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Nursing Profession In Sri Lanka: Issues, Challenges, And Vision For The Future, Rasika Sirilal Jayasekara, Thamara Dilhani Amarasekara

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Effective systems for regulation, education, research and management are the key to strengthening the contribution of nursing services to achieve the required improvement in health outcomes (WHO, 2016). This review examines the issues and challenges of nursing services, regulation and education in Sri Lanka and their influence on developing professionalism.

The Challenges Of Teaching Social Skills And Teamwork In Engaging Igen Generation Of Nursing Students, Akhtar Ebrahimi Ghassemi, Marie Bashaw

Biennial Convention (CONV)

iGen nursing students learning styles and expectations are very different from earlier generations. Academic professors should foster active learning strategies that require collaborative work during experiential learning. To develop teamwork and social learning skills it is crucial to utilize the latest technology, an audiovisual rich learning environment, for these students.

Service Learning: Symbiosis Of Community As Classroom And Achievement Of Disease Prevention, Anne Marie Jean-Baptiste, Elmira Asongwed

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Illness can impose indirect economic burden on a country where many individuals of working age are unable to work. By using service learning pedagogy to deliver preventive care, nursing practice can lead to increase participants' trust in research studies for the discovery of effective management and cure for health issues.

Intimate Partner And Sexual Violence Through School-Based Sex Education Programs: A Review Of Evidence, Crystal G. Bennett, Patricia E. Worth

Biennial Convention (CONV)

IPV (Intimate Partner Violence) and sexual violence are often comorbid. The purpose of this review is to appraise evidence for the effectiveness of school based adolescent sex education programs on increasing awareness of IPV and sexual violence.

An Innovative Idea To Improve Undergraduate Participation In Your Chapter, Kady L. Martini

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Learn how to involve undergraduate students in all levels of your chapter. The Sigma Theta Tau International Epsilon Chapter created an undergraduate student advisory board and this increased participation and interest in the Epsilon Chapter. Learn how and why your chapter should implement this innovative idea.

Obesity And The University Environment, Tina L. Ortiz

Biennial Convention (CONV)

One of the most substantial challenges facing colleges today remains the creation of a healthy campus environment. Healthy Campus 2020 objectives helps colleges achieve their goals.

Teaching Pediatric Oral And Systemic Health Screening Assessments Using Interprofessional Education, Kathleen A. Kent, Carol A. Clark

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Oral health is essential to systemic health at all ages and an important consideration when educating future oral and healthcare providers. Training that is limited to discipline-specific topics does not teach providers to assess conditions beyond their traditional scope of practice. Inter-professional education (IPE) can foster life-long professional collaboration.

Shame And Type 2 Diabetes: Patient Perceptions Of Providers' Impacts On Disease Self-Management, Allyn E. Harker

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Patients with Type 2 diabetes experience regular interactions with the healthcare system and healthcare personnel and many of those interactions may have an emotional impact on their confidence in managing their disease. Healthcare providers can improve patient outcomes by understanding how these interactions affect their patients.

Effectiveness Of Variable Payment Model To Influence Satisfaction And Turnover In Home Healthcare Nurses, Rabia Muhammad Iqbal

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Recent studies have revealed that Turnover of Nurses is huge problem in every health care system that put major impact on organizational structure and it is highly associated with workplace stress. The concept of home health care nursing is relatively new in Pakistan.

A Qualitative Study: Caregiver Experience Of Dementia, Emma Kamp, Kayleigh Willett, Keegan Maris, Isabella Portugal, Madison Ling

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The caregivers of individuals with dementia experience burdens associated with emotional, physical, and financial repercussions for themselves as well as their loved ones. Using respite services promotes resiliency in the caregivers and supports a healthier mental, emotional, social, and physical well-being.

