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Innovative Solutions: Re-Imagining Nursing Research and Scholarship

Loyola University Chicago's Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing is proud to co-host the 46th annual Midwest Nursing Research Society’s (MNRS) Annual Research Conference “Innovative Solutions: Re-Imagining Nursing Research and Scholarship.” (March 30-April 2). MNRS is a premier nursing research organization, with 1,230 members from around the Midwest. Other 2022 conference hosts include University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Nursing and Rush University College of Nursing. 

Student Posters

The Lived Experiences of Nursing Students in Nursing Education with Implicit Racial Bias

  • Seth Huisenga (BSN student)
  • Stacey Meyers (faculty mentor)

Secondary Overtriage: A Concept Analysis

  • Julie Hartney (MSN student)

The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chronic Disease Management 

  • Jennifer Dixon-Johnson (MSN student) 

Improving Bar-Code Medication Administration with Mindfulness and Teamwork 

  • Mary Lang (DNP student)
  • Kathleen Bobay (faculty mentor)
  • Jeffrey Kunkel (Loyola University Medical Center) 

Feasibility Project: Increasing Experienced Registered Nurses’ Peripheral Intravenous Access Knowledge and Skills in Home Infusion Therapy Using a Blended Education Approach 

  • Cindy Watson (DNP student) 
  • Jenny O’Rourke (faculty mentor) 

Clinical Decision Support Bundle for Diabetes: A Quality Improvement Project 

  • Kathleen Taylor (DNP student) 
  • Cathlin Poronsky (faculty mentor) 

Developmental Care to Mitigate Stress in NICU Infants: A State of the Science 

  • Linda Janusek (faculty emeriti) 
  • Susan Horner (PhD student) 
  • Lee Schmidt (faculty mentor) 

Burnout, Collective Efficacy, and the Social Network of a Unit 

  • Amy Kiefer (PhD student and faculty) 

Faculty posters

The Pilot Testing of an Asthma App for College Students 

  • Vicki Andreoni 
  • Barbara Velsor Friedrich (faculty emeriti) 
  • Margaret Delaney 
  • Susan McNamee and Gail Baura (engineering) 

Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a Decision Support Tool to Prevent Community-Acquired Pressure Injury in Spinal Cord Injury for Use in Primary Care 

  • Lisa Burkhart 
  • Autumn Smith (Hines VA) 
  • Barbara Bates-Jensen (UCLA) 

Necessary but not Sufficient: Criteria for Surgical Length of Stay 

  • Colleen Kordish 

Medication Administration Errors Made among Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Need for Change in Teaching Methods 

  • Ginger Schroers 
  • Jennifer Gunberg Ross 
  • Helene Moriarty 

DISTINGUISHED ABSTRACT: Association of Early Life Adversity, Psychological Distress, and Inflammatory Markers in Women Veterans 

  • Karen Saban
  • Dina Tell 
  • Herbert Mathews (Stritch School of Medicine faculty emeriti) 
  • Eileen Collins, Solea Smith 
  • Linda Janusek (faculty emeriti) 

Poster Discussions

Urinary Symptoms and the Microbiome in Women with Type 2 Diabetes 

  • Sue Penckofer (faculty emeriti) 
  • Cara Joyce (Parkinson School) 
  • Meghan Meehan 
  • Alan Wolfe (Stritch School of Medicine) 

Vitamin D Supplementation and Its Impact on Depressive Symptoms, Diabetes Distress, Self-Care, and Blood Pressure in Women with Type 2 Diabetes 

  • Monique Ridosh 
  • Sue Penckofer (faculty emeriti) 
  • William Adams (Stritch School of Medicine)
  • Meghan Meehan 
  • Colleen Kordish 
  • Mary Byrn