face a complex set of challenges: geographic isolation, high levels of poverty, sparse and declining human population, as well as loss of jobs and economic opportunities. These factors create two big challenges for rural communities -- continued rural urban migration of predominantly young people and a pool of disengaged youth among those that stay. Because of this, rural communities have a greater human capital need for more leaders. Though actively engaging community leaders in building programs and policies that consider equity and liveability …

Barriers To Treating Hypertension And Preventing Potential Risk For Cardiovascular Disease Among Haitians, Diana Lyn Baptiste, Jill B. Hamilton, Elizabeth Sloand, Beth Fahlberg, Patricia Mary Davidson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016:

Purpose: Hypertension (HTN) is the greatest cause of morbidity in Haiti, where it is an identified cause of heart failure for 45% of patients, and primarily associated with more than 70% of cardiovascular disease-related hospital admissions. The literature is limited regarding HTN in Haiti, where HTN and related complications are responsible for an estimated 20% of deaths. In this review, we explored the scientific literature regarding HTN and heart failure in Haiti. Specifically, we focus on HTN as a cause of morbidity and mortality in Haiti. We also synthesize the evidence on assessment …

Improving Patients` Quality Of Life Through Nurse-Led Combined Physical And Cognitive Rehabilitation Program, Omaimah A. Qadhi

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Despite the fact that the medical technology is improving and the number of survivors from critical illness is increasing, the survival rate approximates 89% upon one to three years after discharge (Brummel et al., 2012; Elliott et al., 2011; Trees, Smith, & Hockert, 2013; & Williams & Leslie, 2011). Same previous authors reported that long-term survival rate seems to be less than other patient populations such as patients of routine uncomplicated surgical procedures such as total hip replacement. Critical illness is a continuum that starts before the patient …

Perceived Implementation Of Guidelines To Prevent Mother-To-Child Transmission Of Hiv In Malawi: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study, Chifundo Colleta Zimba, Jennifer Leeman

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016:

Purpose: To describe the extent to which four rural Malawi clinics implemented the core components of the 2011 Malawian Option B+ guidelines following three years of an extensive implementation support program.

Methods: This study used a descriptive multiple case-study design. N=4 clinics were purposefully sampled from a total population of 134 health facilities. Of the 4, n=2 fell into the highest while n=2 into the lowest quartile of the proportion of eligible women who were tested for HIV in Fiscal Year 2012-2013. In-depth interviews were done with 18 …

Theory-Practice Gap: Perceptions Of Nurse Faculty, Nursing Students And Clinicians In Ghana, David Abdulai Salifu

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Poster presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016:

Purpose: Globally, the theory-practice gap in nursing has been the subject of much debate within the profession. Despite attempts by nurse faculty to respond to changes in nursing education, the dichotomy between classroom theoretical input and what is practiced or experienced on the wards continue to defy resolution. Although well documented globally, there is a paucity of published research work originating from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Moreover, experiences may be varied due to the differences in pedagogical approaches and health care environments in the more technologically advanced western countries …

Recognizing Limitations To Blood Pressure Management By Latinos With Hypertension: A Primary Focus Group Study, Sabianca Delva, Hae-Ra Han

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016:

Background: Latinos in the United States - the largest and the fastest increasing ethnic minority group in the country - are experiencing increasing incidences of high blood pressure (HBP) that is often uncontrolled. Self-management of HBP is a determining factor for BP control yet, it is unclear what barriers and facilitators exist in relation to HBP management from the emic perspective. Purposes: 1) to explore barriers and facilitators of HBP self-management among Latino individuals residing in an urban area on the East cost of the United States, and …

Weight Stigma In Relation To Hair Cortisol And Binge Eating In Obese Asian-Americans, Diane C. Berry, Ya-Ke Wu

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between weight stigma, level of acculturation, hair cortisol levels, and binge eating among overweight and obese Asian-Americans. Obesity is an important public health concern for Asian-Americans in the United States (Jih et al., 2014). Many children and adults face weight stigmatization as a result of being overweight or obese (Levy & Pilver, 2012). Weight stigma can be defined as individuals experiencing verbal or physical abuse secondary to being overweight or obese (Puhl & Heuer, 2011). Weight stigma …

Stress And Health Of Mother-Child Dyads Living In Poverty, Randi A. Bates

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016:

