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2017 Rush University Medical Center Nursing Annual Report

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PNS President’s Message

My Year in Review as PNS President - Fiscal Year 2017

“The purpose of the Professional Nursing Staff (PNS) is to promote excellence in professional performance among the nursing staff, provide high quality and cost-effective nursing care for patients, establish and monitor standards of clinical practice, and facilitate the quality of professional life of its members.

The fiscal year 2017 goals were formed based on the PNS purpose and would not have been accomplished if not for the many dedicated nurses who went the extra mile for their coworkers and patients. I would like to give a heartfelt thank you to all the officers as well as the members of the PNS executive committee, every chair, co-chair, and member of the PNS standing and ad hoc committees, and all of the UAC and DAC members.

PNS was able to accomplish two important initiatives that impacted practice and the professionalism of nursing at Rush University Medical Center. The first was the implementation of the RN3 validation committee. The committee consists of a RN3 from all inpatient service lines, a unit director, an assistant unit director, and a clinical nurse specialist. The committee advanced 11 RN2 nurses to RN3 status and 49 inpatient nurses maintained their RN3 status.

The second big accomplishment impacted the professional image of the nurse at Rush. A Rush Way project was initiated based on feedback from patients who could not readily identify their nurse. A survey on color choice was completed in July 2016 and the

nursing staff chose black. A stipend was provided for the inpatient nurses and the patient care technicians (PCTs). On April 17, 2017, the nurses began wearing black uniforms and on July 1, 2017 the PCT go-live occurred.

Since the professional image update, nurses are easily identified. Other disciplines have followed the lead of PNS by going to one uniform color thereby making it easier to identify all health care professionals. Nurses are now readily identifiable to everyone, which prevents patients and colleagues from wrongly identifying another health care provider as a nurse.

Other PNS accomplishments for FY17 include: completed four PNS Open Forums, held twelve education events with one being delivered at 3am for the night staff, held the first nursing research and EBP symposium, organized and lead a Magnet Fair, distributed a monthly PNS newsletter, implemented code lavender, were involved in the safe campus committee, and participated in practice focus groups and surveys regarding innovative software and nursing practice.”

Angela Geschrey, MSN, RN, CMSRN, PNS President

Chief Nursing Officer’s Message

Angelique L. Richard, PhD, RN, CENP Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer Associate Dean, Rush College of Nursing

This past year was an extraordinary one for Rush nursing. Our collaborative work can be seen in this 2017 nursing annual report.

I’m honored to share this report with you, which highlights our transformational leadership, our structural empowerment, our exemplary professional practice and our knowledge. To view the report, please visit nursingannualreport.rush.edu.

Please take a moment to discover the high level of patient care our nurses deliver at every day at Rush.

Sincerely,

Angelique L. Richard, PhD, RN, CENP Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer Associate Dean, Rush College of Nursing

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Shared Governance

“Rush nurses are there for each other, working diligently to deliver the most advanced patient care. The Professional Nursing Staff (PNS) is nursing at all levels in the organization, collaborating to make decisions that affect nursing practice and patient care.”

Angela Geschrey (9Kellogg RN3)-President

Kelsey Schmitt, BSN, RN, CPN (RN3 General Pediatrics)- President Elect

Ruthchelle Sullivan, BSN, RN, CMSRN (CSO RN2)- Secretary

Sarah Mitacek, BSN, RN, CEN- Treasurer

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Improve Shared Governance Structure

• Surveyed PNS groups using IPNG validated tool

• Survey results reviewed at PNS retreat and goals established

• ROPH also participated

Increase PNS Visibility

• Rolling PNS awareness fair - PNS executive members walked around units to talk about shared governance with nurses

• Monthly communications from PNS president placed in newsletter

Rollout Professional Nurse Image

• Survey was completed on color choice of nursing scrubs in July 2016

• The color chosen by nursing staff was black

• Rush provided stipend to inpatient nurses and PCTs to purchase new uniforms

• Nurse uniform go-live April 17, 2017

• PCT uniform go-live July 1, 2017

Standardize Committee Roles of Executive Sponsor, Chair and Member

• Expectation for executive sponsor to meet with chair and attend meetings quarterly

• Equitable reconfiguration of nursing senior leaders as executive sponsors to all PNS committees

• Improved orientation process for new chairs

Community Outreach/Volunteerism

Four events held

• Trilogy - four staff members volunteered

• First Emmanuel Lutheran Church health fair - 12 staff members volunteered

• Senior Fest - four staff members volunteered

• Thresholds - 17 staff members paid through PNS for participation

Additional Projects

• Involvement in safe campus committee

• Onboarding of new CNO - participated in interview process

• Participated in practice focus group/survey- provided feedback on innovative software and nursing practice

PNS Goals and Accomplishments – Fiscal Year 2017

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Recognition

Kudos to all of the outstanding Rush nurses who received awards, earned certifications, published papers, presented posters, were appointed to professional posts, and increased honor and respect for the nursing profession.

Daisy July, 2016 – Joann Kowalski - NICU

August, 2016 – Katie Schmitz – 14 East

September, 2016 – Whitney Boyd – 12 East

October, 2016 – Dora Loya – RUMG

November, 2016 – Cherie Parker - Interventional

December, 2016 – Eric Zack - 14 East

January, 2017 – Derrick Grondin - SICU

February, 2017 – Ranier Calimlim – 12 East

March, 2017 – Holly Scheltens – 9 Kellogg

April, 2017 – Krista Kirk - MICU

May, 2017 –Kelly Blaesing – 9 South

June, 2017 – Cindy Beren - L&D

Marcia Pencak Murphy Presidential Mentorship Award Melissa Browning, Director, Magnet Program (R) (with Angela Geschrey, PNS President)

Annual Nursing Week Awards (May 2017)

Mary Beth O’Holleran Mentorship Award

Ambulatory (RUMG)

*Jackie Baptista - BMT

Denise Hauser-Mizdrak - HemeOnc

Kathryn Wautlet - River North

Emergency Department

*Elizabeth Williams - ED

Medicine, Oncology & Cardiology

Karla Cavazos – 14 East

Angela Hurley – 13 West

Elizabeth Linton – 7 North

Awards

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*Jamie Love-CICU

Ashley Martucci – 9 South

Stephanie Pearson - MICU

Elena Piloni – 14 West

Perioperative/Interventional

*Jillian Hanifin - EP Lab

Professional Nursing Practice

*Emily Sermersheim

Psychiatry

*Andrea Magana – 4 Kellogg

Adewumi Odefadehan - 8S JRB

Surgical, Neurological, Musculoskeletal & Rehabilitation

*Shirley Ambutas - Rehab

Laurie Bui – 12 East

Tiffany Kong - SICU

Juliana Kowalewski – 12 West

Karin Organ – 7 South

Carmina Pangilinan – 9 Kellogg

Gloria Pantoja-Samaniego – 13 East

Morgan Slawson – NSICU

Women & Children’s

Racquel Ashley – MBU

Miriam Garza - L&D

*Amy Levin – NICU

Bridget McGing – PICU

Loren Nero – Pediatrics

*Departmental winner

Luther Christman Clinical Excellence Award

Additional Nursing Areas

*Colleen Masters - Radiation Oncology

Ambulatory

*Jennise Matta– RUCC Oncology Infusion RN

Taylor Szatkowski - Internal Med

Emergency Department

*Kelly Adams - ED

Medicine, Oncology & Cardiology

Kristin Cozzi – CICU

Margaret Crain – 14 West

Liliosa DeLeon – 13 West

Ashley Difelice – 9 South

*Jenica Mauban – MICU

Ashley Miller – 5 Kellogg

Linda Morris – 7 North

Lisa Narine – 14 East

Perioperative/Interventional

*Stacey Pappas Gley - OR

Ryan Zimberg - EP lab

Professional Nursing Practice

*Deborah Spangler - Psych Liaison

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Psychiatry

*Christine Feinstein - 8N JRB

Kathleen Ramson - 13 Kellogg

Surgical, Neurological, Musculoskeletal & Rehabilitation

Joi Evans - Rehab

Trisha Holton – 12 East

Niakisha Jackson - NSICU

Katie Leitner - SICU

*Karin Organ – 7 South

Bethany Saul – 13 East

Women & Children’s

Darwanna Flowers - MBU

Danielle Griffith - Pediatrics

*Amy Liesenfelt - NICU

Noelle Shallcross - L&D

*Departmental winner

Excellence in Nursing ManagementPatti Altman – ED

Denise Banton - L&D

Christine Benitez - Ped Primary Care

*Gia Crisanti – CICU (overall winner)

Jennifer Grenier – Rehab

Diane Jakubik – 14 West

Ann Lough – SICU

Renee Luvich – 7 South

Beth Vaclavik – 14 East

Lisa Williams – 13 Kellogg

Stephanie Yohannan – NSICU

2017 PPM Awards

Relationships and Caring

Lydia Bryant-Pettus – 14 West

Cassandra Cabrales – 12 East

*Exseli Cuenca – CICU

Laura Denney – 13 West

Joi Evans – Rehab

Kat Fagan – 13 West

Melissa Gerona – 13 West

Jelissa Gonzalez – 14 West

Dana Goodin – 7 North

Derrick Grondin – SICU

Theresa Hetzler – Endoscopy

Arianne Jamison – 13 West

Anna King – PICU

Sally Kupczyk – Endoscopy

Natina Lamontagna – 9 South

Hawley Landenberger - Pop Health

Annie Lieb – 13 West

Emily Lynch - L&D

Catherine Madden – Rehab

Andrea Magana – 4 Kellogg

Ashley Manternach – NSICU

Amber Martin – AOC

Annie McLaughlin – 13 West

Joan Mikol - L&D

Brendan Namoff – 9 South

Andrea Pabon – 13 West

Jessica Pflederer – 14 West

Marisela Raso – 13 West

Holly Scheltens – 9 Kellogg

Brooke Schwarz – NICU

Lauren Smith – 13 West

Slwek Spyrka – 7 South

Kellie Tuley – 13 West

Margaret Viken – 13 West

Elizabeth Vo – 13 West

Elizabeth Williams – ED

Nicole Wynn – 9 Kellogg

Helen Yi – Cardiology

Maribel Zepeda – 14 West

Critical Thinking

Jenny Abraham – 4 Kellogg

Lizette Bolanos – 13 West

Maeve Boyle – 13 West

Camille Brownlee – 13 West

Kelsey Cramer – 13 West

Abigail De La Rosa – 13 West

Laura Denney – 13 West

Hannah Dunn – PICU

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Rachel Fishman – 4 Kellogg

*Theresa Hetzler – Endoscopy

Suzette Hill – 9 Kellogg

Niakisha Jackson – NSICU

Toni Kurian – 9 South

Emily Lynch - L&D

Mika Nelson – 13 West


Amanda Rubino – Pediatrics

Mary Beth Sheehy – MICU

Janis Strand - Neonatal ICU

Donna Vainisi – SICU


Evidence-Based Practice

Lori Aubin – 11 West

Sarah Clark – 13 West

Courtney Crocker – CICU

Karen Deutschmann – 7 South

Angelica Fierro – PICU

Jamie Hamil – 4 Kellogg

Audre Pocius - Neonatal ICU

Ataya Poonsapya – Pediatrics

Geri Narsete Prevo - L&D

Katherine Puleo – 13 West

*Colleen Russell – 13 East

Jasmine Shannon – 7 North

Donna Stel – SICU

Arlene Todd – OR

Jennifer Weltzien – 14 West

Technical Expertise

Kelly Adams – ED

Erica Bak – CVT

Sarah Bedo – 13 West

Gary Blakely – 13 West

Mary Kate Daly – PICU

Doris Fischer-Sanchez - RN Risk Manager

Tangana Garcia – 13 West

*Cathy Heinzinger – Neonatal ICU

Patricia Last – 13 West

Jessica Margwarth – 9 Kellogg

Robert Narowski – IS

Barbara Piechowska – 13 West

Andrew Reichard – CICU

Elizabeth Saavedra – 4 Kellogg

Mary Ellen Sarna - L&D

Bethany Saul – 13 East

Danielle (Dani) Slover – NSICU

Nathalie Snider – 13 West

Natalie Tito – 7 South


Leadership

Deborah Allen – 13 West

Mayra Barragan – 9 Kellogg

Sarah Bedo – 13 West

Patricia Blattner – NICU

*Melissa Browning – PNP

Lili Deleon – 13 West

Beth Fernandez – NSICU

Katherine Flens – Rehab

Dana Goodin – 9 North

Jamie Hamil – 4 Kellogg

Yolanda Carmona Harvey - L&D

Lisa Loggin Hester – RUMG Pediatric Subspecialty Clinic

Angela Hurley – 13 West

Andrea Karkowski – Pediatrics

Angela Linklater – 13 East

Shequita Nminbapiel – 13 West


*Julianna Perez – CICU

Luigi Savaglio – 13 West

Kelsey Schmitt – Pediatrics

Kaitlyn Shaffer – PICU

Marybeth Sheehy – MICU

Lindsey Textor – MICU

Maura Waldron – 13 West

Kris Wlosek – Pulmonary

Allison Zawaski – 13 West *Section winner

The Evidence-Based Practice & Research Grant NomineesChristine Feinstein- 8 NJRB

Joshua Kautz – 7 South

Amanda Kratovil – NICU

Amy Liesenfelt – NICU

*William Mitchell - Stat Acuity (overall winner)

