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Research Presentations and Posters from AHNA Annual Conference
2009 2010 2011
2011 - AHNA's 31st Annual Conference
 Pre-conference Workshops
The Holistic Nursing Avatar: Embodying Wholeness in Praxis - W. Richard Cowling, III, RN, PhD, APRN-BC, AHN-BC, FAAN ...to demonstrate the perspectives and practices for developing a praxis that embodies unitary healing for nurses and their clients. It will provide insights and strategies for practitioners, researchers, and educators who wish to ground their work in wholeness, patterning, and appreciation - an avatar of holistic nursing.
Tracks: Practice, Education & Research (I,A)
The Sacred Flow of Understanding Research: The IMRAD Method for Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches - Bernadette Lange, DNS, RN, AHN-BC; Carla Mariano RN, EdD, AHN-BC; Ruth McCaffrey, DNP, ARNP...to introduce IMRAD (Introduction, Methods, Results And Discussion) as a blueprint for the development of research proposals. Participants will improve skills in reading/critiquing research.
Track: Practice (B,I)
Conference Workshops:
Research Papers #1
Track: Education (B,I,A)
Can Caring and Self-care Education Improve Nurse Retention during the First Year of Employment? - Mary Ellen Bonczek, RN, MPA, NEA, BC; Dr. Ann D. Quinlan-Colwell, PhD, MS, RNC, AHN-BC, FAAPM; Kathy Wines, RN, BSN, MSHC, CNOR... To explore whether workshops designed to convey caring and to teach nurses self-care behaviors can improve retention of nurses during their first year of employment.
Utilizing Caring Pedagogy to Foster Student Nurse Transformation - Dr. Desiree Hensel, PhD, RN... to describe how a pre-licensure wellness course was redesigned utilizing caring pedagogy and discuss how student nurses' self concept, self-care practices, and stress levels changed while enrolled in that course.
Graduate Nursing Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Related to Depression in Older Adults: Implications for Holistic Nursing - Dr. Colleen Delaney PhD, RN, AHN-BC; Dr. Cynthia Barrere PhD, RN, AHN-BC...to discuss graduate students' knowledge and attitudes related to depression in older adults.
Research One-on-One Consultations - the purpose of the Research One-on-One Consultation sessions is to provide support to novice nurse researchers through education, individualized project development, and mentoring from more experienced nurse researchers. Register for this session if you are seeking mentoring for a research project or if you are a doctorate prepared nurse who can provide mentoring. Both Mentors and Mentees will receive 1.5 contact hours. All registrants will receive a questionnaire, via e-mail, to aid in pairing mentees and mentors based on need and expertise.
Track: Research (B,I,A)
Stories of Healing from Holistic Nurses: Methodology and Preliminary Analysis - Dr. Marlaine C Smith, RN, PhD, AHN-BC, FAAN; Joan Engebretson, DrPH, AHN-BC, RN; Diane Wardell, RN, PhD, WHNP-BC; Mary Irene Enzman Hines, RN, PhD, PNPBC; Rothlyn (Rorry) Zahourek, PhD, PMHCNNS-BC, AHN-BC...to share the methodology and the preliminary analysis from a study of holistic nurses' stories of healing self or others.
Track: Research (B,I,A)
Research Papers #2
Track: Research/Practice (B,I,A)
The Influencing Effect of Anger, Anger Rumination and Gender on Living with Chronic Low Back Pain - Dr. Ann D. Quinlan-Colwell PhD, MS, RNC, AHN-BC, FAAPM... to share a research study, which explored the influencing effect that anger (emotional), anger rumination (cognitive) and gender (physical and multi levels) have on the experience of living with chronic low back pain.
A Pilot Study: The Effect of Healing Touch on Anxiety, Stress, Pain, Pain Medication Usage, and Physiological Measures in Hospitalized Sickle Cell Disease Adults Experiencing a Vaso-occlusive Pain Episode - Linda Thomas PhD-C, MSN, RN-BC, CCRN, HTP... to report the results of a randomized controlled trial designed to determine the effectiveness of Healing Touch in hospitalized adults living with sickle cell disease (SCD) and experiencing Vaso-occlusive pain.
