College of Nursing Students Present at SNRS 30th Annual Conference
College of Nursing students recently presented at the Southern Nursing Research Society’s (SNRS) 30th annual conference, “A Solid Legacy, a Bright Tomorrow: Bridging the Past and Future of Nursing Research,” in Williamsburg, Va., February 24-27.
Among the presenters were the following PhD students and one undergraduate student:
- Adebola Adegboyega, BSN, RN, “Psychometric Testing of an Instrument to Measure Cardiovascular Disease Fatalism”
- Abdulla Alhurani, MSN, RN, “Predisposing Factors of Persistent Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Among Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome” and “The Association of Persistent Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety with Recurrent Acute Coronary Syndrome”
- JungHee Kang, BSN, RN, “An Intensive Behavioral Counseling Intervention Promotes Health Eating Habits and Reduction of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Rural Appalachian Kentucky”
- Stephanie Kehler, BSN, RN, “Impact of Prenatal Tobacco Use and Immune Response in the Development of Hypertensive Disorders”
- Jennifer Miller, MSNEd, RN, “Miscommunication and Misperceptions: End-of-Life Issues in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Recipients”
- Jennifer Smith, BSN, RN, “Dietary Sodium Intake is Predicted by Anti-hypertensive Medication Regiment in Heart Failure Patients”
- Undergraduate student Sirah Kolestedt, “Facilitators and Barriers of Successful Smoking Cessation Among Patients with Mental Illness”
Adegboyega, mentored by Gia Mudd-Martin, PhD, MPH, RN, associate professor, and Miller, mentored by Debra Moser, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, professor and Linda C. Gill Endowed Chair of Nursing, both placed in the top 10 student posters overall.
“The College of Nursing was wonderfully represented at the SNRS conference as seen by our top scholars and researchers who placed in this year’s top 10 student posters,” said Dr. Janie Heath, dean and Warwick Professor of Nursing. “This year truly bridged the past and future of nursing research and will continue to serve as an avenue for nursing scholars to learn and implement only the most successful nursing practices.”
SNRS was founded in 1986 after 60 nurses met in Atlanta and debated the possibility of an organization for nursing researchers in the southern region. The following year SNRS was declared an independent organization, and it is now comprised of 14 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. In 1991, the boundaries were expanded to include the Caribbean, Latin America and the Bahamas.
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