Practice Innovation Posters

Competency of Champions of Skin Integrity (CSI) in Staging of Pressure Ulcers and Identification of Other Types of Wounds
Aileen Ankrom, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Cynthia Glenn Timms, BSN, RN, CWOCN and Angela Dye, BSN, RN, CWOCN, WOC Nursing Department, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Management of Flap Harvest Sites with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Allyson Rigel, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CFCN1, Glenda Brunette, MSN, RN, CWON2, Rebecca Rothemich, BSN, RN, CFCN, CWCN1, Phill Botham, BSN, RN, ET, CWON1, Julie Ross, BSN, RN, CWOCN1 and Emily Pellegrini, BSN, RN, CWOCN1, (1)Wound Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, (2)Specialty Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Running For Change: Patient Advocacy and the Ostomate
Angela Richardson, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Advanced Clinical Practice, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC and Lara Leininger, BSN, RN, CWOCN, WOCN Consult Service, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC
International Ostomy Patient Survey on an Innovative Mechanical 2-Piece Appliance with a Specific Pouch Application Guiding System
Anne Van Der Drift, ET nurse, General Surgery, Hopital Bichat Claude Bernard, Paris, France and Aude Michaud, BBraun Medical, Boulogne Billancourt, France
Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Addressing Ostomy Care and other GI Issues
Armi Earlam, DNP, MPA, BSN, RN, CWOCN1, Sharon Lundy, RN, BSN, OCN2 and Lisa Woods, MSN, RN-BC, CWOCN1, (1)Wound, Ostomy and Continence Department, Lutheran Medical Center (Part of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Hospital System SCLHS), Wheat Ridge, CO, (2)Oncology, Lutheran Medical Center, Wheat Ridge, CO
Educating Home Health Nurses on Peristomal Skin Care
Armi Earlam, DNP, MPA, BSN, RN, CWOCN, School of Nursing, Regis University, Denver, CO
To Certification and Beyond: Creating a Wound Care Fellowship Improves Outcomes
Ave M. Preston, MSN, RN, CWOCN, ACNS-BC, Surgical Nursing, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Reducing Readmissions for Dehydration Following Ileostomy Surgery
Bonnie Alvey, ACNS-BC, APRN, CWON, Wound and Ostomy Outpatient Clinic, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
Use of a theory driven, evidence-based skin-care protocol to teach preventive skin-care during radiation therapy
Carole Bauer, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, OCN, CWOCN, Chronic Disease Management, Beaumont Health System, Troy, MI, Morris Magnan, PhD, RN, Ambularoty Care, Karmanos Cancer Center, Detroit, MI and Pamela Laszewski, BSN, RN, OCN, Radiation Oncology Center, Karmanos Cancer Center, Detroit, MI
Breaking the Boundaries of Neurogenic Bowel Management in Spinal Cord Injury
Carolyn A. Sorensen, MSN, RN, CRRN, CWOCN, Nursing Education, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
Pressure Ulcer Prevention: Our Journey to Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers
Catherine Fisher, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Colleen Dominy, AAS, RN, Wendy Nelson, RN and Janice Blair, BSN, RN, Nursing, Glens Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, NY
After the Fact: Use of a Multi-layered Hydrocellular Foam in the Prevention of Reinjuring Recently Resolved Pressure Ulcers
Catherine Milne, APRN, MSN, BC-ANP/CNS, CWOCN-AP, Connecticut Clinical Nursing Associates, LLC, Bristol, CT
Hands-off! Using a Spray Application Delivery System to Impact Bacterial Contamination of Moisture Barriers
Catherine Milne, APRN, MSN, BC-ANP/CNS, CWOCN-AP, Connecticut Clinical Nursing Associates, LLC, Bristol, CT
WoComm: Managing Complex Wounds at Home Utilizing Telemedicine
Catherine Morrell, BSN, RN, Continuum Home Health Care, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA and Mary Crandall, PhD, RN, Continuum Home Health, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
Advance Practice Nurse Led Pediatric Bowel Management Clinic
Charleen Singh, MSN/ED, RN, FNP-BC, CWOCN, Pediatric General Surgery, Shriners Hospital for Children, Sacramento, CA
Wound Ostomy Education Preparing for the Future
Charleen Singh, MSN/ED, RN, FNP-BC, CWOCN, Wound Ostomy Program, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Lower extremity wound imaging using a hand-held near-infrared optical scanner
Anuradha Godavarty1, Charles Buscemi2, Suset Rodriguez, BS1, Maanasa Jayachandran, MS3, Jiali Lei, BS3, Elizabeth Solis, BS3, Francesco Perez-Clavijo, DPM4 and Stephen Wigley, DPM5, (1)Dept of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL, (2)Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, (3)Florida International University, Miami, FL, (4)Podiatry Care Partners, Doral, FL, (5)Wigley Foot and Ankle Inc., North Miami, FL
Incontinence Associated Skin Damage (IASD): Tracking Prevalence & Severity
Chenel Trevellini, MSN RN CWOCN, Nursing Education Department, St. Francis Heart Center, Roslyn, NY
Prevention of Device Related Pressure Ulcers in ICU: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Jennifer Delozier, BSN, RN, PCCN, CWCN, PCU, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA, Cheryl Freese, RN, ICU, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA, Kathleen McLaughlin, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Staff Development, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA and Eric Eleftherakis, RRT, Respiratory, Paoli Hospital, Paoli, PA
Optimizing a Pediatric Ostomy Support Group Utilizing a Multi-Disciplinary Team Approach
Christina Bumanlag, RN, BScN, ET1, Jessy Benjamin, MSW, RSW2, Kimberly Colapinto, RN(EC), MN, CETN(C)1 and Alexis Shinewald, BA, ECE, CCLS3, (1)Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)Department of Social Work, SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada, (3)Child Life, SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada
The Emergency Department as the Gateway to Inpatient Admissions: Implications for Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Cynthia J. Sylvia, MSc, MA, RN, CWON, Clinical Sciences, Stryker Medical, Charles Town, WV, Paula Gruccio, RN, MSN, CWOCN, Stryker Medical, Vineland, NJ and Heather Lindstrom, PhD, Department of Emergency Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Wound Ostomy Nurse Consult Service as an Alternative to the Wound Clinic
Cynthia Shephard, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Nursing Practice, Education and Research, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery and Fecal Diversions: A Provincial Initiative to Implement a Standardized Nursing Approach to Care for Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery
Debra Johnston, MN, RN, CETN(C), Wound and Ostomy, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, Debbie Miller, MN, RN, CETN(C), Oncology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, Marg McKenzie, RN, CCRP, Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada and Monica Frecea, MScN, RN, CETN(C), Enterostomal Therapy, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Making a Difference in Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Deseret Faull, RN, Children's Surgical Unit, Intermountain Healthcare, SLC, UT and Stacey Shelley, RN, MSN, MBA-HCM, Wound/Ostomy, Intermountain Healthcare, SLC, UT
Development of a Hospital Ostomy Peer Visitor Program
Diane Bryant, RN, MS, CWOCN1, Mary Willis, MS, RN, CWOCN1, Ilene Fleischer, MS, RN, CWOCN1 and Linda Martin, MS, RYT2, (1)Nursing, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, (2)Nursing, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Reducing Pressure Ulcers in the Surgical Cardiovascular Patient Population
Diane Wagner, MSN.BSN, RN.CWOCN, Nursing, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Improving WOC Practice and Impacting CAHPS Scores/Patient Satisfaction Through Ostomy Focused Discharge Phone Calls
Ekta Vohra, CWON, New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Implementing an Initiative to Improve Knowledge and Practice in Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Two Intensive Care Units
