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• Oral Presentations 
• Poster Presentations
  • Preoperative/Preadmission Assessment
  • Staff Education/Professional Development
  • Family Centered Care 
  • Staffing/Management 
  • Patient Flow 
  • Ambulatory Surgery/Discharge Teaching 
  • High Risk Patients 
  • Handoff/Communication/Documentation 

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• BEDSIDE LEADERSHIP TRANSFORMS PATIENT POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA/VOMITING EXPERIENCE
  Team Leaders: Sheri Tadlock, RN, BSN, CAPA; Rhonda Mense, RN, CAPA
  Team Members: Jan Friederich, RN, MSN, CAPA; Sharon Meister, RN, MSN, CNOR; Cyndi Muren, RN, BSN; Brian Johnson, RN, MBA; Sandra Spencer, RN, BSN, CNOR;Dr. M. Leavell, (Anesthesia Champion); Larry Yarber Jr., RN; Vickie Henry, RN, BSN, CPAN; Beverly Meister, RN; Judy Stephens, RN; Lauren Bovenzi, RN; Cathy Stein, RN;Joyce Sodam, RN; Dan Barton, RN

• SEVEN CRITICAL STEPS TO SUSTAINED QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
  Team Leader: Jodi Koch, RN
  Team Member: Cheryl Barr, BSN, RN, CPAN

• IMPROVING JOB SATISFACTION IN AN AMBULATORY CARE SETTING AND OR: PROMOTING A CULTURE OF ZERO TOLERANCE, MUTUAL RESPECT AND STAFF EMPOWERMENT
  Team Leaders: Samantha West, RN, BSN, OCN; Margarita Coyne, RN, MS
  Team Members: Marguerite Tierney, RN; Belinda Parzymieso, RN; Judith Myszka, RN, BSN

•  INNOVATIVE ORIENTATION STRATEGIES USING SIMULATION AND SELF REFLECTION
  Team Leader: Tracy Underwood, BSN, RN
  Team Member: Raquel Evans, BSN, RN; Stacy Ross, BSN, RN

• THE PERIOPERATIVE NURSE LIAISON: IMPACT ON PATIENT, FAMILY, AND STAFF SATISFACTION
  Team Members: Bonnie Shope, RN, BSN, CPAN, CAPA; Hope Herd, RN, BSN, CPAN; Jennifer Case, RN; Susan Appling, PhD, CRNP

• CREATING A SAFE PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT: ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY OVERTIME IN THE PACU
  Team Leader: Jacqueline A. Miller, MSN, RN, NE-BC

•  OPIOIDS, HYPOVENTILATION, AND THE SLEEP APNEA CRISIS
  Team Leader: Karen Wessels, MSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA
  Team Members: Tamara Bloom, BSN, RN, CAPA; Dena Boehm, BSN, RN, CPAN

• IMPLEMENTING THE PASERO OPIOID-INDUCED SEDATION SCALE (POSS) AS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL IN PREVENTING UNINTENDED SEDATION IN THE POST ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT (PACU)
  Team Leaders: Yalanda Comeaux, MJ, BA, RN; Misty Kirby-Nolan, MSN, APN-CNP

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Category:  Preoperative/Preadmission Assessment

• SCREENING FOR RISK OF POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA & VOMITING (PONV) IN ADULTS:  IMPACT ON PATIENT OUTCOMES & PROVIDER PRACTICES
  Team Leader:  Nancy DuBois, DNP, RN, CRNI

• INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF THE PREOPERATIVE ADMISSION PROCESS
  Team Leader:  Judith J. Kinnavy, RN, BSN, CAPA
  Team Member:  Tricia L. Gallet, RN, BSN

• 96 HOUR-OUT PROJECT
  Team Leader:  Paula R. Fotta RN, BSN
  Team Members:  Nancy Allison RN, BSN; Sharon Puskarich RN

• COLLABORATIVE PROCESS TO IMPROVE PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS PROCEDURE & POLICY
  Team Leader:  Kathleen Morgans-Perri, BS, RN, CPAN, CAPA
  Team Members:  Members of the Professional Practice Council

