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Page 16 The <strong>Florida</strong> <strong>Nurse</strong> <strong>August</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
FNA Event Highlights<br />
Research Conference <strong>2022</strong> Recap<br />
The 8th Annual FNA Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice<br />
Conference was held on Saturday, July 16, <strong>2022</strong> at the Sheraton Orlando North<br />
in Maitland, FL. This year’s keynote address was “Nursing Art and Science: Bridge<br />
to Innovation” presented by Susan V. White, PhD, RN, CPHQ, FNAHQ, NEA-BC<br />
and Stephanie Sinnett, MS, RD, LDN of the Orlando VA Healthcare System. Dr.<br />
White and Ms. Sinnett kicked off the conference with an exciting and engaging<br />
presentation that inspired attendees to consider the ways in which innovation<br />
is born within the nursing workplace. The session included a mock “Shark Tank”<br />
pitch with participation from Sue Fowler, PhD, RN, CRRN, FCNS who pitched<br />
an innovative idea to the “sharks” in the audience. Some takeaways from the<br />
presentation included know the problem you’re working on, don’t be afraid to fail,<br />
use iterations and pivots when needed, and be sure to have a great pitch to help<br />
garner support for your innovation.<br />
The keynote presentation was followed by several podium presentations from<br />
nurse researchers. Each podium presentation was unique, creative, and met a<br />
need/answered a question related to nurse’s impact on health care issues and/<br />
or professional nursing issues. Both qualitative and quantitative studies were<br />
presented. The presenters provided the participants with opportunities to hear<br />
about the research and evidence-based process in action. While each presenter<br />
had a different “journey” to their research, the common goal of research and<br />
evidence being the guiding force of practice and the profession of nursing was<br />
most evident.<br />
Trecia D. Jones, MSN, RN, CNL, PCCN of the University of Central <strong>Florida</strong><br />
presented her work with veterans and vitamin B12 deficiency monitoring. Her<br />
project entitled, “A Quality Improvement Project to Increase Vitamin B12<br />
Monitoring in Veterans Who Have Diabetes and Take Metformin” demonstrated<br />
that education intervention to increase awareness of ADA guidelines on<br />
B12 deficiencies in patients taking metformin had a positive correlation with<br />
monitoring B12 levels.<br />
Anita M. Stephen PhD, RN, CNL of the University of <strong>Florida</strong> College of Nursing<br />
shared her research involving students’ acceptance of technological systems<br />
in nursing education entitled, “Nursing Students’ Acceptance of an Online
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