Annual Conference Session Resources
Please note that all times are listed in Eastern Time and that the schedule is subject to change. Presentation slides, poster slides, handouts, resources, and pdfs are linked if presenters provided them and gave permission to share.
The following are the criteria to complete and earn NCPD contact hours successfully: participants must meet the following criteria:
- Attend the entire session.
- Complete the online poster and/or session evaluations.
View the Scheduled Contact Hours Breakdown Structure and table below for more detail on how the 23.5 total possible NCPD contact hours are counted. Conference Evaluations will close on Tuesday, June 30. Please complete and download your evaluation certificates before this date.
| Date/Time |
Activity |
NCPD Contact Hours Awarded |
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Monday, April 27
8:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
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Pre-Conference Workshops
2 Options Available (Pre-Registration Only)
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3.0 |
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Monday, April 27
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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First-Time Attendee Networking Session |
1.0 |
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Monday, April 27
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
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Full Conference Networking Session |
1.0 |
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Monday, April 27
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
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Opening Session: Empowered, Caring, and Engaged: A Roadmap for Today's Nursing Workforce |
1.0 |
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Monday, April 27
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Concurrent Sessions I |
1.0 |
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Monday, April 27
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
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Concurrent Sessions IIA |
0.5 |
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Monday, April 27
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Concurrent Sessions IIB |
0.5 |
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Tuesday, April 28
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
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Concurrent Sessions III |
1.0 |
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Tuesday, April 28
9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
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General Session: Q&A With Renee |
1.0 |
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Tuesday, April 28
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
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Concurrent Sessions IVA |
0.5 |
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Tuesday, April 28
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Concurrent Sessions IVB |
0.5 |
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Tuesday, April 28
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
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General Session — Poster Power Hour
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1.0 |
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Tuesday, April 28
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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Concurrent Sessions V |
1.0 |
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Tuesday, April 28
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
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Poster Session with Authors |
1.5 |
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Wednesday, April 29
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
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Concurrent Sessions VIA |
0.5 |
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Wednesday, April 29
8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
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Concurrent Sessions VIB |
0.5 |
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Wednesday, April 29
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
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Concurrent Sessions VII |
1.0 |
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Wednesday, April 29
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
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Concurrent Sessions VIII |
1.0 |
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Wednesday, April 29
12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
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Concurrent Sessions IXA |
0.5 |
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Wednesday, April 29
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
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Concurrent Sessions IXB |
0.5 |
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Wednesday, April 29
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
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Concurrent Sessions XA
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0.5 |
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Wednesday, April 29
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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Concurrent Sessions XB |
0.5 |
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Wednesday, April 29
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Closing Session: Leading Innovation: Navigating Nursing's Blockbuster Moment |
1.0 |
| Post-Conference Access to Posters |
PDFs of posters available below. Attendees must complete at least 25 poster evaluations to be awarded 4.0 NCPD contact hours. |
4.0 |
NCPD Contact Hour Breakdown:
- Pre-Conference Workshop – 3.0
- Conference Sessions - 17.5
- Virtual Posters – 4.0
Example NCPD Contact Hour Breakdown:
- Conference Sessions - 17.5
- Pre-Conference Workshop and Conference Sessions - 20.5
- Conference Sessions and Virtual Posters - 21.5
- Pre-Conference Workshop, Conference Sessions and Virtual Posters - 23.5
- Total Available - 23.5 NCPD Contact hours
Pre-Conference Workshops
Pre-Conference Session I: Implementing Social Determinants of Health in Hospital Systems
Pre-Conference Session II: Leading from the Bedside: Nursing Professional Governance, A New Mindset
General & Podium Presentations
Monday, April 27
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Opening Session
Empowered, Caring, and Engaged: A Roadmap for Today’s Nursing Workforce
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions I
Presenters: Kaitlin Pounders, MSN, RNC-NIC, C-ELBW, NEA-BC, CPPS; Karen Wilson, MSN, APRN, ACCNS-P, CPEN; Shannon Gyani, BSN, RN, CPEN; Alex Surgalski, BSN, RN, CCRN; Sarah Brennan, BSN, RN, CNML, CPN
Session Description: This session examines how intentional gamification through an Escape Room, compared with traditional PowerPoint teaching, improved engagement, competitiveness, and collaboration in implementing a new evidence-based peripheral IV guideline at a pediatric academic medical center. Results show 76% of participants prefer the gamified format to support hospital-wide practice change.
