4 students, post-doc receive MNRS awards

Postdoctoral Fellow Nadeen Alshakhshir received the Research Dissertation Award from the Adolescent Health RIIG for Awakening the spiritual identity in adolescents and young adults with cancer: A phenomenological study at the Midwest Nursing Research Society annual conference in Indianapolis, March 26-29. 

Additionally, three students received awards for their poster presentations. MN student Sashmitaa Bagavathiraj received first place for Mental Health Management in Youth: A Review of the Long-Term Risks and Benefits of Psychotropic Medications. DNP student Marisa Keidel received second place for Empowering Movement: Implementing a Nurse-Driven Protocol for Early Mobility in Critically Ill Patients. BSN student Emma Lassen received honorable mention for Connections that Count: Peer and Family Relationships as Resources for Youth Mental Health.

Additional student presentations included:

• PhD student Omobolanle Agboola presented Examining Whole-person Health and Resilience across Urban and Rural Communities in Lagos, Nigeria.
• PhD student Lily Bastian presented Minoritized Social Positions, Mental Health, and Sexual Risk Behaviors: A State-Wide Exhaustive CHAID Analysis.
• PhD student Amanda Davis presented Collaborating With a Research Advisory Board to Create a Measurement Tool for the Prevention of the Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE) of Youth.
• PhD student Tipper Gallagher presented Normal Mixtures Analysis Reveals Racial and Ethnic Differences in Hospital Breastfeeding Support and Breastfeeding Intensity.
• PhD student Annie Johnson presented Health Related Quality of Life as Observed in an ICU Recovery Clinic: A Cross-Sectional Study.
• PhD student Sarah Meyer presented The Impact of Residency Programs on the Retention of New Graduate Nurses: A Critical Review.
• DNP student Casey Groskreutz presented Quality Improvement Project on Pressure Ulcer Prevention In Orthopedic Patients: A Focus on Impact of Medical Devices.
• DNP student Jessica Rusciano presented Enhancing Interprofessional Competency among Students through Collaborative Educational and Patient Care Experiences in a Clinic Setting.
• BSN student Lexy Lipsh presented Obstetric Simulation Facilitator Training: Improving Interprofessional Healthcare Education in Nairobi, Kenya.
• BSN student Shivani Muthya presented Exploring the relationship between household food and nutrition insecurity and self-efficacy nutrition-related behaviors for adults living in subsidized housing.

Faculty presenting during MNRS included:

• Dean Connie White Delaney, who presented Examination of Education, Clinical, Ethics, and Research Implications of AI Transformation.
• Professor Susan Gross Forneris, who presented Safe Spaces: Addressing Physical Security on Campus and Healthcare Environments.
• Professor Wendy Looman, who presented Equitable Faculty Workloads in Nursing: An Exemplar of Collaborative Organizational Change.