Paper & Poster Sessions


Unassigned Abstract(s)

Utilizing an Online Survey Tool to Evaluate Client Satisfaction
Elizabeth Hall, RN, MS, CNM, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, 6375 Governors Square, Salisbury, MD 21801 and Shirley A. Secrest, RN, CNM, CCE, Education Department, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, 100 E Carroll St, Salisbury, MD 21801
Nurses Perceived Value of Voluntary Certification in the Obstetric, Maternal-Newborn, and Neonatal Intensive Care Specialties
Robin Goodrich, RNC, Department of Nursing, Western Connecticut State University, 13 Cortland Drive, New Milford, CT 06776
Tiny To Term- A Pathway for Preterm Birth Prevention
Barbara L. Smith, MSN, RNC, Coral Springs Medical Center, 3000 Coral Hills Drive, Coral Springs, FL 33065
BSN: Two Pathways, One Goal
Lydia Henry, BSN, RNC and Dianne Holleran, BSN, RNC, Christiana Care Health System, 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road, PO Box 6001, Newark, DE 19718
Breastfeeding duration between two mother-infant dyads
Rita Allen Brennan, RNC, MS, APN/CNS, Women & Children's Services, Central DuPage Hospital, 25 Winfield, Winfield, IL 60190
Cultural Context of Postpartum Depression Among Low-Income Latina Women
Valera Alice Hascup, PhD(C), MSN, RNC, Nursing, Kean University, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083
Nurturing New Beginnings: the Mother Baby Discharge Class
Nicole M. Giancaterino, MSN, RNC, Libby Zamis, RNC, BSN and Evangeline Burns, RN, BS, Mother Baby, Central DuPage Hospital, 25 N. Winfield Rd., Winfield, IL 60190
Maternity Rapid Response
Janice Gries-Griffin, RNC, MS, APN, Maternity, Gries-Griffin & Associates, LLC, 108 Fox Hunt Trail, Barrington, IL 60010
A Comparison of Methadone and Buprenorphine Maintenance Therapy in Pregnancy on Neonatal and Infant Health
Ursula A. Pritham, RNC, MS, WHCNP,, School of Nursing, University of Maine, 5734 Dunn Hall Room 228, Orono, ME 04469
Postpartum Depression and Sleep Loss in New Mothers
Deepika Goyal, MS, RN, FNP, PhD, Dept of Nursing, San Jose State University, 838 Loyalton Drive, Campbell, CA 95008
The Experience of 'High-Risk' Pregnancy Following Perinatal Loss
Heather A. Simmons, MN, RN, Women's & Newborn Health, IWK Health Centre, 5850/5980 University Ave, Halifax, NS B3K 6R8, Canada
Carol Caico, Ph.D, C.S., N.P
Carol Caico, Ph.D., C.S., N.P, Nursing, New York Institute of Technology & Long Island Women's Health Care, 3570 Wyanet St., Seaford, NY 11783
How Do White Midlife Women Experience Menopausal Symptoms?
Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CN, Wonshik Chee, PhD and Yi Liu, MSN, RN, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, 1700 Red River St., Austin, TX 78701
Ready or Not Here I Come
Kathryn Haller, RN, MSN and Diane Sacco, RN, IBCLC, Family Centered Care, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Rd., Falls Church, VA 22042
In the mind of the beholder: Hypothesized effect of intrapartum nurses' cognitive frames of childbirth on the utilization of Cesarean Section
Mary J. Regan, RN, PhD, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, 5-140 Weaver Densford Hall, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Necessary Skills for Program/Project Development & Evaluation
Elizabeth Jordan, DNSc, RNC, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, 4201 Sweet Air Road, Baldwin, MD 21013
Sexual Assault and the Silent Reaction to Rape: Implications for Nurses
Mary L. Padden, MSN, RNC, CNS.C, Nursing, Cumberland County College, 24 Canterbury Court, Glassboro, NJ 08028
Perinatal Nursing Management of Gestational Diabetes
Megan West King, RN, BSN1, Mary Kleiner, RN, BSN, CDE2, Stephanie C. Worhach, RNC1 and Sara G. Hons, BSN1, (1)Women's Health, Geisinger Medical Center, 100 N. Academy Avenue, Women's Pavilion LL1 2910, Danville, PA 17822, (2)Women's Health, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, 1000 E. Mountain Blvd, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
Nurses Changing the World: Development of a Transcultural Nursing Leadership Institute
Kathleen Capitulo, DNSc, RN, FACCE,, Administration, North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Dr., Manhasset, NY 11030
Caring for the Mother and Neonate with Complex Medical Issues
Joyce Swisher, RN, Labor and Delivery, Christiana Care Health Services, 6 Bentley Road, West Grove, PA 19390 and Dawn Johnson, BSN, RNC, Labor and Delivery, Christiana Care Health Services, 601 Willings Way, New Castle, DE 19720
Fundal pressure - petitioning a state board of nursing for an advisory opinion
Janice Denny Gibbs, MSN, RNC, Clinical Education, Norton Hospital - Downtown, 1126 Taylor Wood Road, Simpsonville, KY 40067-6634 and Susan M. Tongate, MS, CNM, IBCLC, Women's Pavilion, Norton Hospital, 486 Thoroughbred Lane, Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Cardiac vagal tone as an index of normal and premature infant's health status
Hae-Kyung Lee, RN, Ph.D., Nursing Department, Kangwon National University, 192-1, Whewja-dong,, Chunchon, South Korea
The Business Case for Family-Centered Maternity Care
Celeste R. Phillips, RN, BSN, MS, EdD, Phillips+Fenwick, 631 Park Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95065 and Beth Lavely, BSN, NMC, RN, Moses Taylor Hospital, 700 Quincy Ave., Scranton, PA 18510
Educational Controversy - Is There Room for the DNP in Women's Health Nursing
Rita J. Nutt, MSN, RN, Department of Nursing, Salisbury University, 710 E. Pebworth Rd., Magnolia, DE 19962
A Systematic Review of Evidenced-Based Research regarding Electronic Medical Record Implementation
Margaret K. Burns, RN, RNC, BSN, MS, Patient Care Services Education (PCSE), Children's Hospital, 700 Childre's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205
Development and Implementation of a Simulation Training Program for Childbirth Education
Ellen Simpson, MSN, RNC, Nursing, Christiana Care Health Services, 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Rd., Room 2948, Newark, DE 19718, Linda Daniel, MSN, RN, CCM, Perf Improvement & Care Management, Christiana Care Health Services, 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Rd. Newark, DE, Room 1934, Newark, DE 19718 and Charles W. Fort, MSN, RN, Academic Affairs, Christiana Care Health Services, 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Rd., Vest Lab, Newark, DE 19718
Postpartum Depression Screening Program
Kimberley J. Johnson-Crisanti, MSN, RN, CNM, Women & Children's Services, Foote Health System, 205 N. East. Ave., Jackson, MI 49201
Screening the Asymptomatic Newborn for Hypoglycemia
Linda Daniel, MSN, RN, CCM1, Ellen Simpson, MSN, RNC2 and Karen B. Davis, MSN, RN2, (1)Perf Improvement & Care Management, Christiana Care Health Services, 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Rd. Newark, DE, Room 1934, Newark, DE 19718, (2)Nursing, Christiana Care Health Services, 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Rd., Room 2948, Newark, DE 19718
