January Research Roundup
University of Kansas School of Nursing faculty regularly publish scholarly articles and make presentations that expand the nursing profession. Here is a roundup of publications and presentations for January 2025.
Publications
Bosak, K., Farr. S., Olds, D. (2024). Guideline Directed Exercise Prescription in Heart Failure: An Implementation Mapping Study Using the Tailored Implementation in Chronic Disease (TICD) Framework. Implementation Science Communications.
Bosak, K., Thomsen, A. (2025). An Exercise Prescription SmartPhrase for Patients with Heart Failure. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 21(1), 105261
Keith-Chancy, E. J. (2024). The primacy of trauma-informed principles to health teams. The Journal of Neonatal Nursing. 31(1), 256-258.
Laverentz, D. M., Young, E. (2024). Creating a Public Service Announcement as a Teaching Strategy to Advocate for Populations at Risk due to Climate Change. Nursing Education Perspectives. 10-1097.
Myers, J.S., Humphrey-Sewell, R., Fowler, L., English, D., McCormick, R., Kim, J., He, J., Mays, M. Penne, S., C., Wulff-Burchfield, E., Shen, X., Heins, J., Parker, W. P., Maliski, S. (2024). Sleep Hygiene Education, ReadiWatchTM actigraphy, and telehealth cognitive behavioral training for insomnia Effect, on Symptom Relief for People with Prostate Cancer Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) (SHERE-Relief 2). Oncology Nursing Forum.
Parajuli, J., Walsh, A., Hicks, A., Grant, A., Crane, P., Chen, Z.J., Williams, G.R., Sun, V., Myers, J., O'Rourke, M., Bakitas, M. (2024). Factors Affecting Advance Care Planning in Older Adults with Cancer. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 15(7).
Heier, C., Leclerc, L., Sanner-Stiehr, E., Busenhart, C., Park, S.H., Nelson-Brantley, H. (2024). Improving nurse faculty job satisfaction: An action guide for academic nurse leaders. Journal of Professional Nursing, 55, 73-80.
Heier, C., Nelson-Brantley, H., Park, S.H., Sanner-Stiehr, E., Busenhart, C., Brooks, J. (2024). Leadership Behaviors That Impact Nurse Faculty Job Satisfaction: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. Nursing Education Perspectives, 45(6), E36-E41.
Pabico, C., Park, S.H., Swartwout, E., Warshawsky, N. (2024). Path Analysis: Interrelationships Between Nurse Manager Competencies, Practice Environment Perceptions, and Frontline Nurses' Intent to Stay. Journal of Nursing Administration, 54(10), 527-535.
Savage, M., Park, S.H., Bott, M., Manos, L., Wambach, K. (2024). Validity and Reliability of a Newly Developed Instrument to Measure Nursing Workarounds During Medication Administration. Journal of Nursing Measurement.
Garcia, A., MacArthur, B., Park, S.H., Alsup, A. (2024). The State of Nursing in Kansas. Kansas City: The Kansas Nursing Workforce Center.
Chi, N. C, Nguyen, K., Shanahan, A., Demir, I., Fu, Y. K, Chi, C. L, Perkhounkova, Y., Hein, M., Buckwalter, K., Wolf, M., Williams, K., Herr, K. (2024). Usability Testing of the PACE-App to Support Family Caregivers in Managing Pain for People with Dementia. The Gerontologist. 65(2), gnae163
Perales-Puchalt, J., Checa, I., Espejo, B., de la Martín Carbonell, M., Fracachán-Cabrera, M., Baker, C., Ramírez-Mantilla, M., Mendez-Asaro, P., Zimmer, M., Williams, K., Greiner, K. A, Zaudke, J., Arreaza, H., Velez-Uribe, I., Moore, H., Sepulveda-Rivera, V., Meyer, K., Benton, D., Kittle, K., Gillen, L., Burns, J. M (2024). Validation of dementia care-related scales among informal caregivers of Latinos with dementia or mild cognitive impairment. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences. Innovation in Aging 8, no. Suppl 1, 1175.
Warren, J.I., Tahan, H.M.; Godfrey, N., Zipp, J.S. & MacDonald, R. (2024). Newly graduated and nurse resident competencies: Perceptions of nurse faculty and acute care hospital leaders in the state of Maryland. Journal of Professional Nursing, 55, 152-61.
Presentations
Busenhart, C. A. (December 2024). "Equity in Birthing Positions and Coordination of Care with Birthing Patients," Oral Presentation. Birth Equity in Nursing Curriculum, Kansas City, KS.
Busenhart, C. A. (December 2024). "Workforce Projects: Precepting," Oral Presentation. Precepting in Rural Health, Rockville, MD.
Busenhart, C. A. (November 2024). "Optimizing Birth Outcomes: The Role of Vaginal Birth," Oral Presentation. Women's Health Symposium, Hays, KS.
Busenhart, C. A. (November 2024). "Promoting Physiologic Birth: The Passage, The Passenger, and Positioning," Oral Presentation. Women's Health Symposium, Hays, KS.
Busenhart, C. A., Stec, M. (September 2024). "Updated USPSTF Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines," Oral Presentation. 2024 National Reproductive Health Conference, "Revolutionizing Care: Shaping the Future of Quality Family Planning", Kansas City, MO.