Elise Frans, MN, RN, CWON1, Nicole Johnson, BSN, RN, CCRN2, Janet Regan-Baggs, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, CCNS, CCRN1, Amy Haverland, MN, RN, CCRN2, Courtney Crocker, BSN, RN, CCRN2, Chloe Rahmun, BSN, RN, CCRN2 and Lisa Wheeler, BSN, RN, CCRN3, (1)Patient Care Services, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, (2)Medical-Surgical-Transplant ICU, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, (3)Cardiothoracic ICU, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Impact of the 3 years of the Interprofessional WoundPedia™ Wound Care Courses in Manila
Elizabeth A. Ayello, Ph.D., RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, MAPWCA, FAAN1, Barbara Delmore, PhD, RN, CWCN, DAPWCA, IIWCC-NYU2, R. Gary Sibbald, Bsc, MD, FRCPC, (Med, Derm), MACP, FAAD, MEd, FAPWCA3, Hiske Smart, RN, MA, PG Dip (UK), IIWCC - CAN4 and Gulnaz Tariq, RN, BSC, PG Dip (Pak)4, (1)Excelsior College School of Nursing, Hollis Hills, NY, (2)NYU Langone Medical Center, Nurse Specialist, New York, NY, (3)University of Toronto, Professor of Public Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, (4)International Interprofessional Wound Care Course, Mississauga, ON, Canada
50 Shades of Purple: A reference guide for identifying purple discoloration
Elizabeth Savage, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CWON, Wound & Ostomy Nursing Service, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, Sarah Lebovits, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, CWOCN, DAPWCA, IIWCC-NYU, Wound and Ostomy Nursing Service, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY and Barbara Delmore, PhD, RN, CWCN, DAPWCA, IIWCC-NYU, NYU Langone Medical Center, Nurse Specialist, New York, NY
A Standardized Approach to an Admission Skin Assessment
Emily Greenstein, CWON1, Nancy Moore, CWON1, Shari Lee, CWON1, Nikki Oliver, CWON1 and Nikki Fischer, RN, BSN2, (1)Sanford Medical Center Fargo, Fargo, ND, (2)Wound Care, Sanford Health, Fargo, ND
What's in My Bag? Creation of Ostomy Product Kits for Pediatric Nurses and their Patients
Ferne Elsass, MSN, RN, CPN, CWON, The Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA
Preparing the novice nurse to care for the ostomy patient
G. Roxanna Lupien, MS, RN, CNL, CWOCN, CFCN and Radoslava Stoddard, BSN, RN, CWON, CFCN, Nursing Administration, Nursing Practice and PI, SSM St Louis University Hosptial, St. Louis, MO
Simple tool to ensure effective enzymatic debridement
Glenda Brunette, MSN, RN, CWON, Specialty Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
A Novel Mobile Application Facilitates Wound Consultations, Therapy Orders and Outcomes Management
Diwi Allen, MS1, Barbara Collins, BS, RVT1, Chester Edlund, BS1 and Gustavo Galan, MS2, (1)R&D, Acelity, San Antonio, TX, (2)IT Software Development, Acelity, San Antonio, TX
The Goldilocks Effect – Connecting WOC Nurses in the North Texas Area through Social Media
Gwen Spector, BSN, RN, COCN, Medical Center Plano, Plano, TX, Melayne Martin, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Parkland Health & Hospital System, Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas, TX and Leslie Everett, BSN, RN, CWON, Wound Care Center/In-patient, Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas Hospital, Dallas, TX
Management of Necrotic Wounds: A Systematic Approach Results to a Better Patient Outcome and Cost Effectiveness
Honey Lyn Lerias, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Patient Education, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI, Karen Smethers, BS, PharmD, BCOP, The Resource Group, Ascension, St Louis, MO and Thomas Aquilla, Office Operations, Ascension Health, St Louis, MO
Application Lean Six Sigma to Improvement Outpatient Wound Care Process
Hongyang Hu, Wound and Ostomy Care Center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital Affiliation of Zhejiang University Medical Colleadge, Hangzhou, China
Quantifying Support Surface Moisture Removal
