Students, Faculty and Alumni Represent SSON at MNRS Conference
The Sinclair School of Nursing (SSON) showed off its research prowess at the Midwest Nursing Research Society's (MNRS) 42nd Annual Research Conference. The SSON team gave 16 research presentations and took home three awards from the conference, themed "The Future of Nursing Research: Economic Realities and Creative Solutions." The team also took on new leadership…
April 18, 2018
The Sinclair School of Nursing (SSON) showed off its research prowess at the Midwest Nursing Research Society’s (MNRS) 42nd Annual Research Conference. The SSON team gave 16 research presentations and took home three awards from the conference, themed “The Future of Nursing Research: Economic Realities and Creative Solutions.”
The team also took on new leadership roles. PhD alumna Briana Snyder was elected as co-chair of the MNRS Emerging Scholars Network (ENS) while current PhD student Jennifer O’Connor was elected ENS treasurer.
In addition to networking and presenting research, students, faculty and alumni networked with other professionals to discuss online course content and future research collaborations and work on research proposals and dissertation write-ups. The conference was held in Cleveland, Ohio, April 12-15.
Awards
- Deidre Wipke-Tevis, associate professor and director of the PhD program, received the Honor A Researcher Award after being nominated by five of her current and former PhD students.
- Tammie Gainey, a 2017 PhD graduate, received the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Physiology, Behavior, Genomics & Society Research Interest Group for her dissertation, “Pharmacogenetic Testing in Outpatient Mental Health Clinics.”
- Tammy Rood, a 2017 DNP graduate, received the First Place DNP Student Poster Award for her poster, “A Quality Improvement Project to Improve Provision of Asthma Action Plans.”
Presentations
| Name | Presentation Title (type) |
|---|---|
| Dr. Greg Alexander, faculty |
National Trends in Nursing Home Information Technology Sophistication and Relationships to Quality Measure (podium) |
| Jody Blankenship, PhD student | Using Density Maps to Detect Variation in Depressive Symptoms among Senior Housing Residents (poster) |
| India Bloom, BSN student | An Analysis of Emergency Department Use by Medicare Beneficiaries in South Dakota (poster) |
| Dr. Jo-Ana Chase, faculty | Emergency Room Visits in Older Post-Acute Home Health Care Patients: Does Race/Ethnicity Matter? (podium) |
| Karen Clark, PhD student & RWJF FNS | Identifying the Needs and Stressors Affecting the Physical and Psychological Health of Custodial Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (poster) |
| Tammie Conley, PhD student, RWJF FNS & Jonas Global Scholar | Addressing Hypertension in Four Rural Dominican Bateyes (podium) |
| Dr. Laurel Despins, faculty | Intensive Care Unit Nurses Use the Electronic Medical Record in Patient Deterioration Detection (poster) |
| Dr. Maithe Enriquez, faculty | Keeping It Real: A CBPR Study (podium) |
| Rungnapha Khlewchaum, PhD student | Systematic Review of Interventions to Improve Health and Well-Being among Caregivers with Elderly People (poster) |
| Poungkamon Krisanabud, PhD student |
The Association between Symptom Severity and Physical Activity Interference among Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients: A Pilot Study (poster) |
| Beth Mettes, DNP Student & Jonas Global Scholar | Intervention to Prevent Cataracts in a Vulnerable Population of Haitian Immigrants (poster) |
| Elizabeth Monsees, PhD student & Jonas PhD scholar | Understanding Potential Barriers to Antimicrobial Stewardship by Pediatric Staff Nurses: The Link Between AHRQ Patient Safety Culture and Antimicrobial Stewardship Survey Results (podium) |
| Jennifer O’Connor, PhD student, T32 fellow & Jonas Global Scholar | Prevalence of Foot Health Problems among Haitian Sugarcane Workers Living in the Bateyes of the Southeastern Dominican Republic |
| Dr. Lori Popejoy, faculty | Reducing Hospitalization from MOQI Nursing Homes: APRNs Use of Root Cause Analysis to Reduce Hospitalizations (poster) |
| Meredith Rice, PhD student & RWJF FNS | Effects of Role Modeling in Simulation on Student Anxiety (poster) |
| Dr. Tammy Rood, faculty | A Quality Improvement Project to Improve Provision of Asthma Action Plans (poster) |
| Dr. Deidre Wipke-Tevis, faculty | Impact of Age and Self-Reported Activity Patterns on Skin Microcirculation in Healthy Adults (poster) |
