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IN THIS ISSUE MARK YOUR CALENDAR • Dr. McLaughlin Presents Research p . 2 Chapter Research Conferences Regional Writers' Seminar • Research Grants Awarded p. 3 September 29 . May. 23 - 24, 1979 • Chapters Sponsor Research p. 4 Beta Xi - University of Delaware Plains Region - University of Nebraska, Omaha - • International Column p . 7 September 30 Host Chapter: Gamma Pi Alpha Zeta - Columbia University Advance Calendar Note Image Designs invited: Chapters are invited to Mu - University of Connecticut March 1, 1979 Research Grant Applications due submit artwork (One panel) for Image cover. October 13 & 14 Gamma" University of Iowa April 29 - May 2, 1979 Panels selected will appear with chapter name. Atlanta - Meetings and Exhibit at NLN December 1 November 7, 8, 9, 1979 Upsilon - New York University · Biennial Convention - Washington Plaza, Seattle May 3, 1979 Tau - Georgetown University ·

MEMO TO MEMBERS I am delighted with the evidence of outstanding support from Sigma Tl'leta Tau members for the organization and for scholarly nursing around the world. Since our last issue of Reflections, more than one hundred nursing leaders have volunteered their energies and expertise to the National Sigma Theta Tau activities. Thousands of hours have been devoted to activities including: preparation, review and critique of manuscripts, prepara tion of monographs, review and critique of research proposals, staffing the Sigma Theta Tau exhibit at A.N.A. , research presentation at A.N.A,, in stallation of new chapters, consultation to developing and new chapters and many policy making executive and committee meetings. In addition to the leadership demonstrated at the national level, more than seven hundred-fifty members have accepted leadership positions as chapter officers and are promoting scholarly nursing on a local and regional level. Individual members are presenting their research reports to the nursing community at chapter sponsored programs across the country. The response to the active membership dues and research contributions is exceeding the great report we had from last year, an area of support that can involve every member. _ Nell Watts Sigma Theta Tau

national honor society of nursing VOLUME 4, SEPTEMBER" 1978 National and Chapter Leaders Meet in Hawaii Members of the Educational Develop Jean McKinley, National First Vice ment Committee and the six national of President, led t he Northeastern regional ficers met with representatives from thirty group discussion with representatives for chapters during the A. N.A Convention. Sr. Upsilon, Alpha Zeta, Alpha Nu, Alpha Up Rosemary Donley, President and Patricia silon, Alpha Omega, Gamma Epsilon and Chamings, Chairperson of the Educational Gamma Nu . Development Committee, presided at the Patricia Chamings led the Southern Joanne Glisson, professional staff, House Sub June 13 meeting in the beautiful Niihau regional group with representatives from committee on Health and the Environment, joins Room at the Sheraton, overlooking Waikiki Sister Rosemary Donley, National President, and Iota, Nu, Beta Kappa, Gamma Lambda, Beach and the Pacific. The striking setting Helen Ripple, Beta Kappa, at ANA Research Gamma Xi and Gamma Chi. enhanced the exchange and creative ideas Luncheon. Rebecca Markel, National Second Vice in this meeting. President and Mary Scoblic, Educational Regional groups met to discuss the Development Committee, met with possibilities of cooperative relationships representatives from the Great Lakes and with international members and with inter Plains regions. Representatives attended national baccalaureate schools. Recom from Alpha, Gamma, Delta, Rho, Beta Eta, mendations included involving members Beta Iota, Beta Lambda and Gamma Pi with international responsibilities and ex chapters. periences and connecting with U.S. interna tional groups and schools with an interna Margaret Jacobson, Educational Develop tional focus. The groups provided recom ment Committee, led the group discussion mendations regarding the need to gather in the Western region, w ith representatives more data and invite ideas for the from Psi, Alpha Gamma, Alpha Eta, Beta Ep mechanism and potential for scholarly ex silon, Beta Mu, Gamma Gamma and Gamma change and support internationally. Tau . The regional groups also exchanged The national leaders plan to continue to ideas for scholarly programs and discussed schedule meetings for this valuable ex ways to involve more members in chapter change with chapter leaders who attend the programs. There was a great deal of interest N.L.N and A.N.A. Conventions. The next Kitty Smith, National Secretary, and enthusiasm for the development of meeting will be scheduled during the N.L.N. Carnegie, Editor, Nursing Research, and Mary Scoblic, Educational Development Committee, at regional writers' seminars and research ses Convention in Atlanta (April 29 - May 2, Booth at ANA. sions. 1979). Page 2 1:0T I REFLECTIONS September 1978 September 1978 'L0T I REFLECTIONS Page 3

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The study examined differences and similarities Particular support of nurse utilization of a For more than forty years Sigma Theta Hospital Sector: Perceptions and Participa· existing in data collection, problem identification psychosocial-nursing model in both the Tau has been dedicated to the promotion of tion", is supported in part by a Sigma Theta and plan of care when four (4) groups of health assessment and management of hyperten· scholarly nursing through the support of Tau research grant. workers (Nurse Practitioners with and without sion is a noteworthy outcome of this nursing research. The first award was made Ms. Beletz states that the study is needed master's degrees, Public Health Nurses and Fami· research. The Clinical Simulation model and in 1936 to Alice L. Crist, Epsilon Chapter, at to develop baseline data which may be used ly Practice Physicians) with different types and Ohio State University. Since this early sup for the development of educational pro· levels of professional education are presented test instrument should have wide applica tion to the education and evaluation of port, more than one hundred projects have grams in labor relations for nurses and that with identical clinical information for essential been funded. the findings may have broad policy indica· hypertension using a videotaped patient interview. nurses and physicians in the primary care Application for 1979 Sigma Theta Tau tions for the collective bargaining program. A procedure was used to measure proficiency in functions displayed in a long term care of patient assessment and management when com hypertensive patients on an ambulatory research funds will be due March 1, 1979, The study involves a mail survey to 500 for awards to be made in July, 1979. Forms Dr. Frank Mclaughlin, presenter, and Rebecca pared to the criterion responses of an expert nurse basis. nurses who work in nonprofit hospitals and are available from the National office. Markel, National Second Vice-President, prepare and physician panel. There were no significant dif Data collection has been completed for are organized by the New York State Nurses for research presentation. ferences in the proficiency level of the Fam ily the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary The distinguished review committee for Association for purposes of collective Practice Physicians and the two Nurse Practi Dr. Hymovich Disease. Interim analyses indicated that research proposals is composed of: Dr. bargaining. The two major indices incor· Frank E. Mclaughlin, R.N ., Ph.D. (Upsilon tioner groups. The Public Health Nurses were less test-retest reliability was high and that the Carol Lindeman, Dr. Ruth Barnard, . Dr. Ann porated in the survey instrument are Chapter, New York University) is Chief in Clinical proficient than the Fam ily Practice Physician Muhlenkamp, Dr. Margaret Newman and