Research Presentations and Posters from AHNA Annual Conference
2009      2010

2010 - AHNA's 30th Annual Conference

AHNA 2010 Research Workshops

Preconference Workshop:
Research to Praxis: Using the Evidence to Implement Holistic Interventions for Practice and Education.
Research (B) Sue Robertson RN, PhD; Ruth McCaffrey ND, ARNP, BC, FND, GNP

Conference Workshops:
Research Papers # 1
 
Eco-Spirituality: The Experience of Environmental Meditation in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease. Colleen Delaney PhD, RN, AHN-BC; Cynthia Barrere PhD, RN, AHN-BC

Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback: Creating a Healing Internal Environment for Women With Fibromyalgia.  Janice Surina Cise DNS, RN, AHNC, BCIA-C

Impact of Reiki on Knee Replacement Patients: Rating of Pain Before and After Reiki Therapy. Carol Fazzini RN, BC; Ruth Mooney PhD, RN, Barbara Notte RN

Research Papers # 2
Hand Massage for Insomnia in Nursing Home Residents
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Marlaine Smith RN, PhD, AHN-BC, FAAN;  Anne Vitale, PhD APN; Jacqueline Staal FNP-BC
Presentation Slides

Self-healing Practices: Connecting Internal and External Environments. Evelyn Clingerman PhD, RN

Expert Holistic Nurses' Advice to Nursing Students. Glenda Christiaens PhD, RN, AHN-BC; Jo Ann Abegglen DNP, APRN, PNP; Andrea Gardner BS, RN 

A Mind Body Intervention for Depression in a Community Health Setting. Research & Practice (B) Kathleen M. Miller RN, MA, PhD

Stepping Stones: Achieving an Integrative Healthcare Framework. Education, Practice & Research (I)  Lourdes Lorenz RN, MSN-IH, AHN-BC, Denise Anthes RN, BSN, MBA, HTCP/I, HN-BC, Sandra Barkei RN, BSN, HTCP, HN-BC, Kat Knihnicki Yarboro RN, BSN, PhD, ThD, HN-BC

Reiki Research Dissemination: The Touchstone Project. Anne Vitale PhD APN; Elise Brownell PhD   Presentation Slides    References
 

AHNA 2010 Research Poster Presentations

1. Is there a relationship between the use of Reiki and the self reporting level of anxiety of a mother of a neonatal abstinence syndrome baby. Christine Naoum-Heffernan RN, MS, CPNP, Reiki Master Teacher, Gilda Castillo, RN, Jeanine Midy RN, Carolyn Drew RN, MS, CCRN, Christine Pailler RN, BSN, Jocelyn Lundi RN, BSN, Janice Weinberg ScD, & Maureen Beirne Streff EdD, RN, MS, CS, BC
Abstract

2. Perceptions of Nursing Faculty and Students regarding Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). By Karen Avino EdD, MSN, RN, AHN-BC
Abstract

3. Time out for Tea: Guided Imagery Gatherings for Families and Staff in a Pediatric Oncology Unit. Anke Reineke PhD, BCIAC, Lisa Thompson RN, LMT, CHTP/I, Jeanie Spies RN, MSN, CPNP, & Tamara Maginot MS
Abstract

4. Healing the Air: Essential Oils and Healing the Effects of Tobacco. Barbara Cordell PhD, RN, AHN-BC, CCAP
Abstract

5. The M Technique: Creating a Healing Environment.
Jane Buckle PhD, MA, RN
Abstract
6. Creating a Healing Environment with Families who have a Child with Special Health Care Needs. Sharon Falkenstern PhD, CRNP
Abstract

7. Fostering an Environment of Healing and Civility in Nursing Education. Margaret “Marty” Downey RN, PhD, AHN-BC & Cynthia Clark RN, PhD, ANEF
Abstract

8. Healing at home: empowering family caregivers to use touch as supportive cancer care. William Collinge MSW, MPH, PhD & Mary Malinski BA, RN, LMT, HN-BC
Abstract

9. Spirituality of the Older Adult during Relocation to Long Term Care. Cheryl Lantz PhD(c). MS, RN & Dr. Eleanor Yurkovich, Professor, CNS/NP
Abstract

10. Hypnotherapy as an Aid for Smoking Cessation of Hospitalized Patients. Karen Pischke RN, BSN, Sarah Conway BA, Faysal Hasan MD, James Stahl MD, Anne Marie Bettencourt MTTS, Laura Beal MTTS, MSW. Joanne Rowley MS will be presenting with Karen Pischke.
Abstract

