Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (June 25-29 2011): Innovative Poster Presentation

"Catch a Falling Star": The Development of the Obstetric Falls Risk Assessment System to Improve Patient Safety
Linh Heafner, RN, Deborah E. Suda, RN, MN, Nicole M. Casalenuovo, RN, Linda Searle Leach, PhD, RN, NEA-BC and Anna Gawlinski, RN, DNSc, FAAN

"We Just Did It": Eliminating Elective Inductions Before 39 Weeks
Jeannie Badertscher, MSN, RNC-OB, CNS

A Fresh Look at Safety and Quality: WellStar Kennestone Perinatal Safety and Quality Initiative
Deborah Kilday, MSN, RN

A New Direction In Simulation Education: Regionalizing Low Fidelity Obstetric Emergency Simulation Classes So All Hospitals Can Participate
Valerie Yates Huwe, RNC-OB, MS, CNS and Cynthia Jensen, RN, MS, CNS, CCRN

Assessment of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Single Private Room Versus Open Room Environment and the Impact on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes
Lisa Smithgall, PhD, RNC, CPNP, NEA-BC

AWHONN Student Leader Internship Project
Kathi Perozzi, MSN, RN and Patricia Kowalski, MSN, RN

Baby on the Way
Susan Davis, MSN, RN, CLE and Nicole Giangregorio, BS, CLE, LCCE

Baby's First Test: A Newborn Screening Clearinghouse to Connect Stakeholders to Resources
Natasha Bonhomme, BA, Andria Cornell, BS, Dena Freeman, MPH and Alaina Harris, MSW, MPH

Blood Conservation- An Innovative Program for the Treatment of Prenatal Anemia
Nancy Nuss, RN, CCRN

Breaking Down the Silos: Promoting Quality Neonatal Outcomes within the Women's and Children's Service Line
Dana M. Reddock, RN, CLC, April D. Little, RN, CLC, Chris Cannon, RN, BSN and Mary White, RN, BSN, CLC, RRT

Breastfeeding the Late Preterm Infant: Hospital-Based Lactation Consultants Lead the Way
Lydia Henry, MSN, RNC-OB, CCE, IBCLC and Stephanie P. Britz, BSN, RNC-OB, CCE, IBCLC

Caution: I'm a Late Preterm Infant
Kathryn J. Corso, BSN, RNC-OB and Kristine DeButy, BSN, RNC-OB

Code H Obstetrical Hemorrhage, Development of a Team Approach
Margaret T. Celenza, MS, RN, CNS and Mary Lynn Brassil, MS, RN, CES

CODE PINK PACIFIER�: Developing the Postpartum, Intrapartum, Newborn Kits (Pink) for Practicing Acute Care Intrapartum Facts Important for Everyone to Have Right (Pacifier) Program
Dale M. Monnier, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, IBCLC and Cynthia Chester, BSN, RNC

Congratulations on Your New Baby: A Nursing Model for Successful Family Transitions
Nancy Stanton, MEd, RN, WHCNP, IBCLC, Lisa Bland, RN, MSN/MHA, HCI, CLC, Debbie Pierce, MS, CPNP, IBCLC and Jean Pompe-Waltman, MS, CPNP, IBCLC

Create Lasting Memories
Cheryl Swift, BS, RNC, MSN and Katherine L. Scott, BSN, RN

Creating the Perfect Mother-Baby Transfer
Carol Papp, DNP, RNC, Elizabeth Cunningham, RN, MSN, Karen Burrows, RN, Eileen Callahan, RN, BSN and Russell Hullstrung, RN

Crossing the Nursing Research Finish Line, One Subject at a Time: Retaining Late Preterm Infants and Their Mothers In the AWHONN Late Preterm Infant Research Project
Jane Lamp, MS, RN-BC, CNS

Deadly Deliveries? -- Working as a Team to Make a Difference In Preventing and/or Treating Obstetrical Hemorrhage
Charlene Miranda-Wood, MS, RNC-OB, LCCE

Decreasing Newborn Screen Rejection Rate�Keys to Success
Lisa Stewart, RNC-OB, BSN, MSN

Development of a Guidebook for Teens with PCOS
Diana L. Dowdy, DNP, CNM, RDMS

Development of a Late Preterm Infant Initiative on the Postpartum Unit
Judith E. Stoltz, BSN, RNC, RNII, Susan Straughn, RN and Christina Kupsick, BSN, RNC