Introduction: Poverty and chronic stress impede optimal child development. Although some forms of stress are essential for normal development, unbuffered chronic stress can lead to adverse health outcomes later in life. A growing body of research now identifies a direct association between the stress of mothers/caregivers and their child. Chronic stress is difficult to measure in young children but temperament may reflect a young child's chronic stress as it changes with experiences and environments. Furthermore, child temperament is associated with later adult health and health behaviors. The purpose …

Interpersonal Functioning Of The People With Schizophrenia: Associations With Theory Of Mind And Working Memory, Mio Sato, Chizuru Mori

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Introduction: It is necessary to receive an information such as a surrounding and an expression of the speaker, intention, feelings appropriately and to response in accord with the context of the conversation in order to interchange with others smoothly. Receiving an information in the interpersonal scene is affected by Theory of Mind (ToM) which is an important cognitive function to understand and inference of mental states (beliefs, thoughts, and intention) of self and others (Pos et al, 2015). If we obtain it, we able to explain and predict …

Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (Ipt) Defaulting: Who Are Responsible?, Lizeth Roets, Emmanuel Ikechukwu Okoli

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been identified as the strongest risk factor in the reactivation of latent or new Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection to active TB disease. TB is also the commonest cause of morbidity and mortality among the HIV-infected population in South Africa and studies have shown that TB accelerates HIV disease progression. Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) is one of the interventions recommended by the WHO and the South African NDOH for the prevention of progression to active TB disease in people living with HIV …

Mexican-American Breast Cancer Survivors' Challenges With Health Care Disparities: A Mixed Method Study, Mary M. Lopez

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016:

Purpose: Coping is a challenge for breast cancer survivors and may result in a poor quality of life (QOL) even more than five years after completion of treatment. The primary purpose of this mixed method study was to examine culturally specific health disparities, and the effects of acculturation, optimism, and breast cancer challenges on coping styles and to determine the effect coping styles have on the QOL of Mexican American breast cancer survivors. The secondary purpose was to identify effective strategies to decrease healthcare disparities experienced by Mexican American breast cancer survivors.

Methods: …

The Lived Experience Of Orthodox Jewish Nursing Students: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study, Toby Bressler

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: As borders become more fluid, demographic shifts create a social imperative that requires nurses from diverse cultural groups to provide quality health care. With expanding cultural diversity in the United States (U.S. Census Bureau, 2009), the Institute of Medicine (2009) recommends that the nursing workforce increase its diversity to better meet the current and future health needs of the public while providing culturally relevant care. Despite attempts in recent decades to improve to the demographic composition of the nursing workforce in the United States, the nursing workforce has remained predominantly homogeneous. It …

Translational Genomics For Predicting Pediatric Pain Outcomes, Renee Manworren

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Explore the potential for translating our emerging knowledge of genetic associations with pain sensitivity and analgesic metabolism to a personalized medicine approach to pediatric pain management. Methods: Candidate genes from two groups of pediatric patients were interrogated for associations with pain sensitivity and analgesic efficacy phenotypes. Candidate genes were selected based on previously identified associations with altered pain sensitivity in experimental pain and clinical pain syndromes (COMT, FKBP5, GCH1, OPRM1, OPRD1, TRPA1, TRPV1) and with altered analgesic metabolism (CYP2D6, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP3A4, CYP3A5). Individual variability in pain experiences, use of opioids and opioid effectiveness will be illustrated. Patients with …

Systematic Review Of Fatigue Management Among Parturients, Prueksalada Khiaokham, Kannika Kantaruksa, Chavee Baosoung

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

Introduction: Childbirth is the natural phenomenon which parturients need to adapting to physical, psychological and social changes and parturients have to lose much more energy for labor process. These will contribute to fatigue (Pugh & Milligan, 1993). The definition of fatigue is self-perception and self-assessment that ability of physical and psychological functioning are decreasing until occurrence of exhaustion. These caused from imbalance between energy receiving and energy consuming and physical and psychological changes are faced with stress (Herdman, 2009). The causes of intrapartum fatigue are physical changes when entering the first stage of …

Building The Capacity Of Nurses To Achieve The Sustainable Development Goals (Sdgs) Through Knowledge Gateways, Ashley K. Gresh, Phyllis Sharps, Evi Dallman, Teresa A. Pfaff, Krista Brooks

