Participants will gain insight into an interprofessional, collaborative approach used to design futuristic curriculum that spans the gap between traditional nursing education and the data-driven healthcare environment of ...

Strategies used in facilitating transformational learning among an interprofessional team of students in a primary care clinical setting will be presented. Interprofessional coaches encourage students to communicate and ...

A poster presentation comparing clinical documentation of ambulatory clinic visit interactions with complex chronic disease patients by ambulatory primary care physicians and nurse practitioners. Qualitative content analysis ...

The primary goal of Phi Gamma Chapter is making a difference worldwide through creation of a global community of nurses and places importance on encouraging nurse leaders from all over the world. Phi Gamma Chapter communicates ...

This presentation explores the mirror experience for amputees, discovered using Ricoeur's phenomenology. The trajectory of that experience is described, and implications for nursing practice considered.

Extremely premature infants, born at 28 weeks gestation or less, are at greatest risk for poor neurodevelopmental outcomes. While survival of these infants has improved in the past decade, neurodevelopmental outcomes have ...

Malnutrition is closely linked to maternal and child deaths particularly in developing countries. The causes are linked to inadequate dietary intake and household food security. There is need to improve the nutritional ...

The purpose of the project was aimed to improve bonding between parents and their preterm babies through early and continuing communication between mothers and babies, keeping parents informed about their child’s conditions ...

This study aimed to 1) describe parent perceptions of sexual education needs of their children aged 10-20 with an ASD diagnosis and 2) determine parent-preferred mechanisms of delivery for tailored educational intervention ...

The Maternal-Child Health Nurse Leadership Academy Africa (MCHNLA Africa) develops the leadership skills of maternal and child health nurses and midwives who work in a variety of healthcare settings. The academy prepares these nurses for effective interprofessional team leadership as they strive to improve the quality of healthcare for childbearing women and children up to 5 years old.  The program is presented in cooperation with our funding partner Johnson & Johnson. Nurses and Midwives from Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland and Uganda participate in an 18-month leadership academy. During MCHNLA Africa the mentees create and effectively lead an interdisciplinary team with the goal of improving maternal-child health practice outcomes. At the end of the academy the mentees present a poster detailing the outcomes of their project and how it improved maternal-child health outcomes. The leadership skills component of the academy is based on the research and teachings of Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, as described in The Leadership Challenge®. Their model proposes that leadership is a measurable, learnable, and teachable set of behaviors. The academy believes that these behaviors are learned best when applied to realistic settings. The academy is designed to operationalize these learned behaviors by assisting and supporting the Mentee in developing and implementing an interdisciplinary team project....