Maribeth Slebodnik

Interests

Research

Systematic reviews in the health and social sciences Syllabus analysis Information literacy

Teaching

Undergraduate and graduate nursing instruction Use of instructional media Distance learning

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Books

• Gascho Rempel, H., & Slebodnik, M. B. (2024). Creating Online Tutorials: A Practical Guide for Librarians, Second Edition. Rowman & Littlefield.
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  Today’s students rely heavily on electronic resources; they expect to be able to access library resources from any location and at any time of the day. Online education is ubiquitous from K-12 through graduate level coursework and is increasingly used in on-the-job training. Libraries must be prepared to guide learners to use library resources when and where they are needed. Thoughtfully designed online tutorials can be the library’s answer to providing this point-of-need instruction that learners have come to expect. When librarians don’t have the technical expertise needed to create online tutorials, Creating Online Tutorials: A Practical Guide for Librarians, Second Edition will help guide them through the basics of designing and producing an online tutorial. Using practical examples, the book leads librarians through the process of creating an online tutorial from start to finish and provides tips and strategies that will be useful to librarians with more experience in designing online tutorials. This detailed roadmap for designing and producing online tutorials covers: Is a tutorial the right solution? Assessing diverse user needs Choosing the right technology Selecting and organizing instructional content Planning tutorial design elements Integrating assessment into tutorial design Maintaining and updating tutorials Finding online tutorial resources After reading this book, new tutorial developers will have a practical, adaptable blueprint that enables them to confidently address the creation of their first online tutorials, and experienced developers will learn efficient techniques to create and enhance future tutorials that are attractive, effective teaching tools.
• Rempel, H. G., & Slebodnik, M. (2015). Creating Online Tutorials: A Practical Guide for Librarians. Rowman & Littlefield.
• Rempel, H. G., Slebodnik, M. B., Slebodnik, M. B., & Rempel, H. G. (2015). Creating online tutorials. Rowan and Littlefield.

Chapters

• Pfettscher, S. A., Graff, K. R., Marriner-Tomey, A., Mossman, C. L., & Slebodnik, M. (2002). Florence Nightingale: Modern nursing. In Nursing theorists and their work(pp 65--83).