Session Track: Education
Presenters: Danielle Lindberg, MSN, RN, CPN; Sarah Kalina, DNP, RN, CPN
Session Description: Can multidisciplinary collaboration reduce moral distress in pediatric oncology nurses following patient deaths? Explore one hospital's journey in developing supportive strategies through a multidisciplinary team to help nurses process grief, build resilience, and navigate the ethical challenges of repeated loss in pediatric cancer care.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Gordon M. Gartrell, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, CCRN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN; Colbie Baird, BSN, RN, CCRN-P
Session Description: This session introduces PICU PALS as a peer mentorship program designed to support graduate nurses in the high-acuity pediatric critical-care setting. By pairing new nurses with trained peer mentors for non-evaluative emotional and professional support, the program significantly improved 12-month retention, reduced clinical anxiety, and fostered a more inclusive, supportive unit culture.
Session Track: Education
Presenters: Heather M. Kennedy, PhD, APRN, PCNS-BC, CNRN, CWOCN, CCRN-P
Session Description: This session will present research illustrating the impact of stress and social determinants of health risk on perceived social support for family caregivers of medically complex children. Learners will have the chance to brainstorm about how to pave a brighter future for these families by linking risks to feasible interventions.
Session Track: Research
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions IIA
Presenters: Bailey Fleming, BSN, RN, CPN; Ashley Kovacev, MSN, RN, CPN; Lori Hatcher, BSN, RN
Session Description: Discover how our pediatric medical center navigated the planning, implementation, and anticipated go-live of a Virtual Nursing (ViRN) program. Hear practical strategies, lessons learned, and key metrics as we share our journey to optimize nurse workflow, documentation, and family-centered care through virtual nursing innovation.
Session Track: Clinical Practice
Presenters: Nicole Claybon, MHA, BSN, RN, CPEN; Ashley Lee, BSN, RN
Session Description: Learn how a pediatric ED improved sickle cell pain management by reducing time-to-analgesia through direct rooming, a nurse-initiated verbal order set, and intranasal fentanyl for IV delays. This session shares workflow changes, measurable outcomes, and strategies to improve satisfaction, reduce admissions, and sustain timely, compassionate care.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Julie Ann Marshall, DNP, RN, CCM, CNE, PED-BC
Session Description: This DNP project implemented nurse-led bedside rounds (NLBR) on a pediatric unit to improve nurse self-efficacy and patient outcomes. Using evidence-based strategies and a collaborative framework, the intervention led to increased nurse confidence, enhanced family-centered care, and measurable improvements in safety, satisfaction, experience, and quality outcomes.
Session Track: Leadership & Management
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions IIB
Presenters: Catina Gordon-Oates, MSN, RN, BSBA, PED-BC, NE-BC; Courtney Vial, BSN, RN, NIC-BC
Session Description: This session will explore Operation CIAO - a structured model for twice daily huddles that drives innovation, improves access, strengthens team engagement, and enhances the patient experience through transparency and real-time decision-making. This session is geared towards nurse leaders, quality improvement professionals, and frontline clinicians who are focused on enhancing patient access, strengthening team-based care, and improving care connections across inpatient to ambulatory settings.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Wendy Benton, BSN, RN; Aubrey Blackburn, MSN, RN, CPHQ, CSSBB
Session Description: Learn how a large pediatric ED chart review revealed that one in four children meeting hypoglycemia criteria actually had pseudohypoglycemia. This session covers the impact of poor perfusion on glucose measurement accuracy, implications for reducing unnecessary interventions, and recommendations for updating clinical protocols in emergency pediatric care.
