Day of Honors for UMSN Students

Submitted on Mar 12, 2013

Student researchers score grand slam at Midwest Nursing Research Society 2013 Conference

Hyojin Yoon won first place in the Ph.D. poster competition.The annual research conference that the Midwest Research Nursing Conference (MNRS) hosted in Chicago in early March 2013 turned into a "Go Blue" kind of blue-ribbon event. University of Michigan School of Nursing (UMSN) doctoral students won first place in both the Ph.D. and DNP student poster competitions, and two UMSN BSN students also earned honors for their work. 

Mentors and faculty across the school brimmed with pride and congratulations at the news. "Great affirmation of our exceptional doctoral students and excellent doctoral programs at UMSN" and "What an amazing showing" were examples of comments bouncing across hallways and email as the news circulated.

"We are so proud of these doctoral and undergraduate students, and of how UMSN is educating the next generation," said Dean Kathleen Potempa.

Following is information about winning student research:

  • Hyojin Yoon was awarded First Place among Ph.D. Posters for "How Do Cancer Patients and Caregivers Perceive Web-Based Interventions? A Qualitative Study."
  • Corinne Lee was awarded First Place among DNP Posters for the "Evaluation of the Sun Solutions Educational Intervention among Operating Engineers."
  • Evelyn Shea was awarded Third Place among BSN Posters for “Family Role Strain, Adolescents’ Perceived Parental Sexual Attitudes and the Parent-Adolescent Relationship.”
  • Kristen Choi received scholarship recognition for her abstract for "Family Spirituality and Communication as Protectors of Filial Efficacy and Mechanisms for Decreased Risky Behavior in Adolescents.”

Since 1975, the Midwest Nursing Research Society been working to transform how nursing is practiced by promoting, disseminating, and using nursing research, as well as by encouraging, supporting, and connecting the next generation of nurse scientists. With more than 1,300 members in a 13-state region, it serves as a large and influential American nursing research organization.