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Sandi Jarr, Supportive Care Nurse Consultant with the North Carolina Clincal Cancer Center, and Program Chair for NCONL, was an invitational speaker at the 2009 AACN National Teaching Institute in New Orleans where her oral presentation summarized a study funded by a $10,000 grant from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and Phillips Medical Systems. The study examined the effects of a virtual reality distraction intervention on chemotherapy-related symptom distress levels in women aged 18 and older who were receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer. Results of the study lend support for the premise that distraction mitigates symptoms and makes chemotherapy treatments more tolerable.
Dr. Cheryl Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing and co-chair and organizer of the NCONL Research Committee, in conjunction with AONE Chief Executive Officer, Pamela A. Thompson, MS, RN, FAAN and Donna Havens, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, received the American College of Healthcare Executives’ (ACHE) 2009 Edgar C. Hayhow Award.
ACHE grants the Hayhow Award annually to the author(s) of an article judged as the best from among those published in ACHE’s official journal, the Journal of Healthcare Management. Named in honor of ACHE’s 14th chairman, the Edgar C. Hayhow Award recognizes outstanding contributions to health care management literature.
The authors received the award for their article “Chief Nursing Officer Retention and Turnover: A Crisis Brewing? Results of a National Survey”. In the article, which appeared in the March/April 2008 issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management, the authors present findings from their study on chief nursing officer (CNO) turnover and retention in U.S. hospitals. One of the major study findings is that approximately 62% of respondents plan to make a job change in the next five years, with about one-quarter of those set to retire. These results can be used by health care leaders to develop strategies and policies for recruiting and retaining CNOs.
Dr. Jones received the award during the ACHE 52nd Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago.
Pamela Rudisill, MSN, M.Ed,RN, NEA-BC, CCRN, Vice President Nursing/Patient Safety-HMA and immediate Past President of NCONL is currently serving as President of AONE.
Brenda Gail Summers, MBA/MHA, MSN, RN, CNAA-BC, Senior Consultant with the Greely Company and treasurer for NCONL has been recently elected as AONE Treasurer for 2010.