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Patient Safety - The Effect Of Nurse Fatigue On Outcomes, Ann Marie T. Brooks

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Sunday, November 17, 2013:

Clear, critical thinking and communication are imperatives in providing quality nursing care. We are challenged more than ever before with the effect of fatigue on outcomes. What is fatigue? It is a factor that has been linked to stress, safety, and performance decrements in numerous work environments. Fatigue is a reality in nursing. Every day, during every shift, nurses experience fatigue of mind, body and spirit. Workload, work hours, work structures and other factors can indirectly or directly cause fatigue within the profession. The public expects, and deserves, professional, caring, competent, and compassionate …

Step It Up: How Unit-Based Nurse Practitioners Can Improve Professionalism And Quality Of Care, Cheryl K. Roth

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Sunday, November 17, 2013:

Improvement of quality of care and professionalism of nurses are key factors in impacting the delivery of care to patients in the hospital. This presentation will provide information on how an effective Leader-Manager-Nurse Practitioner team can enhance and improve the unit environment. Drawing from the experience of a successful team in a large community High Risk Labor & Delivery setting, the Director of Women's and Newborns Services will discuss the vision and implementation of bringing a unit-based Nurse Practitioner to the unit. The Unit Manager will discuss how the Nurse Practitioner has impacted …

Global Leadership: Building Academic Nursing Scholarship, Education, And Service, Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, Ann E. Kurth

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Sunday, November 17, 2013:

This panel session is designed to share experiences and lessons learned in building academic nursing scholarship, education, and service. The symposium will move from the macro to the micro level, beginning with a discussion of the context for academic global nursing within a broad university setting (overview of NYU Global Network University structure). Next will be a presentation of strategies employed to build the Global division within NYU College of Nursing and current results. Finally, two illustrative and informative case example presentations will be given: one on a Ghana diabetes project, and one …

Recasting Assessment To Transform Learning: An Integrated Approach, Kathleen M. Williamson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Sunday, November 17, 2013:

This symposium will provide a comprehensive overview of the details of the transformational process of one School of Nursing's journey in refocusing and realigning outcomes to improve student learning and achievement. Presented will be the process faculty underwent in preparing for professional accreditation and developing a more meaningful assessment plan in connecting best practices to curriculum in order to assess student outcomes. The assessment process of how one school of nursing moved from an end of program evaluation to a more comprehensive look at the assessment of student learning, as well as student …

Neonatal Epinephrine: Reducing Calculation Errors, Gaye Rotramel

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Tuesday, November 19, 2013:

Background: Epinephrine calculation errors during neonatal resuscitation of low birth weight and very low birth weight babies can significantly affect outcomes in terms of mortality and morbidity. An extensive review of literature concluded that medication errors in the calculation of Epinephrine during resuscitation can occur when providers rely on memory, lack access to needed information, safety techniques or standardized procedures (Benner, Sheets, Uris, Malloch, Schwed, & Jamison, 2002; Karlsen, 2006).

Methodology: A quantitative quasi-experimental pilot research study measured the effectiveness of a researcher-designed Epi Chart, a pre-calculated intravenous and endotracheal Epinephrine dosage chart, …

Addressing National Research Priorities In Improvement Science, Kathleen R. Stevens

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Tuesday, November 19, 2013:

Healthcare experts, administrators, researchers, and clinicians across multiple disciplines are developing and testing new strategies to improve the safety and quality of patient care; however, national capacity to study improvement falls well behind the need to discover 'what works'. The study of complex healthcare service delivery and microsystems requires new skills in research methods, new partnerships across academic and clinical traditions, and multi-site research approaches to account for scale-up and spread of tested strategies. This symposium explores nurse-led nationally-funded achievements toward national advancing improvement science. The underlying foundations of the design of the …

Building A Culture Of Safety: Aligning Innovative Leadership Rounding And Staff Driven Hourly Rounding Strategies, Ann Marie T. Brooks

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Tuesday, November 19, 2013:

Patient safety is a priority in healthcare and leaders recognize the importance of patient safety in achieving and sustaining outstanding patient outcomes. Leaders identify patient safety as a strategic and operational priority and commit a substantial investment of resources, time and effort into achievement of goals and outcomes. Findings and recommendations from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, Institute of Medicine and The Joint Commission are part of the benchmarking done during environmental assessments that are part of the strategic planning sessions that focus and direct the work of a hospital or health system …

A Toolbox For Perinatal Quality Improvement, Patricia A. Heale

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Tuesday, November 19, 2013:

