Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (June 21-25, 2008): Innovative Program Posters

Critical Event Team Training: Continuing to Practice for Critical Events
Sharon Dey-Layne, MSN, RNC, CNS, Lucille Eversole, MSN, RN, CNS, Rose Anne Amoruwa, MS, RNC, Brenda Rohrbach, MBA, RN and Jennifer Lopez, MSN, RN, CNS

Growing a High Risk Antepartum Unit: A Community Hospital's Experience
Kari Mau, RNC, MS, WHNP

Improving Financial Performance: Implementation of Levels of Care in An L&D Triage
Connie S. Garrison, MSN, RNC, CNA, B and Mary Englehart, RNC

Perinatal Loss: Creating memories for bereaved families
Laurie L. Van Damme, BN, RN

Increasing Retention Rates with an Internship Program in Women's Health
Sharon E. Brooks, RNC, MSN, APN/CN

Orientation to the "Charge Role"
Maria MacKeil, BSN, RNC

Fetal Phonics
Susan Frejofsky, RNC

Code Green - Implementation of a successful obstretric emergency response team
Darcie A. Beckwith, MSN, RNC and Deena R. Lanham, MSN, RNC

Multidisciplinary Team Support for Healthy Late Preterm Infants
Jane Lamp, MS, RN-BC, CNS

March of Dimes Interconception Outreach Grant: Empowering Women to Prevent Prematurity
Debbie Brown, RNC, MS and Michelle Flanagan, RN, BSN

Managing Risk, Clinical Error and Quality of Care in the Maternal newborn Program
Barbara Milana Scott, RN, BScN, PN(C), and Anna DeMarchi, RN, BScN, MN(p)

Hat's Off! A Successful OB Electronic Medical Record Implementation
Tanya G. Johnson, BSN, RNC and Lori A. Denstel, RNC, BSN, MBA

How Can We Help? Nursing leaders raise awareness about postpartum depression through a collaborative community initiative
Susan K. Gehlsen, MA, BSN, RN, CNA and Susan J. Thornton, MHSA, RN

Implementing DOH Guidelines for Hemorrhage Recognition and Prevention in the Community Hospital
Margaret Ohnmacht, RNC, CCE and Mary Zajc, RNC, MSN

Don't Leave Me in the Dark: Implementation of a Postpartum Depression Patient Awareness Program
Linda Newhouse, MSN, RNC, WHNP and Sherran Foster, RN

Our Babies Are Looking at the Stars: Changing Nursing Culture to Ensure Safe Sleep Practices During Hospitalization
Linda Newhouse, MSN, RNC, WHNP and Saundra Anderson, BSN, RN

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): Nurse Continuing Education Program on SIDS Risk Reduction
Hanan Kallash, MS

Using Technology to Facilitate Screening for Postpartum Depression in Pediatric and Family Medicine Settings
Liz Powell, MSN

A Leardership Journey with Family-Centered Care
Teresa Krummen, RN, BS, MSN and Lisa Trefz, RNC, MSN

A Special Delivery
Marie M. Essex, MSN, APN

Live... from the OR... It's Operation C-Section
JoAnne Stewart, RNC and Michelle Adams, RN, CCE

The Role of the Clinical Educator in Competency Assessment
Carole Kanusky, RN, MSN, CNS and Linda Schoene, RNC, MSN

Impact of Electronic Documentation and Order Entry on Nursing Practice in an Academic LDRP Setting
Anne Marie Piehl, MSN, RN, CNM, Kathryn J. Oppenheim, BSN, RN, Susan E. Maples, RN, BSN, Susan K. Kofflin, M.S.N., R.N. and Sanju N. Patel, BSN, RN

Spiritual Care, The Forgotten Needs of Patients
J. Frances Fusco, MHS, BSN

Many Voices to Mend a Broken Heart
Deborah Mandel, RNC, MSN, APN, P, Lori Meredith, RN, Cindy Kaszmetskie, RN and Barbara L. LeVan, RN, BSN

Creating the Business Case for a Women and Heart Disease Program
Ruth A. Nolan, Ph.D.(c), RNC and Kimberly A. Skelding, MD

Many Voices, One Mission
Linda A. Fedewa, BSN, RNC, IBCLC and Becky Nauta, RN, BSN

Pre-admission Clinic for Scheduled Labor Induction and Scheduled Cesarean Birth
Renece Waller-Wise, MSN, CNS, CLC, L

Let them Pump: Insulin Pump in Labor
Nancy Skinner, MSN, RNC and Sheryl Banner, RNC, BSN

