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Poster Session I

Poster #1 - Using Reflection to Link Course Knowledge to Clinical Practice: The RN-BS Student Experience
   Marilyn E Asselin, PhD RN-BC, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, Coventry, RI

Poster #2 - Content Validity Testing for the Agitation Severity Scale: Development of a Measure for Use with Acute Presentation Behavioral Management Patients
  
Tania D. Strout, MS, BSN, RN, MN Medical Center / Boston College, Portland, ME ~ Michael R. Baumann, MD, MN Medical Center,
   Portland, ME

Poster #3 - A Narrative Inquiry of Postpartum Psychosis Within the Context of Orthodox Judaism
  
Bobbie Posmontier, PhD, CNM, Drexel University, Newtown, PA

Poster #4 - The Health-Related Quality of Life in Mothers of Surviving Deaf-Blind Adult Children with Confenital Rubella Syndrome
  
Normadeane Armstrong, PhD, Molloy College, Mt Sinai, NY

Poster #5 - Multi-professional Communication Preferences and Satisfaction During Patient Handoff
  
Marge M Benham-Hutchins, RN, PhD, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Poster #6 - A Hermeneutic Humanbecoming Study of Contentment: A Phenomenon Foundational to Health and Quality of Life
  
Susan A Bonis, RN MSN PhD, University of Massachusetts - Amherst/University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Amherst, MA

Poster #7 - Spousal Caregiving and Early-Onset Dementia
  
Diane K Pastor, DNSc, MBA, RN, Molloy College, Northport, NY

Poster #8 - Primary Care Nursing Compared to Total Patient Care Nursing: Breast Cancer Patients' Satisfaction with their Chemotherapy Nursing Care in an Outpatient Oncology Center.
  
Lynda J Dimitroff, PhD, BSN, RN, CHES, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY ~ Beth DeCoste, BSN, RN, OCN, Clinician IV,
   Rochester General Hospital, Ontario, NY

Poster #9 - Employing a Health Information Technology Bundle with Continuous Intensivist Coverage Improves Mortality and Decreases Ventilator Use in Critically Ill Patients
  
Hannah Paxton, RN, MPH, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA ~ Kathy Baker, RN, MPH, Lehigh Valley Health Network,
   Allentown, PA ~ Jeff Etchason, MD, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA ~ Kari Jones, PhD, Lehigh Valley Health Network,
   Allentown, PA ~ Matthew McCambridge, MD, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA ~ Elliot Sussman, MD, Lehigh Valley Health
   Network, Allentown, PA

Poster #10 - Professional Advocacy by the Nurse: A Literature Review
  
Pennie Sessler Branden, RN, MSN, CNM, Doctoral student, Villanova University, Woodbridge, CT

Poster #11 - Validation of Icons to Communicate Fall Risk and Tailored Interventions to Precent Patient Falls
  
Diane L Carroll, PhD, RN, Massachusetts General Hospital, Beverly , MA ~ Patricia C Dykes, DNSC, RN, Partners HealthCare,
   Wellesley, MA ~ Ann C Hurley, DNSc, RN, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Poster #12 - Characteristics of Females with Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality
  
Lea Ann Matura, PhD, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Poster #13 - Importance of Accuracy in Rapid Streptococcal Testing
  
Mary Jane S Hanson, PhD, RN, CRNP, CNS, The University of Scranton, Scranton, PA

Poster #14 - Impact of Social Environmental Factors on Re-hospitalization of Home Healthcare Elderly Patients
  
Hong Tao, PhD(c), University of Massachusetts - Boston, Madison, WI ~ Carol Ellenbecker, Professor, University of Massachusetts
   - Boston, Boston, MA

Poster #15 - "I Didn't Like the Way He Looked: An Ethnographic Exploration of the Decision Making Strategies of Emergency Nurses"
  
