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Leadership in GivingSpecial appreciation to the American Nurses Association Board of Directors for supporting ANF with aholiday donation in recognition of the leadership of ANA President Rebecca M. Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR;ANA Chief Executive Officer Linda J. Stierle, MSN, RN, CNAA,BC; and Chief Operations Officer WilliamJ. Powers, FACHE.Thank you to Linda J. Stierle, MSN, RN, CNAA,BC, Chief Executive Officer of ANA and ANF for hergenerous holiday gift to ANF in honor of the ANA Board of Directors and the ANF Board of Trustees.Harriet Olson, RNLinda OlsonJoan O’SullivanCarol Ott, PhD, RNMarylee Pakieser, RNMildred Panigal, RNPatricia Pearce, PhD, RNMinessia PearsonIngrid Pearson, RN, CRNPNola Pender, RNSheila Perez, RNKathleen Perry, RNMargaret Perry, RNRichard Pessagno, MSN, APRN,BCCarolyn PiatekSteven Pitkin, MSN, RNKathleen Poi, MS, RN, CNAA,BCDorothy Powell, EdD, RN, FAANBunny Pozehl, RNMerle Pray, RNPatricia Quigley, PhD, ARNP, CRRN, FAANSally Rankin, PhD, RN, FNP, FAANDesma RenoOna Riggin, RNEthel Robertson, MSN, MA, RNRhonda RobinsonPauline RobitailleNorma Rodgers-HunterConsejo Rosario, RNJoanne Ruth, RNC, MSNancy Ryan, RNYuri SaitoDinah Saunders, RNCheryl Schmidt, PhD, RNVictoria SchonlauMaureen Shekleton, DNSc, RN, FAANSarah Shellenberger, MSN, RN, CWOCN, LPMary Shepherd, RNLinda Shinn, MBA, RN, CAEMuriel Shore, EdD, RN, CNAA,BCZina Simmons, RNMary Sletten, RNSuzanne Smeltzer, EdD, RN, FAANBarbara Smith, PhD, RN, FACSM, FAANMaria Soto, RNMary SmolenskiSusan SperawPaula Stearns, MSN, RNMarianne SteinhackerThomas Stenvig, PhD, RNMary StephansPhyllis Stern, DNS, RN, FAANRuth StewartRoger Stotts, RNDorothy Stratman-Lucey, MSN, RN, PNPMeg StylesEthel Szabo, RNMaria Talamo, MA, RN, CNAA, CHEDiana Taylor, PhD, RN, NP, FAANCathalene Teahan, MSN, RN, CNSCydni ThebertRoberta Thiry, PhD, RNDebbie Thompson, RNJudith C. ThompsonCynthia Tice, RNCatherine ToleroElizabeth Trought, PhD, RNRebecca Trudel, RNJanet TrustMarian Turkel, PhD, RNNancy Valentine, PhD, RN, FAANDonna Ver SteegDiana VerasGrace Wakulchik, MSN, RN, ABALorraine WallenbornGloria Ward, RNSuzanne Ward, MSN, MA, RN, CNORDonna M. Warzynski, MSHSA, RN, C, CAN,BCTerri Weaver, PhD, RN, CS, FAANLaZelle Westbrook, MA, RNBetty WhitakerElaine Williams, RNEric Williams, MSN, RN, CNSKaren Willis, RNAudrey Winfrey, RNElizabeth Winslow, PhD, RN, FAANJill Winters, PhD, RNGail Wolf, DNS, RN, FAANDorothy Woodin, RNMary Wooten, RNLucy YatesDoris Young, EdD, RN, C, CNAA, FAANJoanne Youngblut, PhD, RN, FAANCarolyn Yucha, PhD, RN, FAANClaudia ZachariasLani Zimmerman, PhD, RNThe ANF staff has endeavored to make accurate the list contained in this report. We ask that you notify ANF at(301) 628-5227 or send an e-mail to ANF@ana.org should you observe any oversights or errors. Thank you.6

Join the American Nurses Foundation bygiving the gift of recognition! ANF invites youto Honor a Nurse with a special 100 taxdeductible donation to ANF. Your honorednurse, along with your name, will appear inThe American Nurse (TAN) for all to see!Your donation will support ANF’s 50 plusyears of work to promote the welfare andwell being of nurses, advance the nursingprofession, thereby enhancing the health ofthe public. The 100 donation per honoreemay be made by individuals or be sharedby a group. For your convenience, ANFaccepts credit cards and checks.For donation details, or to make adonation online, visitwww.ANFonline.orgTo donate by phone, please call301-628-5227Please spread the word!Thank you!7