The Perinatal Community is a group of member hospitals working together to improve perinatal quality within their institutions under the auspices of the Institute for Health Improvement. This quality improvement program lasts for 36 months and provides mentoring, a toolkit for quality improvement and access to experts from the quality improvement field. The aims of the Perinatal Community are to promote the following evidence-based practices: Oxytocin Checklists, a Postpartum Hemorrhage Protocol and Algorithm, Safety Rounds and Shift Huddles. To achieve these aims a group of staff nurses, members of the leadership team and …

Leadership By Design, Kathleen M. Williamson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on:Monday, November 18, 2013:

This symposium will provide a comprehensive overview of the paradigm shift of the leadership structure at a school of nursing from a traditional bureaucratic leadership model to a matrix leadership organizational structure. Based on the evidence, the matrix model was envisioned to enhance collaboration, communication, and transparency. The development, implementation, and assessment of a matrix leadership organizational structure will be shared. The complexity of how the matrix structure works and supports academic programs and faculty will be described. This presentation will address how the matrix encourages collaboration and provides an opportunity for faculty to …

Getting Published In Nursing Journals: Strategies For Success, Susan Gennaro, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013 and repeated on Tuesday, November 19, 2013:

This session will be participatory and enable those attending to ask specific questions of the editors of Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing and the Journal of Nursing Scholarship about writing and getting published. The broad issues that will be covered include: - getting started in the writing process - the publication process - how to respond to peer reviews - ethics of publication.

International Nursing Service: At Home And Abroad, Safiya George Dalmida, Shannon E. Perry, Patrice Kenneally Nicholas, Jennifer Foster, Benson C. Wright, Karen M. Pehrson, Roxanne Amerson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

The purpose of this session is for the International Service Taskforce members to discuss various aspects of international nursing service and volunteerism, within local, regional, national, and international/global contexts. The session presenters will provide attendees with information about engaging in, evaluating and sustaining service and service-related partnerships -- at the member, chapter and regional level. During this session, presenters will discuss and provide ideas and practical examples of ways that international service activities help to address Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We will provide attendees with guidelines and recommendations for international nursing service …

Open Access: Myths And Misconceptions In Scholarship And Publishing, Kimberly S. Thompson, Renee M. Wilmeth

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

Everyone in academe, publishing and research seems to be discussing Open Access, but the more information that becomes available, the more questions academics, scholars, writers, publishers and researchers have. What is green road? Should scholars pay to publish in journals? How does peer review fit in? What about libraries? Copyrights? Hybrid journals and other publishing options? This unique session will provide an overview of open access from STTI's lead informatics/librarian (and designer of the Henderson full-text repository) and STTI's publisher who leads the journal publishing program. The two will describe the current …

The Civility Dialogues: Conversations To Inspire Action, Kathleen T. Heinrich, Cynthia M. Clark, Susan Luparell

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

Has a thorny situation at work gotten so troublesome you think about resigning? Does worry about your relationships with colleagues or students keep you up at night, make it hard to get up in the morning, or diminish your desire to go to work? Do you find yourself eating too much and exercising too little? If you wish there was someone wise in the ways of civility to speak with about all this, here's your chance. This special session brings 3 pioneering researchers and thought leaders in the field of civility together …

From Impairment To Empowerment: Addressing Substance Use Disorder In The Nurse Profession, Karolyn Crowley, Carrie J. Morgan

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

Knowing that an estimated 1 in 10 nurses suffers from substance use disorder (SUD), makes this topic poignantly relevant for all nurse & related professionals. Deficient education, cultural stigma and avoidance set up nurses with SUDs for greater risk than recovery. Recognizing that addiction is a disease, it is a failure in the nurse profession to perceive nurses with SUDs as weaker or having moral shortcomings. This promotes ignorance and drives the disease deeper underground. It's time to get the conversation started: How do we become more informed and proactive in addressing …

Professional Development: Through Continuing Nursing Education?, Matthew S. Howard, Bruce R. Williams, Marcy Strine, Mary Mcadams

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

Lifelong professional development consists of planned learning experiences designed to augment ones knowledge, skills or attitudes. In today's world of high and low tech education, opportunities for augmenting a nurses knowledge and attitude vary. We will discuss the process to provide continuing nursing education (CNE) through international accrediting bodies. We will also compare the pros and cons of some of today's current CNE opportunities in an attempt to define what type of education is best working for the bedside nurse.

