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Collaborations~ Chains and Circles

By Paula Herberg, RN, PhD, associate dean of nursing and director, Aga Khan University School of Nursing

Karachi, Pakistan-This year we cel­ebrate Pakistan's Golden Jubilee-for independence attained 50 years ago. So

when Professor Afaf Meleis visited Aga Khan Uni­versity (AKU) to give the keynote speech at the Second Distinguished Nurse Symposium to cel­ebrate International Nurses' Day, it was a good time to reflect on changes and collaborations. Es­pecially collaborations that have influenced the growth and development of nursing in Pakistan and at the Aga Khan University School of Nursing (AKUSON) during the nine years I have been here.

AKUSON Graduates at AKU Convocation Ceremony

AKUSON, which opened in 1980, was the first es­tablished unit of the first ptivately chmiered univer­sity in Pakistan. Admitted to the first class were 50 diploma students-including 15 military cadets. The first director, Mrs. Winifred Wm·kentin, was an experienced World Health Organization (WHO) nurse from Canada who established a tradition of collaboration between p1ivate and public schools of nursing in Pakistan. Professor Susan E. French from the School of Nursing, McMaster University, Canada presented an overview of the longstanding collaboration between our two universities.

Our ~school is the largest in Pakistan with al­most 400 students, 50 faculty members and the only baccalaureate in nursing program in the country. We have a three-year diploma program and a two-yem· post-RN baccalaureate program. We will offer a fom~year BScN degree starting in October 1997 and we have a variety of educa­tional activities with other schools of nursing .. AKUSON has formed an honor society on canipus and is seeking to establish a chapter in Sigma Theta Tau International. Faculty member Raffat Jan is president of the honor society.

AKUSON is involved in two major collaborative activities beyond the purely academic. The first

is funded by the Canadian International Develop­ment Agency and entitled, Development of Women Health Professionals (DWHP): Nurses and Lady Health Visitors. Funding is $16.6 million (Cana­dian). At McMaster University my counterpart is Dr. Andrea Baumann, Associate Dean of Health Sciences (Nursing) . AKUSON and McMaster Uni­versity, are partners in managing this five-year prograni and assisting the government of Pakistan to strengthen its nursing systems.

The second activity is international in scope and could result in the university having a pro­grani in East Africa. The background is that in 1992, I chaired a feasibility study concerning es­tablishment of an educational prograni for nurses in East Africa. The outcome of that study led to a one-year planning grant from the Aga Khan Foun­dation, Canada, and CIDA to refine plans for a proposed Institute of Advanced Nursing Studies (!ANS) for East Africa. I chaired an International steering committee that included Dr. Alan Myles from the Royal College of Nursing In­stitute, United Kingdom; and Ms. Joette Clark, from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nurs­ing, Case Western Reserve University, USA; Mrs. Sarah Kibuka from Uganda; Mrs. Pauline Mella from Tanzania; Mrs . J.M. Muriithi and Mrs . Joyce Musndu from Kenya; and Mrs. Talaa Said from Zanzibar. Most have their master's degrees from North America.

Other members from AKU included Dr. Carole

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Orchard and Dr. Grace Miller, both Canadians. The !ANS project is modeled after the Royal Col­lege of Nursing Institute and is based on a modu­lar educational program and distance education delivery strategies.

Among other distinguished nurses to visit AKU over the years have been Virginia Henderson in the early 1980s; Lucie Young Kelly in the early 1990s, Naeema Al-Gasseer and Beverly Hemy in 1997. We have had external evaluators from Bahrain, the Philippines, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates. Each visitor and each collabora­tion helps us to better define our vision of nurs­ing.

1\vo of my most rewarding personal collabo­rations have been with the associate director of AKUSON, Ms. Yasmin Amarsi, a doctoral candi­date at McMaster University and with Mrs. Faiz Alam Zaib, vice president of the Pakistan Nurs­ing Council. Yasmin was my student and will soon succeed me as director of AKUSON- truly a collaboration that has gone full circle.

Collaborations, chains and circles go together in my mind. Each collaboration serves as a link in a chain which eventually circles m·ound to en­compass all who contributed to its making. In international nursing development work, it is the collaborations and partnerships that are devel­oped which are most instrumental- and reward­ing-in "getting the job done" and leaving be­hind something substainable. I

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Indianapolis '97

As the nation's 12th largest city, Indianapolis has earned a reputation for its world­class appeal, sporting facilities, performing and visual arts, historic attractions, the 500-Mile Race, and renowned Hoosier hospitality. While attending the 34th Biennial Convention and 15th Anniversary Celebration in downtown Indianapolis this December, many holiday festivities will be in full swing.

Experience the transformation of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on the circle into the "world's largest Christmas tree" illuminated with 4,638 sparkling lights. Take a bus tour or carriage ride through the city to enjoy the dazzling lights and holiday decorations. The Indianapolis Zoo features 500,000 twinkling lights in shapes of more than 100 animated characters and scenes at "Christmas at the Zoo:' Children of all ages can visit the world's largest children's museum during "Jolly Days." Complete your holiday shopping at the newly opened Circle Centre Mall featuring Nordstrom's, Parisian, and more than 100 specialty shops and restaurants. The Westin, Hyatt and Crowne Plaza hotels are connected to the mall via enclosed skywalks. Finally, dine downtown where numerous restaurants feature everything from deli snacks to gourmet feasts .

We look forward to seeing you in Indianapolis!

9:00-lD:OOlm: Siient Auction 9:00-11:GOllll: Exhibits Open/Hands-On Lab 12:30-1:30pm: Audrey Hepburn Luncheon 5:3o-&:30pm: Hosted Receptions 7:00pm: Founders Awards Banquet

8:00-9:00am: Leadership Sessions Keynote 9:00-lO:OOam: Chapter Displays Grand Opening 10:15-11 :1 Sam: Regional Meetings

New Member Roundtable 11:3Dam-12:45pm: Concurrent Sessions &

Hands-On Lab 1:00-2:30pm: Chapter Awards Luncheon 4:00-4:4Spm: Meet the Candidates 4:45·6:00pm: Delegate Briefing

75th Events 10:00-12:15pm & 3:00-3:45pm: Leadership Conversation,

Myrtle K. Aydelotte, Nell J. Watts, Sr. Rosemary Donley 5:00-5:45pm: 75th Anniversary Keynote Session 5:45-6:30pm: Reception 5:45·8:00pm: Anniversary Museum Grand Opening 6:00-S:OOpm: lnt'I. Center for Nursing Scholarship Tours

7:3Dam-5:00pm: Anniversary Museum Open 10:00·12:15pm & 2:00·5:15pm: Leadership Conversation,

carol A. Lindeman, Lucie s. Kelly, Vernice D. Ferguson 6:00-S:OOpm: lnt'I. Center for Nursing Scholarship Tours

7:30am-5:00pm: Anniversary Museum Open 9:00-12n & 2:00-3:30pm: Leadership Conversation,

Angela McBride, Biiiye J. Brown, Melanie C. Dreher

9:30-10:15am: Leadership Conversation, Virginia Crenshaw, Beth C. Vaughan-Wrobel, Fay L. Bower, Eleanor Sullivan, Nancy Dickenson-Hazard ·

6:1 Spm: Birthday Party

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34TH BIENNIAL CONVENTION & 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

DAY 1 INFO EXPO! TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2

MORNING

INFO EXPO! Theme: Scholarship of the Future

Kathleen Capitulo Regina Novak

Kathleen Capitulo, RN, MS, FACCE, clinical di­rector, Maternal Child Health Care Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY Regina Novak, RN, MSN, CNA, clinical nurse manager, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Innovative Technology in the Care of Children­A Partnership in Practice This presentation will highlight the use of advanced technolo­gies to help children cope with their illnesses and stay connected during a particularly isolated time in their lives. Keynote sponsored by: The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York

7:00am-12n Registration & Delegate Certification 8:30-9:45am INFO EXPO! Opening Session Early Bird Drawing for computer software package!

10:00-11 :30am Concurrent INFO EXPO! Sessions Using Technology to Access Information • World Wide Web Search Tools: Let the Spiders Do Your

Crawling Using Technology to Teach • How Technology is Used to Suppot1 Nursing Education • Nursing Process Series Pat1 2: Assessment • Multimedia Teaching: A Marriage for Better or Worse Using Technology to Communicate • Using the Nightingale Tracker Panel Presentation

AFTERNOON

Noon-1 :30pm Intl Communications Awards Luncheon

1 :30-4:30pm Exhibits Grand Opening/Dessert Reception Sponsored by Vanderbilt University & Iota Chapter

1 :30-4:30pm Hands-on Lab Sponsored by FITNE, Inc.

3:00-4:30pm Concurrent INFO EXPO! Sessions Using Technology to Access Information • Optimizing Your literature Searches • Use of a Computer Software Program, Nud.ist for Qualitative

3:00-S:OOpm

Data Analysis • Community-based Care

Using Technology to Communicate J Telehealth Symposium

Using Technology to Teach • Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Critical Thinkers for:

Clinical Practice - Rural Nursing - Case Management

Registration & Delegate Certification

Events to Benefit the Research Endowment Fund Two events are planned during the convention to increase the research fund to $1 million.

4'~:~:1>' cit~::~(~~ * _~',,.:0....,_ The board of directors will be hosting a silent auc-( ILf nT !--• tion on Wednesday, Dec. 3, and Thursday, Dec. 4, *J ftU(TIOn in the Exhibit Hall. Obtain great gifts and merchan-

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dise at auction prices and help the Sigma Theta •,.,.,, * * "'~ Tau International Research Fund at the same time!

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MetLife Walk/Run A two-mile walk/run around the lower concourse of the RCA Dome is co-sponsored by MetLife. All participants will receive a special 'Snoopy· t-shirt in recognition of their $10 contribution. The walk/run begins at 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3.

45pm Mnlversary Keynote Session: /he Spirit of Sigma Theta Tau · • Rosemary Donley, sc, RN, PhD, FAAN (Kappa), Exerulive Vice President, The Catholic

University of America, Washington, DC Come and join Sr. Rosemary Donley in celebrating Sigma Theta Tau lnternational's 75th Anniversary. From six nursing students' dream to an international organization changing the world of nursing. Sponsored by The University of Albet1a, Fawlty of Nursing

5:45-B:OOpm Anniversary Museum Grand Opening

5 :45-6:30pm Anniversary Museum Reception Sponsored by Alpha Chapter, Indiana University School of Nursing, Clar/an Health (Methodist, JU, Riley)

6:00·B:OOpm International Center for Nursing Scholarship Tours

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Indianapolis '97

As the nation's 12th largest city, Indianapolis has earned a reputation for its world­class appeal, sporting facilities, performing and visual arts, historic attractions, the 500-Mile Race, and renowned Hoosier hospitality. While attending the 34th Biennial Convention and 15th Anniversary Celebration in downtown Indianapolis this December, many holiday festivities will be in full swing.

Experience the transformation of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on the circle into the "world's largest Christmas tree" illuminated with 4,638 sparkling lights. Take a bus tour or carriage ride through the city to enjoy the dazzling lights and holiday decorations. The Indianapolis Zoo features 500,000 twinkling lights in shapes of more than 100 animated characters and scenes at "Christmas at the Zoo:' Children of all ages can visit the world's largest children's museum during "Jolly Days." Complete your holiday shopping at the newly opened Circle Centre Mall featuring Nordstrom's, Parisian, and more than 100 specialty shops and restaurants. The Westin, Hyatt and Crowne Plaza hotels are connected to the mall via enclosed skywalks. Finally, dine downtown where numerous restaurants feature everything from deli snacks to gourmet feasts .

We look forward to seeing you in Indianapolis!

