1 The stage is set for the registrants •Comparing and contrasting selected to participate in designing programs aspects of the problem identified accord­ with country wide impact on the promo­ ing to needs in the area. tion of excellence in nursing: •Recommending "Avenues of Action" •Identifying Nursing leadership roles in• program planning which will inter­ dealing with gaps in nursing education, face with the programs of other organi­ research, and practice. zations. •Delineating gaps in education in such •Attending Banquet with keynote areas as continuing education, licensure address by Lucie Young Kelly, Ph.D., concerns, preparation for expanded Eta Chapter, noted nurse speaker, I practice and articulation: (levels of writer, consultant and currently Pro­ programs). gram Director/Patient Education, Office I, Sigma Theta Tau Sets the Stage •Delineating gaps in research involved of Consumer Health Education, College for Action '75 in evaluation of health care problems, of Medicine and Dentistry, Rutgers The curtain will rise October 24, 1975, dissemination and utilization of research Medical School. for the exciting Houston Convention findings, motivation to conduct research •Taking home blueprints for selection which will kick-off a Sigma Theta Tau and determination of indicators of qual­ of two year program action on chapter membership involvement program. ity nursing care. level. The theme "Avenues of Action" will •Deliniating gaps in practice such as Participation is expected by non­ charge members with both their re­ problems of patient care, reality of delegates as well as delegates. sponsibilities and their opportunities to practice verses ideals of education, identify gaps in nursing and approaches collaboration with other health pro­ to chapter, regional and national pro­ fessionals and organizational coopera­ gram development to bridge these gaps. tion for inservice education. smma Tfieta Tau ~Cf ILC(f~On/.01ume 1 sep1.191s Action Groups - October 24, 1975 A. Education - _ 1. Continuing education _ 2. Licensure concerns _ 3. Preparation for expanded practice _ 4. Articulation: levels.of programs B. Research - _ 5. Evaluation of health care problems Table of Contents _ 6. Dissemination and utilization of research findings Chapters in Action 7. Motivation to conduct research Members in Action _ 8. Determine indicators of quality Image Board Appointed nursing care Research Grants Awarded C. Practice - Biennial Convention: Action '75 national honor society of nursing _ 9. Problems of patient care NLN Exhibit & Research Session _10. Reality of practice vs. ideals of education _11. Collaboration with other health professionals Announcements - Mark Your Calendar _12. Organizational cooperation for inservice education 23rd Oct. 24 & 25 Special Arrangement Made For Biennial Convention,The Warwick, Convention Transportation 5701 Main Street Greeters from Beta Beta Chapter will be Houston, Texas 77001 stationed at the Houston Airport in the PH. 800-558-9898 luggage pick-up areas during peak arrival times for travel to the Warrick. Purchase Friday - Program Session round-trip downtown tickets from the air Saturday - House of Delegates coach cashier. Cost - $7.50. The local committee has arranged for air coach to deliver registrants to the Warrick on re­ quest. (Not a regularly scheduled stop.) Chapters in Action Iota Chapter and Educational Seattle Chapters Sponsor Development Committee present Research Conference Omicron Chapter: Conference with Symposium More than 190 persons attended the sented reports of their research activi­ Focus on Pain Holiday Inn, Vanderbilt, Nashville, nursing research conference " Problems ties, including such areas of interest as The Third Annual Nursing Workshop was the location of the April 1975 Clini­ in Patient Care: A Clinical Research cardiovascular, parent-child, rehabili­ co-sponsored by Omicron Chapter of cal Nurse Symposium sponsored by Approach," in Seattle, Washington, tation, intravenous therapy, nasogastric Sigma Theta Tau, and Syracuse Uni­ Iota Chapter, Vanderbilt University March 7, 1975. This conference was tube feeding, and postoperative voiding. versity School of Nursing was held School of Nursing and the National cosponsored by the Psi and Alpha Sigma Ms. Ann Hyde, Director of the Ameri­ March 31, 1975, with 185 participants. Educational Development Committee of Chapters of Sigma Theta Tau and the can Nurses' Foundation which supports The program integrated the concepts Sigma Theta Tau. More than 100 regis­ University of Washington School of nursing research through grants to from the two previous workshops, NURS­ r trants attended this two day program Nursing. Psi Chapter is located at the nurse-investigators, spoke on the func­ ING DIAGNOSIS and CLINICAL NURS­ which explored the development and University of Washington, Seattle, and tions and program of ANF. ING RESEARCH with in-depth consid­ current status of clinical nurse spec­ Alpha Sigma is located at Seattle Uni­ Participants came from throughout eration of the specific nursing · diag­ ialists in various areas of practice. versity. nosis: pain. .