Jonas Scholars study mental health of nurses and patients
June 16, 2021 – Two doctoral students at Cizik School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have been awarded prestigiousJonas Philanthropies赠款，两者都将利用自己的奖项来研究心理健康方面。
博士生和临床讲师克里斯蒂安·佩奇·欧文（Christian Paige Owen）, MSN, RN, CEN, and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student Miguel De La Mora, BSN, RN, are among 75 Jonas Scholars selected from 49 universities nationwide for the 2021-2023 cohort.
Jonas Philanthropies is a leading national philanthropic funder of graduate nursing education. The Jonas Scholars at Cizik School of Nursing are made possible by a grant from Jonas Nursing and Veterans Healthcare. Each $15,000 grant each will be matched by Cizik School of Nursing.
“每年，我们对所有乔纳斯学者的敬畏之情越来越多。我们很荣幸欢迎并庆祝这一新的护士领导人。”唐纳德·乔纳斯（Donald Jonas）, who co-founded Jonas Philanthropies with his late wife芭芭拉·乔纳斯（Barbara Jonas）。“迄今为止，有超过1,400名乔纳斯学者致力于满足我们这个时代最大的健康需求，我们期待着继续与合作伙伴护理学校一起工作，并扩大我们的影响力，以提高对该国最脆弱人群的护理。”外围beplay
两位Cizik护理学院接受者都在基金会的心理健康重点领域获得了奖项，欧文为急诊科护士的压力源和德拉·莫拉（De la Mora）进行了研究，以提高意识并减少西班牙裔人群中心理保健的污名。beplay苹果手机能用吗
紧急护理的压力
With a background as an emergency nurse and a sexual assault nurse examiner, Owen has seen how caring for traumatized patients affects nurses.
“Trauma takes its toll on the nurse both emotionally and physically,” said Owen, whose dissertation will focus on factors associated with occupational stress among emergency nurses.
Owen is excited to work with associate professorMaja Djukic, PhD, RN, FAAN, as her advisor for the Jonas scholarship and for her PhD. Djukic has pioneered national research of new graduate nurses to identify key gaps in quality and safety competencies essential for high-value patient care.
Emergency nurses are chronically exposed to trauma as part of their commitment to patient care. “We know this can result in negative effects on their mental and physical well-being, job satisfaction, and ability to recognize patient decline,” Owen said. “By understanding how secondary trauma impacts emergency nurses as well as the occupational factors that contribute to traumatic stress, we can better understand the mental health needs of emergency nurses as well as changes needed within the work environment to promote well-being and career longevity.”
欧文认为这项工作尤其重要，这是因为Covid-19对医疗保健提供者的影响以及在不久的将来预期护士短缺的原因。欧文说：“我作为护士教育者的希望是，这些发现可以塑造我们将创伤信息的护理整合到本科护理教育中的方法。”“我们需要意识到，照顾紧急护士与照顾创伤患者一样重要。”
欧文（Owen）称自己为“家长”的护士科学家和教育家，他从Cizik护理学院获得了本科和研究生学位。她于2007年获得了BSN，并于2019年获得了领导力和行政管理的MSN。
Teaming up for Hispanic mental health
心理健康护理是De la Mora的家庭事务。他和他的妻子Andrea Ancer Leal，BSN，RN，LMSW都在寻求DNP，成为心理心理健康护士从业者，目的是有一天共同建立实践。
The pair met when he was working as a manager in a bank and she was a social worker at a Houston-area hospital while seeking her PhD at UTHealth School of Public Health. They both decided to change career paths and graduated together from Cizik School of Nursing’s Pacesetter BSN program in 2019. Both expect receive their DNPs in 2023, and Ancer Leal is working with Associate ProfessorJennifer Beauchamp, PhD, RN, on the RAPIDO©Spanish stroke awareness acronym project.
Since graduation, De La Mora has been working as a nurse on a medical/surgical unit, and he agrees with Owen that many patients hospitalized for physical issues have underlying mental health conditions.
“About 55 percent of our patient population is Hispanic, and a lot of times they come in with medical issues that are related to unfortunate psycho-social situations,” he said. “We’re treating the medical issue, but it’s really a psychological issue that got them into this situation.”
De La Mora is developing a DNP leadership project that focuses on the Hispanic community that not only raises awareness but helps changing attitudes toward mental health.
德拉·莫拉（De la Mora）说：“否认抑郁和焦虑是很常见的。”“我们需要帮助社区知道并接受心理健康是真实的。”
His advisor isKelly Kearney，DNP，RN，PMHNP-BC，Cizik护理学院精神病护士从业者计划的助理教授兼田径协调员。
Sherri Deatherage Green
