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2015 Research/EBP Abstracts

ASPAN's 34th National Conference
April 26-30, 2015, San Antonio, Texas


EXPLORING THE MULTIMODAL THEORY OF PAIN MANAGEMENT: RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Contact:  Sharon Wood RN BSN
Cleveland Clinic ASC, Beachwood, Ohio

CORRELATIONAL STUDY OF SLEEP APNEA PATIENTS’ CHARACTERISTICS WITH DISCHARGE LOCATIONS
Contact:  Esther Lee MNP MBA RN
UCSD Health System, San Diego, California

GIVING PATIENTS A VOICE: THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE POST-ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT (PACU) FOR PATIENTS WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCER
Contact:  Theresa Brunner BSN RN CPAN
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

PACU NURSES ARE MY SECOND FAMILY:  BEHAVIORS THAT IMPACT OUR PRACTICE
Contact: Julanne Seefeldt RN MSN CAPA
Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Missouri

POSTOPERATIVE SYMPTOM DISTRESS OF LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY AMBULATORY SURGERY PATIENTS
Contact:  Jan Odom-Forren PhD RN CPAN FAAN
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

PREVENTION OF POST OPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING WITH PRE-OPERATIVE INTERVENTION
Contact:  Melodie Richardson BSN RN
Hendricks Regional Health, Danville, Indiana

IMPROVING PATIENT FAMILY SATISFACTION AND REDUCE PREOPERATIVE ANXIETY BY USING PRIVATE DESIGNATED CHECK-IN AREAS
Contact:  Tissy Abraham BSN RN CCRN
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE:  ESTABLISHING A UNIFORM CRITERIA FOR SAFE ADMINISTRATION OF OPIOIDS IN THE PACU USING POSS
Contact: Judith Tracey BSN RN CAPA CPAN
Overlook Medical Center, Summit, New Jersey

PREVELANCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR BURNOUT IN THE PERIANESTHESIA SETTING 
Contact:  Elizabeth Card MSN RN FNP-BC CPAN
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

EVIDENCE-BASED PROJECT: STRATEGIES OF FALL PREVENTION IN THE AMBULATORY SETTING
Contact:  Nina Dinglas MSN RN
Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
McAuley Surgery Center & Institute for Digestive Health and Liver Disease

THE EFFECT OF MUSIC IN THE PACU ON RECOVERY TIME AND PATIENT SATISFACTION
Contact:  Karen A. Kautz RN MSN DNP
St. Vincent Health, Carmel, Indiana
 
KETAMINE-PAIN RELIEF FOR THE CHRONIC PAIN SURGICAL PATIENT
Contact:  Linda Minnich RN BSN CPAN
John Muir Health, Concord, California

BIG SURGERY, LITTLE PAIN:  PARTNERING WITH PATIENTS TO MINIMIZE TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY POST-OPERATIVE PAIN
Contact: Toni Milne RN CPAN
Texas Health Huguley Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas
 
CALM OR CRISIS?  IMPLEMENTATION OF CRISIS CHECKLISTS FOR EMERGENCIES IN THE CARE OF POST CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS IN A PACU SETTING
Contact:  Maria Gutierrez BSN RN CPAN
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Laguna Hills, California

SHORT-TERM ACUPRESSURE DOES NOT PREVENT LONG-TERM POST-OPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING
Contact: Rebecca T. Gilbert RN MSN CCRN
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville Virginia

AN EXPLORATION OF THE POST-ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT (PACU) NURSES’ KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF SEDATION SCORING AND PAIN MANAGEMENT OPTIONS
Contact:  Lori Ramnytz MSN RN CAPA
Summa Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio

NURSE, PHYSICAL THERAPIST AND PATIENT EASE-OF-CARE:  A META-ANALYSIS COMPARING FENTANYL IONTOPHORETIC TRANSDERMAL SYSTEM (ITS) VERSUS INTRAVENOUS PATIENT-CONTROLLED ANALGESIA (IV PCA) IN POSTOPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT
Contact:  Leslie N. Schechter BS PharmD
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania