Undergraduate Nursing Students Participate in Greater Lansing Nursing Research Day
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
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Posted by: Jill Vondrasek
Seven groups of undergraduate students from the College of Nursing at Michigan State University had their abstracts selected for a poster presentation at the 17th Annual Greater Lansing Nursing Research Day.
The conference is designed to provide a forum for sharing research and scholarship among nurses in the Greater Lansing area. This year, the focus is on the acquisition and application of new knowledge to improve practice.
"Review of abstracts is a competitive process and selection of these students' projects is an indicator of the quality of work that undergraduate students are producing. These presentations represent the students' evidenced-based senior scholarly projects,” said Mary Jo Arndt, Director of Undergraduate Programs.
The senior scholarly presentations cover a wide range of real world healthcare issues from pain relief to testicular cancer, pneumonia, and the barriers to implementing kangaroo care with preterm infants. Poster presentations include:
The Advantages of Implementing a Fatigue Assessment Tool with Inpatient School Age Oncology Patients
Faculty mentor: Linda Spence
Students: Elizabeth Adkins, Audrey Chegwidden, Lauren Handt, Rachel Hatchitt, Jacquelyn Merecki, Mary Pole
Non-Pharmacologic Pain Relief Methods for Pediatric Hospitalized Patients
Faculty mentor: Kathleen Poindexter
Students: Kathryn Balbierz, Mia Maceratini, Haley Horan, Melissa Essian, Dana Pitcock
Educating to Overcome Barriers to Informing Adolescent Men about Testicular Cancer (TC) and Testicular Self-Examinations (TSE)
Faculty mentor: Kathy Dontje
Students: Kathleen Bendall, Katie Rainey, Kristina Burks, Amy Johnson, Kristen Nevi
Early Screening of Osteoporosis for Pre-Menopausal Women
Faculty mentor: Debra Schutte
Graduate mentor: Shannon Biergans
Student: Gloria Katsande
Educating to Overcome Barriers to the Implementation of Kangaroo Care
Faculty mentor: Carolyn Herrington
Graduate mentor: Kathleen Marble
Students: Blair Morley, Ashley Reece, Haley Bunyan, Jayne Roth, Sara Reau, Nicole Dunn
The Effect of Infant Nutrition Education on the Early Introduction of Solid Food
Faculty mentor: Mildred Horodynski
Students: Elena Bregier, Crista Candela, Kristin Cole, Kaitlin Hicks, Kimberly Morycz, Lisa Ruwart
Adherence to an Oral Hygiene Protocol Reduces the Incidence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Faculty mentor: Henry Talley
Students: Ashley Schatzle, Mackenzie Bowen, Sam Carr, Diana Divozzo, Julianna Tu, Tracy Vitantonio
"Ultimately, these projects will contribute to quality patient care and illuminate best practices in nursing. A group of students provided evidence for the practice of infant massage in the neonatal intensive care unit at a local hospital. Another group changed kangaroo care nursing practices. The research of our students is mentored by experienced faculty and that makes all the difference in the baccalaureate education of our nursing students,” said Arndt.
Students from the College of Nursing are exposed to professional nursing education based on nursing science that is grounded in biological, physical and behavioral sciences as well as the humanities.
In addition to evidenced-based scholarly projects, students at each level of the nursing curriculum have experience in the Learning Assessment Center, a state-of-the-art high fidelity simulation center. Simulated patients are used to emulate real world experiences, which are video taped for performance evaluation.
Engaging senior nursing students in scholarly projects has positively contributed to the quality of patient care. These skills are then transferred to the workplace in numerous hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout Michigan. Over 75 percent of College of Nursing graduates stay and work in Michigan upon graduation.
Nursing graduates are in high demand throughout the State of Michigan with select hospitals showing preferential hiring of Michigan State University nurses.
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