UK HealthCare and UK College of Nursing Partner for Nursing Research Papers Day
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 6, 2015) — UK HealthCare nurses and UK College of Nursing students and faculty members will showcase the latest nursing research being conducted at the University of Kentucky during Nursing Research Papers Day today at the Campbell House.
Nursing Research Papers Day has a long history at the University of Kentucky, however today is the first time UK HealthCare has partnered with the UK College of Nursing for this event.
Throughout the day, presenters will discuss research topics ranging from the management of sepsis to the use of Facebook as a support medium for heart failure patients with left ventricular assist devices. Poster presentations will take place between sessions. For the first time, undergraduate students will participate in Nursing Research Papers Day.
The first Nursing Research Papers Day at UK was held in 1989 after the first formal nursing research committee at UK Chandler Medical Center met in 1975 to review nursing research proposals investigating compliance with self-breast examination and the impact of primary nursing on the quality of nursing care. Unit-based research committees were introduced in 1980, and in 1986 the role of research in nursing practice was integrated with the associate, bachelor and master’s degree nursing job descriptions.
For more information about Nursing Research Papers Day, visit http://www.uky.edu/nursing. For a full agenda, click here.
MEDIA CONTACT: Elizabeth Adams, elizabethadams@uky.edu