• BEDSIDE LEADERSHIP TRANSFORMS PATIENT POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA/VOMITING EXPERIENCE
  Team Leader(s):  Sheri Tadlock, RN, BSN, CAPA; Rhonda Mense, RN, CAPA
  Team Member(s):  Jan Friederich, RN, MSN, CAPA; Sharon Meister, RN, MSN, CNOR; Cyndi Muren, RN, BSN; Brian Johnson, RN, MBA; Sandra Spencer, RN, BSN, CNOR;Dr. M. Leavell, (Anesthesia Champion); Larry Yarber Jr., RN; Vickie Henry, RN, BSN, CPAN; Beverly Meister, RN; Judy Stephens, RN; Lauren Bovenzi, RN; Cathy Stein, RN;Joyce Sodam, RN; Dan Barton, RN

• INTRADERMAL LIDOCAINE FOR IV INSERTION
  Team Leader:  Amy Terbrock, BSN, RN
  Team Members:  Sue Kramer, BSN, RN; Maureen O’Very, RN; Amy Campbell, BSN, RN

• WE ROCK – YOU ROLL:  SURGICAL STAGING UNIT PROPELS ON-TIME FIRST CASE START INITIATIVE
  Team Leaders:  Marlene Mayza, BSN, RN; Janice Magliane, AND, RN

• IMPROVING CARE FOR PATIENTS RECEIVING PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKS: WE SPOKE UP AND THEY LISTENED!
  Team Leaders:  Valerie Boatwright, RN, CPAN, CAPA; Connie Hardy Tabet, RN, CPAN, CAPA
  Team Members:  Christine Mariner, RN; Christina Anderson-Sanchez, RN; 
  Elizabeth Baker, MD; Christopher Arndt, MD

• NERVE BLOCK INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO IMPROVES PATIENT OUTCOMES
  Team Leader:  Ludy Lemus, RN, BSN, CN III, CAPA
  Team Members:  Maki Morimoto, MD, Dept. of Anesthesia;  Carol Lopez, RN, MS, NE-BC, Perianesthesia Nurse Manager; Hezelyn Lopez, RN, BSN, Clinical Operations Manager; Pat Messerich, RN; Hang Saito, APRN, CNS; B. McMullin, RN, PI Coordinator

• PREOPERATIVE PATIENT PREPARATION TO REDUCE SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS
  Team Leader:  Carol Nicoladis, BSN, RN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Janet Gilmore, MSN, RN; Terry Throckmorton, PhD, RN

• PATIENT REGISTRATATION IN THE PREOPERATIVE AREA: A NEW PROCESS
  Team Leader:  Sandra Filla, BSN, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Beverly Faust, BSN, RN; Elizabeth Cox, MSN, CMSRN

• THE PREANESTHESIA CLINIC: A TEAM APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE CHILD AND FAMILY SURGICAL EXPERIENCE AND ENHANCE PATIENT OUTCOMES
  Team Leader:  Nancy Rudyk, RN, MN, CNS
  Team Members:  Silvana Oppedesano, RN, MN; Penny Demarchi, RN; Jacqui McCallum, RN; Lily Cugliari-Kobayashi RN

• STANDARDIZING PREOP TO OR NURSING HANDOFF REPORT: A COLLABORATIVE JOURNEY
  Team Leader:  Sandra Fleishman, RN, BSN, CPAN, CAPA
  Team Members:  Heather Portanova, RN; Angela Castano, RN; Joanne Snook, RN; Elaine Richardson, RN; Marlo Justesen, RN, CPAN; Ana Fisher, RN, CPAN; Donna Williams, PACU Department Secretary

• THE PREANESTHESIA CLINIC: A TEAM APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE CHILD AND FAMILY SURGICAL EXPERIENCE AND ENHANCE PATIENT OUTCOMES
  Team Leader:  Nancy Rudyk, RN, MN, CNS
  Team Members: Silvana Oppedesano, RN, MN; Penny Demarchi, RN; Jacqui McCallum, RN; Lily Cugliari-Kobayashi RN

• STANDARDIZING PREOP TO OR NURSING HANDOFF REPORT: A COLLABORATIVE JOURNEY
  Team Leader:  Sandra Fleishman, RN, BSN, CPAN, CAPA
  Team Members:  Heather Portanova, RN; Angela Castano, RN; Joanne Snook, RN; Elaine Richardson, RN; Marlo Justesen, RN, CPAN; Ana Fisher, RN, CPAN; Donna Williams, PACU Department Secretary

