2016 CSP Abstracts

2016 Celebrate Successful Practices Abstracts

ASPAN's 35^th National Conference
April 10-14, 2016, Philadelphia, PA

Categories:

Team Building
Cross Coverage
Technology/EMR/Documentation
Clinical
Education

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Team Building

Poster Peer Panel Survey Versus Non Anonymous Peer Survey to Continue to Build a High Performing Culture
	Team Leader: Dianne Stapp BSN The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio Team Members: Joyce Burke BSN CPAN NEA-BC, Allison Canter BSN

Poster Improving Care Coordination in a New PACU: Putting the Pieces Together
	Team Leaders: Elsy Puthenparampil MSN RN-BC CPAN, Jenise Rice MSN RN CPAN The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Poster Working Nine to Five, Finding a Plan to Increase Staff Moral and Decrease Hours Worked After 6PM
	Team Leader: Linda Wollak RN CAPA Caromont Regional Medical Center, Gastonia, North Carolina Team Members: Kim Aldridge RN CAPA, Laura McCall BSN RN

Poster OR to PACU Handoff: Efficient and Safe Transfer of Care
	Team Leader: Carolyn Benigno MSN RN CPN Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC Team Members: Randall Burd MD PhD, Jennifer Fritzeen MSN RN PCNS-BC, Victoria Alexander BSN RN CPN, Dianne Cochran BSN RN CPN, Kristen Laheta BSN RN CPN, Teresa Roberts MD, Evonne Greenidge MD, Haeok Chung MSN MHA RN, Aileen Pinola BSN RN CPN

Poster Postoperative Case Study: A Collaborative Approach to Symptomatic Bradycardia
	Team Leaders: Delsene Hanner BSN RN, Patricia Mefford BSN RN, Mark Neuman MD MSc, Julie Thomas MSN RN CPAN Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Team Members: Donna Bernard MSN RN CGRN, Jennifer Fraccaroli BSN RN CCRN

Oral and Poster PASS Phone Interview Project
	Team Leaders: Heather L. Gilbert RN BSN BA CNOR, Kathy Dureault RN MSN CPAN St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, California

Poster Wake Wings: From the Sky to the Bedside
	Team Leaders: Krista Holcomb RN BSN, Laura Stack RN CAPA Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Poster Introduction of "Comfort Card" in Perioperative Area to Improve Patient Experience and Nursing Communication
	Team Leaders: Melanie Quinn RN, Schuyler Alsop MSN RN NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, New York Team Members: Toni Velasquez BSN RN, Amanda Bodinet RN, Magdalena Smith MA OCN, Sarah Flood BSN RN CCRN

*Poster* Improving RN Satisfaction of Hand-Off Report from Anesthesia to the PACU RN
	Team Leader: Gregory Camacho RN MSN New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York Team Members: Rey Arnel Agudana RN, Laura Han RN CCRN

Poster Being Broke is No Joke. Time = Money
	Team Leader: Donna Voldan BSN RN CAPA Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, Ohio Team Members: Renee Blankenburg BSN RN, Lydia Brown LPN, Alice Florence HUC, Judith Hill RN, Diane Janakovich RN, Linda Marr RN, Susan Masteandrea BSN RN, Ray Robbins BSN RN, Sara Shubert RN
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Cross Coverage

Poster Transitions: Transferring a Level I Trauma Center and Combining Preop, Phase I, & Phase II Units
	Team Leaders: Donna Bernard MSN RN CGRN, Myra Cain-Houston MSN RN CAPA, Lori Fowler-Gagliardi MBA RN CNOR, Julie Thomas MSN RN CPAN Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Team Member: Jennifer Fraccaroli BSN RN CCRN

Oral and Poster Instilling a Quality-Safe Culture in Your ASC
	Team Leader: Barbara J. Holder RN BSN LHRM CAPA Andrews Institute Ambulatory Surgery Center, Gulf Breeze, Florida Team Members: Kim Lloyd RN CAPA, Dora Rieves RN BSN CAPA

Poster The Integration of Perianesthesia Certified Nurses Into An Ambulatory Specialty Treatment Center
	Team Leaders: Yvette Rosenthal RN CAPA, Deborah White BSN RN CAPA, Janelle Kister BSN RN CAPA CCRN The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas Team Members: Leo Flores BSN RN CAPA, Sharon Carson MSN RN CPAN, Jessica Roberts BSN RN CAPA, Sharon Hampton MSN Ph.D RN0

Poster Creating a Resource Guide for the New Preprocedure Float Pool Nurse
	Team Leader: Denise Barry BSN RN CPAN Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Team Member: Karen Munkley BSN MSN RN

