Nursing Research Day 2012

Transforming Health through Community Engaged Research and Practice 

School of Nursing faculty, students, and our community partners will showcase research studies and evidence-based clinical innovations for ways to improve health outcomes and foster systems change.

Friday, April 27, 2012
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

McNamara Alumni Center
200 Oak Street SE  |  Minneapolis, MN 55455

NOW AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING

PowerPoint presentations from Nursing Research Day 2012.

Keynote Presentation

Download keynote presentation “Engaging Communities in Research: From Efficacy to Scale Up,” presented by Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN.

Dr. Villarruel has an extensive background in health promotion and health disparities research and practice. Her research focuses on the development and testing of interventions to reduce HIV sexual risk among Mexican and Latino youth. Utilizing a community participatory approach, Dr. Villarruel has been the Principle Investigator and Co-Investigator of several NIH and CDC funded studies. Read more.

Sessions

Concurrent Podium Presentation Sessions
Podium presentations by School of Nursing faculty, students, and community partners are available for viewing/download (where permission was granted). Click here to view the complete list.

Poster Sessions
Click here for the complete list of posters presented by School of Nursing faculty, students, and community partners.

About Nursing Research Day

Description and purpose

The University of Minnesota School of Nursing faculty and students, with engaged community partners, will showcase research studies and evidence based clinical innovations discussing implications for practice, policy, and enduring research.

The University of Minnesota School of Nursing Research Day is committed to advancing nursing science and scholarship as the foundation for practice.

Program objectives

After attending, participants will be able to:

• Describe nursing and interdisciplinary research and evidence-linked initiatives in the School of Nursing and the health care community.
• Investigate ways these innovations can be used to optimize health outcomes in clinical practice, health policy, and research.

Who should attend

Research Day is targeted for researchers in nursing and related health sciences, nurse educators, practicing nurses, and nursing students who are committed to advancing nursing science and scholarship as the foundation for practice.

Accreditation

The University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Office of Practice, Partnerships, and Professional Development is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation. This activity is awarded 4.5 contact hours.

ANCC accredited contact hours are accepted by all State Boards of Nursing.

Questions

Please contact Aneisha Tucker, tucke127@umn.edu