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The 8th Biennial International Neuman Systems Model Symposium was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 22nd and 23rd, 2001

The presentations at the 8th Biennial International Neuman Systems Model Symposium documented the broad utility of the Neuman Systems Model for practice, research, education, and administration. The papers presented at the many concurrent sessions are organized in broad categories. Please contact the presenters for information about their work.

Integration of Clinical Practice and Research

Identification and Description of Stress Factors with Head of the Departments in Somatic and Psychiatric Care: A Preliminary Study

Claes Ågren RB, RNT, BSC in psychiatric nursing, MNSC, Junior Lecture, Bäckvägen 9 A 723 48 Västerås, Sweden. Mälardalens University, Box 883 721 23, Västerås, Sweden; Phone: 00 46 21 80 45 79 and Viking Falk MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Supervisor

Effectiveness of a Case Management Workshop as a Training Tool for Improving Program Outcomes: A Neuman Systems Model Application

Susan Bulecza, BSN, RN, Graduate Student, and Jeanne Flannery, DSN, ARNP, CNRN, CRRN, Florida State University, School of Nursing, Mail Code 4310, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4310, Phone: (850) 644-5626, Fax: (850) 644-7660, jflanner@mailer.fsu.edu

Psychiatric Nurses’ Narratives: Application of the Neuman Systems Model from a Canadian Perspective

John A. Crawford, RPN, BA, MA (Educ) and Michel A. Tarko, RPN, BA, PhD(C), Faculty, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Douglas College, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, Phone: (604) 527-5028, Fax: (604) 527-5633; ,jacrawford@telus.net and matarko@telus.net

An Application of Bowen Family Systems Theory and the Neuman Systems Model: Triangulation, Differentiations of Self, and Nurse Manager Job Stress Responses

Patricia A. Hanson, PhD, RN, Associate Professor and Director, GNP Program, Nazareth College of Rochester, 195 Spanish Trail Apt. D, Rochester, NY 14612, Phone: (716) 389-2711, Fax: (716) 389-2714; pahanson@naz.edu

The Impact of a School-Based Health Clinic on School Absence

Nancy Zavala-Onyett RN, CCRN, Master’s Candidate in Nursing, and Pauline Komnenich PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Arizona State University College of Nursing, Box 872602, Tempe, AZ 85287-2602, Phone: 480-965-3928; Nzavala730@aol.com and Paulina@asu.edu

Clinical Research

Wellness and Stressors that Interfere with the Beduin Woman’s Pursuit of Wellness for Self and Family

JoAnn Abegglen BS, MS, Elaine Bond MS, PhD, and BYU Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Brigham Young University, 532 SWKT, Provo, UT 84602, Phone: (801) 378-7196

Using the Neuman Systems Model to Guide Nephrology and Oncology Nursing

Diane M. Breckenridge, PhD, RN, Research Fellow and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, 420 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Phone: (215) 898-0088; breckenr@nursing.upenn.edu

Cultural Research: Application of the Neuman Systems Model

Lynn Clark Callister, RN, PhD, Associate Professor, and Catherine Coverston, RNC, MSN, PhD(c), Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University, College of Nursing, 136 SWKT, Provo, UT 84602-5544, Phone: (801) 378-3227; lynn_callister@byu.edu and catherine_coverston@byu.edu

The Neuman Systems Model Applied to Family Caregivers of Clients with Alzheimer’s Disease

Barbara Scott Cammuso, PhD, EdD, RN, CS, Professor, Fitchburg State College, 160 Pearl Street, Fitchburg, MA 01545, Phone: (978) 665-3365, Fax: (508) 842-3579; bcammuso@fsc.edu; Barbara F. Shambaugh, RN, EdD, Consultant, 77 Pond Avenue Suite 1501, Brookline, MA 02146, Phone: (617) 566-6029, Fax: (617) 731-0368; bjreader@msn.com

A Nursing Intervention Designed to Increase Resilience in Homeless Abused Women

Jean Croce Hemphill, RN, CS, MSN, FNP, Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University, College of Nursing, Box 70676 Department of Family, Community Nursing, Office Phone: (423) 439-7173, Department Phone: (423) 439-7649, Fax: (423) 439-7570; hemphilj@etsu.edu

Giving Birth: Voices of Chinese Women

Robin Kartchner, Student Nurse, and Lynn Clark Callister, RN, PhD, Brigham Young University, College of Nursing, 136 SWKT, Provo, UT 84602-5544, Phone: (801) 378-3227, Fax: (801) 378-3198; robinkartchner@hotmail.com and lynn_callister @byu.edu