Lisa Wolf, RN, MS, CEN, University of Massachusetts/Boston College, Hadley, MA

Poster #16 - Practice Environment as Mediator of Nurse Stress and Burnout, and Maternal Outcomes in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  
Katheleen Hawes, PhD, RN, Women & Infants Hospital-Brown Center for Children, Carolina, RI ~ Rosemarie Bigsby, ScD, Women
   & Infants Hospital-Brown Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI ~ Abbot Laptook, MD, Women & Infants Hospital-Brown Alpert Medical
   School, Providence, RI ~ Barry Lester, PhD, Women & Infants Hospital-Brown Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI ~ Robin J. Miller,
   PhD, RN, Women & Infants Hospital-Brown Center for Children, Providence, RI ~ James Padbury, MD, Women & Infants Hospital-
   Brown Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI ~ Amy Salisbury, PhD, RN, Women & Infants Hospital-Brown Alpert Medical School,
   Providence, RI ~ Mary C. Sullivan, PhD, RN, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI ~ Marybeth Taub, BSN, RN, Women & Infants
   Hospital, Providence, RI

Poster #17 - Comparing the Perception of Needs of Family Members Visiting and Nurses and Physicians Working in the ICU
  
Janice L Hinkle, RN, PhD, CNRN, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

Poster #18 - Quality Of Life In Older Adult Cancer Survivors
  
Kimberly A Christopher, PhD, RN, OCN, College of Nursing University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, South Dartmouth, MA

Poster #19 - Development of the Critical Care Nurses' Comfort in Withdrawing Life Support Instrument
  
Laura Kierol Andrews, PhD, APRN, ACNP-BC, Yale School of Nursing, Seymour, CT ~ Cheryl Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN, University
   of Connecticut, Storrs, CT ~ Regina Cusson, PhD, APRN, RNC, FAAN, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Poster #20 - Unintentional Medication Variances in Elderly Patients
 
 
Anne D Swallow, RN DNP MSN, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, CT

Poster #21 - Refugee Mothers Study: Raising Children with Special Needs
  
Jean E. Beatson, EdD, MS, RN, University of Vermont, Jericho, VT

Poster #22 - High Functioning Autism/Asperger's Syndrome: Family Issues
  
Susan Ann Vitale, PhD, RN, PNP, ANP, Molloy College, Port Jefferson, NY

Poster #23 - Electrocardiographic ST Segment Monitoring in Patients Undergoing Polysomnography
  
Kathy J. Booker, PhD, RN, CNE, Yale University, New Haven, CT ~ J. Steven Arnold, MD, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL
   ~ Barbara J. Drew, PhD, FAAN, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Poster #24 - Sleep Quality, Fatigue, and Depression in Fathers of Newborn Twins
  
Elizabeth G Damato, PhD, RN, CPNP, Case Western Reserve University, Hudson, OH ~ Jennifer A Brubaker, MSN, RN, FNP-BC,
   Case Western Reserve University, N. Olmsted, OH ~ Christopher Burant, PhD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
   ~ Lauren Flaherty, BSN student, Case Western Reserve University, Tyngsboro, MA ~ Nahida Gordon, PhD, Case Western Reserve
   University, Cleveland, OH ~ Jutarat Mesukko, BNS, MNS, PhD (c), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH ~ Jessica Vida,
   BSN student, Case Western Reserve University, Streetsboro, OH ~ Elise Wiesenthal, BA, Case Western Reserve University,
   Rochester, NY

Poster #25 - The Caregiving Trajectory: A Longitudinal Exploration of the Work of Spousal Caregiving in Heart Failure
  
Lisa Kitko, RN, PhD(c), CCRN, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA ~ Judith E Hupcey, EdD, CRNP, The
   Pennslyvania State University, University Park, PA

Poster #26 - Perceived Involvement in Treatment Decision-making, Uncertainty, and Quality of Life in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer.
  