Poster Presentations:
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| The Effect of Lavender in Reducing Anxiety in the Pre-Cardiac Catheterization or Pre-Peripheral Catheterization Patient; A Pilot Study |
Susan Levenhagen, BSN, RN, HN-BC |
| The Effects of Self-Massage Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
Dorothea V Atkins, RN BSN, MA, ThD, David A. Eichler Ph.D |
| Caregiver Stress and Healing Touch |
Deborah Lynn Krueger, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CNRN |
| Using Healing Touch in Non-Community Dwelling Older Adults with Pain: A Feasibility Study |
Dr. Sheila Decker, PhD, Diane Wind Wardell, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, AHN-BC, CHTP/I, Stanley G Cron, MSPH |
| Spiritual Care in Geriatric Advanced Practice Nursing |
Barbara Baele Vincensi, PhDc, RN, FNP, AHN-BC
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| Spiritual Transformation from the Experience of Being Healed Through Prayer |
Mary a. Helming, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, AHN-BC, |
| Seasonal Affective Disorder: A Phenomenological Inquiry |
Dr Frances Downs, PhD |
| Dancing into Wholeness |
Kathleen M Miller, PhD, MA, RN, MGH |
| The Nurse Manifest Project: An Emerging Story |
Dr Carey Clark, RN, PHD |
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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. 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
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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
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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
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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
 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.
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The Relationship between Self-Care and Professional Self-Concept among Midwestern Nurses
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Research
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Desiree Hensel PhD, RN
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The Relationship between Adolescent Girls and Horses:
Implications for Equine Assisted Mental Health Therapies
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Research
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Meg Toukonen RN, CNS, PhD©
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The Influence of a Spirituality-Based Intervention on Quality of Life, Depression, and Anxiety in Community-Dwelling Adults with Cardiovascular Disease
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Research
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Colleen Delaney PhD, RN, AHN-BC
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Cynthia Barrere, PhD, RN, AHN-BC
Mary Helming PhD, APRN, FNP
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"I don't know why I'm telling you this." The life processes and patterns of patients living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Research
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Jane Flanagan PhD, ANP-BC
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Elizabeth Ryan
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Impact of a Therapeutic Music Intervention on Patients Hospitalized for Emergent Medical Conditions
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Research
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Kari Sand-Jecklin EdD, MSN, RN, AHN-BC
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Howard Emerson BA, CMP
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Nursing support for early adult male outpatients in a suffering situation after bone marrow transplantation
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Research
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Tsuneo Nagai RN
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Emiko Endo, PhD, RN
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Use of Complementary and Integrative Therapies among Clinical Nurse Specialist in an Academic Medical Center
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Research
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Susanne M. Cutshall RN, MS, CNS, AHN-BC
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Anne Miers, RN, MS, CNS
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Effects of Healing Touch on Pediatric Pain and Comfort in the Post Operative Period
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Research
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Monica Meier RN, CHTP, CCA, IBCLC
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Wendy Rolf , RN, MSN, CHTP/I, AHN-BC
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The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Nursing Interventions in Pediatric Oncology Nurses
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Research
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Jennifer I Rheingans PhD, RN, AHN-BC
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Daily Spiritual Experiences and Perceived Quality of Life of Young Adult Women:
Exploring the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence (A Pilot Study)
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Research
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Carolyn J. Nickerson MSN, MA, EdD, RN, CNE
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Alison Colbert, PhD, APRN-BC Rick Zoucha, PhD, APRN, BC, CTN Jennifer Behun, BSN, RN
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The Field Note as Reflective Practice: Co Creating Sacred Space in Qualitative Research
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Research
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Bernadette Lange DNS, RN, AHN-BC
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The Process of Nursing Care based on Partnership between a Practicing
Nurse and a Patient with Cancer in Chaos
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Research
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Mari Takaki PhD, RN
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Creating Sacred Space for Nurses
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Research
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Bernadette Beach RN, BSN, MSN
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Barbara Nabozny-Valerio, RNC, BSN, IBCLC
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