Thursday, September 26, 2002: 6:00 PM-7:30 PM

Posters

A Comparison of Heel Ulcer Prevention Methods During Early Hospitalization
Susan L. Appleby, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CURN, nurse specialist in Ostomy, Wound, and Continence Care, Anne D. Bobb, RN, BSN, CWOCN, nurse specialist in Ostomy, Wound, and Continence Care, Marjorie A. Lebo, MSN, CRNP, CWOCN, nurse practitioner, Department of Surgery, Rosemary C. Polomano, RN, PhD, FAAN, senior researcher
A Longitudinal Study of Health and Well-Being of Women in Their Eighties
Susan M. Heidrich, RN, PhD, associate professor, Arpaporn Powwattana, RN, MS, Pornpat Hengudomsub, RN, MS
A Nursing Intervention to Enhance Quality of Life in Women with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Margaret M Heitkemper, PhD, professor and chairperson, Monica E Jarrett, PhD, associate professor, Kevin Cain, PhD, research scientist, Burr Robert, MSEE, PhD, research associate professor, Levy Rona, PhD, professor, Field Andrew, MD, JD, physician, Barney Pam, ARNP, research nurse, Weisman Pam, ARNP, research nurse
Adolescent and Community Perceptions of Risk and Attitudes Towards Violence: Two Cultural Consensus Analyses
Tener Goodwin Veenema, RN, PhD, MPH, CPNP, assistant professor
Alternate Antimitotic Drug Targets: Mitochondria
Sharon Lobert, RN, PhD, professor
An Analysis of Intraoperative Documentation Practices
Suzanne C. Beyea, RN, PhD, director of research
An Examination of Attitudes Towards Technology Dependency, Shock Experience, and History of Sudden Cardiac Arrest on Health-Related Quality of Life after Implantation of a Cardioverter Defibrillator
Susan Marden, RN, MS, senior research specialist
An Integrative Analysis of Informal Caregiving Research Literature, Variables and Findings
Pauline Komnenich, RN, PhD, associate professor
Arginine & Immune Status in Elderly With Pressure Ulcers
Joyce Stechmiller, ARNP, PhD, CS, associate professor & chair, Bobbi Langkamp-Henken, RD, PhD, associate professor
Assessing Teasing in School-age Youth
Judith A. Vessey, PhD, MBA, FAAN, Lelia Holden Carroll endowed professor of nursing, Mary E. Duffy, PhD, FAAN, professor and director, center for nursing research
Attitudes and Knowledge as Indicators of Prepardness of Nurses to Fulfill Their Professional Roles in Newborn Abandonment
Sandra K Cesario, RNC, PhD, assistant professor
Baby Boomer Nurses Bearing the Burden of Care: A Four-site Study of Stress, Strain, and Coping for Inpatient Registered Nurses
Karen S. Cox, RN, PhD, Senior Vice President Patient Care Services, Susan R. Santos, RN, PhD, patient care services research coordinator, Susan Teasley, RN, clinical research coordinator, Steve Simon, PhD, medical biostatistician, Cathryn A. Carroll, PhD, assistant professor
Barriers to Screening for Domestic Violence in the Workplace: A Study with Occupational Health Nurses
Ann Malecha, PhD, assistant professor, Deborah Green, MS, doctoral student, Judith McFarlane, DrPH, Parry chair in health promotion and disease prevention
Biorhythmic Patterns of Blood Pressure in Non Surgical Patients in an Intensive Care Unit
Bonnie Zauderer, RN, PhD, CNS, assistant professor
Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer: The Patient's Perspective
Peggy Ward-Smith, RN, PhD, assistant professor
Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Preschool Children
Amy J. Barton, RN, PhD, assistant professor, Lynn Gilbert, PhD, CPNP, assistant professor, Julaluk Baramee, research assistant, Kristin Oreskovich, RN, NDIII, research assistant
Caring for the Patient with ESRD: Predictors of Family Caregiver Health and Burden
Tammara T. Harris, FNP, Mona N. Wicks, RN, PhD, associate professor and director, PhD Nursing Program, Donna K. Hathaway, PhD, FAAN, professor and dean, Judy C. Martin, PhD, FNP, associate professor, Melissa S. Faulkner, RN, DSN, associate professor, Muammer Cetingok, PhD, professor, Kris L. Arheart, EdD, assistant professor
Change Over Time in Acculturation, Immigration Demands and Depression for Women from the Former Soviet Union