9:00-lD:OOlm: Siient Auction 9:00-11:GOllll: Exhibits Open/Hands-On Lab 12:30-1:30pm: Audrey Hepburn Luncheon 5:3o-&:30pm: Hosted Receptions 7:00pm: Founders Awards Banquet

8:00-9:00am: Leadership Sessions Keynote 9:00-lO:OOam: Chapter Displays Grand Opening 10:15-11 :1 Sam: Regional Meetings

New Member Roundtable 11:3Dam-12:45pm: Concurrent Sessions &

Hands-On Lab 1:00-2:30pm: Chapter Awards Luncheon 4:00-4:4Spm: Meet the Candidates 4:45·6:00pm: Delegate Briefing

75th Events 10:00-12:15pm & 3:00-3:45pm: Leadership Conversation,

Myrtle K. Aydelotte, Nell J. Watts, Sr. Rosemary Donley 5:00-5:45pm: 75th Anniversary Keynote Session 5:45-6:30pm: Reception 5:45·8:00pm: Anniversary Museum Grand Opening 6:00-S:OOpm: lnt'I. Center for Nursing Scholarship Tours

7:3Dam-5:00pm: Anniversary Museum Open 10:00·12:15pm & 2:00·5:15pm: Leadership Conversation,

carol A. Lindeman, Lucie s. Kelly, Vernice D. Ferguson 6:00-S:OOpm: lnt'I. Center for Nursing Scholarship Tours

7:30am-5:00pm: Anniversary Museum Open 9:00-12n & 2:00-3:30pm: Leadership Conversation,

Angela McBride, Biiiye J. Brown, Melanie C. Dreher

9:30-10:15am: Leadership Conversation, Virginia Crenshaw, Beth C. Vaughan-Wrobel, Fay L. Bower, Eleanor Sullivan, Nancy Dickenson-Hazard ·

6:1 Spm: Birthday Party

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:00am-12n & 2:00-S:OOpm: House of Delegates 5:00·6:00pm: Reception for outgoing/Incoming officers

34TH BIENNIAL CONVENTION & 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

DAY 1 INFO EXPO! TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2

MORNING

INFO EXPO! Theme: Scholarship of the Future

Kathleen Capitulo Regina Novak

Kathleen Capitulo, RN, MS, FACCE, clinical di­rector, Maternal Child Health Care Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY Regina Novak, RN, MSN, CNA, clinical nurse manager, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Innovative Technology in the Care of Children­A Partnership in Practice This presentation will highlight the use of advanced technolo­gies to help children cope with their illnesses and stay connected during a particularly isolated time in their lives. Keynote sponsored by: The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York

7:00am-12n Registration & Delegate Certification 8:30-9:45am INFO EXPO! Opening Session Early Bird Drawing for computer software package!

10:00-11 :30am Concurrent INFO EXPO! Sessions Using Technology to Access Information • World Wide Web Search Tools: Let the Spiders Do Your

Crawling Using Technology to Teach • How Technology is Used to Suppot1 Nursing Education • Nursing Process Series Pat1 2: Assessment • Multimedia Teaching: A Marriage for Better or Worse Using Technology to Communicate • Using the Nightingale Tracker Panel Presentation

AFTERNOON

Noon-1 :30pm Intl Communications Awards Luncheon

1 :30-4:30pm Exhibits Grand Opening/Dessert Reception Sponsored by Vanderbilt University & Iota Chapter

1 :30-4:30pm Hands-on Lab Sponsored by FITNE, Inc.

3:00-4:30pm Concurrent INFO EXPO! Sessions Using Technology to Access Information • Optimizing Your literature Searches • Use of a Computer Software Program, Nud.ist for Qualitative

3:00-S:OOpm

Data Analysis • Community-based Care

Using Technology to Communicate J Telehealth Symposium

Using Technology to Teach • Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Critical Thinkers for:

Clinical Practice - Rural Nursing - Case Management

Registration & Delegate Certification

Events to Benefit the Research Endowment Fund Two events are planned during the convention to increase the research fund to $1 million.

4'~:~:1>' cit~::~(~~ * _~',,.:0....,_ The board of directors will be hosting a silent auc-( ILf nT !--• tion on Wednesday, Dec. 3, and Thursday, Dec. 4, *J ftU(TIOn in the Exhibit Hall. Obtain great gifts and merchan-

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dise at auction prices and help the Sigma Theta •,.,.,, * * "'~ Tau International Research Fund at the same time!

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MetLife Walk/Run A two-mile walk/run around the lower concourse of the RCA Dome is co-sponsored by MetLife. All participants will receive a special 'Snoopy· t-shirt in recognition of their $10 contribution. The walk/run begins at 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3.

45pm Mnlversary Keynote Session: /he Spirit of Sigma Theta Tau · • Rosemary Donley, sc, RN, PhD, FAAN (Kappa), Exerulive Vice President, The Catholic

University of America, Washington, DC Come and join Sr. Rosemary Donley in celebrating Sigma Theta Tau lnternational's 75th Anniversary. From six nursing students' dream to an international organization changing the world of nursing. Sponsored by The University of Albet1a, Fawlty of Nursing

5:45-B:OOpm Anniversary Museum Grand Opening

5 :45-6:30pm Anniversary Museum Reception Sponsored by Alpha Chapter, Indiana University School of Nursing, Clar/an Health (Methodist, JU, Riley)

6:00·B:OOpm International Center for Nursing Scholarship Tours

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DAY 2 Scientific Sessions

MORNING

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS Theme: Scholarship of Discovery

Dr. Kathleen Dracup, FNP, DNSc, FAAN, LW Hassenplug Professor of Nursing, University of California-Los Angeles

Change, Complexity, and Collaboration The nature of nursing involves helping people through the process of change related to their health. This process is

Dr. ICJllhleen Dracup complex. Measuring the outcomes of the process and the effectiveness of our efforts as nurses Is also complex. But measuring the outcomes of nursing interventions is critical to our growth as a profession in health care today. Given the complexity of clinical problems, Intra- and interdisci­plinary collaboration is required in both practice and research. Sigma Theta Tau International has played an important role over the past 75 years in promoting such collaboration. Keynote sponsored by: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston

6:15am 7:00am-12n

MetLife/Sigma Theta Tau Intl Walk/Run Registration & Delegate Certification

8:00-9:15am Scientific Sessions Keynote Session Early Bird Drawing for Sigma Theta Tau International 10K Ring/

9:15-lO:OOam Plenary The Episteme Award

Sponsored by The Baxter Allegiance Foundation

10:00a-Noon Research Poster Viewing with refreshments Sponsored by Northeastern University School of Nursing

10:00am-Noon Exhibits Open Hands-On Computer Lab Board of Directors' Silent Auction

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11 :30a-12:15pm Concurrent Research Sessions (See page 5 for list of topics and presenters)

AFTERNOON

12:30-1 :45pm Tribute Luncheon Honorary Member Induction Recognition of Board Members International Committee Members Chapter Officers Virgin ia Henderson Tribute

TBD Panel on Nursing and Media Sigma Theta Tau International will bring a panel of media experts together to address the findings and recommendations of a research study conducted at the Rochester University School of Nursing. Under the guidance of Junior Bridge, a nationally known media consultant, researchers will analyze the representation of nursing science in the media.

2:00-3:30pm Concurrent Research Sessions (See page 5 for list of topics and presenters)

3:00-5pm Registration & Delegate Certification

3:30p-5:00pm Exhibits Open Hands-On Computer Lab Research Poster Viewing Board of Directors Silent Auction

4:30-6:00pm Concurrent Research Sessions (See page 5 for list of topics and presenters)

5:30-6:30pm Deans' and Chapter Presidents' Reception

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Ip Conversations Cllrol A. Undeman, RN, Ptio, FAAN (Beta Psi), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1981-1983 Lucie S. Kelly, RN, Ptio, FAAN (Alpha Zeta), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1983· 1985 Vernice D. Ferguson, RN, MA, FAAN, FRCN (Kappa), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1985· 1987

6 :00-8 :OOpm International Center for Nursing Scholarship Tours

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RESEARCH PAPERS INVITED TO PRESENT ... Sigma Theta Tau lnternational's 34th Biennial Convention

ACUTE CARE Rita J. Wunderlich Patienls' Perceptioos o! Uncertainty and Stress During the Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation Anne G. Ferry Patient's Perceptions During Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation Carol L. Thompson Pattern o! D)'pnea, Heart Rate, and Blood Pressure As Well As The Relatiooship o! Di,pnea, Mucus Weight. Ain»y Resistance. and il>siti'~ End Expiratocy Pressure with Tracheal Suction in ICU Palienls

ADMINISTRJITION Lynn C. l'llrsons Nurse Delegation Decision Making: Impact on Nurse Job Satisfaction Wanda F. Andersoo·Loftin Activities and Perceived Outcomes o! Rural Nurse Case Mana,,«erS

ADULT HEALTH/ILLNESS Kathryn M. King Gender and A,,ue: Exploration o! factor.; Influencing Short· Tenn Recm1'f)' from Cardiac Surgory Christine Thrasher A Groonded Theory o! Adult Self-Care Abilities & Behaviours While A•>iting Cadaver Renal Transplant Martha E. HorsbuTi P,,rsooalily Trails. Self·Care Abilities & Behaviours in Adulls A•>il ing Renal Transplant

BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL Baro.ra M. Dobenre<k Compassion Fatique in Family Caregi'm Wno Witness Intense Pain. Suffering. and Trauma Cheryl M. Boorguignon The Effects o! Relaxation with Imagery on Chronic Pain. Self-Care A,,uency, and Self-Control Donna Yancy Cancer Patient's Hydratioo and Symptom Distress During the Last 14 DaY' o! Life Stephen D. Krau A Phenomenological Study o! Persons Living With an AfCD (Automatic fmplantahle Cardiorerler Defibrillator) Ann M. Newman Arthritis Self-Help fntenenlioo in Minority Women: A Pilot Study Candace J. Meares family Caregi1..- as Sustainer. Efforts lo Feed the Teminally Ill

CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS Nancy Collis-Mele Medicaid Managed Care and Tiile V Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs Grace J. l\retJlen The Effect o! Oncology Support fnlef"l·entions on Health Care Utiliz.ation. Cost and Quality of Care Outcomes Pamela J. Salsberry Health Status of Low Income Women: A Population al Risi Outen. M. Weis Exploring Feasibility o! Nursing Diagnoses in Parish Nursing Jennie T. Nickel Pre1• nLi\U Health Counseling o! Young Low-Income Women Robert Topp The Effect o! Implementing a Patient-Centered Care Model oo Staff Work Adivities and Patient Length of Stay Lucille L. Tmis Ellecls o! T.-o Nursing Practice Models on Selected Nursing lntermntions and Oulcomes o! Chronically Critically Ill. Loug-Tern1 Ventilator Patienls

CHRONIC ILLNESS Debra A. Danforth Self-Esteem. Recovery, and Relapse Among Chemically Dependent Nurses Sheila C. Grossman Role Modeling Experience and Nursing Students Atti tudes To.ard People Living With AIDS Deborah C. Messear Environmental Modification Strategies Used by Caregi,~rs

Nancy M. Dluhy Tailoring Fatigue Management in Chronic Illness: Dewlopment of a Pictorial Analog Fatigue Instrument Carol A. Stubblefield Patient - Provider Role Relationshi[lS: A Clinical Practice Model

COMMUNITY HEADH Gwen M. Felton Detenninanls o! Health Risk Behaviors of Early Adolescenls Vicky Talbert The Acqui.sitioo o! Cultural Competence in Health Profession Students Having Practicum Experiences in Academic C.Ommunity Nursing Centei; Roxanne W. McDuiel Rural .Telecommunication Outreach Program

CROSS-CULTURAL Colette Rose Yori< The Lired Experiences o! Nurses· Interactions With Ethnically Diwrse Clienls: A Phenomenological Perspecti\~ Felicitas A. dela Cruz Factors Associated Wlih The Acculturatioo of flrsl Generation Filipino·Arooricans

EDUCATION Janet R. Ken\)' Malching Social Support and Stress in female Nursing Faculty Pursuing Doctoral Study Kin N. Holhek Nursing Education in Kri.stiansand. N..-.•y 1917 - 1934: Dominating Myths and a Stcnny closing

Catherine Nuss Kotecki Learning A Personal Communicatioo Repertoire: How Baccalaureate Nursing Studenls Communicate With Patienls in a Clinical Setting , -l'lltricia R. Messmer De'•loping ICU Nurses for lhe 21st Century Marilyn M. Bock Faculty and Student Perceptions Or an Interdisciplinary Uire Curriculm

EPIDEMIOLOGY Christine Y. Nobum·Cook The De-.lopment Implementation and fa.!uatioo of an Exposure Data Validity Scale lo Measure and lo Control Recall Bias in Case-Control Studies

ETHICS Marianne L. Malw Registered Nurses' Attitudes To»rd and Practices o! Assisted Suicide and Patient-Requested Euthanasia Deborah Volker ~)'ician Assisted Dying: A Content Anal)'is of Oncology Nurses' Attitudes Martis S. Bosek Ethical Decision -Making by Geuetic Counselors Kap Chui Cho Concept Development of Client Admcacy Using The Hybrid Model

FAMILY Donna M. Dixon Challenging Relatiooshi[lS with Parenls: Pediatric Nurses Stories Jin Hee Kim Caregiving in the Korean-American Family

GERONTOLOGY F.dna E. Johnson Health Choice - Making: The Experience, Perception, Expression of Older Women Danita Frazer Alfred Expressions o! Agitatioo and the Effect o! Caregi1..­Administered Slow Stroke Massage oo the Diffusion of Agitated Behaviors in

Alzheimer's Disease Patienls Julie E. Johnson Older Rural Adulls and Driving Cessation: A Nursing Perspecti-.