Poster Perioperative Cross-Training: Improving Patient Care Flow and Satisfaction
	Team Leader: Christine Kuthan MSN RN CPAN UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Team Members: Doris Jackem RN CPAN, Annette Williams BSN RN MBA CNML

Oral and Poster Engaging Staff to Create a Blended Unit and Efficient Staffing Matrix
	Team Leaders: Jessie Brooks RN BSN, Kim Hinck RN BSN University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas Team Members: Eugenia Johnson RN BSN, Lanette Kelly RN BSN, Leanne Doerner RN BSN

Poster Perianesthesia Model of Care Transition
	Team Leaders: Cidalia J. Vital RN MS CNL CPAN, Penny Bertolasio RN MSN, Carolyn Anderson RN BM CPAN Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts Team Members: Rachel Dirienzo RN BSN BA CPAN, Katelyn Leriche RN BSN
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Technology/EMR/Documentation

Poster Specialty Task Force: Key Element in EMR Optimization
	Team Leader: Mary Rachel Romero MSN RN CPAN CAPA University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado Team Member: Allison Staub BSN RN

Poster PACU Documentation: Transitioning From Paper to the Electronic Record
	Team Leaders: Diane Fetterhoff BSN RN CPAN, Patricia Craig RN Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Team Members: Stephanie Setaro MSN RN ACNS-BC, Theresa McMunn BSN RN, Jessica Friedman BSN RN, Francis R. Rinault BSN RN

Poster What Goes In (The OR) Must Come Out
	Team Leader: Vonda L. Davidson BSN RN CPAN Hospital if the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Team Member: Joseph Moffa MSN BS RN NE-BC CCRN

Poster Focusing On Pain: Engaging the Team in Documentation Can Impact Outcomes
	Team Leaders: Peggy Running BSN RN CPAN CAPA, Sarah Wente PhD RN Fairview Ridges Hospital Burnsville, Minnesota Team Member: Jan Nelson BSN RN CPAN

Poster When the Screen Went Black: Lessons Learned From Five Days of Downtime
	Team Leader: Mary Gibson MSN RN CPN Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Team Members: Jessica Bruno RN MSN CPNP, Gretchen N. Doonan RN BSN CPN, Maryellen Mulcahy RN BSN CPN, Valerie Vitale RNC-NIC MSN CPNP

Oral and Poster Visitation Without Limitation: Facetime in the PACU
	Team Leader: Maria Gutierrez BSN RN CPAN Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Laguna Hills, California Team Members: Lucile Dinh MSN MPH RN CNS, Amor Eluna BSN RN CCRN, Emily Azuaje RN CCRN

Poster Is This Patient Ready for Anesthesia? EMR Review + Interview Can Make a Difference
	Team Leaders: Barbara David BSN RN CPAN CPN, Heather Livingston MBA BSN RN St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee Team Members: Kari Lahmon ADN RN CPN, Cassandra Bedford BSN RN, Elizabeth Woolfolk BSN RN CPN, Tasha Willis BSN RN CPN
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Clinical

Poster PostOperative Telephone Call: Key Element in Transition of Care
	Team Leader: Mary Rachel Romero MSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado Team Member: Melanie Sandoval PhD RN

Poster Improving the Process of Identifying Defective Equipment by Durable Labeling System in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit
	Team Leaders: Florine Mendonsa BSN RN CPAN, Imelda de Castro BSN RN, Prescilla Madtha BSN RN CCRN The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas Team Members: Staci Eguia MSN RN CCRN, Cori Copecky MSN RN OCN

Poster Implementing CAUTI Prevention Bundle in the PACU
	Team Leaders: Dwayne E. Brown RN CPAN, Staci Eguia MSN RN CCRN The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas Team Members: Cecilia Rodriguez RN CPAN, Donna Conde BSN RN CPAN, Anna Mae Josue BSN RN CPAN, Cori Kopecky MSN RN OCN, Valsa Kuriachan BSN RN CVRN, Claire Zimmerman BSN RN CPAN

Poster Sepsis Awareness Among Oncology Outpatients
	Team Leaders: Elsy Puthenparambil MSN RN CPAN RN-BC, Biji Chirappattu BSN RN CPAN RN-BC, Staci Eguia MSN RN CCRN The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas Team Members: Minaz Momin BSN RN RN-BC, Jaya Sanjo BSN RN CCRN, Courtney Bishop BSN RN

Poster Partnering With Interpreter Services in the Perioperative Environment to Improve Safety and Quality of Care to Patients and Families With Limited English Proficiency
	Team Leaders: Susan N. Kamerling MSN RN BC, Linda Cunningham Lawler MA BSN RN The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Poster Essential Role of PACU Nursing in Developing and Sustaining a Multidisciplinary Enhanced Recovery Program
	Team Leaders: Jin Huang BSN RN OCN RN-BC, Imelda DeCastro BSN RN The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas Team Members: Alita Campbell BSN RN OCN, Sudha Yalamanchili BSN RN, David Reams BA RN, Staci Eguia MSN RN CCRN, Soo OK BSN RN CPAN

