Assistant Professor at UTK College of Nursing | Interested in supporting achievement of valued living in serious illness | 🇨🇦 born, 🇺🇸 based
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How can clinicians👩⚕️👨⚕️ support patients & caregivers in sharing 🗨️ what matters most?🫂
Our study identified key facilitators & barriers identified in the LVAD context🔍
@colleenkmac @Dan_Matlock @ChrisKnoepkePhD @MBakitas @NickOdomPhD_RN @JCardFail
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Members of the UAB School of Nursing are presenting their research at the @AAHPM 2025 Annual Assembly this Saturday!
View agenda: bit.ly/3Q40pki
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Had the privilege of attending the Annual Kathleen Foley Palliative Care Retreat and Research Symposium at the gorgeous @CliffHouseMaine
🦞 as HPNA Research Scholar @HPNAinfo ✨
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Bucket 🪣 filling session yesterday launching our 3rd 🙌🏽 Peer Review Mentorship Program @JCardFail !!
Demystifying the review process & forging new connections 🤝 btwn mentees & mentors! @robmentz
#Grateful @MRMehraMD #HowieEisen #KathyGrady @HFSA
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In our study of 21 caregivers, we found they don't share their values with clinicians if they perceive them as unrelated to the patient's care or obvious from their actions
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@NickOdomPhD_RN @MBakitas @Dan_Matlock @colleenkmac @AL_CardiacRN @JCNonline
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Our study of 27 LVAD recipients found implantation led them to reevaluate their values; these values became instrumental to health decisions and coping.
Read more here: bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral…
@NickOdomPhD_RN @MBakitas @Dan_Matlock @colleenkmac @AL_CardiacRN #BMCPalliatCare
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First conferences as a post doc ☑️ #hapc24 #sots24
Still in awe of all the amazing research being conducted in the palliative care space and immensely grateful to be mentored by some of the best and brightest in the field 🌟 @NickOdomPhD_RN @AL_CardiacRN @shena_rnphd @MBakitas
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Rockstars of #hapc research @NickOdomPhD_RN @drnategoldstein closing an amazing #sots24. They are filling our cup as we all leave PHX energized to continue to move the field forward. @AAHPM @HPNAinfo
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🌟Thrilled to share: EPIC, a telephonic intervention, blends geriatric & palliative care principles to target COPD patients' independence, mobility, well-being, and symptoms.
📊Stay tuned for pilot findings (I was one of the nurse coaches!)
@anandiyermd
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The UAB School of Nursing has again increased its research funding and maintained a spot at the top of the @NIH funding rankings for U.S. Schools of Nursing, as published by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
Read more: buff.ly/3SNl5hs
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📚A wonderful holiday gift! Our book received the @AmJNurs Book of the Year Award for #PalliativeCare & #Hospice🙏🏽HUGE thanks to all contributors for making this book possible🎉Congrats to all winners🎇Read more: journals.lww.com/ajnonline/f… @ebronurse @johnahartford @NickOdomPhD_RN
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Incredibly proud to join the <1% of the nursing workforce to have earned a PhD. Huge thx to my mentors, partner, friends, and family for endless support these past 3.5 yrs @UABSON
Was also an unforgettable experience to get hooded the same semester as my partner of 9 yrs 👩🏻🎓🧑🏻🎓
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PhDONE woohoo!! Wouldn’t have made it without the support of chair @NickOdomPhD_RN and committee members @MBakitas @colleenkmac @Dan_Matlock #DeborahEjem 🙏🏻
Couldn’t be more proud to introduce @nurse_averyB as Dr. Avery Bechthold!! She presented her stellar dissertation: “An Exploration of the Values Elicitation Experiences of Patients with Heart Failure and their Family Caregivers”.
@UABSON #hapc @MBakitas @colleenkmac @UABGeriPal
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It's November, which means it's #NationalFamilyCaregiversMonth. See below for some concrete ways to lend support and solidarity the millions of unsung caregiving heroes out there, in all of our lives!
It's day 2 of #NationalFamilyCaregiversMonth! Do you know a #caregiver? Here are some ways to support them: 1)Offer tangible help (pick up groceries) 2) Write to your local politician to advocate for caregiver policy change 3)Donate to nonprofits providing support to caregivers.
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Check out our #AHA Scientific Statement that addresses #telehealth access for patients with #heartfailure, underscoring persistent disparities (broadband access, digital literacy, structural inequities) & advocating for equitable solutions to improve outcomes @AHAScience
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@nurse_averyB presents her stellar work on what values family caregivers say are important when partnering with patients in cancer treatment decision making at #ASCOQLTY23
@UABSON @UABGeriPal #hapc
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Alabama representing at #ASCOQLTY23 @ONealCancerUAB @USAMCI. Sorry to those we missed!!
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Congratulations to these investigators! @totocarbone @alaahoda2001 @nurse_averyB and Heidi Roschinger! #HFSA2023
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Fantastic venue @HFSA!! Loved touring the Rock & Roll memorabilia and hearing the jam session. 🎶 🎤 And visiting with friends! @swlundgren @GravenLucinda @windywalonso @DegrootLyndsay @nurse_averyB @AbshireMartha
#HFSA2023
Fun night at the @HFSA Heart of Rock N Roll Reception with my HF friends. @AbshireMartha @quin_denfeld @windywalonso @DegrootLyndsay
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For #HFSA2023, I’m most looking forward to 1️⃣ meeting up with mentors and colleagues for the first time in-person 2️⃣ presenting some of my dissertation findings during the Nursing New Investigator Award session🫀 3️⃣ enjoying some sweater weather 🍂
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#HFSA2023Giveaway
We are just 1️⃣ day away from #HFSA2023! Here's what you need to know 👇
▶️ Download the mobile app for the latest information
▶️ Browse the Final Program for your day-by-day agenda
▶️ Kick off the event at our Opening Reception at 6:15 PM
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