Research Day March 2009

Check out highlights from Research Day March 2010

Presenters

Pamela Santarlasci RN,PhD

The relationship among pain, functional ability, depression, and social support with coping and return to work of persons who have sustained a lower extremity amputation

Mary Ellen Santucci RN, PhD &

Joan Webb RN, MSN

An assessment of the educational needs of Registered Nurses in the

Tri-state area

Judith Bonaduce RN, MSN BC

“Food for thought” McDonald’s Educational Eats

Michelle Ritzler RN, CCRN, CEN

Barriers to Research Utilization: In a Rural Community Hospital System

Presenters - Nursing Honors Students 2009

Timothy Hughes: An Investigation of School Nurse Knowledge and Participation in Facilitating Access to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lynn Kelly

Suzanne Collins: Parental Involvement in Decreasing Teen Pregnancy

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joyce Rasin

Emily Battaglia: Nurses' Perspectives on Psychiatric Advance Directives

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marye O’Reilly-Knapp

Danielle La Marra: The Knowledge and Importance of the Spiritual Assessment in End-of-Life Care: A Comparison Between Junior and Senior Nursing Students

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Judith Kilpatrick

Kelly Barnes: Nursing Student Leader: Transition to Professional Nursing Role

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anne Krouse

Theresa Spada: A Replication: The Use of Clickers in a Large Classroom Environment

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mary Baumberger-Henry

Kristina Scheetz: A Comparison of Knowledge and Attitudes of Pain Management in Junior and Senior Nursing Students

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Barbara Patterson

Eta Beta Chapter of STTI

Widener University School of Nursing