The Glen Taylor Nursing Institute Fall 2014 Newsletter

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The Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family and Society at Minnesota State University, Mankato is dedicated to providing leadership and expertise in family and societal health at local, state, national and international levels. The Institute, Taylor Visiting Scholars and Becky Taylor Doctoral Fellowships are made possible by a $7 million endowment established by Glen and Becky Taylor.

Fall 2014 • Issue 4

From the Director

The Glen Taylor Nursing Institute continues to launch research, education and practice initiatives focused on the health of families and society.

The Institute is Dr. Sandra Eggenberger engaging local, national and international partners in our mission. Faculty are leading programs in communities and health care systems,

students are engaged in innovative education projects focused on family and society, and researchers are investigating questions that will advance the nursing discipline. Grants are being submitted for additional work with families and communities, while publications and presentations disseminate innovations. The Institute is looking forward to awarding our next Becky Taylor Fellowships as we commence with our Doctor of Nursing Practice curriculum at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Former Fellow Named to Faculty This fall, Dr. Rhonda Cornell, a 2013 graduate of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program and a former recipient of the Becky Taylor Fellowship, secured a probationary position as a faculty member in the Minnesota State Mankato School of Nursing.

Adding Cornell, who has a strong commitment to family and society nursing practice, to the faculty promises to benefit both students and the Institute.

12th International Family Nursing Conference

August 18-21, 2015 Odense, Denmark

Improving Family Health Globally through Research, Education and Practice

Call for abstract submissions opened Oct. 1, 2014.

Sponsored in part by:

College of Allied Health and Nursing

Current Institute Projects

records for families and record family data in simulation experiences. The project is a collaboration among Paul M. Cusick, director of technology for the College of Allied Health and Nursing, Dr. Stacey Van Gelderen, a nursing faculty member, and Cyrus Azarbod, a faculty member in the Computer Information Science Department and a co-founder of Bureau 507. The goal is to produce an educational tool and bring a product to market, with sales and marketing help from the College of Business at Minnesota State Mankato.

Transforming Caring into Bytes Dr. Hans-Peter de Ruiter recently presented his research Education Sessions Focused on Therapeutic Conversations about how the introduction of Electronic Health Record Minnesota State Mankato graduate student Marita Sanders, (EHR) has impacted the relationship between patients and as part of a collaboration with International Family Systems care providers and the quality of care at conferences in Nursing Collaboration, led a pilot training project with San Francisco and Nottingham, England. His research, nurses in the Intensive Care Unit at Fairview Ridges Hospital which aligns with the mission of the Institute to improve in Burnsville related to family-focused nursing practice. nursing practice, included interviews with more than 50 Sessions that focused on therapeutic conversations, nursestaff nurses, administrators and other expert professionals. family relationships and family illness experiences were guided by Institute director Sandra Eggenberger. The This study prompted Dr. de Ruiter to look back in goal is to expand the training sessions to other units within history and understand how patient data were used in the hospital as well. Sanders and the nurses on her unit Germany between 1937 and 1943. During that time, received an award (pictured) from Fairview Ridges approximately 700,000 people with mental issues were for their work on the project and their commitment to killed as part of the “T4 program� because the perceived family care. burden they brought to society. Dr. de Ruiter spent time in the archives of Alkhoven (pictured), one of the centers Madelia ReThink Your where this occurred. After identifying a number of people Drink Initiative who had been killed, he researched their medical charts An effort to improve the health of in the Archives of Lower Austria. The purpose of this Madelia residents by educating preliminary study is twofold: First to understand how them about the negative health unknowingly physicians and nurses can support a system impacts associated with drinking which goes directly against their ethical codes and beliefs, sugar-sweetened beverages and secondly how a very small amount of data can lead has been the current focus of to large consequences. Dr. de Ruiter is planning to return the Madelia Community Based to the archives next year to research a larger number of Collaborative. The initiative is charts in order to develop more conclusive evidence. working to encourage residents to choose water. Faculty and students at Minnesota State Mankato are part of this collaborative.

