Annual Conference Learning Objectives 

Please note that all times are listed in Mountain Time and that the schedule is subject to change. Presentation and poster pdfs are linked if presenters provided them and gave permission to share. Steps to complete your session evaluations can be found here: https://spn.memberclicks.net/steps-to-complete-your-evaluations.

View the Scheduled Contact Hours Breakdown Structure for more detail on how the 24.75 total possible NCPD contact hours are counted.

Wednesday, April 17 | Thursday, April 18 | Friday, April 19 | Posters

General & Podium Presentations

Wednesday, April 17

GENERAL SESSION

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
A Nursing Renaissance™: The Dawn of a New Era  

  • Donna Cardillo, MA, RN CSP, FAAN
  • Join The Inspiration Nurse for this transformational program where she shares a roadmap for a bright and hopeful future for nursing. Donna will outline the amazing opportunities before us to create a new paradigm that will empower, enlighten, and elevate the profession to new heights. With her customary humor, animated style, and forward vision, Donna will uplift and energize to illuminate a new path for all to follow.

2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions I

Blazing the Sepsis Trail from Paper to Modern Technology
  • Session Track: Information Technology
  • Stephanie M. Lavin, MSN, RN, CPN, CPPS, LSS
  • Presenters will share various technology features and enhancements for implementing a sepsis screening tool.  The result of the technology enhancements revealed improved patient safety, nursing workflow, and patient outcomes resulting in lives saved from sepsis.
  • 1.0 contact hour

Call Me Beep Me If You Want to Reach Me!

  • Session Track: Quality Improvement (QI)
  • Angela Emanuel, BSN, RN, CCRN and Heidi Salyer, MSN, RN, CNRN
  • Join this session to learn about the implementation of a freestanding Rapid Response Team and how it has decreased the rate of emergency transfers!
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout
Driving Team Member Engagement Through Competition
  • Session Track: Leadership and Management
  • Kendel Richards, BSN, RN and Leslie Huntington, MSN, MBA, RN, CPN
  • In order to combat rising HAC rates on a patient unit, the unit adopted a competition-based strategy that led to outstanding results. Learn how to use this innovative approach to engage staff, improve accountability,  patient outcomes and have fun while doing it!
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout
Heart to Heart:  A Multifaceted Educational Approach
  • Session Track: Education
  • Sharon Norman, DNP, RN, CNS, CCRN-K and Marissa Recht, MSN, RN, CCRN
  • Transform your didactic content using an innovative approach to deliver education. A multifaceted approach employs active learning strategies, such as problem-based learning, peer mentorship, simulation, and development of clinical reasoning and judgment. Active learning will increase staff engagement while improving patient safety.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions II

Analyzing the Effect of Simulation on Emergency Nursing Education Outcomes: Mass Transfusion Protocol (MTP) and Rapid Infusion Methods
  • Session Track: Education
  • Macy Ackermann, MSN, RN, NPD-BC and Kristin Rollins, BSN, RN, CPEN
  • Participants can expect to learn how nurse-led initiatives using quality improvement methodology reduced adverse drug events at a large tertiary pediatric hospital. Leveraging the unique perspective of bedside nurses can successfully change nursing medication administration practices and behaviors.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout
Improving the Self-Efficacy of Caregivers of Children with Seizures Using Simulation and Evidence-Based Practice
  • Session Track: Evidence-based Practice (EBP)
  • Malorie Brooks, MSN, RN, CPN, CHSE and Natalie Palau, MSN, RN
  • This session focuses on how an interdepartmental nursing team collaborated to implement an evidence-based practice change to improve the self-efficacy of caregivers of children with seizures. The evidence-based intervention included the use of a patient-specific seizure rescue simulation. Caregivers who completed the training reported a significant increase in their perceived self-efficacy to care for their child.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout
Pediatric ICU Safety Rounds: Blazing the Trail Back to High-Quality Patient Care 
  • Session Track: Quality Improvement (QI)
  • Cammie Larson, MSN, RN, CCRN
  • Join this session to learn the steps of implementing weekly multidisciplinary safety rounding at the bedside to prevent harm to patients and correct practice drift in real-time.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout 1
  • Session Handout 2
There's More to Nosebleeds-Think HHT 
  • Session Track: Clinical Practice
  • Lynne Sekarski, MSN, RN, CPN
  • Have you ever heard of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, (HHT)? Children are vulnerable to late or missed diagnosis due to lack of knowledge of symptoms by families and healthcare professionals. Knowledge is power! Join us as we discuss HHT in pediatric patients.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout

Thursday, April 18

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions III

Improved Baseline Knowledge After Development And Implementation Of A Pediatric Nursing Assessment-Based Certificate Program
  • Session Track: Education
  • Amy Donegan, MS, RN, CPNP-PC
  • The Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Nurses (APGNN) set out to develop a certificate program to further the education of its members. Through partnering with the Society of Pediatric Nurses (SPN), APGNN established the first ever "Pediatric Gastroenterology Nursing Assessment-Based Certificate Program" focused on providing fundamental, foundational education for pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition. This session will describe the process of developing a subspecialty-specific certificate program to be used for nurse onboarding and ongoing education.
  • 1.0 contact hour
Participatory Approach Research Projects: What is Participation?
  • Session Track: Research
  • Catherine Vandemeulebroocke, RN, M.Sc, PhD(c), Celine Perrey Student in psychoeducation and Vicky Lafantaisie PhD, psychoeducation
  • Join this session to learn about participatory research projects and how to conduct projects using this approach by presenting a scoping review aiming to identify projects that use participatory approach with children between 0 and 12 years old.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout
A Nursing Led Quality Improvement Approach to Reduce Pediatric Adverse Drug Events: Using a Nursing Medication Safety Council and I've Got Your Back Campaign to Change Nursing Medication Administration Practices and Behaviors.
  • Session Track: Quality Improvement
  • Melissa Ruffini, BSN, RN, CPN, Latieia Key MSN, RN, CCRN-K, CPPS and Brennan Lewis, DNP, APRN, PCNS-BC, NEA-BC
  • Participants can expect to learn how nurse-led initiatives using quality improvement methodology reduced adverse drug events at a large, tertiary pediatric hospital. Leveraging the unique perspective of bedside nurses can successfully change nursing medication administration practices and behaviors.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout
Improving Access to Care by Meeting Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers Where They Are through Remote Patient Monitoring
  • Session Track: Clinical Practice
  • Kylee Denker, MSN, RN, CPN and Haley Edwards, MSN, RN, CPN
  • Harnessing technology, utilizing talents of a centralized nursing team, and enabling coordination of care across the institution is a dream combination for increasing access to top tier pediatric care. Come hear how how an organization did that with the remote patient monitoring across 11 different divisions with 21 unique programs which led to increased satisfaction and decreased utilization.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout 1
  • Session Handout 2

9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

General Session

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION IN NURSING… IT’S A JOURNEY NOT A SPRINT.

  • DeAnna Hawkins DNP, RN, NEA- BC
  • Workforce diversity is a contemporary and relevant issue the nursing profession is grappling with regardless of role or practice setting. By 2045, it is projected the minority population will be the majority. This presentation will discuss an organizational nursing journey to attain and retain underrepresented groups and positively impact culture.

10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions IV.A

Right Care, Right Time, Right Setting: Providing Access to Care through the Implementation of a Statewide School-Based Telehealth Program

  • Session Track: Clinical Practice
  • Anne A. Norwood, Ph.D., FNP-BC and Tearsanee Carlisle Davis, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP
  • How do you reach the youngest patients in both urban and rural areas of your state who experience health disparity and inequity? After careful planning, collaboration, creativity and thinking out of the box, a state-wide school-based telehealth program was the answer. This is the first time in the United States that telehealth has been implemented on a state-wide level, and it was done in less than a year's time. Come listen to our success stories and plans for the future.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout

Nurses' Lived Experiences of Caring for Victims of Child Maltreatment

  • Session Track: Research
  • Angela Karakachian, PhD, RN and Gretchen S. Goldman, MSN,RN
  • The presenters will share the finding of study of the about pediatric nurses' lived experiences (needs, challenges, and emotions) as they care for victims of child maltreatment and actions needed to improve pediatric nurses' experiences of caring for victims of child maltreatment.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout

Enhancing Healthcare Collaboration and Patient Care: A Physician and Nurse Shadowing Program 

  • Session Track: Leadership and Management
  • Amy Goldberg, RN, MSN, NE-BC, CPNP, CPN, CNS
  • Learn how this organization developed a Resident and RN shadowing pilot to improve employee engagement, specifically interprofessional relationships on the medical-surgical pediatric unit within the 266-bed non-profit combination academic/community hospital.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout

Implementation and Validation of the DASA-YV to Assess Aggressive Behaviors in Pediatric Acute Care and Ambulatory Settings

  •  Session Track: Research
  • Grace Sund, MSN, RN, CPNP, CPHON, CNS
  • Join this session to learn about this research study and validating the use of the Dynamic Appraisal of Situational Aggression Youth Version (DASA-YV) tool in inpatient and ambulatory settings.  The researchers hope to publish the outcomes so other pediatric areas can confidently adopt and implement this evidence-based tool to assess for the risk of aggressive behavior.
  • 1.0 contact hour

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions IV.B

Is the Buzzy® Buzz-Worthy?: A Quasi-Experimental Study on Decreasing Needle-Related Pain in Children

  • Session Track: Research
  • Diana Lulgjuraj, PhD, RN, CPN and Christina Lombardo, BSN, RN
  • Come meet Buzzy the Bee and make needles pain-free! Join us as we discuss how one children's hospital utilized best practice to foster better patient outcomes. This presentation discusses the implementation and effectiveness of the Buzzy® in decreasing children's pain and parent's perceived pain during needle-related procedures.
  • 1.0 contact hour

Commit to Connect via Evidence-Based Practice: Connecting the Dots between Caregivers and Staff during Bedside Report Using a Therapeutic Communication Tool

  • Session Track: Evidence Based Practice (EBP)
  • Jannell Mateo, BSN, RN, Ashley Wymer BSN, RN
  • This interactive session will include  the process of an evidence-based practice project that included a comprehensive literature review leading to the development, implementation, and evaluation of a bedside therapeutic communication tool to decrease miscommunication between patients and caregivers.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout 1
  • Session Handout 2


Peer-to-Peer Support Training: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Traumatic Stress and Suicide Prevention

  • Session Track: Leadership and Management
  • Jennifer Horn, MSN, RN, CPN, CPPS, Amanda Payne Lindsay, M.Div and Catie Beasley, MA, CPPS
  • The session will detail how one pediatric medical center implemented Peer Support program to promote staff resiliency and help manage responses to adverse events, post-traumatic stress, moral distress, burnout, and suicidal ideation. This session will utilize didactic education as well a small group activities to practice listening and communication skills.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout 1
  • Session Handout 2


Pediatric Content Reviews Reimagined: Providing Learners with an Immersive Review Experience

  • Session Track: Education
  • Rebecca N. Weston, Ed.D, MSN, RN, CNE and Ann Hoffman, DNP, RN, CPN, CNE
  • This session will explore a reimagined pediatric content review session. It will provide attendees with strategies and pediatric content that will keep their learners engaged and actively participating. Attendees will leave with practical tools to enhance pediatric health knowledge, encouraging competent and compassionate nurses in the care of pediatric patients.
  • 1.0 contact hour

1:45 P.M. - 3:15 P.M.
General SESSION

Hot Topics With SPN Past Presidents

  • LaDonna Kay Northington, DNS, RN-BC, Michele Habich, DNP, APN/CNS, CPN, Debra Arnow, DNP, RN, NE-BC, Lynn Mohr, PhD, APRN, PCNS-BC, CPN, FCNS and Vicky Bowden, DNSc, RN

  • This interactive session will provide participants with an opportunity to gain insights from their peers on pressing issues and collaborate on effective strategies for addressing key challenges in pediatric healthcare across the United States.

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions V

Empower Unit Council Leaders to Engage “All” Nurses in Professional Governance

  • Session Track: Leadership and Management
  • Misty Daugherty, BSN, RN, CPHQ
  • Come learn how unit councils chairs utilized the results from a council health tool  to create a 3-month pilot to increase awareness of the unit council and pathways for all nurses to participate in the unit council.  The presenters will  share the impressive results and future plans.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout

Decreasing Alarm Fatigue: Modifying a Children’s Hospital Early Warning Score (CHEWS) Escalation Algorithm

  • Session Track: Quality Improvement (QI)
  • Kelly Perez, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, Jessica Panice, MSN, APRN, PCNS-BC and Kelly Pujo, MSN, RN, CPN
  • Join this session to gain an understanding of how a children's hospital implemented a quality improvement project to adapt their CHEWS escalation algorithm to decrease alarm fatigue, empower nurses, and allocate resources.
  • 1.0 contact hour

