Saturday, April 1, 2006: 11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Crystal Ballroom (Hilton Milwaukee City Center)

1333

Poster Session I

Acute Care 
Does Health Self Determinism and Self Efficacy Improve a Discharge Planning Screen for Persons with Heart Failure?
Diane E Holland, PhD(c), RN, Principal Investigator, Kathleen E Krichbaum, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Sharon Tucker, DNSc, RN, CNS
The Reliability of the NDNQI Pressure Ulcer Indicator: A Triangulation Approach
Sandra Bergquist, RN, PhD, CWCN, Associate Professor, Nancy Dunton, PhD, Associate Professor, Byron Gajewski, PhD, Assistant Professor, Susan Klaus, RN, MSN, Research Coordinator, Sara Hart, RN, PhD, Post Doctoral Fellow
A randomized study of the physiologic response of cardiac rehabilitation attendees to the administration of psychological instruments (preliminary results)
Candace C Cherrington, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Gina Maiocco, PhD, CCNS, CCRN, RN
Evaluating Near Miss Medication Errors
Debra D Buchman, PhD, RN, CNS, Associate Professor
Adolescent Health 
Parent and Adolescent Versions of Perceived Advantages and Disadvantages to Adolescents' Assumption of Diabetes Management Scales
Kathleen M Hanna, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Linda DiMeglio, MD, Assistant Professor
Family Communication and Safer Sex Behavior among Thai Young Adults
Amnuayporn Rasamimari, PhD, MS, BSN, Post Doctoral Fellow
Implementation of the Rapid GAPS for Adolescent Risk Assessment
Chin Hwa Yi, BSN, RN, Pre-doctoral Fellow, Kristy Martyn, PhD, APRN, BC, CPNP, Assistant Professor, Cynthia Darling-Fisher, PhD, APRN, BC, Assistant Professor
Adolescent Girls' Perceptions of Interpersonal Influences on Their Physical Activity
Lorraine B Robbins, DNSc, RN, CFNP, Assistant Professor, Kimberlee A Gretebeck, PhD, RN, Nola J Pender, PhD, RN, FAAN
Suicide Ideation Among Young Adolescents
Susan K. Riesch, DNSc, RN, FAAN, Professor, Jill Anderson, BSN, RN, Laura A. A Sawdey, BSN, RN
Measuring HIV Risk Avoidance in Sub-Saharan Preadolescents
Comfort C Enah, PhD, MSN, RN, Assistant Professor, Marilyn S Sommers, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Dean
Contextual Influences on the Sexual Behaviors of Adolescents: A Metasynthesis of Qualitative Research
Kristin A Haglund, PhD, APN, Assistant Professor
Curriculum & Education 
Complementary Health Practices: Promoting Wellness in Clients and Health Care Practitioners
Susan K Grabia, MPH, BS, Lecturer, Diane R Lauver, PhD, APRN, Professor
End of Life/Palliative Care 
The Transtheoretical Model and Health Care Proxy Completion
Mary Ann Jezewski, PhD, MS, BSN, Associate Dean, Deborah Finnell, DNS, MS, BS, Mary Ann Meeker, DNS, MS, BS, Yow-Wu Bill Wu, PhD, Loralee Sessanna, MS, BS
A Patient-Centered Approach to Advance Care Planning
Karin T Kirchhoff, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Bernard Hammes, PhD, Karen A Kehl, MS, RN, Predoctoral Student, Linda A Briggs, MS, MA, RN, Assistant Director
Genetics 
Recruiters' Perceptions of Ethical Issues in Genetic Research
Mary T Quinn Griffin, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, June Cassano, MBA, RN, Nancy Gerson, BS, Roselle Ponsaran, BS, Katrina A Bramstedt, PhD, Eric Kodish, MD, Professor
Gerontological Nursing 
Process of Medication Taking in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
Judith A Erlen, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Mary Beth Happ, PhD, RN, Associate Professor
Pain, Stiffness and Physical Function in Older Adults
Kathryn J Burks, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Marcia Walmer, BSN, Research Assistant
Causes and consequences of changes in Grandmother caregiver status over three years
Carol M Musil, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Camille Warner, PhD, Project Director, Alexandra Jeanblanc, MA, Jaclene A Zauszniewski, PhD, RN, C, FAAN, Associate Dean, Theresa Standing, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, May L Wykle, RN, PhD, FAAN, Dean, Ian Blevans, S
Older Adults and Falls: Use of Home Safety Checklists
Helen W Lach, PhD, RN, GCNS, Assistant Professor
A Study of Community-Residing Older Adults' Knowledge and Views on Depression and Health Care Seeking Behaviors
Jill L Weberski, MSN, Instructor
Self-care Activities Captured Through Discussion Among Community-dwelling Older Adults
