UWM Co-Hosts Nursing Research Conference
Karen Marek (left) demonstrates how to use a "smart" pillbox.
UWM’s College of Nursing is co-hosting the conference with Marquette University’s College of Nursing and the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Nursing.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Linking Research and Practice: Roadmap for the Future.” The focus of MNRS, which has more than 1,300 members in the Midwest, is on promoting and sharing nursing research. Much of this research is done at doctoral institutions, often in collaboration with local health care systems and other institutions. UWM, UW–Madison and Marquette offer the only doctoral programs in nursing in Wisconsin.
Nurse researchers focus on patient care issues that affect quality of life and cost of care.
At UWM, for example, Karen Marek, associate professor of nursing, is doing research on a “smart” pillbox that, combined with nursing services, could help forgetful elderly patients remember to take their medications. That practical, relatively inexpensive device could help ailing older adults stay at home, saving the costs of nursing home care. Marek will do a presentation on her research at the conference.
Kathleen Sawin, professor of nursing at UWM and chair for research in the nursing of children at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, also will do a presentation at the conference. Her research focuses on ways to help children and adolescents with chronic illnesses and disabilities better manage their own care and improve their outlook.
Christine Kovach, professor of nursing, will present on her studies in ways to improve management of pain and other unmet needs of people with dementia.
Other UWM nurse researchers and students will do presentations on the use of computer technology and informatics in nursing, improving care of HIV/AIDS patients, women’s heart health, wellness and prevention programs, nursing care for underserved communities and other topics. Sally Lundeen, dean of nursing, will discuss WIBHT (Wisconsin Initiative for Biomedical Health Technology), a new interdisciplinary collaboration on health care research that involves UWM and other local colleges, universities and organizations. More than 27 different research areas will be covered at the conference.
“We are pleased to be co-hosting this event and showcasing not only the nursing researchers in the Midwest but also our own nurse researchers and students from the three schools,” says Rachel Schiffman, professor and associate dean for research at UWM’s College of Nursing.
For more information on the conference, see www.MNRS.org.
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