SESSION
Thursday, 20 July 2006
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Thursday, 20 July 2006
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster Presentations II
 A Collaborative Project for the Development of an Antibiotic Protocol for Colon Surgical Procedures
Janet A. Lewis, RN, MA, CNOR, Callie Sue Craig, RN, BSN, CNOR
 A Multicultural Exploration of Women's Mammography Screening Experiences and Behaviors
LaToya N. Usher, RN, BSN, Eileen Thomas, PhD, RN
 A Partnership Project for Evidence-Based Practice Integration for Quality Management
Kathy Jaros, MS, RN, Vicki Monticello, MS, RN, FNP
 A Study of the Role and Function of Nurse Specialists: Medical Care Service Quality on Internal Customers' Satisfaction
Lee-Meei Lan, Tsan-Yuan Cheng, PhD
 Application and Evaluation of the Positioning Assistive Device for Retinal Detachment Patients After Surgery
Wei-Fang Wang, RN, MSN, Wen-Chen Chung, RN, BA
 Application of Complementary Nursing Therapies with Geriatric/Psychiatric Clients
Sandra L. Engebretsen, PhD, PMHNP-BC, Marty Downey, MSN, RN, Susan Parslow, MS, RN
 Aqua Shoes: Footwear to Reduce Falls
Laurence L. Trail, MSN, MSA, BSN, Chandresh, R. Mehta, BPT
 Assessment of Cognitive Level and Item-Writing Flaws in Multiple-Choice Questions in High Stakes Nursing Examinations
Marie Tarrant, RN, MPH, PhD, Sasha Hayes, RN, MN, Aimee Knierim, RN, BSN, James Ware, MA, MB, FRCS, DMSc
 Breastfeeding Experiences in Public Places from Taiwanese Women's Perspectives
Li-Lan Chuang, MSN, RN, Ying-Jung Tseng, MSN, Mei-Man Chen, MSN, RN
 Bridging the Theory-Practice Gap with Bridge's Model: Introducing EBP to Case Management
Sheryl K. Buckner, RN, MS, Margo MacRobert, RNC, MS, CNAA
 Building Organizational Capacity for Evidence-Based Practice
Nancy E. Donaldson, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Susan E. Shapiro, PhD, RN, CEN
 Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy and Steroid Therapy: Impact on Perceived Health Status and Functional Capacity in Heart Transplant Recipients
Pamela B. Sharp, MS, RN, Kathy M. Baker, MS, RN, Maureen P. Flattery, RN, MSN, NP, Jeanne Salyer, PhD, RN
 Challenges of Community Collaboration
Kathy Riley-Lawless, PhD, RN, APRN, BC
 Comparison of the Beck Depression Inventory and the Geriatric Depression Scale in an Elderly Cardiac Population
Claire Venker, BS, Heather Hiscox, MPH, Shu-Fen Wung, PhD, MS, RN
 Creating a Culture of Professional Leadership to Advance Evidence-Based Practice
Kathryn Lothschuetz Montgomery, PhD, RN, CNAA, Joan Insalaco Warren, PhD, RN, BC, Gail Doerr, MS
 Determining Quality of Life in Community Dwelling Post-Menopausal Women with Urinary Incontinence
Marsha Marecki, EdD, WHNP-C, Susan Lombardo, PhD, RN
 Determining the Validity and Reliability of Measures of Height, Weight, and Arm Span in a Spinal Cord Injured Patient Population
Deborah Schwallie, RN, MS, BC, Christine Vandenhouten
 Development of a Conceptual Framework to Guide a Psycho-Educational Nursing Intervention Focused on Communication for Caregivers in the Early Dementia Context
Krystyna B. Kouri, RN, BN, MSc, Francine Ducharme
 Development of a Cognitive Behavioural Approach Education Program for Pain Management for Patients with a Fractured Limb and Undergoing Surgery
Eliza Mi-Ling Wong, MSN, Sally Chan, PhD, RMN, RNT
 Development of a Geriatric Clinical Pathway Based on Hospital Elder Life Program Research
Victoria A. Edelman, RN, BSN, Ruth A. Mooney, BSN, MN, PhD
 Development of the Leadership Competency Checklist for Nurses
Sheila Carey Grossman, APRN, FNP, PhD