Development of the West Michigan Regional Perinatal Nurse Network
Debra Lynn Rewerts, BSN, RNC and Gail Leeann Heathcote, RNC, NFPP, MSN, CNM

Discharge Essentials- �The NICU Experience: Going Home�
Jean M. Schlittenhart, BSN, RNC-NIC

Diversity Certification Program: A Health Care Organization's Quest for Diversity and Cultural Competence-One Person at a Time
Marianne Allen, MN, RNC-OB

Don't Get Lost in the Vacuum: Clarifying the Nurse's Role During Vacuum Assisted Deliveries
Linda Newhouse, MSN, RNC, WHNP and Laura Gilbert, BSN, RNC, C-EFM

Early Skin-to-Skin to Improve Breastfeeding after Cesarean Birth
Ocean Berg, MSN, RN, CNS and Kristina J. Hung, MS, RN

Empowering Excellence
Andrea A. Wary, RN, MS and Megan West King, RN, BSN

Engaging OB/GYN Residents In Contraceptive Counseling to Improve Patient Satisfaction
Doreen M. Picagli, APRN, FNP-BC, MSN and Shefali Pathy, MD, MPH

Evidence�Based Practice: I Know It�s the Best Practice; Where on Earth Do I Start with the Changes? (A look at how to implement changes to decrease elective deliveries < 39 weeks gestation.)
Amanda French, RNC-OB, MSN, CNS and Amy Skrinjar, RN, MSN

Excogitating on Shared Governance or How Thinking Together, You Can Contrive New Ways to Work
Veronica H. Kopec, MS, RN, NE-BC and Lisa Zaccardelli, MS, RNC-OB

Facility Readiness Assessment to Care for the Obese Pregnant Patient
Karen Marie Marshall, MSN, RNC-OB, CNS

Fetal Monitoring for Non Obstetric Surgery and Procedures: Implementation of a Systemwide Approach to Improve Safety
Sandra Hoffman, MS, RN, CNS-BC

First Stop: Pre-Admission for Your Delivery
Christine Renfro, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM

FOCUS-PDCA: One Hospital's Initiative to Improve HIV Testing Rates In Pregnant Women
Sue Ellen Abney-Roberts, RNC, MSN, C-EFM

Forging New Pathways to Integrate Nursing Practice Across a Health System
Ellen Hegarty, MSEd, RN, BC, Elizabeth Remsburg-Bell, MSN, RN, Kaye Schlitz, BSN, RN and Peggy Fee, RN

Got Breast Milk? Incorporating a Perinatal Information System to Measure Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding
Kaye Schlitz, BSN, RN, Ellen Hegarty, MSEd, RN, BC and Elizabeth Remsburg-Bell, MSN, RN

Hospital-Based Community Initiative to Reduce Pertussis In Mothers
Dale M. Monnier, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, IBCLC

I Have An OB Emergency -- Call the OB Emergency Team STAT
Charlene Miranda-Wood, MS, RNC-OB, LCCE

Implementing a Postpartum Tdap Vaccination Program In a Military Treatment Facility
Andrea DeSanto, RNC, BSN, MSN, CNS-BC

Implementing a System-Wide Perinatal Patient Safety Initiative
Barbara R. Stillings, RNC, MSN, MEd and Beth Anne Kirby, MSHL, CPHRM

Increasing Awareness-Inspiring Hope:Postpartum Emotional Support Program
June Vinyard, RN, BSN

Innovations In Lactation Support for Infants Born with Complex Surgical Anomalies
Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN and Judy Prince, BSN, RNC, CEFM

Inspiring and Leading Women to Succeed at Unmedicated Childbirth
Tracy M. Condra, RN, BSN and Lindsey Hafendorfer, RNC, BSN

Inspiring Critical Thinking through the Use of a Culturally Based Perinatal Case Study
Glenda M. Adams, MSN, RNC, WHNP-BC, IBCLC

Inspiring Patient Centered Care through Bedside Reporting
Angela Lewis, RN

Is She or Isn't She In Preterm Labor: Implementing Standardized Assessment
Victoria L. Lombardo, MSN, RN, Mary Campbell Bliss, RN, MS, CNS, Dana Edelman, MPH, Maura Georges, MSW, MPH, Herman Hedriana, MD, Leslie Kowalewski, BS, Peyton Mason-Marti, MPH, Gretchen Page, MPH, CNM, Karalee Poschman, MPH and Julie Solomon, PhD

