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Successful Strategies For Disseminating Research And Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Projects, Susan Gennaro, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The 15-year gap between the discovery of new knowledge and the implementation of that knowledge in practice is too long and causes unnecessary patient harm. In this presentation, strategies to disseminate research through presentations, publications, social and public media, and health policy will be discussed. Strategies to develop in-depth dissemination plans will be highlighted, including ways to scale evidence to make a positive impact in real-world clinical practice settings.

Tips And Tricks For Publication Success, Susan Gennaro, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This presentation offers practical strategies for successful manuscript publication in healthcare journals. Topics include manuscript planning, writing pitfalls, peer review navigation, and ethical considerations. Emphasis is placed on aligning submissions with journal scope, responding to reviewer feedback, and leveraging media for broader dissemination. Designed to support clinicians and researchers in advancing scholarly impact.

Reflection And Appreciation: A Journey To Improving Care For Older Adults After Critical Illness, Cheryl Chia-Hui Chen

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

With 25 years of research, my work has focused on improving outcomes for critically ill older adults by addressing delirium, frailty, malnutrition, and functional decline. I’ve advocated for care bundles to prevent complications and support recovery. In this International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame session, I’ll share my journey to advancing care for older adults after critical illness. This award is humbling and reflects the collective efforts of my colleagues, mentors, and students.

Building A Program Of Research To Improve Communication And Care For Older Adults, Kristine N. Williams

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Upon Induction to the Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, Dr. Williams presented the development of her program of research focused on improving communication and care for older adults.

Bibliotherapy For Enhancing The Mental Well-Being Of Informal Caregivers Of People With Dementia, Shanshan Wang

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This project is designed to investigate the potential of bibliotherapy as a self-help intervention for informal caregivers of individuals with dementia. A series of studies were carried out to examine its feasibility and efficacy in improving mental health and enhancing caregiving appraisal among informal caregivers of people with dementia, emphasizing its potential for broad implementation following successful clinical trials.

Researching Unheard And Silenced Voices, Vanessa Heaslip

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Around 32% of the global population are at risk of social exclusion (Cuesta et al., 2024). This has significant impact upon morbidity, mortality and quality of life (Aldridge et al., 2017). In research, these individuals are underserved (NIHR 2024), perceived to be ‘difficult’, ‘hard to reach’ or in need of protection, so their voices and experiences remain unheard. This keynote shall explore some of these challenges, share ideas and explore ways to promote inclusive research.

Adaptation And Resilience In Families Of Individuals With Down Syndrome, Marcia L. Van Riper

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this presentation is to highlight key findings from my program of research concerning families of individuals with Down syndrome. Early studies with these families predominantly focused on problems and deficits, while my work highlights the strengths and resilience these families often exhibit. My program of research has contributed to a more nuanced understanding of these families by emphasizing the dynamic processes that enable families to adapt successfully to adversity.

Building Nursing Leadership Science With Impact: A Personal Journey And Program Of Research, Maria R. Shirey

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This presentation describes a program of research focusing on leadership science and health services outcomes covering a two decade journey to the Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. The presenter shares key transitions, learnings, outputs, dissemination, and policy impact associated with her work.

Health Consequences Of Climate Change In The 21st Century: The Role Of The Nursing Profession, Patrice K. Nicholas

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Health consequences of climate change are occurring due to increasing carbon dioxide levels, rising temperatures, extreme weather, and rising sea levels contributing to complex public health issues. Significant adverse health sequelae include asthma, cardiovascular disease, respiratory allergies, heat-related illness, vector-borne diseases, and mental health impacts. The nursing profession has a critical role addressing the health impacts of climate change in a climate-changing world.

Development Of Patient-And Family-Centered Care Education Program For Nurses In Intensive Care Unit, Youngshin Joo, Yeonsoo Jang, Hyunjoo Lee, Eunok Kwon, Eunhye Kim

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Patient- and family-centered care (PFCC) emphasizes consumer-centered nursing by respecting patients’ and families’ needs, values, and preferences. Implementing PFCC in intensive care units (ICUs) remains challenging, highlighting the need to enhance nurses’ competencies. Therefore, this study aimed to develop and conduct the pilot study of an educational program to improve PFCC competencies for ICU nurses.

