Practice Innovation Posters

Achieving Success by Refining the Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program in the LTAC Setting
Alanna Seppelt, MSN, RN, C-ANP, CWOCN and Kathleen Borchert, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN, Provider, HealthEast Bethesda Hospital, St. Paul, MN
Implementation of Disposable Incontinence Pads to Increase Safe Skin Practices
Alecia Tamburino, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Jeanes Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Reducing CaUTI with Best Practices
Ann Kahl Taylor, MS, RN, CWOCN, Spalding Regional Hospital, CWOCN, Griffin, GA
CaUTI Reduction:Implementing Quarterly Prevalence Audits
Ann Kahl Taylor, MS, RN, CWOCN, Spalding Regional Hospital, CWOCN, Griffin, GA
QAPI for Wound Care: A Case Study on Quality Assurance Performance Improvement
Anne Scheurich, BS, RN, CWOCN, WoundRounds, Schaumburg, IL and Michelle Stuercke, BSN, MPA, DNP, NuCare Services, Lincolnwood, IL
Benefits of Epidermal Harvesting for Wound Closure
Annette Gwilliam, RN, BSN, CWS, ACHRN1, Elsie Garner, RN, BSN, CWCN1 and Rebecca Mackintosh, APRN, FNP-C, CWCN2, (1)Utah Valley Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Intermountain Healthcare, Provo, UT, (2)Intermountain Medical Center Wound Care, Intermountain Healthcare, Murray, UT
Preventing Pressure Ulcers in a Progressive Care Unit: CNA and RN Partnership
Armi Earlam, BSN, RN, MPA, CWOCN, Andrea Burch, RN, BSN and Geraldine Towndrow, RN, BSN, MA, Exempla Lutheran Medical Center, Wheat Ridge, CO
The Use of 1-4-8 Rule to Decrease Pressure Ulcers
Ashlee Beaner, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Vivian Pacheco, MS, RN, CRRN, CWOCN, Jon Killingsworth, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Ellen Murrell, RN, BSN, Christine Arsenault, RN, BSN and Allison Proto, RN, BSN, Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
"Boo Boo Patrol." What is the role of the acute care inpatient WOC nurse?
Barbara Koruda, BSN, RN, CWOCN1, Lisa Jenkins, BSN, RN, CWOCN1 and Donna Brickman, BSN, RN, CWOCN2, (1)UNC Health Care, WOCN, Chapel Hill, NC, (2)UNC Health Care, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC
Unit Based Turn Team
Bethany Kruge, RN, BSN, Step Down, Maricopa Integrated Health System, Phoenix, AZ and Pat Foster, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN, Maricopa Integrated Health System, Phoenix, AZ
Intraoperative Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Strategies for Success
Bonnie Alvey, ACNS-BC, APRN, CWON1, Susan Overman, BSN, RN, CNOR2 and Jeffrey Ashford, MSN, RN, CNOR2, (1)Wound and Ostomy Department, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, (2)Surgery, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
Quality Initiative: A Multifaceted Approach to Prevent Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Brenda Ruth, RN, BSN, CWON, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Wound and Ostomy Nurse, Columbus, OH, Jackie Cronau, CWOCN, Case Management, Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Colulmbus, OH, Danielle Sabol, RN, BSN, Case Management, Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Columbus, OH, Leah Keller, RN, BSN, Quality Improvement, Nationwide Childrens Hospital, columbus, OH and Lori Humphrey, RN, BSN, MSN, PICU, Nationwide Childrens Hospital, Columbus, OH
Implementing a Basinless Bathing System Without Pre-Packaged Disposable Washcloths
Catherine T. Milne, APRN, MSN, BC-ANP/CNS, CWOCN-AP, Connecticut Clinical Nursing Associates, LLC, Bristol, CT
Utilizing the Quality Management System to Maintain Skin Integrity
Charleen Deo, RN, MSN/ED, FNP-BC, CWOCN, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA
Fiduciary Responsibility: A Cost/Benefit Evaluation of Positioning and Offloading System Related to Patient Safety & Caregiver Safety
Chenel Trevellini, RN, MSN, CWOCN, Nursing Education, St. Francis Heart Center, Roslyn, NY
Think Patient Safety: Examining the Obstacles in Preventing Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC) Pressure Ulcers (PU)