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Celebrating ANF Scholars2006 ANF Nursing Research Grants ScholarsANF celebrates the recipients of the 2006 Nursing Research Grants (NRG). The work of these respected scholars is atthe heart of the mission of ANF in their pursuit of research and education that promotes the public health. ANF is grateful for the generosity of supporters who have made it possible to award more than 3.5 million to over 950 beginning andexperienced nurse researchers for 50 plus years.Amany A. Abdrbo, MSN, RNFactors Affecting Information Systems Useand Its Benefits and Satisfaction amongOhio Registered NursesCase Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OhioCenter for American Nurses ScholarSigma Theta Tau /ANF ScholarJo Azzarello, PhD, RNProblem Solving Skills and Strategies forGlycemic ControlUniversity of Oklahoma Health SciencesCenter, Oklahoma City, OklahomaSouthern Nursing Research Society(SNRS)/ANF ScholarCathy L. Campbell, PhD, APRN,BCFactors Influencing End of Life DecisionMaking by Elderly African-AmericansUniversity of VirginiaCharlottesville, VirginiaGloria Smith, RN & Eleanor Lambertsen,RN Scholar/ANF ScholarMaureen Campesino, PhD, RN, PsyNPExploring Perceived Racial/EthnicDiscrimination in Cancer Care Deliveryamong Elderly Mexican AmericansArizona State University, Tempe, ArizonaAmerican Nurses Association (ANA)Presidential/ ANF ScholarYunKyung Chang, MPH, RNTesting a Theoretical Model for SevereMedications ErrorsUniversity of North Carolina at ChapelHill, Chapel Hill, North CarolinaSouthern Nursing Research Society(SNRS)/ANF ScholarBashira A. Charles, MSN, RNGenes Implicated In Time to Onset andSeverity of Diabetic RetinopathyUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,PennsylvaniaEastern Nursing Research Society(ENRS) /ANF ScholarFront row (L to R): Patricia R. Messmer, PhD, RN,BC, FAAN;Chair Barbara Habermann, PhD, RN, Beverly Horn, PhD, RN, CTN;Elizabeth Reifsnider, PhD, APRN,BC; Barbara A. Smith, PhD, RN,FAAN, FACSM; Jana Pressler, PhD, RN; Patricia Liehr, PhD, RN;Holli DeVon, PhD, RN; Executive Director Leo Schargorodski.Back row (L to R): Kathleen M. Russell, DNS, RN; Anne TurnerHenson, DSN, RN; Mara M. Baun, DNSc, FAAN; Julie ReedErickson, PhD, RN, FAAN; Lani Zimmerman, PhD, RN.Susan A. Barnason, PhD, RNPiloting of a Medication Education &Decision-making (MED) Intervention forElderly Heart Failure Home Health CarePatientsUniversity of Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NebraskaVirginia Stone Scholar/ANF ScholarJoy K. Buck, PhD, RNSetting the Standard for Specialization inHospice and Palliative Nursing, 1985 - 2006University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaAnne Zimmerman Scholar/ANF Scholar9Lynn M. Dietrick, PhD, RNThe ‘Dance’ continues. EvaluatingDifferences in Call Bell Use betweenPatients in Private Rooms versus Patients inDouble RoomsLeHigh Valley Hospital and HealthNetwork, Allentown, PennsylvaniaSayre Memorial Fund Scholar/ANF ScholarTracy A. Evanson, PhD, APRN,BCDomestic Violence Victims’ Perspectives ofCommunity Health Nurses CareUniversity of North DakotaGrand Forks, North DakotaVirginia Kelley, CRNA Scholar/ANF ScholarAnastasia Fisher, DNSc, RNImpact of co-payment policies on Women’sAccess to health care in Jails/PrisonsUniversity of San DiegoSan Diego, CaliforniaGloria Smith, RN Scholar/ANF ScholarLorraine Q. Frazier, DSN, RN, NPPromoting the Cardiovascular andMental Health of EconomicallyDisadvantaged Women Hospitalizedfor Acute Coronary SymptomsUniversity of Texas Health ScienceCenter at Houston, Houston, TexasVirginia Stone, RN Scholar/ANF ScholarCarmen Giurgescu, PhD, RN, WHNPComparison of Prenatal CopingStrategies, Cortisol, and Cytokinesbetween Low-risk and High-riskPregnant African-American WomenUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoChicago, IllinoisRita K. Chow & Yaye TogaskiBreitenbach Schlor/ANF ScholarPeggy Kerr, PhD, RNRisk Factors Associated With PatientOutcomes of Older AdultsUniversity of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaMidwest Nursing Research Society(MNRS)/ANF ScholarRebecca Lehto, PhD, RN, OCNWorry and Cognitive Maps in Lung CancerUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MichiganHildegard E. Peplau Scholar/ANF ScholarKathleen A. Mussatto, BSN, RNFamily Stress, Coping and OutcomesFollowing the Diagnosis of Hypoplastic LeftHeart Syndrome (HLHS) in a NewbornChildren’s Hospital of WisconsinMilwaukee, WisconsinDorothy Cornelius, RN Scholar/ANFScholarEun Jun Park, MSN, RNDeveloping an Evidence-Based Simulationfor Training Case ManagersUniversity of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaDorothy Reilly, RN Scholar/ANF ScholarMijung Park, PhD, MSN, RNKorean American Family Caregiving forPersons with a Mental IllnessUniversity of CaliforniaSan Francisco, CaliforniaCommission on Graduates of ForeignNursing Schools (COGFNS)Scholar/ANF Scholar