HISTORICAL Susan S. Gunby Isabel Hampton Robb: Quintessential Nurse, Educator. Author, and Loader Susan G. Taylor The De-.lopment o! Self·Care Deficit Nursing Theory: A Historical Perspectim

INFECTIOUS DISEASE Deborah Wilt Shennan Relapse lo Unsafe Sexual Practices in HIV-1\Jsiti'" Heterosc.xual Men

INFORMJITTCS James r. Turley lnfonnation Modeling and Nursing Records

INSTRUMENTJmON Kenneth D. Phillips Dewlopment and Validation of an Instrument lo Measure the Internalized Stigma of Obesity Ellen T. Murphy l\iychometric fa.!uatioo o! a re-Vernet. F:arly VeriJal Pediatric Pain Scale (PEPI'S) Dianne Morrison·Beedy Tiie HIV-Related Index o! Readiness for Proteclive Behaviors: Adaptation, De\dopment, and Evaluatioo Marpret J. Boll De-.loping An Instrument lo Measure Continuity o! Care for Elders

INTERDISCIPLINARY Anna M. McDaniel A Smoking Cessation lnten~ntion fcx· Medical lnpatienls: Feasibility Assessment

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Kathryn S. Hegedus Nursing in An lntennodiate Care Nursery in Hungary

MATERNAUCHILD Bemad<Ue Mazurek Melnyk Correlates o! il>st·Traumalic Stress Symptoms in Moth"" following Their Child's Critical Care Hospitaliz.alioo Lorraine Tulman Initial Weight and Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Effecls oo Functiooal Status, Symptoms, and Energy Susan Gennaro Dilkrences Bet"een Mothers o! Tenn and Pretemi lnfanls in Affect and Immune Respoose Julia M.B. Fine Clinical Reason ing o! Expert Laboc and Deli'"'l' Nurses: A Descriptiw \'eriJal Protocol An~)'is Mary Beth !landers Stepans Infant E.xposurc lo Cigarette Smoke Carol Anne McYeigh Self-Esteem, Social Support. Anxiety, and Functicx1al Status After Childbirth: A Prospecti-. Loogitudinal Study Laura J. Duckett Factors Associated With Very Early Weaning Amoog Primiparas Intending lo Breastfeed Karen W. Budd ldentificatioo o! Prenatal Alcohol Use: Comparison of a Nursing Screen With The Acog Antepartum Record Gene C. Andersoo Randomized Controlled Trial IRCTI wiU1 Transitiooal Newborn lnfanls: Effect of Tub Bath oo Crying and Temperature

Ruth Yori< Lewi of Prenatal Care, 11.s Impact on Health Care Seeking Behavior in Low Income Urban African American Women Sherrilyn S. CollllWl Mutual Intentionality: A Theory of Support Processes in Pregnant African American Women

METHODS Sarah Steen Lauteriiadi In Another World: 5 Years Later Cla.rann Weinert Telecommunication Intcrnmlion: Rural Women and Chronic Illness Cynthia K. Russell fa.!uation of Methods for Accessing the Perspectives o! Persons with Dementia Howard K.rl Botcher A Research Methodology Within Rogers· Nursing Science

PHYSIOLOGICAUPATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL Karen H. Morin Nutritioo and ~)•ical Exercise in Oven.·eighl and Obese il>stpartum Women Susan L. Baker The Effects o! Audi05timulalioo via Self-Selected Music on Circulating llela-Endorphin Chandice Y. Covington Anticarcinogenic Factors in Breast Fluids Post-Birth

PRIMARY CARE Martha S. Tingen lntemntioo lo Decrease Childrens' Smoiing Intention

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES Wendy T. Micek Spiritual Themes in Parish Nursing Practice: A National Study Lois W. Lowry De'•lopmenL of a Model for the Delivery o! lmprornd Prenatal Care Nanly Hsu Patient Classificatioo S)'tems and Nursing Fees

PSYCHOSO(IAUMENTAL HEALTH Roberta A. Scbeit.zer Exploring the Spiritual Dimension o! QOL in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis Leticia S.M. Lantican Perceptions o! Senices in an Out-Patient Mental Health Facility in a Border City Amoog Chronically Mentally-Ill Mexican-American Clienls Barbara A. Johnson Chronically Mental ly Ill Individuals Reentering The Community After Hospitalization ~ase II : The Urban Experience Kerry H. Faler The Li'l!d Experience of Adult Male Survivors Who Allege Childhood Sexual Abuse by Clergy: A Phenonienological Study Olivia G.M. Washington Caring for Chemically Dependent Women Using Cognil i'" and Experiential Therapy Brigitte u..gan Trust: Advanced Conceptual De'~lopment Sharon F. DiYiUo Violence in lhe Acute Care SeUing-Unco-.ring the Unspoken Epidemic and the Role o! the Fcrensic Nurse Kaye A. u..th Hope as Seen Throogh The F,·es o! Homeless Children

RESEARCH UTILIZATION Alyce A. Schultz Reducing the Prevalence o! Pressure Ulcers: A Hospital Wide Research Utilizatioo Project

WOMEN'S HEALTH/ILLNESS Carol F. Roye Condom Use By Minority Adolescent Women Who Use Honnooal Contracepti\1'5 Gayle M. Roux Grounded Theory o! In ner Strength in Women Katharine Y. Kolcaha Eflecfo~ness o! Guided lma,,aery on the Comfort Needs o! Women Going Throogh Radiation Therapy IOC F:arly Breast Canrer Suling Li Transition into Menopause and Quality of Life W. Jean Weyman The Detenninants of Fatigue in Working Women: An Exploratocy Study Marpret E.A. Black Possible Selves and Their Influence on Older Womens Mamm~hy Screening Behavior Robtrta M. Orne The Experience of Waiting: From Discovery o! an Atypical Breast Conditioo lo Diagn05is Karen M. Schaefer Correlates o! Quality of Life in Wonien with Flbromi.!gia

RESEARCH POSTERS INVITED TO PRESENT ...

Rita Holl Health Problems Displayed in Voice Patterns Glenda Llndseth Cholelithiasis (Gallstones) In Pregnancy Hea Kung Hur An Exploration of the Life Experiences of Patients with Chronic Pain : Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis Jeanne Merritt Hypertensive Study in the Middle Aged and Older Hispanic Oient Yun-fang Tsai Prediclor.; of Nur.;ing Students' Intention to Care Kll­Patients who are HIV fusitire Susan Williams The Effect of E:ducation on Self-Care Behavior.; of Patients Receiving Outpatient Chemotherapy Kathryn J. Foley An Examination of the Differences in Self-Concept. Self-Esteem. and Locus of C.Ontrol in Adolescent Female Smoker.; and Nonsmokers

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DAY 2 Scientific Sessions

MORNING

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS Theme: Scholarship of Discovery

Dr. Kathleen Dracup, FNP, DNSc, FAAN, LW Hassenplug Professor of Nursing, University of California-Los Angeles

Change, Complexity, and Collaboration The nature of nursing involves helping people through the process of change related to their health. This process is

Dr. ICJllhleen Dracup complex. Measuring the outcomes of the process and the effectiveness of our efforts as nurses Is also complex. But measuring the outcomes of nursing interventions is critical to our growth as a profession in health care today. Given the complexity of clinical problems, Intra- and interdisci­plinary collaboration is required in both practice and research. Sigma Theta Tau International has played an important role over the past 75 years in promoting such collaboration. Keynote sponsored by: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston

6:15am 7:00am-12n

MetLife/Sigma Theta Tau Intl Walk/Run Registration & Delegate Certification

8:00-9:15am Scientific Sessions Keynote Session Early Bird Drawing for Sigma Theta Tau International 10K Ring/

9:15-lO:OOam Plenary The Episteme Award

Sponsored by The Baxter Allegiance Foundation

10:00a-Noon Research Poster Viewing with refreshments Sponsored by Northeastern University School of Nursing

10:00am-Noon Exhibits Open Hands-On Computer Lab Board of Directors' Silent Auction

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3

11 :30a-12:15pm Concurrent Research Sessions (See page 5 for list of topics and presenters)

AFTERNOON

12:30-1 :45pm Tribute Luncheon Honorary Member Induction Recognition of Board Members International Committee Members Chapter Officers Virgin ia Henderson Tribute

TBD Panel on Nursing and Media Sigma Theta Tau International will bring a panel of media experts together to address the findings and recommendations of a research study conducted at the Rochester University School of Nursing. Under the guidance of Junior Bridge, a nationally known media consultant, researchers will analyze the representation of nursing science in the media.

2:00-3:30pm Concurrent Research Sessions (See page 5 for list of topics and presenters)

3:00-5pm Registration & Delegate Certification

3:30p-5:00pm Exhibits Open Hands-On Computer Lab Research Poster Viewing Board of Directors Silent Auction

4:30-6:00pm Concurrent Research Sessions (See page 5 for list of topics and presenters)

5:30-6:30pm Deans' and Chapter Presidents' Reception

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Ip Conversations Cllrol A. Undeman, RN, Ptio, FAAN (Beta Psi), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1981-1983 Lucie S. Kelly, RN, Ptio, FAAN (Alpha Zeta), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1983· 1985 Vernice D. Ferguson, RN, MA, FAAN, FRCN (Kappa), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1985· 1987

6 :00-8 :OOpm International Center for Nursing Scholarship Tours

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RESEARCH PAPERS INVITED TO PRESENT ... Sigma Theta Tau lnternational's 34th Biennial Convention

ACUTE CARE Rita J. Wunderlich Patienls' Perceptioos o! Uncertainty and Stress During the Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation Anne G. Ferry Patient's Perceptions During Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation Carol L. Thompson Pattern o! D)'pnea, Heart Rate, and Blood Pressure As Well As The Relatiooship o! Di,pnea, Mucus Weight. Ain»y Resistance. and il>siti'~ End Expiratocy Pressure with Tracheal Suction in ICU Palienls

ADMINISTRJITION Lynn C. l'llrsons Nurse Delegation Decision Making: Impact on Nurse Job Satisfaction Wanda F. Andersoo·Loftin Activities and Perceived Outcomes o! Rural Nurse Case Mana,,«erS

ADULT HEALTH/ILLNESS Kathryn M. King Gender and A,,ue: Exploration o! factor.; Influencing Short· Tenn Recm1'f)' from Cardiac Surgory Christine Thrasher A Groonded Theory o! Adult Self-Care Abilities & Behaviours While A•>iting Cadaver Renal Transplant Martha E. HorsbuTi P,,rsooalily Trails. Self·Care Abilities & Behaviours in Adulls A•>il ing Renal Transplant

BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL Baro.ra M. Dobenre<k Compassion Fatique in Family Caregi'm Wno Witness Intense Pain. Suffering. and Trauma Cheryl M. Boorguignon The Effects o! Relaxation with Imagery on Chronic Pain. Self-Care A,,uency, and Self-Control Donna Yancy Cancer Patient's Hydratioo and Symptom Distress During the Last 14 DaY' o! Life Stephen D. Krau A Phenomenological Study o! Persons Living With an AfCD (Automatic fmplantahle Cardiorerler Defibrillator) Ann M. Newman Arthritis Self-Help fntenenlioo in Minority Women: A Pilot Study Candace J. Meares family Caregi1..- as Sustainer. Efforts lo Feed the Teminally Ill

CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS Nancy Collis-Mele Medicaid Managed Care and Tiile V Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs Grace J. l\retJlen The Effect o! Oncology Support fnlef"l·entions on Health Care Utiliz.ation. Cost and Quality of Care Outcomes Pamela J. Salsberry Health Status of Low Income Women: A Population al Risi Outen. M. Weis Exploring Feasibility o! Nursing Diagnoses in Parish Nursing Jennie T. Nickel Pre1• nLi\U Health Counseling o! Young Low-Income Women Robert Topp The Effect o! Implementing a Patient-Centered Care Model oo Staff Work Adivities and Patient Length of Stay Lucille L. Tmis Ellecls o! T.-o Nursing Practice Models on Selected Nursing lntermntions and Oulcomes o! Chronically Critically Ill. Loug-Tern1 Ventilator Patienls

CHRONIC ILLNESS Debra A. Danforth Self-Esteem. Recovery, and Relapse Among Chemically Dependent Nurses Sheila C. Grossman Role Modeling Experience and Nursing Students Atti tudes To.ard People Living With AIDS Deborah C. Messear Environmental Modification Strategies Used by Caregi,~rs

Nancy M. Dluhy Tailoring Fatigue Management in Chronic Illness: Dewlopment of a Pictorial Analog Fatigue Instrument Carol A. Stubblefield Patient - Provider Role Relationshi[lS: A Clinical Practice Model

COMMUNITY HEADH Gwen M. Felton Detenninanls o! Health Risk Behaviors of Early Adolescenls Vicky Talbert The Acqui.sitioo o! Cultural Competence in Health Profession Students Having Practicum Experiences in Academic C.Ommunity Nursing Centei; Roxanne W. McDuiel Rural .Telecommunication Outreach Program

CROSS-CULTURAL Colette Rose Yori< The Lired Experiences o! Nurses· Interactions With Ethnically Diwrse Clienls: A Phenomenological Perspecti\~ Felicitas A. dela Cruz Factors Associated Wlih The Acculturatioo of flrsl Generation Filipino·Arooricans

EDUCATION Janet R. Ken\)' Malching Social Support and Stress in female Nursing Faculty Pursuing Doctoral Study Kin N. Holhek Nursing Education in Kri.stiansand. N..-.•y 1917 - 1934: Dominating Myths and a Stcnny closing

Catherine Nuss Kotecki Learning A Personal Communicatioo Repertoire: How Baccalaureate Nursing Studenls Communicate With Patienls in a Clinical Setting , -l'lltricia R. Messmer De'•loping ICU Nurses for lhe 21st Century Marilyn M. Bock Faculty and Student Perceptions Or an Interdisciplinary Uire Curriculm

EPIDEMIOLOGY Christine Y. Nobum·Cook The De-.lopment Implementation and fa.!uatioo of an Exposure Data Validity Scale lo Measure and lo Control Recall Bias in Case-Control Studies

ETHICS Marianne L. Malw Registered Nurses' Attitudes To»rd and Practices o! Assisted Suicide and Patient-Requested Euthanasia Deborah Volker ~)'ician Assisted Dying: A Content Anal)'is of Oncology Nurses' Attitudes Martis S. Bosek Ethical Decision -Making by Geuetic Counselors Kap Chui Cho Concept Development of Client Admcacy Using The Hybrid Model

FAMILY Donna M. Dixon Challenging Relatiooshi[lS with Parenls: Pediatric Nurses Stories Jin Hee Kim Caregiving in the Korean-American Family

GERONTOLOGY F.dna E. Johnson Health Choice - Making: The Experience, Perception, Expression of Older Women Danita Frazer Alfred Expressions o! Agitatioo and the Effect o! Caregi1..­Administered Slow Stroke Massage oo the Diffusion of Agitated Behaviors in

Alzheimer's Disease Patienls Julie E. Johnson Older Rural Adulls and Driving Cessation: A Nursing Perspecti-.

