Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice
"2004 Summer Institute Winner's List "

Top 3 Poster Presentations

• 1st Place:
  Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in the ICU: Exemplar at Two Military Medical Centers
  COL Cynthia Abbott, AN
  Chief, Nursing Research Service
  Brooke Army Medical Center
  Lt Col Theresa Dremsa, USAF, NC
  Director, Nursing Research
  Department of Clinical Investigations
  Wilford Hall Medical Center
  
  
• 2nd Place:
  Impact of Practice Change on Outcome: PICC Implementation Program
  Patricia B. Wolff, MSN, RN, APRN, BC
  Gay Padayao, BSN, RN, CCRN, OCN
  South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Division
  
  
• 3rd Place:
  Facilitating VA Clinical Practice Guideline Implementation via On-Line Communities of Practice –
  The COLLAGE Project*
  Frances Park Matt, PhD
  VERDICT/South Texas Veterans Healthcare System
  Audie L. Murphy Division

Abstracts Selected for Podium Presentation

1. “Safety Climate and Other Evidence-Based Predictors of Successful Implementation of an Intravenous Safety Catheter Needle Program”
   Dianna Lipp-Rivers, RN, DrPH, MPH, CNAA
   Lamar University
   
   
2. “Clinical Application of Therapeutic Massage (Using the ACE Star Model*) with Persons Dealing with Multiple Chronic Conditions”
   Maria E. Kuhn, MA, MS, NCC, LPC
   Karen Curtin, RN, BS, CCM, CDMS
   Integrated Health Advocacy Program
   
   
3. “Searching for Evidence in the Clinical Setting”
   Martha R. Harris, AHIP, MLS, MA
   VERDICT
   
   
4. “How to Weigh Benefits and Harm in Considering Therapeutic Options: The NNT and Alternatives”
   Lonnie Wen, PhD
   Pfizer, Inc.
   
   
5. “Transforming Health Care Quality for Pregnant Adolescents in the School Setting”
   Carolyn Y. Davis, RN, MSN, CPNP, Doctoral Student
   Por Vida Academy
   
   
6. “Change in College Smoking Policy – An Evidence-Based Approach”
   Kathleen A. Fagan, DNSc, RN, BC, APN, C
   Columbia University School of Nursing
   
   
7. “Implementation of an Aggressive IV Insulin Protocol in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit”
   Camile Haycock , MS , RN, CNS
   Jennifer Keuth, BSN, RN
   Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
   
   
8. “Child Visitation in the Cardiothoracic/Coronary Care ICU”
   Mary Friel Fanning, RN, C, EdD(c), MSN, CCRN
   West Virginia University Hospitals
   
   
9. “Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice for Mechanically Ventilated Patients”
   Melanie Hardin-Pierce, RN, MSN, APRN-BC
   Pamela Lawson, RN, MSN
   University of Kentucky Albert B Chanlder Medical Center
   
   
10. “Using the ACE Star Model of Knowledge Utilization as a Guide to Determine What We Know about Treating Obesity”
    Lindsay Hought, MBA, BS
    Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN
    The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio–School of Nursing

For More information, please contact:
Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN
Professor and Director
Academic Center for Evidence-Based Nursing
Email: acestar@uthscsa.edu
Phone: (210) 567-1480