Anticipating Mothering for the Mexican Origin Woman
Susan M. Baxley, RNC, MS, PhD, ca, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Arlington, 1114 Windomere, Dallas, TX 75208
"But this is the way we've always done it'...Strategies for Implementing Open-Glottis Pushing in a Small Community Hospital Labor and Delivery Unit
Lisa Luddy Courcy, RNC, MSN, School of Nursing, Endicott College, 376 Hale St., Beverly, MA 01915 and Louise Y. Nunley, RNC, Labor and Delivery Department, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 750 Washington St., Boston, MA 02111
Verification of RN Competency
Shelli J. Stufflebeam-Ely, MSN, RN, Women/Children's Services, Shawnee Misssion Medical Center, 8006 W.147th Terrace, Overland Park, KS 66223 and Sherri McQueen, BSN, RN, Shawnee Mission Medical Center, 9100 W. 74th Street, Shawnee, KS 66204
Evaluating Nursing Care: Application of Perineal Warm Compresses and Positional Changes During Second Stage of Labor
Mary Murphy-Smith, MS, CNM, APRN1, Zepure Samawi, MSN, DNSc, RN1 and Kim Wroble, MS, RNC, CNS/APN2, (1)St. Xavier University, 3700 W. 103rd Street, Chicago, IL 60655, (2)OB/GYNE, Advocate Christ Medical Center, 4440 W. 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Focusing on What Works: Utilizing Evidence-Based Practice for Better Maternal & Neonatal Outcomes
Ana-Maria Gallo, PhD, CNS, RNC, Nursing, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, 5555 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942
Improving the Communication between Physicians and Nurses
Lora Tucker, RN, Women's and Children's Services, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, 1241 Monte Sereno Ave., Chula Vista,, CA 91913 and Bernadette Balestrieri-Martinez, RNC, MSN, CCNS, Women's and Children's Services, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, 940 Paseo La Cresta, Chula Vista,, CA 91910
Assessment of Homan's Sign for Deep Vein Thrombosis--A National Sample Survey
Heather Berry, Student1, Patsy Ruchala, DNSc, RN1 and Melinda Hoskins, RN, MSN, CNM, IB2, (1)Orvis School of Nursing, University of Nevada, 1664 N. Virginia St., Mailstop 134, Reno, NV 89557, (2)Orvis School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., Mailstop 134, Reno, NV 89557
Developing a Multi-Disciplinary Plan of Care for a Multi-sytem Compromised Comatose Patient Named Mom
Kim Petrella, RN and Tammy Malone, RN, Women's Health Services, Christiana Care Health System, 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Newark, DE 19718
"Saving Babies,Strengthening Families" - How One Nurse's Vision Is Changing Lives
G. Gail Bright, RNc, Nurses for Newborns Foundation, 50 Vantage Way, Suite 101, Nashville, TN 37228
Ethical Dilemma: The Jehovah's Witness Mother with a Postpartum Hemorrhage
Pamela Braithwaite, BSN, RNC, Labor & Delivery, Christiana Care Health System, 34 Primrose Drive, Bear, DE 19701 and Kimberly Francis, RNC, Labor & Delivery, Christiana Care Health System, 1002 Cypress Road, Wilmington, DE 19810
Transcultural Analysis of Postpartum Depression
Joanne Goldbort, PhD, Union Hospital Health Group, 1606 Nth 7th Street, Terre Haute, IN 47804
The Effect of Symphonic Music during Fetal Monitoring
Nancy Kinzie, MSN, Ed, RN, BC, Methodist Maternity Center, Clarian Health, I-65 at 21st Street, A-3338, Indianapolis, IN 46206 and Janice Schreibman, MM, NMT, Fellow, Riley Children's Hospital at Methodist, Clarian Health, I-65 at 21st Street, A-7341, Indianapolis, IN 46206
The real voices of prenatal education classes
Nicole Donahue, RNC, BSN, MSN, Labor & Delivery, Christiana Care, 1699 Cherry Street, Wilmington, DE 19809 and Laura N. Herman, RN, Womens Health, Christiana Care, 3308 Madison Street, Wilmington, DE 19802
EBP Innovation Project: Collaborative Communication Improves Quality and Patient Safety Outcomes
Cynthia D. Beckett, PhD, RNC, Pedatrics/Perinatal Services, Flagstaff Medical Center, 1200 N. Beaver Street, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Evaluating Evidenced-Based Guidelines for the Treatment of Congenital Syphilis in a Community
