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ince its inception, the founders of the Frontier Nursing Service recognized the need for research and the importance of systematically recording and reporting the health outcomes related to the care provided by Frontier nurses and midwives. In keeping with this long tradition, Frontier Nursing University has established an Office of Research for the purpose of facilitating the research and scholarly work of faculty and students.
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papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as book chapters, editorials, commentaries, and letters to the editor. Her research on infant anthropometric measurements is cited extensively in pediatric and health assessment textbooks and her papers have received over 300 citations in the Web of Science.
The focus on faculty research and scholarship has resulted in an increased number of publications and presentations. During the 2010 calendar year faculty members had 15 publications. Six of those Following the establishment of the publications were original articles in Office of Research, Janet Engstrom, peer-reviewed journals such as the PhD, APN, CNM, WHNP-BC, Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, FACNM, was recruited to serve Nursing History Review and Journal as our first Associate Dean for of Electronic Resources in Medical Research. Dr. Engstrom was most Libraries. These published papers recently a Professor and Department included reports of original research Chairperson of Women, Children as well as scholarly reviews of the and Family Nursing at Rush literature. Faculty also published two University in Chicago, Illinois, and book chapters and were the authors Dr. Janet Engstrom was previously the Coordinator of of two manuals relevant to midwifery the Nurse-Midwifery Educational including How to Start a Birth Center Program at the University of Illinois and the ACNM Exam Prep Workbook at Chicago. Dr. Engstrom’s research has focused for 2010. Other publications also included editorials, on clinical assessments such as measurement media reviews, contributions to books, and white of the uterine fundus during pregnancy, infant papers for professional organizations. anthropometric measurements, measurement of In addition to publications, faculty had a milk intake during breastfeeding for premature productive year for presentations. Faculty gave 20 infants, and measurement of the lipid and calorie podium presentations and presented 14 posters content of human milk in the clinical setting. Dr. last year. Almost all of the poster and podium Engstrom is currently a co-principal investigator presentations were at national or international on a research grant from the National Institute meetings such as the American College of of Nursing Research examining the relationship Nurse-Midwives, American Academy of Nurse between the dose and exposure period of human Practitioners, National League for Nursing, milk feeding for very low birth weight infants in the American Public Health Association, and the neonatal intensive care unit and the infants’ health International Forum for Women in E-Learning outcomes and costs of care. She has previously annual conferences. One poster presented by our received research funding from professional and faculty was awarded the “Best Electronic Poster philanthropic organizations as well as from industry Presentation” at the National Organizations of Nurse sponsors. She has published over 60 scientific Practitioner Faculties’ meeting in Washington, D.C.