RESEARCH GRANT AWARDED perceptions of collective bargaining which Nursing, Veterans Administration Hospital , San group in the Physical Examination procedures, in expert panel of nurses and physicians are in Maureen Niland (National Treasurer). DR. DEBRA HYMOVICH are reflective of the nurses' industrial rela Francisco. The session was scheduled on June 14, identifying Actual Patient Problems and the initial high agreement in their scoring of the test during the ANA Convention at the Sheraton· Plan of Care section. Predominant usage of either instrument. Major analyses of the perfor· Debra Hymovich, R.N., Ph.D., (Alpha Kappa tions system and a participation index Waikiki, Honolulu. a "psychosocial-nursing" model or a mance of the four (4) groups of health pro· Chapter, University of Colorado) is Professor at (meeting attendance, voting, fil i ng the University of Colorado, Denver. She is funded Approximately 200 Sigma Theta Tau members "pathophysiological-medical" model was also fessionals remain to be completed. RESEARCH GRANT NAMED FOR grievances, etc.). for her project "Development of a Method of and friends attended the lovely luncheon and ex· measured. The Family Practice Physician group To date, the clinical simulation tests bas DR. VERHONICK cellent research presentation. Jean McKinley, Na· had the lowest scores in the usage of the Assessing the impact of Chronic Illness on Family ed upon a cybernetic model have both The National Council of Sigma Theta Tau tional First Vice President, presided and introduc· psychosocial-nursing model in all applicable Development and Coping." theoretical and practical application to the ed many distinguished nursing leaders in the au· categories of data collection, problem identifica named Wilma E. Peterson, R.N., Ph .D., (Beta The study is the second of a series to determine dience. tion, and plan of care with significant differences measurement of the quality of health care Psi Chapter), as recipient of the first Sigma the impact of chronic illness on family develop Dr. Mclaughlin is the principal investigator for a between the Family Practice Physician and the decisions. Theta Tau research grant named for Dr. ment and coping and to develop a valid and DHEW·funded three-year grant for development of three Nurse groups for Patient History, Tentative Phyllis Verhonick. The Council selected the re liable instrument that will be useful to nurses in Reports of the research appear in : assessing these areas and measuring the out· research-evaluative design of nurse practitioner· Problem List and Plan of Care. The prediction that (1) "Clinical Judgments of Nurses and physiological research project "Blood-Gas physician-public health nurse assessment and physicians would score significantly higher on the come of intervention. Physicians in the Assessment and Manage Analysis of Peripheral Venous Blood in treatment functions of presenting chronic health pathophysiological dimension was not supported. Parents of children with cystic fibrosis will be ment of Essential Hypertension", Circula· Selected Acid-Base Disturbances" as the interviewed; data will be analyzed using problems. 1978 project to be named in memory of Dr. He received his Ph.D. in Educational tion, October, 1977, Vol. 56, No. 4, Supple· categories identified in an earlier study of parents Study findings suggest that physicians Verhonick. Dr. Verhonick was a member of Psychology from the University of California, ment No. Ill - Abstract Ill · 145, and, of children with osteogenesis imperfecta, and as Berkeley. He has been Chief, Research in Clinical and nurse practitioners do perform in a (2) "Patient Management Decisions in the National Research Committee at the new categories arise from these data, they will be Nursing, at the Veterans Administration Hospital highly similar fashion in the assessment Essential Hypertension: Comparisons Be· time of her death (October, 1977). added to the previous ones to provide categories related to developmental tasks and coping in San Francisco since 1972. He has held faculty and management of a simulated patient tween Nurses and Physicians", Preventive Phyllis Verhonick, a charter member of strategies derived from both sets of parents. Ques· and research positions at the University of Califor· with essential hypertension. Public Health Medicine, Vol. 7, No.1, March 1978, p. 109, Beta Kappa Chapter, University of Virginia, nia, San Francisco, since 1961 and is currently an nurses were found to be less proficient in was a former chief of the nursing depart lions will then be developed for an instrument that Abstract A-154. nurses can use for assessment and measurement Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of such tasks as interpretations of x-rays or ment at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Dr. Peterson *Funded by D.H.E.W., Division of Nursing, of interventions, and this instrument will be pilot Biological Dysfunction in the School of Nursing. ECG's. Also, public health nurses without Research and assistant dean and professor Grant #NU00528. tested with a selected sample of families of Dr. Mclaughlin has publ ished widely and made formal preparation in either adult assess of nursing at the University of Virginia. DR. WILMA PETERSON RECEIVES more than 25 research presentations to organiza· children with chronic illness who have not par· ment or management strategies in Collaborative Investigators: H. Johnson; M. RESEARCH GRANT lions and schools around the country. ticipated in the original studies. Content validity Lemons; S. Anderson; P. Larson; J. Gibson; Wilma Peterson, R.N ., Ph.D., (Beta Psi A summary of Dr. McLaughlin's presentation hypertension, performed in a number of test and interrator reliability will be determined. phases in a cred itable manner. This group T. Cesa. Chapter, University of Oregon), is Associate follows. Topic: " Primary Care Judgments of RESEARCH GRANT AWARDED Nurses and Physicians" of health professionals is an untapped Professor and Project Director, Fam ily· TO DR. NANCY FUGATE WOODS Centered Child Nursing, Department of The overall objective of the project was to reservoir in the provision of primary care. Ef· Nancy Fugate Woods, R.N., Ph .D., (Psi Graduate Studies, University of Oregon. develop a reliable and valid Clinical Simulation forts should be undertaken to strengthen PATRICIA CHRISTENSEN Chapter, University of Washington, Seattle), Test (CST) instrument that could be used to the public health nurses' capacities to pro· SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE She is funded for her project "Blood-Gas Associate Professor at Duke University, evaluate the decision-making abilities of nurses vide primary care through training in Sigma Theta Tau National Council an Analysis of Peripheral Venous Blood in and physicians in the management of patients physical examination procedures, ordering nounces that funds are available for the first Durham, North Carolina, is funded for her Selected Acid·Base Disturbances." with essential hypertension and chronic obstruc appropriate laboratory tests, and institution Patricia Christensen Memorial Scholarship. study "Distribution and Determinants of This research evaluates an alternative tive pu lmonary disease. The test measured the of medication strategies. The scholarship is available to a Canadian Peri menstrual Stress." method to arterial sampling for blood-gas complex cognitive abilities demonstrated by Further, differences between nurse prac nurse in a nationally-accredited U.S. school The first problem to be explored is to analysis that may prove to be as accurate, health professionals in choosing assessment titioners formally prepared in a master's of nursing who is a graduate-level student in determine the prevalence of perimenstrual safer, and less painful to the patient. The techniques, utilizing interpretive ski l ls , maternal-child, maternity or pediatric nurs· distress in a non-clinical population and the researchers will use