News release Public Information Office  SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Angey Saucier Date: 3/2/05   SOUTHEASTERN NURSING PRESENTS RESEARCH DAY FOR NURSING PROFESSIONALS APRIL 21      HAMMOND -- Southeastern Louisiana University’s Rho Zeta chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing will co-sponsor the Dr. Connie S. Logan Research Day’s “Knowledge Discovery Through Research: Emerging Themes” April 21 at the Marriott Baton Rouge.      The program will include appearances by keynote speaker Ruth McCorkle of Yale University School of Nursing and endnote speaker Demetrius J. Porche of LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans and presentations by members of Southeastern’s School of Nursing.      Throughout the day, experienced and novice participants will have the opportunity to share the latest in nursing research pertaining to preventative health, psychosocial issues and vulnerable populations. Interdisciplinary researchers, educators, leaders and graduate students, employers and professional practitioners and nurses are invited to attend.       “The conference will focus on the best ways to integrate scholarly evidence and research into practice,” said conference coordinator Melissa Wafer of Southeastern. “We will be highlighting research and projects that reflect the innovative ways supporting evidence-based nursing practice.”       Keynote speaker McCorkle will open the conference with her address “Nurses’ Impact on Patient and Caregiver Outcomes in Cancer Care.” The first Florence Schorske Wald Professor at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., McCorkle is an oncology nursing pioneer, currently serving as professor of nursing, director of the Center for Excellence in Chronic Illness Care and chair of the Doctor of Nursing Science Program at Yale. She is also the program leader for Cancer Control at the Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center and a professor in the department of epidemiology and public health at the Yale School of Medicine.      McCorkle's interest in cancer and palliative care is longstanding. Over 20 years ago she studied at St. Christopher's Hospice in London, England, and participated in clinical studies to relieve distressing symptoms associated with dying. Since then, she has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health and other prestigious groups for her studies on managing life with cancer.      Porche will address participants on “Linking Education and Practice.” Porche is a professor, associate dean for nursing research and evaluation, and director of the Office of Nursing Research, doctor of nursing program at LSU Health Science Center in New Orleans. He is also an adjunct associate professor at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in the community health sciences department.        The day’s program is scheduled from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration forms can be printed out under “STTI: Rho Zeta Chapter” at www.selu.edu/nursing. Registration fees include a continental breakfast, lunch, 6.2 contact hours and a packet of information. Early registration fees, by April 1, are $85 attendees, $75 presenters, and $50 for students; after April 1, $95 attendees, $85 presenters, $60 students; and at the door, $100 attendees, $90 presenters, $65 students. Checks may be made payable to Rho Zeta and sent with a completed registration form to Marie Billings, SLU 10835, Hammond, LA 70402.      Accommodations will be made for those with special needs when notified through registration.      For additional information, contact Wafer at 225-765-2324 or view the Dr. Connie S. Logan Research Day program at www.selu.edu/Academics/Nursing/STT.