Elizabeth Jordan, DNSc, RNC, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, 4201 Sweet Air Road, Baldwin, MD 21013
Oh No!!! She Says She Doesn't Want an Epidural
Lisa J. Keenan-Lindsay, RN, MN, LCCE, Seneca/York Collaborative Degree Program, Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, 13990 Dufferin St., King City, ON L7B 1B3, Canada
Joining together: A community collaboration to increase access to prenatal care
Margie A. Campbell, RNC, MSN, CNS, Columbus Regional Hospital, 2400 East 17th Street, Columbus, IN 47201 and Diane Taylor, RNC, Columbus Regional Hospital, 2400 E. 17th Street, Columbus, IN 47201
Fetal Dismise Folders
Molly A. Droddy, RN, MSN, Center for Women and Infants, BayHealth Medical Center, 640 S. State Street, Dover, DE 19901
Comparison of Patient Satisfaction, Maternal Competence and Neonatal Outcomes Between the Traditional Model of Postpartum Care and The "Couplet Care" Model of Care Delivery
Lynne Menei, MSN, RN and Barbara Hansen, BSN, RN, Virtua Health, 106 Carnie Blvd, Voorhees, NJ 08043
Postpartum Depression: Education to Awareness
Deborah Duncan, BSN, RN, C, LDRP, Holy Name Hospital, 153 Park Ave, Dumont, NJ 07628 and Johanna Gorab, RN, C, IBCLC, CC, Parent Education, Holy Name Hospital, 27 Beulah Place, Bergenfiled, NJ 07621
Benefits of Using a Patient Driven Protocol on Nurse Autonomy and Job Satisfaction Within a Community Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Lynne Marie Keegan, MSN, CNNP, CNS, NICU and Pediatrics, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, 5555 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942
The G.I.F.T. of a Strong Start
Kathleen Long, RN, MSN, Labor and Delivery, Kaiser Permanente, 441 N Lakeview Ave, Anaheim, CA 92805 and Patricia Hokenson, RN, MSN, CNS, Labor and Delivery, Kaiser Permanente, 10800 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA 92505
Efficacy of a Handheld Response Device in an Undergraduate Obstetric Nursing Course
Kathleen Beebe, RNC, PhD, Nursing, Dominican University of California, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael, CA 95476
Motivational Interviewing to Promote Sustained Breastfeeding in Native American Women, Initial Phase: Evaluating the Cultural Appropriateness of the Study
Susan Wilhelm, RNC, PhD1, T. Kim Rodehorst, RNC, PhD1 and Mary Beth Flanders Stepans, RN, PhD2, (1)College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 4502 Ave I, Scottsbluff, NE 69361, (2)Wyoming State Board of Nursing, 1810 Pioneer, Cheyenne,, WY 82002
Blessing or burden? Staff nurse perspectives of nursing students on mother-baby units
Susan M. Ellerbee, PhD, RNC, IBCLC, College of Nursing, University of Oklahoma, 1100 N. Stonewall, Oklahoma City, OK 73099 and V. Lynn Waters, MSN, RNC, MBA, B, OU Medical Center, 1200 Everett Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Views of mother-baby nursing from the student's window
Susan M. Ellerbee, PhD, RNC, IBCLC and Jana Pressler, PhD, RN, College of Nursing, University of Oklahoma, 1100 N. Stonewall, Oklahoma City, OK 73099
"Beating the odds: One woman's story of survival after an amniotic fluid embolism"
Dina Viscount, BSN, RNC, Labor & Delivery, Christiana Care Health System, 4755 Ogletown Stanton Road, Newark, DE 19718
Use of SCD for VTE prophylaxis for Cesarean Delivery patients
Rene Zelkin, RNC, MAOM, LDR, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallow Road, Falls Church, VA 22042 and Jennifer Truax, RN, MSN, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042
Comparison of Patient Satisfaction, Maternal Competence and Neonatal Outcomes Between the Traditional Model of Postpartum Care and the "Couplet Care" Model of Care Delivery
Lynne Menei, MSN, RN and Barbara Hansen, BSN, RN, Virtua Health, 106 Carnie Blvd, Voorhees, NJ 08043
Breastfeeding Support from the Very Start - - Efforts by a Community Hospital
Eileen M. Conklin, RN, MSN, IBCLC, Women and Children's Health Unit, Cheshire Medical Center, 580 Court Street, Keene, NH 03431
The Assessment, Implementation and Evaluation of a Postpartum Depression Screening Program
Jenefar Slusher, MSN, RNC and Deirdre Doyle, RNC, Women and Infant Health Services, Advocate Christ Medical Center, 4440 West 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Attaining and Maintaining Evidence Based Practice and Gentle Birth