Session Track: Research
Presenters: Dr. Jordan M. Herring, DNP, RN, CPN; Dr. Kaitlin Bailey, DNP, RN
Session Description: This session presents a DNP-led project aimed at improving pediatric and women's care nurses' knowledge, skills, and confidence when caring for sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth. Attendees will gain inclusive communication strategies, explore implementation outcomes, and learn how nurse-led education can foster affirming, family-centered care across pediatric and women's health settings.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Tuesday, April 28
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions III
Presenters: Diana Lulgjuraj, PhD, RN, CPN; Lila Leu, BSN, RN
Session Description: Explore how a pediatric hospital used creative, low-cost teambuilding to address nurse incivility. This session shares findings from a 14-month study, highlighting the impact of nurse-led initiatives on workplace culture and civility. Walk away with practical strategies to foster respect, collaboration, and team cohesion across care settings.
Session Track: Research
Presenters: Masha Jiles, RN, BSN, CPN; Janess Martin, MSN, RN; Lauren Drake, BSN, RN, CPN; Brooke Callahan, RN, BSN, PED-BC
Session Description: Join the 2025 cohort of the SPN Leadership Skills Development Program as they showcase the projects they developed and implemented in their organizations as part of their program.
Session Track: Leadership & Management
Presenters: Diane Gillooly, DNP, APN, RN-BC; Daniela Moscarella, DNP, APN, CPNP-PC, CCRN-k
Session Description: Transform the large classroom into an interactive, high-energy learning environment! This session explores how gamification, through activities like clay modeling, bingo, role-play, and escape rooms, boosts engagement, bridges generational learning needs, and improves outcomes. Discover practical strategies to captivate Gen Z students while enhancing participation and satisfaction.
Session Track: Education
9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions IVA
Presenters: Chansey Pullen, BSN, RN; Lauren Kenny, CPNP-PC
Session Description: Pediatric chronic pain is a complex condition requiring a multidisciplinary approach as a more effective treatment than single-modality plans. Participants will learn combining coordinated care from diverse healthcare professionals, complementary therapies, and tailored lifestyle adjustments leads to greater pain relief, improved functioning, and enhanced quality of life.
Session Track: Clinical Practice
Presenters: Sarah McGraw, RN, DNP, FNP-C
Session Description: Pediatric nursing faculty utilized podcasting to reach Gen Z students. Hot topics, including vaccine hesitancy, social media and mental health, and child maltreatment, were covered in a 3-part series. Each episode featured a conversation with a clinical content expert. Following each episode, students participated in self-reflection and discussion.
Session Track: Education
Presenters: Julie Ann Marshall, DNP, RN, CCM, CNE, PED-BC
Session Description: Children and families state needle procedures as a source of pain and stress. This session focuses on the rollout of a needle pain mitigation bundle within a large freestanding children’s hospital enterprise. The bundle includes evidence-based interventions to decrease pain and distress during pediatric needle procedures.
Session Track: Evidence Based Practice
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions IVB
Presenters: Kristen Jackson, MSN, RN, CPN; Kristin Zick, MSN, RN
Session Description: When leaders listen to families, healing becomes a shared journey! Come and hear how nursing leaders improve caregiver satisfaction scores through intentional and consistent rounding with families, learn implementation strategies, and reflect on caregivers' need for great communication, teamwork, and validation by a leadership team.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Julie Gibbons, PhD, MSN, MPH, BSN, RN
Session Description: The presentation will include a review of the literature and guiding theoretical framework, results and implications for nursing practice and policy, discussion about confronting uncertainty around the school nurse role, reporting structures, and evidence-based guidelines to standardize expectations.
