Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (June 23-27 2012): Innovative Poster Presentations

"Aye, Aye Captain!" Implementing An Induction Initiative to Improve Safety and Outcomes
Jennifer L. Doyle, MSN, WHNP

"Know Before They Go" - A Time/Cost Analysis of An Early Screening and Referral Pilot Program for Postpartum Depression
Jennifer B. Rousseau, MSN, ARNP-BC and Robin L. Jones, MD

"See One, Do One, Teach One? A Better Way to Teach Vaginal Exam/Cervical Assessment"
Monica C. Kraynek, MS, RNC-LRN, RN-BC

"Share the Wealth" Shared Governance in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Shelly Rhoney, RNC and Christina Westveer, RNC, BSN, CCE

"Wait for Eight”: Improvement of Newborn Outcomes by the Implementation of Newborn Bath Delay
Diana V. Lipka, RN, BA, MPA, RNC-OB and Marcia K. Schulz, RNC, MS

2-Phase Innovative Approach for Newborns At Risk for Hyperbilirubenimia
Martha Montes, BSN, RN and Lourdes Notario, BSN, RN

39 Is Fine: Ending Elective Deliveries Prior to 39 Weeks
Jacqueline B. Hiner, MSN/Ed, RNC-OB, Lisa Delong, RNC-OB, BSN, Lily Pisegna, BSN, MBA, Sharon White, RNC-OB, MSN and Colleen Burks, RNC-OB, C-EFM

A Baby Weigh Station: Continuum of Care for Late Preterm Breastfeeding Infants
Whitney Lenger Mirvis, BSN, RN, IBCLC, Kathleen H. Bright, BSN, RNC, IBCLC, Jane Lamp, MS, RN-BC, CNS and Joyce Sheppard, RN, IBCLC

A Felony Has Been Committed in the Operating Room - An Interactive Approach to Annual Competency
Kristin Scheffer, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM and Kathryn J. Corso, BSN, RNC-OB

A New Look At Infection Control in the NICU
Michele L. Carson, MSN-CNL, RNC-NIC

A Passion for Partnership: Development of a Neonatal Surgical Education Program
Susan M. Sinopoli, BSN, RNC-MNN and Carol Rosenbusch, RN

A Postpartum Pertussis Vaccination Program: A Celebration of the Baystate Experience
Carla Provost, RNC and Nancy Rines, BSN, RN

Addressing Healthcare Concerns During Construction and Renovation
Tracy Harper, RN, BS, Lisa Price, RNC-OB and Terri Heft, BSN, RNC-NIC

Addressing Maternal Death Prevention Through Nursing Education
Carole Kanusky, RN, MSN, CNS and Linda Schoene, RNC, MSN

Advancing the Educational Training of Perinatal Patient Care Assistants
Marie Leist-Smith, MSN, RNC, c-EFM, Donna Green, BSN, RN, PhD(c), Melissa Nurre, RN, CRNP, Lora Jordan, PNP, RN and Jennifer Lipke, BSN, RN

Advocacy for Mothers & Babies on a Statewide Level: Regional Consortiums Make a Difference
Gail F. Walker, RN, MS

Ambulation Readiness for the Post Obstetrical Delivered Patient
Jo Annette Cooksey, BSN, RNC-OB

An Innovative Support Program to Support and Promote Breastfeeding: What Have You Done for Me Lately?
Lynn E. Bayne, PhD, NNP-BC, RN, Lydia Henry, MSN, RNC-OB, CCE, IBCLC and Elizabeth Chance, Ed.D., RN

An Unusual Journey for Patient Safety: The Partnership Between a Level I Community Hospital and a Level III Birthing Center
Connie S. Garrison, MSN, RNC-LRN, NE-BC, Linda Newhouse, MSN, RNC, WHNP and Mary J. Haynes, RN

Answering the Call: Evaluation of the Obstetrical Telephone Triage Process
Megan Parsons, MSN, RNC-OB

Applying a Multidisiplanary Approach Using the TeamSTEPPS Communication and Teamwork Methodology While Debriefing a Critical Event Simulation
Laurel Schultz, MS, RN, C-EFM

At Home with Your Baby
Deborah Raines, PhD, Ed.S., RN, ANEF

Babies, Bonding & Breastfeeding in the PACU? Innovative Family Centered Care in a Community Hospital
Lauren Griffin-Walls, BSN, RNC-OB and Jaclyn Lewis, RN-CPN