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Aneta Ogrodnik – 13 East

Sylwia Potoczny - Cancer Center

Arlene Todd - PAR

Danielle Wood - PICU

*Provided with grant funding through the Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship

Jane Llewellyn Advancing and Leading the Practice Amy Ames – 4 Kellogg

Sarah Anderson - Radiation Oncology (overall winner)

Aparna Bindiganavle - Pediatric Subspecialty Clinic

Tim Carrigan - Senior Nursing Leadership

Vera Clinton – 7 North

Linda Dowling - RUCC Cancer Screening Coordinator

Jamie Hamill – 4 Kellogg

Mary Ellen Hand - RUCC Comprehensive Clinic Coordinator

Deanna LaMartina – NICU

Val Musolf – NSICU

Patty Nedved –PNP

Maureen O’Connor – 9 South

Mary Carol Racelis – 13 East/7 South

Mary Ryan - AVP RUMG

Alexandra Sontag - 7 South

Doshaine William – Cardiology

Gayle Fewer Award (Ambulatory)*Samantha Duveneck - RUCC Comprehensive Clinic (overall winner)

Mary Ellen Hand - RUCC Comprehensive Clinic

Mary Ann Heneghan – RUI

Christine Murphy – Pediatric Subspecialty Clinic

The Beth Joksimovic Oncology Professional Development AwardKati Cousins - RUCC RN (overall winner)

Katie Kean - RUCC Center

Karine Otten – 14 East

Anita Sharko - RUCC RN

Susie Stachniak - Pediatrics

Karen Tamulonis - Peds Subspecialty

Rebeccah Willard - RUCC RN

ANadia M. AbbasiJoyce Alexander Krishna S. AminElizabeth Anderson Frederick AntwiCoreen L. AscheMary Auber Donna Aziz

BLourenz Marie C. BalayanChristine Balderas Nicole M. BarensIlona Bartnik Erika Baucom Alexandra M. BeckerKara Belarmino Nicholas J. BellendirFrances V. BernardoSunita Khanal BhandariAmy Blackwood Katrina L. BladeElizabeth A. BlockYamini BodduKirsten Book Genevieve Brierton Frederick M. BrownNichole M. BrownMelissa Budahazy

CCassandra F. CabralesAndrea Cabrera Megan Calkins Anna Candoleza Mary K. CarlsonAlmanely Castillo Cristina Catalano Amanda Chow Rachael L. ClarkTheresa D. CliffordAngela N. CooperJacqueline Corbett Mitchell Corso Margaret A. CoyleAmanda K. CrowColleen E. Cunningham

DDanielle S. DePaolaLaura E. DixonTahji Dixon Erin N. DowdingAnna Duchnowska Geraldine F. Dugan Colleen DurkinJulie Durmus

EShelby Edgren Jessica D. EmersonHannah E. Erickson

FSadie K. FahnJennifer Y. FedenStephanie FichtBetheny Figura Jean A. Flaws-ChervinkoRachael B. FloridoAaron D. FranklinKelly L. Fus

GBrittany Gaffney Fallon D. GallagherMelissa Lynn GardnerMiriam GarzaKristy Gerardot Kathryn E. GianopolusKristine T. GlavianoAgnieszka Glowik Julia Goldin Trisha M. GroomsLinda E. Gumm

HWhitney S. HansonBrogan M. HanzelMichelle A. HawleyCatherine A. HealyKatherine M. HellmichAshley Henry Joi B. HenryKaren M. HerbstHeather Hermann Katarina W. HoangAmy E. HoppeMegan Hughes Angela M. Hurley

ICourtney E. Iwersen

JHeather A. JackertMatthew Jackson Cara I. JagodzinskiKristina JanichStevie Johnson Jenna JoskeBianca Judge Anne Jurgonski

KLauren M. KaczmarekZina KaranaAmanda K. KellerKristen L. KelseyFatima Khemani Jin Hee Kim Jake A. KimlickaCarley M. KingNicholas Kling Sarah Knuth Jessica Kozelsky

LRaquel LaboyErin E. LahoodRebecca LaiHawley Landenberger Lindsey Langan Tiffany A. LeeChase Lodico Jamie M. LoveKristy Luke Danielle Lukowski

MAndrea MaganaNatalia Marcinkowski Helen Mashie Lauren Mason Colleen M. McAleerColleen M. McDevittKevin McDonough Lindsay M. McDowellKathleen McKinney Timothy McVeigh Katie L. MeierJames W. MielnikowskiErin D. MillerJonathan Mizgala Emilee Moeke Caitlin A. Murphy

Certifications

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NBrittany Nacsa Luis Negron Mika Nelson Jennifer Newcomer Krystle Niewinski

OSabina Obrochta Samantha Ocampo Nina Ogrizovich Kathleen O’Neill John Ordonez Vanessa M. OrtegaIxchell Y. Ortiz EstesKathryn L. O’Shea

PJoanna Pak Abbi R. PalmerKelly Parker Shama Patel Julianna F. PerezNicholas A. PerriNatalie Petersen Stephanie Petrykowski Sara E. PhilipPamela D. PhippsElena PiloniKathleen Piotrowski-

Walters Abbi Placzek Kimberly M. PreslerConnor Prokop Victoria Pryal Melanie Pugh

QMichelle Ann Quigley

RNatalie L. RaghuLindsey Ratermann Lauren Redd Elaine M. Regacho Erika Marie Regacho Victoria Reisinger Lauren E. RenoIsis R. ReyesAlejandra J. RiveraLindsey RiversCindy Ruan

SMary T. SabaJulie E. SamuelsonDenise SanchezJamilec Sanchez Elizabeth G. SantschiEmilie K. SavasAndrea Schoen Elizabeth Schrader Evelyn B. SenewoCheryl Marie SiegallLindsay Simmons Morgan Slawson Amelia SniderYael Solomon Mitchell Schomberg

SprecherAngelika Stachura Thomas StarrKeith Starwalt David A. SteedlyEve A. SullivanLisa A. SwansonLuke Swift

TAna M. TavarezJulia C. ThrappMolly J. TiesengaDana Tomasetti Mara K. TrautmanDaphne M. Tse-Guillen

VRita Vaitauskaite Jasmine Valdez Lorena Vega

WJeannie M. WamplerKarra Beth WashingtonMichelle Wayne Brittany M. WellsPeter J. WeyforthEleanore Whelan Glorious Wilson Krzysztof D. WlosekAnna Wojdyla Donna F. WrennKate Wu

YStephanie De La Torre

Yohannan

ZJaclyn Zasaitis

Posters

Alfredson, L., Manion, A. Improving Self-Esteem and Building Self-Confidence in Adolescent Mothers: A Support Group Model, NAPNAP Annual Conference, Denver, CO

Ambutas, S. (Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2017) Fall In for Fall Reduction: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Fall Reduction in Inpatient Rehab, Shirley Ambutas et al; AMSN Annual Conference, Washington, DC

Ambutas, S., Lamb, K., Quigley, P. (May-June 2017) Fall Reduction and Injury Prevention Toolkit: on Two Medical-Surgical units, MedSurg Nursing, 25 (3), 175-179

Beal, D., Racelis, M.C., Browning, M., Heitschmidt, M. (Oct. 11, 2016) Measuring Nurses’ Beliefs and Confidence to Implement Evidence-Based Measures, University of Chicago Medicine Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Symposium, Chicago, IL Browning, M., Racelis, M., Heitschmidt, M., Nedved, P. Measuring Nurses’ Beliefs and Confidence to Implement Evidence-Based Measures, AONE (March 2017) and National Evidence Based Practice Conference, University of Iowa (April 27, 2017)

Browning, M., Heitschmidt, M., & Nedved, P. (April 2017) Pausing for Pets Improves Blood Pressure and Decreases Stress in Nurses, National Evidence Based Practice Conference, University of Iowa

Bruti, C., Rao, S., Richter, L., Hossain, I., Schwelnus, E., John, V., Sadaf, A., Lavire, E., Arroyo, K. (August 2016) An Interprofessional Learning Experience in Simulation, 14th Annual Conference of the Chicago Simulation Consortium, Chicago, IL

Friedrichs, J., McKinney, C. (September 2016) S.O.S.-Support Our Staff: Responding to Distress with Care and Compassion, ANCC National Magnet Conference, Orlando, FL

Gonzaga-Reardon, M.B., Song, S., Diebolt, E., Livesay, S., Hondros, L.G., Lynch, D.M., Conners, J. (2016) Nurse-Activated Acute Stroke Codes in the Emergency Setting Improves Process and Clinical Outcomes, Emergency Nurses Association 2016 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA

Gradone, L., Staffileno, B. Integration of Evidence-Based Practice at Rush University Medical Center, Nursing Research & EBP Symposium, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

Heitschmidt, M. (Oct. 29, 2016) An Initial Picture of Health Related Quality of Life in the Adult Patient with Congenital Heart Disease, 13th Annual Evidence Based Practice Conference, Edward-Elmhurst Health, Naperville, IL

Heitschmidt, M. (Oct. 11, 2016) An Initial Picture of Health Related Quality of Life in the Adult Patient with Congenital Heart Disease, University of Chicago Medicine Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Symposium, Chicago, IL

Kasmer, L., Meltzer, S., Starr, T., Rosenberg, J., Heitschmidt, M. (Oct. 29, 2016) The Search for an Objective, Reliable, and Valued Acuity Tool, 13th Annual Evidence Based Practice Conference, Edward-Elmhurst Health, Naperville, IL

Kleinpell, R., Heitschmidt, M., Sarris, S., Nedved, P. (Oct. 2-5, 2016) Assessing Nursing and Healthcare Professional’s Perceptions of a Stress Reduction Message Intervention, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Milan, Italy

Kuppy, J.R., Meltzer, L., VanOpstal, E.R., Richter, L., Schafer, K.M., Robin, B. (June 2017) Interprofessional Pediatric Hybrid Simulation—Nursing and Medical Students Learning Together, 9th International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshop, Boston, MA

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Lawrence, C, Fleming, K., Murphy, S. (March 2017) Eliminating Device Related HAPU’s in the NICU, Rush Safety & Quality Fair, Chicago, IL

Lawrence, C., Silvestri, J., Overby, J., Sweeney, S., Pierson, V., Robin, B., Powell, S., Welsh, K., Lamorena, E., Niewinski, K. (March 2017) NICU Golden Hour, Rush Safety & Quality Fair, Chicago, IL

Liesenfelt, A., Mohr, L., Lawrence, C. (March 2017) Right on Cue: Implementation of a Cue Based Feeding Tool in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Rush Safety & Quality Fair, Chicago, IL

Losurdo, H., Cook, H., Morrow, S.W. (April 2017) The Stat Acuity Team: An Innovative Solution to Improve Patient and Nurse Outcomes, 5th Annual Advocate Health Care Nursing Research Symposium, Oak Brook, IL

Losurdo, H., Cook, H., Morrow, S.W. (March 2017) The Stat Acuity Team: An Innovative Solution to Improve Patient and Nurse Outcomes, 34th Annual Rush University Forum, Chicago, IL