Session Track: Research
Presenters: Emily Park, BSN, RN CEN PEDS-BC; Hannah Folderauer, RN
Session Description: Explore how cross-training existing pediatric ED staff to provide structured, supportive care for psychiatric patients reduced boarding times, improved safety, and boosted staff confidence without adding new hires. Learn practical steps to enhance behavioral health care and ED flow using current resources.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
General Session — Poster Power Hour
Presenters: Jennifer Gadnai, MBA, BSN, RN; Celeste Calhoun, MSN, BSN, RN; Haley Bush, BSN, RN
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Susan Jarosz, BSN, RN, CCRN, CNPT; Talia Skinner, BSN, RN, CCRN; Sarah Tomlinson, BSN, RN, CPN, CPHON
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Katelyn Vogel, BSN, RN, CPN, CPHQ; Jessica Bordner, BSN, RN, RNC-NIC, LSSGB
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Kate Kreidermacher, BSN, RN, CLC; Jeffrey Timm, MS, RN, PHN, NPD-BC
Session Track: Clinical Practice
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions V
Presenters: Michelle High, MSN, RN, CNL, CPN
Session Description: Children assisted by invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) are medically complex, requiring continuous monitoring and skilled respiratory care. This research identifies the most common safety events reported by home nurses and highlights opportunities to reduce risks and address training gaps.
Session Track: Research
Presenters: Iva Ivanova, BSN RN; Hannah Reynardus, BRN RN CCRN
Session Description: Discover how clinical nurses are driving certification success through shared decision-making and front-line led initiatives that elevate professional practice and strengthen patient outcomes.
Session Track: Leadership & Management
Presenters: Paige Meyers, BSN, RN, CPN; Veronica S. Zielinski, MSN, RN, ACCNS-P, CPN
Session Description: This session describes how a pediatric neuroscience unit improved emergency preparedness through competitive skills training and high-fidelity simulations, enhancing confidence, teamwork, and early deterioration recognition.
Session Track: Education
Wednesday, April 29
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions VIA
Presenters: Gordon M. Gartrell, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, CCRN, CPEN, CEN, TCRN; Colbie Baird, BSN, RN, CCRN-P
Session Description: This session explores the impact of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) on healthcare staff well-being in a pediatric hospital. Findings revealed significant improvements in perceived anxiety and professional quality of life, particularly among nurses, supporting CISD as a valuable strategy to enhance staff support and retention in high-stress environments.
Session Track: Research
Presenters: Cherrylene Montano, BSN, MHA, CCRN, NE-BC, CENP; Caitlin Marion, DNP, MSN, RN, CPN, NPD-BC, CNE, CNEcl; Rachel Bostwick, BSN, RN
Session Description: This session will analyze how advanced stage skin injuries were reduced in the high-risk pediatric ECMO population through intentional rounding and education.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Allison Burgin, BSN, RN; Beverly Baugh, BSN, RNC-NIC
Session Description: Discover an ever-growing avenue of online, bedside education through a unit-specific website, allowing education to actually be in the patient room. This online platform provides an innovative strategy to better assure effective education and quality of care while increasing nursing autonomy, confidence, and resilience.
Session Track: Education
8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions VIB
Presenters: Lisa Myers, BSN, CPN; Michele Farley, MSN, NEA-BC, RNC-NIC
Session Description: Explore how transformational leadership and practical strategies empowered nightshift nurses, strengthened engagement, and improved safety and retention.
Session Track: Leadership & Management
Presenters: Katie Crowe, MSN, RN, CPN, PMH-BC, CNE
Session Description: Learn how one team streamlined NGT supply access, slashing retrieval time by 78% through centralization and workflow redesign, and how these strategies can be replicated.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Rebecca Kanaley, MS, RN, CPN, CNL; Hannah Thomas, MS, RN, PED-BC; Amy Scalise, MS, RN, PED-BC
Session Description: Pediatric procedures such as PIVs, NG tubes, and urinary catheterizations can be painful and distressing to children. A standardized guideline with three escalating levels, nonpharmacological support, targeted pain management, and anxiolysis, was developed. Standardized approaches reduce variability, increase use of newer agents, and improve caregiver satisfaction while minimizing patient distress.