 Effect of Stretching, Muscle Strengthening, and Walking Exercise on Cardiopulmonary Function in Hemodialysis Patients
Eun jung Jang, PhD, RN, Hee-Seung Kim, RN, PhD
 Effects of Cumulative Trauma on Perceptions of Health, Blood Pressure and Heart Rate in Urban African American Youth
Rhonda L. Conner-Warren, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC
 Engaging Tomorrow's International Nursing Leaders
Bonnie Garner, MS, CPN, RN
 Ethical Problems Related to Older Patients' Social Integrity in Long-Term Care Institutions
Sari Teeri, MSc, RN, Helena Leino-Kilpi, PhD
 Evaluation of Quality of Life Among Women Living with HIV/AIDS in São Paulo City, Brazil Using the WHOQOL-100
Lucia Yasuko Izumi Nichiata, PhD, Karine Azevedo São Leão Ferreira, RN, Luciana de Oliveira Marques, RN, Miako Kimura, PhD, Renata Ferreira Takahashi, PhD, Anna Luiza de F. P. L. Gryschek, PhD
 Evidence-Based Intrapartum Care in New Delhi, India: A Survey of Maternity Care Providers
Rizwana Ansari, BS, RN, Gene Elizabeth Harkless, DNSc, ARNP
 Evidence-Based Practice: Environment Model
Marilyn Hockenberry, PhD, RNCS, PNP, FAAN, Marlene Walden, PhD, RNC, CNNP, CCNS, Patrick Barrera, BS, Terri Brown, MSN, RN, CNS, CPN
 Examining the Quality of HIV/AIDS Interventions Focusing on Adolescents
Angela Chia-Chen Chen, PhD, RN, Tsai-Shan Shen, PhC
 Exploring the Perceived Health Uncertainty and Parenthood Among Perimenopause Women
Hsiang Chu Pai, MSN, RN, Sheuan Lee, RN, PhD
 Factors Affecting Information Systems Use and Its Perceived Outcomes Among Ohio Registered Nurses
Amany A. Abdrbo, RN, MSN, Christine A. Hudak, RN, PhD, Mary K. Anthony, RN, PhD, S. L. Douglas, PhD
 Factors Predicting Length of Hospital Stay of Older Medical Patients in Thailand
Nuchanad Jeangsawang, RN, MNS, Porntip Malathum, RN, PhD, Suparb Aree-Ue, RN, PhD, Sirintorn Chansirikarnjana, MD, MSc
 Glycemic Control in the Post Surgical Joint Replacement Population
Janet A. Lewis, RN, MA, CNOR, Callie Sue Craig, RN, BSN, CNOR, April Merrill, RN, BSN, BC
 Impact and Coping Behavior of Healthcare Workers who have Contracted SARS
Hsieh Yeu-Shan
 Impact of Web-Based Nurses' Education on Glycosylated Hemoglobin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Hee-Seung Kim, RN, PhD
 Implementation of a Cardiac Risk Reduction Protocol for General Surgery Patients Using Peri-Operative Beta Blockers
Janet Gilmore, MSN, RN, Sharon Young, BSN, MBA
 Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Nurse Directed Glycemic Control Initiative
Anne Muller, RN, MSN, CNS, NP, Cynthia Hartman, RN, MSN, CRNP
 Improving Preceptor Self-Efficacy and Role Knowledge Using an Online Educational Program
Rachelle D. Parsons, RN
 Interventions for Preventing Drinking and Driving in a Rural Community
Catherine B. Holland, PhD, Cynthia Prestholdt, PhD, RN, Bonnie J. Meeker, DNS
 Linking Public Health Nurse Home Visiting Intervention Content to Outcomes of At-Risk Mothers
Karen A. Monsen, MS, RN
 Lived Experiences of Patient-Physician Communication Among Minority Women with Breast Cancer
Jessia S. Holmes
 Measurement of Activity and Diet in Hispanic Women
Colleen Keller, PhD, RN-C, Julie Derenowski Fleury, RN, PhD
 Measuring Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Assessing Nursing Work Environment
Kathryn G. Sapnas, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, Kathryn Ward-Presson, MSN, BSN, RN, Claire Monzeglio, MSN, BSN, RN
 Nurses Applying Neonatal Individualized Developmental Care Program at a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Taiwan
Ho-Mei Chang, RN, BA, Chao-Huei Chen, MD
