• Kangaroo care and postpartum depression: The role of oxytocin 

      Badr, Hanan A.; Zauszniewski, Jaclene A. (2017-04-28)
      Problem: Postpartum depression (PPD) occurs in about 10–15% of women after birth and adversely affects their health and the health of their newborn.  Kangaroo care (KC) is known to have many health-related ...
    • Key elements in developing a poster for national presentation 

      Ward, Cynthia W.
      This presentation assists others in the creation of an abstract and poster for presentation at a conference/event. It names the required information to include in an abstract and poster. It lists essential components in ...
    • A key to success in healthcare education: Getting stakeholder commitment 

      Carney, Linda Parry (2017-12-01)
      A large teaching hospital in the Middle Atlantic United States has been working to improve outcomes related to falls, delirium, pressure ulcers and length of stay. One contributor to all of these concerns is a lack of ...
    • LANTERN Leadership Pathways 

      Kistner, Grace; Wall, Brittany; Dadheech, Eeshika; Kleinschmidt, Glen; Krell, Sarah; Palao, Diana; Polacek, Michael J.; Tabet, Connie Hardy
      Nurses know that we have the ability to drive some of the most effective change in healthcare. The future of the nursing profession calls for placing the workforce in leadership positions at all levels. The profession is ...
    • Leadership Development for Clinical Staff Nurses: Program Design 

      Cambier, Elizabeth (2017-12-01)
      The Nursing Professional Development (NPD) practitioner is responsible for facilitating role development of nurses and healthcare team members, and promoting quality improvement (QI) activities. Using the nursing process ...
    • Leadership engagement and retention toolkit: Stay interviews and reverse mentoring 

      Brennan, Denise; Robin, Nancy M.; Boss, Robert III; Amore, Christopher; Corbett, James; Kane, Joanne (2017-12-04)
      Session G presented Saturday, September 16, 2017 Purpose: The Emergency Department (ED)reviewed specific aggregate and unit survey questions based on our National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) nurse ...
    • Leading an Innovative, Creative Enhancement to Preceptor Role Development 

      Clubbs, Stephanie; Westerheide-Haller, Teresa
      Our previous Preceptor Workshop was an 8-hour live class, mostly lecture and little engagement of learners. Preceptors requested more strategies to help them develop skills in providing feedback (positive/negative) to ...
    • Lean Healthcare from the institutional, professional, and patient perspectives 

      Fernandes, Hellen Maria de Lima Graf; de Jesus, Mariana Véo Nery; da Silva, Dirceu; Guirardello, Edineis de Brito
      Lean is a management philosophy derived from the Toyota System, widely applied in the industry and adapted to the health area in order to reduce costs and optimize resources by reviewing processes to generate value for the ...
    • Lessons learned with the disaster escape room experience training 

      Wood, Mary; Abernethy, Denise
      Poster presentationSession J presented Wednesday, October 2, 11:30 am-12:30 pmPurpose: Instruction and training for an MCI event is vital to the health of our communities. Mock training scenarios can be expensive and ...
    • “Life in paradox”: Experiences of young adult stroke survivors 

      Martinez, Rudolf Cymorr Kirby P.; Macuja, Migliore Hadeel; Manzo, Paul Remson; Bujawe, Sarah Jane; De Guzman, Joben William; Dupet, Jian Marco; Caoagas, Jan Joelle (2/8/2018)
      This study, rooted on phenomenological approach, explored the experiences of post-stoke young adults. Seven (7) participants were gathered as co-researchers and were selected thoroughly based on the following criteria: 1) ...
    • Lifelong learning through mobile reflection at the stretcherside 

      Milici, Justin; Cantamessa, Sueanne Wright; Mogusu, Jacqueline (2017-12-05)
      Purpose: The purpose of this project is to impact the lifelong learning process of ED nurses to effective leadership development at the stretcherside. Millennials need leadership opportunities before the routine 18 moths ...
    • Linking Centralized and Decentralized Nursing Education 

      Nagy, Sarah; Scribner, Shellie (2017-12-01)
      <p>A large multi-hospital system adopted an innovative strategy to unite the system NPD practitioners in the centralized education department and decentralized unit based NPD practitioners. The goals of this approach ...
    • LIQUID GOLD: Improving massive transfusion 

      Hyatt, Wendy
      Session G presented Friday, September 28, 1:00-2:00 pm Purpose: Hemorrhage is the major cause of preventable death after injury. Massive transfusion protocols are included in damage control resuscitation strategies for ...
    • Look for zebras: Identification of immunotherapy patients in the emergency department 

      Winokur, Elizabeth J.; Nguyen, Enza Esposito; Nguyen, Johnny D.
      Purpose: Immunotherapy use is increasing in frequency among oncology patients as a single treatment or combined with chemotherapy. Immunotherapy related adverse events (IrAE) have unique presentations that are often ...
    • Magnet® tea: The journey of a publication steeped in Magnet values 

      Perry, Margaret; Ward, Cynthia W.; Nightingale, Danielle; Goyer, Donna
      Shortly after the initial Magnet® designation of a 700+ bed not-for-profit Level One Trauma Center, a Clinical Nurse Educator identified a need to involve bedside nurses in research and evidence based practice (EBP). ...
    • Making a Mentoring Match: Advancing the Profession Through Technology 

      Howard, Matthew S.; Marshall, Lois Sarah (2017-12-15)
      The information is the attached poster allows viewers to learn about one organizations mentoring program that provides an avenue for nurses from different geographical backgrounds to stay connected and provide support.The ...
    • Massive blood transfusion protocol: We need blood NOW! 

      Berry, Sarah
      Session D presented Thursday, September 27, 2:30-3:30 pm Purpose: The purpose of this project was to decrease the time of blood arrival to the bedside for patients who required a massive blood transfusion (MBT). During ...
    • Maximize on Interprofessional Innovation through Combined Evaluation 

      Garey, Amanda Kay
      Imagine one evaluation for multiple disciplines. Improve your organizational quality initiatives through streamlined reporting to produce meaningful summative evaluations.
    • The meaning of the experience of nurses that don’t respect protocols 

      Bianchi, Monica; Francetic, Igor; Lisi, Angela; Campello, Cinzia; Mancuso, Maria
      To improve patient safety, many health care organisations have implemented standards/protocols for different care processes (Mula et al., 2019). Sometimes all of this is viewed by nurses as barriers and they use workarounds ...
    • Medication reconciliation completed by pharmacy on admission from the ED 

      Humiston, Lauren; Duncan, Rachael; Fry, Nancy J. (2017-12-04)
      Purpose: Medication reconciliation should be performed at all transitions of care according to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and AHRQ Patient Safety Network. A recent systematic review on errors in medication ...

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