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• Oral Presentations
• Poster Presentations
  • Patient Safety
  • Documentation/Communication
  • Nursing Staff 

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Boarding in the PACU:  What Do We Do When the Patient Stays Past Sign-Out of Anesthesia
  Team Leader: Gail Davis, MSN, ACNS-BC, CCRN
  Team Members: Elizabeth Cox, MSN, CMSRN; Rachel Stratman-Wolf, Clinical Pharmacist

• Conversion From Paper to Electronic Documentation: A Data Gap Analysis Process
  Team Leader: Nancy L. Rueckert, RN, MSN, CPAN
  Team Members: Dina A. Krenzischek, RN, PhD, CPAN, FAAN; Stephanie Poe, DNP, RN

• New Perianesthesia Block Nursing  Certification Program Increases Job Satisfaction Among Perianesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Nurses
  Team Leaders: Katherine Gattis, MSN, RN; Kimberly Burke BSN, RN
  Team Members: Rebecca Russell, MPW, BSN, RN; Kelly Boyd, BSN, RN; Sue Ellen Thompson, MSN, RN

• Pre-Op Call Center: A Best Practice Model
  Team Leader: Dianne Leeth, RN, BSN, CAPA

• Pre-Op Clinic
  Team Leader: Vicky Schommer, RN, BSN
  Team Members: Carol Mullins, RN, BSN; Jo Gies, RN, BSN; Karen Evans, RN, BSN; Heather McCarthy, Business Associate; Kristi White, Certified Nurse Assistant; Laura Hildebrand, Nurse Practitioner

• Preoperative Beta Blocker Standing Order By Protocol
  Team Leader: Susan Volk, MSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Members: Frank Alkins, RN, CPAN; Angela Patchell, BS, RN, CPAN; Edward Seugling, MD

• The Journey Towards a Culture of Certification
  Team Members: Christine Wlodarczyk, RN, BSN, CCRN, CPAN; Kristie Alvey, RN, BSN, CCRN, CPAN; Suzanne Steele, RN, BSN, CPAN; Annette Brancati, RN, CPAN

• The Use of Reflective Practice to Develop Critical Thinking in Perianesthesia Nursing
  Team Leader: Carol Pehotsky, RN, BSN
  Team Member: Sandy Hossman, RN, CPAN

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Category:  Patient Safety

• A Collaborative Approach to Resolve Hypothermia in the Moffitt PACU
  Team Leader: Becky Pearson, RN IV
  Team Members: All Registered Nurses in the Pre-op, OR and Post-op Phases of Moffitt Cancer Center

• A Preoperative Integrated Approach Optimizes Outcomes for Surgical Patients
  Team Members: Katherine Penturff, RN, CAPA; Michele Berry RN; Brenda Gilliam, RN, BA, CAPA

• Block Nursing: The Emergence of a New Nursing Specialty in the PACU
  Team Leader: Katherine Gattis, MSN, RN; Kelly Boyd, BSN, RN
  Team Members: Rebecca Russell, MPW, RN; Kimberly Burke, BSN, RN; Sue Ellen Thompson, MSN, RN

• Boarding in the PACU: What Do We Do When the Patient Stays Past Sign-Out of Anesthesia?
  Team Leader: Gail Davis, MSN, ACNS-BC, CCRN
  Team Members: Elizabeth Cox, MSN, CMSRN; Rachel Stratman-Wolf, Clinical Pharmacist

• Care Partners: Valuable Members of Health Care Teams
  Team Leader: Tanya Spiering, BSN, RN, CPAN
  Team Members: Chris Price, MSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA; Joyce Hill, MSN, RN, CCRN; Susan Litchford, BSN, RN, CCRN; Debbie Watson

• Clinical Action for Post Operative Respiratory Depression of PACU Related Rapid Response Team (RRT) Calls
  Team Leaders: Emylene Untalan, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN; Minerva Mendoza, BSN, RN, CCRN
  Team Members: Michael Ramsay, MD; Gerald Murphy, MD; Anna Cortez, BSN, RN, CPAN; Minnie Stephens, RN, CPAN; Charis Barron, BSN, RN; Krista Nina, BSN, RN; Chanel Moore, BSN, RN, CPAN; Agnes Brightbill, BSN, RN

