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Breast Feeding Vs Bottle Feeding Effecting The Amount Of Hospitalizations In The First Year, Haley Maurer, Becca Young, Shelby Bohman Apr 2020

Breast Feeding Vs Bottle Feeding Effecting The Amount Of Hospitalizations In The First Year, Haley Maurer, Becca Young, Shelby Bohman

Lake Campus Research Symposium Abstracts and Posters

Breastfeeding and formula feeding are two ways to feed an infant after it is born. The importance of this is significant because of infections that children are suspectable to at such a young age. Children who breastfeed exclusively are shown to have lower infection/hospitalization rates than children who are formula-fed. Breastmilk has several qualities that help prevent infections in infants that formula does not. Formula is a good source of nutrients but it does not have the ability to stop infections from occurring. Infections can be very serious for infants especially if they are born preterm so having a way …


The Effects Of Kangaroo Care On Parental-Infant Bonding, Megan Stroud, Cortney Voisard, Quinn High Apr 2020

The Effects Of Kangaroo Care On Parental-Infant Bonding, Megan Stroud, Cortney Voisard, Quinn High

Lake Campus Research Symposium Abstracts and Posters

Welcoming home a new baby is a challenging and sometimes stressful situation for even the most seasoned of parents. There are several decisions parents must make about the care their new baby will receive. One of those choices is kangaroo care. Although this intervention may not always be performed due to immediate medical concerns, immediate bathing, hospital policies, and cultural norms, it has been proven to have several benefits. Kangaroo care is defined as skin to skin contact in which the baby is placed on a parent’s bare chest and is swaddled in warm blankets similar to how a mother …


Relief Of Procedural Pain In Infants And Neonates, Allye Camden Apr 2020

Relief Of Procedural Pain In Infants And Neonates, Allye Camden

Symposium of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Materials

Procedural pain occurs in the hospital setting due to a variety of procedures and treatments conducted throughout a patient’s stay. Pain is often assessed in infants and neonates but is not always treated consistently due to the multiple number of pain relief methods. The objective of this literature review is to identify the most effective interventions to relieve procedural pain in infants and neonates. Forty articles were analyzed and synthesized to determine the best pain relief methods to use when providing nursing care to infants and neonates. Based on the results of the literature review, nutritive sucking, positioning techniques, and …


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.


Nursing Annual Report 2019, Children's Mercy Hospital Jan 2020

Nursing Annual Report 2019, Children's Mercy Hospital

Nursing Annual Reports

Annual report for nursing services at Children's Mercy Kansas City.