Title: Innovative Poster Presentations

Submission Description:
Sunday, June 24, 2012: 6:30 PM-8:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson (Gaylord National Harbor)
Monday, June 25, 2012: 7:00 AM-7:00 PM
Woodrow Wilson (Gaylord National Harbor)
Tuesday, June 26, 2012: 7:00 AM-5:45 PM
Woodrow Wilson (Gaylord National Harbor)
"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
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
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
At Home with Your Baby
Deborah Raines, PhD, Ed.S., RN, ANEF
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
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
Chain of Resolution: A Bold New Way to Go!
Rebecca Hardie, RN, C-OB, MS, HCAD, NEA-BC
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
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
Creating A Nursing Research Fellowship
Shereen L. Young, RN, MSN
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
Exclusive Breastfeeding - "It Takes Our Village"
Julie Delcasino, RNC-MNN, BSN and Diane Slough, RN, BSN, IBCLC
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
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 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
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 An OB Navigator Program
Sharon McCoy, MS, RNC
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)
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
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
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
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
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
Normal Newborn Nursery – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: What's in Between?
Judith Pfeiffer, BSN, RN-C and Denise Keeler, BSN, RNC-NIC
Now I Lay Me Back to Sleep....Safely
Courtnie J. Burrell, RNC and Diane Stairs, 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
Operation Kangaroo Care
Anne Keller, MS, RNC, CNP and Alicia Brenneman, BSN, RNC
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
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
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
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
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
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 Model for Breastfeeding Success
Angela Carswell, RN, IBCLC
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
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
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