Maidlow, C., Otten K., Mozer, M., Staffileno, B. Cancer Patients and Nursing Staff Knowledge of the Mediterranean Diet, ONS 42nd Annual Congress, Denver, CO

Manion, A. Asthma and Obesity: The Emergence of a New Asthma Phenotype, International Nurse Practitioner Conference, Hong Kong, China

Manion, A. Neuroplasticity and Child Development 0-3 Years and Beyond: A Shift in the Human Capability Paradigm, International Nurse Practitioner Conference, Hong Kong, China

Manion, A., Kurkowski, F. The Rise of Positional Plagiocephaly, Positional Torticollis and Motor Delays in Children, NAPNAP Annual Conference, Denver, CO

Mazur, M., Flores, P., Pilati, C., O’Hearn, N., Heitschmidt, M. (Oct. 29, 2016) Reducing Falls in Low and High Risk Patients on an Orthopedic Unit Using a Multifactorial Fall Prevention, 13th Annual Evidence Based Practice Conference, Edward-Elmhurst Health, Naperville, IL

McClenton, R., Miller, A.M., Swartwout, K. (May 2017) Care Coordinator Functions and Patient Satisfaction: The ACT Care Coordination Team, American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing conference, New Orleans, LA

Miller, A.M., Swartwout, K., Golden, R., McClenton, R., Swider, S., Vail, M., Schoeny, M. (November 2016) Using Social Determinants of Health to Assess Complexity and Guide Care Coordination in Primary Care: The Activation and Coordination (ACT) Model, roundtable presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

Miller, J.M., Odiaga, J., Catrambone, C., Coke, L., Covington, K., Gierlowski, T., Mayahara, Min, E.A., Robin, R., Rodriguez-Morales, G., Tangney, C., Lapidos, S. (September 2016) Teams Just Don’t Happen: Intentional Student Team Development and Practice, National League of Nursing (NLN) Educational Summit, Orlando, FL Miller, J., Zonsius, M., Lamb, K., Murphy, M. (September 2016) Preparing Leaders to Improve Healthcare Quality and Safety for Older Adults, Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association, (GAPNA) National Conference, Phoenix, AZ

Moss, A., Miller, A.M., Fogg, L. (April 2017) Worksite Access to Primary Care Services: Health-seeking Behaviors and Health Outcomes Among Low-Income Foodservice Workers, Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Research Conference, Minneapolis, MN

Murphy, S., Fleming, K., Lawrence, C., Graca, M., Geistkemper, A., Sulo, K., Silvestri, J. (March 2017) Reducing Unintended Extubation in the NICU, Rush Safety & Quality Fair, Chicago, IL

Odiaga, J., Miller, J. M., Min, E. A., Tangney, C. C., Gierlowski, T., & Lapidos, S. (October 2016) The Big Opportunity: Advancing a Culture of Interprofessionalism, Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Education

Robinson, N., Miller, A.M., Fogg, L., Wilbur, J. (April 2017) Subjective Versus Objective Estimated Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Adherence to Physical Activity in African American Women, Preventive Cardiovascular Nursing Association Conference, Denver, CO

Slover, D., Rybka, L., Musolf, V., Livesay, S. (2017) The Development, Implementation, and Challenges of a Nurse-Drive Pupillometry Protocol, Advances in Stroke Care Conference, Rosemont, IL

Swartwout, K., Miller, A.M., McClenton, R., Schoeny, M. (May 2017) Support for the ACT Model: Care Management in a Medicaid Population, Health Disparities & Social Justice (HDSJ) Conference, Chicago, IL

Swartwout, K., Miller, A.M., McClenton, R., Vail, M., Golden, R., Schoeny, M. (March 2017) Risk Stratification, Patient Complexity, and Care Coordination in a Medicaid Population, Rush Research Forum, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Zack, E. (May 2017) Nurse-Driven Palliative Care Screenings for Malignant Hematology and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant Patients, Oncology Nursing Society 42nd Annual Congress, Denver, CO

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Presentations

Ambutas, S. Fall Prevention in the Healthcare Setting, The Brain Injury Association of Illinois 2016 Annual Educational Conference, Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Bolick, B. A Call to Action: Addressing Incivility and Bullying in Healthcare, invited speaker, Baptist Health/Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, FL

Bolick, B. A Call to Action: Addressing Incivility and Bullying in Healthcare, invited keynote speaker, Southern Illinois Perinatal Network Conference, O’Fallon, IL

Bolick, B. A Call to Action: Addressing Incivility and Bullying in Healthcare, invited speaker with L. Lawson, The Center for the Advancement of Healthcare Professionals, AMN Healthcare. Webinar

Braun L.T. (Sept. 30, 2016) Cardiovascular Health in Women: Does One Size Fit All?, 19th Annual NPWH Women’s Healthcare Conference, New Orleans, LA

Braun L.T. (Nov. 12, 2016) Getting Involved with AHA Advocacy: Professional and Scientific Benefits, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA

Braun L.T. (Oct. 7, 2016) New Perspectives in LDL Control, Metabolic and Endocrine Disease Summit, Orlando, FL

Braun L.T. (April 21-22, 2017) Secondary Prevention of ASCVD: Novel Therapies to Improve Outcomes in Patients with Hypercholesterolemia, 24th Annual Pharmacology Conference, Park City, UT

Braun L.T. (April 26-28, 2017) Secondary Prevention of ASCVD: Novel Therapies to Improve Outcomes in Patients with Hypercholesterolemia, Maine Nurse Practitioner Association Annual Spring Conference, Northport, ME

Braun, L.T. (Jan. 14, 2017) Treatment Adherence, Statin Associated Muscle Afflictions Consensus Building Forum, Hanover, MD

Braun L.T., Grady. K. (Nov. 14, 2016) AHA/ASA Patient Support Network, keynote presentation for the Clinical Nursing Symposium, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA

Braun, L.T., Miller, M. (April 7-9, 2017) LDL Cholesterol Lowering in the Management of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Emerging Insights, PCNA Annual Symposium, Denver, CO

Breitenstein, S., McDonald, C., Willgerodt, M., Olsta, J., & Cowell, J., Breitenstein, S. (June 2017) Searching for Evidence: Finding, Evaluating, and Synthesizing the Literature, pre-conference workshop, National Association of School Nurses Annual Conference, San Diego, CA

Carrigan, T.M. (February 2017) A Changed Paradigm: Traditional Nurse Leader Rounding Versus Purposeful Daily Leadership Rounding, Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders, Lunch ‘n Learn Webinar Series

Catrambone, C., Klopper, H. (July 22, 2016) The Global Advisory Panel on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery (GAPFON), STTI International Nursing Research Congress 2016, Cape Town, South Africa

Catrambone, C., Vlasich, C. (May 30, 2017) Ethical Leadership and Optimal Work Environments for Care Providers: Part of the Healthcare Spectrum, International Council of Nurses 2017 – Congress Barcelona 2017, Barcelona, Spain

Catrambone, C., Vlasich (Sept. 27, 2016) The Global Advisory Panel on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery (GAPFON), STTI Leadership Connection, Indianapolis, IN

Catrambone, C. (April 25, 2017) Global Leadership: Advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, STTI Beta Kappa Chapter Spring Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Catrambone, C. (Sept. 24, 2016) Global Leadership: Strengthening Your Influence, keynote speaker, STTI Leadership Connection, Indianapolis, IN

Catrambone, C. (Nov. 4, 2016) Global Perspectives and Nursing Research: The Keys to Quality Patient Care, keynote speaker, Geisinger Health System, Center for Continuing Professional Development., Danville, PA

Catrambone, C. (July 20, 2016) International Nursing Researcher Hall of Fame Panel, moderator. STTI International Nursing Research Congress 2016, Cape Town, South Africa

Catrambone, C. (May 10, 2017) Leaving Your Legacy in Healthcare, Loyola University School of Nursing Commencement Ceremony, Chicago, IL

Catrambone, C. (Aug. 17, 2016) The Virginia Henderson Global Nursing E-Repository, STTI & University of Technology Sydney - Nursing and Midwifery: Transforming Leadership, Education, Practice and Research Conference, Sydney, Australia

Catrambone, C., Klopper, H. (June 1, 2017) Global Advisory Council on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery, International Council of Nurses, Congress Barcelona 2017, Barcelona, Spain

Catrambone, C. (Oct. 12, 2016) United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Implications for Nursing, Keynote speaker, 30th Annual STTI 2016 Tri-State Consortium Conference, Philadelphia, PA

Clark M., Shiner W, Ruby D., Caldwell E., Marusarz J., Senewo E., Schriver, K., Racelis, MC. (May 2017) Nurse-Led Daily Interdisciplinary Rounds: A Collaborative Process to Improve Care Coordination, second place award, National Association of Orthopedic Nurses (NAON), Puerto Rico

Cockerham, A. Z., Engstrom, J. L. (September 2016). Getting a ’Soon Start’ on the Doctor of Nursing Practice: Mary Breckinridge, Leading the Way for the DNP Essentials, American Association for the History of Nursing, Chicago, IL

Dato, K., Lemke, S., The Whole School? How to Make an All-School STI Screen Possible, Everthrive Annual Conference, Oak Lawn, IL

Dato, K., Lemke, S., Win-Win for All: How a SBHC-University Partnership Can Improve SBHC Outcomes, School Based Health Alliance Conference, Long Beach, CA

Delaney, K. (2017) Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Workforce, Web-in-R for the University of Michigan Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center and Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies

Delaney, K. (2017) GNE Demonstration Project: Updates from Five Sites, American Association of Nurse Practitioners Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX

Delaney, K. (2017) Improving Mental Health Care: Why Nurses are a Critical Linchpin, keynote, Psychiatric Nursing Conference, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Delaney, K. (2017) PMH Nurses and the Evolving Behavioral Health Care Workforce in Illinois: The Road to Directing our Future, Illinois APNA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

Delaney, K. (2017) Report on the APNA National Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Survey, American Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Meeting, Hartford, CT

Delaney, K. (2017) The Role of the Nurse Executive in the Evolution of Health Care Transformation, keynote, Nursing Leadership Conference, Northwell Health, New York, NY

Engstrom, J.L. (May 2017) Maternal Reset Hypothesis: The Short- and Long-Term Maternal Health Benefits Associated with Breastfeeding, American College of Nurse-Midwives National Meeting, Chicago, IL

Engstrom, J.L., Cockerham, A.Z. (September 2016) “Seldom have I been as moved by anything as the simple unadorned statistical reports”: Mary Breckinridge’s Use of ‘Big Data’ to Document Nursing Practice and Generate New Knowledge, American Association for the History of Nursing, Chicago, IL

Fiedler, R. (2017) Course Design: Using Alignment to Ensure Students Meet Course Objectives, National League for Nursing Summit 2017, San Diego, CA

Fiedler, R. and Shaw, B. (2017) Turning Points: Using Quality Matters to Direct Improvements in Online Nursing Programs, QM Connect Conference “Pathways to Excellence”, group presentation, Fort Worth, TX

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Fleming, K., Murphy, S., Grace, M., Geistkemper, A., Lawrence, C. (March 2017) Reducing Unintended Extubation in the NICU, Rush Safety & Quality Fair, Chicago, IL

Fleming, K., Murphy, S., Grace, M., Geistkemper, A., Lawrence, C. (March 2017) Eliminating Device Related HAPU’s in the NICU, Rush Safety & Quality Fair, Chicago, IL

Geschrey, A., Schmitt, K., Robertson, L. (February 2017) A Comparison of Professional Governance within a System, Nursing EBP Research Symposium

Grenier, J. (2015-2017). The Synergy Campaign; To Decrease Workplace Bullying and Incivility, keynote speaker, Aspiring Nurse Leader Workshop, Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders

Grenier, J. (2017). Addressing Food Insecurity with Chicago’s Homeless, Nursing Care Consortium, Illinois State Webinar, IONL

Grenier, J. (2017) Does Bullying and Incivility Affect Your Staffing? Nursing Care Consortium, Illinois State Webinar, IONL

Grenier, J. (2017) The Surplus Project, podium presentation, Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders Annual Conference

Grenier, J. (2017) The Synergy Campaign; To Decrease Workplace Bullying and Incivility, keynote speaker, Little Company of Mary Hospital Nurses Week

Grenier, J. (2017) The Synergy Campaign; To Decrease Workplace Bullying and Incivility, keynote speaker, Morris Hospital National Patient Safety Week