Poster Pediatric Crash Cart Comparison Study: Quality Improvement Pilot Study of Performance and Perceptions
	Team Leaders: Myrna Mamaril MS RN CPAN CAPA FAAN, Jessica Kalb BSN RN, Cheryl Connor MSN RN CPN, Adam Dodson, NRP, NCEE, CCEMT John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Team Members: Rahul Koka MD, Tamara Pegram MSN RN CCRN, Elizabeth Hunt MD, Nora Kakati MSN RN

Poster Pediatric PACU Extended Observation: A New Model of Care
	Team Leaders: Kim Sexton BSN RN, Myrna Mamaril MS RN CPAN CAPA FAAN Bloomberg Children’s Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Oral and Poster Green Means Go: Safe PACU Transitions
	Team Leaders: Amy Kohl MSN RN CCRN, E. Chris Skinner MSN RN CAPA, Lauren Speakman MBA BSN RN CCRN, Susan Volk MSN RN CPAN CCRN Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware Team Members: Maureen Haislett BSN RN CPAN, Kevin Hawkins, Senior Business Analyst, Penny Rathmanner BSN RN CAPA RN-BC

Poster Early Recovery Protocol: Strategy to Decrease Patient Length of Stay
	Team Leaders: Ann Deacon RN MSN CPAN, Ann Duran RN CPAN, Kyung Jun RN MSN CNOR, Kapil Anand MD Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Oral and Poster Wake Me Up Before I Go Go: Development of Post Sedation Discharge Assessment Tool
	Team Leader: Linda Beagley MS RN CPAN Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, Illinois Team Members: Linda Rowan BSN RN CCRN, Charles Rosenberg BSN MBA RN, Nestor Pecson RN, Margaret Simmons BSN RN, Eva Peroulas MSN RNC-OB

Poster Perioperative Pit Crew: Ready, Set, Start on Time!
	Team Leaders: Michelle Ballou MBA MS RN CPAN, Suzanne Sortman MA RN CNOR University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado Team Members: Carolyn Dietrich MS RN CPAN, Shauna Sutton RN BSN CNOR, Jaime O’Brien RN BSN CAPA, Sarah Russel RN BSN, Dr. Benjamin Scott, Dr. Ethan Cumbler, Zach Robison MBA, Michelle Rove BS

Poster Implementing and Sustaining a Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP)
	Team Leader: Kimberly Connolly BSN RN CPAN The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Team Members: Bonnie Shope MS RN CPAN, Deborah Hobson BSN RN, Bridgette Frison BSN RN

Poster Creating an Extended Stay Unit Within the Perianesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
	Team Leader: Elena Lara BSN RN CPAN Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Team Members: Bonnie Shope MS RN CPAN, Zenaida Rodriguez BSN RN CPAN, Bridgette Frison BSN RN, Rebecca Griffiths BSN RN CPAN

Poster Providing Value in Surgical Services: Implementation of a Surgical Clearinghouse
	Team Leaders: Andrea Carver BSN RN, Stephanie Meyer RN MSN FNP Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri

Poster Treating Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting With Isoprophly Alcohol Inhalation
	Team Leader: Barbara Gozaloff RN BSN CPAN Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina Team Members: Joann Ellison RN BSN CPAN, Arnetha Drayton PCT, Joseph Abro MD

Poster Including Aromatherapy for Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting, an Evidence-Based Practice Project
	Team Leader: Jennifer Amedio BSN RN CPAN CAPA CCRN PCCN Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital, Houston, Texas

Poster Stay Just a Little Bit Longer: Extended Recovery in the PACU
	Team Leader: Krista Hall RN BSN CPAN University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado Team Members: Kristen Alix RN MS ACNP-BC CVN, Nicole Babu RN BSN CPAN, Michelle Ballou RN MSN MBA CPAN, Monica Brock RN MSN, Omid Jazaeri MD FACS, Justin Oeth RN BSN, Amanda Swedhin RN BSN CMSRN

Poster Improving Throughput of Joint and Spine Patients From Phase I: A Rapid Improvement Event
	Team Leaders: Jennifer King MSN RN CPAN, Michelle Lusby BSN RN CPAN Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Maryland Team Members: Mary Perzanowski RN, Jenica Polk BSN RN, Tracie Ackermann BSN RN, Michelle Seanger PT DPT CLT, June Brouse MSN RNC-MNN, Kimberly England RNFA CNOR, Jennifer Grover MMS PA-C