Karen S Dunn, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Cheryl Riley-Doucet, PhD, RN
Medication Administration in Resident-Centered Nursing Homes
Melanie R Krause, N/A, Predoctoral Student
Linking Faith and Health: Nursing Implications for Frail Elders
Joann P Wessman, PhD, MS, BSN, RN, Professor, Nancy L Olen, EdD, MS, BSN, RN, Professor
Advances in Measuring Quality of Care in Nursing Homes: A New Tool for Providers, Consumers, Regulators, and Researchers
Marilyn Rantz, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Mary Zwygart-Stauffacher, PhD, Marcia K Flesner, PhD, RN, Clinical Nurse Researcher
Health Seeking Behaviors 
Patterns of physical activity among young adult survivors of childhood cancers
Lorna Finnegan, PhD, APN, CNP, Assistant Professor
Preoperative Strength Pain and Percieved Functioning as Predictors of Postoperative Objective Functioning After Total Knee Arthroplasty
Robert Topp, PhD, RN, Associate Dean for Research, Karen Frost, PhD, Post Doctoral Fellow, John Nyland, PhD, Peter Quesada, PhD, Ann Marie Swank, PhD, Arthur Malkani, MD
NP Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity Counseling
Susan Buchholz, PhD, ANP, RN, Assistant Professor, Janet Purath, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Leslie Rittenmeyer, PhD, MSN, CNS, RN
Tailored Interventions Research: Problems and Potential Solutions
Judith F Miller, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Dean, Polly Ryan, PhD, RN, APRN, BC
Assessment Strategy Influences Gender Differences in Cardiac Symptom Reports
Ju Young Shin, MSN, Predoctoral Student, Rene Martin, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, M. Bryant Howren, BS, Predoctoral Student, James Bunde, PhDc, BA, Patricia Lounsbury, MEd, Cardiac Rehab Coordinator, Ellen Gordon, MD, Professor
Health Systems & Policy 
Supply and Demand of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists: Present and Future Projections
Lorraine M Jordan, CRNA, PhD, Director, Elizabeth I Merwin, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Steven N Stern, PhD, Professor
Structural Relationships in a Nurse Job Satisfaction Model
Debra M VanKuiken, PhD(c), BSN, RN, BS, Assistant Research Scientist, Wendy E Gerhardt, MSN, RN, Project Director, Li Lin, MS
Failure to rescue: A preliminary study
Kathleen Bobay, PhD, RN, CS, Department Head, Karen Fiorelli, BSN, RN, Clinical Research Coordinator, A.J. Anderson, MS, FAHA, Marie Golanowski, MS, RN, CNAA, Mary Hagle, PhD, RN, AOCN
Nursing Ethics 
Nurses' Perceptions of the Ethical Climate in Their Organizations
Virginia Daggett, MSN, RN, Case Manager, Jacklyn L Ruthman, PhD, RN, Associate Professor
Ethical Climate of Public Health Nurses
Sue E. Bell, PhD, APRN, MA, BSN, Associate Professor
"Doing the Right Thing": Nurses' Experiences of Ethics in Perioperative Practice
Kathryn Schroeter, PhD, MA, RN, CNOR, Instructor
Identifying and Measuring Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Students' Moral Sensitivity
Rhonda W Comrie, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor
Nurse Practitioners and the Management of Moral Problems in Primary Care
Carolyn A Laabs, MSN, APRN, FNP, Family Nurse Practitioner
Nursing Informatics 
Developing a Web-based Chronic Illness Management Program
Rebecca Johnson, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Kathryn J Burks, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Karen Smarr, PhD, Principal Investigator, James Laffey, PhD
Strategies for Increasing Response Rate on Electronic Survey
Debra M Van Kuiken, PhDc, BSN, RN, BS, Assistant Research Scientist, Wendy E Gerhardt, MSN, RN, Project Director
Translating Evidence into Practice to Improve Outcomes using Intelligent Informatics
Mari E Akre, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Mary Hook, MS, RN, Predoctoral Student, Norma M Lang, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Tae Youn Kim, PhD, RN, Post Doctoral Fellow, Amy Coenen, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor, Mary Hagle, PhD, RN, AOCN
HeartCare II: Custom Computer Support for Home Care
Patricia F Brennan, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Laura J Burke, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director, Margaret D Sebern, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Pascale Carayon, PhD, Professor, Ben-Tzion Karsh, PhD, Assistant Professor, Gail R Casper, PhD, RN, Post Doctoral Fellow, Dolores J Severtson, PhD, RN, Post Doctoral Fellow
