Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice
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2009

Summer Institute

Top 3 Poster Presentations

The Educators’ EBP Workshop®

Top 2 Poster Presentations

CONGRATULATIONS to these EBP Leaders for their exemplary work!

ABSTRACTS SELECTED FOR POSTER PRESENTATION

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2009 EBP Across the Nation: Attended Poster Presentations

1

Teaching EBP through a Senior Project and Its Impact on Outcomes

Janet G. Alexander, EdD, MSN, RN

Samford University
Barbara Money

2

EBP and Patient Safety: Using PDAs in Nursing Education Classes

Mary Al-Saleh, MS, PhD, RN

Mesa Community College

Kathleen M. Williamson

3

Diabetic Workshop for Staff Nurses: Teaching Patients about Diabetes

Beatrice Baker, MSN, MEd, RN

Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI

4

Utlilizing Protocols to Improve Trauma Transfer Time

Earvin L. Baker, Jr., RN, MBA, Harris County Hospital District, LBJ

Dr. Emily Robinson, Martha Stancil, Marilyn Houston, Janet Anders, Gloria Bagshaw

5

"Save the Back:" The "SIMPLE” Program

Patricia D. Baker, RN-BC, BSN

South Texas Veterans Health Care System, ALMVH

Lynn Salazar, Carolyn Patterson, Marthe Moseley, Christine Williams

6

Instrument Development for Assessing Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms

Suzan Blacher, RN, BSN, CARN

South Miami Hospital

Carolyn L. Lindgren

     

7

Using the ACE STAR Model for Teaching-Learning Evidence Based Practice

Mary Bondmass, RN, PhD

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

8

An Evidence-Based Practice Project to Implement Enteral Feeds during Pediatric StemCell Transplant

Caitlyn M. Burdock, RN, BSN, CPN

Lauren Surratt (Presenter)

Cook Children's Medical Center

Teresa Clark, Gail King, Heather Downs

9

Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit: Launch of a Program

Elaine Camarillo, RN, CCRN
Brooke Army Medical Center

Darlene Deters, Mario A. Rivera, Harcourt P. Edgecomb, Patty Violet, Marita S. Thies, Russell A. Decker, Gerald P. Campbell, Jon R. Shepherd, Kellie J. Miller

10

Pt/Family Wishes in ICU Lowers In-Hospital Mortality

Rosemary Chacko, MD, FACP, FAIHQ

Baptist Health System

Betsy Swinny, Jonathan Rivera

11

A Nursing Intervention for the Post-Mastectomy Patient: ABCs to Recovery

Ho Soon Michelle Cho, PhD

Texas Woman's University

Jae Eun Paek, Gail Davis, Marilyn Leitch, Rao Roshni, David Euhus, Barbara Haley, Valerie Andrews, Theresa Zogakis, Amy Harker-Murray

12

Newborn Hypothermia: Improving Thermoregulation in Term Neonates

Kathleen Collins, RNC-OB, C-EFM, MS

Washington Hospital Center

Crystal Trent Paultre

13

Promoting Evidence-Based Practice through a Journal Club

Patsy Concepcion, RN, BSN, OCN

Gayle Z. Balmaceda (Presenter)

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

14

Pragmatic Action Research: Latino Elders and Formerly Incarcerated Women

Janice D. Crist, RN, PhD

The University of Arizona College of Nursing

Mickey Parsons, Carmen Warner Robbins, Maria Victoria Mullins, Yvette M. Espinosa

15

Vascular Access Team: Evidence-Based Practice in IV Therapy

Gayle H. Dasher, RN, PhD, CCRN, CNRN

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care

Vanessa Castaneda, Kathryn Martinez, James George

16 Guidelines for Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Tammy M. DeRouen, RN, CCRN

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center

Cecile Broussard

17

Pressure Ulcer Prevention Initiative

Darlene R. Deters, MSN, ARNP, CCRN

Lisette Melton (Presenter)

Brooke Army Medical Center

Sarah Gaylord, LTC Maria Serio-Melvin, Harry Bradstreet, Tequila Langham

18

Immersion Technique for Implementation of the ACEStar EBP Model

Jean Dowling Dols, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE

CHRISTUS Health

19

Disruptive Behavior within a Perioperative Environment: Baseline Assessment Following Conduct

Policy Implementation

Elena Dragan, RN, BSN, MS

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Garrett L. Walsh

20

Redesign of a Nursing Research Course to Foster Application in Evidence Based Practice
Kathy Jo Ellison, DSN

Auburn University School of Nursing

Arlene Morris

21

Prevention of Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption for Teenagers that Study at Junior High Schools in
Monterrey Mexico

