Researchers Win Top MNRS Awards

School of Nursing participation at the 30th Annual Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) Conference was outstanding! The Schools faculty and students celebrated research, established new colleagues and received several awards.

The MNRS is a premier nursing research organization whose purpose is to support, encourage and improve the quality of nursing research. With more than 1,300 members, MNRS has moved to the forefront of promoting, disseminating, and utilizing nursing research throughout the Midwest, profoundly influencing the enormous growth in quality and quantity of nursing research over the last 20 years.

Congratulations to our MNRS award winners!

• Jenna Coleman, second place undergraduate poster
  "Self-Efficacy and Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity in Lower-Income Older Adolescent Females"

• Susan Taylor, third place undergraduate poster
  "The Effects on Preoperative Anxiety of Using the Internet to Prepare Early to Mid Adolescents for Tonsillectomy"

• Kathryn Leggitt, first place graduate poster
  "Predictors of Breastfeeding Initiation and Continuation Among Employed Women"

• Madeleine Kerr, PhD, Associate Professor
  Received the MNRS Public Health/Community Health/Nurse Managed Centers research section "Honor a Researcher Award"

• Linda Herrick, PhD, Director of Undergraduate Studies-Rochester
  Received an MNRS Service Award for her service on the MNRS Board of Directors