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Hand Hygiene, Sami Hopkins, Lyndsey Dusanek, Emily Filley, Chandler Durkee, Katie Johnston Feb 2020

Hand Hygiene, Sami Hopkins, Lyndsey Dusanek, Emily Filley, Chandler Durkee, Katie Johnston

Nurse Presentations

Describes a project surveying multiple provides in the PICU and how they felt about their compliance with hand hygiene.


Chloraprep Dry Time, Nikki Jones, Chelsea Dennison, Becca Millard, Kristin Sapp Feb 2020

Chloraprep Dry Time, Nikki Jones, Chelsea Dennison, Becca Millard, Kristin Sapp

Nurse Presentations

Describes a project to increase the dry time compliance for solutions used in general surgery in the operating room.


Safe Sleep, Katie Tracy, Sarah Valentine, Sophie Weyers, Krystal White Feb 2020

Safe Sleep, Katie Tracy, Sarah Valentine, Sophie Weyers, Krystal White

Nurse Presentations

Describes a project focused on the non-compliance of safe sleep practices in the ICN.


Antimicrobial Stewardship, Lauren Delay, Mary Catherine Digiacinto, Hailey Hoisington, Sydney Lowe, Hannah Mcdonald Feb 2020

Antimicrobial Stewardship, Lauren Delay, Mary Catherine Digiacinto, Hailey Hoisington, Sydney Lowe, Hannah Mcdonald

Nurse Presentations

Describes a project to increase nurse awareness of the patient's antimicrobial course in Children's Mercy PICU.


Trauma Informed Care And Nurse Resiliency, Macy Allred, Shannon Bertrand, Lauren Estes, Angela Honer, Randi Meyer, Katie Tetrick Feb 2020

Trauma Informed Care And Nurse Resiliency, Macy Allred, Shannon Bertrand, Lauren Estes, Angela Honer, Randi Meyer, Katie Tetrick

Nurse Presentations

Describes a project involving nurse participation in and effectiveness of a nurse-led wellness team on nurse compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress in PICU nurses.


Trauma Informed Care, Grace Allen, Samantha Brown, Regan Schoeman Feb 2020

Trauma Informed Care, Grace Allen, Samantha Brown, Regan Schoeman

Nurse Presentations

This team studied whether the application of trauma informed care minimizes Secondary Traumatic Stress and impacts the rate of compassion satisfaction and burnout.


Kangaroo Care In The Icn, Taylor Disper, Johanna Moore, Nicole Westlie Feb 2020

Kangaroo Care In The Icn, Taylor Disper, Johanna Moore, Nicole Westlie

Nurse Presentations

Describes a project focused on improving Kangaroo Care rates in the ICN.


Visitor Infection Prevention, Rachel Rittinghouse, Alyssa Stone, Tamara Wall Feb 2020

Visitor Infection Prevention, Rachel Rittinghouse, Alyssa Stone, Tamara Wall

Nurse Presentations

Describes a project focused on increasing the number of visitors properly using PPE based on the isolation precautions of the patient.


Central Line Buzz, Sarah Hightree, Rachel Lawson, Danielle Sharkey Feb 2020

Central Line Buzz, Sarah Hightree, Rachel Lawson, Danielle Sharkey

Nurse Presentations

Describes a project to increase the percentage of nurses discussing central lines in detail during shift hand-off.


Safe Sleep, Taylor Bishop, Rachel Bryant, Austin Howard, Karli Katzer, Olivia Parkhurst, Paige Pruitt, Sydney Smith Feb 2020

Safe Sleep, Taylor Bishop, Rachel Bryant, Austin Howard, Karli Katzer, Olivia Parkhurst, Paige Pruitt, Sydney Smith

Nurse Presentations

This team focused on increasing the compliance with safe sleep on two floors of CMH.