James O'Reagan, BSME, MSME and Joseph Lazich, BEEE, Research and Development, Span America Medical Systems, Greenville, SC
Identifying Gaps in Ostomy Care Across the Continuum
Tami Walker, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Ambulatory Care Ostomy Nursing Services, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI and Jane Theriault, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Ambulatory Ostomy, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
Navigating Incidence to Decrease Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers
Janet Mullen, BSN, BA, RN, CWOCN, CFCN, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Passavant Hospital, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse, Pittsburgh, PA, Jessica Johnston, BSN, RN, CWON, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Passavant Hospital, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse, Pittsburgh, PA, Sheryl Fulmer, BA RN CWON, ET/Wound Skin & Ostomy Department, UPMC Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, Lisa Manni, MSN, RN NEA-BC, Nursing Administration, UPMC Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, Jenn Linn, BSN RN, Medical / Surgical ICU, UPMC Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, Christina Wall, BSN CCRN, Cardiovascular ICU, UPMC Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, Constance Pearson, MPM RN CPHQ, UPMC Passavant Retired, Pittsburgh, PA and Glenn Hasulak, MCSD, Information Services, UPMC Passavant Hospital, Pittsuburgh PA, PA
Thinking Outside the Box: Use of Low Air Loss in Neonatal and Pediatric Population
Jennifer Turner, RN, BSN, CWON, Wound Care Department, West Virginia University Medicine, Morgantown, WV and Cindy Demniak, RN, MSN, FNP-C, Plastic Surgery, West Virginia University Medicine, Morgantown, WV
Implementation of an Evidenced-Based Content Validated Standardized Ostomy Algorithm Tool in Home Care
Jerri Drain, BSN, RN, CWON1, Bobbie Stallings, BSN, RN, CWOCN2, Kimberly Smith, BS, RN, CWON3, Kimberly Bare, RN BSN CWON MBA4, Monica Timko-Progar, BSN, RN, ET, CWS5, Sandra Wright, BSN, RN, CWCN, FACCWS, LNC6 and Naomi Ward, BSN, RN, CWS3, (1)Clinical Programs, Amedisys, Inc., Bunch, OK, (2)Clinical Program, Amedisys Home Health Care, Williamson, GA, (3)Clinical Programs, Amedisys Home Health, Baton Rouge, LA, (4)Clinical Programs, Amedisys, Inc., Oceanside, CA, (5)Clinical Education and CLinical Programs, Amedisys Home Health Care, Perryopolis, PA, (6)Supply Mgt, Amedisys Home Health Care, Baton Rouge, OK
It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere
Jessica Johnston, BSN, RN, CWON, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Passavant Hospital, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse, Pittsburgh, PA, Janet Mullen, BSN, BA, RN, CWOCN, CFCN, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Passavant Hospital, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse, Pittsburgh, PA, Sheryl Fulmer, BA RN CWON, ET/Wound Skin & Ostomy Department, UPMC Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA and Yvonne Weideman, DNP, MBA, RN, CNE, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Use of Positioning Wedges to Decrease Hospital – Acquired Pressure Ulcers
Jody Scardillo, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, CWOCN1, Karen Riemenschneider, DNP, RN-BC, CWOCN2, Donna Truland, BS, RN, CWOCN3, Kristin Hazelton Hardy, RN BS CWOCN4 and Lauren Sheehan, RN BS CWOCN4, (1)Albany Medical Center, Clinical Nurse Specialist/Nurse Practitioner, Albany, NY, (2)Clinical Nurse Specialist, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, (3)Albany Medical Center, Nurse Clinician, Albany, NY, (4)WOC Nursing, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
Achieving clinically efficacious pressure redistribution without the use of low air loss
Julie Ho, RN MS CWCN, wound, Kindred Healthcare, Westminster, CA
Geographical Rounding Improves Wound Team Connection
