April 13, 2017
SSON Grads, Students and Faculty Honored at MNRS Annual Conference
The University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing had a large presence at the 41st Annual Midwest Nursing Research Society Research Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The conference, held April 6-9, was themed, “Harnessing Big Data and Nursing Science to Improve Health,” and Sinclair School of Nursing graduates, students and faculty collectively received eight awards, one research grant and had 17 presentations. The award winners: Jo-Ana Chase, PhD, RN, Sinclair School of Nursing assistant professor and 2014 PhD graduate, received the 2017 Midwestern Nursing Research Society 2017 Gerontological Nursing Science Research Interest Group New Investigator Award. Deidre Wipke-Tevis, PhD, RN, Sinclair School…
Nov. 30, 2016
PhD Student Receives Jonas Global Fellowship
University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing PhD student Tammie Conley was selected to receive a Jonas Global Fellowship. The Jonas Global Fellowship, funded by the Jonas Center, provides global health research experiences for graduate nursing students. Tammie and her advisor Dr. Maithe Enriquez traveled to the Dominican Republic in October 2014 to evaluate the effectiveness of a hypertension screening and intervention program for sugarcane workers in the bateyes of the Dominican Republic.
Sep. 6, 2016
2016-2019 NINR Funded T32 Health Behavior Science Pre-Doctoral Fellows Selected
The MU Sinclair School of Nursing is pleased to announce Julio Loya, BSN, RN, CMSRN, of Marana, AZ, and Jennifer O’Connor, MSN, RN, CFCN, CNE, of Broken Arrow, OK, have been selected as National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) funded T32 Health Behavior Science Pre-Doctoral Fellowship recipients for 2016-2019. As a PhD student, Mr. Loya is studying behavioral interventions to engage Hispanic adults with type 2 diabetes in physical activity. Julio is mentored by Vicki S. Conn, PhD, RN, FAAN, Potter-Brinton Professor of Nursing. As a PhD student, Ms. O’Connor is studying foot care self-management behaviors in aging adults. Jennifer…
April 19, 2016
DNP Graduate Wins Ribbon at MNRS for Poster Presentation
Shelby Thomas received a second place ribbon for her DNP project. April 19, 2016 University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing DNP graduate Shelby Thomas, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CLNC, found herself with a ribbon at the 40th Annual Research Conference of the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS). The conference was held in Milwaukee, WI, during the week of March 17-20. Each year, nursing schools around the Midwest take part in the conference. Each school can select up to three students to represent their school’s BSN, MSN, DNP, and PhD programs in the MNRS Student Poster Exchange and Competition. The Student…
Nov. 12, 2015
PhD Student Wins Dean’s Award for Poster Presentation
Nov. 12, 2015 Jennifer O’Connor, second year MU SSON PhD student, received the Sinclair School of Nursing Dean’s Award for her research poster “Leisure Time Physical Inactivity, Obesity, and Diabetes Rates in the Southern United States” at the University of Missouri’s Health Sciences Research Day on Thursday, November 12th, 2015. Jennifer’s research mentor is Deidre Wipke-Tevis PhD, RN. Each year, students from the MU School of Medicine, MU School of Health Professions, and the MU Sinclair School of Nursing take part in the University of Missouri Health Sciences Research Day poster competition. Each Dean can select one student from their…
Aug. 11, 2015
Local PhD Program Graduate Accepts Position in Utah
Aug. 11, 2015 Dr. Jennifer Hulett, a May 2015 PhD graduate of the MU Sinclair School of Nursing, has accepted a post-doctoral fellowship from the University of Utah, College of Nursing. Dr. Hulett will be supported by an NIH funded Institutional Training Grant (T32) awarded to the University of Utah College of Nursing entitled “Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer, Aging, and End-of-Life Care.” Jennifer was one of 190 total students who graduated May 2015. There were 53 traditional BSN, 47 accelerated, 38 RN-BSN, 28 MS and 23 DNP. Dr. Hulett was the only graduate from the PhD program. Congratulations to Jennifer…
Nov. 7, 2014
Student Program Teaches Preschoolers the Importance of Washing Their Hands
Nov. 7, 2014 A group of University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing students found themselves putting on a clinic inside a classroom. It was the first event ever for the program, Sharing Health Hand by Hand. Nursing students were teaching proper hand hygiene to a class of preschool students with developmental needs. Program leaders say the children took to it even better than they thought they would. They sang songs, they used baby powder to show how easily germs are spread, and they played games. “I think the kids had a lot of fun and learned a lot about…
Sep. 28, 2014
SSON Associate Professor Teaching Health Care Providers to Identify Signs of Domestic Violence
Sept. 19, 2014 COLUMBIA, Mo. – National data shows, on average, three women are murdered every day by a partner or ex-partner. More than 1 in 3 women experience partner violence in their lifetime. However, an emphasis to identify the signs of abuse is being taught by a Sinclair School of Nursing (SSON) faculty member. “New national preventive care guidelines and provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) support routine screening for partner violence in healthcare settings,” SSON Associate Professor Tina Bloom said. Bloom said patients might not be getting the best care they can get. That’s because many healthcare…
May 30, 2014
Women’s Contraceptive Use Correlates to Sex Education and Moral Attitudes
The findings provide a better understanding of the factors involved in women’s decisions about contraceptives and can assist health professionals and educators in developing interventions to improve acceptance and correct use of contraceptives.
Oct. 10, 2013
A Look at Hip Fracture Recovery in the Elderly
Oct. 10, 2013 An interview with Associate Professor Lori Popejoy was recently featured on www.elderbranch.com. Popejoy discussed her paper, Patterns and problems associated with transitions after hip fracture in older adults. She wrote the paper, along with Karen Marek of the ASU College of Nursing & Health Innovation, and Jill Scott-Cawiezell of the University of Iowa College of Nursing.