Antimicrobial Stewardship, Morgan Hudson, Hannah Eisele-Miller Feb 2020

Antimicrobial Stewardship, Morgan Hudson, Hannah Eisele-Miller

Nurse Presentations

Describes a project to increase the value of the nurses' role in antimicrobial stewardship.


Risk Factors For Vte In Orthopedic Surgery, Kellie Musick Mar 2019

Risk Factors For Vte In Orthopedic Surgery, Kellie Musick

Nurse Presentations

Describes a project to halt the rising incidence of venous thromboembolism in pediatric surgery patients and the underuse of sequential compression devices in the operating room.


Acquiring Blood Pressures On High Risk Sepsis Patients In The Ed, Mckenna Scharlau, Jacob Schneider Mar 2019

Acquiring Blood Pressures On High Risk Sepsis Patients In The Ed, Mckenna Scharlau, Jacob Schneider

Nurse Presentations

Describes a project to improve use of the Sepsis Tool in the Emergency Department and to improve documentation of blood pressure measurements in high risk sepsis patients under three years of age.


Vte Risk Factors: Scd Education And Compliance, Kaly Hayden, Shari Gardner, Baleigh Haag, Alex Wofford Mar 2019

Vte Risk Factors: Scd Education And Compliance, Kaly Hayden, Shari Gardner, Baleigh Haag, Alex Wofford

Nurse Presentations

Describes a project to increase the use of sequential compression devices in post-operative patients to prevent venous thromboembolism.


Minimizing Unplanned Extubations In The Intensive Care Nursery, Lindsay Barrosse, Blaire Collins, Cassidy Horton, Jodie Seitzer, Brittney Hunter, Jenny Mckee Mar 2019

Minimizing Unplanned Extubations In The Intensive Care Nursery, Lindsay Barrosse, Blaire Collins, Cassidy Horton, Jodie Seitzer, Brittney Hunter, Jenny Mckee

Nurse Presentations

Describes a project to ensure compliance with a standardized process for endotracheal tube management in the intensive care nursery in order to reduce the number of unplanned extubations and their consequent adverse effects.


In The Pocket With Kangaroo Education, Brett Butler, Carly Creekmore, Skylar Suppes Mar 2019

In The Pocket With Kangaroo Education, Brett Butler, Carly Creekmore, Skylar Suppes

Nurse Presentations

Describes a quality improvement project to deliver timely kangaroo care education that empowers parents.


Timely Interventions In Patients Developing Sepsis Within The Picu, Lindsey Bloom, Ashley Bramel, Kelsey Cumpton, Christopher Damrat, Emily Lingo, Grace Sexton, Breton Struble Mar 2019

Timely Interventions In Patients Developing Sepsis Within The Picu, Lindsey Bloom, Ashley Bramel, Kelsey Cumpton, Christopher Damrat, Emily Lingo, Grace Sexton, Breton Struble

Nurse Presentations

Describes a project to increase the number of sepsis interventions completed within one hour in the pediatric intensive care unit, and to improve the documentation (COW Cards) of rapid interventions.


Sepsis: Identification & Recognition, Shelbi Ethington, Lakisha Irwin, Jodi Cramer, Victoria Roell, Mindy Von Elling Mar 2019

Sepsis: Identification & Recognition, Shelbi Ethington, Lakisha Irwin, Jodi Cramer, Victoria Roell, Mindy Von Elling

Nurse Presentations

Describes educational interventions to increase confidence of pediatric nurses on a medical/surgical unit in their recognition and treatment of sepsis.


The Journey Of Implementing A Pediatric Essential Oil Program, Elizabeth Edmundson, Tiffany Kim Feb 2019

The Journey Of Implementing A Pediatric Essential Oil Program, Elizabeth Edmundson, Tiffany Kim

Nurse Presentations

Describes use of essential oil patches for specific indications with pediatric patients greater than 3 years old or greater than 20 kilograms. Lavender, peppermint, mandarin, or spearmint inhalation patches are used.