Mentoring Nurses For Success: A Global View, Susan M. Baxley, Kristina S. Ibitayo, Mary Lou Bond

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

Mentoring will be defined in this presentation, including mentoring within educational and healthcare settings, with a global view on mentoring. Discussion of the challenges within the educational system for students at all levels of their education provides thought for mentoring strategies. Practical advice for both mentors and proteges will be presented, on how to maximize their mentoring experiences in today's climate. TIPS will consist of thoughts, ideas, and presenting strategies specific to each mentoring structure. Faculty members can also benefit from mentoring. Understanding the challenges and having TIPS to negotiate the system, …

Using Cross Cultural Communication To Foster Member Engagement, Elizabeth A. Carlson, Nelouise Geyer, Susan A. Walsh, Alyce A. Schultz, Karen V. Lamb, Juana Mercedes Gutierrez Valverde, Jane F. Sumner, Anita Bella Collins

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013:

The Globalization Task Force seeks to understand issues that may result in members from outside North America not achieving full potential within STTI. The symposium will focus on learning from the members issues, if any, that currently impede full membership, including cultural norms and expectations, and gender concerns. Of particular interest to the Task Force, is engaging non-North American members in society leadership positions. Strategies will include use of the ASKED (Awareness, Skills, Knowledge, Encounters, and Desires) model to frame the discussion; a representative panel will lead the discussions and be followed …

From Quality Improvement To Health System Transformation: Rnao's Systematic Comprehensive Program Of Developing, Implementing And Evaluating Best Practice Guidelines, Irmajean Bajnok, Doris Grinspun

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Saturday, November 16, 2013: This presentation will provide an overview of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario's (RNAO) Best Practice Guidelines Program as it relates to a comprehensive quality improvement initiative leading to health system transformation, predicated on the use of best evidence. The program includes a rigorous scientific approach to guideline development; an evidence-based systematic methodology of guideline implementation, (with a focus on the individual, organizations and the system); and a strategic approach to evaluation and continuous quality improvement through monitoring of structure, process and outcome indicators. Each of these components will be described, featuring …

The Maternal-Child Health Nurse Leadership Academy: Celebrating 10 Years Of Improving The Health & Wellbeing Of Mothers & Babies Worldwide, Leeann Taylor, Katheryn B. Arterberry

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Saturday, November 16, 2013:

Through the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International's Maternal-Child Health Nurse Leadership Academy (MCH NLA), nurses develop personal leadership skills via the creation and implementation of innovative clinical projects in their home communities and clinical agencies which benefit the nursing care of maternal-child clients throughout the health care continuum. This session will offer a synopsis of the MCH NLA goals, objectives, structure, learning activities, and outcomes. In addition, participants who have transitioned from Fellows to Faculty Advisors will feature their personal perspective of the leadership journey.

Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy: Outcomes In Three Domains, Deborah F. Cleeter Bailey, Meg Zomorodi, Carolyn Hart, Lenora M. Marcellus, David Anthony (Tony) Forrester

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Sunday, November 17, 2013: During this complex period of change in both healthcare and academe, the need to prepare the next generation of leaders in nursing education is imperative. The Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy (NFLA) prepares these emerging leaders through a rigorous intentional leadership development experience. The purpose of the program is to: foster academic career success, promote nurse faculty retention and satisfaction, promulgate personal leadership development, and cultivate high performing, supportive work environments in academe. The NFLA is designed for aspiring nursing education leaders who have less than four years of experience as full time …

Legacy Building: Telling Stories That Inspire, Doris S. Edwards, Eileen Wilson Richardson, Margret Lepp, Evelyn R. Hayes, Ainslie Nibert, Scott Emory Moore, Katheryn B. Arterberry, Anita Bella Collins, Rebekah Salt

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Tuesday, November 19, 2013: Legacy is what one leaves behind for those who follow. STTI regularly honors the accomplishments of colleagues but we still know too little about our shared global inheritance and the legacy builders working among us today. Legacy, as stories remembered and stories told, has the power to affirm and to motivate those who hear the stories. Many kinds of inheritances of can facilitate the accomplishment of one's goals and help in the overcoming of diverse barriers. STTI members and groups have created legacies in practice, education, service, scholarship, leadership and philanthropy. We …

Creating A Male Friendly Nursing Program: A Blueprint For Increasing Gender Diversity, Christopher L. Coleman, Spencer Stubbs

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Tuesday, November 19, 2013:

Given the underrepresentation of men in the nursing profession, it is essential to develop strategies that will provide a pathway of success for men entering the nursing profession. The purpose of this workshop is to describe how a student governance model at the Penn School of Nursing transformed the School of Nursing into an award winning nationally recognized 'Male Friendly Nursing Program'. In 2006, the Male Association of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania (MANUP) student organization was formed to provide resources that resulted in increased enrollment and retention of male nursing students. Since …

The New Global Regions: A Global Leadership Collaboration, Thora B. Hafsteinsdottir-Houten, Claudia Kam Yuk Lai, Debra Jane Anderson, Deliwe Rene Phetlhu