Journals/Publications

• Coffee, Z. H., Cheng, K., Slebodnik, M. B., Mulligan, K., Yu, C. H., Vanderah, T. W., & Gordon, J. S. (2024). The Impact of Nonpharmacological Interventions on Opioid Use for Chronic Noncancer Pain: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(6), 794 -.
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  Despite the lack of evidence, opioids are still routinely used as a solution to long-term management for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP). Given the significant risks associated with long-term opioid use, including the increased number of unregulated opioid pills at large in the opioid ecosystem, opioid cessation or reduction may be the desired goal of the patient and clinician. Viable nonpharmacological interventions (NPIs) to complement and/or replace opioids for CNCP are needed. Comprehensive reviews that address the impact of NPIs to help adults with CNCP reduce opioid use safely are lacking. We conducted a literature search in PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, and Scopus for studies published in English. The initial search was conducted in April 2021, and updated in January 2024. The literature search yielded 19,190 relevant articles. Thirty-nine studies met the eligibility criteria and underwent data extraction. Of these, nineteen (49%) were randomized controlled trials, eighteen (46%) were observational studies, and two (5%) were secondary analyses. Among adults with CNCP who use opioids for pain management, studies on mindfulness, yoga, educational programs, certain devices or digital technology, chiropractic, and combination NPIs suggest that they might be an effective approach for reducing both pain intensity and opioid use, but other NPIs did not show a significant effect (e.g., hypnosis, virtual reality). This review revealed there is a small to moderate body of literature demonstrating that some NPIs might be an effective and safe approach for reducing pain and opioid use, concurrently.
• Slebodnik, M. B., & Cahoy, E. S. (2022). Exploring Innovative Strategies and Services in a Pandemic Era. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 22(1), 1-6.
• Slebodnik, M. B., Cahoy, E. S., & Jacobsen, A. L. (2022). Evidence Synthesis: Coming Soon to a Library near You?. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 22(2), 273-280.
• Slebodnik, M. B., Pardon, K., & Hermer, J. (2022). Who's Publishing Systematic Reviews? An Examination Beyond the Health Sciences. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 101, 22.
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  The number of systematic reviews (SRs) published continues to grow, and the methodology of evidence synthesis has been adopted in many fields outside of its traditional health sciences origins. SRs are now published in fields as wide ranging as business, environmental science, education, and engineering; however, there is little research looking at the nature and prevalence of non-health sciences systematic reviews (non-HSSRs). In this study, a large sample from the Scopus database was used as the basis for analyzing SRs published outside the health sciences. To map the current state of non-HSSRs, their characteristics were investigated and the subject areas publishing them determined. The results showed that a majority of the non-HSSRs examined were lacking at least one characteristic commonly expected in health sciences systematic review (HSSRs) methodology. The broad subject areas publishing non-HSSRs fall mostly within the social sciences and physical sciences.
• Slebodnik, M. B., Taylor-Piliae, R. E., & Dolan, H. R. (2022). Older adults' perceptions of their fall risk in the hospital: An integrative review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 31(17-18), 2418-2436.
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  Aims and ObjectivesThe objectives of this review are to determine what is currently known about older adults' perceptions of their own fall risk in the hospital and associated factors and explore how perceived fall risk in the hospital is assessed. Every year, up to one million patients suffer an accidental fall in the hospital. Despite research efforts during the last decade, inpatient fall rates have not significantly decreased, and about one third of inpatient falls result in injuries. Limited evidence suggests that assessing hospitalised patients' perceptions of their fall risk and engaging them in their own fall prevention can reduce inpatient falls.
• Rascon, A. M., McEwen, M. M., & Slebodnik, M. B. (2023). Self-management of chronic disease in Latina Kinship caregivers: an integrative review. Journal of Women & Aging, 1-16.
• Slebodnik, M. B., Cantwell, L., McGowan, B., McCarthy, S., Planchon Wolf, J., Raszewski, R., Conklin, J., & Johnson, S. (2021). Building a Bridge: A Review of Information Literacy in Nursing Education. Journal of Nursing Education.
• Slebodnik, M., Shea, K. D., Maixner, R., & Finley, B. A. (2021). Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Using Synchronous Telepsychiatry: An Integrative Systematic Review.. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 27(4), 271-282. doi:10.1177/1078390320939159
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  BACKGROUND: Despite wide-spread use, telepsychiatry use among psychiatric mental health advanced practice nurse practitioners (PMH APRNs) has not been systematically explored in the literature. AIMS: Systematically review the PMH APRN usage of live-time, synchronous telepsychiatry including audiovisual teleconferencing technology. METHOD: A comprehensive, systematic search was performed with no publication date restriction across CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, Embase, Google Scholar, PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science on July 30, 2019, by a medical librarian. Each citation was blinded and independently reviewed by three reviewers, and consensus was reached for inclusion. Eligible articles were peer-reviewed research or quality improvement articles available in full-text, written in English, including real-time, synchronous, audiovisual telepsychiatry services with PMH APRN providers. Discussion articles and literature reviews were excluded. Article quality and bias were assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) assessment tool. RESULTS: The search yielded a total of 342 articles, and only nine articles met full inclusion criteria. Overall, risk of bias was high in all studies, and the GRADE rating consisted of three "very low," five "low," and one "medium" quality article. However, considering the collectively positive outcomes from PMH APRN telepsychiatry use, the overall GRADE recommendation was to "probably do it" for seven studies and "do it" for two studies. CONCLUSIONS: Though existent literature is low quality and sparse, evidence supports that PMH APRNs can feasibly and successfully provide telepsychiatry services across a wide range of demographic patients and locations. PMH APRNs should contribute more original evidence to guide telepsychiatry implementation and adoption as the service expands.