HISTORICAL Susan S. Gunby Isabel Hampton Robb: Quintessential Nurse, Educator. Author, and Loader Susan G. Taylor The De-.lopment o! Self·Care Deficit Nursing Theory: A Historical Perspectim

INFECTIOUS DISEASE Deborah Wilt Shennan Relapse lo Unsafe Sexual Practices in HIV-1\Jsiti'" Heterosc.xual Men

INFORMJITTCS James r. Turley lnfonnation Modeling and Nursing Records

INSTRUMENTJmON Kenneth D. Phillips Dewlopment and Validation of an Instrument lo Measure the Internalized Stigma of Obesity Ellen T. Murphy l\iychometric fa.!uatioo o! a re-Vernet. F:arly VeriJal Pediatric Pain Scale (PEPI'S) Dianne Morrison·Beedy Tiie HIV-Related Index o! Readiness for Proteclive Behaviors: Adaptation, De\dopment, and Evaluatioo Marpret J. Boll De-.loping An Instrument lo Measure Continuity o! Care for Elders

INTERDISCIPLINARY Anna M. McDaniel A Smoking Cessation lnten~ntion fcx· Medical lnpatienls: Feasibility Assessment

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Kathryn S. Hegedus Nursing in An lntennodiate Care Nursery in Hungary

MATERNAUCHILD Bemad<Ue Mazurek Melnyk Correlates o! il>st·Traumalic Stress Symptoms in Moth"" following Their Child's Critical Care Hospitaliz.alioo Lorraine Tulman Initial Weight and Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Effecls oo Functiooal Status, Symptoms, and Energy Susan Gennaro Dilkrences Bet"een Mothers o! Tenn and Pretemi lnfanls in Affect and Immune Respoose Julia M.B. Fine Clinical Reason ing o! Expert Laboc and Deli'"'l' Nurses: A Descriptiw \'eriJal Protocol An~)'is Mary Beth !landers Stepans Infant E.xposurc lo Cigarette Smoke Carol Anne McYeigh Self-Esteem, Social Support. Anxiety, and Functicx1al Status After Childbirth: A Prospecti-. Loogitudinal Study Laura J. Duckett Factors Associated With Very Early Weaning Amoog Primiparas Intending lo Breastfeed Karen W. Budd ldentificatioo o! Prenatal Alcohol Use: Comparison of a Nursing Screen With The Acog Antepartum Record Gene C. Andersoo Randomized Controlled Trial IRCTI wiU1 Transitiooal Newborn lnfanls: Effect of Tub Bath oo Crying and Temperature

Ruth Yori< Lewi of Prenatal Care, 11.s Impact on Health Care Seeking Behavior in Low Income Urban African American Women Sherrilyn S. CollllWl Mutual Intentionality: A Theory of Support Processes in Pregnant African American Women

METHODS Sarah Steen Lauteriiadi In Another World: 5 Years Later Cla.rann Weinert Telecommunication Intcrnmlion: Rural Women and Chronic Illness Cynthia K. Russell fa.!uation of Methods for Accessing the Perspectives o! Persons with Dementia Howard K.rl Botcher A Research Methodology Within Rogers· Nursing Science

PHYSIOLOGICAUPATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL Karen H. Morin Nutritioo and ~)•ical Exercise in Oven.·eighl and Obese il>stpartum Women Susan L. Baker The Effects o! Audi05timulalioo via Self-Selected Music on Circulating llela-Endorphin Chandice Y. Covington Anticarcinogenic Factors in Breast Fluids Post-Birth

PRIMARY CARE Martha S. Tingen lntemntioo lo Decrease Childrens' Smoiing Intention

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES Wendy T. Micek Spiritual Themes in Parish Nursing Practice: A National Study Lois W. Lowry De'•lopmenL of a Model for the Delivery o! lmprornd Prenatal Care Nanly Hsu Patient Classificatioo S)'tems and Nursing Fees

PSYCHOSO(IAUMENTAL HEALTH Roberta A. Scbeit.zer Exploring the Spiritual Dimension o! QOL in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis Leticia S.M. Lantican Perceptions o! Senices in an Out-Patient Mental Health Facility in a Border City Amoog Chronically Mentally-Ill Mexican-American Clienls Barbara A. Johnson Chronically Mental ly Ill Individuals Reentering The Community After Hospitalization ~ase II : The Urban Experience Kerry H. Faler The Li'l!d Experience of Adult Male Survivors Who Allege Childhood Sexual Abuse by Clergy: A Phenonienological Study Olivia G.M. Washington Caring for Chemically Dependent Women Using Cognil i'" and Experiential Therapy Brigitte u..gan Trust: Advanced Conceptual De'~lopment Sharon F. DiYiUo Violence in lhe Acute Care SeUing-Unco-.ring the Unspoken Epidemic and the Role o! the Fcrensic Nurse Kaye A. u..th Hope as Seen Throogh The F,·es o! Homeless Children

RESEARCH UTILIZATION Alyce A. Schultz Reducing the Prevalence o! Pressure Ulcers: A Hospital Wide Research Utilizatioo Project

WOMEN'S HEALTH/ILLNESS Carol F. Roye Condom Use By Minority Adolescent Women Who Use Honnooal Contracepti\1'5 Gayle M. Roux Grounded Theory o! In ner Strength in Women Katharine Y. Kolcaha Eflecfo~ness o! Guided lma,,aery on the Comfort Needs o! Women Going Throogh Radiation Therapy IOC F:arly Breast Canrer Suling Li Transition into Menopause and Quality of Life W. Jean Weyman The Detenninants of Fatigue in Working Women: An Exploratocy Study Marpret E.A. Black Possible Selves and Their Influence on Older Womens Mamm~hy Screening Behavior Robtrta M. Orne The Experience of Waiting: From Discovery o! an Atypical Breast Conditioo lo Diagn05is Karen M. Schaefer Correlates o! Quality of Life in Wonien with Flbromi.!gia

RESEARCH POSTERS INVITED TO PRESENT ...

Rita Holl Health Problems Displayed in Voice Patterns Glenda Llndseth Cholelithiasis (Gallstones) In Pregnancy Hea Kung Hur An Exploration of the Life Experiences of Patients with Chronic Pain : Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis Jeanne Merritt Hypertensive Study in the Middle Aged and Older Hispanic Oient Yun-fang Tsai Prediclor.; of Nur.;ing Students' Intention to Care Kll­Patients who are HIV fusitire Susan Williams The Effect of E:ducation on Self-Care Behavior.; of Patients Receiving Outpatient Chemotherapy Kathryn J. Foley An Examination of the Differences in Self-Concept. Self-Esteem. and Locus of C.Ontrol in Adolescent Female Smoker.; and Nonsmokers

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CONVENTION HOTEL INFORMATION Convention Hotel lnfonnation: All hotels are connected to the Indiana Convention Center and Crcle Centre Mall via mvered skywalks. 1. Westin Hotel (Sigma lheta Tau International Headquarters Hotel) 50 South Capitol Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46204

Room rates: Single/Double $1 OS Triple/Quad $125

Reservations: 800-228-3000 or 317-262-8100 Featuring an indoor pool and fitness center. Guest room amenities indude irons and ironing boards, speaker phones, hair dryers, and a complimentary USA Today. Check-in: 3:00pm •Check-out: 12noon

2. Hyatt Regency Indianapolis One South Capitol Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46204

Room Rates: Single/Double $101 Triple $121/Quad $141

Reservations: 800-233-1234 or 317-632-1234 Featuring an indoor pool and fitness center. This spectacular 20 story atrium hotel has cascading greenery, an abundance of natural lighting, and an assortment of shops and boutiques in the lobby.

3. Crowne Plaza at Union Station 123 West Louisiana Street Indianapolis, IN 46206

Room Rates: Single/Double $100 Trtple/Quad $100

Reservations: 800-HOLJDAY (465-4329) or 317-631-2221 ~aturtng an indoor pool, whirtpool and fitness center. The hotel features 276 deluxe guest rooms. Each guest room has a coffee maker, iron and ironing board, cosmetic mirror, hair dryer, in-room voice messaging ---------------------------------------and dataport. To reserve rooms at any of the above hotels, please complete and fax the fonm below to the hotel of your choice.

4. Indiana Convention Center For further infonmation, please contact Angie Duncan at angie@stti-sun.iupui.edu or call toll fJ1'e 1-888-634-7575.

1997 CONVENTION HOTEL RESERVATION FORM • DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 1997

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Total Amount: $ O Check payable to Hotel Enclosed

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O The Westin Hotel (Headquarters Hotel) 50 South Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204 Ph: (800) 228-3000 or (317) 262-8100 Fax: (317) 231-3928

O Single: $105 O Double: $105 O Triple: $125 O Quad: $125 #of Beds

O Hyatt Regency Indianapolis One South Capitol Avenue, lndian,apolis, IN 46204 Ph: (800) 233-1234 or (317) 632-1234 Fax: (317) 231-7569

o Single: $101 o Double: $101 0Triple:$121 OQuad:$141 #of Beds

O Crowne Plaza at Union Square 123 West Louisiana Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 Ph: 800-HOLIDAY (465-4329) or (317) 631-2221 Fax: (317) 236-7474

O Single: $100 O Double: $100 O Triple: $100 O Quad: $100 #of Beds

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CONVENTION HOTEL INFORMATION Convention Hotel lnfonnation: All hotels are connected to the Indiana Convention Center and Crcle Centre Mall via mvered skywalks. 1. Westin Hotel (Sigma lheta Tau International Headquarters Hotel) 50 South Capitol Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46204

Room rates: Single/Double $1 OS Triple/Quad $125

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2. Hyatt Regency Indianapolis One South Capitol Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46204

Room Rates: Single/Double $101 Triple $121/Quad $141

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Room Rates: Single/Double $100 Trtple/Quad $100

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4. Indiana Convention Center For further infonmation, please contact Angie Duncan at angie@stti-sun.iupui.edu or call toll fJ1'e 1-888-634-7575.

1997 CONVENTION HOTEL RESERVATION FORM • DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 1997

MAIL OR FAX THIS FORM DIRECTLY TO HOTEL OF CHOICE• ONE FORM PER RESERVATION

Mailing Address ____________________ _

Phone Number(_) _______ _ _ _

Other(s) Occupying Room _ ________________ _

Arrival Date/Day: ______ Departure Date/Day: ________ _

Length of Stay: ______ Nights

HOTEL GUARANTEE Hotels require first night's deposit or credit card to guarantee your reservation.

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Bill my credit card: O AMEX O Mastercard O Visa

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Exp. Date ____ Signature ___ _____________ _

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O Single: $105 O Double: $105 O Triple: $125 O Quad: $125 #of Beds

O Hyatt Regency Indianapolis One South Capitol Avenue, lndian,apolis, IN 46204 Ph: (800) 233-1234 or (317) 632-1234 Fax: (317) 231-7569

o Single: $101 o Double: $101 0Triple:$121 OQuad:$141 #of Beds

O Crowne Plaza at Union Square 123 West Louisiana Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202 Ph: 800-HOLIDAY (465-4329) or (317) 631-2221 Fax: (317) 236-7474

O Single: $100 O Double: $100 O Triple: $100 O Quad: $100 #of Beds

Rooms assigned on a first come, first served basis. After November 1, 1997, reservations made on a space available basis. NOTE: Rate does not include 10% local occupancy taxes.