Grenier, J., Nolan C., Smith R., Hatcher, B., Wynn, N. (2017) Addressing Food Insecurity with Chicago’s Homeless, podium presentation, American Public Health Association Annual Conference

Heitschmidt, M. (Oct. 29, 2016) Measuring Nurses’ Beliefs and Confidence to Implement Evidence-Based Measures, 13th Annual Evidence Based Practice Conference, Edward-Elmhurst Health, Naperville, IL

Heitschmidt, M. (April 7, 2017) Healthcare Professionals’ Interaction with Animals in the Hospital Setting Impacts Blood Pressure and Stress Levels, Preventative Cardiovascular Nurses Association 23rd Annual Symposium, Denver, CO

Johnson, P., Miller, J.M. (June 2017) The Impact of an Online HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign Initiative on Knowledge and Voluntary Screening in Baton Rouge, LA, 12th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence, Miami, FL

Lawrence, C., Silvestri, J., Overby, J., Sweeney, S., Pierson,V., Robin, B., Powell, S., Welsh, K., Lamorena, E., Niewinski, K. (March 2017) NICU Golden Hour, Rush Safety & Quality Fair, Chicago, IL

Liesenfelt, A., Mohr, L., Lawrence, C., Miller, E. (March 2017) Right on Cue: Implementation of a Cue Based Feeding Tool in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Rush Safety & Quality Fair, Chicago, IL

Liske, C.D., Catrambone, C., Munley Gallagher, R. (Sept. 25, 2016) Virtual Professional Collaboration of Global Nurse Leaders: The Phi Gamma Virtual Chapter Experience, STTI Leadership Connection, Indianapolis, IN

Losurdo, H., Cook, H., Morrow, S.W. (October 2016) The Stat Acuity Team: An Innovative Solution to Improve Patient and Nurse Outcomes, 13th Annual Evidence-Based Practice Conference, Naperville, IL

Losurdo, H., Cook, H., Morrow, S.W. (May 2017) The Stat Acuity Team: An Exercise in True Collaboration to Improve Outcomes, National Teaching Institute of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Houston, TX

Manion, A. Success in Adolescent Health: Tools and Techniques to Support Pregnant and Parenting Young People in Breastfeeding, educational event through U.S. Department of Health, Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL

Miller, A.M. (April 2017) Ethical Considerations for Human Subjects Research, Fogarty/UIC Global Mental Health and Migration Research and Training Workshop, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Miller, A.M. (April 2017) Immigrant Acculturation, Alienation, and Mental Health, Fogarty/UIC Global Mental Health and Migration Research and Training Workshop, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Miller, A.M. (April 2017) Migration, Cardiovascular Disease Risk, and Comorbidity with Common Mental Disorders, Fogarty/UIC Global Mental Health and Migration Research and Training Workshop, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Miller, A.M. (April 2017) Writing Research Protocols, Fogarty/UIC Global Mental Health and Migration Research and Training Workshop, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Miller, A.M. (September 2016) Activation and Coordination Team (ACT): Model for Risk Stratification and Resource Allocation in Primary Care, invited symposium presentation, Illinois Ambulatory Nurse Practice Consortium Symposium, Chicago, IL

Miller, A.M., Swartwout, K., Schoeny, M. (April 2017) Risk Stratification and Patient Complexity for Care Coordination in a Medicaid Population, Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Research Conference, Minneapolis, MN

Miller, J.M., Odiaga, J., Min, E.A., Zhao, L. (October 2016) Using Technology to Overcome Interprofessional Education Barriers, Ninth National Doctors of Nursing Practice Conference: Transforming Healthcare Through Collaboration, Baltimore, MD

Miller, J.M., Odiaga, J., Min, E.A., Zhao, L., Gierlowski, T. (October 2016) Using Technology to Overcome Interprofessional Education Barriers, Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Education Conference: Interprofessional Care for the 21st Century: Redefining Education and Practice, Philadelphia, PA

Mohr, L.D. (April 2017) Society of Pediatric Nursing Convention. Hot Topics in Pediatric Nursing: Issues Impacting Pediatric Healthcare. West Palm Beach, FL

Moran, M. Implementation of Evidence-Based Guidelines to Prevent Pediatric Extravastion Injuries, University of Chicago Medicine Nursing Research Symposium, Chicago, IL

Musolf, V., Blackwood, A., Panos, N., Yohannan, S. (2017) Implementing CAM-ICU Screening in the Neuro ICU: Results of an Ongoing Initiative, 46th Annual Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Honolulu, HI

Odiaga, J., Miller, J. M., Robin, B., Covington, K., Gierlowski, T., Davis, U. (October 2016) Formative Debriefing in Team Observed Simulation Encounters to Promote Team Performance, Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Education Conference, Interprofessional Care for the 21st Century: Redefining Education and Practice, Philadelphia, PA

Pabalan, L, Schoeny, M., Risser, H., Callier, A., Real, R., Ocampo, E., Breitenstein, S. (June, 2017) Evaluation of the Implementation of Delivering the EZ Parent Program in Primary Care, Society for Prevention Research 25th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

Panos, N., Musolf, V., Patel, A. (2017) The ICU Alphabet: ABCDEF, Now I Know My SAT and SBT!, Illinois Society for Respiratory Care Chapter 2 Conference, Chicago, IL

Robin, B., Meltzer, L., Bruti, C., Schafer, K.M. (June 2017) Plan, Learn, and Care Together—Developing Simulation-Based Interprofessional Education Programs, 9th International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshop, Boston, MA

Robin, B., Meltzer, L., Richter, L., Schafer, K.M., Piotrowski-Walters, K., Van Opstal, E.R., Kuppy, J. (August 2016) Development of an Interprofessional Pediatric Hybrid Simulation, 14th Annual Conference of the Chicago Simulation Consortium, Chicago, ILSong, S., Diebolt E., Livesay S.L., Gonzaga-Reardon, M.B., Hondros, L.G., Lynch, D.M., Conners J. (2016) Nurse-Activated Acute Stroke Codes in the Emergency Setting Improves Process and Clinical Outcomes. American Academy of Neurology 2016 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Tapia, C., Tovar-Herrera, M. (July 2016) Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia: Working through Cultural Barriers, World Federation of Hemophilia, World Congress, Orlando, FL

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Publications

Bassis, C.M., Seekatz, A., Fogg, L., Lolans, K., Moore, N.M., Okamoto, K., Rhee, Y., Bardowski, L., Bell, P., Salazar, E., Dangana, T. (October 2016) “Gut microbiota and clinical predictors of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) carriage among patients at the time of admission to a long-term acute care hospital (LTACH).” In Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, No. suppl_1, p. 2220, Oxford University Press

Bockwoldt, D., Staffileno, B. A., Coke, L., Hamilton, R., Fogg, L., Calvin, D., Quinn, L. (2016) “Understanding Experiences of diabetes medications among African Americans living with type 2 diabetes.” Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 1043659616651674

Bogue, T., Mohr, L.D. (2017) “Putting the family back in the center: A teach-back protocol to improve communication during rounds in a pediatric intensive care unit.” Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America. 29.233-250.0

Bounds, D., Delaney, K. R., Julion, W. (2017) “Hunter–prey discourse: A critical discourse analysis of the online posts of men who buy sex.” Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 23, 258-267

Bounds, D., Delaney, K., Julion, W., Breitenstein, S. (2017) “Domestic minor sex trafficking: Bringing the problem out of the shadows.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Bounds, D., Edinburgh, L., Fogg, L., Saewyc, E. (2017) “The Minnesota Runaway Intervention Program’s influence on sexually exploited youth’s trauma responses.” Journal of Adolescent Health, 60(2), S22-S23

Bounds, D., Julion, W., Delaney, K.R., Breitenstein, S.M. (July, 2017) “Uncovering indicators of commercial sexual exploitation.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Published online

Braun, L.T., Grady K.L., Kutner J.S., Adler E., Berlinger N., Boss R., Butler J., Enguidanos S., Friebert S., Gardner T., Higgins P., Holloway, R., Konig, M., Meier, D., Morrissey, M.B., Quest T.E., Wiegand, D.L., Coombs-Lee, B., Fitchett, G., Gupta, C., Roach, W.H. Jr. (2016) on behalf of the American Heart Association Advocating Coordinating Committee, “Palliative care and cardiovascular disease and stroke: A policy statement from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.” Circulation 2016;134:e198-e225

Braun, L., Wilbur, J., Buchholz, S., Schoeny, M., Miller, A., Fogg, L., Volgman, A., McDevitt, J. (2016) “Cardiovascular risk in midlife African American women: The Women’s Lifestyle Physical Activity Program.” Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 31(4):304-312. DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000266 . PMID: 27074650

Breitenstein, S. M., Fogg, L., Ocampo, E.V., Acosta, D.I., Gross, D. (2016) “Parent use and efficacy of a self-administered, tablet-based parent training intervention: a randomized controlled trial.” JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 4(2)

Breitenstein, S., Levenson, J., Ocampo, E., Fogg, L. (2017) “Engagement and adherence with ezPARENT, an mHealth parent-training program promoting child well-being.” Child Maltreatment. DOI: 10.1177/1077559517725402

Browning, M., Nedved, P., Heitschmidt, M. (July 7, 2016) “Presence of Animals at One Teaching Hospital Lowers Nurse Stress Levels.” Advance for Nurses

Buchholz, S.W., Wilbur, J., Schoeny, M.E., Fogg, L., Ingram, D.M., Miller, A., Braun, L. (2016) “Retention of African American women in a lifestyle physical activity program.” Western Journal of Nursing Research; DOI: 10.1177/0193945915609902

Buchholz, S.W., Ingram, D., Wilbur, J., Fogg, L., Sandi, G., Moss, A., Ocampo, E.V. (2016) “Bilingual Text4Walking food service employee intervention pilot study.” JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 4(2)

Burgess, H.J., Park, M., Wyatt, J.K., Fogg, L.F. (2016) “Home dim light melatonin onsets with measures of compliance in delayed sleep phase disorder.” Journal of sleep research, 25(3), 314-317

Burgess, H.J., Park, M., Wyatt, J.K., Rizvydeen, M., Fogg, L.F. (2017) “Sleep and circadian variability in people with delayed sleep–wake phase disorder versus healthy controls.” Sleep Medicine, 34, 33-39

Burgess, H.J., Rizvydeen, M., Fogg, L.F., Keshavarzian, A. (2016) “A single dose of alcohol does not meaningfully alter circadian phase advances and phase delays to light in humans.” American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 310(8), R759-R765

Burks, C., Nelson, L., Kumar, D., Fogg, L., Saha, C., Guirguis, A., Rotmensch, J., Dewdney, S. (2017) “Evaluation of Pulmonary Complications in Robotic-Assisted Gynecologic Surgery.” Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, 24(2), pp.280-285

Bustamante, E.E., Davis, C.L., Frazier, S.L., Rusch, D., Fogg, L.F., Atkins, M.S., Marquez, D.X. (2016) “Randomized controlled trial of exercise for ADHD and disruptive behavior disorders.” Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 48(7), 1397-1407

Carrigan T.M., Carroll, V.S. (2016) “Implementing purposeful daily leadership rounding: A broader approach to measuring quality.” American Nurse Today. 11 (10)

Cohn, T., Miller, A.M., Fogg, L., Braun, L.T., Coke, L. (November 2016) Impact of individual and neighborhood-level factors on cardiovascular risk in Hispanics compared to whites.” Research in Nursing and Health. DOI: 10.1002/nur.21778

Corley, J.A., Nazari, P., Rossi, V.J., Kim, N.C., Fogg, L.F., Hoeppner, T.J., Stoub, T.R., Byrne, R.W. (2017) “Cortical stimulation parameters for functional mapping.” Seizure, 45, pp.36-41

Costello, B.T., Silverman, E.R., Doukky, R., Braun, L.T., Aggarwal, N.T., Deng, Y., Li, Y., Lundberg, G., Williams, K.A., Volgman A.S. “Lipoprotein (a) and increased cardiovascular risk in women.” Clin Cardiol 2016;39:96-102

Crawford, M.R., Turner, A.D., Wyatt, J.K., Fogg, L.F., Ong, J.C. (2016) “Evaluating the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea comorbid with insomnia disorder using an incomplete factorial design.” Contemporary clinical trials, 47, 146-152

Crowley, S.J., Suh, C., Molina, T.A., Fogg, L.F., Sharkey, K.M., Carskadon, M.A. (2016) “Estimating the dim light melatonin onset of adolescents within a 6-h sampling window: The impact of sampling rate and threshold method.” Sleep medicine, 20, 59-66

Delaney, K. R. (2017) “Psychiatric mental health advanced practice nursing workforce: Capacity to address mental health professional workforce shortages. Psychiatric Services. PS in Advance, May 15, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600405

Delaney, K. R. (2017) “The child mental health system is faltering: Why is nursing not providing solutions? Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing. 30, 70-71

Delaney, K.R. (2016) “Disseminating Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment Innovations: Why Nurses Must Take Leadership. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 29, 108-109

Delaney, K.R. (2017) “Addressing Adolescent Depression, Top-down or Bottom-Up: As a society we need both. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing.