Poster PACU Throughput and Capacity Initiative to Increase the Availability of PACU Beds and Decrease Operating Room to PACU Holds
	Team Leaders: Kelly Connolly MSN RN, Dawn Brundage BSN RN CPAN Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Team Members: Lori Arsenault MSN RN CNOR NE-BC, Katherine Tecci MBA, Debra Lajoie PhD MSN RN LNC

Poster Adding a Care Coordinator to the Perianesthesia Resource Team
	Team Leader: Marie Courtney BSN RN CPAN CAPA Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Team Members: Victoria Sherry BSN RN, Carol Kale BSN RN, Hazel Gould MBA BSN RN

Poster Multidisciplinary Approach to Maximizing Throughput in the Surgical Services Setting
	Team Leader: Katherine Wittling RN BSN CAPA Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, Egleston and Scottish Rite Campuses Team Members: Sherry Gadra RN BSN MBA CPN, Laurie Farmer RN BSN MSN, Kawana Mitchell RN BSN MSN, Michelle Crumbley CHAM, Cheryl Ledbetter RN CPN, Sharon Debaun RN CPN, Kathy Kendrick RN BSN CAPA, Tasashia Mccormick BOS, Scott Kolesky, MD PhD FAAP, Assistant Professor, Teresa Hammarback RN MSN CPN

Poster Total Joint Patient Flow Improvement Project
	Team Leaders: Sana Zamarripa BSN RN CPAN St. Mary Corwin Hospital, Pueblo, Colorado Team Members: Samuel Baugh RN, Thomas Eckland RN, Rustin Gilbert RN, Sarah Jenkins RN, Gia King RN CPAN, Nicole Monteleone RN, Mary Rusovick RN, Dawn Scholes RN, Pamela Sturtevant RN, Jennifer Chrisman RN

Poster The Partner in Care Initiative Jump Starts a Culture Into Patient and Family Centered Care
	Team Leader: Debbie K. Sandlin BSN RN CPAN St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Edgewood, Kentucky

Poster Anticipatory Model for Holding Room (HR) Access/Throughput: Creating Capacity Without Adding More Space
	Team Leader: Betty Sue Minton RN MSN Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee Team Members: Rhonda Barfield RN BSN, Diane Johnson RN MSN

Poster Preoperative Hair Removal Improvement Process
	Team Leaders: Melissa S. Schmidt BSN CPAN CAPA VA Portland Healthcare System, Portland, Oregon Team Members: Ginger Chalker-Parker CNA MBA, Justin Brandt BA, Christine Valdez RN MSN CNOR, Christine Beatty RN, Jennifer Johnson MS BSN CPAN RN BC

Poster PACU Nursing Protocol for Suspected Corneal Abrasions
	Team Leaders: Katherine Duncan MD, Caron Hong MD, Beatrice Hazzard RN MS CPAN University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland Team Members: Laura Haines BSN RN CPAN, Lynnae Elliotte MSN RN CPAN CCRN, Michaela Mathews MD

Poster Pediatric Sedation Specialty Unit: Enhancing Patient Care
	Team Leader: Erin Lowerhouse BSN RN CPN Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, California Team Members: Jessica Garcia RN CPN, Laurie Newton BSN RN CPN

Poster T Minus 15 Minutes: A Peri-Operative Countdown to Safety
	Team Leaders: Aimee Dannaoui BSN RN CAPA CPHON, Laurina McMillan RN CAPA, Desiree Sokoli MSN RN APN FNP-BC NE-BC, Anna Szul BSN RN CAPA Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York Team Members: Sabrina Brown, Service Coordinator (SA), Michelle Burke MSA RN CNOR, Director of Nursing Perioperative Services, Terri Cruz BSN RN OCN, Keisha Findley BSN RN OCN, Charles Gadsden, Patient Care Technician (PCT), Celeste Hamilton, Unit Assistant (UA), Amanda Harris, Unit Assistant (UA), Deonie Malcolm, Unit Assistant (UA), Mary-May Saulan MSN MPA RN CNOR, Lystra Swift MA RN CNOR, J. Patricia Walsh RN OCN, Roger Wilson MD, Executive Director of OR Operations, Kamille Woody, Unit Assistant (UA), Shokjean Yee MA RN CNOR

Poster Multidisciplinary Approach in the Reduction of Discharge Times for Ground White Second Stage Recovery Unit
	Team Leaders: Nicole J. Hoke MSN RN CCNS CCRN, Joseph Moffa MSN BS RN CCRN NE- BC Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Poster The Construction and Implementation of an Innovational Twenty-Three Hour Extended Stay Observational Unit
	Team Leaders: Nicole J. Hoke MSN RN CCNS CCRN, Joseph Moffa MSN BS RN CCRN NE-BC Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Poster Champions for Reducing CAUTI in Surgical Patients: Inspiring Excellence to Improve Outcomes
	Team Leaders: Donna S. Johnson BSN RN-BC, Anastasia Johnson APRN MS CNS CNOR CNS-CP Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota Team Members: Sara Schroeck BSN RN, Sarah Jerabek BSN RN PHN CPAN CAPA, Naomi Hummel BSN RN, Jennifer Helling BSN RN, Tamara Amon-Stodola RN, Ellie Carter CLS MPH CIC