Session Track: Clinical Practice
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions VII
Presenters: Catherine Julia Martinez, BSN, RN, CCRN; Samantha Koehler, BSN, RN, CPHON
Session Description: This session highlights a novel approach to providing bite-sized, simulation-based education for frontline staff during their shifts. Participants will learn how in situ simulation helps staff synthesize information, address knowledge gaps, and ensure safe, up-to-date patient care.
Session Track: Education
Presenters: Angie Rodick, BSN, RN, CPEN; Jennifer Vaughan, MSN, RN; Dr. Philip Ewing, MD
Session Description: Learn how a Provider in Triage (PIT) model reduced left without being seen rates, improved throughput, and enhanced patient experience in a high-volume pediatric emergency department.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Jennifer Lucke, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CPN, CCRN; Jennifer Darcy, PhD, RN, PNP-BC, CNE
Session Description: Discover how increasing research mentorship created expanded collaboration, dissemination, and development of clinical and leadership research tracks within a pediatric hospital.
Session Track: Leadership & Management
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions VIII
Presenters: Emma Catherine Rader, MSN, RN; Carynne Sutton, BSN, RN; Ella Payne, BSN, RN
Session Description: This session evaluates a quality improvement initiative aimed at reducing pediatric medication errors caused by inaccurate weight documentation through targeted education and workflow reminders.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Rose Anne Dela Cruz, MSN, RN, CPN; Gene Mae Estoya, BSN, RN, CPN
Session Description: Learn implementation tactics to improve newborn thermoregulation compliance through staff involvement, collaboration, and barrier reduction to enhance safety and outcomes.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Corrie Lussier, MSN, RN, CPN, CNE; Emily Wyatt, MEd, BSN, RN, CPN
Session Description: Learn how development of a CLABSI Pre-Swarm process achieved a 100% reduction in CLABSI rates through multidisciplinary collaboration and workflow redesign.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Amy Wallace, BSN, RN, CPN
Session Description: Discover how a nursing Quality Practice Council partnered with pharmacy to reduce patient wait times through workflow changes, improving efficiency, communication, and satisfaction.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
12:45 p.M. - 1:15 p.M.
Concurrent Sessions IXA
Presenters: Laura Pickford, MSN, RN CPN
Session Description: An effective hands-on training program on political advocacy improved nurses political astuteness and created a taskforce of nurses that can champion public policy change to advocate for improving patient outcomes and the advancement of the nursing profession.
Session Track: Advocacy
Presenters: Lyndsay Jerusha MacKay, PhD, MSN, RN
Session Description: Explore how parents of medically fragile infants build trust with nurses and why this trust is essential for Family-Centered Care. Learn eight practical strategies to strengthen nurse-parent partnerships, reduce parental stress, and support optimal outcomes for infants and families in pediatric inpatient settings.
Session Track: Research
Presenters: Astrid Sobotka, MSNL, BSN, RN, LSSGB; Denise Brown, MS, BSN, RN, CPN
Session Description: Learn about the journey a pediatric hospital took to reduce ED-to-Inpatient transfer times. Times went from a baseline of 79 to under 60 minutes through nurse collaboration, persistence, and shared ownership. Currently times have been below goal for the last eight months.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions IXB
Presenters: Krista Westbrook, MSN, RN, CPN
Session Description: Pediatric nurse residents face high stress and low resilience, risking burnout and attrition. Educators worked with new graduate nurses in both the critical care and acute care float pools to develop a tool to encourage peer-led discussions on resilience. The conversations challenged residents to reflect on their personal beliefs about resilience and to share the coping strategies they use during their shifts. Positive pickles, pickle-shaped cards of affirmations, help to drive these conversations.