Delaney, K.R., Naegel, M.A.. Valentine, N.M., Antai-Otong, D., Groh, C., Brenneman, L. (May 8, 2017) “The effective use of RNs and APRNs in integrated care: Policy implications for increasing access and quality.” Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research.

Delaney, K.R., Naegle, M., Flinter, M., Pulcini, J., Hauenstein, E.J. (2016) “Critical workforce issues for registered and advanced practice nurses in integrated care models.” Nursing Outlook, 64, 607-609

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Dickens K., Braun L.T. (2017) “Promotion of physical activity and cardiac rehabilitation for the management of cardiovascular disease.” J Nurse Practitioner 2017;13:47-53

Dolly, D., Mihai, A., Rimel, B.J., Fogg, L., Rotmensch, J., Guirguis, A., Yordan, E., Dewdney, S., (2016) “A delay from diagnosis to treatment is associated with a decreased overall survival for patients with endometrial cancer.” Frontiers in oncology, 6

Doukky, R., Frogge, N., Appis, A., Hayes, K., Khoudary, G., Fogg, L., Williams, K. A. (2016) “Impact of appropriate use on the estimated radiation risk to men and women undergoing radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 57(8), 1251-1257

Dugan, S.A., Lange-Maia, B.S., Karavolos, K., Kazlauskaite, R., Hollings, C., Avery, E., Nackers, L., Lynch, E., Ventrelle, J., Normand, P., Johnson, T., Fullam, F., Shipp-Johnson, K., Wilbur, J., Powell, L.H. (December 2016) “Design of a lifestyle intervention to slow menopause-related progression of intra-abdominal adipose tissue in women: The Women in the Southside Health and Fitness (WISHFIT) study. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 2016 Dec; Volume 4, 74-83. doi:10.1016/j.conctc.2016.07.002

Edmonson, C., Bolick, B., Lee, J. (2017) “A moral imperative for nurse leaders: Addressing incivility and bullying in healthcare.” Nurse Leader, 15(1), 40-44

Engstrom, J. L., Patel, A. L., Meier, P. P. (2017) “Eliminating disparities in mother’s milk feeding in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.” Editorial, Journal of Pediatrics, 182, 8-9

Farkas, G.J., Shakoor, N., Cvetanovich, G.L., Fogg, L.F., Orías, A.E., Nho, S.J. (2016) “Vibratory sense deficits in patients with symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement.” Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions, 16(1), 40

Fogelfeld, L., Hart, P., Miernik, J., Ko, J., Calvin, D., Tahsin, B., Adhami, A., Mehrotra, R., Fogg, L., (2017) “Combined diabetes-renal multifactorial intervention in patients with advanced diabetic nephropathy: Proof-of-concept.” Journal of diabetes and its complications, 31(3), pp.624-630

Friedrichs, J. & Hancock, B. (2017) “Chapter 27: Collaborative Partnerships.” The Core Curriculum for Nursing Professional Development, 5th edition. Ed: P.S. Dickerson, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN

Gallagher, D. (July 2016) “Crew resource management…following up.” Nursing Management, 50-54

Gamboa, C., Julion, W. (Oct. 29-Nov. 3, 2016) ”The concept of caring in the recruitment of African Americans with chronic health disease: An integrative review.” American Public Health Association 144th Annual Meeting & Expo, Denver, CO

Grenier J.M., Vivanco, L. (January 2017) Rush Medical Center project donates extra hospital food to homeless shelter. Chicago Tribune.

Hakobyan, N., Valentino, L.A., Cong, L., Enockson, C., Song, X.Q., Desai, S., Radtke, R. and Fogg, L.F. (2016) “Haemarthrosis model in mice: BSS–Bleeding Severity Score assessment system.” Haemophilia, 22(5), pp.790-798

Halloway, S., Wilbur, J., Schoeny, M., Arfanakis, K. (2016) Effects of endurance-focused physical activity interventions on brain health: A systematic review. Biological Research Nursing. 1099800416660758, PMID: 27474154

Halverson, M.M., Jedel, S., Bayoumi, M.M., Mutlu, E., Swanson, G.R., Fogg, L., Braun, L.T., Keshavarzian, A. (2016) “Addressing the psychosocial needs of IBD patients.” Mo1139 Gastroenterology, 150(4), p.S647

Hammer, K., Fogg, L., Tam, T. (2017) “Innovative educational tool to enhance hysteroscopy learning.” [18I], Obstetrics & Gynecology, 129, 97S

Hand, M.E. (2017) “Adverse event treatment resource guide.” IASLC Nursing and Allied Health Committee

Hand, M.E. (July, 2017) Patient Advocacy video

Henry, J.B., Julion, W., Bounds, D., Sumo, J. (Oct. 29-Nov. 3, 2016) “Not just about motherhood!: Integrative review of fatherhood intervention research.” American Public Health Association 144th Annual Meeting & Expo, Denver, CO

Jeganathan, N., Yau, S., Ahuja, N., Otu, D., Stein, B., Fogg, L., Balk, R. (2017) “The characteristics and impact of source of infection on sepsis-related ICU outcomes.” Journal of Critical Care

Johnson, T.J., Schoeny, M.E., Fogg, L., Wilbur, J. (2016) “The cost of increasing physical activity and maintaining weight for midlife sedentary African American women.” Value in Health, 19(1), 20-27

Julion, W.A., Bounds, D.T., Breitenstein, S.M., Schoeny, M., Gross, D., Fogg, L. (2016) “Study protocol for a randomized clinical trial of a fatherhood intervention for African American non-resident fathers: Can we improve father and child outcomes?” Contemporary clinical trials, 49, 29-39

Julion, W., Ray, J., Sumo, J., Bounds, D. (October 5-7, 2016) “Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technology to inform recruitment of African American non-resident fathers into intervention research.” Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, Better Health Through Nursing Science, Washington, DC

Kleinpell, R., Vasilevskis, E.E., Fogg, L., Ely, E.W. (2016) “Exploring the association of hospice care on patient experience and outcomes of care.” BMJ supportive & palliative care, bmjspcare-2015

Klopper, H.C., Darling, C.M., Vlasich, C., Catrambone, C., Hill, M. (2017) “A call to internationalization: The Global Advisory Panel on the future of nursing as exemplar.” In W. Rosa (Ed.), A new era in global health: Nursing and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (pp. 475-488). Springer Publishing Company, New York, NY Lee, D., Fogg, L., Baum, C.M., Wolf, T.J., Hammel, J. (2016) “Validation of the Participation Strategies Self-Efficacy Scale (PS-SES). Disability and rehabilitation, 1-6

Little, J., Odiaga, J., Minutti, C. (2017) “Implementation of a diabetes transition of care program.” Journal of Pediatric Healthcare, 31(2), 215-221

Manion, A.B., Velsor-Friedrich, B. (2017) “Quality of life and health outcomes in overweight and non-overweight children with asthma.” Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 31(1), 37-45

Marquez, D.X., Wilson, R., Aguiñaga, S., Vásquez, P., Fogg, L., Yang, Z., Wilbur, J., Hughes, S. Spanbauer, C., (2017) “Regular Latin dancing and health education may improve cognition of late middle-aged and older Latinos.” Journal of aging and physical activity, pp.1-30

Mayahara, M., Wilbur, J., O’Mahony, S., Breitenstein, S. (2017) E-Pain Reporter: A digital pain and analgesic diary for home hospice.” Journal of Palliative Care, 10.1177/0825859717722466

McCormick, A., Anaya, H., Mehendale, R., Fogg, L., Roche, M., Abramowicz, J. (2017) “Comparison of first trimester transvaginal anatomy scan to the second trimester structural survey in normal weight and obese populations: A pilot study.” The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 1-13

McSweeney J.C., Rosenfeld, A.G., Abel, W.M., Braun, L.T., Burke, L.E., Daugherty, S.L., Fletcher, G.F., Gulati, M., Mehta, L.S., Pettey, C., Reckelhoff, J.F. (2016) “Preventing and experiencing ischemic heart disease as a woman: State of the science.” A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2016;133:1302-133

Meier, P.P., Patel, A.L., Hoban, R., Engstrom, J.L. (2016) “Which breast pump for which mother: an evidence based approach to individualizing breast pump technology.” Journal of Perinatology, 36, 493-9

Melnyk, B.M., Orsolini, L., Gawlik, K., Braun, L.T., Chyun, D.A., Conn, V.S., Dunbar-Jacob, J., Lewis, L.M., Melkus, G.D., Millan, A., Rice, V.H., Wilbur, J., Nowlin, S., Olin, A.R. (2016) “The Million Hearts initiative: Guidelines and best practices.” The Nurse Practitioner 2016;41:46-53

Miller, J.M., Sabol, V.K., Pastva, A.M. (2017) “Promoting older adult physical activity throughout care transitions using an interprofessional approach.” The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 13(1), 64-71.e2, doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2016.08.006

Mohr, L.D. (2017) “A case report and review of Postural Orthostatic Syndrome (POTS) in an adolescent.” Journal of Pediatric Health Care.31(6).717-723

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Muller, B., Ghawi, H., Heitschmidt, M. G., Fogg, L., Hibbeln, J., Hijazi, Z. M., Kenny, D. (2016) “Medium‐term CT evaluation of stent geometry, integrity, and valve function of the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve in the pulmonary position.” Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 87(3), E97-E103

Naegle, M., Mitchell, A.M., Flinter, M., Dunphy, L., Vanhook, P., Delaney, K. R. (July, 2017) Policy Brief: Opioid misuse epidemic: Addressing opioid prescribing and organization Initiatives for holistic, safe and compassionate care.” Nursing Outlook, 65, 477-479

Okamoto, K., Lin, M.Y., Haverkate, M., Lolans, K., Moore, N.M., Weiner, S., Lyles, R.D., Blom, D., Rhee, Y., Kemble, S., Fogg, L. (2017) “Modifiable risk factors for the spread of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae among long-term acute-care hospital patients.” Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 38(6), pp.670-677

Paech, G.M., Crowley, S.J., Fogg, L.F., Eastman, C.I. (2017) 0239 “The influence of ancestry on sleep and performance.” Journal of Sleep and Sleep Disorders Research, 40(suppl_1), A88-A88

Patel, A.L., Johnson, T.J., Robin, B., Bigger, H.R., Buchanan, A., Christian, E., Nandhan, V., Shroff, A., Schoeny, M., Engstrom, J.L., Meier, P.P. (2017) “Influence of own mother’s milk on bronchopulmonary dysplasia and costs.” Archives of Disease in Childhood, Fetal Neonatal Edition, 102(3), F256-61. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310898

Patel, A.L., Mutlu, E.A., Sun, Y., Koenig, L., Green, S., Jakubowicz, A., Mryan, J., Engen, P., Fogg, L., Chen, A.L. and Pombar, X. (2016) “Longitudinal survey of microbiota in hospitalized preterm very-low-birth-weight Infants.” Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 62(2), pp.292-303

Patel, K.B., Sheth, R.M., Sclamberg, J.S., Fogg, L., Mobarhan, S., & Bishehsari, F. (2017) “Fatty pancreas is associated with pancreatic cancer: Results from a case-control study.” Gastroenterology, 152(5), S49

Phung, A., Joyce, C., Ambutas, S., Browning, M., Fogg, L., Christopher, B.A., Flood, S. (2017) ”Animal-assisted therapy for inpatient adults.” Nursing 2016, 47(1), 63-66

