Newswise — Chicago (Oct. 20, 2014): The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) presents JiYeon Choi, PhD RN, with the Rehabilitation Nursing Foundation (RNF)/American Nurses Foundation (ANF) Research Grant Award. RNF cosponsors this grant with ANF to offer $5,000 to a recipient whose research contributes to the advancement of nursing science and the enhancement of patient care.
Dr. Choi’s research study, Providing Telerehabilitation at Home for Adult Intensive Care Unit Survivors and Their Family Caregivers, will provide preliminary data crucial to support a full-scale, randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Post-Intensive Care Unit Versatile and Integrated System for TeleRehabilitation (Post-ICU VISYTER), which promises to facilitate family-centered, self-management programs, a growing field in which nursing leadership is highly important.
Dr. Choi is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Department of Acute and Tertiary Care. Her research focuses on family-centered care in the intensive care unit (ICU) with an emphasis on supporting critically ill patients and their family caregivers across the continuum; from ICU admission, to discharge, to home. Her goal is to increase understanding of the specific needs of those who survive critical illnesses and their family caregivers, and develop interventions to reduce stress and promote long-term physical and mental health outcomes in this population.
Dr. Choi holds a PhD in Nursing with a minor in Research Methodology from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master’s Degree from the University of Washington-Seattle and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. Her pre- and postdoctoral training was funded by individual and institutional training awards from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR).
"I am honored to receive this award from the RNF to continue my endeavor to develop a home-based exercise program for ICU survivors using telerehabilitation. This proposed intervention was grounded from our pilot work that was also supported from the RNF Fellow Research Grant. Our knowledge and support for ICU survivors and their families transitioning to community is in its infancy. The field still needs multidisciplinary collaboration to better understand problems in the population and developing intervention strategies,” says Dr. Choi.
ARN is a professional healthcare association dedicated to promoting and advancing professional rehabilitation nursing practice through education, advocacy, collaboration, and research to enhance the quality of life for those affected by disability and chronic illness. For more information about ARN, please visit www.rehabnurse.org or call 800.229.7530.
Additional information about RNF grant opportunities can be found at www.rehabnurse.org.
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