Hopkins Nurses Present at SNRS Annual Conference

Thirteen Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing faculty members and graduate students presented at the Southern Nursing Research Society’s 2009 Annual Conference, held February 11-14 in Baltimore.

Anne Belcher, PhD, RN, AOCN, CNE, FAAN; Hae-Ra Han, PhD, RN; Jeri Allen, ScD, RN, FAAN; Sarah Szanton, PhD, RN; Gayle Page, DNSc, RN, FAAN; and Sharon Kozachik, PhD, RN presented at a pre-conference workshop entitled “Decisions and Milestones to a Research Career.”

Hopkins nurses presenting sessions during the conference included:

  • Sharon Kozachik, PhD, RN: Symptom Clusters and their Point Prevalence During the First Year after a Cancer Diagnosis in the Elderly
  • Marie Nolan, PhD, MPH, RN: Challenges and Strategies in the Conduct of International Interdisciplinary Research
  • Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN: An Inter-vention to Increase PEP Adherence in South Africa
  • Joan Kub, PhD, RN, CS: Department Matters: A Mixed Methods Examination of Workplace Violence against Nursing Personnel
  • Maya Shaha, PhD, RN: Transitoriness in Cancer Patients: Which Elements are Key to a Successful Intervention
  • Benita Walton-Moss, DNS, CRNP: Health Status and Birth Outcomes among Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Jennifer Wenzel, PhD, RN, CCM: ‘You Can Overcome This’: Cancer Resource and Support Issues among Rural and Urban African American Elders

And two others presented their research as posters:

  • Jennifer Wenzel, PhD, RN, CCM: Perceptions of the Community Health Worker role from Rural and Urban African American Elders
  • Elizabeth Hill, PhD, RN: Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy and Challenges in its Measurement: A Systematic Review