MCE Santiaga Enriqueta Esparza Almanza, Maestra en Ciencias de Enfermería

Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

Dra María Magdalena Alonso Castillo, Dra Bertha Alicia Alonso Castillo,
Dr Francisco Rafael Guzmán Facundo, Dra Karla Selene López García,

MSP Lucio Rodríguez Aguilar

22

A Foot Care Program for Hispanic Elders: How Evidence Directed Development

Annette E.D. Etnyre, RN, MSN, CFCN

University of the Incarnate Word/St. Philip of Jesus Ministerio de Salud

Perla Zarate-Abbott, Jean Deliganis, Sara Kolb

23

Development of Patient-Centered Teams: Communication and Collaboration

Ehriel F. Fannin, MSN, RN

University of the Incarnate Word

Marilyn Lynch-Goddard

24

Addressing the Challenges in Acute Stroke Care: Engaging Nurses in Best Practices

Theresa Lynn Green, RN, PhD

University of Calgary

25

Merging Bedside Nurses' Intuition-Based Practice with Evidence-Based Practice

Jo Hanson, RN, MSN, CNS, OCN

City of Hope

Marcia Grant

26

Bringing the Evidence Chairside

Linda Hasman, MSLS

University at Buffalo

27

What is Going On with This Patient? Radiology Nursing Hand-Off

Sandra Hawk, RN, BSN, CRN, CN IV

Durham Regional Hospital

Patricia Wilkerson

28

Skin Champions: Keys to Successful Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Sarah Herb, RN, BSN, WCC

Schneck Medical Center

Joyce Reichenbacker

29

Misconnection Mishap: The Journey to Improve Patient Safety

Christi Hicks, RNC-LRN, MBA

Texas Children's Hospital

Emily Weber

30

Red Ginseng for Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review

Myung-Haeng Hur, RN, PhD

Eulji University, South Korea

Chan Kim, Myeong-Soo Lee

31

Achieving a Common Goal: Improving Handoff Communication

Tanya L. Johnson, RN, BSN

Auburn University

Kathy Jo Ellison

32

Creating An Environment of Learning: Nurses Teaching Nurses

Celeste P. Jones, BSN, RN

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Bobbie Wilson, Sharon Hampton

33

Best Practice for Collection of Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid Cultures

Lilian A. Kawas, BS, RN, CNN

Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

Maria Mwamuka, Janet Andries, Pat Cernoch, Gail Messner

34

Process Changes to Reduce Emergency Room Overcrowding

David Kimball, RN, BSN

UTHSC at Houston School of Nursing

Stephanie Garee, Robin Lovvorn, Terri Hardy

35

Therapeutic Hypothermia in the Postresuscitation Patient: The Development and Implementation
of an
Evidence-Based Protocol in the Emergency Department

Zeb E. Koran, RN, APN, DNP, CEN, CCRN

Northwest Community Hospital

36

Evidence-Based Practice: Academia & Practice Working Together

Jennifer H. Lester, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC

Texas Woman's University College of Nursing

Ginger Gail Hinshaw, Linda Blizzard, Sydney Peck, Anne Stiles, Sharon K. Dingman,
Kathy Srokosz, Judith Conedera

37

Practicing Nurses' Attitudes and Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practice

Mary J. Linton, EdD, RN

Millikin University School of Nursing

Marilyn A. Prasun

38

Therapeutic Hypothermia Post Cardiac Arrest: Evidence into Clinical Practice

Edward Maurice Lopez, BSN, RN

Midland Memorial Hospital

Raceli Gibson

39

Saving Lives, Saving Money: An Evidence-Based Fall Management Intervention for Community

Dwelling Elders

Margo MacRobert, RN, MS, NEA-BC

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

40

Reducing Medication Errors - Patient Photographs as a Second Identifier

Allison L. Mason, RN, BS

JPS Health Network

41

Blood Culture Contamination Reduction Project

Meghann McConnell, RN

William S. Middleton Memorial VA Hospital

Vicki Lawhern, Vicktoria Danilova, Linda McKinley

42

Multidisciplinary Rounds - Putting Evidence-Based Practice in Motion

Phyllis D. McCorstin, RN, CNS, MSN, CCNS, CCRN

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas

Debby Rush

43

Value Added Risk Assessment: The Family Health History

Jeanette A. McNeill, DrPH, RN, AOCNS, CNE

University of the Incarnate Word of Nursing and Health Professions

Jennifer Cook, Marveen Mahon, Maureen Rauschhuber, Cynthia Richardson, Mary Elaine Jones,

Laura Munoz, Julie Nadeau, Kathy Goei, Christina Rosetta, Rosanna Estrada

44

Fall Risk Assessment in the Outpatient Setting

Suellen J. Meador, RN, BSN
Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center

