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CCMC 2008 Pediatric Nursing Conference

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POSTER PRESENTATION
Join us on Monday, October 6 from 4:30-6:00 for poster presentations, wine, live music, and appetizers.*

1.      "A Clinical Leader Program in Pediatrics: Nurses Helping Nurses"
Shelly Swendsen RN, Tami Omdahl RN
Dawn Olive RN – (Mayo Clinic)
     
2.   "A Collaborative Nursing, Physician, and Family Process to Enhance Family Centered Care Through Family Centered Rounds"
Krisin Chisholm, RN, BSN
Kathy Visinski, RN, MSN- (CCMC)
     
3.   "Anxiety Relief in the Peri-Op Area" Colleen Brown MS, CCLS
Tracy Cooney, RN
Julie Veilleux, RN, BSN, CPAN – (CCMC)
     
4.   "APRN HOSPITALISTS: A Trend for Future APRN Practice"
Taryn J. Hamre APRN, BC
Jennifer Nichols APRN
Amanda Zuse APRN – (CCMC)
     
5.   "Care and Safety of the Anesthetized Patient: Maximizing Surgical Exposure while Maintaining Musculoskeletal and Integumentary Integrity"
Vicki Restani, RN, BSN, CNOR, RNFA
Patricia Niederhauser RN, BSN
Amy Cipolla, CST – (CCMC)
     
6.   "Central Venous Catheter Occlusions in the Pediatric ICU"
Christopher Carroll MD
Petronella Stoltz APRN
Diane Krieger APRN
Neviana Raykov APRN – (CCMC)
     
7.   "Creating a Pediatric Ground Transport System"
Scott James RN, MBA
Tom Ziemba RN, BSN
Linda Craib RN, BA – (CCMC)
     
8.   "Decision Support System to Improve the Care of Children with Asthma"
Nancy Banasiak
Shlomi Codish
Richard N. Shiffman – (Yale University School of Nursing)
     
9.   "Developing a Professional Practice Model in a Pediatric Healthcare Environment…It’s More Than Climbing a Ladder"
William Jordan RN, MSN – (CCMC)
     
10.   "Fever: Cool Kits to Help Parents Manage Hot Kids"
Karen Cone, RN, BSN
Marie Desjarlais RN, BSN – (CCMC)
     
11.   "Increasing Adolescent’s Knowledge of Traumatic Brain Injury"
Mindy Montano RN, MSN
Melissa Veillette RN, MSN – (CCMC)
     
12.   "Leadership: A Collaborative Leadership Role of Nurse Manager and Clinical Nurse Specialist as Leaders of a Pediatric and Pediatric Intensive Care Units"
Kathleen Cleary RN, BSN
Nancy McNeill RN, BC, MA, CNS – (Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center)
     
13.   "Paradoxical Vocal Cord Motion in the PACU: Assessment and Intervention"
Linda Jean Ervin, RN, MSN
Denise Halle, BA, RN
Renee Surprenant, RN
Kerrie Talbot, RN, BSN – (CCMC)
     
14.   "Pet Attachmant Support (PAS): An Innovative Change in Pediatric Nursing"
Kathleen Cleary RN, BSN
Nancy McNeill RN, BC, MA, CNS – (Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center)
     
15.   "Simulation as a Tool to Increase Nursing Competency in the PICU"
Petronella Stoltz APRN
Claire Hibbs-Cusson BA, RN, BSN
Kathy Barnett RN
Phil Spinella MD – (CCMC)
     
16.   "Spirituality in Nursing"
Michele Cole RN, MSN
Jacquie Zazzaro RN– (CCMC)
     
17.   "Staff Education: Mix it up with CHEX"
Deborah K. Martin RN, BSN
Sally Strange RN, PhDc
Carin Tripodina MS, RN – (CCMC)
     
18.   "The NICU Family Safety Class: Striving to Improve Family Preparation for Discharge"
Nancy Cyr RN, BSN
Deanna Hill RN, BSN
Amy Ciarlo RN, BSN – (CCMC)
     
19.   "The Indispensable Insulfon"
Janet DeFrancesco, RN, MSN, CPON
Katie Culliton RN, BSN, CPON
Jessica Meadows RN, BSN – (CCMC)
     
20.   "Throwing a Back Flip: Telling Kids What They Don’t Want to Know"
Mindy Montano RN, MSN
Melissa Veillette RN, MSN – (CCMC)
     
21.   "Together, Anything is Possible"
Joan Cahill – (CCMC)
     
22.   "Wireless Telephone Systems and the Impact on Patient Satisfaction Scores: A Pilot Study"
Kristen Straka, MSN, RN, CPN – (Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh)
     
    *Per CT law, participants must be 21 to consume alcoholic beverages at the event.