Monday, February 2, 2015

Department of Nursing

Departmental News

The LCU Department of Nursing is engaged in a Research Collaborative with Covenant Health to forward their Magnet Journey.  Covenant Health has been selected for participation in a patient safety study focused on prevention of medication errors as a part of the Improvement in Science Research Network, multi-site, national study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research. This will be the first national patient safety study for CH and LCU in the Research Collaborative.

The LCU Department of Nursing is proud to announce our students who have been selected to present their research posters in 2015 at Sigma Theta Tau International Conferences in 2015:

Rising Stars of Scholarship and Research Poster Program at Sigma Theta Tau International, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 24-26, 2015
Graduate Students
-Amanda Cole “Breastfeeding and Postpartum Depression”
-Stephanie Dunkle “Reliability Testing of a Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) System”
-Barbara Whitley “Recognizing Sepsis using a Modified Early Warning Scoring (MEWS) Tool”
-Crystal Pellam “Effectiveness of a KUDOS Program in Increasing Nursing Job Satisfaction”
Undergraduate Student
-Morgana Posada “Literature Review on Harmful Effects of Synthetic Marijuana and Needed Public Health Education”

Rising Stars of Scholarship and Research Poster Program at Sigma Theta Tau International, 43rd Biennial Convention, November 7-11, 2015, Las Vegas, Nevada
Graduate Students
-Amanda Raymundo “Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in U.S. Children Utilizing Complimentary Alternative Medicine Therapies: How Effective Are They?”
-Crystal Pellam “Effectiveness of a KUDOS Program in Increasing Nursing Job Satisfaction”
-Kim Fiveash (Dec ’14) “Win the War” (An investigation into decreasing nosocomial infections)

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