Intercollegiate College of Nursing

Inland Northwest Health Sciences

2008 Research Symposium


Symposium Overview:

When: April 24 & 25, 2008
Where: Riverpoint Campus, Spokane Academic Center, Room 20, Spokane, WA

The 2008 Inland Northwest Health Sciences Research Symposium is a two-day symposium dedicated to showcasing and promoting current local health science research projects. This exciting event will conclude on Friday, April 25, with a keynote address by Dean J. Lyle Bootman, Ph.D. from the College of Pharmacy at The University of Arizona. Dean Bootman will be presenting "Emerging Trends in Health Care and Quality of Medication Use."


2008 Conference Award Winners:

Congratulations to our Best in Conference Winners:  Scholar Winner Mary Sobralske, PhD and Developing Scholar Winners Katie Mackay and first runner up Jennifer McDonald!

2008 Developing Scholar & Scholar Finalists:

2008 Developing Scholar Abstracts:

  • A Trend Analysis of Hospitals as a Usual Source of Medical Care, Katie Mackay, MHPA Candidate, WSU
  • Illuminating Glaucoma-Altered Vision Through Lightbox Images, Elizabeth Payne, Interdisciplinary Design Institute, WSU
  • The Relationship Between Exercise Knowledge and Self-Efficacy, Motivation, Cognition, and Age in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease, Ashley Rysdam, School of Physical Therapy, EWU
  • Modeling Fatigue in Medical Residents, Jennifer McDonald, Psychology Department, WSU; Lora Wu, WSU Sleep and Performance Research Center
  • Lidocaine verses Buffered Lidocaine: Is There a Difference Between the Two in Reducing Pain of an I.V. Insertion?, Belinda Childers, RN, Kootenai Medical Center, CDA, ID

2008 Final Scholar Abstracts:

  • Experiences of Students Within a Peer Mentoring Program in Higher Education, Wendy Holmes, PhD, Department of Occupational Therapy, EWU
  • Effects of Potassium Citrate on Irritative Voiding Symptoms of Bladder, Janet Beary, College of Pharmacy, WSU
  • Concomitant Triptan and SSRI or SNRI Use: A Risk for Serotonin Syndrome, David A. Sclar, PhD; Linda M. Robinson, MSPH; Tracy L. Skaer, BPharm, College of Pharmacy, WSU
  • Perceived Stress, Salivary Cortisol, Insulin Sensitivity and Visceral, Adiposity in Persons at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes, Judith Randall, MN, ARNP; Jacquelyn Banasik, PhD, ARNP, WSU Intercollegiate School of Nursing
  • Is Interleukin-6 Trans-Signaling Associated with Neuropathic Pain?, Angela Starkweather, PhD, WSU Intercollegiate School of Nursing
  • Ethnic Diversity, Language Barriers, and Translation in a Children's Orthopaedic Clinic, Mary Sobralske, PhD, WSU Intercollegiate School of Nursing

 

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