May 2020 B.S.N. Graduates Present at National Nursing Conference

Jennifer Gray, B.S.N., Chloe Hollands, B.S.N., and Nicole Proto, B.S.N., graduates from the B.S.N class of 2020, gave a virtual podium presentation at the Association of Community Health Nurse Educators Annual Institute, June 3-June 5, 2020.

The title of the presentation was “Creative Approaches to Teaching Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Healthy Nutrition”. The students created this tool and associated technique during a Community clinical rotation in the fall of 2019.  The clinical took place at an alternative high school and the population they served was adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Gray, Hollands, and Proto served as educators for adults with IDD as part of a study, “The Effects of Fit 5 and Gardens on Adults with Intellectual Disabilities” was awarded a President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant (PFRGD). Mary Ellen Michell-Rosen, Ph.D., M.S.N., R.N., the PI of the study, worked along with Special Olympics International for the development of the study and served as the faculty advisor for the students. Holly Evans Madison, Ph.D., M.S.(N), R.N. was a member of the research team and provided faculty support.