Chenel Trevellini, RN, MSN, CWOCN, Nursing Education, St. Francis Heart Center, Roslyn, NY
The Mitrofanoff Procedure: A Continent Diversion for Bladder Management After Spinal Cord Injury
Cherisse Tebben, MSN, MPH, CWOCN, FNP-BC, Craig Hospital, Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
Development of a Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program in the Emergency Department (PUPPED)
Christine Parks, RN, CWON, CFCN, IIWCC, FNP (c), Northwest Medical Center, Tucson, AZ
Developing A Patient Assessment Guideline for Convexity
Colleen Drolshagen, RN, CNS, CWOCN, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Care, Central DuPage Hospital, Winfiled, IL, Jo Hoeflock, RN (EC), BSN, MA, CETN(CN), CGN(C), Ostomy Care, St. Michaels Hospital,, Toronto, ON, Canada, Sandrine Diallo, RN, ET, France Community Nursing, Private Community Practitioner, Cagnes, France, Juliette Fulham, BSc, SCN, RGN, Wexham Park Hospital, Ostomy Nurse, Slough, England, Marilo Ruiz, RN, Hospital Valme, Seville, Spain, Julia Kittscha, RN, BHSc (Nursing), STN, MN (Research), Wollongong Hospital, New South Wales, Australia and Gedule Hermsen, Streekziekernhuis, Winterswijk, Netherlands
Use of Active Leptospermum Honey to Manage Wounds of the Oral Cavity
Connie Johnson, RN, BSN, WCC, LLE, OMS, DAPWCA, Princeton Medical Center, University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, Princeton, NJ
Pressure Ulcer Reduction: It Takes More Than a Skin Care Team
Connie Kelly, RN, APN/CNS, CWON, in patient surgical nursing, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL and Mary Kirby, RN, BSN, CNS, CWON, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Putting the Squeeze on Scrotal Edema
Cynthia A. Carman, BSN, RN, CWON and Camille Ricks, LPN, Logan Regional Hospital Wound and Hyperbaric Center, Logan Regional Hospital, Logan, UT
Pressure Ulcer Prevention is Critical: How a Surgical ICU was Successful in Decreasing Pressure Ulcers
Dawn Carson, BA, RN, CWOCN, NHA1, Joseph Di Martino, RN, MSN2 and Mary Ann Jones, RN, MSN2, (1)Administration, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, (2)Administration, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Phila., PA
Bi-Weekly ICU Skin Rounds: Changing Nursing Practice to Prevent and Treat Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPUs)
Debbie Bartula, MSN, RN, COCN, CWCN, The Miriam Hospital, Enterostomal Therapist, Providence, RI and Judy Lynch, BSN, CCRN, MS(c), ICU, The Miriam Hosptial, Providence, RI
Reduction of low air loss support surface rental days while maintaining and/or improving hospital acquired pressure ulcers (HAPU) prevalence rates through increased use of static air overlay
Deborah Kleissler, RN, CWOCN, IU Health West Hospital, Nurse Clinician, Avon, IN, Michelle Beck, RN, CWOCN, Indiana University Health West Hospital, Avon, IN, Edward Williams, Materials, Indiana University Health West Hospital, Avon, IN, Amanda Query, Emergency, Pediatrics, Indiana University Health West Hospital, Avon, IN and Michael Luebbehusen, MSN, RN, Administrative, Indiana University Health West Hospital, Avon, IN
Implementation and Evaluation of a Free Incontinence Screening Clinic in a Suburban Community Hospital Outpatient Setting
Diane M. Zeek, MS, APN, NP-C, CWOCN, Northwest Community Hospital, Nurse Practitioner, Wound, Ostomy and Continence care, Arlington Heights, IL and Renee Malandrino, MS, APN, CWCN, COCN, CCCN, Northwest Community Hospital, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Care, North Chicago, IL
Wound Ostomy Team and Emergency Room Collaboration
Diane Posthumus, MSN, RN, COCN, CWCN, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Wound Ostomy Nurse, Phoenix, AZ
Sustainability of a skin prevention program on an acute care adult geriatric unit: A quality improvement project
Ellen D. Vorbeck, Doctor of NursingPractice, ANP, CWOCN, CWS, Division of Plactic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO and Deborah Ford, BSN, ACES Unit, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO
Does Repositioning Matter?
