GW Nursing's faculty members and students are engaged in a wide spectrum of research activities, studying health, health care workforce, nursing education and the delivery of care in hospitals. Many received research support this spring.
Dr. Asefeh Faraz, Ed Salsberg and Leo Quigley received the inaugural GW Nursing funding to conduct the study titled, Understanding and Tracking the Nurse Practitioner Job Market: Pilot Testing a Survey of New Nurse Practitioners.
Drs. Majeda El-Banna, Laurie Posey, Dr. Harizanov, Dr. Christine Pintz, Dr. O’Brien, and Ms. Julia Clarke received the National League for Nursing Education Research Grant to conduct a study entitled Mindset-enhanced E-learning to improve Medication Calculation (ME: MedCalc). It is designated as the Dorothy Otto Research Award and the team will be recognized at the NLN Education Summit which will be held Sept. 14 - 16 in San Diego, CA. Dr. El-Banna received a Sigma Theta Tau Phi Epsilon Chapter Grant to support the above study.
Sigma Theta Tau Phi Epsilon also granted Dr. Briggs a chapter grant to support her study The Effect of Requiring New Graduate Nurse Practitioner Collaboration in Full Practice Authority States.
Jessica Blakely received the Outstanding Student Award in Research. Jessica graduated from GW Nursing's Accelerated BSN this spring and served as a research assistant for Dr. McNelis, working on numerous research projects during the past year, including a simulation study conducted with our NP students. She presented the findings at GW Research Days.
Dr. Kathleen Hewitt, a recent DNP graduate, was selected to present her DNP project during the concluding ceremony at GW Research Days. Dr. Guzzetta was a co-author on Dr. Hewitt's project titled, Disparities in Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral for Patients with Myocardial Infarction in the United States.
Dr. Azra Kukic, also a recent DNP graduate, received first prize for her poster on her DNP project titled, Effects of Bariatric Program Implementation on 30-day Readmission and 30-day ER/Infusion Clinic Visit Rates due to Dehydration. Dr. Guzzetta also served as a co-author on the project.
Faculty members published recently include:
Carter-Harris, L., Schwindt, R.., Bakoyannis, G., Ceppa, D.P., & Rawl, S. M. (2017). Current smokers’ preferences for receiving cessation information in a lung cancer screening setting. Journal of Cancer Education, 1-6. [Epub ahead of print]. DOI:10.1007/s13187-017- 1222-7
Carlson, J., Agley, J., Gassman, R., McNelis, A.M., Schwindt, R., Vannerson, J., Crabb, D., & Khaja, K. (2017). Effects and durability of an SBIRT training curriculum for first-year MSW students. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions. DOI: 10.1080/1533256X.2017.1304946.
Wonder, A.H., McNelis, A.M., Spurlock, D., Ironside, P.M., Lancaster, S., Davis, C.R., Gainey, M., &; Verwers, N. (2017). Comparison of Nurses & Self-Reported and Objectively Measured Evidence-Based Practice Knowledge. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 48 (2), 65-70. DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20170119- 0
Published online ahead of print: Predictors of Co-occurring Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders. Lauren Head Zauche, Ashley E. Darcy Mahoney, and Melinda K. Higgins. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2017.04.002