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Current issues focus of research symposium hosted by College

Villanova, PA, October 15, 2009 — Driscoll Hall was home to the 4th Annual Crozer Keystone Health System Research Symposium on October 14. This year’s theme, Nursing Research in the 21st Century: Current Issues and Trends brought together nearly 80 nurses from the Crozer Keystone Health System, Villanova University, the Main Line Health System and Widener University. There were both paper presentations and poster sessions.

After greetings from Nancy Bucher, MSN, RN, CNAA-BC, VP and Chief Nursing Officer, Crozer-Keystone Health System and M. Louise Fitzpatrick, EdD, RN, FAAN, Connelly Endowed Dean and Professor, Villanova University, College of Nursing, participants enjoyed the keynote address on Research Councils: Advancing Research at the Bedside from Marian C. Turkel, RN, PhD, NEA-BC, Director, Professional Nursing Practice at the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network. There was also an opportunity to tour the new clinical simulation labs in Driscoll Hall.

See the list below for presenters and topics:

  • Developing a PICO Research Question for Evidence-Based Practice: Strategies to Design and Implement Research in Practice, Mary Ann Cantrell, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Villanova University, College of Nursing
  • Implementation of a Trauma Injury Prevention Program, Kathy Lehman, RN, Director ER3 Outreach/Trauma Injury Prevention Program, Crozer-Chester Medical Center
  • International Nursing: Using Evidence to Change the World, Bette Mariani, PhD, RN, Clinical Assistant Professor, Villanova University, College of Nursing and Kristen D’Andrea, RN, Villanova University, 2009 BSN Graduate
  • The Literature Search: The Who, What, Where, When and How, Barbara Quintiliano, MLS, MA, Instructional Design Librarian, Villanova University
  • Post-Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization: Evidence-Based Standards for Outpatient Care, John Harper, MSN, RN-BC, Nursing Research Coordinator, Crozer-Keystone Health System
  • Forensic Aspects of Childhood and Elderly Victims of Abuse: Caring for Our Most Vulnerable, Elizabeth Burgess Dowdell, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Villanova University, College of Nursing
  • Critiquing the Research, Linda Bucher, RN, PhD, Professor, University of Delaware, School of Nursing, Nursing Research Facilitator, Christiana Care Health System
  • Perinatal Outcomes with Carbohydrate Restriction for Gestational Diabetes, Kimberly K. Trout, PhD, RN, CNM, Assistant Professor, Villanova University, College of Nursing
  • Between Being Cured and Being Healed: The Paradox of Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Teresa Conte, MSN, CRNP, Clinical Adjunct Faculty, Villanova University, College of Nursing and Clinical Staff, Oncology Unit, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with Mary Ann Cantrell, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Villanova University, College of Nursing
  • Writing an Integrative Review, Stephanie Jeffers, MSN, RN-BC, Clinical Adjunct Faculty, Villanova University, College of Nursing, and Staff Nurse, Paoli Hospital
  • Simulation: Making the Connection to Clinical Practice, Colleen Meakim, MSN, RN, Director, Learning Resource Center, Villanova University, College of Nursing and Bette Mariani, PhD, RN, Clinical Assistant Professor, Villanova University, College of Nursing
  • Alzheimer’s Disease: Caregiver Role Strain, Janice Reilley, EdD, MSN, RN, C, Assistant Professor, Widener University, School of Nursing
  • Closing Keynote: Surviving the Journey Through Sepsis: Evidence-Based Interventions and Outcomes, Linda Palma, RN, CEN, CNOR, Evidence-based Medicine Program Nurse, and Judy Falcone, RN, BSN, Telemetry Educator, Delaware County Memorial Hospital Sepsis Team