It Takes a Village: Implementing a Multidisciplinary Perinatal Collaborative
Ronda McPhail, RN, BSN and Sherri Garber Mendelson, PhD, RNC, CNS, IBCLC

Joys of the Journey: Giving Birth to An Obstetrical Electronic Health Record
Catherine C. Gettis, MSN, RNC-OB and Susan B. Cordero, MSN, RNC-OB

Keeping Safety at the Forefront: How to Promote Safety In the Labor & Delivery Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
Christine Renfro, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM and Kristin Scheffer, RNC-OB, C-EFM

Leading the Way: Developing a Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Program
Margie Mueller Boyer, RNC, MS

Lights Out - It's Quiet Time
Ellen Fleischman, MBA, RD, RN and Monika Lanciers, BSN, RN

Lost Time Is Never Found Again: Ensuring Pre-Delivery AZT Infusion for HIV Positive Mothers
Melanie Chichester, BSN, RNC and Barbara A. Temple, RN

Managing the Information Overload
Diane Sampson, MA, LCCE, IBCLC

Medication Reconciliation in the Perinatal Area: A Collaborative Performance Improvement Project
Sharon Dey-Layne, MSN, RNC-HROB, CNS, Christian Rodgers, MBA, Reinaldo Ruiz, MD, Brenda Rohrbach, MBA, RN and Karen Jenkins, MS, RN

Mommy and Me From Birth to Three: An Infant Obesity Prevention Project
Robyn D'Oria, MA, RNC, APN

Moms-to-Be Bed Rest Exercise DVD: Empowering Women to Take Charge
Mary P. Goering, MPH, RN and Tina M. Olson, RNC

Neonatal Nurses Preventing Maternal Smoking
Sharron R. Forest, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC

OB STAT TEAM: Rapid Response Team for the Pregnant Patient
Julia A. Sisco, BSN, RNC and Bonnie L. Tatsch, RNC

One Size Does Not Fit All: Using Research to Improve the Postpartum Care of Women On Long Term Antepartum Bed Rest
Deborah J. Schafer, MSN, RNC-OB and Marianne Allen, MN, RNC-OB

Optimizing Care of the Bariatric Patient
Jill Gelato, BSN, RNC and Gina M. Scott, BSN, RNC-OB

Our Path to Maternal/Newborn Care and Safety: Open Communication
April D. Little, RN, CLC, Dana M. Reddock, RN, CLC and Mary White, RN, BSN, CLC, RRT

Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Screening Program: It's More Than Depression
Pat Bradley, BS, RNC and Lisa Hill, MSN, RNC

Perinatal Mood Disorders: Implementation of a Hospital Based Screening Program
Mary Lynn Brassil, MS, RN, CES, Eileen Magri, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Anne Calvo, RN, BSN, MPS, Alissa Adamo, L.C.S.W., Loretta Gambino, L.M.S.W. and Netta Waters, RN, BSN

Perinatal Nurse Fellowship Program: An Innovative Approach to Self Study and Hands-on Perinatal Nursing Education for Community Hospitals, a Pilot Study
Jennifer Bradley, RNC-OB, CLC and Mindy Spencer, RNC-NIC, BSN

Perinatal Support: Helping Pregnant Women Fight Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Lisa Singleton, RN, BSN, SANE-A

Postpartum Depression: The Secret Pain. A Unique Approach to the Crisis
Lisa E. Bland, RN, MSN/MHA, HCI, CLC, Sallie Charles, FPMHNP, Nancy Stanton, MEd, RN, WHCNP, IBCLC and Debra Hoerter, RN, BSN

Preconception Care: Making A Lifetime of Difference
Thea Carruth, MPH and Linda L. Archer, MSN, RN, CNS

Prenatal Education System Standardization Transformation (PESST)
Cindy A. Bass, RNC, BSN, LCCE

Preventing a Fatal Epidural Event Here! The Who, the Why and the What of Examining Latent System Gaps In Your Practice Setting
Dana J. Watters, RNC-OB, MSN and Brandee Marksberry, RN, CCE, BSN, BS

