Researchers from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing had a strong showing at the 2021 annual conference for the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS).
The school had eight award winners and more than 15 faculty and student presentations at the virtual event in late March.
One of the standout Research Interest Group (RIG) awards earned by faculty members included the Outstanding Partnership Award for Mary Dolansky, the Sarah C. Hirsh Professor, for her work with The John A. Hartford Foundation and CVS MinuteClinic.
Dolansky’s team has been working with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) to integrate the age-friendly “4Ms” framework (What Matters, Medication, Mentation and Mobility) into the retail clinical setting at 1,100 CVS MinuteClinics across the United States.
The school’s other award winners were:
- Julia O’Brien, PhD candidate: Dissertation Award from the MNRS Health of Diverse Populations RIG
- Siobhan Aaron, postdoctoral fellow: Dissertation Award from the MNRS Palliative and End-of-Life Care RIG
- Grant Pignatiello, instructor and KL2 clinical research scholar: Early Career Investigator Award from the MNRS Family Health RIG
- Stephanie Griggs, instructor: New Investigator Award from the MNRS Self Care RIG
- Andrew Reimer, assistant professor: MNRS Mid-Career Investigator Award from the Health Systems, Policy and Informatics RIG
- Carolyn Harmon Still, assistant professor: elected to the MNRS Board of Directors as a member-at-large. Still also picked up a Mid-Career Investigator Award from the Self Care RIG.
- Faye Gary, the Medical Mutual of Ohio Kent W. Clapp Chair and Professor in Nursing: MNRS Senior Investigator Award from the Health of Diverse Populations RIG.
The following presentations also were given by members of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing community
- Carolyn Harmon Still, chairing the “Culturally Responsive Applications of Technology for Self-Management of Chronic Diseases” competitive symposium session
- Stephanie Griggs, presenting the poster “Sleep Health Goals in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes”
- Atsadaporn Niyomyart, presenting the poster “Caregiving Stress, Resourcefulness, and Self-Rated Health of Family Caregivers During the COVID-19 Pandemic”
- Suzanna Thiese, presenting the competitive abstract “An Epidemiological Profile of Maternal Mortality and Social Determinants of Health in Nine Ohio Counties”
- Christine Horvat Davey, presenting the competitive abstract “Association between Symptoms and Diet, Muscle Strength and Steps per Day in People with HIV and HIV-Negative Peers”
- Jingyu Zhou, presenting the competitive abstract “Exploring Sociodemographic Differences in the Relationships between Electronic Health Information Use and Patient-Provider Communication Quality Perceptions”
- Siqian Wang, presenting the competitive abstract “Psychological Experiences of Patients with COVID-19: A Phenomenological Study”
- Richard Martin, presenting the competitive abstract “The Measurement of Financial Toxicity in Older Adults: A Systematic Review”
- Elliane Irani, presenting the paper “Feasibility of a Dyadic Heart Failure Management Intervention”
- Heather Hardin, presenting in the competitive symposium session “Culturally Competent and Engaged Research with Adolescents/Emerging Adults”
- Jaclene Zauszniewski, presenting the paper “Development and Testing of a Measure of Spiritual Resourcefulness”
- Zeyana Al Ismaili, presenting the competitive abstract “Elimination of Mental Health Issues Among the Omani Nursing Students Through Implementation Team Science”
- Christine Musacchio, presenting the poster “Exploring Psychological Detachment in Distance Caregivers of Cancer Patients”
- Grant Pignatiello, presenting the competitive abstract “Moral Perceptions of Surrogate Decision-Makers for the Critically Ill: A Phenomenological Perspective”
- Nader Alnomasy, presenting the competitive abstract “Predictors of Blood Pressure Control in African American Participating in a Community and Tech-Based Approach for Hypertension Self-Management (Coachman) Study”
- Megan Alder, presenting the poster “Sleep Disturbance and Challenging Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Caregiver Stress”
- Andrew Reimer, presenting the competitive abstract “Subcategorizing Diagnosis Codes from Multiple EHR Sources”
- Tahani Al Shammari, presenting the competitive abstract “The Impact of Uncertainty on Parental Psychological Distress in Parents of Children with Type 1 Diabetes: A Literature Review”
- Megan Foradori, presenting the poster “Mixed Methods Rapid-Cycle Evaluation of Implementation of Age-Friendly Health Systems in Convenience Care”