• Contact Precautions in the PACU: Keeping the Bugs at Bay
  Team Leader: Kit White, BSN, RN, CPAN
  Team Members: Brenda Hicks, BSN, RN: Sarah Easthope, BSN, RN

• Cutaneous Capnography in the PACU:  Immediate Assessment of Respiratory Status Emerging From Anesthesia
  Team Leader: Gail Davis, MSN, ACNS-BC, CCRN
  Team Members: Elizabeth Cox, MSN, CMSRN; Rachel Stratman-Wolf, Clinical Pharmacist; Colleen Becker, MSN, CCRN; Director Perioperative Services

• Discharge Instructions for Patients with Nerve Blocks
  Team Leader: Ludy Lemus, BSN, CNIII, CAPA
  Team Members: C. Lopez, RN, MS, NE-BC, Perianesthesia Nurse Manager; Dr. A. Suyama, Perianesthesia Medical Director; H. Saito, RN, APRN; B. McMullin, RN, PI Coordinator

• EBP Guidelines on Corneal Abrasion Management in the PACU
  Team Leader: Mary Rachel Romero, RN, BSN, CPAN
  Team Members: Barbara Krumbach, RN, MSN, CNS, CCRN, CPAN; Myrna Mamaril, MS, RN, CPAN, CAPA, FAAN

• Expanding the Role of the Pre-Surgical Nurse in Caring for Patients Undergoing Epidural \ Catheter Placement
  Team Leader: Stephanie Nolan, RN, MSN, CPAN
  Team Members: Lori Gofter, RN, BSN, OCN; Anna Szul, RN, BSN; Brian Dunbar, RN, BSN; Danielle Silletti, RN, BSN; Inderani Walia, RN, MSN; Joan McKerrow, RN, MPH, OCN

• Hand-Off With Care: Streamlining Patient Safety
  Team Leader: Cindy Ladner, BSN, CAPA
  Team Members: Tamara Thomas, RN; Cathy Hsieh, BSN; Eileen Overholtzer, BSN; Mari MacCallum, BSN; Robin Ordemann, RN

• Implementation of a Regional Anesthesia Block Nurse Team in the Perianesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Advances Patient Safety Goals
  Team Leaders: Katherine Gattis, MSN, RN; Rebecca Russell MPW, BSN, RN
  Team Members:  Kimberly Burke, BSN, RN; Kelly Boyd, BSN, RN; Gavin Martin, MB ChB; Joshua Dooley, M.D.; J. Brandon Winchester, M.D.

• Improved Pre-Operative Process for Surgical Patients
  Team Leaders: Tess Mazloomian, RN, MN, CPAN, CAPA, CCRN, Clinical Educator, PACU/OU/PAT; Maria Gutierrez, BS, RN, CPAN, Manager, PeriAnesthesia Department

• Improving Postoperative Outcomes for Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
  Team Leader: Pamela Windle, MS, RN, NE-BC, CPAN, CAPA, FAAN
  Team Members: Emilie Ramos, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN; Ann Fairchild, BSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA; Tessie Santiago, BSN, RN, CPAN; Lea Villadiego, RN-BC, CLNC

• Joint Commission and Universal Protocol - Adapting Changes to the Marking Process
  Team Leader: Cidalia J. Vital, RN, MS, CNL, CPAN (PI)
  Team Members: Janice Canegallo, RN, MS, CNOR; Penny Bertolasio RN, MSN; Ann Ward RN, BSN, MBA, CAPA; Janice Fitzgerald MS, RN, CPHQ

• Lean Process in the PACU
  Team Leader: Elizabeth Cox, RN, MSN, CMSRN
  Team Members: Kelli Thaman, RN, BSN, CPAN; Gail Davis, MSN, ACNS-BC, CCRN

• Medication Scanning in the PACU. You Can Do It!
  Team Leader: Penny Bertolasio, RN, MSN
  Team Member: Jennifer Stebbins, RN, MS, BC

