| Monday, November 14, 2005: 1:45 PM-3:00 PM | |||
| Special Session: Nursing Care for those in Harm's Way: Land, Sea, and Air | |||
| Learning Objective #1: identify key issues related to long-term burn care & rehabilitation. | |||
| Learning Objective #2: discuss key components of nursing care in the air. | |||
| Introduction: Military and operational nursing research focuses on the care of patients in unique and often austere environments. In today’s international environment, where terrorism and natural disaster may occur, nurses are caring for patients in very arduous and dangerous situations. This symposium highlights possible answers related to the provision of care for non-traditional patients in unique environments and/or how to care for patients with injuries received during war or natural disasters. Studies focusing on military nursing care in unique environments and situations will be presented. Specific Aims: 1) Describe how to investigate the long-term outcomes of burn patients (pre and post Operation Iraqi Freedom) treated in US Army Burn units; 2) Describe how the Navy personnel’s quality of life affects the health of the sailor and the mission; and 3) Describe the development of a program of operational (military) nursing research and provide examples of ongoing applied research. Implications/Findings: (1) The burn research project provides foundational work for the development of an outcomes-based rehabilitation program for military burn survivors; (2) the Quality of Life(QOL) study offers new knowledge about QOL in deployed navy personnel and the health care implications of QOL; and 3) the Operational Nursing research program and examples of applied operational research will be discussed in terms of the implications, translation and application of findings and lessons learned from military unique research to civilian disaster response. | |||
| Organizer: | CDR Patricia Watts Kelley, DNSc, RN, FNP, GNP | ||
| Presenters: | Linda H. Yoder, RN, MBA, PhD, AOCN Maggie L. Richard, RN, PhD, CDR, NC, USN Elizabeth J. Bridges, RN, PhD, CCNS | ||
| Longitudinal Outcomes from a Military Burn Center Linda H. Yoder, RN, MBA, PhD, AOCN | |||
| USAF - Operational Nursing Research Elizabeth J. Bridges, RN, PhD, CCNS | |||
| Holistic Assessment of Quality of Life in Navy Personnel Aboard the U.S.N.S. Comfort Maggie L. Richard, RN, PhD, CDR, NC, USN | |||