• Slebodnik, M. B., McGowan, B. S., Cantwell, L. P., Conklin, J. L., Wolf, J. P., McCarthy, S., Raszewski, R., & Johnson, S. (2020). Evaluating Nursing Faculty's Approach to Information Literacy Instruction: A Multi-Institutional Study. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 108(3), 378-388. doi:10.5195/jmla.2020.84
• Crist, J. D., Shea, K. D., Peterson, R. L., Martin Plank, L. M., Lacasse, C. L., May, J. L., Wyles, C. L., Williams, D. K., Slebodnik, M. B., Heasley, B. J., & Phillips, L. R. (2019). Tipping Point Concept Analysis in the Family Caregiving Context. Nursing Forum, 54(3), 10. doi:DOI: 10.1111/nuf.12373
• Loescher, L. J., Stratton, D., Slebodnik, M., & Goodman, H. (2018). Systematic review of advanced practice nurses' skin cancer detection knowledge and attitudes, clinical skin examination, lesion detection, and training. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 30(1), 43--58.
• Slebodnik, M., Sands, L. P., Rollock, D., & Britt-Spells, A. M. (2018). Effects of Perceived Discrimination on Depressive Symptoms Among Black Men Residing in the United States: A Meta-Analysis.. American Journal of Men's Health, 12(1), 52-63. doi:10.1177/1557988315624509
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  Research reports that perceived discrimination is positively associated with depressive symptoms. The literature is limited when examining this relationship among Black men. This meta-analysis systematically examines the current literature and investigates the relationship of perceived discrimination on depressive symptoms among Black men residing in the United States. Using a random-effects model, study findings indicate a positive association between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms among Black men ( r = .29). Several potential moderators were also examined in this study; however, there were no significant moderation effects detected. Recommendations and implications for future research and practice are discussed.
• Cantu-Jungles, T. M., McCormack, L. A., Slaven, J. E., Slebodnik, M., & Eicher-Miller, H. A. (2017). A Meta-Analysis to Determine the Impact of Restaurant Menu Labeling on Calories and Nutrients (Ordered or Consumed) in U.S. Adults. Nutrients, 9(10).
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  A systematic review and meta-analysis determined the effect of restaurant menu labeling on calories and nutrients chosen in laboratory and away-from-home settings in U.S. adults. Cochrane-based criteria adherent, peer-reviewed study designs conducted and published in the English language from 1950 to 2014 were collected in 2015, analyzed in 2016, and used to evaluate the effect of nutrition labeling on calories and nutrients ordered or consumed. Before and after menu labeling outcomes were used to determine weighted mean differences in calories, saturated fat, total fat, carbohydrate, and sodium ordered/consumed which were pooled across studies using random effects modeling. Stratified analysis for laboratory and away-from-home settings were also completed. Menu labeling resulted in no significant change in reported calories ordered/consumed in studies with full criteria adherence, nor the 14 studies analyzed with ≤1 unmet criteria, nor for change in total ordered carbohydrate, fat, and saturated fat (three studies) or ordered or consumed sodium (four studies). A significant reduction of 115.2 calories ordered/consumed in laboratory settings was determined when analyses were stratified by study setting. Menu labeling away-from-home did not result in change in quantity or quality, specifically for carbohydrates, total fat, saturated fat, or sodium, of calories consumed among U.S. adults.
• Kim, J. E., O'Connor, L. E., Sands, L. P., Slebodnik, M. B., & Campbell, W. W. (2016). Effects of dietary protein intake on body composition changes after weight loss in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrition Reviews, 74(3), 210-24.
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  The impact of dietary protein on body composition changes after older adults purposefully lose weight requires systematic evaluation
• Slebodnik, M. B., Mattes, R. D., Dillon, J., Craig, B. A., Leidy, H. J., Amankwaah, A. F., Osei-Boadi Anguah, K., Jacobs, A., Jones, B. L., Jones, J. B., Keeler, C. L., Keller, C. E., McCrory, M. A., Rivera, R. L., & Tucker, R. M. (2016). The effects of increased protein intake on fullness: A meta-analysis and its limitations. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 116(6), 968-983.
• Maybee, C., Carlson, J., Slebodnik, M., & Chapman, B. (2015). “It's in the Syllabus”: Identifying Information Literacy and Data Information Literacy Opportunities Using a Grounded Theory Approach. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 41, 369--376.
• Kim, W. (2014). Effects of high-protein weight loss diets on fat-free mass changes in older adults: a systematic review. The FASEB Journal, 28, 371--375.
• Berman, E., Level, A., & Slebodnik, M. (2011). Information Literacy Across the Disciplines: Using the Science Information Literacy Wiki as a Collaborative Tool in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Science Librarianship. Journal of Agricultural & Food Information, 12, 58--64.
• Slebodnik, M. (2011). From the Guest Editor’s Desk: Science and Health Care Library Liasons. Indiana Libraries, 30(2), 5-5.
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  Many of us now include instruction in our list of job responsibilities; some of us count it as one of our major responsibilities! In talking to other librarians with science and health care liaison positions, I’ve been fascinated by some of the innovative methods they use in instruction, as well as by how long we have been doing instruction as a profession. I’d like to present some aspects of library instruction and information literacy as it is being practiced in academic libraries – I think you’ll find applications for many other venues, perhaps for your own, in these articles. I appreciate the information shared herein and hope that you enjoy it, too!
• Young, J., Slebodnik, M., & Sands, L. (2010). Bar code technology and medication administration error. Journal of patient safety, 6, 115--120.
• Slebodnik, M. (2009). Orphanet: The Portal for Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs. Reference Reviews, 23, 45--46.
• Slebodnik, M., & Riehle, C. F. (2009). Creating online tutorials at your libraries: software choices and practical implications. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 49, 33--51.
• Slebodnik, M., & Zeidman-Karpinski, A. (2008). Resources for Information Literacy Instruction in the Sciences. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 6.
• Slebodnik, M. (2006). Marketing and Outreach for Science and Technology Libraries: Selected Resources. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 8.

