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Overview

»Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò HealthCare encourages all nurses with a research question or idea for a research study and those who desire to implement or change a nursing practice based on research to pursue these endeavors. To support these nurses, »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò HealthCare has collaborated with nursing faculty at our two Colleges of Nursing to create a Nursing Research/Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Council that represents all entities. The council reviews all Nursing and Allied Health projects (excluding students from »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò Colleges and those otherwise part of clinical research such as medical research or drug studies) being conducted at »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò HealthCare involving any patient, or nurse (either as subject or investigator), and requiring Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval. Members of the council 

• Serve as his or her local/regional contact for research and/or EBP projects
• Serve as site principle investigators for Ministry-wide nursing research studies
• Provide educational activities related to EBP and/or research
• Serve as mentors for EBP fellows and novice nurse researchers
• Serve as mentors to nurses writing abstracts related to their IRB approved projects for podium/poster presentations at local, regional, and national conferences
• Serve as mentors to nurses who are seeking to publish the work from their IRB approved projects

Current Work

Nursing research studies and Implementation Science/EBP Projects in progress across the »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò Ministry as of May 2023 include:

• New Graduate Nurse Professional Development Planning, Adkins, Cassandra, »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò Ministry/LCMMC
• Cardio-Oncology Program: Screening for Cardiotoxicity, Anderson, Christine, SAMC
• The Development and Implementation of a Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Intravenous (USGPIV) Multimodal Nurse Training Program Principal Investigator, Belden, Tim, SJMC
• Will a dedicated education unit, where nursing students work with staff RNs, improve the students' clinical experience and recruit new grads to SAMC, Carson, Beth, SAMC
• To evaluate patient experience and implement the self- collected vaginal swab collection method for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis / Neisseria gonorrhea in the urgent care setting. Cousins, Dawn, SAMC
• Evaluation of the Stephenson and Carroll County Healthy Living Project [Faculty Research], Dalstrom, Matt, SAMC
• Advanced hemodynamic monitoring simulation for improved retention and application among critical care nurses. Delinski, Nicole, »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò Ministry
• Implementation of Updated Screening Tool to Identify Human Trafficking Victims within the Emergency Department. Flinn, Laura, SFMC
• Efficacy of Virtual Reality (VR) as an Education Intervention [Fire in the OR]. Freehill, Shanna, Ministry, Strack, Lisa, SJMC, Burdette, Kaitlyn, SPMC
• Identifying At-Risk Baccalaureate Nursing Students through the use of the ARS-30, the State Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale [Faculty Research]. Frichtl, Mary Jo, SAMC
• Virtual Discharge to Enhance Discharge Timeliness and Improve Hospital Throughput. Harlan, Andrea, SFMC
• A Multisite Cross-Sectional Survey of Job-related Attitudes and Characteristics of Advanced Practice Providers, Klein, Colleen, »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò Ministry
• A Pilot Intervention Study to Promote Wellness in Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), Klein, Colleen, »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò Ministry
• Impact of motivational encouragement based sessions on CPAP adherence and cognitive function. Knorr, Melissa & McKenzie, Erika, SAMC
•  Implementation of an extended unit-specific nurse education program to decrease nursing turnover in two pediatric critical care units. Kupferschmid, Megan & Monk, Samantha, SFMC
• Proning improves ARDS outcome, but pressure ulcers (PUs) are common. Evaluating the most appropriate interventions to prevent PUS. Lomas, Courtney, SAMC
• Improving Student Simulation Experiences [Faculty Research], Moser, Dawn, SAMC
• Family Case Management:  Adding to Individual Case Management Services by Evaluating the Needs of the Homeless Family  , Pierce, Ashley, SJMC
• Assessment of Staffing Model Effect on the Development of Unit Acquired Pressure Injuries, Reitz, Erin, SJMC
• Assessing the effects of an Emotional Intelligence program on job satisfaction and engagement at work in undergraduate nursing faculty. Robinson, Melissa, SAMC
• Benefits of Early Palliative Care in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Runestad, Denise, SAMC
• Implementation of a Turn Team to decrease the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure injuries in the ICU. Schepers, Lisa, SAHC
• Impact of virtual reality simulation for teaching high risk, emergent situations in women's health. Schnake, Tammy, et al., »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò Ministry
• Assessment of the current targeted temperature management (TTM) protocols at »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò Saint Anthony Medical Center (SAMC). Sierontnik, Karolina, SAMC
• Development and Pilot Testing of Virtual Standardized Patients for Triage Training, Stein, Ann, SFMC
• Identifying gaps in care for patients discharged from the hospital with a primary or secondary diagnosis of COPD exacerbation with a goal to prevent readmissions. Thomas, Kristina, SAMC
• Use of the Pasero Opioid-Induced Sedation Scale (POSS) to Assess Pediatric Patients receiving Opioids for Pain Management, Wilkins, Tammy, SFMC
• Ethics Education Supporting Nurse Leaders, Williamson, Jill, »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò Ministry
• Management of Patients with Aggressive Behavior: Using In-Situ Simulation to Assess Staff Response and Role Delineation, Williamson, Jill, »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò Ministry
• The Violence Assessment Tool: A Reliability Study, Williamson, Jill, »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò Ministry
• Implementation of a standardized Nurse-led hypertension medication management protocol to reduce blood pressure in adult patients diagnosed with hypertension., Wimmer, Dawn, »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò Healthcare
• Evaluation of team communication in in situ simulations for maternal post-partum hemorrhage. Woolridge, Abigail, Adkins, Cassandra, Williamson, Jill, »Ê¹Ú¶ÄÇò Ministry