Long Range Quality and Cost Outcomes of a Comprehensive Pregnancy Partner Program
Nancy Jallo, PhD, FNP, RN, Karen J. Bray, PhD, RN, CDE, Janis L. Sabol, BA, RRT, Lisa Specter-Dunaway, MPA, Laura Darling, MPA, Rebecca Gregory, RN, Sharon Lewis, RN and Rhonda Peebles-Holland, RN

A Program to Address Moral Distress in Nurses Working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Maureen Cavanagh, MS, MAHCM, RN and Patricia Newell Helfant, MS, RNC, PNP

Interdisciplinary Team Development of a Comprehensive Protocol and Toolkit for Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage
Beverly VanderWal, MN, RNC and Linda B. Holmes, RNC

Implementing Crew Resource Management within Perinatal Services: Integrating Many Voices to Accomplish One Mission
Monique Coyle, BSN, RNC, CLSS and Jenna Wolf, BSN, RN

Color-coding for multiples: A multidisciplinary initiative to improve the safety of multiples
Jean Salera, MS, RNC and John Tanner Jr., RN

Establishing an Ethics Team in a High Volume Women and Children's Service
Judith Rogers, PhD, MSN, RNC, Eileen Ludden, RN, BSN and Nancy Wood, BSN, RN, CDE

Regional Collaboration to Impact Late Pre-Term Delivery Rates
Regina Reynolds, BSN, RNC and Kathryn J. Corso, BSN, RNC

Developing Relevant Indicators to Measure Progress in Patient Safety
Rebecca Miltner, RNC, PhD and Lucille Wilcox, MS, RNC

Improving Nurse/Physician Communication during Emergency Situations
Robin Lynn Driver, RNC, BS

Initiating a Post-visit/Discharge Phone Call Program in a High Volume Women and Children's Service
Judith Rogers, PhD, MSN, RNC

A Perinatal Safety Plan: Implementing an Obstetrical Emergency Response Team Protocol in a Community Hospital
Joanna G. Hunt, RNC, BSN

Decreasing Blood Transfusions Due to Iatrogenic Anemia in Premature Infants: One Magnet Community Hospital's Mission
Denise Johnsen, BS, RNC and Maureen Cavanagh, MS, MAHCM, RN

Perinatal Patient Safety: Preventing Maternal and Infant Injury, A Collaborative Approach
Catherine R. Russ, RN, BSN and Charles A. Zonfa, MD, FACOG

The Birth of a High Reliability Perinatal Unit
Becky Nauta, RN, BSN and Linda A. Fedewa, BSN, RNC, IBCLC

Airstrip OB
Terry McDaniel, RN, BA and Catherine R. Russ, RN, BSN

Introduction of Adverse Outcomes Index to Assess Quality of Obstetrical Care in a Wyoming Hospital
Phyllis E. Schulz, RNC, MS

First Fridays: Celebrating the Nursing Profession
Valarie Dannetta Ricks, MS, RN and Rebecca Miltner, RNC, PhD

Premier Care for Neonates Discharged from a Community Based Hospital
Brenda J. Bugbee, BSN and Patricia Newell Helfant, MS, RNC, PNP

Breastfeeding Resource Book: Uniting Maternity Nurses' Many Voices for Consistency in Support
Lydia Henry, BSN, RNC and Dianne Holleran, BSN, RNC

Critical Events Team Training: Ready CETT Go to Simulation Success
Judith Rogers, PhD, MSN, RNC, Ann Burke, MD and Eileen Ludden, RN, BSN

Create, Innovate, Disseminate: A Women's Health Service's Model for Generating a National Presence
Jane Lamp, MS, RN-BC, CNS, Elen Porter, BSN, RNC, Connie S. Garrison, MSN, RNC, CNA, B and Vera Mahfouz, RN

From the Classroom to the Living Room: Web Based Childbirth Education that Works
Linda M. Johnson, RN and Stephanie Harr, BA, /, MHA

The Discharge Brunch
Leith Merrow Mullaly, RNC, MSN, IBCLC and Mary Ann Lucia, RNC, BSN

Mission Accomplished! Nurses in the Obstetrical Unit Profess Increased Confidence After Completing ACLS Mock Code Drills Using a Human Patient Simulator
Susan Faron, MN, RNC and Sarah Freymueller, RN

Caring Hearts, Helping Hands
J. Frances Fusco, MHS, BSN

Bar Coding Innovations for Safety
Janice Cudlic, RNC and Sandra Berk, RNC

Standardizing Electronic Documentation for Safe Perinatal Care
Ellen Reed, MBA, MSN, APRN

Footprint for Success
Dina Viscount, BSN, RNC-, OB and Joyce Swisher, RN

A Journey Back in Time: Impacting Patient Satisfaction Scores
Sharon Davies, RN, BC, BSAH