Leli W. Pedro, DNSc, RN, OCNHealth Related Quality of Life for RuralCancer Survivors: The Colorado ExperienceUniversity of Colorado at Denver andHealth Sciences Center, Denver, ColoradoWestern Institute for Nursing (WIN)/ANF ScholarJudith L. Reishtein, PhD, RNSleep, Breathing, and Neurobehavior in COPDDrexel University, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaLucile V. Lukens Scholar/ANF ScholarVirginia Sun, MSN, RNSymptom Characteristics andQOL in EGFR Inhibitor-InducedDermatologic ToxicitiesBeckman Research Institute ofthe City of Hope, Duarte,CaliforniaJean E. Johnson, RNScholar/ANF ScholarCecelia I. Roscigno, MN, RN, CNRNChildren’s Experiences FollowingTraumatic Brain InjuryUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WashingtonMartha E. Brill Scholar/ANF ScholarSusan TullaiMcGuinness, PhD, RNCharacteristics of WorkEnvironments in QualityMedicare-Certified HomeHealth Care AgenciesCase Western ReserveUniversity, Cleveland, OhioJulia Hardy Scholar/ANF ScholarMarycarol Rossignol, DNSc, RNPilot Study of Nociceptive Dysregulation inVeterans with Post Traumatic Stress DisorderSeton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, New JerseyCouncil for the Advancement of NursingScience (CANS)/ANF ScholarMarla Weston, MS, RNAntecedents of Control overNursing PracticeUniversity of ArizonaTucson, ArizonaVirginia S. Cleland, RNScholar/ANF ScholarDebra L. Wiegand,PhD, RNWithdrawal of Life Sustaining Therapy afterLife-Threatening Exacerbation of aChronic Illness: The Family ExperienceUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore, MarylandNurses Charitable Trust, District V,FNA Scholar/ANF ScholarCompleted 2006 GrantsCongratulating ANF Nursing Research ScholarsUpon completion of research, ANF Scholars are required to submit an abstract along with a final narrativereport outlining the results of the research. We are proud to list below the recipient and title of the researchgrants completed in 2006. For an abstract and a copy of the narrative, contact ANF.Lynn Babington, PhD, RNEastern Nursing Research Society Scholar/ANF ScholarUnderstanding Dominican Mothers’ Beliefs,Knowledge and Practices Related to FeedingInfants and ChildrenNortheastern UniversityBoston, MassachusettsAngela Chia-Chen Chen, PhD, RNNurses Charitable Trust, District V, FNA Scholar/ANF ScholarUnderstanding Chinese Immigrant Youth:Acculturation, Parenting Practices andDepressive SymptomsArizona State UniversityTempe, ArizonaTeresa Rojas-Cooley, BSN, RNDorothy Reilly Scholar/ANF ScholarComplementary and Alternative Medicine:American Nurses’ KnowledgeBeckman Research Institute of the City of HopeDuarte, CaliforniaYounhee Jeong, MSN, RNMidwest Nursing Research Society Scholar/ANF ScholarThe Role of Orexin in Posterior Hypothalamus-InducedAnalygesia on Neuropathic PainUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoLouise C. Miller, PhD, RNSayre Memorial Fund Scholar/ANF ScholarNurses’ Information Literacy: Implementing theElectronic Health Record (EHR) into Nursing EducationUniversity of MissouriColumbus, Missouri10