Arlene Michaels Miller, RN, PhD, CS, associate professor, Peggy J. Chandler, PhD, research assistant professor, Olga Sorokin, MPH, project director, JoEllen Wilbur, RN, PhD, FAAN, professor
Communication About Risky Sexual Behavior Among Adolescents
Sharon E. Lock, PhD, ARNP, associate professor, Rick Zimmerman, PhD, professor
Community Nursing Support for Schizophrenic Clients
Lora Humphrey Beebe, RN, PhD, assistant professor
Comparison of Two Walking Frequencies in African American Postmenopausal Women
Colleen Keller, PhD, professor, Beverly Robinson, PhD, associate dean
Death Outcome Disparities of Black and White Nursing Home Residents
Veronica F. Engle, RN, PhD, GNP, FAAN, professor, college of nursing, Marshall J. Graney, PhD, professor, college of medicine
Decision-making Regarding Influenza Vaccinations Among Hospitalized Patients
Steffanie R. Cobler, RN, BSN/MSNc, assistant department administrator, Ann M. Mayo, RN, DNSc, nursing researcher
Detection of Small Volume Pulmonary Aspiration Using Pulse Oximetry
Sharon Edwards, RN
Developing and Validating a Quality of Life Assessment Instrument for Child and Adolescent Cancer Patients
Chao-Hsing Yeh, RN, PhD, associate professor
Development of a Web-Based Tutorial for Nursing Students Learning Fetal Heart Rate Auscultation Skill at Red River College
Diane Evelyn Clare, RN, BN, MEd, Nursing Educator
Dietary Practices as Links to Cardiovascular Risks in Youth with Diabetes
Melissa S. Faulkner, BSN, MSN, DSN, associate professor, Barry H. Rich, MD, associate professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Cynthia J. Fritschi, MS, CDE, project director, Robert D. Reynolds, PhD, associate professor, Wei-Hsun Chao, MS, Noel Chavez, PhD, RD, associate professor, Lauretta Quinn, PhD
Effect of Recent Intimate Partner Abuse on Birth Outcomes and Maternal Morbidity
Margaret H. Kearney, RNC, PhD, associate professor and chair, Maternal-Child Health, Lois A. Haggerty, RNC, PhD, associate professor, Barbara H. Munro, RN, PhD, FAAN, dean and professor, Joellen W. Hawkins, RNC, PhD, FAAN, professor
Effects and Duration of Foot Reflexology on Pain in Patients With Metastatic Cancer
Nancy L. Stephenson, RN, PhD, CS, assistant professor
Efficacy of a Mantram Intervention on Anger, Spirituality, and Quality of Life in Veterans and Staff
Jill E. Bormann, RN, PhD, CS, research nurse scientist, Madeline Gershwin, RN, MA, clinical nurse specialist, Sheryl Becker, RN, MN, clinical nurse specialist
Examination of Primary Care Characteristics in an Underserved Community-based Clinic
Lou Ann Hartley, MSN, CNAA-BC, PAHM, associate professor of nursing
Examining Disparities in Cancer Hospitalization Risk Within the Medicare Population
Nancy A. Hodgson, RN, PhD, CS, senior research scientist
Exercise, Antioxidants, and Oxidative Stress in the Elderly
James Vernon Jessup, RN, PhD, associate professor, Claydell Horne, RN, PhD, associate professor, Scott K. Powers, EdD, PhD, director and professor, Center for Exercise Science, Wilmer Nichols, PhD, associate professor of medicine, Hossein Yarandi, PhD
Factors Influencing Transition in a Pediatric Setting: Middle and Late Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease
Jamesetta A Newland, RN, PhD, CS, FNP, director, Clinical Practice and Primary Health Care Associates
Family Cohesion: the Link between Mother’s Alcohol Use and Child’s Substance Use
Tao Yin, RN, PhD, assistant professor
Feeding Behaviors as an Index of Development in Preterm Infants
Barbara Medoff-Cooper, PhD, FAAN, professor, director, Center for Nursing Research, Jacqueline McGrath, PhD, CRNP, assistant professor, Justine Shults, PhD, assistant professor
Female Adolescents Residing at an Emergency Shelter: Perceptions of Risk & Attitudes towards Violence
Tener Goodwin Veenema, RN, PhD, MPH, CPNP, assistant professor, Catherine J Vladutiu, graduate student
Functional Recovery Following Neuromuscular Blockade in Critically Ill Adults
Janet G Whetstone Foster, RN, PhD, CNS, CCRN, assistant professor