Baby Cuddlers Make A Difference
Mona Patterson, RN, BSN, Christina Westbrook, RN, BSN, MSN, MBA and Monica C. Kraynek, MS, RNC-LRN, RN-BC

Be Quiet! You Are Getting On My Neurons!: Noise Reduction In the NICU
Jennifer L. Notestine, BSN, RNC-NIC and Teresa L. Rapp, RN, NNP-BC

Beyond Firefighting – How a Resource Nurse Contributes to a Culture of Safety
Samantha Ament Longsworth, BSN, RNC-OB and Susan Faron, MN, RNC-OB, CNS

Born Identity
Shelley Faber, BSN, RNC-NIC and Kristi Wilkerson, BSN, RNC-NIC

Breast Feeding Care Management Team: The Crew
E. Christina Conner, BSN, RN, IBCLC

Breastfeeding and the Baby Friendly Initiative: An Evidence-Based Physician Education Program
Anne M. Faust, RN, MSN-L, IBCLC, LCCE

Bridging the Gap: Building a Collaborative Relationship Between Labor and Delivery and Emergency Medical System Response Units (EMS)
Mia Lingafelter, RNC, Jennifer Brockmeyer, BSN, RNC and Pamela Foley, BSN, RNC

Buccal Care with Colostrum in the LBWI <1500 grams
Kimberly Pinkerton, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, IBCLC and Jennifer Wilkinson, BSN, RNC-NIC

Caring for the Bariatric Obstetric Patient
Melinda Panzarella, MSN, MBA, RNC

Cesarean Birth Safety Care Improvement: Preventing Adverse Outcomes
Sandra Hoffman, MS, RN, CNS-BC

CETT: Critical Event Team Training, the Journey to Increase Teamwork and Culture of Safety
Candice Cottrell, RNC-OB

Chain of Resolution: A Bold New Way to Go!
Rebecca Hardie, RN, C-OB, MS, HCAD, NEA-BC

Challenges to Implementing the AWHONN Staffing Guidelines
Carmen Z. Bowling, RN, MSN

Changing Nursing Care Practices and Improving Breastfeeding Outcomes: Implementing A Comprehensive Breastfeeding Nursing Education Program. What Is the Impact?
Joyce McKeever, RN, MS, LCCE, IBCLC, Roselyn Young, MSN, RNC- and Barbara Lechner, RN

Code 77: 1 Page 1 Team, Maternal-Fetal Emergencies Requiring a Cesarean Delivery: One Hospital's Multidisciplinary Journey
Sue Ellen Abney-Roberts, RNC, MSN, C-EFM

Collaboration Between Nursing Units to Impact Breastfeeding Outcomes
Karen A. Hall, BSN, RNC-NIC, ICCE, IBCLC and Kathleen M. Moran, BSN, RNC-NIC, RN11

Collaborative Conferencing: AWHONN and ACOG Joint Venture to Improve Patient Safety
Jennifer L. Doyle, MSN, WHNP, Linda Newhouse, MSN, RNC, WHNP, Robert Flora, MD, MBA, MPH and Amy Burkett, MD

Committing to Excellence in Antenatal Steroid Administration: Applying the PDCA Continuous Performance Improvement Model
Linda Daniel, MSN, RN, CPHQ

Community and Academic Partnerships to Increase Breastfeeding Initiation, Duration, and Exclusivity Among African-American Women
Teresa S. Johnson, RN, PhD

Community Partnership for Level III NICU Skills
Christina L. Rust, MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM

Conception to Birth: Implementation of An Interprofessional OB / NICU Team Simulation Program
Susan E. Brown Will, MS, RNC, Melissa Eichelberger, MS, RNC, Karen Frank, MS, RNC, Barbara Lamartina, RNC, BSN, Janis Ferrell, CNA, Janine Bullard, MD and Christopher Ennen, MD, LCDR, MC, USN

Coping/Not Coping Algorithm Implementation of a Labor Pain Tool
Martha Kathy Dwight, RNC-OB, BSN

Could This Get Any More Complicated? Supporting Adoptions and Surrogates in the BirthPlace
Dixie K. Weber, MS, RNC and Rebecca Vahle, MA

Creating A Nursing Research Fellowship
Shereen L. Young, RN, MSN

Cue Based Feeding: Implementation in a 83 Bed Level Three Metropolitan NICU
Lindsay Newland, RN, BSN, IBCLC

