Publications:
Sandy Rankin, RN, CCRN. Forming a partnership to save lives,” Critical Care Nurse, Brackenridge Hospital.
Poster Presentations:
Maria Tappan, RNC, “Got Pain? What’s Your Score?”: Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses Annual Convention, Brackenridge Hospital.
Elaina Diaz, RN, BSN, “Transforming to a Patient Safety Culture at the Bedside”: Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses Annual Convention, Brackenridge Hospital.
Daphne Wofford, RN, MSN, “Disaster Preparation: Adapting Pre-Existing Plans to Multiple Disaster Scenarios”, Emergency Nurses Association Annual Convention, Brackenridge Hospital.
Birth Trauma: Goal Zero – Debbie Fowler, RN, Seton Medical Center. AACN National Magnet Conference.
Assessing Attitudes and Competencies of Clinical Staff Toward Electronic Health Records – Lyn Andrus, RN, MSN, Emergency Nurses Association Leadership Conference, Seton Medical Center.
Kendahl Berger, RN, SMC, “A Clear Code” and “Express Admit… It’s About Time”: Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses Annual Convention, Seton Medical Center.
Marianne Mowry, RN, BSN, Acute Care Specialty Education Coordinator, and Courtney Payne RN, CCRN coauthored “Goal: Eliminate Preventable Pressure Ulcers by 2006”: Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses Annual Convention, Seton Family of Hospitals.
Vickie Hooper, RN, BA, CCRN, Children’s/Pediatric ICU Educator: “Children DO Develop Pressure Ulcers: Developing the Pediatric SKIN Bundle”: Annual Meeting of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI), Children’s Hospital of Austin.
LeeAnn Christie, RN, Laura Buford, RN, BSN, CIC: “Bedside Bug Patrol: Staff Infection Control Liaisons Help Increase Awareness”: Annual Meeting of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI), Children’s Hospital of Austin.
Laurie Rogers Neal, RN, MSN, CNS, Laura Buford, RN: “Care Bundles: Bringing Patient-Focused Process Improvement to the Bedside”: Annual Meeting of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI), Children’s Hospital of Austin.
Martha Gooding, RN, BSN, CCRN, Seton Northwest, “Who You Gonna Call? Making a Critical Response Team a Reality in a Small Community Hospital”, NTI Convention.
Lyn Jay, RN, MSN, CCRN, Staff/Charge Nurse, Seton Medical Center,
“Braking the Silence: Helping to Halt Unsafe, Unhealthy Practices Through Silence Kills” Awareness” and “Encouraging Chapter Participation in the NTI Creative Solutions and Research Programs: a Poster about Posters”, NTI Convention.
Vickie Simpson, RN, BA, CCRN, Educator, Children’s Hospital of Austin, “Love your Patient’s Skin! Development of a Pediatric S.K.I.N. Bundle”, NTI Convention.
Janet Williamson, RN, Seton Northwest, “Just Chill Out: Facilitating Induced Hypothermia in a Small Community Hospital”, NTI Convention.
Podium Presentations:
Susan Russell, RN, CPAN, CAPA, Seton Northwest, “A Whistleblower’s Primer: What Nurses Need to Know About Safe Harbor/Peer Review in Texas” at the 30th annual TAPAN State Conference held in Lubbock in September.
Mike Aldridge, RN, MSN, CCRN, CNS, Children’s Hospital of Austin, “Bullets, Blood, Barf and Bile: Case Studies in Pediatric Trauma”, “Lambs, Cadavers and Feathers: The Bloody History of Transfusions”, and “When Smart Kidneys Make Stupid Urine: Renal Failure in the PICU”, NTI Convention.
Lyn Jay, RN, MSN, CCRN, Seton Medical Center, “Breaking the Silence: Helping to Halt Unsafe, Unhealthy Practices Through “Silence Kills” Awareness”, NTI Convention.
Courtney Payne, RN, CCRN, Brackenridge Hospital, “Moving Charts, Paper to Computer: The Process and Lessons Learned”, NTI Convention.
Stephen Watkins, RN, BSN, CCRN, and Jonathan Hecht, RN, BSN, Brackenridge Hospital, “Mechanism of Injury “, NTI Convention.


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