 Nursing Aphasia Assessment Tool
James Denman, RN, BSN, Rosa Asad, RN, Raquel Resuello, RN, CNRN, ADN, Christine Davis, PhD, Bonnie Jean Raingruber, RN, PhD, Alicia Bengs, RN, BSN
 Nursing Students Reaching Out to Florida's Underserved Population in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties
Diann Carr, MSN
 Nursing Students' Knowledge Regarding Pain and Pain Management
Ruth L. Schaffler, PhD
 Nutritional Status of First Generation Korean-American Elderly
YoungHee Lee, PhD, RN, Miyong Kim, PhD, RN, Hae-Ra Han, PhD, RN, Kim. B Kim, PhD
 Organizational Learning Theory: Explaining Knowledge Uptake
Tazim Virani, MScN
 Outcomes of Nurse Physician Collaboration Using an Infant Simulator
Patricia R. Messmer, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN
 Paradox of a Graduate Human Science Curriculum Experienced Online: A Faculty Perspective
Gail M. Lindsay, RN, BScN, MSN, PhD, Janet Jeffrey, RN, BScN, MSc, PhD, Mina Singh, BScN, MEd, PhD
 Parenting Discipline and Children's Problem Behaviors and Social Competency in Korean-American Families
Yuqing Guo, MSN, Eunjung Kim, PhD, RN, CPNP, Chin-Kang Koh, MSN, RN
 Patient Autonomy and End-of-Life Care in Taiwanese Adults
Lee-jen W. Suen
 Pediatric Pain Assessment and Documentation: A Quality Improvement Project
Debra L. Kramlich, RN, BSN, CCRN
 Perceptions and Experiences of Breast Cancer Survivors
Eileen Thomas, PhD, RN, LaToya N. Usher, RN, BSN
 Predicting Functional Ability in Persons with Fibromyalgia
Dana N. Rutledge, PhD, RN, Kim Jones, PhD, FNP, RNC, Jessie Jones, PhD
 Predictors of Having Multiple Sexual Partners in Chinese Adolescents
Yi-Hui Lee, PhD, MSN, RN, Ali Salman, MD, RN, Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, RN, PhD, MBA, FAAN
 Pregnancy Outcomes of a Group-Oriented Model of Prenatal Care for Low-Income Women
Kathaleen C. Bloom, PhD, CNM
 Preventing Aspiration Pneumonia: Dysphagia and Oral Care
Margaret A. McKenzie, BA, LPN, Susan B. Childress, RN, MN, OCN
 Prioritizing and Disseminating Research Findings to Clinical Programs
M. Esther Coker, BScN, MScN, MSc, E. Ann Mohide, BScN, MHSc, MSc, Becky L. Fairfield, RN, CON(C), Ruth N. Lee, BScN, MScN, PhD, Lori A. Phillips, BScN, MEd, Jennifer Wiernikowski, BScN, MN, ACNP
 Professional Links: International Nursing Exchange Program
Judy A. Reinhold, RN, MSN, CPNP, Kathleen A. Zink, RN, MSN, LMT, Clare Duane, RN
 Psychosomatic Symptoms Among Different Ranks of Policemen in Taiwan
Ke-Hsin Chueh, MSN, Mei-Sang Yang, PhD
 Reflection and Change: Adapting Educational Strategies to Support Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing
Mary E. Weyer, EdD, APN, CS, Mary Oesterle, EdD, APN, CNP
 Relationships Among Depressive Symptoms, Perceived Social Support and Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older African-American Women with Type 2 Diabetes
Janice Collins-McNeil, PhD, APRN, BC, Yvonne R. Ford, RN, MSN, MHS-CL
 Respondent-Driven Sampling: A Rigorous and Practical Sampling Method for Nursing Research
Olga Jarrín, RN, BSN
 Self-Concept in Mid-Life Women: A Survey in Southern Taiwan
Bih-Ching Shu, PhD, RN, Wei-Ming Luh, PhD
 Skin Tears: Adapting a Classification System into Clinical Practice
Toni McTigue, APRN, BC, CWOCN, Janet Doyle-Munoz, RN, BSN, CWOCN
 Sleep Disturbance After Myocardial Infarction
Naglaa M. El Mokadem, PhD, RN
 Stopping the Revolving Door: A Collaborative Initiative to Decrease Readmissions in Heart Failure Patients from Subacute to Hospital
Lenore Blank, RN, MSN, Michele Gilbert, RN, MSN, CCRN
 Survey of Health Promotion and Farm Safety for Children Living on Farms