Decline of the Gold Standard! Umbilical Cord Tissue Provides Timely and Accurate Results Thus Enhancing Quality Outcomes for the Neonate
Tanyelle Bellamy, RNC, MSN, FNP-BC

Do You See What I See? A Collaborative Nurse/Physician Approach to Fetal Monitoring
Robin Lynn Driver, RN, C-EFM, BS and Kathleen Sturges, RN, BSN, MSA

Don't Drop That Baby!
Ellen Fleischman, RN, RD, MBA, MSN and Monika Lanciers, BSN, RN

Eating Our Young Should Not Be Acceptable: Are You Laterally Violent?
Nora K. Robinson, RNC, BSN and Glenda J. Patrick, RNC, BSN

EMR the Wave of the Future
Elaine G. Smith, BSN, RNC, Trisha Goode, ADN, RN and Carol Ann O'Connell, BSN, RNC-OB

Entrance Into the World by EXIT (Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment)
Kristy Simmons, RN, BSN and Cynthia Thomas, RN, BSN, CNOR

Epidural and Urinary Catheters: You Can Have One Without The Other
Ellen Schneiderman, MS, RNC-OB, CNS-BC

Exclusive Breastfeeding - "It Takes Our Village"
Julie Delcasino, RNC-MNN, BSN and Diane Slough, RN, BSN, IBCLC

Exploring New Frontiers: Providing Skin-to -Skin Contact for Mothers and Newborns During Cesarean Deliveries
Nora C. Fortin, BSN, RNC-OB

Exploring the Impact of a Family-Centered Maternity Care Program on Staff Attitudes and Patient Satisfaction
Anita DeWeese, MSN, RNC-NIC and Janice T. Negron, RN, MN, FNP

Fall Risk Prevention in Postpartum Patients
Joanne Elaine Auger, MSN, RNC and Deborah A. Gingras, MS, RN, CNS

Food Matters: A Quality Improvement Initiative on Healthy Foods in Pregnancy for a Clinic Population
Judith Focareta, RN., BA, MEd, LCCE and Margaret Brady, RN, BSN, MSN

From Policy to Practice Change: Nursing Partnerships In Practice to Change Low-Income African American and Hispanic Initiation of Breastfeeding Rates
Patricia DiGiacomo, MSN, RNC and Amy McKeever, PhD, CRNP

Great Expectations: A Personalized Prenatal Nurse Visit
Marianna Volodarskiy, RN, MSN and DiAne Cabanne, BA, RN, RNC-OB

Growing Our Own: The Development of An Internship/Residency Program for a Hospital Division
Lynn Campanaro Gross, RN, Renee' Jones, MSN, RNC-OB, WHNP-BC and Lisa Price, RNC-OB

Help! I'm Cold...Improving the Warmth of Our Newborns
Pamela Braithwaite, BSN, RNC, Nicole Donahue, BSN, MSN, RNC and Lynn E. Bayne, PhD, NNP-BC, RN

Hospital Associate Breastfeeding Supporters Initiative
Mudiwah A. Kadeshe, RNC-OB, MSN, IBCLC, CCE

Hot Mommas! Pre-Warming of Maternity Patients Undergoing Cesarean Section
Megan Parsons, MSN, RNC-OB and Sherry Stott, MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, ACNS-BC

Ignite the Passion in Your Patient Satisfaction
Christina Westveer, RNC, BSN, CCE

Igniting Change in Implementation of Nursing and Medical Practice to Increase Exclusive Breastmilk Feeding
Charla S. Payne, RNC, IBCLC

Igniting Change in the Women's Service Line Through the Healthy Workplace Intervention
Patricia A. Cornett, EdD, MS, RN, Mickey Parsons, PhD, MHA, RN, FAAN, Angela A. Casias, MSN, BSN, RN and Teri Grubbs, RN, BSN

Igniting Passion and Renewing Commitment Through Women's Health Joint Dynamics
Alicia Brenneman, BSN, RNC and Jane Schad, BSN, RNC

Igniting the Midnight Shift Passion for Breastfeeding Support: A Unique Educational Opportunity for the Mother-Baby Nurse
Debra A. Otto, BSN, RN, CCE, IBCLC, Rebecca L. Hayman, BSN, PCE, IBCLC, Mindy Schrier Neff, RN, MSN, CPNP, IBCLC, CPCE, Mary Ann Crosley, BSN, RN, IBCLC and Lydia Henry, MSN, RNC-OB, CCE, IBCLC