Karaleigh Crouse, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Wound/Ostomy, Mercy Hospital, St. Louis, MO and Cathy Wittenauer, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Wound/Ostomy, Mercy Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Prophylatic Dressings for Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Long Term Care
Karen Turbett, CWOCN, CFCN, Brookdale Senior Living, Brentwood, TN
A Quality Initiative: Standarizing the support surface in the critically ill population to reduce hospital acquired pressure ulcers
Kelly Chapman, MS, RN, CWOCN1, Karen Colegrove, MS, RN, CCRN1 and Christine Nolan, MS, RN2, (1)Robert Packer Hospital, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA, (2)DNER, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA
Enterstomal Therapy: Improving Access and Quality through Collaboration and Creativity
Carla Williams, BSN, RN, ETN, Primary Health Care, Nova Scotia Health Authority, New Glasgow, NS, Canada and Kim Slack, BSN, RN, ETN, Acute Care, Nova Scotia Health Authority, New Glasgow, NS, Canada
Impact of Wound Care Specialists as Program Managers in Home Care
Kimberly Smith, BS, RN, CWON, Clinical Programs, Amedisys Home Health, North Charleston, SC and Monica Timko-Progar, BSN, RN, ET, CWS, Clinical Education and CLinical Programs, Amedisys Home Health Care, Perryopolis, PA
The NEXT GENERATION of Pressure Ulcer Prevention: (APPLES) Aligning Partners Practice & Leadership to Elevate Skin
Kristal Caringer Quimby, BSN, RN, CWCN, COCN, Wound Ostomy Continence Care Services, HonorHealth John C Lincoln Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Average Cost Related to the In-patient Care of the Enterocutaneous Fistula Patient
Lara Leininger, BSN, RN, CWOCN1, Donna Brickman, BSN, RN, CWOCN2, John Motko, RN, BS, CWS, CWOCN2, Juliet Idiagbonya, BSN, RN, CWOCN2, Lisa Jenkins, BSN, RN, CWOCN2, Janet Rankin, BSN, RN, COCN2 and Barbara Koruda, BSN, RN, CWOCN2, (1)WOCN Consult Service, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC, (2)Department of Surgery, UNC Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC
Innovative Development of Unified Wound Care Guidelines
Sue Girolami, RN, BSN, CWON, Therapy Support, Inc., Therapy Support, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, Lisa Corbett, APRN, BC, CWOCN, Wound Ostomy Continence Program, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, Kara Couch, MS, CRNP, CWS, Wound Healing and Limb Preservation Center, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC, Karen Bruton, RN BScN MCISc-WH CETN(C), Wound Clinic, Bayshore HealthCare, Coburg, ON, Canada, Vickie Driver, DPM MS FACFAS, Orthopedic Surgery, Brown University, Boston/Charlestown, MA, Tay Ai Choo, CWS, Plastic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, Paul Liu, MD, FACS, Department of Plastic Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, Lisa Gould, MD, PhD, FACS, Wound Recovery and Hyperbaric Medicine Center, Kent Hospital, Warwick, RI, Paulo Da Rosa, BScN, RN, MClScWH, CETN(C), London Health Sciences Center, London, ON, Canada, Jeremy Tamir, MD, FAPWCA, Lee Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center, Lee Memorial Health System, Fort Myers, FL and Laura Bolton, Ph.D., Surgery, Rutgers University Medical School, Metuchen, NJ
Having the Right Pieces in Place to Prevent Pressure Ulcers the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Laura Phearman, RN, BSN, University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Pediatric Skin / Wound Care Nurse, Iowa City, IA, Rebecca Harman, RN MSN, childrens and womens services, University of Iowa Childresn's Hospital, iowa city, IA and Jennifer Baker, RN BSN, womens and childrens services, university of Iowa children's hospital, iowa city, IA
Critical Care Mastery and Autonomy: The Effect of a Focused Intervention on a Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program in the ICU
Valerie Grumme, RN MSN, PhD candidate1, Jasmine Parker, RN BSN1, Lea Crestodina, ARNP, CWOCN, CDE2 and Phyllis McCall, RN BSN1, (1)ICU, Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, FL, (2)Wound Care, Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, FL
"Discharge Me Home with My Wound Machine Right Now!!
Leslie Everett, BSN, RN, CWON, Wound Care Center/In-patient, Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas Hospital, Dallas, TX
Spreading the Revolutionary Message of Modern Wound Management Principles: Facilitating Change Among Surgeons
Linda Benskin, PhD, RN, SRN (Ghana), CWCN, CWS, DAPWCA, Clinical Education, Independent Nurse Researcher AND Ferris Mfg. Corp., Austin, TX
It takes a Village: A Collaborative Approach to Decreasing Readmission Rates in Individuals with Loop Ileostomies
Linda McKenna, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Wound, Skin and Ostomy Services-Nursing Practice and Innovation, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, Vera Allyn B. (Lynette) Scott, RN, BSN, COCN, Ostomy Services-Nursing Practice and Innovation, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, Tracy Schmotzer, MS, RD, CNSC, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI and Maria Brenny-Fitzpatrick, MSN, FNP-C, GNP-BC, APNP, Transitional Care, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
Decreasing hospital-acquired pressure ulcers among patients with acute hip fracture in the acute-care setting
Lisa Woods, MSN, RN-BC, CWOCN1, Monica Jarrell, NP-C, DNP2, Shelley Ruyle, MSN, RN, CAPA2, Armi Earlam, DNP, MPA, BSN, RN, CWOCN1 and Iris Marshall, RN, BSN, MSN, CWOCN1, (1)Wound, Ostomy and Continence Department, Lutheran Medical Center (Part of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Hospital System SCLHS), Wheat Ridge, CO, (2)Ortho/Surgical Unit, Lutheran Medical Center (Part of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Hospital System SCLHS), Wheat Ridge, CO
"WE DO CONTINENCE!" Nurses and Therapists Collaborate to Provide Simple Continence Care to Home Care Patients
M. Phyllis Green, BSN, RN, CWOCN, HomeCall, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse, Frederick, MD, Margaret Green, RN, BSN, HomeCall, Westminster, MD, Kathleen Abramson, RN, BSN, CWOCN, HomeCall, Damascus, MD, John DiCapo, DPT, Business Intelligence and Operations, LHC Group, Lafayette, LA, Beth Weldon, PT, Beltway Division, LHC Group, Lafayette, LA and Deb Valenza, MBA, Maryland Region, HomeCall Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Reducing Deep Sternal Wound Infections following Cardiovascular Surgery
Malinda Close, RN, BSN, CWOCN, wound/ostomy, Salem Health, Salem, OR, Kaenta Phothiyane, RN, CCRN, Cardiovascular Care Unit, Salem Health, Salem, OR and Ann Alway, MS, RN, CNS, CNRN, Critical Care, Salem Health, Salem, OR
WOC Nursing In The Correctional Health Care Setting: Results From Two Wound Healing CQI Projects
Marie Brown-Etris, RN, CWON1, LaTasha Deer, RN, MSN, MSHCA, CCHP2, Kimberly Daniels, RN, HSA2 and Sharon Bunting-Talarowski, RN, CCHP2, (1)Etris Associates, Inc, Churchville, PA, (2)Corizon Health, Philadelphia, PA
Exploring Simple but Effective Offload Modality for Plantar Diabetic Foot Ulcer
Marine Chan, MSN, CWOCN, Home Health, Fraser Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Prevention of Bi-pap nasal bridge pressure injury
Martha Taylor, BSN, RN, CWON1, Boez Ilderice, MBA, BSHA/HM, RRT2, Andrea MacDonald, AS, RRT2 and Denise Johnston, AS, RRT2, (1)Professional Practice, Holy Cross Hospital, Ft Lauderdale, FL, (2)Respiratory Dept, Holy Cross Hospital, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Reducing Hospital Readmissions Due to Dehydration after Colorectal Surgery
Mary Willis, MS, RN, CWOCN1, Diane Bryant, RN, MS, CWOCN1, Ilene Fleischer, MS, RN, CWOCN1, Nancy Foley Barry, BSN, RN2, Jennifer Beatty, MS, PA-C3, Joy Brettler, BS, PA-C4, Elizabeth Doane, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC2, Amanda Eberstadt, MS, RD, LDN5, Pamela Fine, BA6, Maria Maglio, BSN, RN2, Sara McGowan, MS, RD, LDN5, Ann Furey, MSN, MBA, RN2, Jeanne Praetsch, MS, RN, CCRN2, Erin Sisk, MS, RD, CNSD5 and Sarah Thompson, MSN, RN, CCNS, CWON2, (1)Nursing, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, (2)Nursing, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, (3)Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, (4)Surgery, Brigham, Boston, MA, (5)Nutrition, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, (6)Care Coordination, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
After the CAUTI Bundle….What Then?