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ACUTE CARE Barbara Horvath A Study of the Relationship Between Nursing Staff Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test Scores and Patient Point Prevalence Scores Deborah Francis Conslanl Temperature Monitoring in the PACU Cynthia Bautista Comparison of Thermoregulation Devices On Hypothermic Postoperative SICU Patients Marion Good Relaxation and Music for Postoperative Pain in Resting Patients Eliubeth J. Cipra Assessing The Need for Sedation in Mechanically Ventilated Patients in Critical Care Settings Frances B. Wimbush Critical Care Nurses Speak Oul About The Near Death Phenomenon Margaret Rateau The Description of Confusion and Aggression in Restrained Elderly Persons Undergoing Hip Repair Surgery

ADMINISTRATION Dorothy H. Fox Span of Management for Nurse Administrative Managers Patricia Martin Outcomes Research in the Acute Health Care Organization Shieu-ming Chou Quality Disconfirmation as a Predictor of Nursing Service in Selected Units in Taiwan, Republic of China Suunne S. Prernsl Nursing Staff Satisfaction in the Midst of Change Rosanna F. DeMarco The Relalion~1 ip Between Family Life and Workplace Behaviors: Exploring the Gendered Perceptions of Staff Nurses Through the Framework of S)'itemic Organization

ADULT HEALTH/ILLNESS Lynette Leeseberg Stamler An Examination of the Congruency of Diabetic Patient's Perceptions of Patient Education With An Enablement Framework and Mastery of Stress Scores Barbara Raudonis Linkages Between Hospice Nursing Functions. Relationships and Outcomes: The Hospice Nurses Perspective Melodie Olson Stress-Induced lmmunodepression and Therapeutic Touch Chanokpom Hanchanchaikul A Comparison of Nurses' Documentatioo and Patients' Self-Reports About Sleep Alter Cardiac Surgery Laurel M. IWloran Cardiac Risk Facwrs and Health Beliefs in the College Aged Population Jdee Richardson Predischarge Cardiac Rehabilitation Education for Rural Residents

BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL William Fedher Immunologic Profile Changes In Patients Experiencing Amnesia During Conscious Sedation Sheila C. Grossman Integrating Stress Management into an Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum

CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS Myra C. Carmon Health & Wellness Nursing Collaborative in A University Setting

CHRONIC ILLNESS Nancy Dayhoff Balance and Falls Among Adults With Parkinson's Disease Julie E>ertz An Assessment of Hope in Post-Stroke Older Adults Amalia Eisenberg Assessment of Cognitive and Functional Status in Post-Stroke Older Adults Jane Backer Patient's Perceptions of Pallidotomy Surgery: Expectations, Health D)'ifunction , and Satisfaction Ann Cashion Development of and Autonomic Symptom Checklist Instrument

COMMUNITY HEALTH Mary E. Riner A Social F.cology Model of Ju venile Interpersonal Violence Sharoo C. Posey Perceptions of Health and Safety Issues by Fa11ners in East Midlands, England Denise Hallfors Meta-Analj•is of School Sun~)" w Assess Commun ity Prevention Efforts Therese Dowd A Cognitive Approach for Adults with Urinary lncontinenoe to Improve Coping Strategies, Enhance Comfort. and Decrease Incontinent Episodes Eileen J. forter Parental Questions About Children's Risks for Lead Exposure and Associated Stimuli for Critique of the Health-Belief Model and Guides for Intervention Joanne Olson An Evaluatioo of a Beginning Parish Nursing Practice

CROSS-CULTURAL Mary Ann Jeze-.ki Refinement of Jezewski's Culture Brokering Theory Using the Experiences of Advanced Practice Nurses Mary K. Kirkpatrick Efficacy of International/Internet Exchange Margaret Griffiths Project Impart: Research Preparation for Minority N11rsing Students

Sharon A. Denham Appalachian Famil ies: Cultural Context of Family Health Bib-Ching Shu Evidence for Executive DJ•function in Autism Carole W. l'earce Mexican-American Women's Views of Pregnancy and Prenatal Care

EDUCATION Juanita M. Laidig Problem Finding, Problem Defining. and Problem Solving by Novice Cli nical Teachers in Nursing Susan D. Housholder An Innovative Teaching Approach for Advanced Cardiac Lile Support Chao-Hsing Yeh Intention of Condoms Use for Pre,~ntion of AIDS Among Chinese College Students Ju-Yin Szu The Impact of an Alzheimer's Disease Geriatric Cont inuing Education Program on the Nurses in Long-Term Care Facilities in Taiwan Ellen A. Woodman A Test of a Theoretical Model of Professional Socialization for Nut•ing Donna Molyneaux Predicting The Practice and Teaching of BSE in Sen ior Student Nurses l'riscilla C. O'Connor Hardiness in School Age Children Patricia R. Cook Elements of Critical Thinking: Directives for Nursing Education Linda A. Streit Collaboration on Curriculum Development Between New Independent States and United States Mary Oliver Making the Most of Reflective Practice and Computer Mediated Communicatioo Technology Anita Hupy Siccardi Perceptions of Shtdents in an Accelerated Baccalaureate Nursing Program Elise Ah·erson A Comparison of Critical Thinking Scores of RN-BSN Accelerated and Traditional Students Carol Phillips Enhancing Student Presentation Skills Through Self­Assessment via Videotape Marilyn Germann Role Strain of Clinical Nursing Faculty

FAMILY Susan Elek Fatigue During the Transition to Parenthood Jeri W. Dunkin Role of the Family in Childhood Atopic Asthma Karen S. Ward Nurses' and Student Nurses' Awareness of Child and Adolescent Maltreatment

GERONTOLOGY Kelly Schoeppner A Study of the Value of the Nurse Practitioner Role in an Interdisciplinary Collaborati'e Practice Environment Maria Tabbakh A Description of Family Conferences on an Interdisciplinary Geriatric Staff Service with a Tertiary Care Center Susan lloppough Predictors of Ph)"ical Functioning In Elderly Terminally Ill Cancer Patients Barbara Resnick Self-Efficacy in Geriatric Rehabilitation Sharon Kozachick The Impact of Caregiver Preparedness and Symptom Involvement on Levels of Depression In Carevigers for Elderly. Te11ninally III Cancer Patients

HISTORICAL Marilyn J. Voolz A Commitment to Curing and Caring: The History of BrJ•n Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. 1926 -1994

INFECTIOUS DISEASE Deborah B. rrestoo Rural-Urban Differences in The Relationship of Nurses' Attitudes About AIDS to Profiles of Barrier Use in Acute Care Settings Sande Gracia Jones An Evaluation of Three Nursing lnterventioos For HIV rever Care

INFORMATICS Eileen O'Neill Home Care Nurses Heuristic Reasoning

INSTRUMENTATION Mary B. Killeen Patient-Consumer Perceptions and Responses to Professional Nursing Care: Instrument Development Bonnie A. Bulach Validation of the Military Recruiter Stress Scale l~ffiSS)

Judy L. Bezanson Psychometric Characteristics of the Short Form ISF-36) in Measuring Health Status During Transition from

ACUTE HOSPITALIZATION TO HOME IN THREE CHRONICALLY Ill POPULATIONS Rebecca Krepper A Perf01mance Appraisal Tool For Health Care Delivery Teams

INTERDISCIPLINARY Mary C. Silva Writing-Intensive Courses: An Interdisciplinary Approach Joellen W. Hawkins Old Models for a New Century: Nurses and Social Workers Collaborating in the Community

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INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Maril Kirkernld Stroke - The Myths Unveiled

MATERNAL/CHILD Barbara L. Mandleco Connections: Coping Ability and Social Competence in Young Children Deborah A. Raines Predictors of Hypoglycemia In Term Gestation Neonates Diane Spatz Breastfeeding Services for Low Birthweight Infants Eileen Fowles The Relationships Among Prenatal Affective Factors and Postpartal Maternal Role Attainment Patricia G. Droppleman The Downward Spiral of Post Partum Depression Dorothy D. Rentschler Pregnant Adolescents' Perspective on Pregnancy and Parenting Jana L. Atterbury Current Practices Used to Diagnose Ruptured Membranes in the United States Patsy L. Ruchala Teaching Priorities for New Mothers Li-Hua Lo Effects of Acupressure on Acute and Delayed Emesis In Children Receiving Emetogenic Canoer Chemotherapy Judith Beyer Children's/Adolescent's Perspectives on Pain and Comfort in Sickle Cell Disease Barbara J. folivka Health Status and Health Service Utilization of Low Income Children Diane Hudsoo Affecting Health Outcomes of Adolescent Mothm and their Infants via lhe Information Superhighway Ming-Shang Wang Characteristics of Home Visit Users Among Families With Premature Infants

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES Judy A. Beal Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Role Satisfaction Bethany Sykes A Study of Verbal Interactions as Applied to Nursing Preceptorship Programs: Nurses Talking to Nurses Barbara R. Walpole Evolut ion of Perceptions of Professionalism in Baccalaureate Nursing Students as They Progress Through the Curriculum Patti Ludwig-Beymer Interventions Used by Parish Nurses Nationally

PSYCHOSOCIAL/MENTAL HEALTH Cheryl Forchuk Case Management: Exploring The Influence of the Case Manager Elsie Mastromarino Pattern of Blood Pressure. Pulse Rate, and Anxiety Levels in Patients Undergoing Detoxification Treatment Lucindra Campbell Factors Related to Substance Use In Hospital Readmissions of Patients With Bipolar Disorder Gayle Denham The Structure of Moral Perspective in Experiences of Anger Rxpressioo in Women Adelaida Zahalegui The Relationships Among Social Support Coping and Psychological Distress in Advanced Cancer Patients Nancee V. Sneed Therapeutic Touch: Influences on Perceived Stress and Autonomic Tone as Measured by Heart Rate Variabil ity Mary-Lou Martin Smoking and Schizophrenia Sandra r. Thomas It Hurts Most Around The Heart

RESEARCH UTILIZATION Arlene Stepnick Unifying Nut•ing Diagnosis Within Women's Human Need Theory: An Anal)'iis of Published Nursing Research l'eg Krach Mental Health of the Oldest Old Living in Their Homes

WOMEN'S HEALTH/ILLNESS Cecile A. Lengacher Role Strain . Depression and Chronic Health Problems: Dete11ninants of Health Promotion in Women Victoria L. Champion Intervention Effectiveness for Increasing Mammography Utilizatioo Among Low-Income African-American Women Sheila Cameron Health Promoting Practices of Canadian & Jordanian Women Susan J. Kocela An Exploration of the HIV/AIDS Health Promotion Activities of Public Health Nurses with remale Clients Barbara Thomas Working Women's Perceptions of the Positive and Negative Attributes of Breast Health Education Mary A. Nies Barriers, Facilitators, and Strategies to Increase Exercise for Women in TI1e C.Ommunity Usha Menon Relationship of Perceived Susceptibility, Benefits. and Barriers to Compliance With Breast Cancer Screening in Noncompliant Women Over 50 Years Patricai A. Gorzka The Relationship of Role Modeling to Decreasing Child Abuse futential by Homeless Mothers Christine L. Miller Women with Cardiac Disease: A Grounded Theory Study

continued on back cover

DAY 3 Program Sessions

MORNING

PROG RAM SESSIONS Theme: Scholarship of Care

Syringa Marshall-Burnett, RN, MSN, Head of Department of Nursing, University of West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, and president of the Jamaican Senate

This session, Choices and Challenges will look at the choices and challenges facing

syrlnga Marshall-Burnett nursing as the world becomes more of a "global village· in terms of health care and research. As health care moves from acute-care hospital settings, toward preventa­tive, community-based care, nurses will play a crucial role in the transition. This session will also address the futurist influence of Sigma Theta Tau International as the leading nursing organiza­tion of its kind. Sponsored by University of Toronto, Faculty of Nursing and New York University Upsilon Chapter & Division of Nursing

7:00am-12n Registration & Delegate Certification

8:00-9:00am Program Sessions Keynote Early Bird Drawing for Sigma Theta Tau 10K Pearl Pendant!