Health Disparity: Injection Drug Use and its Adverse Effects on the Lower Extremities
Barbara Pieper, PhD, FAAN, CS, professor/nurse practitioner, Thomas Templin, PhD, statistician
Health Promotion with Adolescents: Examining Theoretical Perspectives to Guide Research
Kristen Montgomery, RN, PhD, post-doctoral research fellow
High Dietary Calcium Intake Does Not Cause Excessive Weight Gain in Girls
Joan Lappe, RN, PhD, FAAN, professor, Gina Lypaczewski, RN, MSc(A), CPN, research project manager, Karen Rafferty, BS, research dietician
Holistic Assessment of Quality of Life in Active Duty Navy Personnel
Maggie L. Richard, RN, MSN, C, CDR , U. S. Navy
How ICU Nurses Prepare Families for Withdrawal of Life Support
Karin T. Kirchhoff, RN, PhD, FAAN, Rodefer chair & professor, Kay Lynn Conradt, RN, BSN, graduate student, Prashanth Reddy Anumandla, RN, BScN, graduate student
Hypertension: Prediction of Biofeedback Success
Carolyn B. Yucha, RN, PhD, associate professor, Pei-Shan Tsai, PhD, research assistant professor, Kristine S. Calderon, PhD, CHES, research assistant professor, W. William Chen, PhD, CHES, professor, Lili Tian, PhD, assistant professor
Improving Elders' Hip Fracture Recovery Outcomes Using the GAPN Care Model
Kathleen E. Krichbaum, MS, PhD
Increased Thrombotic Events in a Clinical Trial of Erythropoietin (EPO) in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Margaret Rosenzweig, PhD, CRNP, assistant professor, Catherine M. Bender, RN, PhD, assistant professor, Joseph P. Lucke, PhD, associate professor, Joyce M. Yasko, RN, PhD, professor, Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, assistant professor
Intervention for Siblings: Experience Enhancement (ISEE)
Phoebe D. Williams, RN, PhD, FAAN, professor
Job Satisfaction, Professional (Career) Commitment and Intent to Turnover: The Impact of a Tri-Hospital Merger on Registered Nurses
Janice M. Jones, RN, PhD, CS, clinical assistant professor
Key themes in the diagnosis of elder neglect
Terry Fulmer, RN, PhD, FAAN, head for the division of nursing at New York University, co-director for the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute, Adolfo Firpo, MD, MPA, Lisa Guadagno, project director
Level of Neutropenia as an Infection Risk Factor in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients Undergoing Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin Therapy
Cheryl D. Levine, RN, PhD, FNP-C, Reem H. Ghalib, MD, assistant professor
Lifestyle Modification in Hypertension Management among Older Korean-Americans
Miok Catherine Lee, RN, EdD, CS, ANP
Maintaining Intervention Integrity in a Large Multi-site Longitudinal Design
Sandra Ferketich, PhD, dean, Joyce Verran, PhD, professor, Linda Phillips, PhD, professor
Managing Diabetes According to Mexican American Immigrants
Stephen C. Hadwiger, RN, PhD, MS(N), assistant professor of nursing
Medication Error Risk Assessment Study
Jennell P. Charles, RN, PhD, nurse researcher consultant, Fred Akkinusi, RN, BSN, staff nurse, Yvonne Bradley, RN, BSN, staff nurse, Judi Soceka, RN, BSN, staff nurse, Jean Farley, RN, MSN, CPNP, nurse educator & clinical instructor, Ingrid Awong, PharmD, member of the pharmacy staff
Menopause and Beyond (MAB): A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Web-Based Decision Aid for Women Making Peri- and Postmenopausal Health Decisions
Nancy Fugate Woods, RN, PhD, professor and dean, David Gustafson, PhD, professor, Barry Saver, MD, MPH, associate professor, Robert Hawkins, PhD, professor, Thomas Taylor, MD, PhD, associate professor, Susan Dinauer, BA, research coordinator, Aileen MacLaren, PhD, CNM, assistant professor, Susan Casey, PhD, research coordinator
NCQI: Improving Geriatric Patient Outcomes through Specialized Preparation of Staff Nurses
Theresa Salinas, RN, MA, ANP-C, project coordinator, Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, RN, PhD, MBA, FAAN, Elizabeth Brooks Ford professor of nursing, Linda J. O'Connor, RN, MSN, CS, C, Virginia Lee, RN, BA, Debbie Bothe, RN, BSN, Melissa Weinstein, RN, BSN, Annie Siu, RN, MA, GNP, Thomas Smith, RN, MSN, Maureen White, RN, MBA, Nicole K Sanders, research assistant
Nursing Work Environment and Nurse Staffing
Linda McGillis Hall, RN, PhD, assistant professor
Nutritional Needs of Pregnant Adolescents
Kristen Montgomery, RN, PhD, post-doctoral research fellow
Patterns of Postpartum Weight Loss among Ethnically Diverse, Low Income Women
Lorraine O. Walker, RN, EdD, professor, Minseong Kim, MS, research assistant, Bobbie Sterling, RN, PhD, project manager, Jeanne Freeland-Graves, RD, PhD, professor
Polyurethane Wrap to Reduce Hypothermia in Preterm Infants After Birth
Robin B. Knobel, RNC, MSN, NNP, John Easter Wimmer, MD, Carla J. Ahearn, RNC, MSN, NNP, Don Holbert, PhD
Postpartum Stress and Immunity in Lactators and Non-Lactators
Maureen Wimberly Groer, RN, PhD, FAAN, professsor and associate dean, Patricia Gentry Droppleman, RN, PhD, professor, Mitzi Davis, RN, PhD, associate professor, Casey Karyn, MSN, PhD student, Smith Kathy, MSN, PhD student
Promoting Adherence: Theory-Based Asthma Education
Susan D. Schaffer, PhD, FNP, CS, assistant professor
Psychometric Validation of the Mother Baby Assessment Instrument
Barbara Morrison, RN, PhD, FNP, CNM, assistant professor, Gene Cranston Anderson, RN, PhD, FAAN, Mellen professor of nursing, Susan M. Ludington-Hoe, RN, PhD, CNM, FAAN, Walter professor of pediatric nursing, Maria D. Burkhammer, RN, CD(DONA), project manager
Quality in Family Caregiver Research
Gayle Acton, RN, PhD, assistant professor
Quality of Life and Symptom Impact after Gastroesophageal Surgery for Cancer
Nancy M. Spector, RN, BSN, MSN, DNSc, Director of Education, Frank D. Hicks, RN, PhD, assistant professor
Relationships among Caregiver Factors and Quality of Life in Care Recipients in Early-Stage Dementia
Sandy C. Burgener, RNC, PhD, associate professor, Prudence Twigg, RNC, MS, doctoral student
Safety of Patients and Nurses in Hospitals
Mary A. Blegen, RN, PhD, FAAN, professor, Thomas Vaughn, PhD, assistant professor
Salivary Cortisol and Depression in Postpartum Women Participating in a Study of Kangaroo (Skin-To-Skin) Care With Preterm Infants
Mary Alice Dombrowski, RN, MSN, CNP, Gene Cranston Anderson, RN, PhD, FAAN
Saying No: Parent's Experience with Limiting or Refusing Medical Treatment Based on Religious Doctrine: An Ethnographic Study
Luanne Linnard-Palmer, RN, POCN, EdD, associate professor of nursing at Dominican University of California and post doctoral fellow
Self-management Decision Influences in Heart Failure
Frank D. Hicks, RN, PhD, assistant professor, Karyn Holm, RN, PhD, FAAN, professor of nursing
Sexuality, Midlife, and the Menopausal Transition: Observations from the Seattle Midlife Women’s Health Study
Nancy Fugate Woods, RN, PhD, professor and dean, Ellen Sullivan Mitchell, RN, PhD, associate professor, Anne Mariella, RN, PhD, research coordinator
Skin-to-Skin Care for Breastfeeding Difficulties Postbirth: Breastfeeding Duration and Exclusivity
Gene Cranston Anderson, RN, PhD, FAAN, Mellen professor of nursing, Maria D. Burkhammer, RN, CD(DONA), project coordinator, Susan M. Ludington-Hoe, RN, PhD, CNM, FAAN, Walter professor, Barbara Morrison, RN, PhD, FNP, CNM, assistant professor
Smoking Intention as a Mediator of Smoking Escalation in 6th Grade Students: A Path Analysis
Susan A. Albrecht, RN, PhD, MPM, associate professor, Yookyung Kim, PhD, assistant professor, Beth A. Cohen, RN, BSN, graduate student researcher, Patricia L. Lasher, RN, BSN, student, Tracey A. Florio, RN, BSN, staff
Successful Medication Management Processes as Perceived by Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Susan L. Swanlund, RN, PhD, adjunct assistant professor
Sustaining Scientific Integrity in Interactive Research Projects
Donna L Algase, RN, PhD, FAAN, FGSA, professor, Ann Kolanowski, RN, PhD, professor, Ann Whall, RN, PhD, FAAN, professor, Cornelia Beck, RN, PhD, FAAN, professor, NDB Research Group
Symptoms of Osteoarthritis (OA): Is It Beneficial for the Patients with OA to Take Glucosamine & Chondroitin Sulfate (GCS)?
Saunjoo L. Yoon, RN, PhD, assistant professor, Denis Brunt, PT, EdD, associate professor, Catherine Carruthers, MD, assistant professor
Teen Intervention Project - Cherokee
John Lowe, RN, PhD, assistant professor
The Effect of Urine Flow Rate on Continuous Urinary Bladder Temperature Measurements in Critically Ill Adults
Wendy Marilyn Fallis, RN, BScN, MN, PhC, director of research and evaluation
"The Effects of Kangaroo Care on the Breastfeeding Status of Mothers of Preterm (32-36 Week Gestational Age) Infants"
Sara J. Hake Brooks, RN, SNM, doctoral student, Gene Cranston Anderson, RN, PhD, FAAN, endowed professor of nursing
The Feasibility of using the Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP) to Measure Pain during a Study that Examines the Effects of Nonnutritive Sucking and Oral Sucrose on the Relief of Pain Experienced by Preterm Infants during Eye Examinations
Anita J. Mitchell, RN, MSN, associate professor of nursing, Sharon Lobert, RN, PhD, professor, Nils Mungan, MD, FRCS, assistant professor of pediatrics and ophthalmology, Bonnie Stevens, RN, PhD, professor
The Five Areas of HIV Disease Every College Health Service Should Know
Lyn Stevens, ACRN, MS, NP, HIV training coordinator, Adele A. Webb, RN, PhD, interim nurse executive director
The Influence of Social Support on Weight Management in Women
Meg Gulanick, RN, PhD, BC, APRN, BC, associate professor
The New Knowledge Discussion Group Model: Fifteen Years of Evolution
Susan Diemert Moch, RN, PhD, professor
Three-Year Analysis of End-of-Life Treatment Preferences among Older Adults
Natasha Greene, CRNP, MSN, doctoral student, Barbara Resnick, CRNP, PhD, FAAN, FAANP, associate professor
Tracking the Diagnostic Reasoning Process: Use of Computer- based Technology in Graduate level Nurse Practitioner Programs
Heather Sands, RN, PhD, CFNP, lecturer
Tyler Collaborative Research Utilization Model
Rosaline Olade, RN, PhD, FWACN, associate professor
Types of Contact and Persons Providing Contact for Preterm Infants 0-48 Hours Postbirth in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Kangaroo Care
Sheau-Huey Chiu, PhD, PNP, instructor, Gene Cranston Anderson, RN, PhD, FAAN, Mellen professor of nursing
Use of Carotid-Intima Wall Thickness for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Postmenopausal Women
Sue M. Penckofer, RN, PhD, professor and associate dean for research, Dusty Filliung, RVT, undergraduate nursing student, Nicos Labropoulos, PhD, RVT, assistant professor
Using Visual Analog Scales to Measure Breastfeeding Success and Discomforts
Maria D. Burkhammer, RN, CD(DONA), project coordinator, Barbara Morrison, RN, PhD, FNP, CNM, assistant professor, Gene Cranston Anderson, RN, PhD, FAAN, Mellen professor of nursing, Susan M. Ludington-Hoe, RN, PhD, CNM, FAAN
Ventilatory Weaning in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Current State of Evidenced-Based Practice
Shyang-Yun P. Shiao, RN, PhD, associate professor, Miranda Tomasic, BSN, MD, research assistant, Ashwin Jadhav, MBBS, research assistant, Hector Pierantoni, MD, director
"You Cannot Do Research From a Practice Setting."
Anna Omery, RN, DNSc, nurse scientist & director of Nursing Research/Southern California, Ann M. Mayo, RN, DNSc, nursing researcher

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