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r e t t e l s w e 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.
Spring 2015 • Issue 5
From the Director
Partnerships with the Institute continue to expand and thrive. Faculty who collaborate with the Institute are developing innovative models of practice in health-care systems and communities. Colleagues look to our School of Nursing for leadership as they create and evaluate curricula and simulation pedagogies focused on the family. Nursing students are generating new ideas and then creating action plans to advance nursing practice. The Institute Dr. Sandra Eggenberger is working with others so that the latest research related to family and community concerns can inform practice. The Institute is providing educational opportunities for nurses in hospital systems so they can gain confidence needed to provide family care. Researchers, educators and practitioners are sharing their scholarship at local, regional and international events. Relationships with faculty, students, nurses and communities enable the Institute to forge ahead.
Taylors Nominated for Award Glen and Becky Taylor have been nominated for the 2015 International Family Nursing Association Distinguished Partner in Health Care Award for their continued investment and excellence in advancing family nursing and family focused health care. The Taylors’ sustained financial investment, sincere personal interest and ongoing advocacy and support for the work of the Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family and Society have allowed the Institute to become a major force for change since 2008. The Distinguished Partner award recognizes non-IFNA members and individuals outside of the discipline of nursing, including associations, corporations and nonprofit organizations that demonstrate sustained investment and excellence in advancing family-focused health care. Recipients will be announced at the IFNA conference in Denmark in August.
12th International Family Nursing Conference
Improving Family Health Globally through Research, Education and Practice August 18-21, 2015 Odense, Denmark Details about our preconference event available at: http://ahn.mnsu.edu/nursing/institute/
Sponsored in part by:
Current Institute Projects Family-Focused Textbook Publication
Katie McDonald and Megan Chase (pictured here with Dr. Norma Krumwiede and College of Business representatives) received $10,000 in prize money from the Big Ideas Challenge.
Students Start New Pediatric Respite Program
Two new Minnesota State Mankato Nursing alumna are starting their careers by launching a nonprofit organization that provides respite care to families with medically fragile children. Katie McDonald and Megan Chase begin thinking about Mankato Pediatric Respite as part of a project in Dr. Norma Krumwiede’s class last spring. With Dr. Krumwiede’s guidance and additional support from the Glen Taylor Nursing Institute, they worked with local organizations and agencies to develop a business plan, pursue grants and other funding and find a space to operate their service. By May, McDonald and Chase had received a $4,000 grant from the Mankato Clinic Foundation as well as $10,000 prize money from the University’s Big Ideas Challenge, which was sponsored by College of Business alumnus Craig Lloyd of Lloyd Companies. They had also secured space in a new nonprofit center in Mankato, and had received approval of their 501c3 nonprofit standing. Mankato Pediatric Respite will provide Minnesota State Mankato nursing students with an opportunity to work with families as care assistants. It will also provide a much-needed break to caregivers of children with special needs and medical issues.
Three faculty and a visiting scholar from the Institute edited a textbook, which was recently published published by F.A. Davis. Editors Sandra Eggenberger, Norma Krumwiede, Patricia Young and Sharon Denham worked with colleagues from the School of Nursing on the content and chapter authorship for FamilyFocused Nursing Care (2015).
The textbook explores current evidence related to family health and family nursing practice while emphasizing ways to bring the care of families to the forefront of clinical practice. It is designed to be used in one course or throughout an entire nursing curriculum, as various chapters emphasize different aspects of family health and illness experiences and practice.
Wearable Technology Project Proposal Accepted
A proposal to integrate wearable computing technology (such as Google Glass) and big data analysis into the Virtual Maverick Family project has been approved to receive Strategic Priority Funding from the University. The project will executed in collaboration with Bureau 507. Bureau 507 uses students and faculty from variety of disciplines and selects and trains participating students to solve real-world problems and engage in cross-disciplinary teams. The project will take the work already launched for the Virtual Maverick Family electronic health records to the next level. The hope is that using wearable technology will allow healthcare practitioners to work with patients and their families hands-free while still being able to access the electronic health records.
Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family and Society
Honors, Presentations at MNRS
Dr. Sandra Eggenberger was honored with the 2015 Senior Nurse Scientist Award at the Midwest Nursing Research Society’s Family Health Section. The award recognizes a nurse researcher with an established record of research in family health nursing. Eggenberger, the director of the Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family and Society, has focused her individual research on families during critical illnesses; she’s also been involved in team research addressing chronic illness experiences. Eggenberger also collaborates with colleagues to launch research, education and practice initiatives focused on the health of families and society. Also at the event, faculty from the School of Nursing presented research: Eggenberger was part of teams presenting “Measuring the Family Experience of Chronic Illness: Development of the Family Caring and Relating Experiences Scale”and the Family Health Symposium presentation "Knowledge Translation Methods in Family Nursing Science: Implementing an Intervention to Support Family Nursing Practice in an Adult ICU" with practicing nurse Marita Sanders and Kelly Krumwiede presented “An Introduction to Community-Based Collaborative Action Research.” Kristen Abbott-Anderson and her colleagues presented a poster, "Construct Validity of the Sexual Concerns Questionnaire-Gynecologic Cancer"; Marilyn Swan continued her important work with the MNRS Foundation Board.
Nursing Forum: October 3, 2015
The annual Nursing Forum in October will feature keynote Julie Kittelsrud, a nurse practitioner at the Avera Institute for Human Genetics in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where she is a member of the personalized medicine team and a nurse researcher. Kittelsrud’s presentation will be part of the day-long event that includes other speakers and presenters as well as posters from nurse researchers.
Dr. Kathleen Sawin of the University of Wisconsin— Milwaukee presents Dr. Sandra Eggenberger with the Senior Nurse Scientist Award at MNRS.
The annual Nursing Forum helps nurses improve their practice. It offers nurses an opportunity to present research, learn from prominent healthcare leaders about timely topics and gain continuing education credits. It is presented by Mu Lambda Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Minnesota State University, Mankato and The Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family and Society.
For more information, please visit ahn.mnsu.edu/nursing/forum/.
Cultural Immersion for Nurses
This spring, 10 students from Minnesota State Mankato’s School of Nursing traveled to Austria and the Netherlands to learn about healthcare, nursing and family and societal cultures in those countries. They had the opportunity to work with Austrian nursing students, tour hospitals, visit a World War II concentration camp and interview healthcare and nursing experts. The students, who left Minnesota on May 15 and returned June 4, received support for this coursework from the Becky Taylor Scholarships. Professor Hans-Peter de Ruiter guided the students' experiences. Nursing students from Minnesota State Mankato in Austria.
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Three Faculty Earn Ph.Ds
Three School of Nursing faculty members recently received their PhDs: Kristen Abbott-Anderson, Colleen Royle and Marilyn Swan.
Kristen Abbott-Anderson
Abbot-Anderson’s research was related to women’s health and quality of life, especially sexual concerns for women with gynecological cancer. She developed the Sexual Concerns Questionnaire— Gynecological Cancer for her dissertation. Royle's research examined high-fidelity human simulation approaches. following high-fidelity human simulation. Her dissertation was titled "Comparison of Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Experience of Video-Assisted Debriefing versus Oral Debriefing Following High-Fidelity Human Simulation." Swan’s dissertation explored the relationship of secondary traumatic stress and lack of anonymity in nurses from different population densities. Her research interests include rural health, rural nursing, family nursing, traumatic stress and the use of simulation in education.
Colleen Royle
Marilyn Swan
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