It's All About the Patient: Improving Communication among Caregivers
Cheryl Swift, BSN, RNC, RNII and Dorothy Fowler, MSN, RNC

Crew Training-Enhancing the Voice of Nursing in Womens Health
Deborah A. Gingras, MS, RN

Implementing Nursing Evidence Based Practice:The Golden Road to Success
Helen Kimmet, RNC, BSN and Cindy Lewis, RN, MSN

Thrombophilias in Pregnancy: Optimizing High Risk Outcomes Through A Team Approach
Karen S. McDonald, ARNP, MS, RNC, I and Dianne Hardin, BSN, RNC, CCE

Many Cries, One Mission: No shame. No names. No blame
Mary S. Panas, BSN, RN and Rhonda Jean Matthews, RN

Designing a Fast Track Unit in an OB/GYN Triage Unit
Christine Townsend, RNC

An L & D's Journey in Establishing a Culture of Patient Safety and Teamwork
Margaret Hickey, MS, RN, Andrea Kelly, RN, JD and Virginia Silva, RNC, MSN, FNP-C

Breast Health Program for the Underserved
Patricia DeZinno, RN, BSN and Donna Appel, RN, BSN

Pets and New Babies: Transitioning Your Pet To Your Newest Arrival
Raquel "Kelly" Walker, RN-BC, BSN

Going for the Gold: Improving Women's or Efficiency
Margaret Mueller Boyer, RNC, MS

BIGGER Is Not Better Gestational Diabetes
Nancy Wood, BSN, RNC, CDE

Keeping You Safe: One LDRP's Journey
Nancy Rines, BSN, RN and Carla Provost, RNC

Sweet Mama's: a prenatal group for mothers with Gestational Diabetes
Erin K. McMahon, CNM, MSN and Nancy Nickless, RN, CDE

Collaborative Obstetrical Ultrasound Electronic Reporting System
Karen Jacobs, BSN, RNC and Sima Perelshteyn, RDMS

Collaborative Practice in an Urban Medical Center
Kathleen Collins, RNC, MS

Using Evidence Based Practice to Reduce Incidence and Severity of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in the NICU
Cyntha M. Hawley, BSN, RN-C, Mar Mar Lwin, RN, Patricia Wilson, RN and Diana Broussard, RN

Screening for Neonatal Jaundice Prior to Discharge
Erica Murray, MSN, RN, CNS

A Team Approach to the Prevention of Infant Abduction
Marci LaBossiere, MSN, RN and Jeanne Jimenez, RN, MSN

The Pipeline to Labor and Delivery
Jeannie Badertscher, RNC, MSN, CNS

Application of Evidence Based Practice: Screening for Postpartum Depression in the Hospital Setting
Orpha Weinhold, RNC, MS, APRN

Another Type of H. E. L. P. - Hospital Emergency Line for Patients
Janet Hanley, MSN, RN, Jeanine Pyka, MSN, RN and Ana-Maria Gallo, PhD, CNS, RNC

Apart as Three but Together as One --Dividing a Family Centered Care Unit
Cynthia Dingus, RN, MSN and Monica Heap, RN, MSN

Moving from Reaction to Prevention for Patient Safety
Jennifer Truax, RN, MSN and Janet Hooper, RNC, BSN, MA, LC

A Partnership for Patient Safety: Implementation of the Perinatal Orientation and Education Program for Navy Nurse Corps Officers
Marci LaBossiere, MSN, RN and Vorachai Sribanditmongkol, RN, MSN, RNC, IB

Achieving Throughput in a High Volume Women's and Children's Center with a Multidisciplinary Approach
Eileen Ludden, RN, BSN, Nancy Wood, BSN, RNC, CDE and Judith Rogers, PhD, MSN, RNC

Shoe String Budget for Perinatal Loss Program
Karen J. Pray- Vega, RN and Cate Bollinger, RN

Hospital and University Partnership to Increase Population of Registered Nurses
Mary (Maura) Magee, MSN, RN and Beverly VanderWal, MN, RNC

Telemedicine: An Innovative tool to Facilitate Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration in a University-based Obstetrical Clinic
Tina Butler, MNSc, APN, Lisa Harmon, MNSc, APN and Angela Holland, MNSc, APN

Team STEPPS: The Next Step
Elizabeth A. Zabielski, BS, RNC

Facilitating Education of Rural Nurses via Telemedicine
Tesa Ivey, MSN, Margaret Glasgow, BSN, RNC and Sarah Rhoads, DNP, APN

Developing a Car Seat Challenge Program: Part of the Near-Term Infant Initiative
Ellen Simpson, MSN, RNC and Cheryl Kitts, BSN

All About the Baby
Susan Ourston, RN, MSN