more rigorous and establishing management priorities and weighting degree program and those prepared through certificated non-degree programs ing. variables associated with its occurrence. systematically-controlled determinations of therapeutic modality consequences in both essen The specific determinants of interest in the tial hypertension and chronic obstructive were not evident in the comparisons made The s~holarship fund, started by her blood-gas compositions than those study are life stressors and variables Ms. Beietz pulmonary disease. Test development included in this study. This may be due in part to the friends, is a living tribute to Patricia reported in previous studies. Samples will establishment of appropriate criteria for data col strong background of the sample of nurse Christensen of Eta Chapter (University of related to the woman 's enacted role and sex be drawn from capillaries and veins with lection, problem identification and plan of care for practitioners prepared in non-degree pro Pittsburgh). Pat Christensen was a Cana role norms. The second problem involves ELAINE BELETZ RECEIVES free-flowing blood during a wide variety of hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary grams. Twenty-nine (29) out of thirty-three dian nurse on graduate level in the U.S. at determining the prevalence of positive cor· RESEARCH FUNDS blood-gas disturbances. Results will be disease patient problems; creation of a proficien (33) possessed baccalaureate degrees, had the time of her death. relates of the perimenstrual period. Elaine Beletz, R.N., M.A., (Upsilon compared with values obtained from arterial cy scoring system using expert nurse and physi· approximately six (6) to seven (7) years more Application forms for the first scholar· Implications for nursing of the results of Chapter, New York University Division of blood drawn simultaneously. cian criterion referenced judgments; and el iciting ship ($250.00) are available from the Na this research are a better ability to identify a Nurse Education, New York) is a doctoral It is anticipated that the results of this expert consensus about psychosocial and clinical experience than the master's population at risk of perimenstrual stress student at Teachers College, Columbia research will have relevant implications for pathophysiolog ical domains of questions, iden prepared practitioner group, and went tional office. Completed forms are due and the generation of ideas for controlled University. Her dissertation study, entitled tified patient problems, and treatment/manage through strong programs averaging a calen· January 1, 1979 for the award to be made professional nurses as they monitor the ment plans. daryear in length. February, 1979. trials involving interventions directed at cor· "Collective Bargaining and New York State status of critically ill patients and plan ap· relations identified in the study. Registered Nurses in the Voluntary propriate nursing intervention . Page 4 'E0T I REFLECTIONS September 1978 September 1978 'r0T/ REFLECTIONS Page 5 (-~~~~C_H_A_P_TE_R_S~IN_A~C_TI_O_N~~~~-) (-~~~C_H_A_P_T_ER_S_I_N_A_C_TI_O_N~~~-)J;il° Delaware, announces a clinical research ALPHA ZETA SCHEDULES TAU CHAPTER ISSUES , BETA SIGMA SPONSORS . BETA ZETA PRESENTS FIFTH SEPTEMBER CONFERENCE CALL FOR ABSTRACTS RESEARCH DAY UPSILON CHAPTER ANNOUNCES conference on September 29, 1978. The pro ANNUAL PARTICIPATIVE FALL RESEARCH DAY gram is scheduled 9:00-4:30, in Clayton RESEARCH DAY Alpha Zeta Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau, The Program Committee of Tau Chapter, Beta Sigma Chapter, The Pennsylvania Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, Columbia University School of Nursing and Georgetown University, is soliciting papers State University, sponsored a Spring Upsilon Chapter, New York University, is Susan Grancio, Vice President of Beta Delaware. Department of Nursing Education present for the Fourth Annual Self Care Day. The Research Program at University Park on inaugurating a second annual research day Zeta Chapter (University of Massachusetts), The conference includes: the Third Annual Co·nference titled purposeoftheconferenceistoalfowpracti- April 14. Reports on clinical research and on December 1. Its purpose is to provide a reports a 50 % increase in attendance at the "Translating Research into Practice." The tioners, educators, researchers and applications of clinical research were mechanism through which nurses and nurs " Clinical Research : A Key to Nursing Fifth Annual Research Day held in Amherst topic to be addressed is theoretical con- theorists using Dorothea Orem's Self Care presented by faculty from the Department ing students can share common concerns Practice" and " Your Role in Clinical on March 4. cepts related to the use of touch in nursing. Framework a chance to come together for of Nursing at Penn State. related to the process and application of Research", Florence Downs, R.N ., Ed.D., Cheryl Stetler, R.N. , Ph .D., Chairperson, Using a case study presentation, nurse discussion of the application and further Dr. Margaret Newman, Professor of Nurs- research in nursing . The objectives are to 1} (Xi Chapter) Associate Dean, School of Staff Education, Department of Nursing, clinicians in neonatology an'd palliative care development of the Framework. Nurses using and Professor-in-Charge of the Graduate examine issues, process components, Nursing, University of Pennsylvania. Massachusetts General Hospital, presented will apply the research in this area to the ac- ing the Framework are encouraged to sub- Nursing Program at Penn State, presented trends and implications of research in nurs "Patterns of Acknowledgement in the keynote address, "Nursing Research tual clinical situation and the planning of mit abstracts. the opening address: "The Problems of ing, 2) explore the contribution of research Parent-Child Communication and the and You." In addition to Dr. Stetler the pro nursing care. The conference will be held at Conducting and Applying Findings of to the development of nursing knowledge Child's Exploratory Behavior and Self gram included: The keynote speaker is Dr. Gertrud Ujhe- Georgetown University School of Nursing, Clinical Research." Dr. Elizabeth Susman, and 3) analyze the interrelationship of the Differentiation", Ruth A. O'Brien, R.N., "Parenting Skills in Child-Battering ly, Certified Nurse Specialist in Mental co-sponsor of the conference, on March 3, Assistant Professor of Nursing at Penn Ph.D ., (Upsilon Chapter}, Assistant Pro Parents" - Doris Nuttleman, R.N ., research process and nursing practice. Health Nursing, a private practitioner in the 1979 in Washington, D.C. State, discussed "Psychological Aspects of fessor of Nursing, Pennsylvania State M.S ., doctoral student, Case Western The first program on December 1 is titled, field, and previously associated with Please submit abstracts by December 15, Children with Cancer." Ruth O'Brien, also SEMINAR ON HEALTH : RESEARCH METH University. . Reserve Adelphi University. 