Designing Study Nurses' Training to Enhance Research Integrity
Gail R Casper, PhD, RN, Post Doctoral Fellow, Susan Kossman, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Dolores J Severtson, PhD, RN, Post Doctoral Fellow, Pascale Carayon, PhD, Professor, Laura J Burke, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director, Marty Wilke, RN, BSN, Research Coordinator, Margarita Morales, S, Calvin Or, BS, MS, Graduate Research Assistant, Anne-Sophie Grenier, BS, Graduate Research Assistant, Patricia F Brennan, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor
Pediatric Nursing 
Identifying Adolescents' Perceptions Toward Smoking
Lottchen C Wider, PhD, Assistant Professor, Deborah Fritz, PhD, Associate Professor
Handheld Computer-assisted Survey Data Collection with School-age Children
Lori S Anderson, MS, RN, CPNP, Predoctoral Student, Erin Marriott, BS, RN, Graduate Research Assistant, Susan K Riesch, DNSc, Kristin E Glaser, MS
Support Systems Utilized by the Caregivers of Children with Cystic Fibrosis
Rhonda R Werner, MS, BSN, RN, Clinical Nurse Specialist
Irritable Infant Syndrome: Using a Bi-Directional Multi-Sensory Intervention to Promote Goodness of Fit
Tracy Magee, PhD, RN, CPNP, Post Doctoral Fellow
The Relationship between Anxiety Genes and Distress in Children Undergoing Venipuncture
Debra L Schutte, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Milena Floria-Santos, PhD, RN, Post Doctoral Fellow, Ann Marie McCarthy, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Charmaine Kleiber, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor, Kirsten Hanrahan, MSN, RN, Project Director
Father's Providing Distraction Coaching for their Child During a Painful Medical Procedure
Kirsten Hanrahan, MA, ARNP, Project Director, Ann Marie McCarthy, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Charmaine Kleiber, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor
Mothers' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Related to Cardiovascular Disease Risk in School-age Children
Vicki E Keller, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Kim Walker, MS, Renee Twibell, DNS, RN, Associate Professor, Kristine Larson, BSN, RN, Mary Rowlett, MA, RN, ABPP, Rosalyn Brown, MS, RN, Tammy Phipps, BSN, RN
Skin-to-Skin Contact (Kangaroo Care) Reduces Heel Stick Pain in Premature Infants: PIPP Results
Xiaomei Cong, PhDc, RN, Project Director, Susan Ludington-Hoe, PhD, CNM, FAAN, Professor
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing 
Learned Resourcefulness, Cognitive Processes, and Adaptive Functioning in Depressed Adults.
Chien-Yu Lai, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Jaclene A Zauszniewski, PhD, RN, C, FAAN, Associate Dean, Diana L Morris, RN, PhD, FAAN, Associate Professor, Noreen Brady, PhD, CNS, LPCC, Assistant Professor, T. J. McCallum, PhD, Assistant Professor
Determining Outcomes in Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Nursing
Richard Yakimo, PhD, MSN, APRN, BC, Assistant Professor
Adaptive Sampling: Recruiting a Diverse Community Sample of Survivors of Sexual Violence
Donna S Martsolf, PhD, Associate Professor, Claire B Draucker, PhD, RN, CS, Professor, Tamra Courey, MSN, Terri Chapman, MSN, Associate Professor
Physiologic Phenomenon 
Comparison of commonly used sites of placement and mode of measurement for activity monitors
Mary Pat Rapp, DNSc, Assistant Professor, Nancy Bergstrom, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Francine Nelson, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor
Effects of Low Dose Lipopolysaccharide
Barbara Kupferschmid, PhD(c), MSN, RN, Predoctoral Student, Barbara Therrien, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor
Stress & Coping 
The Relationships Among Hope, Hardiness, and Perceived and Actual Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Adults
Sheri L Giordana, ND, MSN, FNP, CNS, Assistant Professor
Comparing Patients', Spouses', and Nurses' Assessment of Need for Intervention
Margaret Falahee, MSN, RN, Family Nurse Practitioner, Joan Bickes, MSN, RN, Assistant Professor
Children's Appraisal and Response to Fourth Grade Proficiency Testing
Jacalyn S Buck, PhD, MS, BSN, Director, Theresa Skybo, PhD, MS, BSN, PNP, Assistant Professor
Depressive symptoms and learned resourcefulness in DM paptients
Chiung-Yu Huang, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor
Program:General Submissions

The 30th Annual MNRS Research Conference