Articles and Presentations
Research: Reading Papers and Searching for Articles
Steven J. Ersser, PHD, RN, BSc
Leslie Plauntz, RN, BA, DNC
This presentation helped participants gain confidence in finding useful evidence and to assess the rigor of research papers, including the adequacy of the design and judging its suitability to influence clinical practice. This session also helped participants to gain familiarity with the process of finding research papers, providing an overview of the key principles and resources available.
Genetics Basics and Beyond: The Other DNA
Theresa A. Beer, PhD, RN, ACNP
This presentation offered basic genetic concepts and applied them to dermatology nursing practice. Principles of genetic testing, pharmacogenetics and their application to practice were also included.
Simplifying Nursing Research
Mary C. Smith MSN, RN
Alicia Van Cott RN
This session focused on illustrating key activities in the research process from formulating a research question to considering the implications of the findings for practice. The focus illustrated the research process to help to simplify nursing research to allow every member of the DNA to identify ways to contribute to generate nursing research evidence to support nursing practice.