Ellen Tyree, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Kate Fisher, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Cindee Moyer, MSN, CWOCN and Keslee Witherite, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Wound Ostomy Nursing, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Comparing different surfaces to each other using the new testing standards
Erica Thibault, PhD (c)RN, MS, CNS, APN, CWON, Clinical, Sizewise, Evergreen, CO
Skin: Our Largest Organ -- Where do we begin?
Ferne Elsass, MSN, RN, The Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA
KENNY'S CLOSET: COMMUNITY OSTOMY SUPPLY CONNECTION....making ostomy supplies available to those in our community who are in need
Gail Erickson, BSN, RN, CWOCN1, Joan Miller, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CFCN1, Deanna Benoit, BSN, RN, CWON2 and Barbara Kane, BSN, MBA, NEA-BC, CNO (ret'd)3, (1)Nursing Center of Excellence, Mary Washington Healthcare, Fredericksburg, VA, (2)Nursing Center of Excellence, Stafford Hospital, Stafford, VA, (3)Mary Washington Healthcare, Fredericksburg, VA
Prevention of Ostomy Readmissions Post Surgery
Grace Dompreh, MHA BSN RN CWON, Nursing Practice and Professional Advancement, HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM(LBJ GENERAL HOSPITAL), HOUSTON, TX
Streamlining Ostomy Teaching and Discharge Planning to Answer the Decrease in Length of Stay Trend
Heather McEntarffer, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Wound Ostomy Nurse, Phoenix, AZ
A Collaborative Quality Improvement Initiative Focusing on High Risk Left Ventricular Device Patients
Jamie Tamburino, MSN, CRNP, CWOCN, Mary McGrath, RN, BA, CWOCN, Michelle Cooper, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Beth McLeod, BSN, RN and Megan Binns, LPN, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA
Photo Identification in an Electronic Medical Record
Jamie Warg, RN, BSN, CWCN, OCN and Debra Beelner, RN, BSN, CWS, Wound Healing Clinic, Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames, IA
Challenges in Developing an Education Program for Caregivers in Management of the Person with a fecal or Urinary Diversion
Jane E. Carmel, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Private Consultant, Independent WOCN Consultant, Pittsfield, MA
The Initiation of the H.O.P.E. Program: Helping Ostomy Patients Excel through Education, Experience, and Empathy
Jane Ellen Barr, RN, MSN, CWON, ANP, Nursing Administration, NSLIJHS Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Seaford, NY and Joanne Hass, RN, Nursing, NSLIJHS Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York, NY
The Development of a Pressure Ulcer Prevention Protocol for Patients Requiring Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)
Janet Doyle-Munoz, BSN, RN, CWON, Cindy Dugan, MAS, RN, CPHQ, Dorothy Zarillo, MSN, NEA, BC, Toni McTigue, APRN, CWOCN, Salvatore Ruggiero, RRT-NPS and Laura Doyle, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
Education Promotes Best Practice in Skin Champions
Janet M. Davis, MSN, RN, GNP, CWOCN, Critical & Chronic Care Solutions Division, 3M Healthcare, St. Paul, MN and Tina Meyers, MBA, BSN, CWOCN, ACHRN, Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Services, Harris Health System, Houston, TX
A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Prevention of Ear Pressure Ulcers
Janet Mullen, BSN, BEd, RN, CWOCN, CFCN1, Linda Bryner, RRT2, Jessica Johnston, BSN, RN, CWON1, Constance Pearson, MPM BSN CPHQ RN2 and Yvonne Weideman, DNP, MBA, RN, CNE3, (1)University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Passavant Hospital, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse, Pittsburgh, PA, (2)UPMC Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, (3)Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
W O C Fusion
Janis E. Harrison, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CFCN, Harrison WOC Services, CWOCN, Thurston, NE and Daryl G. Harrison, BS, Masters, Ed., Leadership, Ed., Spec., Harrison WOC Services, Cheif Executive Officer, Thurston, NE
A Quest For the “DREAM CREAM”: Finding an effective multifaceted topical emollient
Janis E. Harrison, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CFCN, Harrison WOC Services, CWOCN, Thurston, NE and Jennifer Moore, CEO, Research and Development, pH R&D LLC, Hammond, LA
Heel Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Developing a Protocol for Heel Protection in Ventilator and Hip Fracture Patients
Jennifer Vandiver, BSN, RN, CWON, Hope Voegeli, RN, CWON, Sheila Carter, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON, CFCN and Patricia Moore, ASN, RN, CWCN, Wound Ostomy Continence, Jackson Madison County General Hospital, Jackson, TN
