| Dorothy Garrigus Adams Award for Excellence in Fostering Professional Standards |
| Joanne M. Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Director of the Densford Center has spent her career encouraging and promoting the growth of professional standards for all nurses in order to increase nursing knowledge and quality of practice. For her accomplishments, the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, selected Disch to receive this award at the Biennial Convention in November 2001 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The award is one of seven Founders Awards presented to six outstanding nurses and one chapter in recognition of the honor society's founders. For more news and information, contact Sigma Theta Tau International. |
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| Karen Feldt and Darlene Bjorkland Pain Management Award |
| Karen S.
Feldt, Ph.D., RN, GNP and Darlene
Bjorklund, MA, APRN, BC were
awarded $3,000.00 from the
American Society of Pain
Management Nurses for their study
"Improving Pain Assessment
for Cognitively Impaired
Elders." These funds, along
with support from North Memorial
Hospital and the Densford Center,
will help them carry out their
proposal study. Karen and Darlene
are partners in the Clinical
Scholars Program. The purpose of
their research is to test an
intervetion to improve pain
assessment and documentation for
cognitively impaired elders who
have had surgery for a hip
fracture. The intervention
includes and educational program,
self audit and mentoring for
nurses. They also will conduct
medical record reviews to
determine if the improved
assessment leads to lower pain
severity scores. The award was
given by ASPMN in March 2002.
Karen and Darlene hope to be ready
to present data on their research
at the ASPMN meeting in February
2003.
For a full
description of their project,
click here: http://densfordcenter.ahc.umn.edu/whats_new/Feldt_Bjorklund.pdf. |
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