9:00-lO:OOam Silent Auction/Morn ing Break

9:00-11 :OOam Exhibits Open Hands-On Computer Lab

10:30am-Noon Concurrent Program Sessions

Symposium Understanding Enteral Nutrition and Caring for Tube-Fed Patients This symposium will focus on the importance of providing enteral nutrition support for patients. The presentation will increase the attendees' knowledge of the benefits of enteral nutrition, methods of providing enteral nutrition, complications, and proper care of enteral feeding tubes. The keynote speaker is Kenneth Kudsk, MD, Director of Surgical Research at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, and the president of the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Sponsored by: Ross Products Division/Abbott Laboratories

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4

Papers Herbal Medicine in Clinical Practice-Paper Transdisciplinary Care: Mental Health Care and Primary Care Values in Undergraduate Education Biobehavioral Techniques in Nursing Research Clinical Scholarship and the Humanities Heroine of Caring: Imogene King Leininger's Theory and Health Care Pattern of Czech Immigrants Minority Student Leaming Experiences Heroines of Caring: Nurses and Epidemics Acupuncture Therapy The Health of Women and Children: A Global Perspective

Colloquia Curriculum for Preparing Urban Family Nurse Practitioners Recreating Links Between Clinical Practice and Academe Qualitative Perspectives in Nursing Education Curriculum Development in Nicaragua lntemational Nursing Education Nursing Scholars,hip in Russia Improving Nursing Practice Through Outcomes Research Clinical Scholarship Exemplified Through Improved Outcomes Redefining the Scholarship of a Practice Discipline

AFTERNOON

TBD Media Training Session Training and materials will be provided to chapter leaders to assist with establishing and maintaining effective media relations on the local level.

12:30·1 :30pm Audrey Hepburn Luncheon Distinguished Lecturer Recognition

Sponsored by: Purdue University School of Nursing & Delta Omicron Chapter & Lambda Chapter, Wayne State University

2:00p·3:30p

3:00-S:OOpm

5:30·6:30pm 7:00-9:30pm

Concurrent Program Sessions (See above)

Registration & Delegate Certification

Hosted Receptions Founders Awards Banquet

Founders Awards; Presidential Award; Mentor Award; and Nell Watts Award

Sponsored by: J.D. Benson Co., and Indiana State University School of Nursing

leadership Conversations Melanie C. Dreher, RN, PtlD, FAAN (Beta Zeta), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1995-1997 Billye J. Brown, RN, EdD, FAAN (Epsilon Theta), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1989· 1991 Angela Barron McBride, RN, PhD, FAAN (Alpha), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1987-1989

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RESEARCH POSTERS INVITED TO PRESENT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5

ACUTE CARE Barbara Horvath A Study of the Relationship Between Nursing Staff Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test Scores and Patient Point Prevalence Scores Deborah Francis Conslanl Temperature Monitoring in the PACU Cynthia Bautista Comparison of Thermoregulation Devices On Hypothermic Postoperative SICU Patients Marion Good Relaxation and Music for Postoperative Pain in Resting Patients Eliubeth J. Cipra Assessing The Need for Sedation in Mechanically Ventilated Patients in Critical Care Settings Frances B. Wimbush Critical Care Nurses Speak Oul About The Near Death Phenomenon Margaret Rateau The Description of Confusion and Aggression in Restrained Elderly Persons Undergoing Hip Repair Surgery

ADMINISTRATION Dorothy H. Fox Span of Management for Nurse Administrative Managers Patricia Martin Outcomes Research in the Acute Health Care Organization Shieu-ming Chou Quality Disconfirmation as a Predictor of Nursing Service in Selected Units in Taiwan, Republic of China Suunne S. Prernsl Nursing Staff Satisfaction in the Midst of Change Rosanna F. DeMarco The Relalion~1 ip Between Family Life and Workplace Behaviors: Exploring the Gendered Perceptions of Staff Nurses Through the Framework of S)'itemic Organization

ADULT HEALTH/ILLNESS Lynette Leeseberg Stamler An Examination of the Congruency of Diabetic Patient's Perceptions of Patient Education With An Enablement Framework and Mastery of Stress Scores Barbara Raudonis Linkages Between Hospice Nursing Functions. Relationships and Outcomes: The Hospice Nurses Perspective Melodie Olson Stress-Induced lmmunodepression and Therapeutic Touch Chanokpom Hanchanchaikul A Comparison of Nurses' Documentatioo and Patients' Self-Reports About Sleep Alter Cardiac Surgery Laurel M. IWloran Cardiac Risk Facwrs and Health Beliefs in the College Aged Population Jdee Richardson Predischarge Cardiac Rehabilitation Education for Rural Residents

BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL William Fedher Immunologic Profile Changes In Patients Experiencing Amnesia During Conscious Sedation Sheila C. Grossman Integrating Stress Management into an Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum

CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS Myra C. Carmon Health & Wellness Nursing Collaborative in A University Setting

CHRONIC ILLNESS Nancy Dayhoff Balance and Falls Among Adults With Parkinson's Disease Julie E>ertz An Assessment of Hope in Post-Stroke Older Adults Amalia Eisenberg Assessment of Cognitive and Functional Status in Post-Stroke Older Adults Jane Backer Patient's Perceptions of Pallidotomy Surgery: Expectations, Health D)'ifunction , and Satisfaction Ann Cashion Development of and Autonomic Symptom Checklist Instrument

COMMUNITY HEALTH Mary E. Riner A Social F.cology Model of Ju venile Interpersonal Violence Sharoo C. Posey Perceptions of Health and Safety Issues by Fa11ners in East Midlands, England Denise Hallfors Meta-Analj•is of School Sun~)" w Assess Commun ity Prevention Efforts Therese Dowd A Cognitive Approach for Adults with Urinary lncontinenoe to Improve Coping Strategies, Enhance Comfort. and Decrease Incontinent Episodes Eileen J. forter Parental Questions About Children's Risks for Lead Exposure and Associated Stimuli for Critique of the Health-Belief Model and Guides for Intervention Joanne Olson An Evaluatioo of a Beginning Parish Nursing Practice

CROSS-CULTURAL Mary Ann Jeze-.ki Refinement of Jezewski's Culture Brokering Theory Using the Experiences of Advanced Practice Nurses Mary K. Kirkpatrick Efficacy of International/Internet Exchange Margaret Griffiths Project Impart: Research Preparation for Minority N11rsing Students

Sharon A. Denham Appalachian Famil ies: Cultural Context of Family Health Bib-Ching Shu Evidence for Executive DJ•function in Autism Carole W. l'earce Mexican-American Women's Views of Pregnancy and Prenatal Care

EDUCATION Juanita M. Laidig Problem Finding, Problem Defining. and Problem Solving by Novice Cli nical Teachers in Nursing Susan D. Housholder An Innovative Teaching Approach for Advanced Cardiac Lile Support Chao-Hsing Yeh Intention of Condoms Use for Pre,~ntion of AIDS Among Chinese College Students Ju-Yin Szu The Impact of an Alzheimer's Disease Geriatric Cont inuing Education Program on the Nurses in Long-Term Care Facilities in Taiwan Ellen A. Woodman A Test of a Theoretical Model of Professional Socialization for Nut•ing Donna Molyneaux Predicting The Practice and Teaching of BSE in Sen ior Student Nurses l'riscilla C. O'Connor Hardiness in School Age Children Patricia R. Cook Elements of Critical Thinking: Directives for Nursing Education Linda A. Streit Collaboration on Curriculum Development Between New Independent States and United States Mary Oliver Making the Most of Reflective Practice and Computer Mediated Communicatioo Technology Anita Hupy Siccardi Perceptions of Shtdents in an Accelerated Baccalaureate Nursing Program Elise Ah·erson A Comparison of Critical Thinking Scores of RN-BSN Accelerated and Traditional Students Carol Phillips Enhancing Student Presentation Skills Through Self­Assessment via Videotape Marilyn Germann Role Strain of Clinical Nursing Faculty

FAMILY Susan Elek Fatigue During the Transition to Parenthood Jeri W. Dunkin Role of the Family in Childhood Atopic Asthma Karen S. Ward Nurses' and Student Nurses' Awareness of Child and Adolescent Maltreatment

GERONTOLOGY Kelly Schoeppner A Study of the Value of the Nurse Practitioner Role in an Interdisciplinary Collaborati'e Practice Environment Maria Tabbakh A Description of Family Conferences on an Interdisciplinary Geriatric Staff Service with a Tertiary Care Center Susan lloppough Predictors of Ph)"ical Functioning In Elderly Terminally Ill Cancer Patients Barbara Resnick Self-Efficacy in Geriatric Rehabilitation Sharon Kozachick The Impact of Caregiver Preparedness and Symptom Involvement on Levels of Depression In Carevigers for Elderly. Te11ninally III Cancer Patients

HISTORICAL Marilyn J. Voolz A Commitment to Curing and Caring: The History of BrJ•n Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. 1926 -1994

INFECTIOUS DISEASE Deborah B. rrestoo Rural-Urban Differences in The Relationship of Nurses' Attitudes About AIDS to Profiles of Barrier Use in Acute Care Settings Sande Gracia Jones An Evaluation of Three Nursing lnterventioos For HIV rever Care

INFORMATICS Eileen O'Neill Home Care Nurses Heuristic Reasoning

INSTRUMENTATION Mary B. Killeen Patient-Consumer Perceptions and Responses to Professional Nursing Care: Instrument Development Bonnie A. Bulach Validation of the Military Recruiter Stress Scale l~ffiSS)

Judy L. Bezanson Psychometric Characteristics of the Short Form ISF-36) in Measuring Health Status During Transition from

ACUTE HOSPITALIZATION TO HOME IN THREE CHRONICALLY Ill POPULATIONS Rebecca Krepper A Perf01mance Appraisal Tool For Health Care Delivery Teams

INTERDISCIPLINARY Mary C. Silva Writing-Intensive Courses: An Interdisciplinary Approach Joellen W. Hawkins Old Models for a New Century: Nurses and Social Workers Collaborating in the Community

8 34TH BIENN IAL CONVEN TI ON & 75TH ANN IVERSARY CEL EBRATION

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Maril Kirkernld Stroke - The Myths Unveiled

MATERNAL/CHILD Barbara L. Mandleco Connections: Coping Ability and Social Competence in Young Children Deborah A. Raines Predictors of Hypoglycemia In Term Gestation Neonates Diane Spatz Breastfeeding Services for Low Birthweight Infants Eileen Fowles The Relationships Among Prenatal Affective Factors and Postpartal Maternal Role Attainment Patricia G. Droppleman The Downward Spiral of Post Partum Depression Dorothy D. Rentschler Pregnant Adolescents' Perspective on Pregnancy and Parenting Jana L. Atterbury Current Practices Used to Diagnose Ruptured Membranes in the United States Patsy L. Ruchala Teaching Priorities for New Mothers Li-Hua Lo Effects of Acupressure on Acute and Delayed Emesis In Children Receiving Emetogenic Canoer Chemotherapy Judith Beyer Children's/Adolescent's Perspectives on Pain and Comfort in Sickle Cell Disease Barbara J. folivka Health Status and Health Service Utilization of Low Income Children Diane Hudsoo Affecting Health Outcomes of Adolescent Mothm and their Infants via lhe Information Superhighway Ming-Shang Wang Characteristics of Home Visit Users Among Families With Premature Infants

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES Judy A. Beal Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Role Satisfaction Bethany Sykes A Study of Verbal Interactions as Applied to Nursing Preceptorship Programs: Nurses Talking to Nurses Barbara R. Walpole Evolut ion of Perceptions of Professionalism in Baccalaureate Nursing Students as They Progress Through the Curriculum Patti Ludwig-Beymer Interventions Used by Parish Nurses Nationally

PSYCHOSOCIAL/MENTAL HEALTH Cheryl Forchuk Case Management: Exploring The Influence of the Case Manager Elsie Mastromarino Pattern of Blood Pressure. Pulse Rate, and Anxiety Levels in Patients Undergoing Detoxification Treatment Lucindra Campbell Factors Related to Substance Use In Hospital Readmissions of Patients With Bipolar Disorder Gayle Denham The Structure of Moral Perspective in Experiences of Anger Rxpressioo in Women Adelaida Zahalegui The Relationships Among Social Support Coping and Psychological Distress in Advanced Cancer Patients Nancee V. Sneed Therapeutic Touch: Influences on Perceived Stress and Autonomic Tone as Measured by Heart Rate Variabil ity Mary-Lou Martin Smoking and Schizophrenia Sandra r. Thomas It Hurts Most Around The Heart

RESEARCH UTILIZATION Arlene Stepnick Unifying Nut•ing Diagnosis Within Women's Human Need Theory: An Anal)'iis of Published Nursing Research l'eg Krach Mental Health of the Oldest Old Living in Their Homes

WOMEN'S HEALTH/ILLNESS Cecile A. Lengacher Role Strain . Depression and Chronic Health Problems: Dete11ninants of Health Promotion in Women Victoria L. Champion Intervention Effectiveness for Increasing Mammography Utilizatioo Among Low-Income African-American Women Sheila Cameron Health Promoting Practices of Canadian & Jordanian Women Susan J. Kocela An Exploration of the HIV/AIDS Health Promotion Activities of Public Health Nurses with remale Clients Barbara Thomas Working Women's Perceptions of the Positive and Negative Attributes of Breast Health Education Mary A. Nies Barriers, Facilitators, and Strategies to Increase Exercise for Women in TI1e C.Ommunity Usha Menon Relationship of Perceived Susceptibility, Benefits. and Barriers to Compliance With Breast Cancer Screening in Noncompliant Women Over 50 Years Patricai A. Gorzka The Relationship of Role Modeling to Decreasing Child Abuse futential by Homeless Mothers Christine L. Miller Women with Cardiac Disease: A Grounded Theory Study

continued on back cover

DAY 3 Program Sessions

MORNING

PROG RAM SESSIONS Theme: Scholarship of Care

Syringa Marshall-Burnett, RN, MSN, Head of Department of Nursing, University of West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, and president of the Jamaican Senate

This session, Choices and Challenges will look at the choices and challenges facing

syrlnga Marshall-Burnett nursing as the world becomes more of a "global village· in terms of health care and research. As health care moves from acute-care hospital settings, toward preventa­tive, community-based care, nurses will play a crucial role in the transition. This session will also address the futurist influence of Sigma Theta Tau International as the leading nursing organiza­tion of its kind. Sponsored by University of Toronto, Faculty of Nursing and New York University Upsilon Chapter & Division of Nursing

7:00am-12n Registration & Delegate Certification

8:00-9:00am Program Sessions Keynote Early Bird Drawing for Sigma Theta Tau 10K Pearl Pendant!