Maverick Family Project The Maverick Family Project will develop an integrated database to help standardize electronic health

Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family and Society

International Nurse Education Conference

Minnesota State Mankato School of Nursing faculty (pictured, left to right) Tricia Young, Sandra Eggenberger and Norma Krumwiede) presented curriculum and simulation sessions at the fifth annual International Nurse Education Conference in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.

The mission of this annual conference is to share the knowledge and experiences of nursing and health-care workforce educators worldwide.

The 2014 conference concentrated on the complexities of learning and caring by evaluating the impact of nursing health-care education on student learning and patient care. The education and simulation pedagogies at Minnesota State Mankato, which emphasize the health of families and society, were highlighted. These presentations featured educational innovations by School of Nursing faculty and generated exciting discussions among nurse educator attendees.

Annual Nursing Forum Addresses Relationships and Respect

“The New Normal: Relationships and Respect in an Era of Incivility,” featuring keynote speaker Kristie Campana, a professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Minnesota State Mankato, took place on Oct. 3, 2014. Almost 150 people, including more than 100 students, attended the morning session, which was also live-streamed to students participating in the Iron Range Nursing program at Hibbing Community College.

in developing educational innovations that support the vision of the Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family and Society.

Poster Presentation at Midwest Nursing Research Society

Marilyn Swan, a Minnesota State Mankato faculty member and a Ph.D. student at South Dakota State University, presented a poster re-examining the concept analysis on lack of anonymity originally conducted by H. The morning keynote was followed by a poster session J. Lee in 1998, at the Midwest Nursing Research Society and three breakout presentations with an afternoon conference last spring. The goal of her work, which keynote address by Jonathon Bundt, MA, LMFT, entitled has the potential to impact practice with families in rural “De-escalating crisis: What we can do in the healthcare communities, was to incorporate new knowledge and setting.” Planning for the 2015 forum is already underway. understanding to create an updated conceptualization of lack of anonymity as a construct of Rural Nursing Theory.

The live-stream video of Campana's keynote address can Since the original concept analysis was conducted, be found at: http://mavtube.mnsu.edu/academics/ research from communication, technology, psychology, taylor_institute.html. medicine, nursing, journalism, social work and information science has extended our understanding of lack of anonymity, Swan explained. Significant research and Sandra Eggenberger, professor of nursing at Minnesota analysis on lack of anonymity surrounds the emergence of the Internet, social media, and technology. As concepts State Mankato and director of the Glen Taylor Nursing evolve and change over time, re-evaluating the concept Institute for Family and Society, was recently invited using current literature will strengthen lack of anonymity to provide keynote presentations and guide faculty as a concept. Based on her research, Swan concluded discussion focused on family nursing in Georgia and that the defining attributes, antecedents and consequences Alabama. Eggenberger reviewed the current state of have changed over the course of time. Technological family nursing science and offered direction for family nursing research and practice changes. Undergraduate advancements, such as the Internet and social media, influence and alter personal and professional boundaries and graduate students and faculty attended forums and discussions. Faculty in these institutions are now engaged in society.

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Marilyn Swan: Midwest Nursing Research Society Opportunities

Marilyn Swan had the opportunity to serve as the first student member of the Midwest Nursing Research Society Foundation Board and on its fundraising sub-committee last year. At the MNRS annual research conference in St. Louis, a raffle was held for a wide variety of items donated by participating colleges and universities. The raffle was a successful fundraising event and a wonderful way to meet senior nurse researchers from the MNRS Foundation Board.

Funds from the raffle support dissertation and research grants. Swan thanks Dr. Sandra Eggenberger and the Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family and Society for donating mentoring to support a researcher interested in family nursing to the raffle.

Marilyn Swan (center) with Sally Lusk and Nola Pender, who she worked with on the MNRS Foundation Board last year. Swan was the first student trustee on the MNRS Foundation Board. The Institute appreciates Swan’s support of nursing research.

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