Shelley Lancaster, MSN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN, Nursing Administration, Indiana University Health- West, Avon, IN, Deborah Kleissler, RN, CWOCN, IU Health West Hospital, Nurse Clinician, Avon, IN, May Ishikawa, BSN, CWOCN, MedSurg/ICU, IU Health West Hospital, Avon, IN and Jane Forni, MSN, RN, Nursing Administration, IU Health West Hospital, Avon, IN
Developing and Implementing a Radiation Dermatitis Care Bundle in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Mei Yu Hsu1, Ji Yan Lyu2, Hui Chun Chung1 and Hsiao Hui Hsu3, (1)Department of Nursing, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, (2)Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, (3)Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Department of Nursing, Hualien, Taiwan
Examining End of Life Ulcers: Balancing the SCALE
Melayne Martin, BSN, RN, CWOCN1, Swann Waterhouse, BSN, RN, WCC2, Donna Richardson, DNP, RN, NEA-BC3 and Jacqueline Sullivan, PhD, RN3, (1)Parkland Health & Hospital System, Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas, TX, (2)Wound Care, Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas, TX, (3)Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas, TX
Use of multimedia and simulation to promote safe skin protocols: Repositioning
Michael Kalos, BSN, RN, CWOCN1, Krista Kipper, MSN, RN, CHSE2 and Trent Kroschel, BSN, RN2, (1)Education, Regions Hospital, Hugo, MN, (2)HealthPartners Clinical Simulation, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN
: Foundations of a Continence Protocol for Adults in an Acute Care Setting
Misty Stephens, ETN (C), Surgical Acute Care, Fraser Health Authority, Burnaby, BC, Canada and Lisa Hegler, CWOCN, Medicine Acute Care, Fraser Health Authority, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Room together: A Registered Dietitian (RD) is the best frient of Wound, Ostomy and Continence (WOC) nurses for assessing patients' skin integrity
Naoko Otsuji-Miwa, RN, BSN, CRRN, CWOCN, CFCN, Wound care department, Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia, PA and Evelyn Phillips, MS, RDN, CDE, Clinical Nutrition, Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Improving Pediatric Ostomy Education by Innovating Learning Materials
Nora Sammon, CWOCN, Medical Surgical Nursing, New York PResebyterian Weill-Cornell, New York, NY
Grooming your Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program (PUPP): Sustainability and Better Patient Outcomes in the Intensive Care Setting
Pamela Messer, BSN, RN, WO Nurse, Inpatient Wound Care, Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, Ashland, KY
Enhancing Nursing Knowledge: It's all in the Assessment. A Comprehensive Pressure Ulcer Education Program
Patricia Hayes, MSN, RN, CWCN and Parese Fasciocco, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Nursing Education and Professional Development, Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA
Dollars, Collaboration, and Pressure Ulcer Pressure (PUP): Saving Upwards of a Million by Achieving Zero
Rachel Donovan, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CFCN and Paula Schindler, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Wound Ostomy Department, St. Tammany Parish Hospital, Covington, LA
Reducing Unit-Acquired Pressure Ulcers with Peer-to-Peer Nursing Rounds:
Raywatee Lal, RN-BSN, Nursing, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
One Foot at a Time: Building a Healthy Community Through Diabetes Education and Foot Care in Appalachia
Richard Schneider, MBA RN CWON, Wound Ostomy Care Team, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA and Carolyn Ramwell, MSN CPNP, Nursing Education, Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, VA
Bridging Units and Disciplines to Decrease Tracheostomy Flange Device Related Pressure Ulcers
Richard Schneider, MBA RN CWON, Wound Ostomy Care Team, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, Dea Mahanes, MSN CCRN CCNS, Neuro ICU, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, Kristi Wilkins, MSN CCRN CCNS, Surgical Trauma Burn ICU, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA and Ashley Bruce, RRT-ACCS, Surgical Trauma Burn ICU and Neuro ICU, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
Bath in the bag:Perspective of patients and caregivers
Rose Raizman, RN-EC, MSc, MNurs, CETN(C), Rouge Valley Health Systems, Toronto, ON, Canada
Continuity of Care in Complex Wound, Ostomy and Continence in a Pediatric Hospital: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Roxana Reyna, BSN, RNC-NIC, WCC, CWOCN and Kirby Wilson, MSN, RNC-NIC, WCC, Wound Care, Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX
Saving Money and Preventing Pressure Ulcers: Is It Possible?