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The Sustainable Development Goals embody a one-health strategy - healthy people living on a habitable planet. (Gostin & Friedman, 2015) In an increasingly interconnected world, efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) need to be creative and build the capacity of practitioners and programs so that they are achievable. Globally, nurses comprise the majority of health care workers and therefore are essential to achieve the SDGs, specifically SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all the ages. The Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery …

Addressing Global Faculty Needs: The Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy, Deborah F. Cleeter Bailey, Barbara J. Patterson, Laura Cox Dzurec, Wyona M. Freysteinson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016:

Nurse educators are challenged to lead innovative change to create efficient and effective learning environments and improve the quality of the nursing education. In the face of a well-documented shortage of nurse faculty and faculty leaders globally, the need for leadership education, professional development, and mentoring becomes increasingly apparent. The development of academic nurse leaders is a concern at the forefront of organizational planning in nursing programs throughout the world. Without question, as the quality of individual faculty members' leadership ability increases, so does their satisfaction and retention as academicians. Moreover, informed leadership …

Enabling Solutions: Pacers Toolkit Tackles The Wicked Problems Of Bullying In Healthcare, Rita K. Adeniran

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016:

Background: Historically, strategies to eliminate bullying and create respectful, civil, supportive, and safe environments have largely centered on individuals, while ignoring the broader context of its occurrence that includes influences from interpersonal, community, environmental and policy sources. Theory and research establishes bullying as a complex interplay of influences between individuals and their broader environments. Bullying is a group phenomenon, reciprocally influenced by the individual, peers, the immediate environment/institution, community and/or society. Human behaviors are not isolated events; they are linked with and influenced by other behaviors and social norms. Evidence suggests organizational factors …

The Ottawa Model Of Research Use: Lessons Learned From A Nurse-Led Hypertension Pilot Study, Godfrey Katende

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Friday, July 22, 2016:

Background: Cardiovascular disease accounts for 27% of all deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Uganda. It is estimated that the hypertension prevalence rates in Uganda range from 22.5% to 30.5%. Hypertension is a risk factor in the development of atherosclerosis the underlying pathological process that leads to heart attacks (coronary heart disease) and strokes (cerebrovascular disease). Most of these deaths are due to modifiable risk factors. Information on the best strategies to address the burden of disease from hypertension through knowledge translation in Uganda is still lacking and requires a concerted effort between …

Memory Book Interventions With Orphaned Children In South Africa, Kenya, And India: A Global Partnership, Barbara J. Braband, Tamara Lynn Faris, Kaye Wilson-Anderson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016:

The Memory Book intervention program, a psychosocial support program for orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) (King et al., 2009), was initially developed and implemented in South Africa in 2005 by a nurse leader with a supportive volunteer base in the United States. The books were implemented to facilitate orphaned children in "telling their story" of loss and grief and to foster their sense of well-being, personal identity, and resilience (Masten, 2001). The Memory Book utilizes drawings and a story-telling format to help children retell their story to real or imagined audiences to support …

Simulation, Video Reflection And Standardized Patient Actors To Enhance Communication Skills In Undergraduate Nursing Students, Genevieve F. Beaird, Carla Nye

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The goal of this presentation is to share the development process and results of a research study completed with undergraduate nursing students participating in simulations with standardized patient actors. In this research study, different methods of debriefing and reflection practices were implemented to determine if the simulations had an impact on their communication skills overtime and whether reflection practices affected those scores.

Methods: The purpose of the research study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial of undergraduate students completing a series of four Maternal child simulations. The students were randomized into …

Quality Of Life Of Women In Climacteric Transition In Delta State, Nigeria, Elizabeth Oghoteru Oyibocha, Adenike Ayobola Olaogun

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide additional information on the symptoms and quality of life (QoL) of midlife women. This will assist administrators, policy makers and clinicians including nurses in developing and implementing interventions such as health teaching, exercise programs and active self-management programs aimed at improving midlife women's overall QoL. This study also contributed to existing knowledge on reproductive and women's health and it will serve as gateway for further research study.