\l Washington, as well as from Canada, Patricia Chammings, Iota Chapter, is Keynote address "Nursing Research: Oregon and Montana. They represent­ The keynote address was given by editing the papers presented at this Will It Survive?" was given by Dr. Ada ed a wide spectrum of nursing includ­ Margo McCaffery, R.N., author of Nurs­ symposium for publication. The Novem­ Jacox, Professor of Nursing, The Uni­ iog teaching, hospital staff nursing, ing Management of the Patient with ber issue of Reflections plans to in­ versity of Iowa, who has a long-stand­ longterm care, and students. Pain (Lippincott, 1972) and numerous clude information regarding the pur­ ing commitment to clinical research, and articles in professional journals on the chase of the monograph on the clinical whose own research is in the study of subject of pain. Ms. McCaffery, an ex­ nurse specialist. pain . Twelve nurse-investigators pre- perienced workshop leader, demon­ strated nursing techniques utilized to Iota Chapter Sponsors alleviate pain during the small group Annual Clinical Sessions sessions. Participants had the oppor­ The fifth annual Clinical Sessions tunity to practice a variety of pain re­ sponsored jointly by Iota Chapter and Research Grants Awarded lief measures. From L to R .- Top Row. Dr. Julia Lane. Debbie Beemster. Dr. Mary Lohr, Vi Barkouskas, Dr. Mary Vanderbilt School of Nursing was held Kelly Mullane, Selma Brophy. Research Grants Awarded Ruth E. Barstow - Alpha Eta, " Patient The afternoon panel members focused From L to R - Bottom Row Marjorie Katz, Avis E. McDonald, Dr. Helen Kennedy Grace. April 10th and 11th at Vanderbilt Uni­ on nursing intervention for the relief Chicago Chapters Sponsor versity, Nashville, Tennessee. The pro­ On April 14, 1934 Sigma Theta Tau Teaching During or After Hospitaliza­ tion?" of pain in selected case study situations Conference and Present Awards gram included a keynote address by established the research fund and stated Dr. Loretta Ford, Dean and Director of the purposes as follow: "to foster de­ and on planning and implementing clini­ . Approxim.a'.ely 20~ Nursing profe~s- Awards were presented to three Sigma Mary R. Bruton, Upsilon, "The Influ­ cal nursing research of human responses 1onals part1c1pated in the June third Theta Tau members in recognition of Nursing, University of Rochester. Dr. velopment of the scientific attitude in ence of Perceptual style and Mental Ford is widely known for her work in to pain. conference on the Lakeshore Campus, their outstanding achievements in the relation to nursing problems, to give Practice in Facilitating the Learning of conceptualizing and establishing new financial aid in the execution of nurs­ ~~yola U~iversity, Chicago, in the first community and their high professional a Novel, Fine Complex Perceptual - roles in nursing, particularly the family ing research and to help awaken nurses Alpha Gamma Sponsors Conference Jo1~t meeting co-sponsored by the three standards. These members were cited Motor Skill." nurse practitioner. Her topic, "Challen­ to the fact that there is a field for re­ on Cooperative Research Ch~cag~ Chapters. Alpha Beta, Loyola for their work in developing leadership ges and Choices in Nursing's Future" search in nursing." The first award, in Catherine A. Cassidy, Upsilon Chapter, Alpha Gamma Chapter, San Jose State University; Alpha Lambda, University and strengthening the commitment of was very well received and stimulated " Relationship between Appraisal of un·iversity, San Jose, California, spon­ of 1.llinois'. and Alpha Omicron, Saint nurses to the ideals of the profession. 1936, was made to Alice L. Crist, Epsilon much discussion and debate during the Chapter at Ohio State University School Adjustment Required by Reported Daily sored an early spring conference on ?<av1er, Chicago, co-spon~ored the m~et- Dr. Mary Kelly Mullane, Alpha Lamb- two day Clinical Sessions. of Nursing. Events, Physical Symptoms and Temp­ cooperative research in nursing. Dr. ing whose theme was Does Nursing da, Professor of Nursing at the Univer- In addition to Dr. Ford's address six Since this early support for nursing erature Range." Carol A. Lindeman, Zeta Chapter, open­ Education Meetthe Consumer's Needs?" sity of Illinois presented the awards to: clinical papers were presented: research, initiated forty years ago, ed the conference with the keynote Dr. Elizabeth Brophy, R.N., director, Avis E.