In this edition of The Nursing News, we share recent honors and awards received by members of our faculty and staff, and update you on their publications, presentations, and grants.
Faculty news
2020 Faculty & Staff Recognition Ceremony
October 29, 2020
In the last week of October, IUSON hosted its 29th annual Faculty & Staff Recognition Ceremony, with this year’s ceremony being held via Zoom. The theme for this year’s ceremony was ‘The Roaring 20s’ and featured an online costume contest where faculty and staff from the IUSON Core schools were encouraged to wear their best Prohibition-era outfits and hats.
The Nursing News salutes the following outstanding members of our faculty and staff for being recognized at the ceremony.
Assistant Professor Dr. Pei-Shiun Chang was selected for the Core Values Faculty Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize a faculty member who best displays the core values of the IU School of Nursing: Respect, Responsibility, Trust, and Dialogue.
Associate Professor Dr. Amy Hagedorn Wonder received the Lois Meier Excellence in Teaching Award. This award supports Dr. Wonder in securing the training, tools, and resources she needs to achieve developmental or outcome goals related to her teaching and research activities. The award also supports travel expenses related to dissemination of curricular innovation impacting student learning.
Dr. Wonder was also recognized for her 10 years of service to IUSON.
Strategic Marketing and Communications Manager John Simmons was awarded the Dean’s Staff Award for Innovation. This award was created to recognize a staff member for his/her exemplary efforts in advancing the school-wide adoption of innovation. Mr. Simmons received this award in recognition of his work on our RN-to-BSN online pilot, with key features of the pilot having been adopted by IUSON’s 9-campus RN to BSN Online Degree Completion Option Consortium.
Inter-professional Simulation Center Coordinator Sally Gindling was recognized for her accomplishments in managing our SIM Center by being awarded the Marilyn J. Pesci Staff Council Recognition Award. This award recognizes a staff member who best represents, over a period of time (minimum of 5 years), the professional image of the IU School of Nursing.
Director of Student Services and Advising Debbie Hrisomalos was recognized for her 15 years of service to the IU School of Nursing. In early November, IUSON BL Associate Dean Mary Lynn Davis-Ajami and Director of Operations April Sauer paid a surprise visit to Debbie to present her with her Years of Service pin and a decorative plant.
To say that the IUSON BL simply could not function without Debbie would be an understatement! Thank you, Debbie, for your years of service to our school.
Faculty research
Publications
Carter, G., & Woodward, B. (2020). The Relationship Between Perception of HIV Susceptibility and Willingness to Discuss PrEP With a Health Care Provider: A Pilot Study. American Journal of Men’s Health, 14(3), 1557988320919661. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988320919661. PMID: 32602784; PMCID: PMC7328224.
Chang, P-S., Lu, Y., Nguyen, C. M., Sun, Y., Luciani, M., & Powell, S. (2020). Effects of Qigong exercise on physical and psychological health among African Americans. Western Journal of Nursing Research, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0193945920959067
Wu, J., Lu, K., Davis-Ajami, M. L. (2020). PDB83: The role of health care provider’s advice in prediabetes management in the US. Value in Health, 23, S123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2020.04.267
Hughes-Gay, M., Opsahl, A., Kirby, K., & DeGraff, J. (2020). An educational collaboration for student nurse engagement on the essential skill of delegation. Teaching and Learning in Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2020.06.005
Opsahl, A. G., & Townsend, C. (2020). Mentoring to Engage Diverse Undergraduate Nursing Students in Honors Research. Nursing Forum, In press.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12503
Grants
Lu, Y. (PI), Chang, P-S. (Co-I, 10% effort). (2020, October). The Daily Engagement in Meaningful Activities Professional (DEMA-Pro) Intervention for Seniors with Subjective Decline and Living at Home. National Institute on Aging (R61AG070265-01).
Lu, Y. (PI), Chang, P-S (Co-I, 15% effort). (June 2020 – March 2024). Promoting Reengagement in Meaningful Activity (PRIMA) Intervention for Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Their Family Caregivers. National Institute of Nursing Research (1 R01 NR018162-01).
Thomson, K., Pope, K. (PI), IU Center for Rural Engagement (in-kind), Davis-Ajami, M. L., (IU School of Nursing in-kind), Docherty, C. (IU School of Public Health, in-kind). (2020). Launching telehealth services in rural faith-based communities. Women’s Philanthropy, Indiana University Leadership Council.
Simon, K. (PI), Song, M., Lucas, J., Bowblis, J., Davis-Ajami, M. L. (Co-I, 5% effort). (2020). Public reporting of nursing home antipsychotic use: Changes in the reporting of exclusionary diagnosis. National Bureau Economic Research (NBER) Center for Aging and Health Research.
Reising, D. L. (Co-PI/Mentor) Co-I 1% effort), Kim McNealy (Co-PI/PhD Candidate). (2020). Understanding of Interprofessional Communication to Impact Patient Safety in the Operating Room. Sigma Theta Tau International – Alpha Chapter.