Poster Improving Patient Outcomes by Improving Post-Surgical Antibiotic Timeliness
	Team Leaders: Peter Stoffan RN BSN, Alexandra Schuyler Alsop RN MSN New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York

Poster I'll Be There: Enhancing the Patient Experience During Epidural Placement
	Team Leaders: Mary Irwin MA RN CAPA, Leonore DeLince BA BSN RN CAPA, Laurina McMillan AAS RN CAPA Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

Poster Implementing a Regional Anesthesia Service in the Preoperative Area for Orthopedic Patients
	Team Leaders: Eleanor Mowbray RN BSN CPAN, Ann Deacon RN MSN CPAN, Ann Duran RN CPAN, Kyung Jun RN MSN CNOR, Kapil Anand MD Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Poster Pediatric Pre-Surgery Preparation Center
	Team Leader: Tara Wright BSN RN CPN Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, Ohio Team Members: Michelle Wilson CNP, Susan Gough BSN RN CPAN, Margie Gaydos MSN MBA RN, Jill Smith CPN, Andrew J. Meyer MD

Poster Using Capnography to Predict OSA in Undiagnosed Patients With High STOP-BANG Scores
	Team Leader: Beth Brown BSN RN CPAN Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque, Iowa Team Members: Marie Trannel RN CPAN, Ann Brandel RN, Linda Recker BSN RN, Heather Wuebker BSN RN, Shirley Marty-Klosterman RN

Poster Targeted Quiet Time Intervention in the PACU
	Team Leaders: Malini Sarkar, Beatrice Hazzard RN MS CPAN, Caron Hong MD University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland

Oral and Poster Use OR Holds to Your Advantage! Request More FTE's by Blending ASPAN Practice Recommendation 1 Patient Classification/Staffing Recommendation and AORN Position Statement on Perioperative Safe Staffing and On-Call Practices
	Team Leader: Richard Fleeger MSN RN Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona

Poster Supporting a Clinical Trial in a Pediatric PACU
	Team Leader: Gayle Person RN University of Minnesota Medical Center and Masonic Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota Team Members: Mary Briggs BAN RN CAPA, Juliann Peacock MS RN CPAN, Jackie Dols BSN RN CPAN, Rebecca Feiner BSN RN, Leanne Moore BSN RN, Meredith Joyce BSN RN CPAN, Tricia Middleton RN, Kim Stone BSN RN, Kari Bushnell BA RN, Christie O’Hara RN, Jessica Purdue Rep BSN RN, Lindsey Hemmelgarn BSN RN, Andrew Larson BSN RN, Katie Wentholt BSN RN, Rachel Warren BSN RN

Poster Bridging the Gap: The Role of the Nurse Navigator in the Perioperative Setting
	Team Leaders: Julie Owczarzack BA RN CPAN, Erica Broskowski BSN RN CPAN Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-All Saints, Racine, Wisconsin Team Member: Michelle Stumpf BSN RN, Nurse Navigator

Poster Leading the Way for OSA: Guiding the Development and Implementation of a Clinical Protocol for Managing Patients
	Team Leaders: Judy Moreno RN CPAN RN-BC, Lori Story BSN CPAN El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, California

Poster "No Interruption Zone" in Ambulatory Procedure Unit to Reduce Medication Distraction at the Pyxis
	Team Leaders: Carrie Fredericksdorf BSN RN, Kathryn Farrell MSN RN Hospital of University Pennsylvania and Penn-Medicine Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Oral and Poster Safer Surgery: Decreasing Laterality Discrepancies When Scheduling Orthopedic Surgery Cases
	Team Leaders: Marcy A. Post RN MSN, Cert. Green Belt Lean Sigma, Kathleen Pressimone RN MSN CNOR, Kimberly Goldsborough RN MSN, Robert S. Sterling MD Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (JHBMC), Baltimore, Maryland Team Members: Helen Bocianowski RN MSN, Cheryl Adams RN BSN, Stephanie Dilegge RN, Annlee Boutwell RN MSN, Takiya Reavis MHA MBA, Tanya Engler, Deitra Ellis, Carolyn Shiflett MA

Poster Universal Protocol and Time-Out: A Highly Reliable Tool for the Promotion of Patient Safety
	Team Leader: Magdalena G. Smith MA RN OCN New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York Team Member: Hidelisa Billianes BSN RN