Innovative Wound Care: Combining the Precision of Laser Scanning and the Power of Digital Photography to Advance Clinical Wound Management
Joan F. Selekof, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Jeanette Massabni, MS, RN, AGNP-C, CWOCN, Bret Anderson, BA, RN, CMSRN, WCC, Gwendolyn Williams, BS, RN, CWON, Keisha McElveen, MS, BSN, RN, CWON and Julianna Sapp, BSN, RN, CWOCN, WOCN, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
A Multimodal Approach to CAUTI Prevention
JoAnn Goodrich, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Wound Care, Mercy Hospital and Trauma Center, Janesville, Wi 53548, Janesville, WI
An Innovative Approach in Managing Non-healing Wounds
Jodi Blaszczyk, BSN, RN, CWOCN, APN, Wound Center, Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox, IL and Andrea McIntosh, BSN, RN, CWOCN, APN, Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox, IL
Device –Related Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPU)
Joyce Pittman, PhD, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, CWOCN, Indiana University Health- Methodist Hospital, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN, Jessica Kitterman, RN, BSN, CWOCN, IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Indiana University Health- Ball Memorial, Muncie, IN, Terrie Beeson, MSN, RN, CCRN, ACNS-BC, Indiana University Health, Indiana University Health University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, Anita Shelley, RN, CNS, CWOCN, Indiana University Health- Riley, Indianapolis, IN and Shelley Lancaster, RN, CNS, CWOCN, Indiana University Health- West, Indianapolis, IN
The Certification of Nursing Assistants in Wound Care
Judine Harrison, NA, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, NY and Maribel Torres, NA, Nursing, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, NY
Camp Zero: Educating and Empowering Nursing Assistants As Primary Agents for Skin Health Maintenance and Pressure Ulcer Prevention in an ACUTE Care Facility
Julia Warner, BSN, RN CWOCN and Jacqueline Collavo, MA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, Nursing Administration, Allegheny Health Network West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
WHAT Would FLO Do? a Practical Beginning for Achieving Outcomes and Patient Safety on One Stepdown Unit
Julia Warner, BSN, RN CWOCN1, Maria Buchko, MSN, RN1 and Kimberly McLaughlin, BSN RN2, (1)Nursing Administration, Allegheny Health Network West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, (2)Progressive Care Unit, Allegheny Health Network West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Turning up the HEAT: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Best Practice Pressure Ulcer Prevention in the Burn Unit
Julia Warner, BSN, RN CWOCN, Mary Ann Raible, RN, BSN and Jacqueline Collavo, MA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, Nursing Administration, Allegheny Health Network West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
An Alternative Method of Offloading a Neuropathic Foot Ulcer
Karen Wood-Belford, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CFCN, COS-C, home health, Egyptian Health Department, Harrisburg, IL
21st Century Skin Protection for the Incontinent Patient
Kathleen Camp, RN, BSN, CWOCN, West Jefferson Medical Center, West Jefferson Medical Center, Marrero, LA and Kathleen Beaudion, RN, BSN, MN, Wound Care, West jefferson Medical Center, Marrero, LA
Reducing incontinence associated skin damage with incontinece pad use
Kathleen Francis, MSN, CWOCN, FNP-BC, Brenda Cohen, MSN, CNS, CWOCN, Sau Man Pang, RN, BSN, CWOCN and Helene Salter, RN, BS, CWON, Nursing, Maimonides MC, Brooklyn, NY
The Nursing 411: Providing Information to the Bedside Nurse
Kathleen McLaughlin, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Staff Development, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA, DeSales Foster, DNP, CRNP, GNP-BC, CWOCN, Riddle Hospital, Riddlle Hospital, Media, PA, Kathleen Boyle, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, PA, Susan Decker, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CRRN, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern, PA, Karen A. Yohn-Williams, RN, CWON, MLHS-Lankenau Medical Center, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA and Annamarie DeRoberts, BSN, MHA, Main Line Health, Main Line Health system, Bryn Mawr, PA
Changing the Paradigm of Nursing in the Emergency Department
Kathleen McLaughlin, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Staff Development, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA and Christine Felder, BSN, RN, CEN, RT, EMT, Emergency Department, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA
Dermal Defense Day: A Peer to Peer Educational Event
