UNMC College of Nursing faculty shared their research findings recently at an international nursing conference in Dublin, Ireland, at the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Research Conference meeting, titled, “Building Community Through Research.”
The conference offered forums for participants to connect scholarship and evidence-based practice, promote communication among participants regarding health issues of global significance, and provided a multinational, interdisciplinary platform from which to influence the change of nursing practice.
Presenters from UNMC, and their topics of presentation were:
- West Nebraska Division, Scottsbluff: Susan Wilhelm, Ph.D., T. Kim Rodehorst, Ph.D., “Multisite Research: Building Community Among Diverse Members of a Research Team,” oral presentation (other contributing authors: MaryBeth Stepans, Ph.D., and Paula Vasek.
Omaha:
- Ann Berger, Ph.D., Lynne Farr, Ph.D., “Daytime Activity/Nap Patterns and Their Relationship to Fatigue During Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer.”
- Peggy Wilson, Ph.D., Judith Heermann, Ph.D., “Describing Independent Nursing Actions That Promote Partnering With Lay Caregivers in Cooperative Care.”
- Mary Megel, Ph.D., Peggy Wilson, Ph.D., “Revalidation of the Barton Hospital Picture Test.”
- Peggy Pelish, Ph.D., “Self-Esteem Enhancement in Rural School-Age Children.”
- Susan Noble Walker, Ed.D, and Carol Pullen, Ed.D., “Predictors of Healthy Eating Among Midlife and Older Rural Women” and “Cognitive/Perceptual Factors Influencing Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Among Normal Weight, Overweight, and Obese Rural Women” (Other contributing authors for both presentations: Patricia Hageman, Ph.D., Linda Boeckner, Ph.D., and Maureen Oberdorfer.
- Karen Grigsby, Ph.D., and Bonnie Wesorick, “The Impact of Using Clinical Practice Guidelines on Nursing Practice Patterns and Patient Outcomes” (contributing author: Bonnie Wesorlck).
- Judith Heermann, Ph.D., June Eilers, Ph.D., Danielle Geiger, and Susan Wardian, “Development and Testing of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations for Use in Education of Lay Caregivers of Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Recipients.”