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2013 Research/EBP Abstracts

ASPAN's 32nd National Conference
April 14-18, 2013, Chicago, Illinois


A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON INADVERTENT POSTOPERATIVE HYPOTHERMIA
Contact:  Lucy Schultz, RN, BSN
Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA

INTERRUPTIONS IN PREANESTHESIA NURSING WORKFLOW: A PILOT STUDY OF PEDIATRIC PATIENT SAFETY
Contact:  Heidi M. Filer, BSN, RN, CAPA
University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

EFFECTS OF THERAPEUTIC SUGGESTION UNDER ANESTHESIA ON OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN POST TONSILLECTOMY
Contact: Shirley Martin RN, BSN, CPN
Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX

EXPLORATION OF THE INCIDENCE OF AND RISK FACTORS FOR POSTOPERATIVE URINARY RETENTION (POUR) IN THE ORTHOPEDIC TOTAL JOINT PATIENT: A PILOT STUDY
Contact:  Vallire D. Hooper, PhD, RN, CPAN, FAAN
Mission Health System, Asheville, NC
  
INICIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR EMERGENCE AND PACU DELIRIUM
Contact:  Elizabeth Card, RN, BSN, CPAN, CCRP
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN

WHAT IMMEDIATE POST-OPERATIVE NURSING CARE CONTRIBUTES TO A BETTER PATIENT OUTCOME AFTER A CHILD HAS HAD A DAY SURGERY TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY (T&A)?
Contact:  Kristen Kenney, BSN, RN, CPN
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

PARENTAL SATISFACTION WITH PEDIATRIC PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT AND EDUCATION
Contact:  Dee Delaney, BSN, RN, CPN, NCIV
Nemours/Al DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
  
EVIDENCE TO PRACTICE: INSTITUTING A FORCED HOT AIR CONVECTION WARMING DEVICE USING THE JOHNS HOPKINS EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE MODEL FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION
Contact:  Judith Tracey, BSN, RN, CAPA
Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
   
THE PREOPERATIVE PHONE CALL AS A METHOD TO ENSURE PATIENT COMPLIANCE TAKING THEIR BETA BLOCKER THE DAY OF SURGERY
Contact:  Judith Tracey, BSN, RN, CAPA
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ; Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
  
EXPLORING THE NURSING CULTURE OF A POST ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT
Contact: Amy L. Dooley, MS, RN, CPAN
Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA

POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING RESCUE USING AROMATHERAPY
Contact:  Amanda Hudgens, BSN, RN, CAPA
Carolinas Medical Center-University Hospital, Charlotte, NC

EFFECTS OF THE NEI-GUAN (P6) ACUPRESSURE ON NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND PAIN IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS AFTER TOTAL REPLACEMENT ARTHROPLASTY
Contact:  Jebog Yoo, RN, PhD
Samsung Seoul Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

POST OPERATIVE URINARY RETENTION: PHASE 1
Contact:  Cidalia J. Vital, RN, MS, CNL, CPAN
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

USE OF THE PAIN ASSESSMENT BEHAVIORAL SCALE (PABS) IN PACU
Contact:  Elizabeth Lewis, BSN, RN, CPAN
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA

ACUPRESSURE IN MANAGEMENT OF POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA & VOMITING (PONV) IN HIGH RISK AMBULATORY SURGICAL PATIENTS
Contact:  Debra Hofmann, MS, APNP, ACNS-BC
Aspirus Wausau Hospital, Wausau, WI

A COMPARISON OF BEHAVIORAL PAIN SCALES TO THE NUMERIC RATING SCALE IN A POST ANESTHESIA CARE SETTING
Contact:  Debra Marshall, RN, BSN, CPAN
Rex Healthcare Raleigh, NC

AN EVALUATION OF MULTIMODAL PAIN RELIEF
Contact:  Deidra Matlock-Hendrix, BSN, RN
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS), Little Rock, AR
  
INTRADERMAL LIDOCAINE FOR PERIPHERAL IV INSERTION: A CHANGE IN PRACTICE
Contact:  Vicki Dwyer, BSN, RN, CAPA
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, IL
 
CONTINOUS FEMORAL NERVE BLOCKS AND THE CHRONIC PAIN PATIENT
Contact:  Linda Minnich, RN, CPAN
John Muir Health, Concord, CA

PAIN MANAGEMENT AFTER TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY: A CASE CONTROL STUDY OF CONTINUOUS FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK THERAPY
Contact:  Karenirene Thomas, RN, CPAN
Saint Francis Hospital of Evanston, Presence Healthcare, Evanston, IL

PRE-WARMING TO MAINTAIN PERIOPERATIVE NORMOTHERMIA
Contact:  Susan Lombardo Kramer, BSN, RN, CAPA
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Saint Louis, MO