• Monitoring of Local Cases by PACU Nurses
  Team Leaders: Sandra Filla, BSN, RN, CCRN; Elizabeth Cox, RN, MSN, CMSRN
  Team Members: Gail Davis, MSN, ACNS-BC, CCRN

• PACU Critical Care Area
  Team Leader: Elizabeth Cox, RN, MSN, CMSRN
  Team Members: Gail Davis, MSN, ACNS-BC, CCRN; Kelli Thaman, RN, BSN

• Patient and Clinical Factors Associated with Rapid Response Team Use Within 24-Hours of Surgery
  Team Leaders: Bernadette Grady, RN, BSN, CCRN, RN-C; Mary Ann Heller, RN, BSN, CPAN; Kristina King, RN, BSN, CPAN; Anne Marlay, RN, BSN, CPAN; Erin Otten, RN, BSN, CCRN
  Team Members: James Heitz, MD; Meg Bourbonniere, PhD, RN; Nancy DuBois, CRNI, MSN

• Pediatric Broselow Armband
  Team Leader: Vicky Schommer, RN, BSN
  Team Members: Bev Peratino, RN, MS, CNOR, Director Perioperative Services; James Birgenheier, Jr., MD, DABA, CPTE, Medical Director, Perioperative Services and Director, Department of Anesthesiology

• Perianesthesia Glycemic Screening Policy
  Team Leaders: Raquel Evans, BSN, RN; Tracy Underwood RN

• Post PACU Client Survey
  Team Leader: Denise E. Smith, RN, CCRN
  Team Members: Jennifer L. Johnson, RN, BSN, MS, CPAN; Tim Harrington, PSA, nursing research; Linda Kitchen, RN, BSN; LaVonne Anderson, RN, BSN, CGRN; Ellen Lane, RN, BA

• Postoperative Pain Management for Peripheral Nerve Block Patients
  Team Leader: Pamela E. Windle, MS, RN, NE-BC, CPAN, CAPA, FAAN
  Team Members: Agnes Hsu, BSN, RN; Thomas Prodan, RN, CPAN; Videlyn Ilacio-Uy, BSN, RN, CPAN; Herminia Robles, BSN, RN, CPAN

• Pre-Op Call Center: A Best Practice Model
  Team Leader: Dianne Leeth, RN, BSN, CAPA

• Pre-Op Clinic
  Team Leader: Vicky Schommer, RN, BSN
  Team Members: Carol Mullins, RN, BSN; Jo Gies, RN, BSN; Karen Evans, RN, BSN; Heather McCarthy, Business Associate; Kristi White, Certified Nurse Assistant; Laura Hildebrand, Nurse Practitioner

• Preoperative Beta Blocker Standing Order By Protocol
  Team Leader: Susan Volk, MSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Members: Frank Alkins, RN, CPAN; Angela Patchell, BS, RN, CPAN; Edward Seugling, MD

• Preprocedure Warming Maintains Normothermia Throughout the Perioperative Period
  Team Leader: Katie Hooven, BSN, RN, CAPA

• Promoting a Culture of Safety: Patient Debriefings in PACU
  Team Leader: Wendy S. Hunter, RN, BSN, CPAN
  Team Members: Dr. Alan Suyama, Department Chief of Anesthesiology; Carol Lopez, RN, MS, NE-BC, CLNC

• Regional Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A Procedural Model for Safe Clinical Practice
  Team Leader: Helen Kurtzke, RN, BSN
  Team Members: Loretta Simckowitz RN, CPAN, Diane Noto RN, BS, CPAN

• Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital & Clinics Perioperative Diabetes Medication Management Guidelines
  Team Leaders: Lois Oswald, RN-Patient Education Coordinator/Staff Nurse; Joellen Frawley, ANP, BC-Advanced Diabetes Management
  Team Members: Alice Hutter, BSN-Pre-op Coordinator; Joy Pfeffer, BSN-Staff Education;Tara Mahoney, CRNA-Anesthesia Department; Terry Zeuske, BSN, CPAN-PACU Staff Nurse