• FIRST CASE ON START
  Team Leaders:  Rupinder Mahal, RN, BHCS, Perianesthesia Nurse Manager; Linda Ziolkowski, MSN, RN, CPAN, Nurse Educator Perianesthesia
  Team Members:  Dr. Bruce Adelman, Director Anesthesia Services; Karen Watson, RN, Pre-Admission Testing; Chona Oxyer, RN, Pre-op Holding; Sandy Sprague, Unit Clerk; Nancy Antoniotti, Unit Clerk; Julie Newsome, RN, OR Coordinator; Nicole Radu, CRNA, Nurse Anesthesia; Margaret Mulcrone, MSN, RN, Nurse Educator, Surgical Services

• PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK ANESTHESIA FOR BREAST CANCER SURGERY
  Team Leader:  Beryle C. Shore, RN, ADN

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• CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DEVICES (CRMD) IN THE PERIOPERATIVE SETTING
  Team Leader:  Kerry Porter, RN, CNIV Surgery Center

• TAKING ASPAN/TAPAN TO THE COMMUNITY
  Team Leader:  Kerrie S. Guerrero, RN, MSN, MBA, CAPA

• WE GOT SPIRIT. YES WE DO! – INSIDE THE PACU HUDDLE
  Team Leader:  Tina Sanzone, BSN, RN
  Team Member:  Tera Casenhiser, BSN, RN

• TAP INTO PAIN CONTROL
  Team Leader:  Janet Fricker, BSN, RN-BC, CPAN
  Team Members:  Barbara Berling, BSN, RN-BC, CAPA; Melissa Dwyer, BSN, RN-BC; Amanda Murray, BSN, RN; Douglas Stewart M.D., Anesthesiology Associates of Cincinnati; Brian Vaughan, M.D. Anesthesiology Associates of Cincinnati; Mark Manley, M.D. Anesthesiology Associates of Cincinnati

• USING E-LEARNING WITH ORIENTATION AT THE BEDSIDE
  Team Leaders: Pamela Taulman, RN, MA, CPAN; Mary Briggs, RN, BAN, CAPA

• MANAGING THE ISOLATION PATIENT’S FOOTPRINT: A PROCESS FOR INFECTION CONTROL
  Team Leader:  Tamela Morgan, MBA, RN
  Team Members:  Cindy Hodges, BSHS, RN, RNC; Michele Bucklew, RN; Rebecca C. Clark, PhD, RN

• MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA OUTSIDE THE PACU: PROMOTING COMPETENT COLLEAGUES
  Team Leaders: Susanne Lavery, BSN, RN, CPAN; Denise Fregault, RN, CPAN;
  Cheryl Siebert, BSN, RN, CPAN

• THE PACU: A NEW APPROACH TO INCREASE CLINICAL PLACEMENTS FOR NURSING STUDENTS
  Team Leaders:  Sarah Derieg, DNP, RN, CPN; Regina Hoefner-Notz, BSN, RN, CPAN, CPN
  Team Members: The PACU preceptor group

• INTEGRATION OF HOLISTIC THERAPIES: THE PATH FOLLOWED TO INCORPORATING REIKI AND MUSIC THERAPY IN A CLINICAL SETTING
  Team Leader:  Terri Jamros, RN
  Team Members:  Kevin McWha, BSN, RN; Charla Delillo RN; Josette Renda RN;
  Jane Donegan, RN; Joan Compagnone, RN; Nicole Kramer, MSN, RN

• SEVEN CRITICAL STEPS TO SUSTAINED QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
  Team Leader:  Jodi Koch, RN
  Team Member:  Cheryl Barr, BSN, RN, CPAN

• PEER REVIEW PANEL PILOT
  Team Leader:  Joyce Burke, RN, BSN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Barbara Ackerman, RN, BSN; Kimberly Latham, RN, BSN, CCRN, CLIII; Dianne Stapp, RN, CLIII

• EMERGENCE AGITATION:  WHAT IT IS AND WHAT CAN WE DO?
  Team Leader:  Katherine Tembelopoulos, RN, BSN, CPAN, CPN
  Team Members:  John Carr, BSN, RN, CPN; Catee Tressy-Murphy, RN, CPAN, CAPA