Kathleen McLaughlin, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Staff Development, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA, Kathryn Artzerounian, RN, CMSRN, ANCC, ASU, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA, Christine Felder, BSN, RN, CEN, RT, EMT, Emergency Department, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA, Cheryl Freese, RN, ICU, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA, Jennifer Delozier, BSN, RN, PCCN, PCU, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA, Mary McLaughlan, RN, telemetry/oncology, Paoli Hospial, Paoli, PA, Colleen Andrew, telemetry/oncology, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA, Janet Wegman, RN, telemetry, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA, Meri Bonavita, RN, Medical/Surgical, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA, Milana Sablich, BSN, RN, Paoli Hospital, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA, Diane Schuster, BSN, RN, CPAN, PACU, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA, Denise McKenna, RN, OR, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA, Deborah Bourbon, PT, MSPT, Physical Therapy, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA and Lauren Windle, RD, CNSC, LDN, Dietary, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA
Our Journey to Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers
Kathleen Merkh, MS, RN, CWON, Sentara Norfolk Gen Hospital, Sentara Healthcare System, Norfolk, VA and Corrine Alvey, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Sentara Norfolk Gen Hospital, Sentara HealthCare System, Norfolk, VA
The Successful Journey Back to Health: Implementing Routine Follow-up Care for Ostomy Patients
Kathleen Merkh, MS, RN, CWON, Sentara Norfolk Gen Hospital, Sentara Healthcare System, Norfolk, VA
Innovative dressing option: Use of a Collagen Dermal Template with Extracellular Matrix in the Management of Lower Extremity Wounds
Kathleen Wright, RN, MSN, CWOCN, ACHRN, Nanticoke Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center, Seaford, DE
Reducing Pressure Ulcers and Skin Issues to the Face and Lips Related to Endotracheal Tube Securement
Kelly Chapman, BS, RN, CWON1, Karen Colegrove, MS, RN, CCRN1, Suzanne Stewart, MS, RN, CWOCN1, Lisa Jarvis, MS, RN, CCRN1, Marci Dolan, RRT1, Karla McDuffee, RRT1 and James Walsh, MD, FACP, FCCP2, (1)Robert Packer Hospital, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA, (2)Pulmonary/Guthrie Clinic, Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, PA
Confirming Effective Off-Loading and Repositioning Using Continuous Bedside Pressure Mapping
Shari Scheider, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy & Wound Care, Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO, Jennifer Edwards, PT, MSPT, Physical Therapy and Wounds Care, Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO and Kristen Thurman, PT, MPT, CWS, FACCWS, Clinical Affairs, Wellsense, Nashville, TN
Enhancing Support Surface Therapeutics and Decreasing User Error Using Continuous Bedside Pressure Mapping
Jennifer Edwards, PT, MSPT, Physical Therapy and Wounds Care, Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO, Shari Scheider, PT, DPT, Physical Therapy & Wound Care, Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO and Kristen Thurman, PT, MPT, CWS, FACCWS, Clinical Affairs, Wellsense, Nashville, TN
Unconventional use of Total Parental Nutrition in Patients with Gastrointestinal Barriers to Enteral Nutritional Supplementation
Kristina Fawcett, MSN, FNP-C, CWS, Valley Wound Care Specialists, Scottsdale, AZ, Consuelo Vasquez, RN, WCC, Wound Care, Kindred Hospital Arizona - Northwest Phoenix, Peoria, AZ and Sandra Lineweaver, RD, CNSC, Kindred Hospital Arizona - Northwest Phoenix, Peoria, AZ
Hardware Salvage Using Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with Instillation
Kristina Fawcett, MSN, FNP-C, CWS1, Denise Gilmore, BSN, RN, CWOCN2 and Nicole Harris, BN, RN, CWOCN2, (1)Valley Wound Care Specialists, Scottsdale, AZ, (2)Wound/Ostomy, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, Glendale, AZ
Tuning in to Telemedicine
Laurie Crookenden, RN, CWOCN, CRRN, nursing administration, Carolinas Rehabilitation, Charlotte, NC
Sustained Results: A learning management system platform which empowers and educates bedside staff
Lidia Garner, DBA MSM MHCA BSN RN CWCN COCN, Nursing Dept, Hollister, Libertyville, IL and Cindy Ellman, BSN CWOCN, Nursing Dept, Trinity Mother Francis, Lindale, TX
Pain Relief Provides Key to Healing for Patient with Circumferential Pyoderma Gangrenosum
Linda Benskin, PhD, RN, SRN (Ghana), CWCN, CWS, DAPWCA, Ferris Mfg. Corp., Austin, TX
Innovative Method to Provide Short-Term Management of a Prolapsed Stoma
Linda Coulter, BSN, MS, RN, CWOCN, Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Device-Related Pressure Ulcers! They Can be Stopped!