Methods: The topics of the program were developed based on the PCN theory, and the program contents were established through literature review and focus group interview. Contents validation was conducted two times by seven clinical experts, followed by development education program. The …

Improving Sleep Quality: Adolescent Health, Beatrice Salvador, Kennedy Ventura

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Adolescent development depends heavily on sleep, which affects many aspects of a child’s life, such as academic achievement, emotional control, physical health, and cognitive function. Despite its significance, a lot of adolescents do not get enough sleep because of irregular sleep patterns, excessive screen time, and other factors that compromise their sleep hygiene. The transition from childhood to adolescence is a period often marked by changes in sleep patterns, making this age group particularly vulnerable to sleep-related issues. Understanding and enhancing adolescents’ sleep health is essential since sleep has a big influence on their everyday life. In order to better …

Unhealthy Weight Management Behavior And Social Media In Emerging Adults: A Systematic Review, Chaehyeon Kang, Hyeonkyeong Lee, Hyeyeon Lee, Gahui Hwang, Jisu Lee, Hyemi Sun, Zainab Auwalu Ibrahim

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Social media plays a crucial role in shaping body image perceptions and health behaviors, particularly during emerging adulthood—a critical period when individuals establish lifelong health habits. Unhealthy weight management behaviors (UWMB) are gaining attention as they stem from a complex interplay of structural (e.g., social norms) and personal (e.g., body image) factors. Emerging adults are particularly vulnerable to social pressures and media influences, leading to a high prevalence of UWMB in this population. Given social media’s role in shaping body image norms and health behaviors, understanding its influence on UWMB is crucial. As a preliminary step toward investigating this …

Enhancing Nurse Manager Satisfaction And Well-Being For Long-Term Retention, Will Carson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Nurse Managers play a pivotal role in healthcare organizations, but are leaving the profession at an alarming rate. To address this challenge, The American Nurses Credentialing Center developed a comprehensive Nurse Manager Retention Toolkit in partnership with Vanderbilt University. The toolkit, based on a systematic literature review of 31 peer-reviewed articles and a series of focus groups, addresses critical factors influencing nurse manager satisfaction, well-being and retention.

Promoting Reproductive Knowledge Among Youth Through A Summer Health Camp, Adejoke Bolanle Ayoola, Esther K. Afolabi, Zach B. Devries, Stacy L. De Ruiter, Esther Idowu, Vanesa B. Blas

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Unplanned pregnancies are associated with adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes such as low birth weight, preterm birth, admissions into neonatal intensive care unit and significant cost of care. A strategy to reduce unplanned pregnancy is to provide more accurate information on reproductive physiology and conception risk to increase young people’s understanding of reproductive changes and improve pregnancy planning. This study examined the effect of a summer Health Education And Leadership Training for a Hopeful future (HEALTH) camp on the reproductive anatomy and sexual health knowledge of camp participants

Methods: This is a simple descriptive pre- and post-assessment study. The one-week …

Integrating Social Determinants Of Health Into Advanced Health Assessment: A Sustainable Model, Heather Jones, Beth Ammerman, Elizabeth Kuzma

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), including economic stability, access to quality healthcare and education, neighborhood characteristics, and social context, are critical factors influencing the health and well-being of individuals and communities.¹ These factors are recognized as core objectives by Healthy People 2030² emphasizing the need for healthcare providers to address SDOH in clinical settings. The purpose of this initiative was to integrate content on SDOH into an Advanced Health Assessment for Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) course, a foundational course for all APN students. Building content in this course sets the stage for further integrating this essential content and …

Characterizing Prenatal Substance Use: A Leading Cause Of Maternal Mortality, Lisa M. Blair, Alexandra Nowak, Biyyiah A. Lee, Dennette Fend, Marvin Allan Schilt-Solberg

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Introduction: Prenatal substance use is of global concern due to its contributions to adverse maternal and child health outcomes and maternal mortality.¹ Substance use disorder (SUD) and other mental health concerns are the leading cause of maternal mortality in the U.S.,^2,3 where overall rates of maternal mortality are two to three times higher than other high-income countries.² Prenatal use of licit and illicit substances contribute to maternal mortality though a range of mechanisms, including overdose, cardiovascular complications, and suicide.⁴ This study characterized substance use and SUD among a nationally representative sample of pregnant women.

Methods: Pooled …

Differences In Nurses’ Perceptions Of The Work Environment, Joanne D. Muyco, Alexis Elizabeth Hayes

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Nurses play a critical role in delivering safe, high quality patient care. However, nurses continue to face staffing shortages, turnover, workplace violence, and challenging work environments. Research shows that work environments have a direct impact on nurses and the quality of care provided. Nursing leaders are in a prime position to advocate for healthy work environments that will sustain the nursing workforce and provide nurses with a workplace that is safe, empowering, and satisfying. This research study was part of a larger non-experimental descriptive study on healthy work environments. The study assessed how nurses in different professional roles within a …