1978 to Grace A. Cordts, Georgetown an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Penn "Compliance in Hypertension ", Susan S. "Childhood Seizure Disorders: An ODS FOR NURSING PRACTICE. A subtitle The conference will be held on University School of Nursing, Tau Chapter, ' state, presented her research related to states, "The way in which we define health Lynch, R.N ., M.S.N. , Assistant Professor Epidemiologic Study" - Sherry L. September 30, 197~ from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 Sigma Theta Tau, 3700 Reservoir Road, "Patterns of Acknowledgement in parent- of Medicine, University of Virginia Shamansky, R.N ., Dr. P.H., Assistant and develop theory determine nursing prac p.m. at the Health Sciences Building, Col- Washington, D.C. 20007. Abstracts should Child Communication and Children's Ex - "The Relationship between Health Professor, Fairfield University School tice." The program will begin with Judy umbia University, Auditorium 401, 701 West be no longer than 150 words and reflect ploratory Behavior and Self Differentiation." Locus of Control and Level of Dysfunc of Nursing Smith, R.N., M.A., Doctoral Cand idate at 168th Street, New York City. clearly the use of the Self Care Framework. The final presentation of the research pro- tion among Individuals with Oncological "Factors Impacting on Eating Patterns in New York University, discussing the For additional information contact: Final selections will be made by January 15, gram was made by Jessie Igou, Assistant Diseases", Linda Dolan , R.N., M.S. , the Patient with Gynecologic Cancer" philosophical research approach. M. Louise Celeste Yanni , 900 West 190th Street, 1979, and all persons will be notified of the Professor of Nursing. She presented the Fitzpatrick, R.N., Ed ,D. Dean , School of (Gamma Nu Chapter), Clinical Specialist, - Derry A. Moritz, R.N ., M.S., Clinical Apt. 14K, New York, NY 10040. committee's decision. topic of the "Health Education Curriculum Nursing, Villanova University, will talk about Beth Israel Hospital, Passaic, New Nurse Specialist and Jane Dixon, with the Ambulatory Aoed." the historical research approach. The scien Jersey Ph.D., Yale University tific method will be discussed by Patricia "Fathers' Perceptions and Attitudes "A Group Profile of Contemporary In BETA MU CO -SPONSORS "The Association of Nursing Activities "Modeling Clinical Judgments of Winstead-Fry, R.N., Ph.D ., Chairperson, Regarding Their Newborn Infants", Carol fluentials in American Nursing" - RESEARCH CONFERENCE with Mental Status Outcomes of Elderly Pediatric Nurse Practitioners" Helen Department of Research and Theory Ann Soltis Gargula, R.N., B.S.N., faculty, Connie Nicodemus Vance, R.N. , Ed.D., Hip-Fractured Patients at Three Points Palisin, Ph.D., University of Washington The University of Arizona College of Nurs Development in Nursing Science, New York University of Delaware. Assistant Professor, New York Univer During Hospitalization", Mary Opal "Stresses and Coping Strategies of ing and Beta Mu Chapter will co-sponsor University. Mathy Mezey, R.N., Ed .D. , "The Psychosocial Effects of Home sity Wolanin, M.P.A., University of Arizona Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses", the 6th annual Nursing Research Con- · Assistant Professor of Nursing, Lehman Apnea Monitoring on Families with In "Resolving the Turmoil of Divorce" - "The Development of a Model for Sharol F. Jacobson, Ph .D., University of ference on September 15 and 16 at the Col College, will discuss the influence of the fants at Risk for SIDS", Evelyn M. Linda Ceriale Peterson, R.N., M.S., doc Teaching Pediatric Pat ients Home Care Texas Health Sciences Center at San An lege of Nursing in Tucson. The conference various research approaches to clinical nur McElroy, R.N. , Ph .D., (Pi Chapter), Assist toral candidate, University of for Various Long-Term Conditions", tonio sing practice. Ms. Judy Smith will lead the Massa~husetts "Research for Clinical Nursing, Its ant Professor of Psychiatric Nursing, Audrey J. Kalafatich, Ed .D., University of "Measurement of Engagement group discussion on philosophical "Conflict and Consensus of the Nursing Strategies and Findings - II" will include: University of Maryland Missouri-Columbia Involvement", Kathleen Smyth, Ed .D., research, Dr. Fitzpatrick on historical Role Among Professional Medical and Keynote Address: Ida Martinson, R.N ., "The Effects of an Individualized Patient "Comparison of Structured and Unstruc University of Pittsburgh research and Dr. Winstead-Fry on the scien Nursing Staff of a Hospital Intensive Ph.D., University of Minrlesota Teaching Program on Level of Stress of tured Teaching of Cardiac Patients", tific method. Care Unit" - Patricia Turk Horvath, "Investigation of Anticipatory Grief in Past Myocardial Infarction Patients", "Development of Symptom Distress Frances S. Knudsen, Arizona State Spouses of the Critically Ill" Lora E. For application forms, contact Marie Marybeth Snyder, R.N., B.S.N., (Presi R.N ., M.S.N., Instructor, Yale University Scale" Ruth Mccorkle, Ph.D. and University Burke, Santa Monica, California Boguslawski, R.N., Ph.D. , Chairperson, dent, Beta Xi Chapter), New Castle Coun School of Nursing Katherine Young, Ph.D., University of " A Study in Self-Esteem, Locus of Con "Instrumentation to Detect Fluid Research Committee, Sigma Theta Tau, Up ty Nurse Coordinator, Delaware Cancer "Comparison of Cost-Effectiveness of Washington silon Chapter; Division of Nursing, 429 two Modes of Delivering Nursing Care: trol and Knowledge of Sex and Sexuality Volume Change" Ann Voda, Ph .D. , Network "The Operative Trajectory Study: an Ex Shimkin Hall, Washington Square, New Team and Primary" - Kathleen T. in Re lationship to the Group Process", University of Arizona am p I e of Collaborative Nursing York University, New York, New York 10003. Flynn, R.N ., M.S., Assistant Professor, Beverly K. Johnson, Emory University GAMMA DELTA REPORTS Research" Janice Allen, M.S., Ada Sue "Family Life Cycle Influences in Health Total attendance will be limited to 150 peo Yale University School of Nursing "Newcomers' Search for Information Illness and Health Seeking Behaviors", Gamma Delta Chapter (Plattsburgh State Hinshaw, Ph.D., Rose Gerber, M.S., Jan ple. The VP announces March 3, 1979 as the about Health Services", Elizabeth R. Betty Jane Kinsinger, Ph .D., and University) reports informative programs in Atwood, Ph.D., University of Arizona date for the Sixth Annual Research Day. Lenz, Ph.D ., University of Maryland Veronica Evaneshko, Ph.D., Arizona 1977-78. Two senior nursing students "Maternal Contact Behaviors with GAMMA CHAPTER ANNOUNCES Baltimore State University presented their research proposals to Newborn Infants During Feedings", RESEARCH CONFERENCE "An Ethnoscientific Study to Determine members and other nursing students on MU CHAPTER TO SPONSOR Judith Dunbar, Ph .D., University of "Effects of Teach ing Non-Professional Gamma Chapter, University of Iowa, will Social and Cultural Factors Affecting campus. A second program · featured SEPTEMBER CONFERENCE Pittsburgh Caregivers Standardized Assessments host the Third Bi-annual Mid-America Native American Indian Women During and Interventions on Health Outcomes Assemblywoman Jean Amatucci in a Mu Chapter of the University of Connect "Wind River Reservation Childbearing Research Conference- 1 Pregnancy'', Beverly M. Horn, Ph.D., of Nursing Home Clients: A Pilot "Political Action Day" session. The pro icut will sponsor a Research Day on Satur Perspectives", Veronica Evaneshko, Title: Research in Action University of Wash ington Project" Evelyn DeWalt, M.S. , Ada Sue gram also included a representative from day, September 30, 1978 at Storrs, Connect Ph .D., Arizona State University Date: October 13-14, 1978 1 " Care /Comfort Quality Standards and Hinshaw, Ph.D., Patricia King, M.S.N., Nurses for Political Action and tips on letter icut. Dr. Lucie Young Kelly, Professor in the Place:lowa Memorial Union "Siblings at Birth", Sandra Anderson, Activities: An Empirical Model Tested for Alice Longman, Ed.D., and Jessie V. writing. School of Public Health and the School of University of Iowa M.S.N ., University of Arizona Pat ient and Staff Outcomes" and Pergrin, Ph.D., University of Arizona Nursing at Columbia University, will give Iowa City, IA 52242 "Upper Respiratory Infections in the "Evaluation of Change in Nurse and Pa REPORT FROM BETA PSI the keynote address. The title of her ad "Variables in the Nursing Diagnosis of For further information, write- Conditioned Athlete'', Dorothy J. tient Outcomes with an All Registered Beta Psi Chapter, University of Oregon, dress is "The Challenge of Nursing Impaired Parenting Relative to the Conference Center Douglas, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Nurse Staffing Pattern ", Ada Sue Hin reports an impressive induction ceremony Research and Patient Rights." A variety of Preschool Child: A Pilot Exploration" Iowa Memorial Union Mad ison shaw, Ph .D. and Jan R. Atwood, Ph.D ., on May 12 for 41 new members and 16 excellent papers will be presented. Persons Karen Siebenthal Martin, M.S.N., Univer University of Iowa "An Evaluation of Water Diuresis for the Un iversity of Arizona sity of Nebraska Iowa City, IA 52242 transfer members. The 1978 Outstanding interested in attending may direct their in Senior Award was presented to Beverly L. quiries to Linda R. Suess, Mu Chapter vice Prevent ion and Control of Recurrent "A Study of Fami ly Nurse Practitioners: Closing Address: BETA XI PLANS RESEARCH DAY Jones. Mavis Ostlund received recognition president, School of Nursing, University of Urinary Tract Infections in Women'', Perceived Competencies and Some of Janel le Krueger, Ph .D., Project Director, Dorothy Kennedy, Chairperson, Research as student representative in the April issue Connecticut, Storrs Hall U-59A, Storrs, CT Evelyn R. Anderson, Ph.D., San Antonio, Their Implications For Nursing Educa Regional Program for Nursing Research Committee, Beta Xi Chapter, University of of UOHSC News. 06268. Texas ' tion", Mary Jane Ward, Ph .D., WICHE Development, WICHE Page 4 'E0T I REFLECTIONS September 1978 September 1978 'r0T/ REFLECTIONS Page 5 (-~~~~C_H_A_P_TE_R_S~IN_A~C_TI_O_N~~~~-) (-~~~C_H_A_P_T_ER_S_I_N_A_C_TI_O_N~~~-)J;il° Delaware, announces a clinical research ALPHA ZETA SCHEDULES TAU CHAPTER ISSUES , BETA SIGMA SPONSORS . BETA ZETA PRESENTS FIFTH SEPTEMBER CONFERENCE CALL FOR ABSTRACTS RESEARCH DAY UPSILON CHAPTER ANNOUNCES conference on September 29, 1978. The pro ANNUAL PARTICIPATIVE FALL RESEARCH DAY gram is scheduled 9:00-4:30, in Clayton RESEARCH DAY Alpha Zeta Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau, The Program Committee of Tau Chapter, Beta Sigma Chapter, The Pennsylvania Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, Columbia University School of Nursing and Georgetown University, is soliciting papers State University, sponsored a Spring Upsilon Chapter, New York University, is Susan Grancio, Vice President of Beta Delaware. Department of Nursing Education present for the Fourth Annual Self Care Day. The Research Program at University Park on inaugurating a second annual research day Zeta Chapter (University of Massachusetts), The conference includes: the Third Annual Co·nference titled purposeoftheconferenceistoalfowpracti- April 14. Reports on clinical research and on December 1. Its purpose is to provide a reports a 50 % increase in attendance at the "Translating Research into Practice." The tioners, educators, researchers and applications of clinical research were mechanism through which nurses and nurs " Clinical Research : A Key to Nursing Fifth Annual Research Day held in Amherst topic to be addressed is theoretical con- theorists using Dorothea Orem's Self Care presented by faculty from the Department ing students can share common concerns Practice" and " Your Role in Clinical on March 4. cepts related to the use of touch in nursing. Framework a chance to come together for of Nursing at Penn State. related to the process and application of Research", Florence Downs, R.N ., Ed.D., Cheryl Stetler, R.N. , Ph .D., Chairperson, Using a case study presentation, nurse discussion of the application and further Dr. Margaret Newman, Professor of Nurs- research in nursing . The objectives are to 1} (Xi Chapter) Associate Dean, School of Staff Education, Department of Nursing, clinicians in neonatology an'd palliative care development of the Framework. Nurses using and Professor-in-Charge of the Graduate examine issues, process components, Nursing, University of Pennsylvania. Massachusetts General Hospital, presented will apply the research in this area to the ac- ing the Framework are encouraged to sub- Nursing Program at Penn State, presented trends and implications of research in nurs "Patterns of Acknowledgement in the keynote address, "Nursing Research tual clinical situation and the planning of mit abstracts. the opening address: "The Problems of ing, 2) explore the contribution of research Parent-Child Communication and the and You." In addition to Dr. Stetler the pro nursing care. The conference will be held at Conducting and Applying Findings of to the development of nursing knowledge Child's Exploratory Behavior and Self gram included: The keynote speaker is Dr. Gertrud Ujhe- Georgetown University School of Nursing, Clinical Research." Dr. Elizabeth Susman, and 3) analyze the interrelationship of the Differentiation", Ruth A. O'Brien, R.N., "Parenting Skills in Child-Battering ly, Certified Nurse Specialist in Mental co-sponsor of the conference, on March 3, Assistant Professor of Nursing at Penn Ph.D ., (Upsilon Chapter}, Assistant Pro Parents" - Doris Nuttleman, R.N ., research process and nursing practice. Health Nursing, a private practitioner in the 1979 in Washington, D.C. State, discussed "Psychological Aspects of fessor of Nursing, Pennsylvania State M.S ., doctoral student, Case Western The first program on December 1 is titled, field, and previously associated with Please submit abstracts by December 15, Children with Cancer." Ruth O'Brien, also SEMINAR ON HEALTH : RESEARCH METH University. . Reserve Adelphi University. 1978 to Grace A. Cordts, Georgetown an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Penn "Compliance in Hypertension ", Susan S. "Childhood Seizure Disorders: An ODS FOR NURSING PRACTICE. A subtitle The conference will be held on University School of Nursing, Tau Chapter, ' state, presented her research related to states, "The way in which we define health Lynch, R.N ., M.S.N. , Assistant Professor Epidemiologic Study" - Sherry L. September 30, 197~ from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 Sigma Theta Tau, 3700 Reservoir Road, "Patterns of Acknowledgement in parent- of Medicine, University of Virginia Shamansky, R.N ., Dr. P.H., Assistant and develop theory determine nursing prac p.m. at the Health Sciences Building, Col- Washington, D.C. 20007. Abstracts should Child Communication and Children's Ex - "The Relationship between Health Professor, Fairfield University School tice." The program will begin with Judy umbia University, Auditorium 401, 701 West be no longer than 150 words and reflect ploratory Behavior and Self Differentiation." Locus of Control and Level of Dysfunc of Nursing Smith, R.N., M.A., Doctoral Cand idate at 168th Street, New York City. clearly the use of the Self Care Framework. The final presentation of the research pro- tion among Individuals with Oncological "Factors Impacting on Eating Patterns in New York University, discussing the For additional information contact: Final selections will be made by January 15, gram was made by Jessie Igou, Assistant Diseases", Linda Dolan , R.N., M.S. , the Patient with Gynecologic Cancer" philosophical research approach. M. Louise Celeste Yanni , 900 West 190th Street, 1979, and all persons will be notified of the Professor of Nursing. She presented the Fitzpatrick, R.N., Ed ,D. Dean , School of (Gamma Nu Chapter), Clinical Specialist, - Derry A. Moritz, R.N ., M.S., Clinical Apt. 14K, New York, NY 10040. committee's decision. topic of the "Health Education Curriculum Nursing, Villanova University, will talk about Beth Israel Hospital, Passaic, New Nurse Specialist and Jane Dixon, with the Ambulatory Aoed." the historical research approach. The scien Jersey Ph.D., Yale University tific method will be discussed by Patricia "Fathers' Perceptions and Attitudes "A Group Profile of Contemporary In BETA MU CO -SPONSORS "The Association of Nursing Activities "Modeling Clinical Judgments of Winstead-Fry, R.N., Ph.D ., Chairperson, Regarding Their Newborn Infants", Carol fluentials in American Nursing" - RESEARCH CONFERENCE with Mental Status Outcomes of Elderly Pediatric Nurse Practitioners" Helen Department of Research and Theory Ann Soltis Gargula, R.N., B.S.N., faculty, Connie Nicodemus Vance, R.N. , Ed.D., Hip-Fractured