Alice E. Conway, PhD, APRN, BC, Amy J. McClune, PhD, RN, BC, Patricia L. Nosel, MN, RN
 Systematic Review of Massage Intervention for Adult Patients with Cancer: A Methodological Perspective
Sui-Whi Jane, PhD, RN
 Paper Withdrawn
 The Effectiveness of Family Support Group Intervention in Quality of Life of Primary Caregivers of Stroke Patients
Chiu-Tai Sheng
 The Effects of a Self-Management Education Program on Patients with Bronchial Asthma
Kwua-Yun Wang, RN, MS
 The Factors of Self-Efficacy on Depression of Diabetes
MeiFang Chang, RN
 The Influence of Psychosocial, Clinical and Sociodemographic Variables in the Evolution of In-Hospital Patients in Postoperative Cardiac Surgery
Alba F. Miranda, RN, PhD, Maria Cecilia B. J. Gallani, RN, PhD, Sebastião Araújo, MD, PhD
 The Influence of the Blood Sampling Related Variables on N-K Cell
Dalsook Kim, PhD, RN, Seong Yoon Ahn, MS, Young-Hee Jeong, RN, BS
 The Journey of an Evidence-Based Practice Change
Julia Jackson, BSN, RN, Ivy S. Razmus, MSN, RN
 The Levels of Anxiety and Depression According to the Stages of Autologous and Allogeneic Hemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Ho-Ran Park, PhD
 The Lived Experience of Adolescent Dating Violence: A Follow-Up Study of the Effects and Consequences of Sharing the Secret
Nancy C. Wilk, DNS, WHCNP
 The Outcomes of Constructing a Community-Based Prevention Network: An Example of SARS
Yu-Chi Chen, RN, MS, I. Chuan Li, DNS
 The Perspectives of Mental Health from Taiwanese Women
Ying-Hui Lee, BS, RN, Bih-Ching Shu, PhD, RN, Shi-Ming Li, Shu-Chen Wu, MS
 The Quality of Sleep and its Related Factors of Shift Work in Southern Taiwan Nurses
Ko-chun Wang, MSN, RN, Yu-Hua Lin, MSN, RN, Liching Sung Wang, MSN, RN
 The Relationship Between Nurse Empowerment and Self-Actualization
Kim L. Wolfe, RN, MSN, Susan Fetzer, RN, PhD, Dorothy Rentschler, RN, PhD, Diana Crowell, RN, PhD
 The Relationships Between Organizational Commitment, and Job Satisfaction and Their Predictive Factors in the Nurses
Shan Huang, MSN
 The Self-Perceived Needs of Geriatric Inpatients and Their Related Factors
Shan Huang, MSN
 The Study of Family Life Impact and Coping of the Young Children with Developmental Disabilities in Taiwan
Chi-Chieh Tang, PhD, MSN, RN
 Top of the Class: An Education Strategy to Empower Student Nurses to Present Evidence-Based Nursing Practice and Apply It to Their Clinical Practice
Teresa B. Bruen, BA, MSC
 Topical Nipple Care Products in Early Postpartum
Judith Johnson Hilton, PhD, RNC
 Uncovering Hidden Treasure: A Hospital University Partnership to Promote Evidence-Based Practice
Jeanette A. McNeill, RN, DrPH, AOCN, ANP, Theresa L. Carroll, RN, PhD, Caroline Powers, MSN, RN
 Understanding the Caring Needs of Sexuality for the Adolescent Children with Autism: From Mothers' Experiences
Shu-Chen Wu, MS, Bih-Ching Shu, PhD, RN, Su-Chen Hsieh, RN
 Using Evidence-Based Practice to Determine the Most Effective Bowel Program for Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Linda A. Dufour, MSN, RN, Alexandra Lentz, BSN, RN, Gerald S. Bilsky, MD, Kathleen Strauser, LPN
 Weaning Ventilator in Patients' Training Program: Ambulance Response and Related Factors
Yu-Chu Pai, RN, MS, Shiao-Pei Hong, MS, Mei-Chuan Chen, BS
 When Human Response is to the Community: Establishing an Evidence Base
Lee-Ellen Charlotte Kirkhorn, PhD, RN, Susan Diemert Moch, PhD, RN, Sarah L. Heins, ATC, Amy L. Tryggestad, Julie Brandt, BSN, RN, Jayne Bielecki, MS, RN
 Workplace Job Satisfaction and the Forces of Magnetism
George A. Zangaro, PhD, RN, Meg Johantgen, PhD, RN