Session Track: Leadership & Management
Presenters: Kristi Booker, MSN, RN
Session Description: An ambulatory pediatric dialysis center identified effective and novel methods to reduce hyperphosphatemia in patients receiving hemodialysis.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Suzanne Monteleone, DNP, RN, RNC-NIC, NPD-BC, CNE; Alison Beach, MSN, RN, CCRN, NPD-BC
Session Description: New graduate nurses in pediatric med-surg units often struggle during the transition to specialty practice. This session details a comprehensive, individualized orientation program featuring needs assessments, extended preceptorship, and high-fidelity, end of orientation simulation. Discover how this approach significantly boosted new graduate confidence and retention, fostering a brighter future for pediatric nursing.
Session Track: Education
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions XA
Presenters: Kristen Overton, MSN, CPN; Carol Ortega, BSN, RN, CO; Kimberly Harris-Eaton, MSN, PMGT-C
Session Description: This session explores the often-overlooked experiences of siblings of children with chronic pain. Using qualitative methods, we explore how siblings are impacted and highlight implications for family-centered pediatric care. Attendees will receive insight to guide more inclusive approaches in research and clinical practice.
Session Track: Research
Presenters: Melisa Evangelista, MSN, RN, CPN; Blandine Alexandre, MSN, RN, CPHON
Session Description: Pediatric inpatient falls are a critical safety concern. Discover how the 'Rock Your Socks, Not Your Crocs' initiative transformed fall prevention by targeting footwear. This session reveals how a targeted Crocs restriction, paired with patient education and family engagement, achieved hospital-wide fall reduction, offering actionable strategies for pediatric nurses.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Session XB
Presenters: Katheryne Tifuh Amba, PhD, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN; Lynne Sekarski, MSN, RN, CPN; Jill Jackson, BSN, RN
Session Description: Are you providing culturally competent care? This session describes our research investigating nurses' perceptions in caring for patients with diverse hair types. Every patient deserves access to appropriate hair care while hospitalized. Join us in this session to appreciate how we created a bright future by implementing equitable hair care.
Session Track: Research
Presenters: Grace Alden, MSN, RN; Megan Mendiola, BSN, RN
Session Description: Clinical decompensation presents differently for medically complex pediatric patients. In post-acute care facilities, late recognition of decompensation results in emergent transfer of the patient to a higher level of care. Using an interdisciplinary team approach, the Pediatric Early Warning Sign (PEWS) tool was customized for medically complex pediatric patients in post-acute care. The result has been a reduction in the transfer of patient care, enabled by early recognition of clinical decompensation.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
Presenters: Ashley Owens, MSN-ED, RN, CPN, CNE; Trisha Stockton, MSN, RN, CNRN, CPN, PHN
Session Description: This presentation will highlight the development, implementation, and management of a novel approach to on-shift peer-led education that focuses on hands-on skills, while meeting budgetary constraints. Our education model will be discussed, as well as our methods for identifying topics and gathering learner feedback.
Session Track: Education
Presenters: Lindsey Rowe, MSN, RN, CCRN; Sarah Clarkson, MSN, RN, CPN
Session Description: Pediatric cardiac arrests are rare but critical events, even in intensive care units. When every second counts, high-quality CPR can mean the difference between life and death. In this session, learn how one PICU keeps its team prepared for these high-stakes emergencies through regular, hands-on CPR practice sessions.
Session Track: Quality Improvement
3:45 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
CLOSING SESSION
Leading Innovation: Navigating Nursing’s Blockbuster Moment
Poster Presentations
Please note that posters will be shared on Tuesday, April 28, from 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. in the Poster Hall.