Ruth Iliuta, CWON, GEC, VAMHCS, Perryville, MD
An in-vitro comparison of MRSA sequestration in foam dressings
Samantha Westgate1, Hannah Thomas1, Rebecca Booth1, Jodie Lovett, MEng2 and Christian Stephenson, BSc2, (1)Perfectus Biomed, Cheshire, United Kingdom, (2)Research and Development, Crawford Healthcare, Knutsford, United Kingdom
Management of Shear, Pressure and Microclimate by Foam Dressings
Sarah Roberts, MPharmSci, David Warde, PhD, Jodie Lovett, MEng and Christian Stephenson, BSc, Research and Development, Crawford Healthcare, Knutsford, United Kingdom
Safely Saving Dressings
Shannon Handfield, BSN RN CWOCN, IMITS, Vancouver Coast Health Authority, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Bruce Gamage, RN BSN CIC, Provincial Infection Control, Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Elizabeth Bryce, Dr, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Positive Outcomes in an Academic Teaching Hospital after Increasing the Scope of Skin Care Champions
Stephanie Graham, RN, MSN, Meidcal-Sugical Unit, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, Marianne Banas, RN, MSN, CCTN, Nursing, University of Chicago Medicine, chicago, IL and Susan Solmos, RN, MSN CWCN, Center for Nursing Professional Practice and Research, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
Utilization of Both Incidence and Prevalence to Guide Development and Maintenance of a Comprehensive Skin Wound Ostomy Team (S.W.O.T.) for Pressure Ulcers
Stephanie Terry, BSN, RN, CWOCN, PCCN, HN-BC and Joseph Rudolph, BSN, RN, CWOCN, DWC, Wound care, Cancer treatment centers of America (CTCA), Philadelphia, PA
Perioperative Pressure Ulcer Prevention (PPUP) Toolkit
Susan M. Scott, MSN, RN, WOCN, Graduate Medical Education, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Office of Graduate Medical Ed., Memphis, TN, Debra L. Fawcett, PhD, RN, Eskenazi Health, Kokomo, IN, Deena K. Young Guren, MSN, RN, CNOR CNS-CP, Surgical Services, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA and Cassendra A. Munro, MSN, RN, CNOR, Providence Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica, CA
The use of a comprehensive prevention program to reduce hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPU)
Tanya Martel, MS, RN, CWOCN, Nursing, Winchester Hospital, Winchester, MA
ODOR MANAGEMENT IN FUNGATING WOUDS WITH METRONIDAZOLE versus PHMB: DOUBLE-BLINDED, RANDOMIZED, CLINICAL TRIAL
Diana Villela-Castro, PhD, Continuing Education, AC Camargo Cancer Center, são paulo, Brazil and Vera Lúcia C. G. Santos, PhD, MSN, BSN, CWOCN, (TiSOBEST, -, Brazil), Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Seamless Negative Pressure Wound Therapy from OR to Discharge
Vicky Bryan, RN BSN CWON, wound, ostomy nursing acute care, Wellstar health system, Austell, GA
Design and Application of Pocket-type (Negative-Pressure) Wound Closure Device
Yu Chen, Wound Expert ICW, dressing room, The third people's hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, China
Efficacy Evaluation of Women's Urine Drainage Device in Patients with Urinary Incontinence Following Stroke
Dongmei Li, Danli Fu, Lanlan Chen, Yuting Han and Gengsheng Mao, General Hospital of Armed Police Forces, Beijing, China
Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers by Preventing Incontinence Associated Dermatitis
Cheryl Lillegraven, RN, MSN, Nursing, Unity Point Health, Des Moines, IA