Methods: This study was conducted among 405 midlife women who were selected by the use of a …

Nursing Practice For Patients With Lost The Oral Cavity Function: The Perspective Of Home Nursing, Kumiko Kotake, Masako Yamada, Kazuyo Iwanaga, Yoshimi Suzukamo, Ichiro Kai, Kaori Haba, Aya Takahashi, Yoko Ishibashi

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to clarify the perspective of home nursing on nursing practice for patients who lost the oral cavity function. Methods: We asked nursing departments of 409 designated regional cancer centers and hospitals to participate in our research. We asked each institution about the number of nurses who had had nursing experiences of caring for patients who lost the most of oral cavity function after the surgeries of larynx cancer and hypopharynx cancer, and then sent a sufficient number of questionnaires to representatives in each institution for distributing them to nurses. Participation of this survey …

Experiences In Clinical Decision Making For Nursing School Graduates, Laura Moran, Maribel Aguilera Rivera

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The overall objective is to explore the experiences of graduates from the National School of Nursing and Obstetrics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in relation to the factors that influence the process of clinical decision making during their social service.

Methods: Phenomenological qualitative study was executed using a focus group of seven recent nursing school graduates. This study is semi-structured based on the process and sources of clinical decision making proposed by Dr. Andrea Marshall. From the focus group, audiovisual data was recorded transcribed and micro analyzed through open and axial coding in order to find …

The Nature And Scope Of Nurse-Midwifery Practice In One U.S. State: Implications For Global Midwifery, Sarah L. Wilcox, Barbara D. Camune, Mary C. Brucker, Priscilla M. Nodine, Marie Hastings-Tolsma

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016:

Worldwide, midwives provide substantial amounts of care to underserved and vulnerable women and infants. However, workforce surveys regarding midwives are conspicuously absent across much of the globe. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 establish metrics for Goal #3: Global Good Health and Well-Being; many require midwifery care to achieve. There is an urgent need for healthcare policymakers to understand the nature and scope of midwifery care to improve healthcare across the globe. As the largest state in the U.S.A. with a diverse population and shared border …

Addressing Nursing Workaround Solutions To Encountered Problems: Engagement Of Frontline Nurses In Star-2++ Network Study, Jamie K. Roney, Aruna Maharjan, Sheryll Mae Coulombe, Elizabeth Jo Davis, Frances Cortes, Joann D. Long

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: Frontline nursing staff experience first-order operational failures negatively impacting their ability to provide optimal care. Frontline nurses problem solve and navigate around first-order operational failures using 'workaround' solutions to overcome encountered system failures. Participation in the Improvement Science Research Network's (ISRN) Small Troubles, Adaptive Responses (STAR-2++) study aimed to contribute to global and institutional nursing knowledge by identifying and reporting practice environment relationships with direct care clinicians' quality improvement engagement and clinical outcomes in the surgical intensive care, pediatric medical-surgical, and oncology units. By tracking and developing …

Hypertension Assessment And Education In Carries, Haiti, Solange Wilson, Med-Murielle Pierre

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016: Hypertension remains the leading global burden of disease. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC,2015). Hypertension is known as the silent killer because it is a very dangerous and common condition. A person can have hypertension for many years without knowing because it presents with no warning signs or symptoms, which why it is important to check the blood pressure regularly (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). Based on statistics by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2013), 'approximately 40% of adults aged 25 …

Dental Hygiene To Preschoolers In Carries, Haiti, Pierre Andre Elmera

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016: According to World Health Organization (2012), 60?90% of school age children have dental cavities. Oral health is essential to a person's general health. It consist of being free from oral infection, mouth and facial pain, tooth decay, tooth loss, or any other condition such as blood borne disease and heart attacks. Many of these issues might restrict a person's ability in biting, chewing, smiling, speaking, and psychosocial wellbeing. Some of the risk factors consist of unhealthy diet, poor oral hygiene, and especially availability and access to dental care …

Bsn Student Attitudes Towards Teamwork Using Teamstepps 2.0 Vs. A Conventional Method, Virginia Lamothe, Julie Meek, Julie Poore

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016 and Friday, July 22, 2016:

Preparing nursing students to provide safe patient care in a collaborative team environment requires teamwork strategies and training. Exposure to teamwork tools and strategies may improve student attitudes towards teamwork. The aim of this study was to measure accelerated second-degree track BSN student attitudes towards teamwork comparing a conventional method (Teamwork flyer; control group) versus teamwork training (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety - TeamSTEPPS; intervention group) in a randomized, controlled trial with a parallel study design comparing the two treatment groups. The unit …