Roberta Jones, Marsha Heasley

45

Planting Palliative Care Seeds: Strategies for the Growth and Development of a Hospital-Based
Palliative Program

Jeanette (Jeannie) M. Meyer, MSN, RN, CCRN, CCNS, PCCN

Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital

46 Research/EBP Knowledge & Experience: A Competency-Based Program

JoAnn Mick, PhD, RN

Harris County Hospital District


47

Promoting a Culturally Sensitive Weight Loss Strategy among Obese Mexican-American Adults

Gerald Montoya, DNP, RN, FNP

University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville Wellness Center Family Practice

48

A Collaborative Approach to an Evidence-Based Fellowship

Penny Kay Moore, PhD, RN

Texas Christian University

Susan Weeks, Marinda Allender

49

Avoiding the "Data Rich Information Poor (DRIP) Syndrome"

Kermilia Moorer-Whitehead, MSN, RN, NE-BC

Children's Health System

50

The Introduction of Evidence Based Practice at Bay Pines VA Medical Center throughAccelerated
Learning

James J. Morello, MSN, Ed, RN

Bay Pines VAMC

51

Rollout of the Rapid Repsonse Team

Marthe J. Moseley, PhD, RN, CCRN, CCNS, CNL

Mary Mather (Presenter)

South Texas Veterans Health Care System

Kim Hall

52

Reducing Falls in the Elderly: An Interdisciplinary Evidence-Based Approach

Donna J. Nicholson, MNSc, RN-BC, CRRN

CHRISTUS St. Michael Rehabilitation Hospital

Sheila Jenkins, Cookie Gender, Nancy Barlow, Ralph Garlitos, Richard Sharp, Casey Zverina,

Donny Thompson, Angela Finton, Roger Stanley

53

Identifying PICC Line Tips: Saving Time from Insertion to Therapy

Cathy W. Oakley, RN, CNIII, CRNI

Durham Regional Hospital

Juanita Fisher

54

Interprofessional Education in the HIV/AIDS Clinic: Improving Communication and Medication
Reconciliation

Jan E. Patterson, ME, FACP, FIDSA, CPE

UTHSCSA & South Texas Veterans Health Care System
Martha Medrano, Veronica Young, Kathleen Stevens, John Herbold, Maureen Rubin, Judith Colver,
Amruta Parekh, Teresa Talley, Delia Bullock

55

Urinary Catheters: Implications of Early Removal on Urinary Tract Infections and Urinary Dysfunction

Robin Joy Peterson, RN-BC

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst Euless Bedford

Deborah Behan

56

Implementation of a Rapid Response Team: Saving Lives

Louie S. Pineda, RN-BSN, CCRN

Brooke Army Medical Center, MICCU

COL Jeffery S. Ashley, MAJ Kevin Chung, MAJ Sheri A. Ortiz, CPT Marvin Moul, CPT James Sterner,

CPT Devon J. Lehman, Deborah J. Marquez, Darlene R. Deters, David W. Park

57

Reducing Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection Rates in a Teaching Hospital

Holly C. Pingrey, BSN, RN

Brooke Army Medical Center

Harry Bradstreet

58

Pressure Mapping Old Habits

Charles Reed, MSN, RN, CNRN

University Hospital System

Annabella B. Prince, Nanette Larson, Susan Gerhardt, Randall Beadle, Ileana Fonseca

59

Unit Council: Empowering Nurses to Improve Nursing Practice and Patient Care

Glenda Riggs, RN

Southern Arizona VA Health Care System

60

F.A.S.T. Alert!

Sally Roberts, RN

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center

Cecile Broussard

61

Unlocking Strategies for VAP Prevention: Nursing is Key

Tracey Robilotto, RN

VAMC Cleveland


62

Research vs. Quality Improvement: Resolving Institutional Review Board Concerns

Linda A. Roussel, DSN, RN, NEA, BC

University of South Alabama College of Nursing

Dr. Sandra Pennington

63

Pilot Test of an Academic Detailing Program Dentistry

John D. Rugh, PhD

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Naomi N. Sever, William D. Hendricson, Rita Renee Parma, Kevin M. Gureckis,

James B. Summit, John P. Hatch

64

Fiscally Responsible Staffing a Critical Care Unit

Louise H. Saladino, RN, BSN, CCRN

Durham Regional Hospital

Earl Dalton

65

Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS): A Community Hospital Perspective

Suann Cirigliano Schutt, RN-BC, BSN, CEP

El Camino Hospital

Sara Mills, Michael Podlon

66

A Preoperative Forced-Air Warming Protocol to Maintain Post-Operative Normothermia in
Colorectal Surgery Patients