Exploring the Meaning of Spirituality with Aging Adults

Lois W. Lowry, RN, DNSc., Professor, East Tennessee State University, Family/Community Nursing Box 60676, Johnson City, TN, 37615, Phone: (423) 477-0253; doclowry@aol.com

Children’s Health Retention in South Korea and the United States: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

Betsy M. McDowell, PhD, RN, CCRN, Associate Professor of Nursing, and Nahn Joo Chang, RN,C, MSN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Lander University, Greenwood, SC 29649, Phone: (864) 388-8278, Fax: (864) 388-8122; bbmcdowe@lander.edu and nchang@lander.edu; Sang Soon Choi, PhD, RN, Division of Nursing, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea, Phone: 33-741-0381, Fax: 33-743-9490; sschoi @wonju.yonsei.ac.kr

Nursing Education

Ker Plunk! A Game that Stimulates Learners’ Involvement with General Systems Theory and Neuman Systems Model Concepts

Pat Aylward RN, MSN, CNS, Assistant Professor, Associate of Science in Nursing Programs, Santa Fe Community College, 3000 N.W. 83 Street, W 253, Gainesville, FL 32606, Phone: (904) 454-5258, Fax (904) 454-5288; pat.aylward@santafe.cc.fl.us

Local Connections: Associate Degree and Practical Nursing Programs Linking Together to Facilitate Integration of Adaptations of the Neuman Systems Model with Curriculum Development

Pat Aylward RN, MSN, CNS, Assistant Professor, Associate of Science in Nursing Programs; Santa Fe Community College, 3000 N.W. 83 Street, W 253, Gainesville, FL 32606, Phone: (904) 454-5258, Fax: (904) 454-5288; pat.aylward@santafe.cc.fl.us; Cindy O’Bryon RN, MSN, Coordinator, Nursing; Monnette Cuello RN, BSN, Practical Nursing Instructor, Pam Ford RN, MHA, MSN, Professor, Nursing; Carol Hill RN, MSN, Assistant Professor, Nursing; Lynn Kerigan, RN, BSN, MS Ed, Assistant Professor, Nursing; Parry Knauss RN, MA, Assistant Professor, Nursing; Cecilia Mathews RN, MS, CS, ARNP, Assistant Professor, Nursing; Sharon May MSN, G-ARNP, CS, Associate Professor, Nursing; Sharon Milner RN, BSN, Assistant Coordinator, Practical Nursing and Patient Care Assistant Programs; Martha Ruder RN, MSN, Assistant Professor, Nursing; and Donna Wheeler RN, MSN, CNS, Assistant Professor, Nursing, Gulf Coast Community College: 5230 West Highway 98, Panama City, Florida 32401, Phone: (800) 311-3685, Fax: (850) 747-3246; cobryon@ccmail.gc.cc.fl.us

Reaching Diverse Learners: Using 4MAT Lesson Design to Review the Neuman Systems Model

Sanna Boxley-Harges RN, MA, CS-ANP, Associate Professor, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne, Department of Nursing, 2101 E. Coliseum Boulevard, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, Phone: (219) 481-5797, Fax: (219) 481-5767; harges @ipfw.edu; Karen J. Vander Laan RN, MSN, Assistant Professor, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne, Department of Nursing, 2101 E. Coliseum Boulevard, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, Phone: (219) 481-6830, Fax: (219) 481-5767; vanderlk @ipfw.edu

Use of the Neuman Systems Model to Promote Self-Evaluation: Development of a Wholistic Professional/Personal Plan

Opal A. Freiburger, RN, EdD, Associate Professor of Nursing, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 East Coliseum Boulevard, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499, Phone: (219) 481-6271, Fax: (219) 481-5767; freiburg@ipfw.edu

Family Assessment: Application of the Neuman Systems Model in Psychiatric Nursing Education

Karen Reed Gehrling, RN, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3701, Phone: (330) 972-7715, Fax: (330) 972-5737; Kreed@uakron.edu

Michel A. Tarko, RPN, BA, PhD(C), Faculty, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Douglas College, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, Phone: (604) 527-5585, Fax: (604) 527-5633; matarko@telus.net