Lisa K. Owens, BS, RN, CWOCN, Wound, Ostomy and Continence Department, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Wound Education Program: An Interprogram Interprofessional Collaboration to Enhance Skin Wound Ostomy Care
Marine Chan, MSN, CWOCN, Home Health, Fraser Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Use of Prophylactic Multilayer Adhesive Foam Dressings in Intensive Care Unit
Marine Chan, MSN, CWOCN, Home Health, Fraser Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Protocol to Deploy Longitudinal Elastic Textile Compression Appears to Prevent Skin Tears in Patients with Senile Skin at Risk for Shear injury; Control of Edema is the Probable Mechanism
Martin J. Winkler Sr., MD, FACS, Martin J Winkler Sr., MD, FACS, Vascular Surgeon, Omaha, NE, Sara Monica Winkler, Engineering, Student, Department of Bio Engineering Stanford University, Research Assistant, Omaha, NE and Karla Manzel, BSN, MS, CWON, FCN, Wound Care, Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue, NE
Improved Treatment Protocol for Moisture Damaged Skin Due to Weeping Lymphorrhea with Bacterial Colonization
Martin J. Winkler Sr., MD, FACS, Martin J Winkler Sr., MD, FACS, Vascular Surgeon, Omaha, NE and Karla Manzel, BSN, MS, CWON, FCN, Wound Care, Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue, NE
Coordinating Wound Care in a Large Multi-State Hospital System
Mary Ann Sammon, RN, BSN, WOCN, CWCN, Cleveland Clinic, Nursing Quality Management, Manager, Wound Care, Cleveland, OH and Mary Montague, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN, Nursing Quality, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Development of an Incidence Report in a Large Quartenary Hospital
Mary Ann Sammon, RN, BSN, WOCN, CWCN, Cleveland Clinic, Nursing Quality Management, Manager, Wound Care, Cleveland, OH and Sandra Maag, RN, BSN, Nursing, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Moving Towards Zero
Mary Hill, BSN RN CWOCN, Adult Patient Care Service, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
WOCN and Quality/IT collaboration: Designing and implementing an electronic process for pressure ulcer data management, real-time feedback for quality improvement and direct upload of PU reports
Mary Lakaszawski, MSN, CWOCN, Patient Care Services, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY and Irene Jankowski, CWOCN, APRN, BC, Beth Israel Medical Center, Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurse Practitioner, New York, NY
Wound care measuring glove
Mary Mavraganes, RN, Nursing, Provider Preferred Home Health, Arlington Heights, IL
Staff Challenges with Differentiating IAD from a Pressure Ulcer Stage 2
Mary R. Brennan, RN, MBA, CWON, North Shore University Hospital, Clinical Nurse Specialist--WOCN, Manhasset, NY and Marie Agrell-Kann, RN, MSN, CDE, CWCN, North Shore University Hospital, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
Isolation of Fistula and Ileostomy Drainage within Open Abdominal Wounds
Maryanne Obst, RN BSN CWON and David Dries, MD, Surgery, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN
Pilot Mobility Assist Team: Partnering Nursing Staff with Student Interns To Achieve Outcomes
Meghan C. Smith, BSN, RN, CWOCN and Joan Van Heck, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Nursing Administration, Detroit Medical Center-Sinai Grace Hospital, Detroit, MI
Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers in a Suburban Acute Care Hospital
Chrisitina Barrows, MSN, APRN- BC, CWCN and Melissa Monarca, BSN, RN-BC, WCC, Wound Care, Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT
Proactive innovation for incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) for admitted patients in an acute rehabilitation hospital
Naoko Otsuji-Miwa, BSN, RN, CRRN, CWOCN, Wound care department, Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, Erica L. Midgley, RD, LDN, CNSC, Clinical Dietitian Department, Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia, PA and Julianne Rece, MSN, RN, CRRN, CWOCN, Wound care department, Magee Rehabilitaion Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Intrathecal Pump Salvage Using Negative Pressure Instill Therapy
Nicole Harris, BN, RN, CWOCN1, Denise Gilmore, BSN, RN, CWOCN1 and Kristina Fawcett, MSN, FNP-C, CWS2, (1)Wound/Ostomy, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, Glendale, AZ, (2)Valley Wound Care Specialists, Scottsdale, AZ
The WOCN role in dehydration prevention in ileostomy patients
Nora Sammon, CWOCN1, Kelly Hicks, NP/CWOCN2, Beatrice Forlizzi, RNBC, CWOCN3 and Monica Cabrerra, CNS/CWOCN1, (1)Medical Surgical Nursing, New York PResebyterian Weill-Cornell, New York, NY, (2)New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY, (3)NY Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Weill-Cornell, New York, NY
Managing incontinence in the home: What do caregivers have to say?