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Tuesday, November 19, 2013:

The purpose of this session is to share the work of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International's (STTI) new global regions of Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and South America. Since 2011 the chapters outside the US have been networking within the new global regions to support STTI in its vision to become a truly global organization by 2020. The Coordinator of each region tries her best to foster collaborations among the chapters within the region itself. Each region has own path to map in order to achieve STTI's goal …

Using Ethical Debates To Improve Students' Critical Thinking Abilities, Maryann Abendroth, Jeanette Rossetti, Julie Fisher Robertson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Poster presented on: Monday, November 18, 2013, Tuesday, November 19, 2013: Ethical debates can greatly increase student participation in class, enhance their oral and written communication skills and improve their critical thinking. In fact, research supports the need for a variety of teaching styles to be implemented into the classroom environment especially those that promote active learning. Debating is an innovative strategy that requires students to think critically as they weigh different views against evidenced-based practice literature. Classroom debates can encourage beginning nursing students to explore ethical issues upon entering the profession and potentially strengthen their role as patient advocates. …

"Staying Connected" Increases Scholarly Productivity, Carlee R. Lehna

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Sunday, November 17, 2013: A major concern in nursing and higher education is for faculty to continue their scholarly work. This is important from two perspectives: 1) The dissemination of knowledge and research findings to the profession and other clinical disciplines, and 2) for new graduates who are in academic roles to demonstrate their scholarly productivity for tenure and promotion. Often, on completion of the PhD or terminal degree, individuals either enter or return to faculty positions. With the many demands on faculty for the teaching role, along with the movement away from peer support that may …

Supporting Evidence Based Nursing Practice Using Informatics Resources And Tools, Amy Coenen

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Sunday, November 17, 2013: The purpose of this symposium is to explore means to translate evidence into nursing practice by developing and using healthcare informatics tools and resources. One resource currently available is an international standard terminology, the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP). A number of initiatives are underway to use ICNP to manage nursing knowledge and facilitate documentation and evaluation of nursing practice. Initiatives in the area of ICNP harmonization aim to facilitate use of existing nursing classifications and interdisciplinary health care terminologies. Another effort is the development of ICNP Catalogues or content subsets for …

Achieving High Scores For Integrating Service Learning Into The Nursing Curriculum, Amy C. Pettigrew

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Session presented on: Tuesday, November 19, 2013: Service Learning supports the development and implementation of community-based nursing education in the academic programs of study at Miami Dade College Benjamin Leon School of Nursing. Our goal is to bring education to life by connecting the classroom to the community needs, helping our diverse students become men and women addressing the needs of a diverse community. Both the ASN and RN-BSN programs have a service learning component. In the ASN Community Health course students complete 40 service hours: 10 hours reflection and discussion; eight hours of orientation and community ethics; two hours …

Research Abstracts, Proposals And Grant Writing: Basics From Start To Finish, Lois Sarah Marshall

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Saturday, November 16, 2013 and repeated on Monday, November 18, 2013: This presentation will provide the novice researcher the basics to write a research abstract, proposal, and/or grant for submission. This session will enable participants to gain a basic understanding of the steps of the abstract/proposal/grant writing process in order to enable them to put forth a submission in the future. Participants will be able to interact with some past recipients of STTI small research grants who will provide practical information on the writing, submission, and follow-up process.

Introducing The Sigma Theta Tau International And Chamberlain College Of Nursing Center For Excellence In Nursing Education, Thomas M. Whitehead

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Saturday, November 16, 2013: This session will provide an overview of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International and Chamberlain College of Nursing Center for Excellence in Nursing Education that was recently launched. The four goals of the Center will be discussed: 1.) provide career and leadership development for nurse educators; 2.) develop and deliver resources and events related to excellence in nursing education; 3.) develop and implement an Emerging Educational Administrator Program for Department Chair/Program Directors; and 4.) develop strategies and programs to assess current status and positively promote nursing education globally. Attendees …

A Call For Radical Transformation In Nursing Education And Practice At Indiana University And Indiana University Health, Marion E. Broome, Linda Q. Everett

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Special Session presented on: Sunday, November 17, 2013: The formal partnership, led by Dean Marion E. Broome and Executive Vice President Linda Q. Everett, is guided by the Indiana University Nurse Learning Partnership (IUNLP) model which depicts the resources, linkages and outcomes that support and flow from the partnership. The model has five components: Exemplary Nurse Practice, Transformative Learning Experiences, Transformational leadership, Knowledge Generation/Translation/Application and Resources. The evolution of this partnership, which is five years old, began with leaders coming together to discuss common faculty and practice points of intersection at this time. Over a two-year period, monthly meetings of …