NRG Scholar HighlightsANF Nursing Research ScholarsThe American Nurses Foundation was founded as the educational, scientific and charitable arm of the ANA. Overthe years, ANF has played a vital role in providing support for some of the major scientific studies of the profession.Back in 1955 when ANF was founded, our nursing leaders had the foresight to recognize how important it would be tosupport nursing research. Since then more than 950 researchers have made extraordinary contributions to our science,providing a foundation for our future practice.Here’s an inside look at the paths taken by three outstanding nurses who began their research careers with funding byANF and how their studies have shaped and continue to influence nursing practice.Jean McSweeney, PhD, RN,FAHA, FAAN:Leading the way in researchon women and heart disease11reported experiencing different symptoms surrounding their MIs. At thetime, researchers and cliniciansassumed that the symptoms that menexhibited prior to a MI would be thesame for women.Jean McSweeney, PhD, RN,McSweeney was able to pursueFAHA, FAAN, has always been interthat initial research withested in the human heart.an ANF grant, whichShe worked for manyshe applied for at theyears as a critical careurging of her mentor.nurse, where she rouNow, she encouragestinely provided care toothers to look towardcardiac patients in theANF to kick startICU. So when she wastheir nursing researchexploring a dissertacareers.tion topic, it was only“Getting that grantnatural for her to lookled to the whole trato heart attack victims.jectory of my career,”“I soon realizedsays McSweeney, athat we didn’t knowprofessor at theenough about womenUniversity of Arkansasand cardiovascular disfor Medical Sciencesease,” says McSweeney,Jean McSweeney,in Little Rock, Ark.an Arkansas NursesPhD, RN, FAHA, FAANMcSweeney now is aAssociation member.leader in clinical research on women“Many women were excluded fromand coronary heart disease (CHD)cardiovascular studies because theirand MI symptoms. Because of herfluctuating hormone levels created awork, women no longer are looked atcumbersome variable.”as carbon copies of men whenThen for her first post-dissertaaddressing cardiac risks and hearttion research in 1993, she decided toattack symptoms, such as crushingfocus on women - specifically whatchest pain. Her body of work includesthey believed caused their heartdeveloping and testing an assessmentattacks and the potentially riskybehaviors they were willing to change. tool to identify women at risk forCHD, examining black, Hispanic,Through that study, she learnedand white women’s symptoms ofthat some women attributed theirmyocardial infarctions (MIs) to smok- CHD, and pinpointing women’s earlywarning symptoms of acute MIs.ing, being overweight, or a lifestyleOver the years her work hasthat was either too stressful or toogainedboth national and internationalsedentary. One of her key findings wasattention.She’s been asked to speak atthat women were willing to changemajor conferences of nursing andwhatever they viewed as the primaryphysician groups, and her research hascause of their heart attack, such asled to changes in practice. For examquit smoking. However, women alsople, board-certified emergency physicians are now expected to know thegender differences in MI symptomswhen evaluating women.And her work has been featuredin mainstream media, including the“CBS Evening News” and GoodHousekeeping. CNN interviewedMcSweeney about her groundbreaking2003 study that identified unusualfatigue and sleeplessness as early warning indicators of heart attack inwomen.Currently, McSweeney is involvedin a five-year study funded by theNational Institute of NursingResearch to predict CHD events inblack and white women and hopes todevelop a rapid screening tool.“If we pick up early CHD symptoms and a positive CHD risk score,women could be immediately referred,evaluated and treated, possibly preventing progression to MI,” she says.McSweeney says she owes a “debtof gratitude” to ANF for believing inher and funding her research. “I likethe idea of nurses helping nurses. Ifeverybody gave 10 to support nursing research, they could help nurses inso many ways - from research to clinical application.”Barbara Medoff-Cooper,PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN:Bolstering the science ofinfant developmentIn 1983, Barbara Medoff-Cooper,PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, used herANF grant to study what was close toher heart - infant development. At thetime, she was a pediatric nurse practitioner and a doctoral student atTemple University.

“I was seeing abehaviors, and what it is that moveskids.”number of preemiespatients positively toward better outCurrently, Medoffin the office,” sayscomes,” Finch says. “What I learnedCooper is followingMedoff-Cooper, afrom patients’ perspective is they reallybabies born with conPennsylvania Stategenital heart disease and want a nurse who cares for them as aNurses Associationfamily member would.”their families to determember. “Their parPatients identified those caringmine what issues influents were havingbehaviors in a nurse as being responence the children’sBarbara Medoff-Cooper,problems taking caresive to all their needs, including physigrowth and developPhD, CRNP, RN, FAANof them, because thecal, emotional and spiritual; willing toment.babies were so crabby, so difficult.”do extra things; and following through“We know that about 50 percentSo for her dissertation, she and aon promises.are at risk for failure to thrive, in partcolleague went to the parents’ homesThe data reinforced the continuedbecause of their poor feeding skillsand collected a range of data aboutneed to teach students about lookingand energy expenditure,” she says.the babies, including how immatureat patients multi-dimensionally,“Through this study, I not only wantthe infants were at birth, how longto look at the physiological issues, but according to Finch, an assistant prothey were at the hospital, and whatfessor at the University of Memphis inalso the stress placed on the family.happened to them during their stay,Tennessee.“It’s not just about eating andsuch as any ventilator-related compliFrom the nurses’ perspective,growing. I want to learn how familiescations.are functioning with a child born with Finch found that their definition ofThe goal of her research projectcaring behaviors included being attena serious health problem, and thenwas to see how those factors typicallytive to patients, developing a rapportdevelop recommendations that caninfluenced the babies’ temperamenthelp both the babies and the parents.” with patients and demonstrating theirand development at 6 months of age.competency. Finch notes that today’sThe ANF grant led to numerousworkplace environment, however,Linda Finch, PhD, RN:research projects through other fundchallenges nurses’ ability to do extraUncovering the scienceing sources, such as the Robert Woodthings for patients and follow up onbehind the value of caringJohnson Clinical Scholar grant procare.gram and NINR.Looking back at being awardedWhen Linda Finch, PhD, RN,“I think the ANF grant gives new made her first attempt to garner anthe ANF grant, she says it allowed herresearchers the track record they needto complete her work more quicklyANF grant, she was notto get established, “ Medoff-Cooperand paid for the costlysuccessful. But becausesays. “It give your research a ‘stamp of reviewers’ took thetranscription costsapproval’ to gain other fundingassociated with qualitime to offer theirsources that will support your work.tative studies. She alsoadvice, she was able towas able to present“Many people don’t realize nurses resubmit a strong

Beginning in 1955, with our flagship program, the Nursing Research Grants Program, ANF has touched the lives of over 950 nurse researchers who in turn have positively affected the lives of people . MA, RN, CSN Elissa Brown, MSN, RN, CS Mary Lou Brunell, MSN, RN Barbara Burgel, MS, RN, COHNS, ANP, FAAN Lora Burke Michelle Burke, MSN, ARNP .