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August 2005 Edition
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|  Notes from the Editor | Communication is important in any relationship. In March 2005 at NCEMNA's first national conference, fifty mentees and twenty-five mentors committed themselves to a one year relationship with the goal of moving the mentees closer to their vision of becoming nurse scientists. The conversations that began as verbal exchanges continue now as phone calls, letters or e-mails of encouragement and direction. The means of communication are not as important as the fact that the communication occurs.
Mentors can serve many roles- that of sounding board, advocate, guide and/or partner. Just how the relationship develops should be based on the needs of the mentee and expertise of the mentor. No relationship develops, however, if there is no communication.
Mentees give mentors the opportunity to share skills and knowledge and experience and the joy of helping individuals reach personal and professional goals .....Full Story
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 Jovita “Joy” Solomon-Duarte
AETNA/NCEMNA Scholar Jovita “Joy” Soloman-Durante achieved one of her professional and personal goals in May 2005. She received the Masters of Science in Nursing with a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner focus from Seton Hall University where she was an honor student. Dr. Kem Louie and Mila Velasquez served as her mentors. She is a member and current secretary of the Philippine Nurse Association of New Jersey.
As a 2003-2004 AETNA/NCEMNA Scholar, Joy was able to attend the Philippine Nurses Association National (PNAA) convention in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2004. She interviewed Dr. Amelio Mangay-Maglacas, the conference keynote speaker and a consultant in international health and nursing. She also got to interact at length with two past presidents of PNAA – Phoebe Andes and Filipinas Lowery. Joy served as the New Jersey representative at the convention’s chapter leadership and development program ..... Full Story
| 2005 ONS Foundation Symptom Management Research Grants - (RE21)
Letter of Intent due: August 15, 2005
Applications due: September 15, 2005
Purpose: A major goal of the ONS Foundation is to increase understanding of appropriate symptom management for people with cancer. Applications are invited for research proposals which focus on increasing understanding of and management of understudied symptoms and/or symptom clusters in diverse populations and across settings. Priority will be given to proposals that address management of symptoms and/or symptom clusters that include dermatologic problems in cancer patients.Examples of symptom clusters include dermatitis, pain, and sleep/wake disturbances or fatigue, depression, and sleep/wake disturbances. Other symptom clusters and symptoms will be considered. Justification must be provided for selecting the cluster and/or the rationale for the research needed for the symptom.
Award: Two $50,000 two-year grant awards ..... Full Story
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| Utilizing a Community–Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Approach in Developing a Woman’s Health Screening Program in a Pacific Northwest American Indian Tribal Community.
C. June Strickland, Ph.D., R.N., Teresa Guthrie, R.N., M.S., Elaine Hillaire, and Sandra Joseph
Community-based participatory action research (CBPR) has been recognized as an important approach in assuring community capacity building, balancing power and assuring social justice in research (Israel, et al., 1998; Wallerstein, 1991;Wallerstein and Berstein, 1988). Much has been written about the elements and the issues (Minkler, 2000). Isreal, et al. (1998) outlined key features of CBPR: 1.) It recognizes the community as the unit of identity, 2.) Facilitates collaborative, equitable partnership in all phases of the research, 3.) Promotes co-learning and capacity building among partners, 4.) Emphasizes local relevance of public health problems and 5.) Attends to multiple determinants of health .....Full Story
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Calls for proposals can require that a team be developed in order to satisfy the guidelines of the proposal. Two examples are the MBRS RESEARCH INITIATIVE FOR SCIENTIFIC ENHANCEMENT and the NIMH MINORITY RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT PROGRAM (R24.MBRS RESEARCH INITIATIVE FOR SCIENTIFIC ENHANCEMENT (RISE)
Release Date: August 19, 1999
PA NUMBER: PAR-99-151 (This PA has been reissued, see PAR-05-127)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
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NIMH MINORITY RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT PROGRAM (R24)
Release Date: December 8, 2000 (see NOT-MH-03-003 and NOT-MH-03-005)
PAR NUMBER: PAR-01-029
Grants that are infrastructure building, offer a unique opportunity for junior researchers. Proposals of this type enable junior and senior researchers at campuses/facilities to work together towards a common goal .....Full Story
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 National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (ARHQ), produces an annual report called the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR). Year 2004 marks the second issue of the report that measures healthcare quality across four dimensions of quality: effectiveness, safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness. Within the effectiveness component, nine clinical condition areas or care settings: cancer, diabetes, end stage renal disease, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, mental health, respiratory disease and nursing home and home health care.
NCEMNA strongly urges its members to acquire a copy of this report not only because addressing health disparities is a main goal of NCEMNA but also because the report can serve as springboard for new research .....Full Story
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