Paula Erwin-Toth, MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS, FAAN, PETprojects, Deerfield, OH
Is it or is it not excisional debridement?
Rachelle Sideris, RN, MSN, CWOCN, PARR, Health Resources Optimization, Incorporated, Lake Success, NY
Using a Pictorial Guide for Complicated Abdominal Wounds
Rosie Argo, BSN., RN., COCN., CWCN, BEMC, Phoenix, AZ
Abstract: The Use of a Positive Air Displacement Safe Patient Handling System to Reduce Facility Acquired Pressure Ulcers
Roxanne Elling, RN, BA BSN CWOCN, Nursing Education, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, NY
Utilizing Evidenced Based Practices to Revise a Preceptorship Program
Shanna Fraser, MSN, RN, CWOCN, SAMMC, San Antonio, TX and Barbara Morrow, MSN, RN, CWOCN, SAMMC, San Antono, TX
Seven Design Elements to Improve the Readability of Patient Education for Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Susan Solmos, RN, MSN WOCN, Center for Nursing Professional Practice and Research, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL
Can't I just take you home with me? Opening an outpatient WOC clinic using an advanced practice nursing model
Tanya Clary, RN MSN CWOCN CNS, Wound/Ostomy, Indiana University Health North Hospital, Carmel, IN and Maureen Misinski, RN APRN ACNP, Nurse Practitioner, Indiana University Health, Carmel, IN
Collaborative Wound Healing from Hospital to Home Health Services
Tifanie Sbriscia, WOCN, RN, Home Health Services, Hunterdon Home Health Services, Flemington, NJ
Increasing Quality Measures Across Network: Utilizing a BED Algorithm
Tonda Franklin, BS, BSN, RN, ET, CWOCN, Nursing Administration, University of Arizona Medical Center -South Campus, Tucson, AZ
It Takes a Village: Skin Team Grown from the Grassroots
Vivian Pacheco, MS, RN, CRRN, CWOCN, Ashlee Beaner, RN, BSN, CWOCN and Jon Killingsworth, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
Ostomy Quiz
Winnie Wong, BSN, RN, CGRN, CWOCN, colorectal surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Getting it Right: Strategies for Implementation of a Successful Pressure Ulcer Reduction Program
Christine Walden, MSN, RN, NE-BC, LSSGB, Nursing Administration, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC and Nancy Scozzari, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Inpatient Skin and Wound, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC
Making Sense of Support Surfaces
Barbara Twombly, BSN RN CWOCN CCRN, Nursing Administration, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA and Julia M. Ringhofer, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA
Improving Educational, Clinical and Economic Outcomes by Implementing a Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program (PUPP) at a 560 bed multi-specialty, Acute Care Health System in South East, FL
Cano Amparo, MSN, RN, CWOCN1, Hope Stamp, RN, WCC, OMS2, Fortunata Joaquin, MM, RN, CCRN3, Jennifer Lopez, BSN, RN1, Lori, M Lupe, DNP, MSN, RN, CCRN1, Pamela Gordon, RN1 and Stephanie Moss, DNP, MSN, RN, ARNP-BC1, (1)Nursing Administration, University of Miami Hospital, Miami, FL, (2)Nursing Administration, University of Miami Hospital, miami, FL, (3)University of Miami Hospital, Miami, FL
Behavioral Health Bed's Impact on Wound Care
John Wagner, RN, MA, Nursing, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA