SESSION
Monday, November 14, 2005: 7:30 AM-9:00 AM
Poster Presentations
 A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Home Care in Korea
Ji Young Lim, RN, PhD, Ju Young Shin
 A Descriptive Study of Carbohydrate Intake and Menopausal Symptoms
Katherine T. Edwards, RN, BSN, Donna L. Morris, DrPH, CNM, AHN-BC
 A Project to Reduce the Infection Rate of Implantable Vascular Access Devices in the Oncology Unit of a Medical Center in Eastern Taiwan
Ya-ping Lin, MSc, Li-Hwa Wang, RN
 A Study of Career Ladder of Clinical Nurses, Tertiary Hospitals
Nongnuch Taechaveerakorn, RN, Areewan Oumtanee, RN, PhD
 Adaptive Competency Acquisition Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students
Patricia G. Coyle-Rogers, PhD, MSN, RN, BC
 African American Father-Adolescent Reproductive Health Communication
Nnenna Ohalete, MSN, NP-C
 An Assessment of Associate Degree Nursing Students' Learning Style Using the Kolb Learning Style Inventory Version
Sandy R. Jemison, MSN
 Ankle Mobility and Chronic Venous Insufficiency in Persons With HIV/AIDS
Barbara Pieper, PhD, FAAN, CS, Thomas Templin, PhD, John Ebright, MD
 Comparing Older Male Inmates' and Community-Dwelling Older Men's Health Self-Efficacy, Outcome Expectations, Health Motivation, and Health Behaviors
Susan J. Loeb, PhD, RN, Darrell Steffensmeier, PhD
 Comparison of the Quality of Life in Patients With Parkinson's Disease, Between, Before, and After Implementing Deep Brain Stimulation Treatment in Eastern Taiwan
Wen-Yi Huang, RN, Ya-ping Lin, MSc
 Correlates of Symptoms in Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Debra Siela, DNSc, CCRN, CCNS, APRN, BC, RRT, Renee Samples Twibell, DNS, RN, Mohammed Hosam Aldin Baccora, MD, Pamela Anderson, BS, RN, CCRN
 Effects of Educational Intervention on Pressure Ulcer Prevention at an Intensive Care Unit
Luciana Magnani Fernandes, MSN, Maria Helena Larcher Caliri, PhD, RN
 Ethical Problems of Nursing Education Research in Japan: A Trend Over 15 Years
Tomoe Tsukamoto, RN, MSN, Naomi Funashima, RN, DNSc, Hiroe Miura, RN, DNSc, Yuriko Nomoto, RN, DNSc
 Exploring Pattern Manifestation of Nurse Educators and Clinicians
Donna J Bowles, RN, MSN, EdD
 Exploring Preceptors' and Preceptees' Satisfaction Concerning Preceptorship and the Preceptor-Preceptee Relationship
Kristiina Hyrkas, PhD, LicNSc, MNSc, RN, Martha MacLeod, PhD, RN, Norma John, BSN, RN, MA, Martha Shoemaker, BGS
 Family-Witnessed Resuscitation: An Exploration of Nurses' Decision-Making
Denise Bousman, BSN, CCRN, Alexis Neal, RN, MA, Renee Samples Twibell, DNS, RN, Susan Beatty, RN, Sherry Harrigan, RN, BS, CCRN, BC, CVNI, Doreen Johnson, RN, BS, MA, CHE, Cheryl Riwitis, BSN, RN, CEN, Debra Siela, DNSc, CCRN, CCNS, APRN, BC, RRT, Joe Wheatley, BSN, CRRN
 Functional Ability Following Breast Cancer Surgery
Beverly S. Reigle, PhD, RN, Elizabeth A. Shaughnessy, MD, PhD, Tina F. Whalen, DPT, Dexter Witt, DPT, Amy Voris, MS, RN
 Generation of an Explanatory Model of Human Caring in Registered Nurses
Deborah Davenport, PhD, RN, CCRN
 Health Literacy in Community Dwelling Adults
Carol Heinrich, PhD, RN
 How Individuals With Traumatic Injuries Manage Their Everyday Lives
Anne C. Russell, RN, MSN, Claire Burke Draucker, PhD, RN
 Important Factors for the Quality of Professional Activities of Nursing Faculty
Tomomi Kameoka, RN, DNSc, Michiko Murakami, RN, MNSc, Naomi Funashima, RN, DNSc, Midori Sugimori, RN, BLL, Kyoko Yokoyama, RN, DNSc, Yasuhiro Matsuda, RN, DNSc
 Job Stress and Coping Behaviors Among Nursing Staff in the Intensive Care Units of a Regional Hospital in Eastern Taiwan
Li Chuan Cheng, MSc
 Learning to Think Like a Nurse: The Perceptions of New Nurse Graduates
Sharon Etheridge, PhD, RN
 Maternal Role: A Conceptual Analysis
Kimya Du Ewa Nance, RN, MSN
 Menopausal Symptoms of Multi-Ethnic Middle-Age Women
Eun-Ok Im, RN, MPH, PhD, CNS, Hsiu-Min Tsai, PhD, Wonshik Chee, PhD
 Motherhood, Stress, and Role Strain in Junior Enlisted Air Force Women
Denise Hopkins, MN, RN
 Nontraditional Students in Associate Degree Nursing
Rebecca J. Rudel, PhD, RN
 Nurse Practitioner Adoption of Clinical Innovations
Rhoberta Jones Haley, RN, FNP
 Nursing Doctoral Education in Brazil
Rosalina A. P. Rodrigues, MSc, PhD, Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann, MSc, PhD, Isilia Aparecida Silva, MSc, PhD, Josicélia Dumê T. Fernandes, MSc, PhD, Lucila Amaral Carneiro Vianna, MSc, PhD, Marta J.úlia Marques Lopes, MSc, PhD, Thelma Leite Araújo Araújo, MSc, PhD, Rosângela da Silva Santos, MSc, PhD
 Outcomes of a Nurse Support Group Facilitated by a Psychiatry Department
Patricia R. Messmer, PhD, RN, -BC, FAAN, Jane Bragg, RN, MSN, MBA, CPON, CNAA, BC, Pamela Wessling, ARNP, MSN, C, BC, Michelle L. Franco, MSN, ARNP, CPON, CPN
 Patient Satisfaction of Nursing Service in the Emergency Room
Pol. Lt. Col. Nittaya Sngawong, RN, MS, Areewan Oumtanee, RN, PhD
 Patients and Their Family Members' View About Counselling
Maria Kääriäinen, RN, MSc, Helvi Kyngäs, PhD, Liisa Ukkola, RN, MSc
 Pilot Study Using Focus Groups to Assess Facilitating Factors and Barriers to BMI Screening Practice Among a Selected Group of School Nurses in Southwest Ohio
Ann M. Stalter, RN, MS, Barbara J. Polivka, PhD
 Quality of Life in People With Type 2 Diabetes
Patricia Gómez Aguilar, PhD, RN, Ana Emilia Pace, PhD, RN, Rosana Spadoti Dantas, PhD, RN
 Racial Disparities in Adverse Maternal Outcomes Among Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (SLE)
Catherine Davis Tymkow, ND, APRN, WHNPC, Nancy J. MacMullen, PhD, RN, Jay Shen, PhD
 Relationship Between Grain Intake and Self-Reported Diabetes Status Among Participants in the Healthy Weigh/El Camino Saludable Program
Jessica Hill, BSN, Pamela Jean Frable, ND, RN, Patricia J. Bradley, DNS, MSN, RN, Lyn Dart, PhD, RD, LD
 Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Hyo Jung Park, MSN, RN
 Relationship Between Rural Women's Health Beliefs About Mammography and Health Care Reimbursement
Carole Derucki, RN, MSN
 Relationships Between Levels of Acculturation and Oral Contraceptive Use Behaviors and Attitudes Among Korean Immigrant Women
Jongwon Lee, RN, MSN, WHNP, Mary Ann Jezewski, PhD, RN, FAAN
 Spirituality and Advance Directive Decision Making Among Well Older Adults
Loralee Sessanna, MS, RN
 The Effect of Easy-to-Read Chemotherapy Instruction on Knowledge and Self-Care
Carole A. Pepa, PhD, RN, Peggy S. Gerard, DNSc, RN, Jane A. Walker, PhD, RN, Janet Landrum, MS, RN
 The Effects of Stress on Cognition
Ann Marriner Tomey, BS, MS, PHD, FAAN, Rose M. Fernandes, BS, MS, Douglas Herrmann, BS, MS, PhD
 The Elderly After Cerebrovascular Accident: Consequences for the Family
Sueli Marques, PhD, RN, Rosalina A. P. Rodrigues, MSc, PhD
 The Influence of Concept Mapping on Critical Thinking
Margaret Nucero, MSN, NPC
 The Influence of Work Empowerment Structures on Psychological Empowerment of Nurses in the Hospital Setting
Mary Elizabeth Norman, RN, MSN, Laurie Jowers Taylor, PhD, RN
 The Invisible Demon: A Phenomenological Inquiry of Facing, Managing and Living With Prostate Cancer
Curlissa Mapp, RN, MSN
 The Nature of Professional Resilience
Helen F. Hodges, RN, PhD, Ann C. Keeley, RN, MN, APRN, BC, Patricia J. Troyan, RN, CNM, EdD
 Topical Venous Ulcer Treatment: a Systematic Review
Maria Helena Larcher Caliri, PhD, RN, Eline Lima Borges, RN, MSN
 Well-Being, Coping Resources, and Their Correlates in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Mary Patricia Wall, PhD, RN, BC
 Women's Lived Experience of Sexually Compulsive/Addictive Behavior
Cyndi Roller, WHNP, CNM, PhD
 Work Satisfaction of Staff Nurses in Community Hospitals
Pattamaporn Sunpornchaiyapong, RN, MS, Areewan Oumtanee, RN, PhD

Sigma Theta Tau International
38th Biennial Convention - Scientific Sessions
November 14, 2005
Indianapolis, IN