Illinois Department of Public Health Obstetric Hemorrhage Program: Outcomes and Lessons Learned
Shirley Scott, MS, RNC, APN

Implementation of a Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder Screening Program in Northern Arizona
Terry E. Smith, RN, MS, RNC-OB

Implementation of An Evidence-Based Weight Loss Intervention Among Low-Income Overweight Women
Cheryl A. Moredich, MS, WHNP-BC

Implementation of the 5As Prenatal Smoking Cessation Education Program Among Rural Women
Ilana R. Azulay Chertok, PhD, RN, IBCLC and Adrienne Duckworth, BSN, student

Implementing a Late Preterm Infant Protocol Across a Multi-level Nursery Hospital System
Kristine M. Rovell, MSN, RN, C and Lori Messer, MSN, RNC, NNP

Implementing a Nurse Navigation Program for High Risk Obstetrical Patients: An Evidence-Based Practice Approach
Sandy G. Langheld, BSN, RN, RNC-OB

Implementing a Standard Electronic Perinatal Health Record in a Multi-Hospital System: A Challenge As Great As Turning the Titanic
Donna R. Frye, RN, MN and Gina Shay-Zapien, MSN, APRN, RNC, CNS-BC

Implementing An OB Navigator Program
Sharon McCoy, MS, RNC

Implementing Enterprise-Wide Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) Certification for All Perinatal Clinicians
Barbara R. Stillings, RNC, MSN, MEd and Lydia Glusko, MHA, CPHRM

Implementing Lactation Services Support From Hospital to Clinic
Signe Susdorf, RN and Kathleen Curtis, MS, RN

Implementing New Guidelines: How to Make It Happen Successfully
Cheryl Swift, BS, RNC-OB, MSN, Kathryn L. Scott, BSN, RN and Deborah Harvey, BSN, RNC

Implementing Skin-to-Skin Care in a Baby Friendly Community Hospital
Jennifer L. Reeg, MSN, RNC and Tracy Lott, RNC, BSN, MS

Improving Care During a Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Patient Safety Initiative
Ruth M. Labardee, MSN, RNC, CNL and Roberta Mitch, MS, RN, WHNP-BC

Improving Labor Support for Patients in an Urban, Academic Medical Center - An Evidence Based Practice Project
Suzanne Margaret Alton, BSN, RNC-OB, Deborah M. Grau, MS, RNC-OB, Jennifer L. MacHamer, BA, BSN, RN, CCE, Maria Nicole Mayzel, MPIA, BSN, RN, SNM and Christine Kirk Shippen, MS, RNC-OB, IBCLC, RLC

Increasing Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding Rates At An Urban Academic Hospital
Laurie Dohnalek, RN, MBA, NE-BC, Cynthia Heer, RNC-OB, RN-BC, MSN, Lauren O. Wurster, RN, MSN, Carol A. Ryan, MSN, RN, IBCLC, FILCA, Elizabeth Starrels, RN, BSN, IBCLC and Margaret Howland, RN, BSN, RNCOB

Increasing Nurses' Awareness of Spiritual and Cultural Diversity In Healthcare
Heidi E. Johnston, RNC-NIC, MAOM, MSN-CNL, (candidate)

Infant Feeding Plan: An Innovative Documentation Tool to Improve Communication Between Caregivers and Families
Jennifer Peterman, RN, BSN, IBCLC

Intimate Partner Violence: Igniting Awareness and Increasing Referrals to a Hospital Based Program
Cindy Hartwig, MS, RN

It Takes a Village: Commitment to Teamwork Improves Patient Safety
Anne Shea-Lewis, RN, BS, MBA

Journey to Green: Quest for Chemical-Free Products
Anne E. R. Brower, BA, RN, IBCLC, ICCE, CD and Lisa M. Trefz, MSN, RNC-OB, IBCLC

Journey to Zero Birth Injury: Improving Outcomes, Sustaining Gains
Becky Gams, RN, MS, CNP and Samantha A. Sommerness, DNP, RN, CNM

Kangaroo Care Increases Breastfeeding Rates
Kim Bagby, RNC, BSN, PCE and Susanna Bowen, RN, BSN, PCE

Leading a Culture Change to Nursing and Patient Excellence
Mary Poe, RNC, MSN

Let's Twist (Teambuilding in Women's Health Incorporating Simulation Training): Implementing OB Crisis Simulation Program
Kendra Ellison, MS, RNC, Michele Lynn Bierman, MSN, RNC-OB and Ivana Knitowski, RN