9:00-lO:OOam Silent Auction/Morn ing Break

9:00-11 :OOam Exhibits Open Hands-On Computer Lab

10:30am-Noon Concurrent Program Sessions

Symposium Understanding Enteral Nutrition and Caring for Tube-Fed Patients This symposium will focus on the importance of providing enteral nutrition support for patients. The presentation will increase the attendees' knowledge of the benefits of enteral nutrition, methods of providing enteral nutrition, complications, and proper care of enteral feeding tubes. The keynote speaker is Kenneth Kudsk, MD, Director of Surgical Research at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, and the president of the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Sponsored by: Ross Products Division/Abbott Laboratories

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4

Papers Herbal Medicine in Clinical Practice-Paper Transdisciplinary Care: Mental Health Care and Primary Care Values in Undergraduate Education Biobehavioral Techniques in Nursing Research Clinical Scholarship and the Humanities Heroine of Caring: Imogene King Leininger's Theory and Health Care Pattern of Czech Immigrants Minority Student Leaming Experiences Heroines of Caring: Nurses and Epidemics Acupuncture Therapy The Health of Women and Children: A Global Perspective

Colloquia Curriculum for Preparing Urban Family Nurse Practitioners Recreating Links Between Clinical Practice and Academe Qualitative Perspectives in Nursing Education Curriculum Development in Nicaragua lntemational Nursing Education Nursing Scholars,hip in Russia Improving Nursing Practice Through Outcomes Research Clinical Scholarship Exemplified Through Improved Outcomes Redefining the Scholarship of a Practice Discipline

AFTERNOON

TBD Media Training Session Training and materials will be provided to chapter leaders to assist with establishing and maintaining effective media relations on the local level.

12:30·1 :30pm Audrey Hepburn Luncheon Distinguished Lecturer Recognition

Sponsored by: Purdue University School of Nursing & Delta Omicron Chapter & Lambda Chapter, Wayne State University

2:00p·3:30p

3:00-S:OOpm

5:30·6:30pm 7:00-9:30pm

Concurrent Program Sessions (See above)

Registration & Delegate Certification

Hosted Receptions Founders Awards Banquet

Founders Awards; Presidential Award; Mentor Award; and Nell Watts Award

Sponsored by: J.D. Benson Co., and Indiana State University School of Nursing

leadership Conversations Melanie C. Dreher, RN, PtlD, FAAN (Beta Zeta), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1995-1997 Billye J. Brown, RN, EdD, FAAN (Epsilon Theta), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1989· 1991 Angela Barron McBride, RN, PhD, FAAN (Alpha), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1987-1989

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DAY 4 Leadership Sessions

MORNING

CHAPTER LEADERSHIP SESSIONS Theme: Scholarship of Leaders

Katherine Tyler Scott, executive director of the Trustee Leadership Development, a national leadership education program.

Her presentation will engage participants in an exploration of leadership practices that will profoundly affect and shape the future.

Katherine Tyler Scott Sponsored by: University of Akron College of Nursing & University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and Health

7 :OOam-12 :OOn Registration & Delegate Certification 7:00-B:OOam Chapter Historical Display Set-Up 7:00am-12noon Virginia Henderson Library Hands-On Lab 8:00-9:30am Leadership Sessions Keynote Early Bird Drawing for Sigma Theta Tau Seiko Watch! 9:30-10:1 Sam Chapter Historical Displays

Grand Opening w/refreshments 10:15-11 :15am Regional Meetings

New Member Roundtable How to Develop a New Sigma Theta Tau International Chapter

11 :30-12:45pm Concurrent Leadership Sessions

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How to Condud Strategic Planning for At-Large Chapters How to Condud Strategic Planning for Smaller Chapters How to Condud Strategic Planning for Larger Chapters How to Prepare an Outstanding Slate of Candidates How to Handle Chapter Finances How to Create a Chapter Awards Program How to Enhance Chapter Public Relations Efforts How to Develop Chapter Leaders Through Mentoring Adivities How to Implement the Membership Eligibility Process How to Plan Outstanding Chapter Programs How to Celebrate Your Chapter's Heritage How to Utilize the Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library How to Nurse a Chapter Back to Health How to Prepare an Outstanding Resume

34TH BIENNIAL CONVENTION & 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5

AFTERNOON

1 :00-2:30pm Chapter Awards Luncheon 2:30-5:00pm Virginia Henderson Library Hands-On Lab 2:45-4:00pm Concurrent Leadership Sessions

How to Organize and Run a Successful Meeting How to Plan for Officer Transition How to Increase and Maintain Membership Involvement How to Revitalize Your Chapter's Research Adivities How to Succeed in Chapter Fund Raising How to Plan for Regional and International Chapter Award Submissions How to Create Dynamic Chapter Newsletters How to Develop a Chapter World Wide Web Home Page How to Manage Your Chapter's Bylaws How to Create a Chapter Policy and Procedure Manual How to Get Your Chapter Involved Internationally How to Nurse a Chapter Back to Health How to Publish Your Work How to Prepare a Professional Portfolio

3:00-4:45pm Registration & Delegate Certification 4:00-4:45pm Meet the Candidates/Refreshment Break 4:45p-6:00pm Delegate Briefing 6:00-8:00pm Chapter Historical Display Move-Out 6:15pm Birthday Party Sponsored by: Ross Products Division/Abbott Laboratories

DAY 5 House of Delegates SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6

MORNING

HOUSE OF DELEGATES Theme: Scholarship of Community 7:30-8:30am 8:00-12 :00n

AFTERNOON

12:00n-2:00pm 2:00-5 :00pm 5:00-6:00pm

7:3Dam-12n Anniversary Museum Open

Leadership Conversations

Registration and Delegate Certification House of Delegates Session I

Lunch Break House of Delegates Session II Recognition Reception for outgoing/incoming officers

Virginia Crenshaw, BSN, MPH, EdD, (Gamma Sigma), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1965-1971 Beth C. Vaughan-Wrobel, RN, EdD, FAAN (Beta Beta, Alpha Gamma), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1991-1993 Fay L. Bower, RN, DNSc, FAAN (Beta Gamma, Alpha Gamma), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1993-1995 Eleanor Sullivan, RN, PhD, FAAN (Delta, Delta Lambda), Sigma Theta Tau International President Elect 1995-1997 Nancy Dickenson-Hazard, RN, MSN, CPNP, FAAN (Alpha, Beta Kappa), Sigma Theta Tau International Executive Officer, 1994-Present

6:15pm: Birthday Party sponsored by: Ross Products Division/Abbott Laboratories

GENERAL CONVENTION INFORMATION

Registration Information Registration fees include official programmed events, materials, 75th Anniversary events, and meal functions on certain packages. Full convention with meals includes all five meal functions.

Payment must accompany registration form. Registration forms will not be pro­cessed without payment. Please fax registration forms ONLY if payment is made by credit card. If registration is faxed, please DO NOT mail original. The registra­tion form may be photocopied for your convenience.

NON-M:MBERS are welcome and may register for the convention at the fees listed on the registration form.

GROUP RATES apply to the 5-day registration packages only for member and non-member categories. Group rates will be extended to five (5) faculty from the same school of nursing/university, five staff members from the same health care setting. or five members from the same chapter. To be eligible for the group rate, all five completed registration forms must be received together with payment at­tached.

DAILY REGISTRATION rates are available for the convention. Registration in­cludes educational sessions and materials. Daily registration does not include meals. Meal tickets may be purchased separately using the registration form. Registration materials will be distributed on the morning of the day registration was made (i.e. Tuesday 7: 15am for Tuesday only registrations).

Please return the completed registration form and convention registration fee to: Sigma Theta Tau International Attn.: Convention Registration 550 West North Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA

Any questions regarding registration, please call toll free: 1-888-634-7575. Fax to 317-634-8188

Do you have special needs (i.e. physical , dietary) that we can address to make your participation more enjoyable and meaningful? Please complete the appropri­ate space on the registration form or call headquarters at 1-888-634-7575.

Cancellation/Refund Policy Full refunds less $25 administrative processing fee per registration will be granted to requests received in writing at Sigma Theta Tau International prior to Novem­ber 21, 199Z A refund less $50 per registrant will be granted to written requests received at Sigma Theta Tau International after November 22, 1997.

Registration Services The Registration Services Area will be located on the first floor of the Indiana Convention Center and will be open the following days and times for you to pick­up registration materials:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

6 :OOpm-8 :OOpm 7:15am-12:00 Noon 7:15am-12:00 Noon 7:15am-12 :00 Noon 7:15am-12:00 Noon 7:15am-12:00 Noon

Recommended Dress

3:00pm-5:00pm 3:00pm-5:00pm 3:00pm-5:00pm 3:00pm-5:00pm 3 :OOpm-5 :OOpm

Educational Sessions ............................... Business Casual Attire Luncheons ................................................. Business Casual Attire Awards Banquet ....................................... Semi-Formal

As the temperature in each meeting room varies, it is advisable to bring a sweater to ensure your comfort during the sessions.

No Smoking Policy In consideration of biennial convention attendees, we request that there be no Sll)Oking during general sessions, educational sessions, and seated functions. Thank you for your consideration.

Continuing Education This program for up to 25.5 contact hours is provided by Sigma Theta Tau Inter­national, an accredited provider of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Tues., December 2 Info-Expo!

Wed., December 3 Scientific Sessions

Thurs., December 4 Program Sessions

Fri., December 5 Leadership Sessions

PROGRAM PLANNING COMMITTEE Melanie c. Dreher, RN, PhD, FAAN Nancy Dickenson-Hazard, RN, MSN, CPNP, FAAN Lou Everett, RN, EdD, LMFT Barbara Robinette, RN, MSN

1997 Convention Objectives INFO EXPO!

5.1 hours

10.5 hours

5.1 hours

4.8 hours

1. Describe new multimedia techniques useful in practice and education. 2. Identify various multimedia communication tools. 3. Acquire multimedia communication knowledge and skills.

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 1. Acquire new nursing knowledge based on nursing research findings. 2. Translate nursing research findings for use in practice. 3. Establish a network of colleagues in one's own area of

research interest. 4. Identify trends in nursing research related to national and international health

problems.

PROGRAM SESSIONS 1. Identify professional practices that produce positive health outcomes. 2. Describe innovative programming and project developments that encourage

knowledge dissemination and utilization. 3. Define examples of nursing excellence achieved in various practice arenas. 4. Explore effective collaboration between nursing and other disciplines.

LEADERSHIP SESSIONS 1. Identify strategies and resources to ensure successful

chapter administration a governance 2. Establish collegial support with other chapter leaders in Sigma Theta Tau

International 3. Explore an expanded vision of the future of Sigma Theta Tau

International through effective individual and chapter leadership development.

Travel Information All three hotels and the Convention Center are conveniently located off of l-70's Illinois Street exit (Exit 79B). The Crowne Plaza is situated two blocks north at the Union Station Complex. The hotel is on the west end. For the Hyatt, follow Illinois to Washington (one-way west) and make a left. Take a left on Capitol. The Hyatt Motor Entrance is on the left. To reach the Westin, continue on Illinois Street to Washington (one-way west). Turn left on Washington and continue to the Westin, one block West of Capitol Street.

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DAY 4 Leadership Sessions

MORNING

CHAPTER LEADERSHIP SESSIONS Theme: Scholarship of Leaders

Katherine Tyler Scott, executive director of the Trustee Leadership Development, a national leadership education program.

Her presentation will engage participants in an exploration of leadership practices that will profoundly affect and shape the future.