Presentations
Barnes, R. (2020, December). Case-based and Simulation-based Learning in the Classroom to Enhance Clinical Judgment: A Comparison Study [Virtual Poster presentation]. American Association of Colleges of Nursing Fall Faculty Forum.
Barnes, R. (2020, December). Converting Nursing Math Exam into Simulation [Virtual Poster presentation]. American Association of Colleges of Nursing Fall Faculty Forum.
Boyer, J; Cox, W.; Ohmit, A; Carter, G. (2020, December). The relationship between HIV risk and PrEP literacy among people of color in Indiana [Poster presentation]. Memorial Hospital and Health Center Interprofessional Poster Fair.
Carter, G. A. (Presenter), Woodward, B. C. (Co-Presenter), Ohmnit, A. (Co-Presenter). (2020, November 19). The Effect of Sexual Identification, Level of Anxiety, and PrEP Awareness on Black and LatinX Individuals Confidence Accessing HIV Services [Poster presentation, competitive/refereed]. The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) Virtual International Conference.
Carter, G. A. (Presenter), Woodward, B. (Co-Presenter), Ohmit, A. (Co-Presenter). (2020, November 11). Predicting Level of Confidence Accessing HIV Services among Black and LatinX Men and Women in the Midwest [Poster presentation, competitive/refereed]. Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.
Carter, G. A. (2020, March). Brief Sexual Risk Assessments in the Emergency Room: Beliefs Held by Emergency Department Nurses [Poster presentation, competitive/refereed]. LGBTQ Healthcare Conference, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI Campus Center, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Chang, P-S, Lu, Y., Ofner, S. Ngyen, C.M. (2020, November). Qigong Exercise on Frailty, Psychological Health, and Spiritual Well-Being of Middle-Aged and Older Blacks [Virtual Poster presentation]. The Gerontological Society of America (GSA).
Chang, P-S, Davis-Ajami, M. L., Wu, J. (2020, July). Hospital Readmission and Mortality: Comparing Frail vs. Non-Frail Older Adults with Pre-Existing Coronary Heart Disease Using a Claims-Based Hospital Frailty Risk Score. AcademyHealth.
Davis-Ajami, M. L. (Breakout session lead). (2020, November). Health workforce research that makes a difference: Assessing social mission in health professions education [Virtual Panel discussion]. Academy Health Workforce Interest Group.
Davis-Ajami, M. L., Suttle, L. (Nursing breakout session co-leaders). (2020, December). Indiana Council of Community Mental Health Centers and Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE) Collaboration Meeting. Indianapolis, IN (Virtual).
Davis-Ajami, M. L., Herrington, C., Opsahl, A., et al. (2020, September). Interprofessional Education (IPE): Promoting Organizational Civility [Webinar]. IU School of Nursing Bloomington and IU Health Blooming Hospital.
Davis-Ajami, M. L. (moderator), Hanks, L. J., Westerhause-Renfrow, C. (2020, August). Diversity Panel [Webinar]. IU School of Nursing Bloomington 2020 New Student Bootcamp.
Decker, K. A., Garletts, D. M., Greathouse, Lisa, Zhang, K. A., Krothe, J. S., & Sherwood-Laughlin, C. M. (2020, October). It Takes a Village: Strategizing an Interprofessional Health Promotion School-Based Project to Prevent Substance Use and Violence [Refereed presentation]. American Public Health Association. San Francisco, CA.
Decker, K. A. (2020, September). Membership Event: COVID-19 Testing Using Students in Clinical [Invited presentation]. Association of Community Health Nursing Educators, Dayton, Ohio.
Gates, S. & Hughes-Gay, M. (2020, October 30). Online clinical education challenges and changes [Webinar]. Indiana University Online 2020 Conference
Podcasts
Reising, D. L. & Johnston, J. (Co-hosts). (2020). What is interprofessional collaboration and why is it important? [Audio podcast]. Indiana University. https://anchor.fm/iu-ipe/episodes/What-is-Interprofessional-Collaboration-and-Why-is-it-Important-ekf5eb
Appointments and awards
Chang, P-S. Core Values Faculty Award. IU School of Nursing. October, 2020.
Chang, P-S. Most Cited Article. Geriatric Nursing. July 20, 2020.
Davis-Ajami, M. L. Research Economist. National Bureau of Economic Research. 2020-2021.
Davis-Ajami, M. L. Research Abstract Review Committee (Invited). Nexus 2021. Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy and Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy. Gaylord Rockies; Denver CO. December, 2020.
Davis-Ajami, M. L. Research Abstract Review Committee (Invited). AcademyHealth. Health Datapalooza. February 16–18, 2021. Virtual-Online. October, 2020.
Gindling, S. Marilyn J. Pesci Staff Council Recognition Award. IU School of Nursing. October, 2020.
Opsahl, A. Indiana League for Nursing’s 2020 Teaching Excellence Award. October, 2020.
Simmons, J. Dean’s Award for Innovation. IU School of Nursing. October, 2020.
Wonder, A. “Promoting Equity in Practice: Developing and Testing a Model for Evidence-based, Ethical Decision-making in Clinical Education” selected for the Lois C. Meier Excellence in Teaching Award. IU School of Nursing. October, 2020.