• LENDING A HAND TO IMPROVE HAND HYGIENE (HH)
  Team Leaders:  Nancy Strzyzewski, MSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA; Toni Szpara, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN, CAPA; Denise O’Brien, DNP(c), RN, ACNS-BC, CPAN, CAPA, FAAN

• THE FUTURE OF PERIANESTHESIA NURSING: SHARED GOVERNANCE EMPOWERS NURSES TO FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  Team Leader:  Beth Hall, RN, BSN, CPAN
  Team Member:  Kathleen Duckworth, RN

• IMPROVING JOB SATISFACTION IN AN AMBULATORY CARE SETTING AND OR: PROMOTING A CULTURE OF ZERO TOLERANCE, MUTUAL RESPECT AND STAFF EMPOWERMENT
  Team Leaders:  Samantha West, RN, BSN, OCN; Margarita Coyne, RN, MS
  Team Members:  Marguerite Tierney, RN; Belinda Parzymieso, RN; Judith Myszka, RN, BSN

• LEAVE NO PAGE UNTURNED…A PERIANESTHESIA JOURNAL CLUB
  Team Leader:  Michael Snyder, RN, CCRN, CPAN, CAPA
  Team Member:  Denise O’Brien, DNP(c), RN, ACNS-BC, CPAN, CAPA, FAAN

• GOTTA GO, GOTTA GO, GOTTA GO…BLADDER SCANNER USE IN THE PERIANESTHESIA SETTING
  Team Leader:  Beverly Smith, BSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA
  Team Members: Denise O'Brien, DNP(c), RN, ACNS-BC, CPAN, CAPA, FAAN;
  Nancy Strzyzewski, MSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA; Toni Szpara, BSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA, CCRN; Renee Havey, BSN, RN, CCRN

• ENSURING HOSPITAL WIDE MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA COMPETENCY
  Team Leader:  Carol Pehotsky, RN, MSN, ACNS-BC, CPAN
  Team Members:  Sandy Hossman, RN, BS, CPAN; Maura Ventura, RN, BSN

• EXPANDING PEDIATRIC COMPETENCY FOR ADULT PACU NURSES
  Team Leader:  Sandy Hossman, RN, BS, CPAN
  Team Member:  Carol Pehotsky, RN, MSN, CPAN, ACNS-BC

• SUSTAINABILITY IN PERIANESTHESIA NURSING PRACTICE
  Team Leader:  Carol Pehotsky, RN, MSN, CPAN, ACNS-BC
  Team Members:  Megan Anderson, RN, BSN; Marie Crump, RN, BSN; Felicia Horton, RN, BSN; Karen Kozminski, RN, BSN; Katherine Zacharyasz, RN, BSN, CPAN

• VERBAL COMPETENCIES IN PERIANESTHESIA NURSING
  Team Leader:  Sandy Hossman, RN, BS, CPAN
  Team Member:  Carol Pehotsky, RN, MSN, CPAN, ACNS-BC

• EMPOWERING STAFF THROUGH ENGAGEMENT DISCUSSIONS
  Team Leader:  Carol Pehotsky, RN, MSN, ACNS-BC, CPAN
  Team Members:  Lori DeWitt, RN, MSN, CPAN, CAPA; Katherine Zacharyasz, RN, BSN, CPAN; Megan Anderson, RN, BSN; Catherine Prince, RN, CPAN; Brian Rann, RN, BSN; Jillian Fetzner, RN, BSN; Kelly Sadlik, RN, BSN, CPAN; Michelle Swancer, LPN

• INNOVATIVE ORIENTATION STRATEGIES USING SIMULATION AND SELF REFLECTION
  Team Leader:  Tracy Underwood, BSN, RN
  Team Member:  Raquel Evans, BSN, RN; Stacy Ross, BSN, RN

• PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN CRITICAL THINKING SKILL ASSESSMENT
  Team Leader:  Sandra Filla, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Janelle Holthaus, BSN, RN; Kelli Thaman, BSN, RN, CPAN; Elizabeth Cox, MSN, CMSRN

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPEN HOUSE
  Team Leader:  Sandra Filla, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Lucy Pfyl, BSN, RN; Elizabeth Cox, MSN, RN, CMSRN

• HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATION SURVEY: COLLABORATION FOR CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
  Team Leader:  Sandra Filla, BSN, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Janelle Holthaus BSN, RN; Betsy L’Hommedieu BSN, CPAN; Elizabeth Cox MSN, CMSRN

• SKIN ASSESSMENT RE-EDUCATION
  Team Leader:  Sandra Filla, BSN, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Member:  Colleen Miller, BSN

• OPTIMIZING NURSING CONTINUING EDUCATION IN PACU
  Team Leaders:  Denise Bancroft, RN; Jeanne Tennis, RN

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• FAMILY VISITATION IN PACU
  Team Leader:  Barbara David, RN
  Team Members:  Melinda Burks, BSN, RN; Lisa Early, RN, BSN, CCRN, CPAN; Rachel Findley, RN, CCM; Louis Tiscia, BSN, RN, BA

• CHALLENGES IN CREATING A PEDIATRIC POSTANESTHESIA CARE AREA
  Team Leader:  Cindy Bird, BSN, RN
  Team Members:  Annette Blessing, RN, CAPA; Dorothy Johnson, RN; Tara Leisenring, RN; Cortney McCarthy, RN; Chris Raup, RN, CPN; Renee Smith, MS, RN, CPAN, CAPA; Mary Jane Tloczynski, BSN, RN, CPAN

• FAMILY IN THE PACU – NEXT STEPS
  Team Leader:  Cindy Bird, BSN, RN
  Team Members:  Annette Blessing, RN, CAPA; Wendy Concini, RN, CPAN; Wanda Scheeler, RN, CPAN; Renee Smith, MS, RN, CPAN, CAPA; Mary Jane Tloczynski, BSN, RN, CPAN

• THE PERIOPERATIVE NURSE LIAISON: IMPACT ON PATIENT, FAMILY, AND STAFF SATISFACTION
  Team Members:  Bonnie Shope, RN, BSN, CPAN, CAPA; Hope Herd, RN, BSN, CPAN; Jennifer Case, RN; Susan Appling, PhD, CRNP

• PASSPORT TO EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION
  Team Leader:  Beth Rosenthal, BSN, RN, CAPA
  Team Members:  Kari Laux, BSN, RN; Diane Desmond, BSN, RN; Barb Poelling, RN; Francine Plunckert, BSN, MBA, RN; Linda Braeuninger, RN; Kimberly Massey; Erica Stone; Carlene Little

• FAMILY VISITATION IN POST ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT
  Team Leader:  Rose D. Ziffra, RN, BSN, CPAN, CAPA
  Team Members:  Cheryl Van Dam, RN, BS, CPAN; Dani Brazinskaite, RN, BSN, CPAN

• ENGAGING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THE PERIOPERATIVE EXPERIENCE
  Team Leaders:  Carolyn A. Benigno, MSN, RN, CPN, Clinical Nurse; Margaret Groves, BS, CCLS, Child Life Specialist
  Team Members:  Mellaknese Coker, BSN, CAPA, CPAN, CPN, Nurse Manager; Haeok Chung, MSN, MHA, BSN, RN, Clinical Supervisor

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• CREATING A SAFE PRACTICE ENVIRONMENT:  ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY OVERTIME IN THE PACU
  Team Leader:  Jacqueline A. Miller, MSN, RN, NE-BC

• HELPING HANDS!! VOLUNTEERS IN THE PACU
  Team Leader:  Denise Magoon, ADN, RN
  Team Members:  Denise O’Brien, DNP (c), RN, ACNS-BC, CPAN, CAPA, FAAN; Toni Szpara, BSN, RN, CAPN, CAPA, CCRN; Nancy Strzyzewski, MSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA

• CROSS-TRAINING PHASE II STAFF FOR PHASE I
  Team Leader:  Betsy L’Hommedieu, BSN, RN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Sandra Filla, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN; Elizabeth Cox, MSN, CMSRN

• EXPANDING THE ROLE OF THE PRE-SURGICAL NURSE: IMPROVING PERI-ANESTHESIA EFFECIENCY
  Team Leader:  Stephanie Nolan Kennedy, RN, MS, CPAN
  Team Members:  Anna Szul, BSN, RN, Lisa Kennedy, RN,MA,CEN, CCRN; Wanda Rodriguez, RN, MA, CCRN, CPAN

