IFNC15 offered 6 Pre-conference Workshops. The description for each workshop is provided below.
Mental Health Issues of Vulnerable Families
Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan in the COVID Era: How to Care for Our Patients and Ourselves
Family Intervention Development to Advance Science and Inform Practice and Policy
An Introduction to Quantitative & Qualitative Methods for Analyzing Dyadic Data
Partnerships with Families Across the Lifespan: Facilitating Family Nursing
Mental Health Issues of Vulnerable Families
Presenters:
Fenglin Cao, PhD | Shandong University, China
Jiahuan Li, MSN | Zhenjiang Medical College, China
Xuan Zhang, MSN, PhD candidate | Shandong University, China
Jiwei Sun, PhD | Shandong Reproduction Hospital, China
Nadya Golfenshtein, PhD | University of Haifa, Israel
Naixue Cui, PhD | Shandong University, China
Level of Workshop: Advanced
Description:
This workshop covers critical issues in mental health that vulnerable families with different conditions face by incorporating the latest research evidence and practice guidelines. It also offers discussions that provide helpful hints for conducting research with vulnerable families and hints for implementing psychological interventions to vulnerable families and evaluating their effectiveness.
Grief and Loss Across the Lifespan in the COVID Era: How to Care for Our Patients and Ourselves
Presenters:
Connie Kartoz, PhD, RN, FNP-BC | The College of New Jersey, USA
Munira Wells, PhD, RN | Seton Hall University, USA
Patricia Wright PhD, CRNP, ACNS-BC, CNE, CHPN, CPH | The University of Scranton, USA
Level of Workshop: Intermediate
Description:
Covid 19 has brought grief and loss to the forefront of nursing practice in many ways. This workshop will provide nurses with a broad background in the various types of grief including: ambiguous loss, witnessed loss, anticipatory grief, anticipatory loss for aging parents and complicated grief. Attendees will have the opportunity to implement gained knowledge in assessment and treatment of grief and complicated grief through case study and simulation/role play.
Family Intervention Development to Advance Science and Inform Practice and Policy
Presenters:
The workshop is structured around the three stages of intervention development.
Stage 1 – Foundational Work
Kim Mooney-Doyle, PhD, RN | University of Maryland, USA
Kyoko Kobayashi, PhD, RN, PHN | St. Luke’s International University, Japan
Stage 2 – Assessing acceptability and efficacy
Janet Deatrick, PhD, RN, FAAN | University of Pennsylvania, USA
Veronica Swallow, PhD, RGN, RSCN | Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Stage 3 Efficacy Testing
Helene Moriarty, PhD, RN, FAAN | Villanova University and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA
Birte Østergaard, RN, PhD | University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Practice and Policy Implications
Deborah Gross, DNSc, RN, FAAN | Johns Hopkins University, USA
Discussion Facilitators
Cynthia Danford, PhD, CRNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP-PC | University of Pittsburgh, USA
Kathleen Knafl, PhD, FAAN | University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, USA
Suzanne Feetham, PhD, FAAN | Children’s National Hospital, Washington DC, USA
Level of Workshop: Novice / Intermediate / Advanced
Description:
Using a case presentation approach, this workshop will examine the trajectory of family intervention development, including: (1) foundational work to understand the problem targeted for change, (2) assessment of acceptability and feasibility, and (3) efficacy testing. Family researchers from four countries will provide examples of their efforts to complete each trajectory stage. Interactive breakout sessions will follow, with participants selecting the session most relevant to their stage of intervention development. The workshop will conclude with a general session on strategies for addressing policy and practice implications at each stage of intervention development.
An Introduction to Quantitative & Qualitative Methods for Analyzing Dyadic Data
Presenters:
Karen S. Lyons, PhD | Boston College, USA
Luke T. Russell, PhD, CFLE-P, | Illinois State University, USA
Michael J. McCarthy, PhD, MSW | Northern Arizona University, USA
Level of Workshop: Novice / Intermediate
Description:
This workshop will introduce participants to some of the key design and analytic approaches to examining dyadic data including actor-partner-interdependence models, dyadic incongruence models, longitudinal dyadic models and extensions of these models. In addition, qualitative and mixed-methods approaches to dyadic data will be covered. Methods will be presented with the use of real-world examples with a focus on matching methods to research questions and, where applicable, theoretical frameworks. Activities will include break-out groups and discussion of common challenges in doing dyadic research and facilitating networking among participants.
Implementing Best Practice: Global Perspectives on Narrowing the Know-do Gap in Acute Care Family Nursing
Presenters:
Petra Brysiewicz. PhD, RN | University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Vico Chiang, PhD, RN | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Sandra Eggenberger, PhD, RN | The Glen Taylor Nursing Institute for Family & Society at Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA
Rahel Naef, PhD, RN | University of Zurich & Centre of Clinical Nursing Science, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Anna Richardson, MPH, BN, RN | Ara Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Level: Intermediate
Description:
The dynamic and often chaotic acute-critical care setting creates a challenging family nursing context with competing demands and priorities. Family engagement is marked by fluctuation and variability of practice provided by the individual nurse. This workshop will focus on implementing best practice in acute-critical family care, highlighting the interplay of context and culture, nurse capacity, knowledge and behaviour, and implementation strategies. Presenters will draw on their practice and research in the United States, South Africa, Switzerland, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, and invite participants to develop their own strategies to further inform family care in their practice.
Partnership with Families Across the Lifespan: Facilitating Family Nursing
Presenters:
Dr Lindsay Smith, PhD RN MACN BHlthSci MNS GradCertUniL&T | University of Tasmania, Australia
Dr Elisabeth Coyne, PhD RN | Grad Cert Higher Education SFHEA | Griffith University, Australia
Valda Frommolt MN RN | Griffith University, Australia
Mandie Foster PhD RN, PG Dip/Cert | Edith Cowan University, Australia
Marion Mitchell PhD, RN, BN(Hons), GradCertEd (Higher Ed) | Griffith University, Australia
Cherry Ning PhD RN | Sir Charles Gardner Hospital, Australia
Lisa Whitehead BSc (Hons), MA, PhD, RN | Edith Cowan University, Australia and University of Otago, New Zealand
Level of Workshop: Novice
Description:
Australian and New Zealand nursing practice has a focus on partnership in health care. Family partnership develops through therapeutic family conversations, family assessment, engagement in decision making, understanding and promoting health literacy, and tailoring care. Partnering with complex and culturally diverse families, nurses facilitate client and family engagement creating a healthcare environment which facilitates family empowerment and decision making. Australian and New Zealand Family Nurses have developed innovative practice, tools and education approaches that facilitate client and family partnership in healthcare. Workshop participants will develop their family nursing skills that best meet client and family needs for partnership and engagement.