• Sharps Safety in the Peri-Anesthesia Area and Operating Rooms at UC Davis Medical Center
  Team Leader: Kristi Cargill, BSN, MS, CAPA
  Team Members: Rebecca Ogden, RN; Julie Khashabi, RN; Susan Cottier, RN; Karen Lynch, RN; Shirley DaRosa, RN

• Successful Medication Safety Process
  Team Leader: Karen Torrey, SDS/PACU, RN Manager
  Team Members: Tammie Gilbert, SDS, RN; Kathy Wilson, SDS, RN

• The Brain Says It All:  Neurological Assessment in PACU
  Team Leader: Danielle Phelps, BSN, RN
  Team Member: Denise O’Brien, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CPAN, CAPA, FAAN

• The Double-Banding Process - A Promise to a Young Mother
  Team Leader: Sandy Boswell, RN, BSN, CAPA

• The Highs and Lows of Perioperative Glycemic Control
  Team Leader: Laurel Schroth, RN, BSN, CDE
  Team Members: Mark Shelly, MD; Alan Curle, MD; Betsy Garton-Park, RN, BSN, CPAN; Deborah G. Spratt, RN, BSN, MPA, CNOR, NEA-BC

• The Perioperative Handoff Protocol:  Application of a Multidisciplinary Model to Promote Teamwork and Reduce Perioperative Miscommunication
  Team Leader: Dina A. Krenzischek, RN, PhD, MAS, CPAN
  Team Members: Yanjun Xie; Michelle Petrovic, MD; Laura Kaiser, RN, BSN, CPAN; Zahi Jurdi; Hanan Aboumatar, MD, MPH

• To Resuscitate or Not to Resuscitate: That is the Question
  Team Leader: Nicole Babu, BSN, RN, CPAN
  Team Members: Barbara Krumbach, MSN, RN, CNS, CPAN, CCRN; Michelle Ballou, BSN, RN, CPAN; Nicole Routh, RN

• What Bugs Us in the Perioperative Setting?
  Team Leader: Michelle Leiby, RN, BSN, CPAN
  Team Members: Carla Davies, RN, BSN, Nurse Clinician/Surgery; Tammy Powers, RN, BSN, CIC; Michelle Sage, RN, BSN, CNOR

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Category:  Documentation/Communication

• Adaptation of an Electronic Medical Record System in a Free Standing Ambulatory Surgery Center
  Team Leader: Jane C. Dierenfield, RN, BSN, CPAN, CAPA
  Team Member: Cindy Cunningham RN, CNOR Director of Kona Surgery Center

   

• Can Technology Enhance Patient and Family Centered Care?
  Team Leader: Lisa Murphy, RN, BSN
  Team Members: Elaine Campbell, RN, BSN, CPAN; Patricia Heenan, RN, BSN, CPAN; Kathleen Williams, RN, BSN

• Changing the PACU Flow from Red to Green
  Team Leader: Cindy Bird, BSN, RN
  Team Members: Annette Blessing, RN, CAPA; Jan Kieffer, RN; Michael Sanders, RN; Renee Smith, MS, RN, CPAN, CAPA; Mary Jane Tloczynski, BSN, RN, CPAN; Diane Whitenight, RN, CPAN

• Conversion From Paper to Electronic Documentation in the PACU:  A Gap Analysis Process
  Team Leader: Nancy L. Rueckert, RN, MSN, CPAN
  Team Members: Dina A. Krenzischek, RN, PhD, CPAN, FAAN; Stephanie Poe, DNP, RN

• Discharge Criteria Meeting the Standards
  Team Leader: Kerry Porter, RN, CNIV

• Evolution of the Anesthesia Preoperative Evaluation Center (APEC)
  Team Leader: Honorata Balinowski, RN, CNIII
  Team Members: Carol Lopez, RN, MS, NE-BC, CLNC; Angelita Graf, APRN-RX; Rose Cabalteja, RN

• Family Centered Care in a Pediatric PACU
  Team Leader: Donna Dituri, BSN, RN, Staff Nurse II
  Team Members: Rob Strain, ADN, RN, Staff Nurse II; Karen Ridley, MSN, RN, PCNS-BC, CPN

