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RESEARCH
JOEL MITCHELL
,
Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Kinesiology
“The Effect of a Single Bout of Exercise on Posptrandial
Lipemia and Inflammatory Responses”
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of a single bout of
resistance exercise in lean and obese young women on metabolic and
inflammatory responses following a high-fat test meal. Specifically, we
measured blood levels of insulin, glucose, triglycerides, lipoprotein
lipase, interleukin-6, leukocytes and C-reactive protein 24 hours after a
60-minute weight lifting session. The results indicated that young (23
years old), obese women have reduced insulin sensitivity; however,
there was only a tendency (not statistically significant) for exercise to
improve this response. The obese women also had elevated fasting
triglycerides, and resistance exercise also did not improve this response.
The results did indicate, however, that resistance exercise can reduce
the inflammatory state induced by a high fat meal as indicated by
reductions in the postprandial interleukin-6 and circulating leukocytes
observed after the resistance exercise condition. Collectively, these
results indicated that we should be aware of the increased health risks
already present at a young age in those who are obese, and that single
sessions of weight lifting exercise can provide some improvements,
especially in the inflammatory response.
PENNY MOORE
,
Ph.D., RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
“Concernful Practices and Converging Conversations:
The New Nurse Experience”
New nurse internships or residency programs represent one evidence-
based strategy to increase new nurse recruitment and readiness
for practice. This qualitative study examined the phenomenon of
being a new nurse in an internship program and explored ways
that concernful practices (Diekelmann & Diekelmann, 2009) present
themselves in that program. Heideggerian phenomenology was used
to structure the study of seven nurse interns. Transcripts were made
from audiotaped conversations of each new nurse and the primary
investigator. Hermeneutic analysis was used to identify study themes
across narratives. Sequential transcript analysis was used to connect
individual excerpts to create a converging conversation of new
nurses’ lived internship experiences. Three study themes defined the
meaningfulness of the preceptor-new nurse relationship. A converging
HCNHS
FACULTY
RESEARCH
SYMPOSIA
2012-2013
Four years ago, Harris College of Nursing &
Health Sciences established the Faculty Research
Symposium to highlight different faculty research
programs across the departmental disciplines in
the College. The purpose was to connect faculty,
students and staff to each other for research
endeavors, potential research teams and to create
an awareness of and respect for each other’s work.
Harris College strives to highlight our research
culture for undergraduate and graduate students,
which is enhanced through the symposia. The faculty
presentation abstracts demonstrate the variety of
research programs in the college. All information
related to the upcoming 2013-2014 symposia may
be found at the Harris College Research website
under Current Activities: Research Seminar Series
(www.harrisresearch.tcu.edu).
Third Place: Lupe Alvarado
(MSN, Clinical Nurse
Leadership student)
“Intervention to Improve Patient
Communication
about
New
Medications”
Alvarado conducted a study to improve interventions with
patient communication about new medications. She concluded
that discharge team nurses were the only nurses who had a
structured and uninterrupted time to give medication education
and instructions at discharge. Further staff education for the Med-
Surg unit is needed to continue improvement and sustainability
of MEDS-T project.
Honorable Mention:
Alexander Rivchun (MS
Kinesiology student)
“Psychosocial
Correlates
of
Physical Activity in Obese
and Overweight Adolescents:
Differences by Age and School
Level”
Rivchun conducted a study exploring attitudes toward physical
activity in an overweight/obese adolescent male population
by grade level (middle school vs high school). He concluded
middle school boys are less perceptive of their actual weight
and rely more on family support for physical activity than high
school boys.
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