Katherine Tyler Scott Sponsored by: University of Akron College of Nursing & University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and Health

7 :OOam-12 :OOn Registration & Delegate Certification 7:00-B:OOam Chapter Historical Display Set-Up 7:00am-12noon Virginia Henderson Library Hands-On Lab 8:00-9:30am Leadership Sessions Keynote Early Bird Drawing for Sigma Theta Tau Seiko Watch! 9:30-10:1 Sam Chapter Historical Displays

Grand Opening w/refreshments 10:15-11 :15am Regional Meetings

New Member Roundtable How to Develop a New Sigma Theta Tau International Chapter

11 :30-12:45pm Concurrent Leadership Sessions

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How to Condud Strategic Planning for At-Large Chapters How to Condud Strategic Planning for Smaller Chapters How to Condud Strategic Planning for Larger Chapters How to Prepare an Outstanding Slate of Candidates How to Handle Chapter Finances How to Create a Chapter Awards Program How to Enhance Chapter Public Relations Efforts How to Develop Chapter Leaders Through Mentoring Adivities How to Implement the Membership Eligibility Process How to Plan Outstanding Chapter Programs How to Celebrate Your Chapter's Heritage How to Utilize the Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library How to Nurse a Chapter Back to Health How to Prepare an Outstanding Resume

34TH BIENNIAL CONVENTION & 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5

AFTERNOON

1 :00-2:30pm Chapter Awards Luncheon 2:30-5:00pm Virginia Henderson Library Hands-On Lab 2:45-4:00pm Concurrent Leadership Sessions

How to Organize and Run a Successful Meeting How to Plan for Officer Transition How to Increase and Maintain Membership Involvement How to Revitalize Your Chapter's Research Adivities How to Succeed in Chapter Fund Raising How to Plan for Regional and International Chapter Award Submissions How to Create Dynamic Chapter Newsletters How to Develop a Chapter World Wide Web Home Page How to Manage Your Chapter's Bylaws How to Create a Chapter Policy and Procedure Manual How to Get Your Chapter Involved Internationally How to Nurse a Chapter Back to Health How to Publish Your Work How to Prepare a Professional Portfolio

3:00-4:45pm Registration & Delegate Certification 4:00-4:45pm Meet the Candidates/Refreshment Break 4:45p-6:00pm Delegate Briefing 6:00-8:00pm Chapter Historical Display Move-Out 6:15pm Birthday Party Sponsored by: Ross Products Division/Abbott Laboratories

DAY 5 House of Delegates SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6

MORNING

HOUSE OF DELEGATES Theme: Scholarship of Community 7:30-8:30am 8:00-12 :00n

AFTERNOON

12:00n-2:00pm 2:00-5 :00pm 5:00-6:00pm

7:3Dam-12n Anniversary Museum Open

Leadership Conversations

Registration and Delegate Certification House of Delegates Session I

Lunch Break House of Delegates Session II Recognition Reception for outgoing/incoming officers

Virginia Crenshaw, BSN, MPH, EdD, (Gamma Sigma), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1965-1971 Beth C. Vaughan-Wrobel, RN, EdD, FAAN (Beta Beta, Alpha Gamma), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1991-1993 Fay L. Bower, RN, DNSc, FAAN (Beta Gamma, Alpha Gamma), Sigma Theta Tau International President 1993-1995 Eleanor Sullivan, RN, PhD, FAAN (Delta, Delta Lambda), Sigma Theta Tau International President Elect 1995-1997 Nancy Dickenson-Hazard, RN, MSN, CPNP, FAAN (Alpha, Beta Kappa), Sigma Theta Tau International Executive Officer, 1994-Present

6:15pm: Birthday Party sponsored by: Ross Products Division/Abbott Laboratories

GENERAL CONVENTION INFORMATION

Registration Information Registration fees include official programmed events, materials, 75th Anniversary events, and meal functions on certain packages. Full convention with meals includes all five meal functions.

Payment must accompany registration form. Registration forms will not be pro­cessed without payment. Please fax registration forms ONLY if payment is made by credit card. If registration is faxed, please DO NOT mail original. The registra­tion form may be photocopied for your convenience.

NON-M:MBERS are welcome and may register for the convention at the fees listed on the registration form.

GROUP RATES apply to the 5-day registration packages only for member and non-member categories. Group rates will be extended to five (5) faculty from the same school of nursing/university, five staff members from the same health care setting. or five members from the same chapter. To be eligible for the group rate, all five completed registration forms must be received together with payment at­tached.

DAILY REGISTRATION rates are available for the convention. Registration in­cludes educational sessions and materials. Daily registration does not include meals. Meal tickets may be purchased separately using the registration form. Registration materials will be distributed on the morning of the day registration was made (i.e. Tuesday 7: 15am for Tuesday only registrations).

Please return the completed registration form and convention registration fee to: Sigma Theta Tau International Attn.: Convention Registration 550 West North Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA

Any questions regarding registration, please call toll free: 1-888-634-7575. Fax to 317-634-8188

Do you have special needs (i.e. physical , dietary) that we can address to make your participation more enjoyable and meaningful? Please complete the appropri­ate space on the registration form or call headquarters at 1-888-634-7575.

Cancellation/Refund Policy Full refunds less $25 administrative processing fee per registration will be granted to requests received in writing at Sigma Theta Tau International prior to Novem­ber 21, 199Z A refund less $50 per registrant will be granted to written requests received at Sigma Theta Tau International after November 22, 1997.

Registration Services The Registration Services Area will be located on the first floor of the Indiana Convention Center and will be open the following days and times for you to pick­up registration materials:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

6 :OOpm-8 :OOpm 7:15am-12:00 Noon 7:15am-12:00 Noon 7:15am-12 :00 Noon 7:15am-12:00 Noon 7:15am-12:00 Noon

Recommended Dress

3:00pm-5:00pm 3:00pm-5:00pm 3:00pm-5:00pm 3:00pm-5:00pm 3 :OOpm-5 :OOpm

Educational Sessions ............................... Business Casual Attire Luncheons ................................................. Business Casual Attire Awards Banquet ....................................... Semi-Formal

As the temperature in each meeting room varies, it is advisable to bring a sweater to ensure your comfort during the sessions.

No Smoking Policy In consideration of biennial convention attendees, we request that there be no Sll)Oking during general sessions, educational sessions, and seated functions. Thank you for your consideration.

Continuing Education This program for up to 25.5 contact hours is provided by Sigma Theta Tau Inter­national, an accredited provider of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Tues., December 2 Info-Expo!

Wed., December 3 Scientific Sessions

Thurs., December 4 Program Sessions

Fri., December 5 Leadership Sessions

PROGRAM PLANNING COMMITTEE Melanie c. Dreher, RN, PhD, FAAN Nancy Dickenson-Hazard, RN, MSN, CPNP, FAAN Lou Everett, RN, EdD, LMFT Barbara Robinette, RN, MSN

1997 Convention Objectives INFO EXPO!

5.1 hours

10.5 hours

5.1 hours

4.8 hours

1. Describe new multimedia techniques useful in practice and education. 2. Identify various multimedia communication tools. 3. Acquire multimedia communication knowledge and skills.

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 1. Acquire new nursing knowledge based on nursing research findings. 2. Translate nursing research findings for use in practice. 3. Establish a network of colleagues in one's own area of

research interest. 4. Identify trends in nursing research related to national and international health

problems.

PROGRAM SESSIONS 1. Identify professional practices that produce positive health outcomes. 2. Describe innovative programming and project developments that encourage

knowledge dissemination and utilization. 3. Define examples of nursing excellence achieved in various practice arenas. 4. Explore effective collaboration between nursing and other disciplines.

LEADERSHIP SESSIONS 1. Identify strategies and resources to ensure successful

chapter administration a governance 2. Establish collegial support with other chapter leaders in Sigma Theta Tau

International 3. Explore an expanded vision of the future of Sigma Theta Tau

International through effective individual and chapter leadership development.

Travel Information All three hotels and the Convention Center are conveniently located off of l-70's Illinois Street exit (Exit 79B). The Crowne Plaza is situated two blocks north at the Union Station Complex. The hotel is on the west end. For the Hyatt, follow Illinois to Washington (one-way west) and make a left. Take a left on Capitol. The Hyatt Motor Entrance is on the left. To reach the Westin, continue on Illinois Street to Washington (one-way west). Turn left on Washington and continue to the Westin, one block West of Capitol Street.

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I RESEARCH SYMPOSIA BY AREA

CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS Marion R. Johnson Promoting International Nursing Language Through the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)

EDUCATION Donna H. Taliaferro HIV Prevention in Adolescents: Models. Methods. and Outcomes

ETHICS Anita Catlin A Critical Examination of Technological Success in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: How the Resulting Morbidity Affects Pa1~nts . Nurses, and Physicians Joan M. Riley Factors Related to Withholdinw'\Vithdrawing Nutrition and Hydration in Adult Patient Care: Integrative Literatu re as a Strategy for the Uti lization of Research Findings in Clinical Practice Maryann F. Pranulis Informed Consent: An Essential Component of Responsible Research in the 21st Century

INFORMATICS Connie W. Delaney Empowerment for Developing a Unified International Nursing Language Kathy H. Bowles Comparison of Advanced Practice Nurse Functions Using Seven Nursing Classi fication Systems

MATERNAL/CHILD JoAnne M. Youngblut Maternal Employment and Outcomes for LOW Preschoolers in Two-parent Families

METHODS Linda C. Pugh I Have the Funding: Now What! Project Implementation Strategies for the Beginning Researcher Barbara J. Holtzclaw HIV-Belated Symptoms and Effects of Treatment: Rcseai~h Measu1~ment Issues Janice M. Morse Moving from Qualitative Results lo Clin ical Practice: The Comfort Project

PSYCHOSOCIAL/MENTAL HEALTH Linda S. Seeber Depression in Vulnerable fupulations: Issues in Conceptualization. Identi fication. and Measu1~ment of Critical Correlates

RESEARCH UTILIZATION Ptlene Minick The Advocating Practices of Nurses Over a Spectrum of Practice Settings

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GUATEMALA

The Sights ... the Sounds ... the Smells ... Despite living in conditions we would find intolerable, the people live happy lives filled with joy.

All senses were bombarded for a group of 16 University of Alberta baccalaureate nursing students who travelled thousands

of miles from the comfort of their homes in sub­urban Edmonton, Alberta last spring to a base camp in Comitancillo, Guatemala. The purpose of their journey was to complete a six-week se­nior nursing practicum.

During the six weeks, the group journeyed across dirt roads to set up health clinics in iso­

ence presents students with a challenging oppor­tunity," explains Neander, "that being the incor­poration of the principles of prima1y health care that students are often unable to integrate into their nursing in Canada due to institutional con­trol and, therefore, fully exercise their true abili­ties as nurses." Pueblo Partisans, a grass roots or­ganization whose long term goals include improv­ing the health and living conditions of Guatema­lan residents, assists with the coordination of the

seminars dealing with the most common health problems they would be likely to encounter are among the many pre-trip activities.

While in Guatemala, the students learn many things about themselves-their own inner strength and fortitude-and about the challenges of living in an underprivileged count1y. "The first impres­sion or impact upon them is one of seeing a wasteland of mise1y and poverty in comparison to their home environment and country," contin­

ued Neander. "But slowly they develop the ability to recognize people have their own mechanisms for survival and issues with respect to health and ill­ness. " One of the stu­dents, Barb Bailey, discov­ered this first-hand. "De­spite living in conditions we would find intolerable, the people live happy lives filled with joy," said Bailey. "They have an in­credibly generous nature­no matter how little they had, they were always willing to share." Bailey came away from the expe­rience with a renewed sense of appreciation for what she has and for the opportunities that have been available to her and a realization that with lim­ited resources and some basic knowledge, one has the capacity to control one's own health care­lessons that she believes will be transferable to her own nursing practice in the future.

lated rural villages and squatter settlements in Guatemala City. Skin conditions, diarrheal diseases , chest infec­tions, parasitic infesta­tions, and malnutrition were among the most common health prob­lems they encountered in the women and chil­dren who attended the clinics. Mayan men were noticeably absent at most of the clinics, and indeed most house­holds were headed by women . With limited supplies and the assis­tance of three-way inte1~ preters, the nursing stu­dents provided care and health education in such topics as nutrition, hygiene , and wound care as to many as 150 people during a three and one-half hour clinic. For many who came to the clinics, it was the first health care they had ever received -some of the people had walked three or four Many months of preparation allowed nursing students to provide aid to the people of Guatemala. Although six weeks

passes quickly, and only a small proportion of the individuals requiring health care can be seen, the students believe that the health care and educa­tion they have provided will continue to make a difference in the lives of the individuals and fami­lies they have touched long after their return to Canada. I

hours in intense heat and dust just to attend the clinic.

Since 1993, Professor Wendy Neander, of the University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing and a member of Mu Sigma, has supervised a group of nursing students during a senior practicum ex­perience in Guatemala. "The Guatemala experi-

experience and facilitates access to the people in need of health care. The actual practicum in Gua­temala is the culmination of many months of preparation by the students. Fundraising, solicit­ing for medical supplies and pharmaceutical items, preparing and submitting proposals for grants, learning basic Spanish, and completing

Reflections . 2n<I Quarter 1997