Busenhart, C. A., Cranshaw, D., Hurt, G., Williams, A. (October 2024). "Improving Maternal Health Outcomes and Health Equity: Local Learnings from Nationally-Recognized Leaders," Other. A2Q Fall Meeting, Kansas City, MO.
Busenhart, C. A., Whitney, L. J., Peterson, J. M. (September 2024). "Patient Engagement and Social Determinants in Underserved Communities," Other. Building Healthy Communities 2024 ECHO, Kansas City, KS.
Burnett, D., Cochran, M. (September 2024). "Strategies for Increasing Access to Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Rural Communities," Oral Presentation. AACVPR 39th Annual Meeting Presentation Submission, Anaheim, CA.
Ford, K. L. (November 2024). "My Sigma Journey," Keynote/Plenary Address. Delta Chapter Induction Ceremony, Overland Park, KS.
Ford, K., Hayley, D. C., Welch, D. R., Woodward, L. (November 2024). "Intersection of Faith and Healthcare Panel," Other. Christian Medical Fellowship Meeting, Kansas City, KS.
Kennedy, T. (2024, December 2). Our journey to interprofessional lifelong learning: Where we’ve been, where we are, where we’re going. Area Health Education Center and Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS (virtual).
Kennedy, T. (2024, November 13-16). Profiles in fortitude: Statewide age-friendly health systems. The Fortitude Factor. 2024 Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Kennedy, T. (2024, October 31). Kansas 4M: Closing the know-do gap through implementation science. 2024 Geropalooza Geroscience Symposium, Internal Medicine Division of Geriatrics and The Landon Center on Aging, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
Kennedy, T., Kolomer, S. R., Kropf, N. P., Mitschke, D., Sellers, S., & Zippay, A. (2024, October 24-27). Mentorship along the leadership journey. It’s time to act: Indigenous knowledge sovereignty and environmental justice. 2024 Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, Kansas City, MO.
Morrow, D., & Kennedy, T. (2024, October 24-27). Identifying leadership principles using the Bolman and Deal Four-Frame model [Leadership Development Institute]. It’s time to act: Indigenous knowledge sovereignty and environmental justice. 2024 Annual Program Meeting, Council on Social Work Education, Kansas City, MO.
Kennedy, T. (2024, August 30). Kansas 4M Geriatrics Workforce Enrichment Program. Equity in Education and Health Care for Rural Areas in Mid-Western China and the American Midwest: Panel Discussion. Office of International Programs, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS (virtual).
Kennedy, T. (2024, August 15). Kansas 4M Geriatrics Workforce Enrichment Program. Landon Center on Aging. University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS (virtual).
Klenke-Borgmann, L. M., Mattson, N. (December 2024). "The SimZones Approach for a Competency-Based OSCE," Poster. AACN Transform 2024.
Klenke-Borgmann, L. M., Schroers, G., Pfieffer, J., Vanderzwan, K., Kilroy, S., O'Rourke, J. (December 2024). "Preparing Nursing Students for Workplace Realities with Interruption Management Strategies," Oral Presentation. AACN Transform 2024, New Orleans, LA.
Klenke-Borgmann, L. M., Mattson, N. (December 2024). "The SimZones Approach for a Competency-Based OSCE," Poster. AACN Transform 2024, New Orleans, LA, United States.
Paramesh, C. (October 2024). "Adult Respiratory Illnesses," Oral Presentation. ANEW HRSA Grant Lecture Series.
Polivka, B. J. (November 2024). "The multiple avenues of my research career," Oral Presentation. Delta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, Fall Meeting, Kansas City, KS.
Shen, Q. (November 2024). "Use of the All of Us Research Program Data to Investigate Risk Factors for Heart Failure among Hispanic Adults," Oral Presentation. University of Kansas School of Nursing Scholarship Forum, Kansas City, KS.
Shaw, C., Williams, K., Coleman, C., Yang, F. (November 2024). "Education on Communication While Wearing Facemasks Useful Despite the End of COVID-19 Emergency," Oral Presentation. 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, Washington.
Yang, F., Roche-Dean, M., Williams, K. (November 2024). "Uncovering the Dimensions of Well-Being Among Caregivers for Older Americans in the National Study of Caregiving," Oral Presentation. 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, Washington.
Smuck, R., Leaman, M., Williams, K. (December 2024). "How Do Communication Quality and Relationship Quality Relate to Impairment Level in People with Dementia," Poster. 2024 American Speech and Hearing Meeting, Seattle, Washington.
Williams, K., Shaw, C., Nakad, L., Coleman, C. (November 2024). ""It's not over" Supporting Long Term Care Staff in Ongoing Use of Personal Protective Equipment," Poster. Courageous Transformations Towards an Equitable Future, Washington, D.C.
Jaros, M., Coleman, C., Yang, F., Shaw, C., Williams, K. (November 2024). "CHATO National Trial: Using Open-Ended Response to Develop Videotorials to Improve Nursing Home Implementation," Poster. 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, Washington.
Williams, K., Coleman, C., Chen, X., Hu, J. (November 2024). "Feasibility and Accuracy of a Point-of-Care Communication Feedback App for Nursing Home Staff," Poster. 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, Washington.
Weis, K. (September 2024). "Findings for Pregnancy Peer Support: Building Resilient Military Families," Poster. Military Health Research Symposium, Orlando, FL.