Covid-19 Vaccine Acceptance And Hesitancy Among People Living With Hiv In Kenya: Lessons Learned, Sheila Shaibu, Constance Shumba, Peterson Kiraithe, Maureen Akolo, Eunice Wambui Ndirangu-Mugo

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The roll out of the Covid 19 vaccine encountered vaccine hesitancy globally (Rahbeni et al., 2024). In East Africa approximately four out of ten people expressed hesitancy towards vaccination (Alie, Abebe, Negesse, Adugna, & Girma, 2024). By the end of 2023, only 21% of Kenyans had received the complete Covid primary series and only 4% had received at least one Covid dose booster vaccine (WHO, 2023). Although Covid 19 is no longer a threat, some variants may emerge (UN, 2023). People living with HIV (PLHV) are more vulnerable to COVID 19 infection and experienced worse clinical outcomes than others. Therefore, …

Nursing Students' Lgbtq+ Healthcare Knowledge And Attitudes: A Roadmap For Interventions, Judith Bacchus Cornelius, Charlene Downing, Ryan Michael Oducado, Evangelos C. Fradelos, Riksa Wibawa Resna

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: While awareness of LGBTQ+ health needs is rising, these topics remain underrepresented in nursing curricula, often due to limited faculty preparation and absence of standardized guidelines (Dalbey, 2023; Moore et al., 2023). This educational gap affects nursing students’ readiness to care for LGBTQ+ patients, particularly in non-Western settings, where cross-cultural research is limited (Ozcan et al,, 2021; Wang et al., 2022. This study examined nursing students' knowledge and attitudes toward LGBTQ+ healthcare across five countries—the United States (U.S.), South Africa, the Philippines, Greece, and Indonesia.

Methods: A quantitative descriptive study was conducted with 150 third-year undergraduate nursing students who …

The Universal Humanuniverse Living Experience Of Feeling Lonely: A Parsesciencing Inquiry, Maria Elizabeth Wheelock

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Feeling lonely is a universal humanuniverse living experience. Universal humanuniverse living experiences are phenomena that occur throughout a lifetime and experienced to some degree by everyone. Feeling lonely within the context of the humanbecoming paradigm is a phenomenon concerned with living quality since individuals structure personal meaning in choosing to feel lonely or not from moment to moment. Feeling lonely has not been substantially investigated within nursing.

The purposes of this inquiry were to (a) discover the discerning extant moment of feeling lonely, (b) enhance understanding of the universal humanuniverse living experience of feeling lonely, (c) add to the body …

Developing A Database Of Community And Medical Resources For Gender-Affirming Care, Grey Mitchell

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) care has gaps in the understanding and meeting of non-medical needs of TGD patients.^1-7 The current evidence skews towards overmedicalizing aspects of a TGD person’s care and says very little about what aspects are missing from comprehensive TGD patient care.^1-8 This project aimed to provide resources via a web page on the web site for a Community Health Center (CHC) in King County, Washington to address these gaps with the types of resources that TGD patients have specifically requested of their providers at this CHC. A survey was created, sent to primary care providers …

Empowering Black/African American And Latina/Hispanic American Women Through Lupus Awareness, Chizoba Anako, Celicia Little, Tomilola Afere, Marvel Onwumere

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Approximately 1.5 million Americans and at least 5 million people worldwide are affected by some form of lupus (Lupus Foundation of America, 2023), and recently approved lupus therapies remain inaccessible to many patients due to the lack of coverage by healthcare systems, disproportionately affecting individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds (Mosca et al., 2024).

Purpose: Guided by the Lupus Foundation of America’s (LFA) campaign theme, "Be Fierce. Take Control.", the initiative emphasizes health empowerment and self-advocacy.

Methods: This study used a simple random sample of 36 undergraduate students at Bowie State University. Informed consent was obtained before participation. After Institutional …

A Systematic Review Of Symptoms In Adolescents With Ckd, Rileigh M. Fagan, Janet S. Carpenter, Heather K. Hardin, Rebecca J. Bartlett Ellis

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Childhood chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects an estimated 15 to 75 children and adolescents per million worldwide. As a disease and symptom multiplier, childhood CKD is burdensome and leads to decreased quality of life. It is essential to explore current knowledge of the symptom experience in adolescents with CKD to help reduce burden and improve quality of life. The purpose of this systematic review was to explore the state of the science of the symptom experiences in children and adolescents with conservatively managed CKD.

Methods: This systematic review included articles identified through searches in Scopus, PubMed, Cumulative Index to …

Integrating Telehealth Simulations To Prepare Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Students, Michelle Spencer, Carly Edgar, Cara Young

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Introduction: Telemedicine improves patient care access and has a positive economic impact. In 2018, the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty (NONPF) proposed integrating telehealth competencies into the advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) education curriculum. This project aims to implement telemedicine educational content addressing the telehealth competencies for the APRN student, including didactic and simulation components to enhance students’ competence and confidence with telemedicine care.

