An investigation of the relationships of perceived nurse caring, social support, and emotion focused coping to comfort in hospitalized medical patients

Poster presented at the International Council of Nurses 23rd Quadrennial Congress, May 2005, Taipei, Taiwan

Collaborative in human simulation

Poster presented at the American Nursing Informatics Association and Capital Area Roundtable on Informatics in Nursing Collaborative Conference

Evaluating the impact of the human simulation standardized patient experience on the undergraduate nursing student

Competency in the clinical setting involves the assimilation of theory and the development of skills. The integration of a human simulation standardized patient experience is one method to enable students to demonstrate competency of complex skills in a controlled or testing environment. The human simulation standardized patient experience is part of a new generation of ‘authentic assessment exercises’ that challenge students with realistic simulations of clinical experiences likely encountered in practice. Standardized patients can be utilized throughout an undergraduate nursing program to provide realistic, structured learning opportunities in a safe and supported environment while also providing opportunities for review and self-critique. Examples include: 1) therapeutic communication experience; 2) dealing with a difficult, anxious or agitated patient experience; 3) complex patient teaching experience; 4) summative evaluation of a patient encounter including history taking, focused physical exam and patient teaching. This college of nursing utilizes a human simulation standardized patient experience as part of the summative evaluation of the undergraduate nursing program. The students are presently given the opportunity to have the experience twice during their senior year. In their first experience, the nursing students have two fifteen minute experiences. The second standardized patient experience incorporates one forty minute comprehensive session. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the human simulation standardized patient experience on the student outcomes of confidence, nursing activity, and self esteem

Using technology in doctoral programs

Presentation given at AACN’s Doctoral Education Conference

Development of the ASPAN pain and comfort clinical guideline

Oral presentation given at the International Council of Nurses 23rd Quadrennial Congress, May 2005, Taipei, Taiwan

National Library of Medicine and the Marine Biological Laboratory Biomedical Informatics Fellowship – one team’s experience

Poster presented at the International Medical Informatics Association’s 9th International Congress on Informatics, June 2006, Seoul, Korea

Preparing for disaster response: A collaborative partnership

Oral presentation given at the International Council of Nurses International Conference, May 2007, Yokohama, Japan

The effect of human simulation on student outcomes

Poster presented at the American Nursing Informatics Association and Capital Area Roundtable on Informatics in Nursing Collaborative Conference

Simulation case development and training

Poster presented at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2007 Hot Issues Conference, April 2007, Denver, Colorado

Survey of the safety culture in the perianesthesia setting

Oral presentation given at the Sigma Theta Tau 18th International Nursing Research Conference Focusing on Evidence Based Practice, June 2007, Vienna, Austria