2018 presentations
Clinicians share the results of Lean, quality improvement, EBP and research projects in oral and poster presentations and through publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Sharing presentations of improvement projects provides an avenue to share information and builds the connections to support success in either further developing the project or adopting or adapting results to a different area of operation.
Click on a project title below to see presentation materials.
Increasing Patient Confidence with Non-ECG Monitoring in Cardiac Rehabilitation and Development of the Patient Program Plan Algorithm
Author(s) and team members: Gloria Summers, MBA, Exercise Specialist; Chris Gallagher, BSN, RN, CCRP
Preventing Hospital-Onset C.difficile
Author(s) and team members: Jordan Reed, BSN, RN; Sheila Loomas, BSN, RN, NE-BC; Ann Alway, MSN, RN, APRN, CNS; Angela Smith, BA; Sarah Gloeckner, Jefferson Loa, MD; Martin Johnson II, MD; Robert Ponec, MD; Jasmin Chaudhary, MD; Sarah Dawson, MS, MLS, SH, CIC; Julie Koch, MSN, RN, CIC; Dylan Nash, Jonathan Fetterley, Paul M. LeDoux, BA; Danielle Britt, MA, Pharm D: Heidi-Ramp Rogers, BA; Matthew Tanner, Pharm D, BCPS; Andrea Moye, BSN, RN, CMSRN; Janelle Williams, BSN, RN; Michelle Watson, BSN, CMSRN, RN-BC; Mai Dotran, BSN, RN
Red Light, Green Light, and Potholes, Oh My! Repaving Our Orientation Process
Author(s) and team members: Kelly Honyak, MSN, RN-BC; Sarah Wolfe, MSN, RN-BC
The Effect of Introducing a Nursing Workload Based Staffing Model on Registered Nurse Burnout on a Medical Telemetry Unit
Author(s) and team members: Shirree French, BSN, RN, OCN; Trish Handrich, BSN, RN, OCN; Wendy Felix, BSN, RN; Jason Alford, BSN, RN, OCN, RN-BC; Jason Weber, BSN, RN; Sara Nash, BSN, RN, CMSRN, NE-BC
Emergency Department Pod 4 Expansion and Process Improves Patient Experience
Author(s) and team members: Sarah Horn MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, RNC-NIC; Nancy Bee, BSN, RN, CEN; Joshua Walterscheid, MD; Kaitrin Bassett MBA, CHSP
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) – Honoring Patient Wishes
Author(s) and team members: Nancy Dunn, MS, RN; Ann Alway, MSN, RN, APRN, CNS; Jessica Reese, BSN, RN, CMSRN; Amie Wittenberg, MSN, RN; Harriett Martin, ADN, RN; Rebeca Cowin, RN; James Crawford, BI Data Analyst II; Noel Caddy, IS Analyst II; Amy Ursprung, BSN, RN, NE-BC.
Hospitalist Paging 4SPS in Collaboration with Nursing and Inter-professional Partners
Author(s) and team members: Nancy Dunn, MS, RN; Jefferson Loa, MD; Nikki Batra, MD; David Tate, MD; Alex Morrison, BSN, RN; Ellie Barnhart, MSN, RN, PCCN; Kathleen Harder, MD; Jessica Reese, BSN, RN, CMSRN; Kim Mullins, BSN, RN; Laura DiDomenico; Jennifer Kameshima, BSN, RN, PCCN; Rebecca Cowin, RN
Impact of Patient Navigation for Radial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Patients
Author(s) and team members: Gloria Summers, MBA, Exercise Specialist; Renee Martizia-Rash, BSN, RN
Promoting Clinical Excellence through Objective Staff Engagement Tool
Author(s) and team members: Jessica Reese, BSN, RN, CMSRN; Nancy Dunn, MS, RN
Minimizing Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) usage to enhance patient safety
Author(s) and team members: Sierra Schneider, BSN, RN, CCRN, Sepsis Coordinator;
Matt Tanner, PharmD, DCPS; Josh Hanson BSN, RN; Marcus Whitney, JD/MBA, Quality Coordinator; Marty Johnson, MD, Salem Pulmonary Associates
Gastric Residual Volume Checks: Does the Evidence Support this Historic Practice?
Author(s) and team members: Jack Luke, BSN, RN; Lorri Thornton, RD; Ann Alway, MSN, RN, APRN, CNS; Sierra Schneider, BSN, RN, CCRN
A Glimpse in your Galoshes
Author(s) and team members: Amie Wittenberg, MSN, RN; Kelsey Mix, BSN, RN,
OCN; Lea Ann Morrow, BSN, RN, OCN; Sara Nash, BSN, RN, CMSRN, NE-BC; Shirree French, BSN, RN, OCN; Jenna Campos-Santos, BSN, RN, OCN; Alison Eshleman,
BSN, RN, OCN; Deanna Stein, MSN, RN; Carrie McLaughlin, MOL, BS, RT(R)(T); Andi Petrone, MHA
Proposal for Resource Nurse on Inpatient Oncology Unit
Author(s) and team members: Shirree French, BSN, RN, OCN; Trish Handrich, BSN, RN, OCN; Wendy Felix, BSN, RN; Jason Alford, BSN, RN, OCN, RN-BC; Jason Weber, BSN, RN; Sara Nash, BSN, RN, CMSRN, NE-BC
Evaluating a Functional Pain Assessment Scale
Author(s) and team members: Elena Pettycrew, BSN, RN, CMSRN; Margo Halm, PhD, RN; Melissa Shortt, MSN, RN; Christie Bailey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC; Nancy Boutin, MD; Lisa Theobald, BSN, RN, PCCN; Jeanne St. Pierre, MN, RN, GCNS-BC