Poster Understanding Malignant Hyperthermia
	Team Leader: Magdalena G. Smith MA RN OCN New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York Team Member: Melissa Alford BSN RN

Poster Phase 2 Post Anesthesia Recovery Time Management: A New Model of Care
	Team Leader: Cheryl Clendenin RN MSN APRN-BC Mayo Clinic Health System Southwest Minnesota Region, Mankato, Minnesota Team Members: Kellie Abed RN, Miranda Herbeck PCT, DeEtte Leibfried RN, Christy Mulenburg RN, Patty Thompson UC, Beth Westphal RN, Teresa Casio RN, Pawan Bhandari, Theresa Herzberg

Poster Impact of Alternative Therapies with Surgery and Anesthesia
	Team Leader: Elizabeth Rhodes RN BSN CNIII CMSRN Duke University Medical Center Eye Center PACU-Durham, North Carolina Team Member: Elizabeth Callis RN BSN CNIV CAPA

Poster Pressure Ulcer: Bottom Line
	Team Leader: Crisanta P. Masilang BSN RN CPAN CCRN Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas Team Members: Marina Shioura BSN RN CPAN, Naneth Esperanzate BSN RN, Isabel Lobes BSN RN, Jocelyn Roan BSN RN CPAN, Frances Vu BSN RN, Sung Hwang BSN RN, Michael Doria BSN RN

Poster Implementation of an Ambulatory PACU Length of Stay Project
	Team Leaders: Susan Dorion MSN RN, Eswar Sundar MD, Peter Mowschenson MD, Ross Simon BA Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Team Members: Elena Canacari RN, Mary Ellis BSN RN, Marianne McAuliffe MSN RN

Poster Alarm Management: Decreasing Alarm Fatigue and Noise Levels in a Pediatric PACU
	Team Leaders: Sereniti Young BS BSN RN CCRN, Deborah Dell BSN RN CCRN CPN The Johns Hopkins Hospital - Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center, Baltimore, Maryland Team Member: Kimberly Letnaunchyn RN CCRN

Poster Improving Patient and Family Satisfaction During the Perioperative Experience
	Team Leader: Barbara U. Ochampaugh RN BSN CPAN St. Peter's Health Partners Albany New York Team Members: Deborah Marra RN BSN CPAN, Lisa Machovec RN

Poster Does a Colorectal Bundle Reduce Surgical Site Infections?
	Team Leader: Barbara Ochampaugh RN BSN CPAN St. Peter's Health Partners, Albany, New York Team Members: Helen Krajick RN MS CNOR, Dawn Morrill RN, Jennifer Penton RN BSN, Amy Steenburgh RN

Poster Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Using STOP BANG to Help Prevent Post-Operative Complications
	Team Leaders: Kerrie Brewer BSN RN CPAN, Megan Templeman BSN RN University of Kentucky Healthcare, Lexington, Kentucky Team Members: Amanda Carney BSN RN CCRN, Amanda Pascal BSN

Poster Malignant Hyperthermia Preparedness: A Multidisciplinary Approach Aimed at the Recognition and Management of a Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis During Surgery and Other Invasive Procedures
	Team Leader: Kathleen M Laramie RN BSN CPN Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Team Members: Melanie Palmieri RN BSN, Kerry Vittum RN BSN, Kelly Connolly, RN, BSN, MSN

Poster Close the Loop
	Team Leader: Donna Voldan BSN, RN, CAPA Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, Ohio Team Members: Marie Crump BSN RN, Mary Lou Dipzinski RN, Gloria Rider BSN RN, Chelsea Wallace BSN RN

Poster Glycogen Storage Disease
	Team Leader: Donna Voldan BSN RN CAPA Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio Team Members: TeNeasha Billingsley BSN RN, Michelle Levay BSN RN CPN, Megan Sumser BSN RN CPN

Poster Save Your Money Save Your Time: The Stockroom Renovation
	Team Leader: Kristen Vargo MSN RN NE-BC Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, Ohio Team Members: Donna Voldan BSN RN CAPA, Ann Marie Birskovich BSN RN CAPA, John Mahle, Sean Popovic LPN

Poster What's At Your Bedside? Less is More!
	Team Leader: Donna Voldan BSN RN CAPA Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, Ohio Team Members: Rebekke Hammad BSN RN, Anne Svec BSN RN

Poster Splish Splash - How We Managed to Give Our Patients Antiseptic Bath
	Team Leader: Karin Graulich RN MSN Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey Team Members: Susan Elliott RN BSN, Tapashi Bhaumik RN BSN CMSRN, Maryann Hermann RN, Patricia Toth RN BA
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Education

Poster Perioperative Immersion
	Team Leader: Mary Doerner MSN RN CPAN CAPA University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana Team Member: Connie Swenty DNP RN CWOCN