Price, V.D., Swanson, B.A., Jegier, B.J., Phillips, J., Swartout, K., Fogg, L. (2016) “Hospitalization Among HIV-Infected US Marshals Service Prisoners”. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 22(4), 300-308

Rosenson, R.S., Baker, S., Banach, M., Borow, K.M., Braun, L.T., Bruckert, E., Brunham, L.R., Catapano, A.L., Elam, M.B., MancinI, J., Moriarty, P.M., Morris, P.B., Muntner, P., Ray, K.K., Stroes, E.S., Taylor, B.A., Taylor, V.H., Watts, G.F., Thompson, P.D. “Optimizing cholesterol treatment in patients with muscle complaints.” J Am Coll Cardiol 2017;70:1290-1301

Schoeny, M., Fogg, L., Buchholz, S., Miller, A., Wilbur, J. (2016) “Barriers to physical activity as moderators of intervention effects.” Preventive Medicine Reports. 5:57-64. PMID:27896045

Seckman, A., Paun, O., Heipp, B., Stee, M., Keels‐Lowe, V., Beel, F., Delaney, K.R. (2017) “Evaluation of the use of a sensory room on an adolescent inpatient unit and its impact on restraint and seclusion prevention.” Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 30, 90-97

Shah, T.G., Wadia, S.K., Kovach, J., Fogg, L., Tandon, R. (2016) “Echocardiographic parameters of right ventricular function predict mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome: A pilot study.” Pulmonary circulation, 6(2), 155-160

Shih, M.J., Kakodkar, S.A., Kaid, Y., Hassel, J.L., Yarlagadda, S., Fogg, L.F., Madias, C., Krishnan, K., Trohman, R.G. (2016) “Reassessing risk factors for high defibrillation threshold: The EF‐SAGA risk score and implications for device testing.” Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology.” 39(5), pp.483-489

Sims, G., Delaney, K. R. (2017) “The implementation of a health indicator monitoring system in an assertive community treatment team at a community outpatient behavioral health organization.” Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 38, 212-218

Sorenson, C., Bolick, B., Hamilton, R., Wright, K. (2017) “An evolutionary concept analysis of compassion fatigue.” The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 49(5), 557-563

Sosnowski, C., Matella, T., Fogg, L., Ilbawi, M., Nagaraj, H., Kavinsky, C., Kenny, D. (2016) “Hybrid pulmonary artery plication followed by transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement: comparison with surgical PVR.” Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 88(5), 804-810

Staffileno, B.A., Tangney, C.C., Fogg, L. (2017) “Favorable outcomes using an eHealth approach to promote physical activity and nutrition among young African women.” Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Staffileno, B.A., Zschunke, J., Weber, M., Gross, L.E., Fogg, L., Tangney, C.C. (2017) “The feasibility of using Facebook, craigslist, and other online strategies to recruit young African American Women for a web-based healthy lifestyle behavior change intervention.” Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 32(4), 365-371

Swanson, G.R., Gorenz, A., Shaikh, M., Desai, V., Kaminsky, T., Van Den Berg, J., Murphy, T., Raeisi, S., Fogg, L., Vitaterna, M.H., Forsyth, C. (2016) “Night workers with circadian misalignment are susceptible to alcohol-induced intestinal hyperpermeability with social drinking.” American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 311(1), pp.G192-G201.

Tadie, E., Ailey, S., Fogg, L. (2016) “Trends in adult patients with autism spectrum disorder admitted to psychiatric units.” Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 60(7), 812

Taqatqa, A., Diab, K.A., Stuart, C., Fogg, L., Ilbawi, M., Awad, S., Caputo, M., Amin, Z., Abdulla, R.I., Kenny, D., Hijazi, Z.M. (2016) “Extended application of the hybrid procedure in neonates with left-sided obstructive lesions in an evolving cardiac program.” Pediatric cardiology, 37(3), pp.465-471

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Wilbur, J. (March, 2017) “Love self, embrace health: The Women’s Lifestyle Physical Activity Program - 25 years of improving midlife women’s health”. Invited keynote, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing research day

Wilbur, J., Miller, A. M., Buchholz, S. W., Fogg, L. F., Braun, L. T., Halloway, S., Schoeny, M. E. (2017) “African-American women’s long-term maintenance of physical activity following a randomized controlled trial.” American Journal of Health Behavior, 41(4), 484-496

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Additional Awards, Appointments and Acknowledgements

Shirley Ambutas, DNP, RN, CCRN-K, CCNS, APN Hero of the Heart Award Sarah Anderson, BSN, RN, OCN International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Foundation, Cancer Team Award - North America

Susana Banda, BSN, RN International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Foundation, Cancer Team Award - North America

Susan M. Breitenstein, PhD, RN, FAAN American Academy of Nursing, Inducted as Fellow

Elizabeth Carlson, PhD, RN Sigma Theta Tau International, Lucie S Kelly Mentor Award

Timothy Carrigan, PhD American Association of Men in Nursing, National Vice President

Timothy Carrigan, PhD Heartland Alliance, Board of Directors Appointment

Timothy Carrigan, PhD Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders (IONL), Co-Chair Programming Committee

Kathleen Delaney College of Nursing Awards, Distinguished Alumni Award

Kathleen Delaney University of Maryland, Anne Ottney Cain Lecture in Psychiatric Nursing

Kathleen Delaney New York University, Barbara Jonas Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Lecture on Leadership

Joi Evans, BSN, RN, CRRN Hero of the Heart Award

Lou Fogg (June 2017) Rush University, Mentor of the Year

Judy Friedrichs, DNP, RN, FT, CPLC (October 2016) Gift of Hope, Life Saving Partner

Jennifer M Grenier, DNP, RN-BC, Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders (IONL), Community Effort Award

Irene Haapoja, MSN, RN, AOCN International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Foundation, Cancer Team Award - North America

Mary Ellen Hand, BSN, RN, OCN International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Foundation, Cancer Team Award - North America

Mary Heitschmidt, PhD, RN, APN, CCRN (February 2017) American Heart Association, Illinois Advocacy Committee, appointed member

Mary Heitschmidt, PhD, RN, APN, CCRN (June 2017) Clinical Nursing Research: Invited manuscript reviewer

Mary Heitschmidt, PhD, RN, APN, CCRN (Jan. 1, 2015-Dec. 31, 2016) The Mayday Fund. Site Principal Investigator. Project title: “Piloting a picture of pain in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit”

Maria Holstead Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders (IONL) Fellowship

Wrenetha Julion, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN College of Nursing Awards, Melanie Dreher Research and Scholarship MVP Award

Wrenetha Julion, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN Health & Medicine Policy Research Group, 2017 HMPRG Dr. Steve Whitman Research Award

Jeanne Kapturski, BSN, RN, OCN International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Foundation, Cancer Team Award - North America

Fiona Lane, MS, RN, CNL Hero of the Heart Award

Michael Liwanag Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders (IONL) Fellowship

Daniel Maher, NP (2017) Ellen Elpern Award, Nominee

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Amy Manion, PhD, RN, CPNP (2017) Journal of Pediatric Health Care’s Ellen Rudy Clore Excellence in Scholarly Writing Award for article entitled “Quality of life and health outcomes in overweight and non-overweight children with asthma”

Jan Odiaga, DNP, CPNP (2017) The Institute of Medicine Chicago Chapter (IMOC) Fellowship

Emily Rubenstein, BSN, RN, OCN International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Foundation, Cancer Team Award - North America

Rush University Medical Center (February 2017) Baby Friendly Designation

Marisa Streelman, MSN, RN, CMSRN Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses (AMSN), Treasurer, Board of Directors

Joellen Wilbur Publication selected for Podcast American Journal of Health Promotion Authors’ series. “Randomized clinical trial of women’s lifestyle physical activity program for African American women.”

Joellen Wilbur National Advisory Council for Nursing Research member, National Institutes of Nursing Research, NIH

JoEllen Wilbur (September 2016) Office of Community Engagement and Neighborhood Health Partnership University of Illinois at Chicago, researcher

Eric Zack, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, AOCN, BMTCN (November 2016) Chicago Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society (CCONS) 2016 ONS Congress Scholarship

Eric Zack, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, AOCN, BMTCN The Joint Commission Advisory Council, National Staff Nurse Representative

Eric Zack, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, AOCN, BMTCN Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) Blood and Marrow Transplant, Certified Nurse (BMTCN), Test Development Committee Member

Transformational Leadership

“Transformational leadership is vital to transcend the challenges of a health care environment in transi-tion. Rush nurses embrace these challenges, seek-ing and implementing new solutions that result in better patient care.”

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Baby Friendly

Laura Griffith Gilbert, MSN, RNC-OB

Diane Gallagher, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Achieving Designation by Baby-Friendly, USA

Laura Griffith Gilbert, MSN, RNC-OB and Diane Gallagher, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

On Feb. 9, 2017, Rush University Medical Center was notified that it had met the 10 required standards and was awarded designation by Baby-Friendly USA. The path to designation was a four-year journey.

The Mother Baby Unit was designed to support compliance with the Baby-Friendly USA requirement to have mom and baby remain together. The journey was a multidisciplinary process. The core team consisted of nurses from Mother Baby Unit, Labor & Delivery, ambulatory clinics, and the College of Nursing; obstetric and pediatric physician champions; and representatives from finance, marketing and IT. The group met weekly to brainstorm, strategize next steps, and review progress toward achieving each Baby-Friendly USA designation milestone.

The final stage was one of the most difficult. A survey in March 2016 by Baby-Friendly USA revealed that we had a few deficits that had to be addressed before December 2016. During this time, nurses increased the patient interviews to ensure that we closed the gap on our deficits:

• Nursing practice and patient education exceeded the standards of Baby-Friendly USA and was accurately documented.

• Nurses went to the outpatient clinics to support staff patient education initiative.

• Nurses went to non-maternity units to provide education on breastfeeding and how to support lactating women.

The Baby-Friendly USA designation provides a framework for policies and procedures by emphasizing the need to support breastfeeding through education and keeping moms and babies together to allow for a good start on the process.

RN HandoffDecreasing Average Time from Assign to Occupy

Marisa Streelman, MSN, RN, CMSRN and Emily Sermersheim, DNP, MPH, RN-BC

Hospital leadership wanted to address the lag time affecting patient throughput throughout the organization. It was evident, through interdisciplinary interviews, that the handoff process lacked standardization and was bogged down by human elements, including back and forth phone calls between floors and the ED or PACU.

For FY 2016, the average time from assign to occupy was greater than 97 minutes. The goal of the process improvement initiative was to decrease the assign to occupy time to 60 minutes.

Process Improvement leaders held an eight-hour rapid improvement event. They completed a SWOT analysis, benchmarked handoff processes, and created detailed process maps prior to the event. A large inter-professional team validated the process maps, outlined additional improvement opportunities,

reviewed pertinent data, completed quality tools, brainstormed, and then voted for viable solutions resulting in the creation of an electronic handoff tool.

A smaller team convened to streamline and standardize the nursing handoff workflow and devise an electronic handoff tool. The team of bedside nursing staff, an Epic representative, a bed manager and unit leadership created the SBAR Handoff Report, which pulls from existing documentation in Epic and aligns with the organization’s preferred communication method of SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation). A large rollout and communication plan was completed to create an environment for success.

The current assign-to-occupy metric is approximately 56 minutes. A key strategy for success was engaging bedside nursing staff to create and then promote the revised process to fellow nursing colleagues, thereby

facilitating integral end-user buy-in.

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Structural Empowerment

“Structural empowerment is about making sure that all Rush nurses can access the path to changing what needs to be changed and improving how we care for each other, our community, and our patients.”

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Pain and SedationImproving Pain and Sedation Assessment and Documentation

Carolyn Moran, DNP, RN, AGACNP and Melissa Browning, DNP, APRN, CCNS

At Rush University Medical Center, nurses were not consistently using proper pain and sedation scales throughout a patient’s hospital stay. The purpose of this project was to improve and simplify the process of assessing and documenting pain and sedation for the nurses who care for adult patients.

The purpose of the previously used pain scales was explored by the Pain and Sedation Task Force, changes were appropriately made, and the electronic medical record (EMR) options for pain control were simplified.