Methods: This quality improvement project implements an evidence-based approach to educate APRN students on telemedicine. The NONPF telehealth competencies are introduced to 37 family, pediatric, psychiatric-mental-health nurse practitioner, and clinical nurse specialist students enrolled in …

Measuring Hospital Case Management Practice Environment: Adaption And Validation Of The Pes-Nwi, Kristen A. Berryman, Rula Btoush, Olga F. Jarrin

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI) has been used to measure the work environment across diverse nursing populations for over two decades (Lake, 2002; Lake et al., 2023). Case management, a specialty nursing practice centered around care coordination, aims to meet the clinical and financial goals of medically and socially complex individuals across the care continuum (Luther et al., 2019). Hospital case management practice is complex, and case managers often face work barriers, including unclear scope of practice and insufficient training upon entering the specialty (Anderson & Hewner, 2021; McLaughlin Davis & Morley, 2022). There is …

Implementation Of A Multidisciplinary Educational Assessment To Enhance Pressure Injury Prevention, Olivia Paige Manning, Tamara Oliver, Anne Schoening

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: To develop and implement a multidisciplinary, role-specific educational assessment aimed at identifying knowledge gaps and training needs related to HAPI prevention among key inpatient care teams.

Background: Healthcare-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) remain a significant challenge across inpatient settings, requiring collaborative, multidisciplinary prevention strategies. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that pressure injuries affect more than 2.5 million Americans a year resulting in 60,000 deaths. Education and role-specific knowledge among staff are critical components in addressing gaps in HAPI prevention.

Methods: A multidisciplinary HAPI prevention team at a midwestern Level I Trauma Center in partnership with Creighton University …

Interpreting And Applying Microbiome Data For Evidence-Based Practice, Jessica M. Johnson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate how microbiome data is presented in the literature and evaluate the effect of inconsistencies in reporting on the interpretation of microbiome data for research and clinical practice.

Background: Examination of the relationship between the microbiome and human health is a burgeoning area of research^1-5. However, across microbiome literature, there is an inconsistency in reporting concerning bacterial taxonomies, abundance values, ranking, and alpha and beta diversity. This inconsistency demonstrates the need for greater consistency in reporting microbiome results so that researchers and nurses can compare results across studies.

Methods: Using …

Motivation To Lead And Its Contributing Factors Among Black Registered Nurses: A Literature Review, Samantha Ann Katherine Davis, Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Strong evidence reveals that a more diverse U.S. healthcare workforce enhances care delivery, promotes culturally responsive care, expands access to healthcare, and helps reduce disparities among underrepresented populations.¹ The limited presence of Black nurses in frontline leadership roles has a profound impact on nursing and healthcare, limiting opportunities to improve resources, attract diverse talent, and maintain a workforce that reflects the communities it serves.² The extent to which Black nurses are motivated to lead is not known.

Purpose: The purpose of this literature review was to understand the prevalence of motivation to lead among Black nurses, …

A Program Evaluation Of Pediatric Family Centered Rounding, Kristy Schmidt, Katherine Doyon

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Family centered rounding (FCR) is a pediatric evidence-based practice intended to bring healthcare teams, patients, and families together at the bedside in a collaborative approach to care planning. FCR emphasizes communication and shared decision-making between healthcare teams and families, leading to improved patient outcomes. Despite well-documented benefits of FCR, challenges such as inconsistent nursing participation, variability in practices, and workflow disruptions hinder implementation and sustainability of FCR

Aim: This program evaluation was designed and conducted at an urban pediatric hospital to assess the processes, perceptions, and impact of FCR. The overall quality of FCR and the strengths and barriers …

The Competency Assessment Companion: An Electronic Resource For Perinatal Nurses, Raina Dvorah Siegel, Leah Hoeniges

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: A lack of unanimity in the assessment of registered nurse (RN) competence can lead to the provision of inconsistent care, increasing the risk of medical errors and compromising patient safety. On the labor and delivery (L&D) unit of a 641-bed academic medical center in Chicago, there is currently no standardized practice for conducting RN competency assessments, leaving room for preceptor subjectivity and bias.

Purpose: To develop and pilot an evidence-based electronic repository, the Competency Assessment Companion (CAC), aimed at standardizing RN competency assessments targeting five clinical domains outlined within the L&D unit’s existing New-Hire Competency Assessment Package (NHCAP): Patient …