Joanne Sedei, RN, BSN

Medical Center of Plano

67

Developing a Culture of Inquiry through a Nursing Research Fellowship

Claudia DiSabatino Smith, MSN, PhD(c), RN, NE-BC

St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

68

Improved Patient Flow Can Reduce Violence in a Psychiatric Emergency Center

Lesley Smith, RNC

JPS Health Network

69

Hourly Rounding: 3 South Model PET

1LT Laveeta S. Springer, BSN

Army Nurse Corps Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center

2LT Katie R. Coots, 2LT Maria Ewers, Freddie Thomas

70

Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Tookit for Primary Care Providers

Lisa R. Spruce, MSN, ARNP

University of South Alabama
Julie Sanford

71

Development of a Research and Evidence-Based Practice Model in a Rural Community Hospital

Deanne K. Sramek, DNP

Wyoming Medical Center

Sandra Conklin, Patti Legler, Sharon Hancock, Phyllis Schulz

72

Unit Newsletters, An Opportunity to Improve Communication

Tammy Marie Straps, RN-BC

Harris County Hospital District

73

Accelerating Evidence-Based Practice Using a Train the Trainer Model

Shelley B. Thibeau, MSN, RNC

Ochsner Medical Center

Dawn Ricouard

74

Implementing an Evidence-Based Strategy for Improving Patient Safety during Intershift Handoff

Lily Thomas, PhD, RN

North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System

Pat Donohue Porter, Myrta Rabinowitz, Emily Castro, Irene Macyk, Eileen Mckinstry, Julia Elgendy,
Ronit Schwartz, Lisa Chung

75

Creating the Evidence: Charge Nurse Education Improves Frontline Leadership

Patricia L. Thomas, PhD, RN

University of Detroit-Mercy, Henry Ford Health System-Warren Campus

76

Pre-Procedural Communication:A Lesson in Human Factors

Kathi Thompson, RN, CEN

Scott & White Healthcare System

Jennifer Bruce

77

STOP and THINK: Considerations on Normal Saline Instillation Prior to Suctioning

Monina Tovar, ADN RN, BSN

Harris County Hospital District, Ben Taub General Hospital

Elenita Gumtang, Valsa Mathew, Rowenachona Sano, Mathew Varughese

78

A Comparative Analysis of the Rate of CLBSI across Acute Care Units

Dorothy M. Urschel, MS, RNFA, ACNP-C

Jessica Culver (Presenter)

St. Peter's Hospital

Kathleen Kelly, Christopher R. Viagrande

79

Patient Centered Shift Handoff

Teresa K. Van Wagoner, BSN, BS

William S. Middleton Memorial VA Hospital

Mary Hartmann, Beverly Priefer, Jacalyn Sutton, Susan Clearfield, Sarah Schroeder, Dennis Clapp,

Moly Brunner, Laura Pafford, Donna Miller, Mary Schmidt

80

Use of the ACE Star Model to Explicate the Role of the DNP

Donna M. Velasquez, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP

The University of Arizona

81

Effectiveness of Car Seat Safety Training at NICU Discharge

Mitzi M. Wiggin, MS, PT

Sandra Engle (Presenter)

Texas Children's Hospital

Katy Wilkinson, Racelli Caballes, Robin Rae, Melissa Tharp, Rose Toruno, Kristen Beck,
Stephani O'Connor, Frank McCormick, Emily Berman

82

Using Evidence to Improve Outcomes and Achieve Excellence

Jennifer Williams, MSN, RN, NE-BC

Pinkie Hassan (Presenter)

St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

Ruth Ling, Ruby Francois, Nancy Kuria, Geraldine Jones, Claudia Smith

83

Mentorship: A Day of New Perspectives

Laura L. Winslett, RN, SN, CNS, CNRN, CNOR

Brain & Spine Center at Brackenridge Hospital

84 Rapid Cycle Change Approach to Management of Severe Sepsis

Fiona Winterbottom, RN, MSN, ACNS-BC, CCRN

Ochsner Medical Center-New Orleans

Susan Rodriguez, Teresa Nash, Bethany Jennings, Erik Sundell, Leonardo Seoane

85

From Knowing to Doing: Using Evidence to Inform Nursing Practice Improvement

Launette Woolforde, EdD(c), RN

Lily Thomas (Presenter)

North Shore - LIJ Health System, Institute for Nursing

Maureen White, Lily Thomas, Diane Curley, Christine Marsiello, Elizabeth Romano,
Priscilla Samuel, Andrea Spatarella

86

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Revising an Insulin Drip Protocol
Lauren E. Zvonar, RN, BSN
Shirley Herfel (Presenter)
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital

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

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