Presentations

• Gephart, S. M., Wyles, C., & Slebodnik, M. B. (2019, April). Targeted NEC-Zero dissemination to reach caregivers of premature infants. Western Institute of Nursing Communicating Research Conference.

Poster Presentations

• Carrington, J. M., Effken, J. A., Weaver, C., Westra, B., Tobbell, D., & Slebodnik, M. B. (2018, Summer). The Nursing Informatics E-Repository to Improve Practice through Sharing [Abstract]. Sigma Theta Tau International Research Congress. Melbourne, Australia.
• Slebodnik, M. B., Hermer, J., & Pardon, K. (2018, January). Who's doing systematic reviews: A descriptive analysis. MLGSCA Joint Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona.
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  Over the past few decades systematic reviews have become a major component of the biomedical research literature landscape. While systematic reviews were originally developed for medicine and its related fields, they are increasingly published in other disciplines. Our research questions are,“What disciplines outside of the health sciences are adopting systematic reviews as a research method? What implications may this have for health sciences librarianship?”
• Slebodnik, M. B., Pardon, K., & Hermer, J. (2018, June). Investigating systematic reviews outside health sciences. American Library Association Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA: American Library Association.
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  Originally developed for medicine and related fields in support of evidence-based practice, systematic reviews (SRs) are now published in other fields. We investigated non-health sciences disciplines that are publishing systematic reviews. We searched the Scopus database for articles with “systematic review*” in the title or abstract. Results were limited to review articles. Articles were examined by reviewers to determine if they a) were classified as SRs by the authors, b) written in English and c) addressed a non-health sciences topic. We reconciled differences for articles on which there was not initial consensus, and grouped remaining articles according to Scopus subject areas. Our filtered result set included 952 self-described systematic reviews outside the health science disciplines. We then examined a random sample of 90 articles and compared each article's methodology to health sciences systematic review criteria. Our results show that the non-health science disciplines with the highest number of self described systematic reviews appear to be the social sciences, environmental science, business, computer science and engineering. Details about inclusion/exclusion criteria and the databases used were often included. A majority of our sample did not clearly describe the search strategy or use published SR protocols as a basis for methodology. Librarians were consulted in only 3 of 90 articles we examined.
• Slebodnik, M. B., Shea, K. D., Finley, B. A., & Maixner, R. K. (2018, April 29-May 1). Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Nurses Using Synchronous Telepsychiatry: A Systematic Review. American Telemedicine Association Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois: American Telemedicine Association.
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  Estimates suggest that one in five Americans ages 12 and older are suffering from mental illness, yet less than half receive treatment (1,2). One modality that increases mental health care access and treatment is telepsychiatry, which has demonstrated clinical effectiveness and satisfaction among providers and patients (3). Specifically, telepsychiatry use among psychiatric mental health advanced practice nurses (PMH APRNs)* does not have systematic exploration. Thus, this study is the first to systematically review PMH APRN’s role and usage of synchronous telepsychiatry.