• SCHEDULING ON-CALLS: A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
  Team Leader:  Amelia S. Pacardo, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Member:  Pamela E. Windle, MS, RN, NE-BC, CPAN, CAPA, FAAN

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• DICTATION OF HANDOFF REPORT – IMPROVING PATIENT FLOW
  Team Leader:  Cindy Bird, BSN, RN
  Team Members:  Wendy Concini, RN, CPAN; Jan Kieffer, RN; Wanda Scheeler, RN, CPAN; Renee Smith, MS, RN, CPAN, CAPA; Mary Jane Tloczynski, BSN, RN, CPAN; Diane Whitenight, RN, CPAN

• PACU MEDICAL-SURGICAL OVERFLOW
  Team Leaders:  Cheryl Barr, BSN, RN, CPAN; Krista Lechanic, BSN, RN

• PACU/TRANSPORT RELATIONS PROJECT
  Team Leader:  Kelly Burns, RN, BSN, CL II
  Team Members:  Joyce Burke, RN, BSN, CPAN, Clinical Manager PACU;  Candace Fox, Assistant Manager Patient Transportation; Jared Boots, Lead Transport; Chelsea Burbrink, PCA; Megan Duncan, PCA; Scott Heis, Transport; Ron Roberts, UA; David Rigdon, Transport

• A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO DECREASING THE PACU LENGTH OF STAY FOR ENDOSCOPY PATIENTS
  Team Leader:  Lenore Smykowski, RN, MA, CPAN
  Team Members:  Jean Bivona, BSN, RN; Denise Moore, BSN, RN, CPAN; Wanda Rodriguez, RN, MA, CCRN, CPAN; Han Gerdes, MD; Alan Kotin, MD

• OPTIMIZING PATIENT FLOW IN POST ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT
  Team Leader:  Rose D. Ziffra, RN, BSN, CPAN, CAPA
  Team Members:  Cheryl Van Dan, RN, BS, CPAN; Dani Brazinskaite, RN, BSN, CPAN

• PROCESS IMPROVEMENT IN NON-OR PEDIATRIC PROCEDURES FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER
  Team Leader:  Alita Campbell, RN, BSN, OCN, ANM
  Team Members:  Mini Sabu, RN, BSN, CPAN/CAPA; Leslie Hale, RN, CPAN/CAPA; Karen Salinas, RN, BSN, CPAN; Sheryl deAsis, RN, BSN; Tennille Campbell, RN; Elsy Puthenparampil, RN, BSN, CPAN, BC; Jenise Rice, RN, BSN, CPAN; Cindy Segal, RN, MSN

• OPTIMIZING PATIENT THROUGHPUT:  REDUCING PATIENT WAIT TIME IN THE PACU
  Team Leader:  Cathy Banks, BA, ASN, RRT, RN
  Team Members:  Perioperative Programs:  Kelly Connolly, BSN, RN, Nurse Manager PACU; Kristen Hogan, BSN, RN; Diane Lupo, RN, CPN; Ruth Noble, RN, CPN; Carol Saul, BSN, RN; Surgical Programs:  Lynette Delano-Chase, BSN, RN, CPN;  Marcia Higgins, BSN, RN, CPN; Shauna Memmula, BSN, RN, CPN; Rosella Micalizzi, MS, CPNP, RN; Jamie Hirsch BA

• SHADOWING A FLOOR NURSE: INCREASING OUR SCOPE
  Team Leader:  Sandra Filla, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Kandi O’Brien, RN; Elizabeth Cox, MSN, CMSRN

• PATIENT CART TECHNICIAN ERGONOMICS
  Team Leader:  Sandra Filla, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Amy Cooper, BSN, RN; Elizabeth Cox MSN, CMSRN

• MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR BOARDERS
  Team Leader:  Sandra Filla, BSN, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Member:  Colleen Miller, BSN

• CALMING THE CHAOS: A DAILY SURVIVAL KIT FOR NAVIGATING THE PERI-OPERATIVE PATIENT
  Team Leader:  Debra L. Bennett-Carey, RN, MSN
  Team Members:  Vicky Williams, RT (R), MA; Maggie Colabuono, RN, CPAN, CAPA; Katie Stalter, RN, BSN, CNOR; Cindy Monachos, RN, BS, CNOR, RNFA; Erin Slade-Smith, RN, BS; Charlene McCabe, RN, BS, CNOR; Jim Waters, MBA; Kenneth Jurniak, MA