• Implementation of Individualized Electronic Discharge Instructions for Ambulatory Surgery Patients
  Team Leaders: Lenore Smykowski, RN, MA, CPAN; Kathleen Lombardo, RN, CAPA, BSN
  Team Members: Donna Robinson, Manager IT; Philippe Milord, BA, IT; Chris Chao, Pharm.D; Karen Yeung, Pharm.D

• Implementing Primary Care in the Peri-Anesthesia Setting:  Communicating Patient Needs From the Pre-Surgical Center to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit
  Team Leader: Melissa Carabetta, BSN, RN, CPAN
  Team Member: Kathleen Lombardo, BSN, RN, CAPA

• Improvements in Patient Readiness for On-Time First Case Starts in a Teaching Hospital Outpatient Surgery Department
  Team Leader: Robyn Little, BS, RN, CAPA
  Team Members: Shaun Horton, MBA, BSN, RN; Susan Goodwin, MS, APRN, CNS-BC, CPAN

• Improving Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction by Decreasing Wait Time
  Team Leader: Gayle Bultsma, RN, CAPA
  Team Members: Hortensia Dziedzic, RN, CGRN; Monica Meyer, RN, BSN; Cindy Lawson, RN; Patti Adelaine, RN, CAPA

• Improving Patient Throughput in an Ambulatory Surgery Center: Everyone Makes a Difference
  Team Leader: Cindy Ladner, BSN, CAPA
  Team Members:  Marcia Becker, RN; Jean Gordon, RN, CAPA; Carolyn Higgins, BSN; Carol Maisch, RN, CAPA

• Liaison Coordinator Services Positively Impacts Patient/Family Satisfaction
  Team Leader: Cindy Durham, BSN, RN
  Team Members:  Doryea Gibbs, BSN, RN; Pat Rotharmel, RN

• Professional Awareness Concerning Unnecessary Noise in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit
  Team Leader: Shirley Raymond, RN, BSN, CPAN, CLIII
  Team Members:  Judith Goss, RN, BSN, CLIII; Emilee Leach RN; Kim Latham RN, BSN, CCRN, CLIII; Lisa Haubner RN, CL2; Mollie Pegram RN; Carrie Sullivan RN, BSN, CL2; Rachel Steele RN, BSN; Erin Cunningham RN, BSN; Danielle Fatherree, RN

• StatCom Board: Improving Communication Among Patients, Families and Staff
  Team Leader: Michelle Wild, RN, BSN, OCN
  Team Members:  Charlene Weiss, RN, BSN, OCN; Danielle Plapus-George, RN, BSN

• The Development and Visitation Policy for a Phase One PACU
  Team Leader: Sally Feldman, BSN, CPAN (PI)
  Team Members:  Ellen Crane, BSN, CPAN; Cidalia Vital, MS, CNL, CPAN

• Utilization of Technology for Maximum Operational Performance
  Team Leader: Meggie Kwan, RN, BSN, CAPA
  Team Members:  Lillian Bailey, RN, BSN, CAPA; Sylva L. McClurkin, RN, MSNc, CAPA

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Category:  Nursing Staff

• A Peer Review Documentation Program in a Military PACU
  Team Leaders: Allison Andersen, MSN, RN, CPAN, CCNS, Captain, USAF, Nurse Corps; David Grant US Air Force Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA; Lisa Palmer, BSN, RN, CEN, Captain, USAF, Nurse Corps; Andrew Meidlinger, BSN, RN, 1st Lieutenant, USAF, Nurse Corps

   

• Creating a Unit-Based Perianesthesia Newsletter
  Team Leader: Marie Graziela F. Bautista, RN, BSN, CPAN, CAPA
  Team Member:  Dina A. Krenzischek, PhD, RN, MAS, CPAN

• Creating An Educational Day
  Team Leader: Victoria Sherry, RN
  Team Members:  Deidre Devaux, MSN, RN; Jeanette Cote, MSN, RN; Katrina Bickerstaff, BSN, RN; James McCarthy, RN; Jeanne Lanchester, RN, MEd

• Did You Know?..........
  Team Leader: Janet Gilbert, BSN RN CPAN
  Team Members:  Brenda Hicks, RN, BSN; Allison Smith, RN; Marlene Reyes, RN, BSN, CCRN, CPAN, CAPA; Sharon Taylor, RN, BSN, CAPA; Kit White, RN, BSN, CPAN; Toni Szpara, RN, BSN, CCRN, CPAN, CAPA; Helen Nabong, RN, BSN, CPAN; Denise O'Brien, MSN, APRN-BC, CPAN, CAPA, FAAN

• Floatation Devices: Assisting Peri-Anesthesia Units Keep Afloat During High Volume Periods
  Team Leaders: Lauren Hoover, RN BSN; Amanda Johnson, RN BSN

• Investing In Our Own:  A Perioperative Nurse Mentoring Program - Restructuring For Success
  Team Leader: Gail Davis, MSN, ACNS-BC, CCRN
  Team Member:  Katie Scaggs, RN, MSN, CNOR

• Left Ventricular Assist Device Support in Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
  Team Leader: Elizabeth L’Hommedieu, BSN, RN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Sandra Filla, BSN, RN, CCRN; Gail Davis, MSN, ACNS-BC, CCRN; Elizabeth Cox, MSN, CMSRN

• Nursing Journal Club: Bridging the Gap Between Practice and Research
  Team Leader: Sylva L. McClurkin, RN, MSNc, CAPA
  Team Members:  Lillian Bailey, RN, BSN, CAPA; Meggie Kwan, RN, BSN, CAPA

• Nursing Specialty Certification: Our Journey! The Story of How Our Outpatient Perianesthesia Nurses Achieved 100% Certification
  Team Leader: Lizabeth Delaney, MSN, RN, CAPA
  Team Member:  Wendy King, BSN, RN, CAPA, CEN

• Perianesthesia Annual Competency Day Away
  Team Leader: Romela Wong, BSN, RN, CPAN, CNIV
  Team Members:  Carol Lopez, RN, MS, NE-BC, CLNC, Perioperative Nurse Manager; Alan Suyama, MD, Chief of Anesthesia; Cynthia Kitkowski, RN-BC; Selwyn Collins, RN, BSN, CPAN; Harry Park, CRNA

• Precepting in PACU
  Team Leader: Wanda Rodriguez, RN, MA, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Christy Shea, RN, BSN, CPAN; Mary Yanolatos, RN, BSN, CPAN

• Scheduling in the 21st Century
  Team Leader: Noreen Myers, MSN(c), RN
  Team Member:  Karen Ruhlig, BSN, RN

• Taking Charge of Our Professional Development
  Team Leader: Suzanne L Kussro, RN, MSN, A/GNP, CPAN
  Team Members:  Myra Tejada, RN, BSN, CCRN, CPAN; Cindy Hicks, RN

• The Journey Towards a Culture of Certification
  Team Members:  Christine Wlodarczyk, RN, BSN, CCRN, CPAN; Kristie Alvey, RN, BSN, CCRN, CPAN; Suzanne Steele, RN, BSN, CPAN; Annette Brancati, RN, CPAN

• Using a Journal Club to Promote Evidence Based Practice
  Team Leader: Regina Flynn-Roth, RN, MSN, CPAN
  Team Member:  Deborah King, RN, BSN

• Utilization of Emergency Medical Technicians' Skills in Phase I Recovery
  Team Leader: Regina Hoefner-Notz, BSN, RN, CPAN, CPN

• Volunteers: PACU’S New Frontier
  Team Leader: Chris Williams, RN IV
  Team Members:  All RN’s in the PACU (inpatient and outpatient) and the Volunteer Department

• Walk In My Shoes
  Team Leader: Victoria Sherry, RN
  Team Members:  Deidre Devaux, MSN, RN; Marie Courtney, BSN, RN; Ellen Sullivan, BSN, CPAN, RN; Jeanne Lanchester, RN, MEd

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