At the start of this project, there were seven pain scales and three sedation scales, including the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale (DVPRS). The change involved limiting the selection to two scales, the DVPRS for patients who are able to report pain and a new scale, the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT), for patients who are not able to self-report pain. The sedation scales were simplified to two scales, the RASS and the POSS.

Before implementation, the CPOT was pilot tested on four different units. Education was then provided to nurses in adult units. Education included proper pain

and sedation scale utilization and the elements of a proper pain assessment with case studies. The go-live date in the EMR was Oct. 4, 2016.

Before project implementation, the nurses were documenting the correct pain scale 44.7 percent of the time. Post-implementation audits indicated that nurses selected and used the correct pain scale 96.9 percent of the time. The results indicate that reduction and reform of the pain scales lead to more accurate assessment of patient pain.

Rush Surplus ProjectSurplus Food Provides Meals To Those In Need While Reducing Food Waste

The Rush Surplus Project was founded by Jennifer Grenier, Director of Nursing for Rush Rehab, in 2015. The project initially launched at Rush Oak Park Hospital (ROPH). Prior to implementation of this project, it was not recognized how much extra food was simply being thrown away. As a result, the Rush Surplus Project used this extra food to help provide more than 4,000 meals to those in need within the first year.

In 2016, a job change brought Grenier back to Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) and the program was launched there, as well as being maintained at ROPH.

At RUMC, the Rush Surplus Project donates the leftover food from all of the cafeterias, kitchens, and catering to Franciscan Outreach, an organization that serves the homeless.

The food provided to Franciscan Outreach helps supplement the food they receive from the Greater Chicago Food Depository, allowing the meals to be balanced, complete, and help those who are food insecure. Similar to ROPH, RUMC has decreased their monthly food waste totals from 75 pounds per day to about 30 pounds.

In addition to the Surplus Project to address food insecurity, Top Box Foods was initiated. This program allows Rush staff to purchase fresh produce for themselves or donate a box of fresh produce to local shelters. Also, there are plans in the works to open the Rush Food Pantry to help address the food insecurity needs of our patients.

Jennifer Grenier, DNP, RN-BC See more about the Rush Surplus Project at: nursingannualreport.rush.edu/structural-empowerment/rush-surplus.html

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Exemplary Professional Practice

“Exemplary professional practice ensures that patients receive the best care possible and that their needs are met. Rush nurses embrace the Continuous Pursuit of Excellence, our philosophy and system to improve our work every day.”

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Continuous Pursuit of Excellence

Organizing and Improving Our Work Every Day

Rush is working to engage our teams to identify and resolve issues, discover ways to work more effectively, and ultimately provide even better care for our patients. We call this effort Continuous Pursuit of Excellence, or CPE, which is our philosophy and system to organize and improve our work every day.

7 South Daily Management System

Kerem Korkmaz, MSN, RN, PCCN and Renee Luvich, BSN, RN, CMSRN

One way CPE achieves goals is by incorporating a daily management system, or DMS, which is a five-level system that delivers more than the individual parts. The goal is to engage the problem-solving capability and innovation of our staff. We want to create 10,000 problem solvers at Rush. There is now a daily readiness huddle on 7 South Atrium, which has changed culture by improving communication across all levels regarding concerns. It all goes back to two questions: “do you know what is expected of your job?” and “do you have the tools you need to do your job?”

Find out more about Rush Nursing’s Continuous Pursuit of Excellece at: nursingannualreport.rush.edu/exemplary-professional-practice/continuous-pursuit.html.

9 South Safety Huddle

Marisa Streelman, MSN, RN, CMSRN

The 9 South Atrium Unit Advisory Council (UAC) noticed an opportunity to improve patient safety, staff morale, and teamwork. In FY16, we did not meet our staff engagement goal, morale was low, and there was a lack of teamwork on the unit.

With input from several staff members, the UAC decided to create a daily Safety Huddle (7 a.m. and 7 p.m.) to increase patient safety, reduce nursing quality indicators, and improve staff morale, teamwork, and engagement. Utilizing the RUSH WAY quality structure, we conducted both pre and post surveys and allowed staff to provide feedback throughout the project.

In the safety huddle, we focused on criteria that were pertinent to our floor, which allowed staff members to start their shift with an informed layout of the floor. After implementing the Safety Huddle, our staff engagement scores improved to 50 percent engaged in FY17.

In addition, we experienced enhanced communication among staff, improvement in staff morale, and heightened awareness of individual staff and patient needs which can now be anticipated at the beginning of the shift. Moreover, the Safety Huddle promotes a sense of teamwork that benefits both staff and patients and staff now feel more engaged with the unit. The daily Safety Huddle is a project of which we are extremely proud and which continues every day.

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CLABSI ReductionCLABSI Steering Committee

Beth Day, MSN, APN, CCNS, CCRN and Leslie Klemp, MS, RN, NE-BC

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are one of the most significant healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in the hospital setting. CLABSIs result in increased lengths of stay, increased health care costs, and higher mortality rates.

Evidence that CLABSIs are largely preventable has created opportunities for health care organizations to implement evidence-based bloodstream infection prevention practices to reduce or eliminate these infections.

In response to an increasing Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR), a rapid improvement event (RIE) was held in October 2016 to complete an internal root cause analysis of our rising CLABSI rate. From this event, a hospital-wide nursing committee was formed to develop interventions designed to drive down CLABSI rates. Three key interventions implemented include the 2 RN central line maintenance bundle checklist completed at every handoff, institution of 2 RN PICC line dressing changes, and development of the CHG treatment policy and associated education. After education and documentation changes, compliance increased from 64 to 86 percent by the end of three months.

Despite these interventions, CLABSI continued to be a patient safety risk. In March 2017, the multidisciplinary CLABSI steering committee was formed comprised of a performance improvement consultant from quality improvement, an infection preventionist from infection prevention and control, and clinical nurse specialists and educators from adult critical care, adult acute care, pediatric critical care, and neonatal critical care. In an effort to support and confirm nursing practice, Leadership “Eyes on Lines” rounds were piloted in May 2017 and data reviewed in June 2017. The CLABSI SIR decreased from 0.77 in April to 0.39 in May.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: War on CLABSI

Vanessa Harvey, BSN, RN and Anne McDonald, BSN, RNC-NIC

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) had three central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLASBIs) in FY17. The NICU infection prevention committee and NICU leadership put an action plan in place with the goal of no more than one CLABSI for the remainder of FY17 (with a stretch goal of 0 CLABSI). The NICU has been CLABSI-free since Dec. 28, 2017.

This fiscal year, the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) established a CLABSI prevention action plan. The NICU action plan began with a multidisciplinary group of attending physicians, advanced practice providers, staff nurses, lactation consultants, and respiratory therapists, including the following: Deb Gist, NICU unit director; Dr. Jean Silvestri, NICU medical director; Dr. Rob Kimura, medical director; Dr. Christie Lawrence, NICU clinical nurse specialist; John Overby, NICU clinical nurse educator; Tiffany DeRiggi, NNP; Megan Jones, NNP; Anne McDonald, NICU RN3, NICU infection prevention control leader; Cathy Heinzinger, NICU RN3; Mary Beth Byrne, RN3; Brooke Schwartz, RN3 NICU CNL; Joyce Kilpatrick, RN2; Marcelina Wawrzyniak and Tiffany Wiksten, infection preventionists, Infection Prevention and Control; and Leslie Klemp, performance improvement consultant, Quality Improvement.

Their multi-faceted plan included, but was not limited to the following key factors:

• hand hygiene communications

• bundle compliance

• use of chlorhexidine bath clothes and daily bath compliance

• family CLABSI education

• product changes

• incorporation of CLABSI discussion during bedside rounding

• best practices review with the pediatric intensive care unit

• engaging all levels of the team to help improve practice and outcomes

Noncompliance with central line dressing integrity was noted. The following actions went into place to improve this compliance:

• On Jan. 19, 2017, visual central line audits (VCLA) were started by NICU nursing staff and nursing leadership members. These audits are now continued by NICU nursing leadership and three infection prevention control members. The VCLA includes checking: correct documentation of lines in EPIC, correct labeling of tubing, evaluation of dressing integrity, and timely x-rays to confirm line placement. Audits are completed with the bedside RN and episodes of noncompliance are emailed to individual staff and NICU nursing leadership.

• On May 23, 2017, a central line dressing change education PowerPoint presentation was developed and is currently used during monthly skills days.

• Staff was educated on dressing changes and integrity via a Leap Module; this module was completed by all NICU staff prior to May 1, 2017.

Hand hygiene/standard precaution compliance:

• A “clean to baby” audit was created and initiated on Aug. 27, 2017. In response to audit findings on Dec. 22, 2016, an educational tool was developed and disseminated to re-educate NICU staff about hand hygiene/standard precaution compliance.

CLASBI prevention was further addressed with bath and chlorhexidine treatments. The following actions went into place to improve this compliance:

• Chlorhexidine treatments were implemented in the NICU in April 2017. Treatments are based on gestational/chronological age.

“When we first thought we had a CLABSI this past December, we rallied our team and began an investigation before the culture had been finalized and Infection Prevention and Control had been called,” says Jean Silvestri, MD, NICU medical director. “Our collaborative team is truly engaged to reduce and eliminate CLABSIs in our unit.”

Beth Day, MSN, APN, CCNS, CCRN

Leslie Klemp, MS, RN, NE-BC

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Lung cancer screening by low dose CT scan (LDCT), has been demonstrated to reduce mortality by 20 percent. The Rush lung cancer screening program was implemented shortly after Medicare and private insurance reimbursement began in 2015.

Establishing a lung cancer screening program is a complex process. Screening best practices endorse nurse oversight and collaboration with ordering providers, which include a multidisciplinary team comprised of thoracic radiology, surgery, pulmonology, oncology, and research.

In conjunction with physician outreach to primary care, the program evolved and grew during year-two implementation:

• Volume of baseline (initial) scans completed FY17 increased by 35 percent compared to FY16

• Eight lung cancers were detected (3.3 percent detection rate) with the majority Stage I or Stage II disease

• Data submission to a screening registry began and plans were formulated to automate the process

• In collaboration with thoracic radiology, the team submitted and received first place in the 2017 Quality & Safety Fair as the “Most Impactful Efficiency/Value Based Improvement”

• Patient navigation expanded to Rush Oak Park Hospital

• Unique marketing communications approaches included two Rush In-Person blog articles showing positive outcomes of lung cancer screening from patient and RN perspectives

The lung cancer screening RN meets patients following the LDCT. The visit offers the opportunity to address patient questions and invite patients to participate in a lung cancer research trial.

Approximately 50 percent of screening patients smoke, therefore, interventions to help patients quit tobacco is an important component of lung cancer screening best practices. Recognizing this need, the program coordinator began offering monthly onsite tobacco cessation classes.

Additionally other collaborative relationships were forged and continued to grow, including the following:

• Collaboration with the Illinois Tobacco Quitline, a relationship that has led to a current project to automate Quitline referrals

• Engagement with Population Health to develop and refine community and system-wide tobacco cessation program offerings

These examples show that through nurse leadership and empowerment, the lung cancer screening program has a solid foundation and will continue to save lives.

Linda Dowling, RN, lung cancer screening coordinator (R. with patient)

Lung Cancer Screening Saves LivesDemonstrating Positive Outcomes Through Screening and Support

New knowledge, innovations and improvements help Rush nurses to be more inquisitive, more responsive, and more caring. Every day presents opportunities to excel and advance the art and science of nursing.

New Knowledge, Innovations & Improvements

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Pet Pause StudyUsing Animals in the Hospital Setting to Decrease Stress in Health Care Professionals

Mary Heitschmidt, PhD, RN, APN, CCRN; Melissa Browning, DNP, APRN, CCNS; Patricia Nedved, MSN, CENP, FABC; Lou Fogg, PhD; Angela Geschrey, MSN, RN, CMSRN; and Kelsey Schmitt, RN, BSN, CPN

In the spring of 2015, as part of a human resources initiative called Pet Pause, nurses at Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) began to interact with therapy animals in the lower atrium. The mission of this program was to decrease stress, promote well-being, and increase morale through interaction with therapy animals.