11. Nurses as a Therapeutic Presence: A Pilot Project. Debra Groath ARNP, DNP
Abstract

12. The Journey of Women with Breast Cancer who Engage in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction: A Qualitative Exploration. M. Velma Weitz CRNP, DrNP, Kathleen Fisher PhD, CRNP, Vicki Lachman PhD APRN MBE, & Carolyn Tubbs PhD, LMFT, AAFT
Abstract

13. Religious and Spiritual Coping Among Family Caregivers of Persons with Early Memory Loss. Scott Nguy BS & Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN
Abstract


2009 - AHNA 29th Annual Conference

Conference attendee learns from poster presentation.This year we had six research papers and 13 research posters at conference. The research papers varied and included three that focused on students learning: 

1. The completion of a study, funded by an AHNA grant, by Lori Settersten PhD, RN, WHNP, C, FNP, BC, "The Effect of Esoteric Healing in Critical Thinking Among Family Nurse Practitioner Student",

2. Lisa Ruth-Sahd DEd, RN, CEN, CCRN presented her study, "The Use if Nursing Student Dyads to Create Sacred Space in the Clinical Experience"
 
3. "Holistic Coping in BSN Students" by Kathleen Hudson RN, MSN, MBA and and Linda Colvin RN, MS.
 
Two studies focused on self care for the nurse and nursing staff. Marlaine Smith RN, PhD, AHN-BC, FAAN presented a study by Anne Vitale PhD, APN, "Nurses' Lived Experience of Reiki for Self-Care" and Patricia J. Meyer, RN, MS, AOCN, LMT, CCAP presented "Aromatherapy for Stress Management: Caring for the Hospital Caregivers".
 
An unusual for AHNA and interesting study using a basic science research approach with rats was "Are We in "Tune" with Wound Healing?" presented by Susan McAlister DNP (c), RN, CMP. This study looked at the effect of different sound frequencies on the rats' pressure sore healing rates.
 
The posters from conference are organized in the table below.

Title

Category

Presenter

Co-presenters

The Relationship between Self-Care and Professional Self-Concept among Midwestern Nurses

Research

Desiree Hensel PhD, RN

 

The Relationship between Adolescent Girls and Horses:
Implications for Equine Assisted Mental Health Therapies

Research

Meg Toukonen RN, CNS, PhD©

 

The Influence of a Spirituality-Based Intervention on Quality of Life, Depression, and Anxiety in Community-Dwelling Adults with Cardiovascular Disease

Research

Colleen Delaney PhD, RN, AHN-BC

Cynthia Barrere, PhD, RN, AHN-BC

Mary Helming   PhD, APRN, FNP

"I don't know why I'm telling you this." The life processes and patterns of patients living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Research

Jane Flanagan PhD, ANP-BC

Elizabeth Ryan

Impact of a Therapeutic Music Intervention on Patients Hospitalized for Emergent Medical Conditions

Research

Kari Sand-Jecklin EdD, MSN, RN, AHN-BC  

Howard Emerson   BA, CMP

Nursing support for early adult male outpatients in a suffering situation after bone marrow transplantation

Research

Tsuneo Nagai RN

Emiko Endo,  PhD, RN

Knowledge, Attitudes and Use of Complementary and Integrative Therapies among Clinical Nurse Specialist in an Academic Medical Center

Research

Susanne M. Cutshall RN, MS, CNS, AHN-BC

Anne Miers, RN, MS, CNS

Effects of Healing Touch on Pediatric Pain and Comfort in the Post Operative Period

Research 

Monica Meier RN, CHTP, CCA, IBCLC

Wendy Rolf , RN, MSN, CHTP/I, AHN-BC

The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Nursing Interventions in Pediatric Oncology Nurses

Research

Jennifer I Rheingans PhD, RN, AHN-BC

 

Daily Spiritual Experiences and Perceived Quality of Life of Young Adult Women:
Exploring the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence (A Pilot Study)

Research

Carolyn J. Nickerson MSN, MA, EdD, RN, CNE

Alison Colbert, PhD, APRN-BC   Rick Zoucha, PhD, APRN, BC, CTN   Jennifer Behun, BSN, RN

The Field Note as Reflective Practice: Co Creating Sacred Space in Qualitative Research

Research 

Bernadette Lange DNS, RN, AHN-BC

 

The Process of Nursing Care based on Partnership between a Practicing
Nurse and a Patient with Cancer in Chaos

Research

Mari Takaki PhD, RN

 

Creating Sacred Space for Nurses

Research

Bernadette Beach RN, BSN, MSN

Barbara Nabozny-Valerio, RNC, BSN, IBCLC

 

 

 

 


 
 


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