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E-Newsletter

July 20, 2009

In This Issue...

·  2010 Annual Conference Schedule

·  2009 Student Poster Winners

·  Research Section Announcements

2010 Call for Submissions

Submission Deadline: September 15, 2009

MNRS is now accepting submissions for the 2010 Annual Conference being held April 8-11, 2010 in Kansas City, MO.

Guidelines for Abstract Submission

Please note: All poster submissions submitted for the general call will automatically be accepted for presentation at the meeting. The Call for Student Posters will be open in November 2009.

Submit Your Abstract Now!

·  2010 Annual Conference Schedule

Date Change Announcement!

2010 Annual Research Conference
Nursing Research: Bench to Bedside
April 8-11, 2010 - New Dates!
Kansas City, Missouri

The Annual Conference is shifting by a day.
The pre-conference workshops will be on Thursday, April 8. The opening keynote will be Friday, April 9 at 9:00am.

·  2009 Student Poster Winners

At every annual conference, MNRS recognizes and rewards the outstanding contributions of our youngest nurse scientists through a highly competitive poster competition. A record number of students received awards for their poster presentations this year in Minneapolis. Congratulations to our poster award winners below!

Undergraduate Category

1st Place: Lauren Flaherty, Case Western Reserve University: Relationships Among Sleep Duration, Sleep Quality, Fatigue, and Depression in Fathers of Twins

2nd Place: Melissa Alandy, Loyola University: Quality of Life in Women with Type 2 Diabetes and Depression

3rd Place: Ann Hundertmark, University of Minnesota: Is There an Association between Peer Support for Physical Activity and Physical Activity Levels Among Adolescents Attending Alternative High School?

Honorable Mention: Joshua Lea, Kent State University: Adolescent Dating Violence

Evidence Based Practice Category

1st Place: Ruth Staus, Metropolitan State University: Culture Change in an Assisted-Living Facilty

2nd Place: Annette Perry, Wright State University: An Evidenced-Based Project: Heart Disease Risk Screening and Risk Factor Treatment in Low-Income Women

Honorable Mention: Jill Walsh, Rush University: Laying the Foundation for a Healthy Work Environment

Master's Category

1st Place: Kirsten Morse, University of Minnesota: Factors Associated with Parental Concern Regarding their Child's Weight

2nd Place: Ana Huaringa, University of Michigan: Using the Newest Vital Sign to Measure Health Literacy in Nurse Managed Primary Care Centers

3rd Place: Lisa Domenico, University of Michigan: Evidenced-Based Guide to Screening for Depression in Adults Older than 65 Years of Age, in the Primary Care Setting

Honorable Mention: Heather Marunda, University of Nebraska Medical Center: Influence of Menopausal Status on Sleep and Hot Flashes Throughout Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Doctoral Category

1st Place: Cynthia Bell, Indiana University: Death Worries and Quality of Life in Younger Breast Cancer Survivors 2nd Place: Lisa Gerow, University of Kansas: A Phenomenological Study of Nurses' Experience of Grief Following Patient Death

3rd Place: Srissuda Ngamkham, University of Illinois at Chicago: Differences in Pain Intensity and Quality by Pain Pattern in Outpatients with Cancer

3rd Place: Karen Robinson, Marquette University: A Pilot Study of African America Women's Narratives about Their Newborn Feeding Chioices

Honorable Mention: Judith Westphal, University of Wisconsin-Madison: The Effect of Workforce Shortages on Nurse Leader Turnover and Succession in U.S. Hospitals

Honorable Mention: Josephine Mancuso, Marquette University: The Impact of Health Literacy and Patient Trust on Glycemic Control

Honorable Mention: Ornwanya Poomsrikaew, University of Illinois at Chicago: Knowledge of Heart Attack Symptoms and Risk Factors among Native Thais

·  Research Section Announcements

Call for Submissions - Competitive Symposia

Acute Care & Pain and Symptom Management Research Sections
Deadline: July 27, 2009

 

 

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