All Posters + Numbers
| A-1 |
Small Change, Big Impact: Post Anesthesia Care of Pediatric Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Patients |
| CP-2 |
A Nurse-Led Review of Pediatric Bariatric Program Impact, Coordination, and Patient Success |
| CP-4 |
Improving Outcomes Through Skin-to-Skin Care in a Level IIIB Neonatal ICU |
| CP-5 |
Improving Practice Efficiency: Central Line Connector Changes in the PICU |
| CP-6 |
Neonatal Hypoglycemia in Response to Perinatal Stress |
| CP-7 |
Nurse Motivated Debriefing Project to Encourage Resiliency |
| CP-3 |
Pixie Dust and Practice: CNS-Led Innovations Shaping Pediatric Excellence |
| CP-1 |
Supporting Sensory Needs: Practical Strategies for Everyday Clinic Use |
| E-1 |
Advancing Pediatric New Graduate Nurse Certification Understanding and Interest |
| E-2 |
Building Confidence and Competence: Pediatric Early Immersion Tracks for Nursing Students |
| E-4 |
Educating RNs to provide Care for Patients Receiving ECMO |
| E-5 |
Enhancing Bedside Nursing Practice Through Micro-learning: Implementation of the PICU Learning Lab |
| E-6 |
Escaping Traditional Teaching: An Interactive Approach to Oncology Nursing Education |
| E-7 |
From Curiosity to Confidence: A Staff-Driven Just-in-Time Education Model |
| E-15 |
Gamified Approach to 15-Lead EKG Training for Unlicensed Staff |
| E-16 |
Gift of Life: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Pediatric Heart Transplant Education |
| E-14 |
Improving RN Performance and Confidence in Codes through Gamification |
| E-8 |
Knowledge is Care: Supporting Our Community's Autistic Children Through Pediatric Nurse Education |
| E-9 |
Level Up: Standardizing Nurse Onboarding Using the Tiered Skills Acquisition Model (TSAM) |
| E-10 |
Pediatric Nurses on the Pathway to Prosper |
| E-13 |
Shining a Light on BSN Student Knowledge of Pediatric Oral Health using Interprofessional Education |
| E-11 |
Short Time, Lasting Impact: Teaching Pediatric End-of-Life Care in One Day |
| E-17 |
Training Today, Curing Tomorrow: How a specialized track empowers nurses and uplifts young warriors |
| EBP-1 |
Adherence to Oral Chemotherapy in Pediatric Oncology: A Scoping Review of Challenges and Strategies |
| EBP-15 |
Boosting Pediatric Lead Screening |
| EBP-14 |
BRIDGE to Better Delegation: Building Respect, Trust, and Teamwork in Pediatric Nursing |
| EBP-2 |
Delirium Dilemma: Objective Identification of Emergence Delirium for Perioperative Nurses |
| EBP-13 |
Empowering Nurses: A Training Initiative on Essential Oils for Pediatric Neurosurgery Patients |
| EBP-6 |
Implementation of Mental Health Screenings in a Pediatric Sports Medicine Clinic |
| EBP-7 |
Improving Continuity of Asthma Management in the Pediatric Emergency Department and Pediatric Unit |
| EBP-9 |
Staying Alive: A Pediatric Simulation Course Focused on Pediatric Advanced Life Support Algorithms |
| EBP-10 |
Taking the Score to the Floor: Enhancing Respiratory Assessment in Real Time |
| EBP-4 |
The EFFECTS OF VIRTUAL REALITY ON ANXIETY IN PEDIATRIC PERIOPERATIVE PATIENTS |
| EBP-11 |
Tiny Steps, Big Confidence: Boosting Caregiver Assurance Through Interaction in the NICU and PICU |
| LM-9 |
Beyond Burnout: Integrating Nurse Coaching to Improve Retention in the PICU |
| LM-2 |
Elevating Nursing Innovation: Merging Professional Governance Councils for Momentum |
| LM-3 |
Empowering Teams: A Leadership Initiative to Improve Emergency Response in Pediatric Ambulatory Care |
| LM-5 |