The Supporting Professional Advancement In Nursing (Span) Program: Advancing Nurse Education, Supporting Maryland's Nursing Workforce, Tener Goodwin Veenema, Sarah Schneider-Firestone, Kimberly S. Mciltrot, Nicole Y. Johnson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The SPAN Program is an innovative workforce development program that employs academic-practice partnerships with the goal of advancing the education of students and RNs to MSN, and Doctoral levels, while supporting and retaining new nurse graduates in Maryland's nursing workforce.

Course Engagement In An Accelerated On-Line Rn-To-Bsn Program, Daisha J. Cipher, Regina Wilder Urban, Mary E. Mancini

Biennial Convention (CONV)

There is a need to better understand the online behaviors of students within their programs' learning management systems. An associational analysis was conducted with data collected from 307 RN-to-BSN students.The results of the multilevel analyses indicate that the time that students spend in their online courses can predict program success.

Does A Dedicated Education Unit Ease New Nurses' Transition Into Practice?, Kimberly A. Dimino

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This mixed method study examined impact of a Dedicated Education Unit (DEU) on Transition to Practice. Results suggested that new graduate nurses with DEU experience were better prepared for contemporary practice compared to their peers with traditional clinical experiences.

Assessing The Impact Of Research Offices In Schools Of Nursing, Kristine M. Kulage, Elaine L. Larson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This presentation describes the components and services of a research office which supports scholarly and research endeavors in a school of nursing and recommends strategies to evaluate the impact and outcomes of its activities.

Nurses Night Out: A Successful Strategy For Chapter Revitalization And Nursing Community Engagement, Pat Farmer, Kim Perris

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This presentation details a unique model which led to substantial gains in participation at chapter events and strengthened relationships across the nursing community as a whole. Presenters will offer strategies for success and lessons learned.

Couple-Centered Hiv Prevention And Treatment: It's Time For Uptake In Us Health Settings, Natalie M. Leblanc

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This presentation situates the need and considerations for translation of couple-centered HIV prevention and treatment in U.S. health settings as an effort to achieve the 90-90-90 global benchmarks for HIV screening, engagement in HIV care and viral load suppression; and as part of the U.S. End the Epidemic campaigns.

A Disaster Preparedness Focused Dnp: Meeting Real-Time National And Global Needs, Patricia Tooker, Kathleen Dee Ahern, Nancy Cherofsky

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This presentation will provide the participants with a description of a Disaster Preparedness Focused DNP curriculum. Courses as well as evaluative tools will be presented. The Integration of the AACN Doctoral Essentials with Criteria for Evaluation of Nurse Practitioner Programs will be demonstrated through student learning outcomes.

Effectiveness Of Dance To Improve Mood In Older Adults With Dementia: A Review Of Evidence, Camila Medina, Maria C. Mclain, Crystal G. Bennett, Hillary Fox

Biennial Convention (CONV)

To appraise and synthesize evidence on dance therapy to improve mood and reduce agitation in persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (ADRD). The research yielded 9 relevant articles that met inclusion criteria. This review has found some evidence to support dance as a nonpharmacologic intervention to reduce agitation.

Overcoming Medication Non-Adherence In Community Dwelling Geriatrics, Charlene A. Glasgow

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Utilization of a nurse-led medication management program to influence positives changes in community dwelling-geriatric behaviors and beliefs to improve medication adherence measured with the Adherence Starts with Knowledge- 20 survey.

Promoting Health In The Hispanic American Population Through An Educational Experience On Diabetes Mellitus, Emily Katherine Hanks, Norma Salas Maldonado, Francine B. Jensen

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Hispanic Americans (HA) have a 12.1% incidence of having diabetes (DM). A diabetes educational intervention using a pre/post design targeted community-dwelling HAs to provide knowledge and increase awareness of diabetes. Results showed gains (p=.038) in modifiable behaviors such as diet changes and increase in exercise activity.

Nurse Faculty Professional Development And Retention Needs, Malena Jones

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The overall goal of this project was to solicit and analyze nurse faculty perceived needs for development and retention in the academic setting. A content analysis will be utilized to examine and discuss the nurse faculty perceived needs.

