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Presenting at the 27th International Nursing Research Congress

The 27th International Nursing Research Congress was held in Cape Town South Africa from 21-25 July 2016. Over 700 nurse researchers, students, clinicians, and leaders attended the International Nursing Research Congress to learn from evidence-based research presentations. Amongst the notable presenters were WCCN/CPUT’s Penny Gill and Karien Orton.

Penny Gill presented on “From Health Professional to Film Producer in One Easy Workshop: Creating Digital Stories” Click here to access the PowerPoint presentation. The abstract reads: “Digital storytelling is an innovative method of capturing an audience emotionally by telling tales from the heart and soul. It consists of a short, four-to-six minute multi-media presentation which is narrated in the first person. Digital storytelling introduces the storyteller to multiple literacies such as writing, listening, narrating, publishing, presenting, language, acting and communication skills. Various types of multi-media and technological skills are also learned. The digital storytelling project can be used in many different situations to assist the student master the curriculum content…”

Karien Orton presented on Sunday 24 July 2016 “ Perceptions and Self-Perceived Knowledge of Evidence-Based Health Care Amongst Registered Nurses in the Western Cape” Click here to access the PowerPoint presentation. The abstract reads: “Evidence-based health care is a problem-solving approach that integrates the best research evidence with clinician expertise and patient preferences and values. Delivering evidence-based health care, in the context of a caring and supportive organizational culture, results in high-quality care and optimal patient outcomes. It is important that registered nurses know the steps involved in making evidence-informed decisions in a healthcare environment. Currently, there is no published study that assesses practicing registered nurses? understanding, perception, and self-perceived knowledge of evidence-based health care in the South African context. Our aim was to describe registered nurses and midwives? perceptions and self-perceived knowledge of evidence-based health care…”

Poster presentations were delivered by ex-colleagues Shahnaaz Mia and Hildeguard Vink
Shahnaaz Mia presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016, and Sunday, July 24, 2016: “Self-Leadership in Male Nurses During Their Four-Year Programme at a College in the Western Cape” Click here to access the Poster presentation.

Hildegaurd Vink presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016, and Friday, July 22, 2016: “Roots and Constructs of Incivility in Professional Nursing Education: A South African Perspective” Click here to access the Poster presentation.  In addition, Mrs Vink presented a paper on “Effects of Students' Incivility on Nurse Educators in a South African School of Nursing” ” Click here to access the PowerPoint presentation.

For more resources on nursing research visit  The Henderson Repository, a resource of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. “It is a global digital service that collects, preserves, and shares nursing research and evidence-based practice materials. It offers a  Free Open Access repository, Submissions to collections under the Independent Submissions community are peer-reviewed.” To access click here.

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