Patients at Three Points Palisin, Ph.D., University of Washington The University of Arizona College of Nurs Development in Nursing Science, New York University of Delaware. Assistant Professor, New York Univer During Hospitalization", Mary Opal "Stresses and Coping Strategies of ing and Beta Mu Chapter will co-sponsor University. Mathy Mezey, R.N., Ed .D. , "The Psychosocial Effects of Home sity Wolanin, M.P.A., University of Arizona Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses", the 6th annual Nursing Research Con- · Assistant Professor of Nursing, Lehman Apnea Monitoring on Families with In "Resolving the Turmoil of Divorce" - "The Development of a Model for Sharol F. Jacobson, Ph .D., University of ference on September 15 and 16 at the Col College, will discuss the influence of the fants at Risk for SIDS", Evelyn M. Linda Ceriale Peterson, R.N., M.S., doc Teaching Pediatric Pat ients Home Care Texas Health Sciences Center at San An lege of Nursing in Tucson. The conference various research approaches to clinical nur McElroy, R.N. , Ph .D., (Pi Chapter), Assist toral candidate, University of for Various Long-Term Conditions", tonio sing practice. Ms. Judy Smith will lead the Massa~husetts "Research for Clinical Nursing, Its ant Professor of Psychiatric Nursing, Audrey J. Kalafatich, Ed .D., University of "Measurement of Engagement group discussion on philosophical "Conflict and Consensus of the Nursing Strategies and Findings - II" will include: University of Maryland Missouri-Columbia Involvement", Kathleen Smyth, Ed .D., research, Dr. Fitzpatrick on historical Role Among Professional Medical and Keynote Address: Ida Martinson, R.N ., "The Effects of an Individualized Patient "Comparison of Structured and Unstruc University of Pittsburgh research and Dr. Winstead-Fry on the scien Nursing Staff of a Hospital Intensive Ph.D., University of Minrlesota Teaching Program on Level of Stress of tured Teaching of Cardiac Patients", tific method. Care Unit" - Patricia Turk Horvath, "Investigation of Anticipatory Grief in Past Myocardial Infarction Patients", "Development of Symptom Distress Frances S. Knudsen, Arizona State Spouses of the Critically Ill" Lora E. For application forms, contact Marie Marybeth Snyder, R.N., B.S.N., (Presi R.N ., M.S.N., Instructor, Yale University Scale" Ruth Mccorkle, Ph.D. and University Burke, Santa Monica, California Boguslawski, R.N., Ph.D. , Chairperson, dent, Beta Xi Chapter), New Castle Coun School of Nursing Katherine Young, Ph.D., University of " A Study in Self-Esteem, Locus of Con "Instrumentation to Detect Fluid Research Committee, Sigma Theta Tau, Up ty Nurse Coordinator, Delaware Cancer "Comparison of Cost-Effectiveness of Washington silon Chapter; Division of Nursing, 429 two Modes of Delivering Nursing Care: trol and Knowledge of Sex and Sexuality Volume Change" Ann Voda, Ph .D. , Network "The Operative Trajectory Study: an Ex Shimkin Hall, Washington Square, New Team and Primary" - Kathleen T. in Re lationship to the Group Process", University of Arizona am p I e of Collaborative Nursing York University, New York, New York 10003. Flynn, R.N ., M.S., Assistant Professor, Beverly K. Johnson, Emory University GAMMA DELTA REPORTS Research" Janice Allen, M.S., Ada Sue "Family Life Cycle Influences in Health Total attendance will be limited to 150 peo Yale University School of Nursing "Newcomers' Search for Information Illness and Health Seeking Behaviors", Gamma Delta Chapter (Plattsburgh State Hinshaw, Ph.D., Rose Gerber, M.S., Jan ple. The VP announces March 3, 1979 as the about Health Services", Elizabeth R. Betty Jane Kinsinger, Ph .D., and University) reports informative programs in Atwood, Ph.D., University of Arizona date for the Sixth Annual Research Day. Lenz, Ph.D ., University of Maryland Veronica Evaneshko, Ph.D., Arizona 1977-78. Two senior nursing students "Maternal Contact Behaviors with GAMMA CHAPTER ANNOUNCES Baltimore State University presented their research proposals to Newborn Infants During Feedings", RESEARCH CONFERENCE "An Ethnoscientific Study to Determine members and other nursing students on MU CHAPTER TO SPONSOR Judith Dunbar, Ph .D., University of "Effects of Teach ing Non-Professional Gamma Chapter, University of Iowa, will Social and Cultural Factors Affecting campus. A second program · featured SEPTEMBER CONFERENCE Pittsburgh Caregivers Standardized Assessments host the Third Bi-annual Mid-America Native American Indian Women During and Interventions on Health Outcomes Assemblywoman Jean Amatucci in a Mu Chapter of the University of Connect "Wind River Reservation Childbearing Research Conference- 1 Pregnancy'', Beverly M. Horn, Ph.D., of Nursing Home Clients: A Pilot "Political Action Day" session. The pro icut will sponsor a Research Day on Satur Perspectives", Veronica Evaneshko, Title: Research in Action University of Wash ington Project" Evelyn DeWalt, M.S. , Ada Sue gram also included a representative from day, September 30, 1978 at Storrs, Connect Ph .D., Arizona State University Date: October 13-14, 1978 1 " Care /Comfort Quality Standards and Hinshaw, Ph.D., Patricia King, M.S.N., Nurses for Political Action and tips on letter icut. Dr. Lucie Young Kelly, Professor in the Place:lowa Memorial Union "Siblings at Birth", Sandra Anderson, Activities: An Empirical Model Tested for Alice Longman, Ed.D., and Jessie V. writing. School of Public Health and the School of University of Iowa M.S.N ., University of Arizona Pat ient and Staff Outcomes" and Pergrin, Ph.D., University of Arizona Nursing at Columbia University, will give Iowa City, IA 52242 "Upper Respiratory Infections in the "Evaluation of Change in Nurse and Pa REPORT FROM BETA PSI the keynote address. The title of her ad "Variables in the Nursing Diagnosis of For further information, write- Conditioned Athlete'', Dorothy J. tient Outcomes with an All Registered Beta Psi Chapter, University of Oregon, dress is "The Challenge of Nursing Impaired Parenting Relative to the Conference Center Douglas, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Nurse Staffing Pattern ", Ada Sue Hin reports an impressive induction ceremony Research and Patient Rights." A variety of Preschool Child: A Pilot Exploration" Iowa Memorial Union Mad ison shaw, Ph .D. and Jan R. Atwood, Ph.D ., on May 12 for 41 new members and 16 excellent papers will be presented. Persons Karen Siebenthal Martin, M.S.N., Univer University of Iowa "An Evaluation of Water Diuresis for the Un iversity of Arizona sity of Nebraska Iowa City, IA 52242 transfer members. The 1978 Outstanding interested in attending may direct their in Senior Award was presented to Beverly L. quiries to Linda R. Suess, Mu Chapter vice Prevent ion and Control of Recurrent "A Study of Fami ly Nurse Practitioners: Closing Address: BETA XI PLANS RESEARCH DAY Jones. Mavis Ostlund received recognition president, School of Nursing, University of Urinary Tract Infections in Women'', Perceived Competencies and Some of Janel le Krueger, Ph .D., Project Director, Dorothy Kennedy, Chairperson, Research as student representative in the April issue Connecticut, Storrs Hall U-59A, Storrs, CT Evelyn R. Anderson, Ph.D., San Antonio, Their Implications For Nursing Educa Regional Program for Nursing Research Committee, Beta Xi Chapter, University of of UOHSC News. 06268. Texas ' tion", Mary Jane Ward, Ph .D., WICHE Development, WICHE Page 6 '!:0T I REFLECTIONS September 1978 September 1978 't0T/ REFLECTIONS Page 7 ~ c:-~~~~M_E_M~B_ER~S_IN~A_C_T_10_N~~~~-~