Poster Improving Perioperative Nursing Practices in Hong Kong: An Innovative Project
	Team Leader: Esther Lee RN MNP MBA University of California San Diego Health, San Diego, California Team Members: Uriel Dualos RN BSN CPAN, Kathy Kuttler RN CCRN CPAN, Cresilda Newsom RN DNP CPAN

Poster One Size Does Not Fit All: Nurse Education for Properly Fitted Anti-Embolism Compression Stockings
	Team Leaders: Miguel Laxa BSN RN, Saramma John BSN RN CCRN, Jaya Mathew BSN RN PCCN, Cori Kopecky MSN RN OCN The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas Team Members: Alita Campbell BSN RN OCN, Daryl Gumban BSN RN, Kim Kitchen BSN RN, Editha Sandle PCP, Chandy Kachamkodom PCP, Bridgette Thomas PCP

Poster Decreasing Post Operative Length of Stay Through Increasing Education and Awareness
	Team Leaders: Callie Dewbre BSN RN CPAN, Carolyn Dietrich MSN RN CPAN, Emily McCullom BSN RN CCRN University of Colorado Health, Denver, Colorado Team Members: Julie Egan BSN RN, Jessica Klich BSN RN, Joni Lauri BSN RN

Poster An Interprofessional Approach to Hypothermia Prevention in the Perioperative Setting
	Team Leader: Alice Kohler MSN RN CPAN CCRN NE-BC Ben Taub Hospital, Harris Health System, Houston, Texas Team Members: Mary Ann Agtual BSN RN, Annamma Mathew BSN RN CPAN CAPA CCRN, Jewellyn Natividad BSN RN CPAN, Eleanor Nolledo BSN RN CPAN CAPA

Poster Alarm Management in the PACU
	Team Leader: Melissa Sayers RN BS CPAN Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida

Oral and Poster The Nurse Resident in the PACU: Designing and Implementing a Program to Support the Transition of New Graduate Nurses into a Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
	Team Leader: Bonnie Shope MS RN CPAN Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Team Members: Patricia Ryan MSN RN, Elena Lara BSN RN CPAN, Jing Rodriguez BSN RN CPAN, Bridgette Frison BSN RN, Rebecca Griffiths BSN RN CPAN, Marina Reyes-Maxwell BSN RN CPAN

Poster Brief CPR Training in the Peri-Operative Setting to Increase Nurse Confidence
	Team Leaders: Kelley Kelly MSN RN CAPA VA-BC, Stephanie Kemery MSN RN CMSRN Beltway Surgery Center, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana Team Members: Connie Wilson EdD RN CEN, Corinne Wheeler PhD RN CENP

Poster Creating a Day Surgery Discharge Instruction Sheet for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Patients
	Team Leader: Marie Courtney BSN RN CPAN CAPA Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Team Members: Sandra Torrisi BS RN CAPA, Joanne Hart BSN RN CPAN, Josette Renda BSN RN, Barbara Audin BSN RN CPAN, Heather Murphy BSN RN CAPA, Selene Goes RN, Hazel Gould MBA BSN RN

Poster PeriAnesthesia Coping Plan for Pediatric Patients with Autism Spectrum and Behavioral Disorder
	Team Leader: Katherine Wittling RN BSN CAPA Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Egleston Campus, Atlanta, Georgia Team Members: Brenda Middlebrooks RN CPNP CNOR, Ashley McClain CCLS, Jessica Palumbo Dufur CCLS CEIM, Vidya Yalamanchili MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Megan Wiggins, Behavioral Clinical Practitioner, Teresa Hammarback BSN MSN CPN

Poster Development of a Unit Based Competency Program to Evaluate and Engage the Adult Learner in the PACU
	Team Leaders: Staci Eguia MSN RN CCRN, Cori Kopecky MSN RN OCN The University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texa

Poster New Graduates in the PACU: Building a Foundation of Knowledge and Trust Through a Residency Programs
	Team Leader: Christine Tomes MSN RN CPAN Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

Poster An Integrative Research Review of the Impact of Bystander Training on Violence for Utilization in Nursing
	Team Leaders: Christine Tomes MSN RN CPAN, Barbara David MSN RN CPAN CPN, Betsy Akin MSN RN, Stephanie Reeves MSN RN, Susan Spencer MSN RN Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee Team Members: Connie Cupples RN PhD, Zoila Sanchez RN PhD

Poster Utilization of Bystander Intervention Training for the Prevention of Lateral Violence
	Team Leaders: Christine Tomes MSN RN CPAN, Margie Gale MSN RN CEAP Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

Poster Transitioning Students From a Preceptor Based Model to a Patient Focused Clinical Experience
	Team Leaders: Christine Tomes MSN RN CPAN, Donna Gardner BSN RN, Lisa Oltean BSN RN CNOR, Cynthia Townsend MTHS, BSN, RN, CNOR Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