Flood Disasters: What Lurks In The Water? An Educational Resource For Healthcare Providers, Luva M. Reeves

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The purpose of this Poster Presentation is to describe an educational resource for healthcare providers. The modality is a Web Based Educational Resource for healthcare providers. This is a web based program on post- flood disease risk, symptoms and management.

Student Nurse Transition During The Clinical Experience, Patricia L. Hockensmith

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This poster presentation aims to identify evidence-based strategies from the literature on the topic of student nurse transition toward the nurse professional role during their clinical placements. The best practice strategies help nurse educators bridge the academic-practice partnership to facilitate a sense of belongingness for the student nurse.

Connecting Academia And Technology To Build Clinical Placement Capacity, M. Bridget Nettleton, David Theobald

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This presentation will both describe and demonstrate how SUNY Empire State College of Nursing and Allied Health used innovative cloud-based technology created by DAVIN Workforce Solutions, Inc. to more effectively track clinical placements and manage the credentialing process for the nursing and allied healthcare students.

Repurposing Kindness: Using Collaboration And Kindness As A Catalyst To Aid Success, Prepare For Practice, Amy Simons, Nina Almasy

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This presentation will describe a novel approach to student on-boarding while cultivating collaboration and kindness. Facing challenges of student retention and success in a diverse and multi-campus nursing program, the faculty leveraged college and community partnerships to foster intraprofessional collaboration and impact student success.

Adapting To A Multi-Generational Nursing Workforce, Peggy Lee, Thomas Kippenbrock, Teri Boyd, Deanna Jan Emory, Ling Chen

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Today's nursing workforce represents the most diverse group of multi-generational workers. These differences are noted in personality traits, commitment to organization, and job satisfaction. By understanding workers from each of the generations, healthcare leaders can leverage the differences and commonalities to establish a successful work environment.

Retaining Lost Knowledge: A Challenge And Opportunity For Nurse Leaders, Theresa A. Gaffney

Biennial Convention (CONV)

With the profession's most experienced nurses retiring, addressing lost knowledge presents a challenge and opportunity for nurse leaders. This presentation will offer practical and proven techniques, gleaned from manufacturing, engineering, business, and technology industries, that nurse leaders can incorporate in their organizations to stem the critical loss of expert knowledge.

Rn-Bsn Students Participating In Immersion Project Become Change Agents For Migrant Workers And Their Children, Marie O. Etienne, Nancy Henry, Patricia R. Messmer

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The purpose of the immersion was to serve/educate migrant workers/families in dire need of health care. Students participated in this immersion experience by caring for adults and children in a rural under-served population in a culturally competent manner.

Transformational Leadership: No Longer Novel, But Critical For Future Success, Ashley M. Singh

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This session focuses on the hallmark characteristics of transformational leadership, organizational impact, employee satisfaction, the connection to academic and practice partnerships, and implications for future practice.

Prevalence, Determinants, And Characteristics Of Extemporaneous Compounding In Jordanian Pharmacies, Hatim S. Alkhatib, Sara Jalouqa, Nour Maraqa, Anna Ratka, Eman Elayeh, Suha Al Muhaissen

Pharmacy Faculty/Staff Publications

Background:

Pharmaceutical compounding is an essential component in pharmacy practice allowing pharmacists to provide dosage forms or strengths that are commercially unavailable. Medications compounded for patient-specific needs contribute to personalized medicine. Extemporaneous compounding provided by pharmacies overcomes the market shortage of these therapeutic products. The aim of this study is to investigate and characterize the prevalence, characteristics, and determinants of extemporaneous compounding in Jordanian pharmacies.

Methods:

This study was based on a cross-sectional questionnaire and included 431 randomly selected pharmacies in the twelve governorates of the country. Data were collected via face to face interviews of pharmacists who voluntarily and …