REPORT ON RECENT MARY ANN HAW, Ph .D., Oakland, Califor REPORT FROM PROJECT HOPE INTERNATIONAL NURSING DOCTORATES nia, "Group Conflict in Organizations: SEMINAR SCHEDULED On behalf of the 46 nurse educators Sylvia Carlson, M.S., (Alpha Omega, The following information lists members Trust and Its Influence on Mode of LAILA FARHOOD PRESENTS presently working in the international nurs Adelphi University) announces the First In who recently rece ived doctorates. This Resolution." Doctorate from: Stanford INTERNATIONAL PAPER ing programs of Project HOPE, I wish to ap ternational Nursing Seminar "Quo Vadis - feature will be included in future issues of University, Stanford, California, June Miss Laila Farhood (Alpha Chapter, In plaud the initiative of Reflections in in Nursing?" sponsored by the Department of Reflections, and members who have receiv 1978. Chapter Membership: Alpha Eta. diana University) received her M.S.N. in 1975 stituting a regular column for news of Nursing, Long Island Jewish-Hillside ed a doctorate within the last year are in EVELYN R. HA YES, Ph.D., Vernon, Connect with a major in Community Mental Health Sigma Theta Tau members' involvement in Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York. vited to send this information for publica icut, "Prediction of Academic Success and minor in Teacher Education and Clinical international nursing. The seminar is scheduled for March 12-22 tion. in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program." Specialization. She is currently Assistant Project HOP E is a private voluntary agen 1979, in Israel, and will focus on the direc'. Doctorate from: Boston College, • Professor, American University of Beirut CORNELIA BECK, Ph .D., Little Rock, Arkan Li ly Larson cy with headquarters in Washington, D.C. tion in which nursing is moving in the Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, May School of Nursing, Beirut, Lebanon. sas, "The Comfortable Interpersonal Founded in 1958 by Dr. William B. Walsh, it United States, England, Israel, and other 1978. Chapter Membership: Mu. LILY LARSON HONORED Laila recently presented a paper at the In Distance of the Aged ." Doctorate from: began its first mission in 1960 when the S.S. countries. SALLY PETERSEN KARIOTH, Ph.D., Delta Chapter (U niversity of Kansas) par ternational Mental Health Symposium held Texas Women's University, Denton, HOPE, the world's first peacetime hospital Sigma Theta Tau members who are par Tallahassee, Florida, "A Study to ticipated in a July 13 ceremony honoring Li in Helsinki, Finland. She discussed the use Texas, May 1978. Chapter Membership: ship, sailed to Indonesia and South Viet ticipating as faculty for this conference in Determine the Effects of the Design ly Larson on her retirement as professor of group therapy to assist the collegiate stu Gamma Xi. nam. In the years that followed, the ship had clude: and Operation of Nursing Systems and chairman of the Department of Medical dent in maintaining mental health. Her SUSAN R. BURCHFIELD, Ph.D., Seattle, missions to Peru, Ecuador, Guinea, Faculty - Long Island Jewish-Hillside Model in the Qual ity of Nursing Care Surgical Nursing at the School of Nursing, presentation was the result of a three-year Washington, "Personality Character Nicaragua, Colombia, Ceylon, Tunisia, the Medical Center Plans." Doctorate from: The Florida University of Kansas. research study of baccalaureate students istics of Extremely Healthy People." West Indies and Brazil. After completion of Rachel Rotkovitch, (Alpha Omega) State University, Tallahassee, Florida, In recognition of her outstanding con (seniors) i n professional schools Doctorate from: Un ivers i ty of these voyages, HOPE left educators behind Associate Administrator and Director December 1977. Chapter Membership: tributions, the Lily Larson Award for On throughout the Mid-East. Washington (Psychology Department), to carry out programs launched during the of Nursing Beta Pi. cology Nursing was established. The award Seattle, Washington, June 1978. visitation of the ship. In 1974, the S.S. HOPE Elaine Henson-Archdeacon, (Alpha JANICE LAYTON , Ph.D., Cleveland, Ohio, will be presented to outstanding graduate REPEKA ISARA HOWLAND Chapter Membership: Epsilon. was retired. The reasons for this decision Omega), Nurse Practitioner JOY P. CLAUSEN, Ph.D., Chapel Hill, North "The Use of Modeling to Teach Em students with a special interest in oncology Repeka lsara Howland, B.S.N. (Gamma centered on the need for greater program Guest Faculty Carolina, "The Natural Experiment: A pathy to Nursing Students." Doctorate nursing. Contributions to the fund may be Tau Chapter - Un iversity of California, Los flexibility, the increasing operating costs of Beverly Bonaparte, (Upsilon Chapter), Method for Studying Conflict Resolu from: Michigan State University, East made to the Kansas University Endowment Angeles) is Director of Nursing Services at the ship and the age of the vessel. Assistant Professor, New York Univer tion Between Health Professionals and Lansing, Michigan, August 1978. Fund, for Lily Larson Award, Kansas City, LBJ Tropical Medical Center, Pago Pago, The HOPE nursing staff has continued to sity Clients." Doctorate from: University of Chapter Membership: Lambda. Kansas, 66103. American Samoa. She has contributed a develop and implement important programs Rheba deTornyay, (Psi Chapter), Dean , Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, May BETTY JAMES WILLIAMS-MARTIN, Ed .D., chapter, "The American Samoan'', to Child VALERIE BOYAR-NAITO in collaboration with host country counter University of Washington, School of 1977. Chapter Membership: Alpha Kap New York, New York, " A Comparison of Bearing, Culture and Health Professionals, Valerie Boyar-Naito (Gamma Psi Chapter), parts and HOPE colleagues in other health Nursing, Seattle. pa. Test Anxiety in Associate Degree, Bac ed ited by Ann Clark and published by Davis has prepared an article "An Experiment in professions. In Jamaica, the first nurse NANCY CREASON , Champaign, Il- calaureate, and Diplo.ma Nursing Book Company. For further information, please contact: Nursing Education via Satellite" to be practitioner training program has begun linois, "External Funding Effects on In- Students." Doctorate from: Teachers Ann J. Boehme, Continuing Education published in the Journal of Nursing Educa with assistance from HOPE nurse practi· . structional Components of Selected College, Columbia University, May scarce manpower and material resources by Coordinator tion in 1979. Ms. Boyar-Naito was Chairper tioners. In Guatemala, the nursing compo Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Pro 1978. Chapter Membership: Alpha Zeta. universities in the Brazilian Northeast· Office of the Dean of the Clinical Campus son of the Honor Society at University of nent of the health care system is being grams in Nursing." Doctorate from: JUDITH T. MAURIN, Ph.D., Sandia Park, another is to collaborate on nursing educa'. Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center Hawaii and provided leadership through the strengthened in the areas of education University of Michigan, Ann Arbor·, New Mexico, "A Case Study of Health lion programs at the baccalaureate New Hyde Park, New York 11040 development and June chartering of Gam hospital nursing and primary care. We hav~ Michigan, December 1977. Chapter Care Delivery Innovations." Doctorate master's and perhaps doctoral level in at (212) 470-2850 ma Psi Chapter at the University of Hawaii. a new HOPE nursing education program Membership: Rho from: University of Missouri, Columbia, based at Universidad del Norte in Barran least five Brazilian cities. SPANISH SPEAKING NURSES VIRGINIA M. FITZSIMMONS, Ed.D., Short Missouri, August 1978. Charter quilla, Colombia and have consulted with By April 1979, the Foundation will be ANNOUNCE CONFERENCE Hills, New Jersey, "The Perceptions of Member: Alpha Omicron and Gamma the National University of Trujillo in Peru on relocated at the Project HOPE Health lldaura Murillo-Rohde, Ph .D., F.A.A.N., the Role and Status of the Licensed Sigma. the development of a Master's program in Sciences Education and Research Center in President of National Association of Practical Nurse as Compared with the STEPHANIE FARLEY PARDUE, Ed.D., nursing. In Tunisia, program efforts are Mi llwood, Virginia, about 65 miles from Spanish Speaking-Spanish Surnamed Licensed Practical and the Registered Galveston, Texas, "An