Neuman Systems Model Case Study of the Aged Adult: A Learning Activity

Patty J. Simmons, MSN, ARNP, Professor, and Pat Aylward, RN, MSN, CNS, Assistant Professor, Associate of Science in Nursing Programs; Santa Fe Community College, 3000 N.W. 83 Street, W 253, Gainesville, FL 32606; Phone: (352) 395-5750, Fax (352) 395-5711; pat.simmons@santafe.cc.fl.us and pat.aylward@santafe.cc.fl.us

Integration of Education and Practice

Nursing Students’ Application of Betty Neuman Systems Model to Selves and Clients in Argentina

Catherine R. Coverston, RNC, MSN, Brigham Young University, Box 25411 SWKT, Provo, UT 4602, Phone: (801) 378-5613, Fax: (801) 378-3198, catherine_coverston@byu.edu

Students: Johanna Berry, Nekell Bjorn, Lisa Coudron, Sarah Graham, Christina Miller, Michele Miller, Alysia Squires, Tama Stevens, Taryn Thompson

Integration of Education and Research

Survey of Nursing Faculty Educational Needs Related to a Curriculum Adaptation of the Neuman Systems Model

Pat Aylward, RN, MSN, CNS, Assistant Professor, Associate of Science in Nursing Programs, Santa Fe Community College, 3000 N.W. 83 Street, W 253, Gainesville, FL 32606, Phone: (904) 454-5258, Fax: (904) 454-5288; pat.aylward@santafe.cc.fl.us

A Descriptive Study of the Neuman Systems Model as Applied in Undergraduate Nursing Student Practice

Diana M. L. Newman, RN, EdD, Associate Professor, Neumann College, P.O. Box 765, Chadds Ford, PA 19317-0623, Phone and Fax: (610) 558-1192; dianaml@bellatlantic.net or diana.newman @umb.edu

Administration of Nursing Services

Using the Neuman Systems Model to Guide Administration of Nursing Service: The Case of Emergis, Institute for Mental Health Care, in Zeeland, Holland

A.A. Merks. RN, Drs, BcN, Policy Advisor for Care Development and Quality of Care, Department of Prevention and Care Development, and R.A. de Munck RN, RPN, BcPM, BcEd, Senior Advisor on Education, Department of Personnel and Education Emergis, Educator for Nurse Specialists in the Mental Health Care, Emergis, Centre for Mental Health Care, P.O.Box: 253, NL 4360 AR, Goes, The Netherlands, Phone: (+31) 113267209, Fax: (+31)113216626; merks@emergis.nl and munck@emergis.nl

From Theory to Practice: Implementing the Neuman Systems Model in a Pediatric Hospital Setting

Madelyn L. Torakis, MSN, RN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Constance M. Smigielski, MSA, BSN, RN, Clinical Manager, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 3901 Beaubien, Detroit, MI 48201, Phone: (313) 745-5853, Fax: (313) 993-2930; mtorakis @dmc.org and csmigiel @dmc.org

Theory Development

Energy Resources Theory from the Neuman Systems Model

Carol Ann Moseley, RN, PhD, Associate Professor, Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing, Broadway at 11th Street, PO Box 7005, Quincy, IL 62305-7005, Phone: (217) 223-5520, Ext. 6986, Fax: (217) 228-4661; cmoseley@blessinghospital.com

Technology and the Neuman Systems Model

Nursing Utilizing the Internet in the Advancement Towards Professionalization: An Appliation of the Neuman Systems Model

Jeanene Kennett, MSN, RN, FNP-CS, Kinsley Rural Health Clinic, 807 E. 4th, P.O. Box 226 Kinsley, KS 67530, Phone (316) 659-3639, Fax (316) 659-2291; JKK_@excite.com

Family Assessment: Using the Neuman Systems Model in Nursing Education for Distance Education and On-Line Delivery

Michel A. Tarko, RPN, BA, PhD(C), Faculty, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Douglas College, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, Phone: (604) 527-5585, Fax: (604) 527-5633; matarko@telus.net

Workshops

The Neuman Systems Model and Health Assessment of the Spiritual Variable

John A. Crawford, RPN, BA, MA (Educ), and Michel A. Tarko, RPN, BA, PhD(C), Faculty, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Douglas College, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, Phone: (604) 527-5028, Fax: (604) 527-5633; jacrawford@telus.net and matarko@telus.net

Research Workshop

Jacqueline Fawcett, PhD, FAAN, Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125-3393; Eileen Gigliotti, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, The City University of New York, The College of Staten Island, Department of Nursing, Staten Island, New York; and Edith Simpson, PhD, RN, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA. Phone: (617) 287-7539; Fax: (207) 287-7527; jacqueline.fawcett@umb.edu