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Don't miss out on the 2009
Pre-Conference Workshops! With a variety of topics being presented, there
is something for everyone. Sign up today!
WS1: Pediatric Nursing: The State
of the Science
The purpose of this pre-conference is to provide an overview of the state
of the science in pediatric nursing - where the science was, where it is
now, and what questions remain unanswered. Participants will explore
considerations when conducting research with infants, children and
adolescents; ethical considerations; and exemplars of translational
research.
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WS2: Structural Equation Modeling:
Not Just Spaghetti and Meatballs
Structural equation modeling (SEM) can be used to analyze the causal
interrelationships among predictors of health outcomes. This workshop is
designed to provide nurse researchers with hands on experience by offering
a step-by-step approach to testing and developing models, variable
selection, interpreting results and goodness of fit associated with SEM.
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WS3: Electronic Nursing
Interventions: Effectiveness, Costs and Cost-Effectiveness
This one-half day symposium will describe several approaches to testing and
evaluating costs of electronic nursing interventions. A general cost-
effectiveness model for technological interventions will first be
presented, followed by descriptions of four projects (NIH trials of studies
of electronic nursing interventions) by the presenters. The session will
include considerable interaction with the audience and their
experience/comments. Challenges in research testing of electronic nursing
interventions and their cost-effectiveness will be addressed as well.
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WS4: Inquiring Minds Want to Know:
Critically Reading Meta-Analysis Research
This session will cover how to define characteristics of meta-analysis
research. Also discussed will be similarities and differences between
meta-analysis and other types of reviews. Frequent fallacies about
meta-analysis research and meta-analysis critique criteria in the context
of Cook and Campbell identified threats to validity: There will be
additional items covered in the workshop.
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WS5: Creative Partnerships
Federal funding agencies provide support through SBIR/STTR mechanisms for
research and development of innovative nursing interventions. Few nurses in
academic positions are aware of these sources of support, fewer still
understand how these mechanisms are different from research or training
with a very limited number of academic nurses having successfully applied
and received support using these mechanisms. The purpose of this
preconference is to inform academic nurses about SBIR/STTR mechanisms, how
these mechanisms are unique from other types of research support, and the
components of a successful application and completion of a successful
project supported by these mechanisms.
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