Evaluation of focused on the development of basic nurs Washington, D.C. With the new conference Nurses and Professor and Associate Dean Nurse." Doctorate from: Teachers Col Blocked and Integrated Curricula in ing education and primary care in the facilities being developed there, we will be School of Nursing, University of lege, Columbia University, New York, Baccalaureate Nursing Programs." Southern Sahel region around Monastir, able to undertake research projects in inter Washington, Seattle announces a national May 1977. Chapter Membership: Alpha Doctorate from: University of Houston and in Egypt there is increasing involve national health and to stage wotkshops and conference on nursing and health care in and Baylor College of Medicine, Tau Dr. Kathleen Dirschel (left), President, and Dr. Jac ment in both professional and technical conferences geared to the interests of U.S. the Hispanic community in the U.S.A. CAROL P. HANLEY GERMAIN, Ed.D., Will Houston, Texas, May 1978. Chapter ~ueline Rose Holt (right), Vice President, Alpha nursing education with institutitonal pro and foreign nurses who are realizing more This first national conference is schedul ingboro, New Jersey, "Ethnography of Membership: Alpha Delta. Omega Chapter (Adelphi), meet with Dr. Elizabeth grams in the areas of Nursing Service Ad and more clearly that their profession is in ed for October 11, 1978, Whitehall Hotel Carnegie (center), Editor, Nursing Research, an Adult Oncology Unit in a Communi LINDA WHITNEY PETERSON, Ph.D., Reno, ministration, intensive care and operating ternational in scope and affords abundant Houston, Texas and is planned for all con'. ty General Hospital." Doctorate from: Nevada, "Brain Neurophysiology in following her induction in Alpha Omega and special recognition by the Chapter. room nursing . There is a new regional pro opportunities for productive, international cerned with the needs and problems of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, Persons with Reactive Hypoglycemia." gram based in Recife, Brazil with ten HOPE exchange. Hispanic clients and nurses. Adults." Doctorate from: The Catholic New Jersey, May 1978. Chapter Doctorate from : Union Graduate educators working in one or more of the VeNeta Furman Masson, R.N., M.A. (Tau Further information is available from: University of America, Washington, Membership: Alpha Tau . School, in Medical Psychology, San citie.s along the Northeastern coast of the Chapter, Georgetown Un iversity) NASSSSN, c /o Dr. Murillo-Rohde D.C., May 1978. Chapter Membership: MARIA ESCHEN, Ph.D., Boise, Idaho, "The Francisco, California, March 1978. country. One of the program objectives is to Director of Nursing, Project HOPE 12044 7th Avenue, N.W. Kappa. Career Mobility Experience of Family Chapter Membership: Psi. develop means for s;oordinating the use of Washington, D.C. Seattle, WA 98177 Health Workers in Neighborhood MOIRA SHANNON SHINE, Ed .D., Alexan ROBERTA D. VAN KIRK THIRY, Ph .D., Mar Health Centers." Doctorate from: dria, Virginia, "Factors Related to Job tinez, Georgia, "Relationship of Com ADDRESS CHANGE University of Oklahoma Health Satisfaction of Master-Prepared munication Satisfaction to Need Sciences Center, Department of Nurses Working in Different Clinical Fulfillment Among Kansas Nurses." Mail to: Sigma Theta Tau, 1232 West Michigan, lndpls, IN 46202 Doctorate from: The University of Kan Human Ecology and Environmental Settings." Doctorate from: The My name or address which appears on the mailing label on the other side of this Catholic Un iversity of America School sas, Lawrence, Kansas, May 1977. Health, December 1977. Chapter page should be changed to: Membership: Alpha Kappa. of Education, Washington, D.C., May Chapter Membership: Delta. CORRECTION: The correct dissertation title 1978. Chapter Membership: Kappa. DOLORES W. VANDERVORT, Ph.D., Elyria, for Toni Tripp-Reimer, Ph.D., is SISTER TERESA STANLEY, D.N.S., San An Ohio, "Analysis of Nursing Judgments Name_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- Date change becomes effective tonia, Texas, "The Lived Experience of About Dying Patients." Doctorate "Genetic Demography of an Urban Address_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greek Immigrant Community." The ti Hope: The Isolation of Discreet from: Case Western Reserve Universi tle was incorrectly listed in the Mar Descriptive Elements Common to the ty, Cleveland, Ohio, May 1978. Chapter City ______State ______Zip Signature ch I Apri I issue. Experience of Hope in Healthy Young Membership: Alpha Mu . Page 6 '!:0T I REFLECTIONS September 1978 September 1978 't0T/ REFLECTIONS Page 7 ~ c:-~~~~M_E_M~B_ER~S_IN~A_C_T_10_N~~~~-~

1978-79 Chapter Leadership Announced

The presidents and officers provide the local leadership for Sigma Theta Tau chapters located on 94 college and university campuses. More than 750 officers dedicate their skills, vision, energy and time to promote scholarly nursing t'hrough the honor society in their school, com munity, state and region . We cpm]Jl~nd their leadership and look forward to the increased impact of creative chapter programs in ~he coming year. Chapter presidents ar:inounced for the coming year are: 1. ALPHA 21 .PSI 41 .ALPHA TAU 61. BETA OMICRON 78.GAMMA THETA Carol Alvord Marci Catanzaro June Andrews Horowitz Frances F. Knapp Susan Gavlick 2. GAMMA 22.0MEGA 42.ALPHA UPSILON 62.BETA Pl 79.GAMMA IOTA Kathryn D. Schweer Susan Mobley Lois Schwager Dianne L. Speake Judith Grubbs 3. DELTA 23. ALPHA ALPHA 43.ALPHA PHI 63.BETA RHO 80.GAMMA KAPPA Susan Decoursey Susan Pierce Tanya Drake Sue Caldwell Kathleen M. Lazarus 4. EPSILON 24.ALPHA BETA 44.ALPHA CHI 64. BETA SIGMA 81 .GAMMA LAMBDA Betty Mason Rosemary Burke Joan Riley Margaret Mandrillo Mary H. Huch 5. ZETA 25.ALPHA GAMMA 45.ALPHA PSI 65.BETA TAU 82.GAMMA MU Susan Wold Rizpah Lindstrom LeeAnne Roman Becky Holliman . Lynn L. Durham 6. ETA 26.ALPHA DELTA 46.ALPHA OMEGA 66.BETA UPSILON 83.GAMMA NU Ruth Maskiewicz (To be announced) Kathleen Dirschel Ruth Zornow Francesca Champion 7. THETA 27.ALPHA EPSILON 47. BETA ALPHA 67. BETA PHI 84.GAMMA XI John Pitcherale Peggy Johnson Harriett Jardine Margaret Schiltz Sandra Campbell 8. IOTA . 28.ALPHA ZETA 48.BETA BETA 68. BETA CHI 85.GAMMA OMICRON Marilyn Dubree Elizabeth A.'Mahoney Beth Vaughn-Wrobel Elizabeth Saunders Patricia Reeves 9. KAPPA 29.ALPHA ETA 49.BETA GAMMA 69.BETA PSI 86.GAMMA Pl Constance Carino Phyllis Stern Carolyn Mccombs Wynelle J. Huff Sr. Patricia Miller 10. LAMBDA 30.ALPHA THETA 50. BETA DELTA 70. BETA OMEGA 87.GAMMA RHO Carol Bostjanick Susan E. Willis Lou Ann Kramer Els W. Messenger Joan Uhl 11.MU 31 .ALPHA IOTA 51 . BETA EPSILON 71.GAMMA ALPHA 88.GAMMA SIGMA Christine M. Johnson Phyllis Harris Virginia Lang Pat Hora Estelle Rosenblum 12. NU 32.ALPHA KAPPA 52. BETA ZETA 72. GAMMA BETA 89.GAMMA TAU Billie Rozell Ginette Pepper Nancy Gravel Beatrice V. Adderley Marilyn Eisz 13.XI 33.ALPHA LAMBDA 53.BETA ETA 73.GAMMA GAMMA 90.GAMMA UPSILON Andrea Hollingsworth Joanne McCloskey Patricia McNelly Margaret Clerkin Lois Scofield. 14 OMICRON 34.ALPHA MU 54. BETA THETA 74.GAMMA DELTA 91 .GAMMA PHI Alice Reynolds Marylou Kiley . Patricia R. Keene Kathleen Burnell Gloria Jackson 15.PI 35.ALPHA NU 55.BETA IOTA 75.GAMMA EPSILON 92. GAMMA CHI Reuben Bowie Sheila Pringle Helen Clark Elaine Wilson Martha Bolinger 16.RHO 36.ALPHA XI 56.BETA KAPPA 76.GAMMA ZETA 93.GAMMA PSI Linda Daniel Mary Ann Parsons Terry A. Johnson Martha Eakes Lucille James 17.TAU 37.ALPHA OMICRON 57.BETA LAMBDA 77.GAMMA ETA Sharon Shaw Karen Wood William Gartman Debbie Spanos 18.UPSILON 38.ALPHA Pl 58.BETA MU John R. Phillips Ann Zaring Joyce Verran REFLECTIONS 19. PHI 39. ALPHA RHO 59.BETA NU Newsletter published tor the membership Eleda Brotsky Sue Mullenex Mallie Penry by Sigma Theta Tau, Inc. 20.CHI 40.ALPHA SIGMA 60. BETA XI Sr. Rosemary Donley, president Nell Watts, editor Sharon Loeffler Jerrie Larsen Marybeth M. Snyder

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