Prevention of Substance Exposed Newborns: Preconception Outreach Education for Criminal Justice Populations
Ellen S. Shuzman, PhD, RN, APN, C, NEA-BC and Debra S. Riscica, BS, OTR, CADC

Promoting Women's Health: One Sponge at a Time
Diana Rich, BSN, RNC-OB and Kelli Bural, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM

Promotoras: A Culturally Sensitive Intervention for Hispanic Breastfeeding Women
Christina Estrellita Blanco, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC

Providing Breast Milk for Neonates with Birth Weight Less Than 1500 Grams
Annette Adams, RN, MSN

Reducing Risk by Standardizing Fetal Monitoring Competence
Kim Rehling-Anthony, MSN, RN, WHNP, IBCLC, C-EFM and Kathy Pehanich, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM

Scratching the Surface: Bringing EBP to the Bedside
Anne Woods, PhD, MPH, CNM and Jennifer M. Brewer, BSN, RN, CNRN

Shaken Baby Prevention In Maine: The Period of PURPLE Crying
Kelley A. Bowden, MS, RN

Shoulder Dystocia Safety Strategies: A Multidisciplinary Learning Experience
Mary Ann Liner, APN and Mary Wheeler, RNC, BS

Simple Infant Simulation: Low Tech Solutions for Teaching Infant Assessment
Ruth G. Smillie, MSN, RN

Stamping out Tachysystole: Implementation of An Oxytocin Protocol to Improve Patient Safety
Robin Lynn Driver, RN, C-EFM, BS and Millie Siers, RNC-OB, C-EFM, MSN, CNP

Strategies to Facilitate Earlier Discharge Times on Postpartum Service
Patti Craig, MA, RN and Marisol Francisco, BSN, RN

Strategies to Reduce Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma In KY: Is Parental Education the Key?
Janice Denny Gibbs, MSN, RNC and Laura A. Nevitt, MBA, RN, NE-BC

Tackling Maternal Mortality In the Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico: A Community Based Intervention
Susan Messer, RN, MPH

Taking a Road Trip to Baby Friendly USA: One Community Hospital's Journey
Pat Bohling-Smith, MS, RN and Liz Peters, BSN, RNC

The Art of Managing An Obstetrical Emergency: Code 2 Ballet
Monica Frederic, RNC-OB

The Evolution of a Regional Post Anesthesia Care Course for the Obstetric Nurse
Ellen S. Shuzman, PhD, RN, APN, C, NEA-BC, Robyn D'Oria, MA, RNC, APN, Ann Mruk, MSN and Charlotte Feeney, AD, RNC

The Family to Family Adoption Support Program: A Current Approach to Supporting Those Involved In Infant Adoption
Rebecca Vahle, MA

The Impatient Baby: Implementation of An Early Arrival Care Package Protocol on the Mother/Infant Unit
Jill H. Storer, RNC and Sharon K. Hildenbrand, RN, IBCLC

The Multidisciplinary Approach to Maternal Health Care
Sherri Thomas, RN-BSN, RNC

The S-Team: Attacking Safety Issues One Step at a Time
Christine Renfro, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM

The Triage and Care of Pregnant Patients Outside of Labor & Delivery
Caliope Bledy, RN, BS, FN-CSA, CRNP and Gunda Simpkins, MSN, RNC, IBCLC

There Are Stars Amongst Us! Using Video to Change Culture
Jennifer Truax, RNC, MSN and Patricia Schmehl, RN, MSN

They May Be Young, They May Be Healthy....So....Why Do They Fall?
Nancy Skinner, MSN, RNC and Donna Smith, MSN, RNC-OB

Timely Discharge of Clinically Eligible Patients in the Postpartum Setting
Jeanne Jimenez, RN, MSN and Andrea DeSanto, RNC, BSN, MSN, CNS-BC

Togetherness: All Things Are Possible In a Baby Friendly World
Karen Goodman, MA, RN, IBCLC, LCCE and Gladys Vallespir Ellett, MA, RN, LCCE

Transitions In Care: Implementing Short Stay Care for Rapidly Increasing Laparoscopic Procedures
Elizabeth Ann Freund, RN, BSN and Janet Hooper, RNC, BSN, MA, LCCE

Who's WHO In the Obstetrical Operating Room
Nancy Skinner, MSN, RNC and Dina Viscount, MSN, CNS, RNC-OB

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