Publications
Virginia Coy, MSN, RN, NP-C, Brackenridge/Trauma Services, authored “Genetics of Essential Hypertension” in the June edition of Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Joyce Batcheller, MSN, RN and Mary Viney, MSN, RN authored “Model for Change” in Advance for Nurses, a regional nursing publication. The article, highlighting the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Transforming Care and the Bedside study at Seton Northwest Hospital, was republished in the statewide publication of the Texas Hospital Association, Texas Hospitals.
Poster Presentations
Make Learning Fun with the CCRN Review Game, Mike Aldridge, RN, MSN, CCRN, CNS, Dell Children's
Assessing Attitudes and Competencies of Clinical Staff Toward Electronic Health Records, Lynne Andrus, RN, MSN, Seton Medical
An Alternate Care Environment for the Axillary IABP Patient, Barbara Borman, RN, MSN, Valerie Morris, RN, BSN, and Anne Robinson, RN, MS, Seton Medical
Call Early, Call Often: Implementing a Critical Response Team, Donna Bradley, RN, Brackenridge
Making Interdisciplinary Rounds a Reality in a Small Community Hospital, Martha Gooding, RN, BSN, CCRN, and S. Mattison, RN, BSN, Seton Northwest
IMC Swing Beds in Telemetry, Emil Kozlowski, RN, Brackenridge
The Hemoccult Line Forms Here, Marianne Mowry, Specialty Education Coordinator
The Pain of Documentation, Marcia O'Donoghue, RN, BSN, Brackenridge, and M. Dagher, RN, Seton Northwest
Quick Access to PI Data: Nursing Dashboard Drives Quality of Care, Courtney Payne, RN, CCRN, and A. Gillean, RN, Brackenridge
Assessment of the Role of Gastric pH Testing with Small-Bore Feeding Tubes in Critical Care, Francis Simpson, RN, MSN, CCRN, D. Carver, RN, CCRN, T. Conner, RN, Ph.D., and S. LaPinta, RN, BSN, Seton Medical
Multiple Personality (Dis)order Leads to Effective Multiple Disciplinary Rounds, Betty Thornell, RN, MSN, CCRN, Terri Conner, RN, Ph.D., Scott Bolster, Pharm.D., and Stephen Watkins, RN, BSN, CCRN, Brackenridge
Information Please! Providing Visitor Information While Complying with HIPPA Regulations, Martha Wald, RN, CCRN, Seton Northwest
Re-evaluating the Evaluation of Orientation, Stephen Watkins, RN, BSN, CCRN, Brackenridge
We Get Together, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (combined specialty orientation), Mary Ann Whicker and Marianne Mowry, Specialty Education Coordinators
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words (online EOC competency), Mary Ann Whicker and Lyn Trott, Specialty Education Coordinators
IHI Presentations
“The Nuts and Bolts of Establishing a Rapid Response Team,” by Alice Davis, RN, Senior Project Manager, Seton Family of Hospitals
“Innovations in Nurse-Led Care: Best Practices for AHRQ Safety Indicators,” by Karen Burkman, MSN, RN, Director of Nursing Practice, Seton Family of Hospitals and Courtney Payne, RN, CCRN staff nurse, Brackenridge
“Involving Front-Line Teams in Design: Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB),” Mary Viney, MSN, RN, Vice President, Seton Family of Hospitals, and Traci Leslie, RN, staff nurse, Seton Northwest.
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