Lights, Camera, Action: Implementation of In-Situ Drills in the Perinatal Setting
Christine Renfro, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM and Laura Zambrana, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM

Lilfisha; “ for the Cure”: The Education of Arab-Muslim Women in Breast Health Using Community Health Workers. An Empowerment Model of Health Education
Amy McKeever, PhD, CRNP and Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, Rn

Lowering Injuries for Transfer Safety "Lifts"
Gina M. Scott, BSN, RNC-OB and Donna Norris-Grant, BSN, RNC

Making Kangaroo Care the Norm: Implementation of a New Model of Care
Lynn Barabach, MSN, RNC, Joy Sedlock, MSN, CNM, IBCLC and Kate Salmon, RNC, MSN, IBCLC

Making Kicks Count: Delaware's Consumer and Provider Education Tool to Promote Fetal Movement Tracking
Michele K. Savin, MSN, NNP and Susan Smith Noyes, MSN, RN

Managing the Obstetrical Emergency: A Collaborative Team Training Approach in the Labor and Delivery Setting Using Simulation
Ryan M. Olivere, MSN, RNC-OB and Karen L. King, MSN, RNC

Maternal Code: You Have 4 Minutes. Are You Ready?
Patricia Walton, BSN, RNC

Meeting the Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Core Competency Set One Step At a Time
Patricia Parker, MS, CNM, RN

Merging Opportunity and Creativity to Create a Novel Approach to Assigning Care of Postpartum Dyads
Kimberly M. Price, RN, IBCLC and Mary Walters, MS, RN

Mom's Own Milk Bundle: Increasing Supply in An 83 Bed, Level III NICU
E. Christina Conner, BSN, RN, IBCLC

More Than a Band-Aid: A Transdisciplinary Team Approach to Perinatal Loss
Brenda Smith, BSN, RN and C. J. Smart, MSN, RNC, CPN

My Life, My Plan: Delaware's Reproductive Life Planning for Teens
Susan Smith Noyes, MSN, RN and Michele K. Savin, MSN, NNP

Neonatal Head Trauma: Implementation of a Care Algorithm to Improve Safety
Sandra Hoffman, MS, RN, CNS-BC

Never Alone Perinatal Palliative Care Program
Eileen Ludden, RNC, BSN and Nancy Wood, BSN, RNC, CDE

Newborn Screening: A Lifetime of Impact From a Simple Heel Stick
Lauren C. Flogel, BSN, RNC and Meagan P. Widener, BSN, RNC

No Fanning: Decreasing the Incidence of Surgical Site Infection
Betsy Andrews, BSN, MEd, RNC-OB, C-EFM and Susan Marie Petrosino, MSN, RNC-OB, NE-BC

No More Silos: Implementing An Integrated OB Computerized Documentation System
Candace L. Rouse, RNC, MSN, CNS-BC

Normal Newborn Nursery – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: What's in Between?
Judith Pfeiffer, BSN, RN-C and Denise Keeler, BSN, RNC-NIC

Not Just the Blues: A Collaborative Program of Postpartum Depression Risk Assessment, Screening, Follow-up, and Referrals
Marianne Allen, MN, RNC-OB, CNS and Kelly Lesh, RN

Now I Lay Me Back to Sleep....Safely
Courtnie J. Burrell, RNC and Diane Stairs, RN

Nurses' Commitment to Best Practice Infant Care and Family Bonding Founded on Evidence Based Research: A Journey of Infant Bathing
Rebecca Heimann, RN and Melissa Heath, RN

Nursing, Medicine, and Law: Working Together with Renewed Commitment to Improve the Quality of Perinatal Care
Ann C. Holden, RN, BScN, MSc, PNC and Margaret Frances Rhone Wood, RNC, BScN., MScN, PhD

OB Emergencies in a Children's Hospital
Karen L. King, MSN, RNC, Joanna L. Horst, MSN, RNC, NEA-BC and Michelle Olkkola, MSN, RN

OB Emergency In Situ Simulation: Practice Leads to Change
Linda Newhouse, MSN, RNC, WHNP, Robin Yeager, BSN, RNC and Mary Englehart, RNC

Obstetric Triage and Surgical Scrub Duties: Standardizing the Labor and Delivery Nurse’s Specialty Roles to Improve Outcomes
Valerie Yates Huwe, RNC-OB, MS, CNS and Patricia Creedy, RN, BS