Eileen M. Conklin, RN, MSN, IBCLC, Women and Children's Health Unit, Cheshire Medical Center, 580 Court Street, Keene, NH 03431
Documentation Redesign
Ann C. Holden, RN, BScN, MSc, P, St. Joseph's Health Centre, 209 Nottingham Drive, Oakville, ON L6H 4H7, Canada and Margaret Wood, RN, PhD, Owner, Margaret Wood and Associates, Inc., 3420 South Milllway, Mississauga, ON L5L 3V4, Canada
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Evidence-Based Practice and Practice–Based Evidence
Jung-Tzu Lin, RN, PhDc, Janet Hooper, RNC, BSN, LCCE and Cynthia Dingus, RN, MSN, Inova Fairfax Hospital Women's Services, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042
Explore Maternal and Neonatal Morbidities and Co-Morbidities Associated with Induction of Labor
Lily Pisegna, BSN, MBA1, Claire Handy, MSN, RN2, Ana-Maria Gallo, PhD, CNS, RNC3, Erica Murray, MSN, RN, CNS4, Lynne Marie Keegan, MSN, CNNP, CNS5, Jeanine Pyka, MSN, RN6 and Ruth Tiffany, BSN, RNC2, (1)Women's Services, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, 5555 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942, (2)LDR, OR/PACU, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, 5555 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942, (3)Nursing, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, 5555 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942, (4)OB/GYN, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, 5555 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942, (5)NICU and Pediatrics, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, 5555 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942, (6)Sharp Grossmont Hospital, 5555 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942
Simulated Learning as a Compliment to Clinical Experiences
Josie Doss, RNC, MSN, Nursing and Health Sciences, Macon State College, 101 Roseine Dr, Warner Robins, GA 31088
Combining the expertise of many educators to meet the needs of many learners
Margaret W. Moy, MSN, RNC, women's and infants' services, sibley memorial hospital, 5255 Loughboro Road, NW, washington, DC 20016 and Kathy Cvach, RNC, MS, Obstetrics, Ann Arundle Medical Center, 4409 Claybrooke Drive, Lothian, MD 20711
Incorporating NICHD Terminology in Documentation Systems
Kathleen Collins, RNC, MS, Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street NW, Washington, DC 20010
Maternal Physiological Factors Influencing Labor Length
Jeremy L. Neal, CNM, MS, RNC, The Ohio State University, 1585 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210 and Elizabeth J. Corwin, PhD, BSN, CRNP, College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, 1585 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210
Improving Communication among Caregivers
Kristi Wuchner, RN, BSN, Perinatal Special Care Unit, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women, 3003 Health Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92123
Implementation of the LAMPET Study at a Community Hospital
Kimberly Jarrelle, RN and Melissa Langenfeld, RN, Labor and Delivery, Henrico Doctors Hospital-Forest, 1602 Skipwith Road, Richmond, VA 23229
Doula Support available to all - - is it feasible?
Eileen M. Conklin, RN, MSN, IBCLC, Women and Children's Health Unit, Cheshire Medical Center, 580 Court Street, Keene, NH 03431
This Ain't Your Grandma's Birth Plan: An Interactive, Evidence-based Birth Planning Tool on the Web
Amy M. Romano, MSN, CNM, Lamaze Institute for Normal Birth, Lamaze International, 67 Hauser Street, Milford, CT 06460 and Mayri Sagady Leslie, MSN, CNM, Nurse-Midwifery Specialty, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies, 3700 Reservoir Road Northwest NW, Washington, DC 20057
Perinatal Patient Safety and Technology - The Impact of a Lifetime!
Deborah Aiton, RN, MA, HCIC, GE Healthcare IT, 2 Taylor Ave, Palm Desert, CA 92260 and Marcia Hodges, RN, BC, MSN, GE Healthcare IT, 1005 Smith Mountain Drive, Jackson's Gap, AL 36861
Transparency in Maternity Care: Bringing Birth Out of the Dark
Amy M. Romano, MSN, CNM, Lamaze Institute for Normal Birth, Lamaze International, 67 Hauser Street, Milford, CT 06460


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