Navigating with Care: Enhancing Patient Safety Through a Dedicated Radiology Transport Nurse Team |
| LM-4 |
Ambulatory Professional Governance |
| LM-8 |
Report Card Feedback After a Hospital Move |
| LM-1 |
Discharge rounding |
| QI-5 |
Big Feelings, Gentle Care: Reducing Nurses' Fear of Incivility in Pediatric Escalations |
| QI-6 |
Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Pediatric Code Blue Response Through In-Situ Simulation Training |
| QI-37 |
Building a Safer Tomorrow: Reducing HACs in the Pediatric ICU |
| QI-39 |
Decreasing Advanced Stage Pressure Injuries Through Intentional Rounding and Education |
| QI-9 |
Defining Complexity, Unlocking Capacity: A Framework for Children with Medical Needs |
| QI-34 |
Defying Gravity: Fall Prevention |
| QI-10 |
ERAS Protocol in the PAO patient: Transitioning to a Satellite Setting |
| QI-44 |
Feeding the Heart: Improving Human Milk Use by Discharge |
| QI-11 |
From Good to Great: A Feedback-Driven Project to Strengthen Patient Experience |
| QI-12 |
Go with SOAP: An Emergency Travel Equipment Standardization Tool for Patient Safety |
| QI-35 |
Got Milk? Increasing EBM Scanning Compliance with Nursing-Led Initiatives |
| QI-13 |
Hands-On, Minds-On: Transforming NICU Nursing Education with Skills Stations |
| QI-14 |
Improving Compliance Emptying Locked Medication Drawers in Patient Rooms at the Time of Discharge |
| QI-4 |
Improving Nurse Knowledge of MRI Safety through Interdisciplinary Education and Real-Time Rounding |
| QI-16 |
Improving patient confidence and trust in nursing in ambulatory care |
| QI-18 |
Minutes Matter: Enhancing Patient Flow from ED to Inpatient with Digital Handoff |
| QI-42 |
Optimized Recovery Initiative: Minimizing Stay Without Compromising Safety |
| QI-19 |
Project V.O.I.C.E - Valuing Opportunities for Inclusive Communication Excellence |
| QI-36 |
Ready-Set-Go: A family-centered approach to decrease discharge turnaround time |
| QI-22 |
Reducing Respiratory Device-Related Pressure Injuries through Interdisciplinary Skin Assessments |
| QI-33 |
Reducing Unplanned Extubations Through Employee Engagement and Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration |
| QI-23 |
Right Time, Right Patient, Right Priority: Boosting Triage Accuracy in Novice Nurses |
| QI-25 |
Shorter Stays, Collaborative Care: Tackling Bronchiolitis Together |
| QI-27 |
The Bare Necessities: Streamlining Central Line Care with a Quality Cart |
| QI-28 |
The Parent Perspective: Enhancing Trauma-Informed Care by Including Caregivers in Staff Education |
| QI-29 |
There Is No "I" in Our Team Model of Care |
| QI-30 |
Vital Sign Documentation Quality Improvement Project |
| QI-38 |
Vital Signs are VITAL: Identifying Frequency and Barriers of Missed Vital Signs |
| QI-31 |
Washing away C. diff: Improving Compliance Through Education and Hygiene in a Pediatric BMT Unit |
| QI-43 |
What the HAC? Using Nurse Leader Rounding to Attack Pediatric HACs |
| R-4 |
Balancing Books and Blood Glucose: School Stressors and Type 1 Diabetes Management |
| R-2 |
Nurses Weigh In: Is AI the New Best Friend for Clinical Summaries? |
| R-3 |
Supporting Frontline Clinicians: Insights from the LEAP Program Evaluation |
| QI-2 |
Brighter Futures: Advancing Pediatric Sepsis Care Through Bundle Compliance |
| QI-8 |
Caring Through Play: Impact of a Teddy Bear Hospital on Children's Hospital Preparedness and Anxiety |
| QI-3 |
Improving Safety in Pediatric Behavioral Health: A Virtual Simulation Approach in the ICU |
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