Operation Kangaroo Care
Anne Keller, MS, RNC, CNP and Alicia Brenneman, BSN, RNC

Operation Red Flag: Igniting a Passion and Commitment to Improving Patient Outcomes: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Prevention and Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH)
Marci LaBossiere, MSN, RN

Operationalizing Palliative Care Processes Through a Perinatal Palliative Care Program
Becky Gams, RN, MS, CNP

Optimizing Prenatal Weight Gain Through Group Prenatal Care
Jessica Brumley, CNM, MA and Cecilia Jevitt, CNM, PhD

Our Journey Toward Exclusive Breastmilk Feeding: A System-Wide Approach for Lactation Services
Chasta M. Hite, BSN, RNC, IBCLC, Lydia Ann Perry, BSN, RN, IBCLC, Cynthia R. Bradburn, RNC, IBCLC, Lisa K. Dolinger, RN, IBCLC and Mary Katherine Rice, BSN, RNC

Outpatient Newborn Hearing Screening Program
Nicole Giangregorio, BS, CLE, LCCE

Partnering: A Metro Health Department and Community Hospital Collaboration. Implementation of An Outpatient Lactation Clinic
Karen Lamberton, MSN, FNP, APRN, Barbara Ruedel, RN, IBCLC, Joan Wempe, RN, BSN and Wendy Carlin, MS, RDA

Patient Family Centered Care: It's More Than Open Visitation
Sue Ellen Abney-Roberts, RNC, MSN, C-EFM and Christy Norman, PharmD, MS

Perinatal Nurse Wars: "Getting Beyond Us Versus Them"
Kasondra Lynn Miller, RNC-OB, C-EFM, Alyssa Elaine Leimberger, RNC-OB, BSN and Jennifer Brickey, RN

Perinatal Palliative Care: Support of Mothers, Infants and Families
J. Frances Fusco, MHS, BSN, RN, Theresa Bish, RN, IBCLC, Patricia Walton, BSN, RNC and Margie Boyer, RNC, MS

Playing with Dolls: Effective Utilization of Simulation for Staff Training and Quality Improvement Outcomes
Bridget Lai, RNC

Post-Partum Smoking Relapse Is Decreased Through the Use of Incentives
Meri Christine Orinko, BSN, RN and Julia Greenawalt, PhD, RNC

Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Multifaceted Approach for Interdisciplinary Training
Laura W. Barrett, BSN, MN and Jennifer Foster Smoak, BSN, RN

Postpartum Hemorrhage: Are You Prepared?
Catherine M. Retskin, MSN, RNC-EFM

Prenatal Core Measures: Igniting Development of An Innovative Tool Using the EMR
Lisa Ann Schloemer, BSN, C-EFM and Angela Renee' Campbell, BSN, RNC-MNN

Pride, Polish & Protect: An Outreach Educational Program for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Christina Weiss, RN, LCCE

Putting the Pieces Together: A Collaborative Approach to Scenario Based Training
Elaine G. Smith, BSN, RNC

Putting Together the Puzzle for Professional Development
Mary Walters, MS, RN, Kim Boggs, MSN, RN-BC, Lianne Dickerson, BSN, CCRN, CNML and Marianne Marinelli, BSN, RNC

Re-Igniting Our Passion to Deliver An Extraordinary Patient Experience
Kimberly J. Pickens, RN, MS, NE-BC, Claudia Hulley, RN, BSN, NE-BC and Amy Risola, RN, C-EFM, BSN

Reducing Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infections in the NICU: Challenging Nurses to Be Champions
Jayne Solomon, MSN, ARNP-BC

Respect, Communication, and Best Practices: Empowered Nurses Making a Difference
Ardath Youngblood, MN, RNC-OB, IBCLC

S.T.O.R.K. Day Delivers: Creation of An Educational Experience
Cheryl Swift, BS, RNC-OB, MSN and Joyce Swisher, RN

Sepsis Screening in the Perinatal Patient
Beth M. Stephens-Hennessy, RNC-OB, EFM, MS, CNS

Set Your Mind. Set Your Goals: Delaware's Reproductive Life Plan for Young Women
Susan Smith Noyes, MSN, RN and Michele K. Savin, MSN, NNP

Sex and the City: Developing a Comprehensive Sex Education Program for a Very Conservative ‘Abstinence Only' Community
Linda M. Brice, RN, Ph.D.