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• POST-OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS & INFORMATION
  Team Leader:  Kelly Stivala, RN, BSN
  Team Member:  Maura Diehl, RN-BC

• INCREASING HOME MEDICATION RECONCILIATION COMPLIANCE WHEN ADMITTING A PATIENT FROM A OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER INTO THE HOSPITAL
  Team Leader:  Elizabeth Slenker Yates, BSN, RN
  Team Members:  Kari Laux, BSN, RN; Deanda Cronin, BSN, RN, CMSRN; Katherine Schmiedeke, RN

• TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION ACHIEVE SIGNIFICANT DOCUMENTATION OUTCOMES
  Team Leader:  Marie Grace A. Ringor, RN, BSN
  Team Members:  Agnes S. Sibayan, RN, BSN, CPAN; Lillian Bailey, RN, BSN, CAPA

• DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS:  COLLABORATIVE STANDARDIZATION
  Team Leaders:  Samantha West, RN, BSN, OCN; Carol Labby, RN
  Team Members:  Judith Pollina, RN; Denise Simmons, RN; Michelle Tronolone, RN; Michelle Leonard, RN;  Cristie Marschke, RN; Amanda Englert, RN; Dawn Degrasse, RN; Lisa Hammond, RN; Lisa Garvey, RN

• HOURLY COMFORT ROUNDING IN THE OUTPATIENT SETTING
  Team Leader:  Magdalena Smith, MA, RN, OCN
  Team Member:  Tak Tam, BSN, RN

• WALK WITH ME
  Team Leaders:  Cristie Roush, APRN-BC; Katrina Push, RN
  Team Members:  Jill Garner, RN, BSN; Charles Washington, RN

• PATIENT SATISFACTION AND POST OPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT
  Team Leader:  Pat Messerich, BS, RN, CPAN

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• HIGH RISK PROTOCOL:  PREVENTING RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS
  Team Leaders:  Jennie Cumicek, RN, BSN, CPAN; Judy Johnson, RN, BSN
  Team Members:  Pete Weber, BA, RRT, RPSGT; Laura Hieb, MBA, BSN, RN; Colleen Groenier, RPh, PharmD; Kathy Beaumier, RN; Cori Drossart, MS, RN, ACNS-BS; Tracy Morgan, RN; Janet Letter RN, BSN; Stephanie Vandenack, RN; Karen Braun, RN; Linda Habeck, RN, BSN; Kevin Drewieske, RRT, MSOLQ; Janel Satori, RN, BSN; Franz Igler, MD, PhD; Mark Reinke, MD

• OPIOIDS, HYPOVENTILATION, AND THE SLEEP APNEA CRISIS
  Team Leader:  Karen Wessels, MSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA
  Team Members:  Tamara Bloom, BSN, RN, CAPA; Dena Boehm, BSN, RN, CPAN

• PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION IN HIGH RISK CARDIOVASCUALR SURGERY PATIENTS
  Team Leaders:  Joel Kilpatrick, BSN, RN; Lynda Portice, BSN, RN
  Team Members:  Regi Freeman, MSN, RN, CNS; Jennifer Stieve-Swarup, BSN, RN; Amber Czernik, BSN, RN; Lori Silveus, BSN, RN; Deborah Totzkay MSN, RN; Jole’ Mowry, MS, RN; Chrissy Nault, BSN, RN; Kate McKenney, PT, CWS; Jaime Osborne, MS, RN

• MOVING FORWARD
  Team Leader:  Amy S. Newland, RN
  Team Members:  Kim Allen, RN; Susan Gilbert, RN

• HOW NOT TO ‘GO BLUE’
  Team Leaders:  Janet Gilbert, BSN, RN, CPAN; Sharon Taylor, BSN, RN, CPAN

• ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME: EXPANDING CRITICAL THINKING IN THE PACU
  Team Leader:  Kathy Jo Carter, RN, MSN, MBA, CPAN

• PERIOPERATIVE GLUCOSE MANAGEMENT: PROTOCOL REFINEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
  Team Leader:  Barbara Moore, RN, CNML
  Team Members:  Andrew Hart, MD; Janice Hovey, RN; Larry Buckner, RN; Ed Green, RN; Susan Fulbright, PharmD; Barbara Massey, RN; Dianne Gambrell, RN; Donna Peek, RN; Jeffrey Russell, MD; William Berry, MD; William Maples, MD; Doug Roberts, CRNA; Vallire Hooper, PhD, RN, CPAN, FAAN

• IMPROVING POSTOPERATIVE GLUCOSE CONTROL THROUGH THE USE OF DIABETES MENTORS
  Team Leaders:  Jillian Fetzner, RN, BSN; Catherine Prince, RN, CPAN

• IMPLEMENTATION OF DELIRIUM MONITORING IN THE PACU
  Team Leader:  Elizabeth Card, RN, CPAN, CCRP
  Team Members:  Christina Tomes, RN; Jeannie Wood, BSN, RN; Cathy Lee, RN, CAPA, CPAN; Lisa Allen, RN; Lindsay Kellum, RN; Pratik Pandharipande, MD

• ATTENTION TO SKIN IN THE PERIOPERATIVE SETTING
  Team Leader:  Sandra Filla, BSN, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Vicki D’Harlingue, RN; Elizabeth Cox, MSN, CMSRN

• STANDARDIZATION OF PROPOFOL ADMINISTRATION
  Team Leaders:  Alisa Thorne, MD; Wanda Rodriguez, RN, MA, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Yat Ling So, RPh; Christopher Chao, RPh, MSBCIS; Joan McKerrow, RN, MPH, OCN; Wayne Quashie, MSN, RN, OCN; Janine Kennedy, RN, MA, OCN; Joyce Kane, MSN, RN, CCRN; Tara Caltabiano, MSN, RN, CCRN; Beth Dee Licht, RN, MA, CPN, CPNP, CPON; Lisa Kennedy, RN, MA, CEN, CCRN; Kristy Dunleavy, MSN, RN, OCN; Shaneka Storey, MSN, RN, CPON; Rori Salvaggio, RN

• IMPLEMENTING THE PASERO OPIOID-INDUCED SEDATION SCALE (POSS) AS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL IN PREVENTING UNINTENDED SEDATION IN THE POST ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT (PACU)
  Team Leaders:  Yalanda Comeaux, MJ, BA, RN; Misty Kirby-Nolan, MSN, APN-CNP

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• ‘TEAM CARE HANDOFFS’ REFOCUSING CARE TO MAKE PATIENT SAFETY OUR PRIORITY
  Team Leader:  Leslie Russell, BS, RN, BSN
  Team Member:  Kathleen Lombard, RN, MSN, CNOR

• SURVEY ON RN PERCEPTION OF ELECTRONIC CHARTING USING THE EPIC COMPUTER SYSTEM
  Team Leader:  Tess Mazloomian, RN, MN, CCRN, CPAN, CAPA

• SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF SBAR HANDOFF COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN THE PERIANESTHESIA/ PERIOPERATIVE SETTING
  Team Leader:  Diane Roche, RN, CAPA
  Team Member:  Sarah Carter, RN, CAPA

• IMPROVING DOCUMENTATION IN THE PACU
  Team Leaders:  Melissa Schmidt, RN, BSN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Jennifer Johnson, RN, BSN, MS, CPAN; Linda Kitchen, RN, BSN; Dawn Jackson, RN, BSN; LaVonne Albertson, RN, BSN, CRGN

• ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTATION IN PRE-ADMISSION, PACU AND SAME DAY SURGERY
  Team Leaders:  Maribeth Beckner, RN, PCCM Surgery Service; Alice Aldridge, RN, CNOR
  Team Members:  Cheryl Pulice, RN, MSN; Cindy Williams, RN;
  Vickie Shafer, Information Technology; Nick Facemire, Information Technology

• STANDARDIZATION OF HAND-OFF IN PACU
  Team Leader:  Sandra Filla, BSN, CCRN, CPAN
  Team Members:  Sarah Hanneken BSN, RN; JoEllen Fowler, RN; Amy Cooper, BSN, RN; Elizabeth Cox, MSN, CMSRN

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