Poster Using Simulation to Better Prepare Perianesthesia Nurses to Handle Emergency Situations in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
	Team Leader: Patricia L. Ryan MSN MHA RN CPAN The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Team Members: Elena Lara BSN RN CPAN, Michelle Porter BSN RN, Laura Kaiser BSN RN CPAN

Poster CAPA Certified Nurses to the Rescue: Rapid Response in the Outpatient Setting
	Team Leader: Deborah White BSN RN CAPA University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas Team Members: Felicia Selman BSN RN CAPA, Janelle Kister BSN RN CAPA

Poster Engaging the People We Serve Through Collaboration
	Team Leader: Deborah White BSN RN CAPA University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas Team Members: Ofelia Alilain BSN RN CAPA, Yvette Rosenthal RN CAPA, Tomar Foster Mills BSN RN CAPA

Poster Hypoglycemia Can Kill! New Protocols Are Long Overdue!
	Team Leaders: Louise Meymand DC BSN RN-BC, Jennifer Jones MSN RN AGCNS-BC CCRN Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas Team Members: Robert Williams BSN MBA RN-BC, Art Signo MSN RN-BC, Grace Poon PharmD, Erin Wandrey PharmD, Carollyn McAllister MS RDN LD, Taryn Solomon RDN LD, Lindsey Bradlley BSN RN-BC, Lauren Laroe BSN RN-BC, Tracy Ordrop MSN RN, Trenton Witt BSN RN

Oral and Poster Enhanced Recovery for Elective Colorectal Surgery
	Team Leaders: Joseph Brooks MD, Mike Kahler BSN RN CNOR Midland Memorial Health, Midland, Texas Team Members: Jeanette Frantz MSN RN, Robyn Wood BSN RN, Jessica Hawkins MSN RN, Trina Mora BSN RN CAPA CPAN, Susana Dominguez BSN RN, Rita Perez RN

Poster Outside Your Comfort Zone: Where the Learning Happens!
	Team Leaders: Danielle Mouradjian BSN RN CCRN, Joyce Stengel MSN RN CNOR Hospital of the University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Poster Use of High Fidelity Simulation for Annual Airway Competency Assessment
	Team Leader: Susan Gough BSN RN CPAN Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, Ohio Team Members: Stephanie Estephan BSN RN, Kris Nagy BSN RN

Poster Decreasing the Incidence of Advisory Alarms in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
	Team Leaders: Ma. Cecilia Lopez BSN RN CPAN, Eileen Latwis Viellette MS RN APN C CCRN CPAN Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey

Poster Benefits of Implementing a PACU Specific Evidence-Based Journal Club
	Team Leaders: Lauren D’Urso MSN BSN RN, Brittany Franzek BSN RN Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, New Hampshire Team Members: Nadia Kirpolenko BSN RN, Holly Atkinson BSN RN, Phyllis Brown RN CPAN CAPA, Coleen Grover BSN RN, Julianna Perrella BSN RN, Wendy Sacco RN, Sandra Watts RN CAPA, Michelle Zorawowicz BSN RN ONC, Kelly Britton BSN RN, Patty Renzi RN, Emily Scotti BSN RN, Cheryl Yianakopolos RN, Sharon Ivas BSN RN

Poster Now Read This! The Development of a Presurgical Manual to Facilitate the Orientation Process
	Team Leaders: Lori Gofter MS RN OCN CAPA, Monique Hodge BSN RN CAPA, Wanda Rodriguez RN MA CCRN CPAN, Desiree Sokoli MSN RN APN FNP/BC NE-BC Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York Team Members: Jean Bivona BSN RN CAPA, Aimee Dannaoui BSN RN CPHON CAPA, Kristyn DiFortuna MSN RN CNS CPAN, Christine Gillins-White BSN RN, Mary Irwin MA RN CAPA, Robina Kitzler MSN RN AOCNS CCRN CPAN, Kathleen Lombardo MS RN AOCNS CAPA, Noelle Paul BSN RN OCN CAPA, Lenore Smykowski MA BSN CPAN, Anna Szul BSN CAPA

Poster Onset of Pain After Spinal Anesthesia
	Team Leader: Pamela Luz Bernaldez Guarin BSN RN CPAN Suburban Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland

Poster The Benefits of Spinal Anesthesia and Liposomal Bupivacaine in Total Knee Arthroplasty
	Team Leaders: Toni Milne RN CPAN, Katrina Williams RN CNOR Texas Health Huguley Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas Team Members: Jean Moskal BSN RN CPAN, Teresa Cook RN, Elizabeth Simons RN Co-Author: Kristina Shaw MSN RN
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