Staff-Designed Labor and Delivery Practice Improvement
Bonnell W. Glass, RN, MN and Barbara C. Wallace, RNC, MSN, MPH, EdD

Stop the Bleeding: A Postpartum Hemorrhage Protocol
Linda Dudas, RNC, MSN, CNL and Susan H. Pedaline, RNC, DNP, MS, BSN

Stork Support: A Hospital-Based Program to Navigate Women Through Pregnancy
Emily Hirsch, MSN, MHA, RNC-NIC, Megan Fisher, BSN and Rhonda Lewis, RNC

Supporting Breastfeeding in the Hospital: A Better Start
Tessa Brown, BSN, RN, CLC and Maggie Redmon, RN, C-EFM

Supporting the Survivor: Creating an Evidence Based Program That Helps Survivors of Sexual Abuse Plan for Labor and Birth
Christine Conrad, BSN, RNC-OB

Tailoring Health Education to Meet the Needs of Latina Women in a Community Setting
Patricia Suplee, Ph.D., CS, RN-C, Lynne C. Borucki, PhD, CRNP and Bonnie Jerome D-Emilia, MBA, Ph.D., RN

The Impact of Breastfeeding Rates While Implementing An All Certified Lactation Counselor RN Staff
MaryAnne Goodwin, RN

The Impact of Culture: Our Hospital's Journey to Designation As a Baby Friendly Hospital
Mary Ellen Boisvert, MSN, CLC, CCE

The Model for Breastfeeding Success
Angela Carswell, RN, IBCLC

The Ongoing Challenges of OB Staffing: Development and Implementation of a Cross Campus RN Staffing Model
Roberta A. Sonnentag, BSN, MSOLQ, CNML

The Perfect Pouch: A March of Dimes Intervention to Enhance Onset and Frequency of Kangaroo Care
Liza G. Cooper, LMSW and Dona Dei, RN, MSN

The Role of the Perinatal-Neonatal Nurse Navigator in a Tertiary Care Center
Debbie L. Rice, RN, BSN

Transformational Journey of a Care Delivery Model: Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice to Increase Breastfeeding Exclusivity
Eileen Magri, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Mary Lynn Brassil, MS, RN, CES, C-EFM, Cathyjo Catalano, MS, RN, RNC-OB, Mary Cleary, BSN, RN, NE-BC, Stephanie Hisgen, MPH, RN, Karen Hylton-McGuire, MS, RNC-NIC, IBCLC, RLC and Amy McGuire, MS, RN, NE-BC

Two Peas in the Same Pod: Transitioning to Couplet Care
Marsha Rodgers, RNC-OB, MSN

Unlocking the Subconscious to Improve the Patient Experience
Marcia L. Teague, MS, RNC, Mary Jane Saxton, RN and Scott A. Day, M.A, Human, Resouce, Administration

Use of Neonatal High-Fidelity Simulation in Rural Nursing Schools
Alissa R. Parrish, RN, MSN and Shirley A. Fry, RN, MSN

Using the Strength of a System to Reduce Deliveries Prior to 39 Weeks
Julie K. Kathman, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, Kerista Hansell, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, C-EFM, IBCLC and Margie Pyron, MS, RNC-OB, LCCE

Utilization of Simulation Based Training for Annual Competency Day for Labor and Delivery Rn's
Barbara B. Stabile, RN, MS, Susan Crafts, MS, RN and Tracey Pollard, RNC., BSN

Virtual Special Care Nursery- A Cost Savings Idea
Michelle M. McFail, MSN, RNC-OB

Welcome Aboard and Homeward Bound - The NICU Family's Journey for a Safe Voyage to Discharge
Geraldine Tamborelli, MS, RN

What Do You Mean You Dropped Your Baby? Changing and Hardwiring Nursing Practice to Eliminate Infant Falls
Linda Woodson, RN, BSN

What's Your Target: A Patient-Centered Approach to Improved Postoperative Pain Control
Melissa Wilson, BSN, RN, CMSRN, Nancy Mastrantonio, RN and Tracy Hannah, BSN, RN

“Many Hands Make Light Work:” Using a Kaizen Approach to Ignite Innovation While Increasing Patient Safety and Productivity on An Obstetrical Triage Unit
Suzanne Flohr-Rincon, RNC-OB, BSN and Lora Tucker, RNC-OB, BSN