Pet interaction is associated with decreased stress and blood pressure. However, the impact of pet visitation on Health Care Professionals (HCPs) within their work environment is not well known. Our team decided to conduct a research study to evaluate HCPs perceived stress and blood pressure pre and post interaction with therapy animals at RUMC.

During the study, HCPs were invited to participate in the research during the established monthly Pet Pause Program. HCPs interacted with therapy dogs by petting, sitting with, and giving treats to the dogs. Some sessions included mini horses.

Pre and post interaction with the therapy animals, manual blood pressure, and self-assessed stress perception ratings using the Numeric Stress Scale (a Likert scale ranging from “0” or “No Stress” to “10” or “Unbearable Stress”) were obtained. Students from the College of Nursing GEM program assisted with data collection.

Interim analysis of data from January 2016 to October 2016 was conducted. During this time, 778 HCPs attended scheduled Pet Pause sessions and 486 participated in the research. Post interaction with the therapy animals, there was a significant decrease in level of stress (pre mean 4.75; post mean 3.25; p<0.001) and systolic BP (pre mean 121; post mean 118; p<0.015).

So far, this unique monthly hospital program has shown to decrease participants’ perceived stress and blood pressure. But we are not done yet. We completed the study at RUMC and started the study at Rush Oak Park Hospital in August 2017.

Music Therapy StudyEvaluating the Effect of Perioperative Music on Patient Anxiety, Pain, and Satisfaction

Arlene Todd, BSN, RN, CMSRN and Katrina Marshall, MSN, RN, CPAN

A teary-eyed, anxiety-filled patient waiting for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatment asked to listen to music on her MP3 player. The patient recounted hearing conversations and noises during her previous procedures despite sedation.

Similar accounts from other surgical patients prompted two nurses, Arlene Todd, BSN, RN, CMSRN and Katrina Marshall, MSN, RN, CPAN to examine ways to muffle intraoperative noise. Perioperative patients who received music therapy report decreased anxiety and pain, increased relaxation, and positive patient satisfaction.

From April to October 2016, 40 patients from an orthopedic practice consented to participate in a clinical research study to examine the effect of perioperative music on patients’ pain, anxiety, and satisfaction levels.

Participants were randomly assigned to group one or two. Group two selected music on an MP3 player to listen to before, during, and after surgery. Both groups rated their anxiety and pain pre and post procedure. Group two rated their satisfaction with the music.

Data were analyzed in early 2017. Group two reported lower mean anxiety scores pre-operatively and upon awakening from surgery than group one. Group two reported less pain pre-operatively and at discharge than group one. During post-op phone calls, group two rated their mean satisfaction with the music as 8.94 on a 10-point scale. Despite the small sample size, the study methodology established feasibility for expansion to other populations. A music protocol is being developed for the outpatient ECT population.

Presentations on the study were given at the Annual Golden Lamp Society Luncheon May 23, 2017 and at the University of Chicago Annual Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice Symposium on Oct. 24, 2017. Collaborators for this research study included Dr. R. Berger, Dr. A. Wells, Dr. Ruth Kleinpell, and Dr. Mary Zonsius. The Rush Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship provided funds for the MP3 players.

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Oral versus Axillary Temperature Measurement in the Ventilated PICU Patient

Danielle Wood, BSN, RN, CCRN, C-NPT

After years of working with the Pediatric Intensive Care patients, Danielle Wood, a PICU RN 2, often wondered: do heated gases through ventilators affect oral temperature readings? She reached out to Mary Heitschmidt, PhD, RN, Director of Clinical Research, to help find the evidence to answer her question.

Using the Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Quality Care (Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 13(4), 407-509), they determined there was a paucity of literature related to this subject and decided to move forward, with the support of the PICU leadership team, to develop a research study that would generate new knowledge in this area.

Dr. Heitschmidt mentored Danielle in the processes necessary to develop, conduct, and complete the clinical research in the PICU by the spring of 2017. Danielle, the principal investigator of the study, and Dr. Heitschmidt, co-investigator, would like to recognize the following PICU RN data collectors who were instrumental during the course of the study: Michelle O’Connor, Ana Rodriguez, Valerie Steele, and Brittany Lawler, as well as Dr. Joanna Kuppy, our PICU physician collaborator. Statistical data analysis is pending.

Piloting a Picture of Pain in the PICU

Denielle Anderson, BSN, RN

With many gaps in the literature, pain continues to be not well understood in pediatric intensive care units (PICU). During a meeting of the National Pediatric Nurse Scientist Collaborative: A Research Network, committee members were asked about participating in the multi-site research study: Piloting a Picture of Pain in the PICU.

One of the purposes of the study was to provide preliminary data regarding the occurrence of pain in the PICU, the pain assessments conducted, and the pain interventions provided. After this meeting, Mary Heitschmidt, PhD, APN, CCRN, Director of Clinical Research, contacted the PICU leadership team and Denielle Anderson, BSN, RN, a clinical nurse in the PICU was identified.

Prior to starting the study at Rush and throughout the course of the study, Denielle regularly met with Dr. Heitschmidt, the RUMC principal investigator, while completing her Rush research training and specific study training activities. For this study, Dr. Heitschmidt received funding from a sub award from the University of Iowa, supported by the Mayday Fund. The study was approved by the Rush IRB and the Rush PICU participated in the one-day, multi-site pain prevalence study on Aug. 31, 2016.

Patient records were reviewed and nurses were surveyed by the study team during the 24-hour time period. Initial study results were received in March 2017. Included in this part of the study were 211 patients from 13 sites. Out of these, 10 patients were from RUMC.

Most study patients (88 percent) experienced at least one painful procedure with an average of 10, in 24 hours. Over 11 different pain scales were used to assess pain in the PICUs and 83 percent of all PICU patients received pharmacological intervention for pain. The results from this study are being used by the Rush PICU leadership team to structure future PICU patient pain educational activities.

The final study results are pending. It is hoped that our participation in this study will enhance future national research collaborations and lead to positive patient outcomes for PICU patients.

Results provided are from the multi-site study Piloting a Picture of Pain in the PICU, Principal investigators C. LaFond, K. Hanrahan, and A. McCarthy with support from the Mayday Fund, University of Iowa, and the Pain and Associated Symptoms: Nurse Research Training Grant [NINR/NIH, T32 NR011147]

Clinical Nurse-Led Projects

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Impact of Mediterranean Diet Education on Cancer Patients and Nursing Staff

Cathleen Maidlow, MSN, RN, CNL; Karine Otten, MSN, RN, APN-BC, Marisa Mozer, MS, RD, CSO, CNSC; Beth Staffileno, PhD, FAHA

Nurses on the oncology unit (Maidlow and Otten) questioned current practice concerning the Oncology Safe Handling Diet and wondered why the Mediterranean diet wasn’t being promoted for patients. These two nurses consulted the Center for Clinical Research & Scholarship (CCRS). A PhD faculty (Staffileno) assisted with proposal development, IRB submission, data management, and dissemination. Funding for this project was granted from the Racine Family Award.

A formal literature search was conducted. While the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet are well-documented, little is known about oncology patient and nursing staff knowledge concerning the Mediterranean diet.

A multidisciplinary team was formed consisting of two oncology nurses (Maidlow and Otten), a dietician (Mozer), a PhD faculty (CCRS, Staffileno), and consultation with a PhD Nutrition Researcher (Dr. C. Tangney).

A proposal was developed and the quality initiative aimed to: 1) identify oncology patients and nursing staff knowledge concerning the Mediterranean diet; and 2) teach them about the health benefits and ways to easily incorporate more fruits and vegetables into their daily diets. IRB requirements were considered and the PhD faculty (Staffileno) assisted with the 118 Form.

An education module was developed, and patients and nursing staff completed a pre and post education survey. Survey Monkey was used to collect survey responses and manage the data. Descriptive statistics and weighted averages were calculated.

Preliminary data suggests that knowledge of the Mediterranean meal plan is low among cancer patients and nursing staff, with patients currently reporting consumption of fruits and vegetables well-below the recommended daily guidelines. Importantly, this initiative is changing food options and the hospital menu offerings for oncology patients.

These findings were presented at the Oncology Nursing Society 42nd Congress in Denver and the Golden Lamp Society Luncheon in Chicago in May 2017.

Evaluation of Nursing Shared Governance at Rush

Angela Geschrey, MSN, RN, CMSRN; Kelsey Schmitt, BSN, RN, CPN; Lauren Robertson, BSN, RN, CGRN; Melissa Browning, DNP, APRN, CCNS; Rachel Start, MSN, RN, NE-BC

Because RUMC’s nursing shared governance model has been in place around 34 years and health care settings have become dynamic and ever-changing, the PNS officers felt it would be beneficial to evaluate the model to assess strengths and find opportunities for improvement.

The Index of Professional Nursing Governance (IPNG) has been found to be the most reliable and valid tool to measure the degree of shared governance. Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) and Rush Oak Park Hospital (ROPH) used the IPNG survey to assess our shared governance structures. Interventions were implemented to increase awareness and use of shared governance. The post survey will be conducted in June 2018.

A descriptive research design was used for this study and it was IRB approved. The Index of Professional Governance (IPG) by Dr. Bob Hess is a validated tool used to survey the nurses at both hospitals. At RUMC, the survey was distributed to all members and chairs of the PNS committees, the PNS executive team, which includes officers and representatives from each department, nursing senior leaders, and to all members of each DAC (departmental level of PNS). ROPH surveyed all nurses. Surveys were completed anonymously online through Survey Monkey.

Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data from RUMC. A total of 72 nurses responded and 53 percent were clinical nurses. The overall score of professional governance (PG) for the organization was 172.5 (173-257 is primarily management/administration with some staff input). Clinical nurses scored PG 167.36 while managers, educators, and senior leaders all scored PG>180. Of the six IPG subscales, personnel, information, and participation were the lowest scoring while the subscales of practice, resources, and goals scored the highest. A retreat was held in September 2016 where small groups of leaders and staff created action plans for each subscale. RUMC and ROPH will resurvey in June 2018.

Measuring Nurses’ Beliefs and Confidence to Implement Evidence-Based Practices

Davena J Beal, DNP, RN; Melissa Browning, DNP, APRN, CCNS; Mary Carol Racelis, MSN, APN, ACNS-BC

The aim of this project was to measure nurses’ beliefs in an academic medical center about the value of evidence-based practice (EBP) and their confidence to implement it into practice. This occurred as a baseline measure and a reassessment two years after organization-wide initiatives were implemented.

EBP in health care involves using results from controlled, replicated research studies in conjunction with the clinician’s knowledge base and the patient’s preferences to make the best clinical decisions for each patient.

Use of EBP in clinical decision-making improves patient outcomes and reduces health care costs. However, nurses across the nation do not consistently use EBP in patient care, and report that health care organizational cultures do not support nurses’ use of EBP.

This was a descriptive study using survey research. A convenience sample included 647 nurses pre-intervention and 486 nurses post-intervention. The EBP Beliefs Scale (Melnyk, 2012) was used to obtain a baseline measure and a reassessment 24 months after implementing organization-wide initiatives.

Initiatives began with revamping the EBP committee to include one to two clinical nurses from each department. In an effort to improve knowledge about the EBP process, two algorithms were created: one for nurses interested in leading a project and the other for clinical nurse specialists who served as project mentors. Additionally, four department-sponsored nurse-led projects were implemented and an online journal club was created.

Demographic data for the pre and post survey include 74 percent (pre) and 73 percent (post) clinical nurse responders and 7 percent for advanced practice nurse responders pre and post. Highest nursing degree listed as BSN or higher was 93 percent (pre) and 95 percent (post).

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From the 16 questions (Likert scale rating), six had a statistically significant improvement post interventions. These questions included: “I believe that critically appraising evidence is an important step in the EBP process” (p .01 pre and post), “I believe the care I deliver is evidence based” (p .036 pre and post), “I know how to implement EBP sufficiently enough to make practice changes” (p.050 pre and p.048 post) and “I believe EBP is difficult” (p .028 pre and 0.029 post).

Interventions impacted nurses’ understanding of EBP process. Results indicate that with increase in knowledge, nurses feel EBP remains challenging to implement. Further resources will be established to support nurses applying EBP to practice. Additional measurements are planned to identify strategies impacting nurses’ confidence to implement EBP. Funding for this project from the Center for Clinical Research & Scholarship at Rush University College of Nursing is gratefully acknowledged.

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