Miho Suzuki, RN, MSN, New York University, Astoria, NY ~ Deborah A Chyun, RN, PhD, New York University, New York, NY
   ~ Judith Haber, RN, PhD, New York University, New York, NY ~ Marc Scott, PhD, New York University, New York, NY

Poster #27 - The Reliability and Validity of the Translated Chinese Version of Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations of Exercise Scales (SEE & OEE)
  
Bing-Bing Qi, PhD, RN, Villanova University, Bryn Mawr, PA

Poster #28 - Diabetes Disease Management in a Home Care Setting
  
Joanne M Dalton, PhD, APRN, BC, Regis College, Weston, MA

Poster #29 - Catheter Ablation for Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation Improves General Health Perception
  
Aileen M Ferrick, RN, MSN, ACNP-C, FHRS, NYU Medical Center, Larchmont, NY ~ Anthony Aizer, MD, MS epidemiology, New York
   University School of Medicine, New York, NY ~ Larry Chinitz, MD, FACC, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
   ~ Deborah Chyun, RN, MSN, PhD, New York University, New York, NY

Poster #30 - Older Patients in Acute Care Setting (OPACS) Instrument Validation
  
Mary P O'Connell, RN, MPA, CPHQ, Elmhurst Hospital Center, New York City, NY ~ Tita D Castor, MD, Elmhurst Hospital Center,
   Elmhust, NY ~ Lillie M. Shortridge-Baggett, EdD, FAAN, FNAP, RN, Pace University/Elmhurst Hospital Center, Ardsley-on Husdson, NY

Poster #31 - Hispanic Persons' Narratives of Managing Multiple Chronic Illnesses
  
Louise Reagan, MS ANP-BC, University of Connecticut, Vernon, CT

Poster #32 - Clinical Decision-Making by Mid-level Critical Care Practitioners Working in an Interdisciplinary Team
  
Melinda Darrigo, PhD, MS, NP, CCRN-CSC, University of Massachusetts - Graduate School of Nursing/, Leominster, MA
   ~ Kathleen Miller , EdD, ACNP-BC, FAANP, University of Massachusetts - Graduate School of Nursing Worcester, Worcester, MA
   ~ Lisa Ogawa, PhD, MS, RN, University of Massachusetts - Graduate School of Nursing Worcester, Worcester, MA
   ~ Susan Sullivan-Bolyai , DNSc, CNS, RN, University of Massachusetts - Graduate School of Nursing Worcester, MA

Poster #33 - Nurses' Perceptions of Practicing with Impaired Health Care Professionals
  
Kathleen M Fisher, PhD, CRNP, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA ~ Frances Cornelius, PhD, MSN, RN-BC, CNE, Drexel University,
   Philadelphia, PA ~ Judith Draper, MSN, GNP, BC, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA ~ Theresa Fay-Hillier, MSN, PMHCNS
   -BC, Drexel University, Churchville, PA ~ Susan Solecki, MSN, FNP-BC, PNP-BC, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Poster #34 - Kangaroo Care Reducing Bio-behavioral Pain Responses in Preterm Infants: A Pilot Study
  
Xiaomei Cong, Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT ~ Susan M Ludington, Professor, FAAN, Case Western
   Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Poster #35 - A Qualitative Study of TASO's Home-Based HIV Counseling and Testing Program in Rural Uganda
  
Gene Elizabeth Harkless, DNSc, ARNP, CNL, University of New Hampshire, Alton, NH ~ Lindsay Erin Bergmann, Student, University
   of New Hampshire, West Chesterfield, NH

Poster #36 - Emergency Department Nurse's Experiences of Violent Acts in the Workplace
  
Paul S MacKinnon, PhD, RN, FNP, Saint Vincent Hospital, Charlton City, MA

Poster #37 - Supporting Age Diversity in the Nursing: An Examination of Work Patterns in the Oldest RN Cohorts
  
Mary Val Palumbo, DNP, APRN, GNP-BC, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT ~ Betty Rambur, PhD, RN, University of Vermont,
   Burlington, VT
 

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