Breaking Silos: The Marriage of Critical Care and Emergency Nursing

  • Session Track: Education
  • Jennifer Lucke, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CPN, CCRN, Laura LaMaina, MSN, RN, CPEN, TCRN and
  • Learn about this organization's  blended approach to ensure a higher quality of care, and appreciation for varied expertise which enhances the safety of patients and nurses. To optimize organizational performance and provide a harm-free environment, this institution developed an educational program that mirrors a patients journey in a hospital for novice nurses. 
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout

Slow Your Roll: Reducing Traumatic Stress in Pediatric Short Stay Procedures Through Patient Screening and Staff Education.

  • Session Track: Clinical Practice 
  • Cristina Chandri, MS, CCLS and Lisa Walker-Vischer RN, DNP, CNS, CCRN
  • Often signs that a patient is emotionally struggling are missed by the busy healthcare team. This presentation will describe the journey in training nursing staff to reduce traumatic stress and increase patient coping in the hospital.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout

Friday, April 19

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions VI

"I Feel Hopeful": Workforce and Leadership Initiatives to Support Pediatric Nurses

  • Session Track: Leadership and Management
  • Susan P. Andrews DNP, RN, CNE, CPN
  • The presenters will share how when challenged to  develop and sustain a highly qualified pediatric nurse workforce, efforts were made to examine issues and create solutions: a survey quantifying pain points including burnout, racism, and the pandemic's impact; and a guided circles mentoring program to elevate nurse leadership skills.
  • 1.0 contact hour

Ready for Action: A National Study of Pediatric Nurses' Attitudes and Beliefs About Weight Stigma

  • Session Track: Research
  • Samantha Turner PhD, RN, CPN
  • This session will define and identify healthcare-based weight stigma and its consequences. Provide insight into the components of a weight stigma reduction initiative and ways to mitigate implicit biases
  • 1.0 contact hour

Utilizing Electronic Health Record 'Playground' for Developing High-Risk, Low-Volume Competency During Orientation

  • Session Track: Education   
  • Ashley Sewell, BSN, RN, CPN, Alyssa Welford, MSN, RN, CPN and Katie Dachniwsky BSN, RN, CPN
  • New hire orientation is a complex and pivotal process for staff. Join this session to discover how developing simulation-based experiences with electronic health record integration for high-risk, low-volume skills can impact orientation efficiencies, staff confidence, and patient outcomes.
  • 1.0 contact hour

Got Milk? Implementing a Breastfeeding Bundle: Empowering Staff to Support Nursing Mothers

  • Session Track: Clinical Practice
  • Krystle Britton, BSN, CPN, PHN, RN, Jane Hong, MSN, RN, FNP-C and Joshua Yap MSN, RN-BC, FNP-C, NE-BC
  • During this session, the presenters will discuss strategies to empower hospital staff in supporting nursing mothers during their hospitalization. They will be presenting a breastfeeding bundle that can be used to aid in this process.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout

9:15 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
GENERAL SESSION

Emotional Safety in Pediatrics 

  • Barbara Romito, MA, CCLS
  • Emotional safety is the intentional, interdisciplinary practice to promote resiliency, healing, and trust for pediatric patients and their families during medical experiences (www.emotionalsafety.org).This presentation will review the tenets of emotional safety and the creation and operationalization of an emotional harm scale incorporated into the hospital’s safety event reporting and classification process.
  • General Session Handout

10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions VII

Leading for Engagement: Nurse Manager Mindfulness Creates a Resilient Team

  • Session Track: Leadership and Management
  • Ashley Chreene, MSN, RN and Seraphie Hammond, BSN, RN
  • Learn how this leadership team during unprecedented times, accomplished the highest staff satisfaction rates within the hospital. Learn how they adapted their communication, and adopted new engagement strategies amidst a global pandemic, varying hospital census, mandatory overtime, increased call requirements for managers, total unit renovation and construction, vaccine mandates, and transitioning into a COVID unit.
  • 1.0 contact hour

Utilization of On Demand Interpretation Application via Handheld Clinical Devices to Improve Quick Access to Interpretation Services and Increase Satisfaction

  • Session Track: Quality Improvement (QI)
  • Caitlin Roush, BSN, RN, CPN, Misty Daugherty, BSN, RN, CPHQ, and Christina Smith BSN, RN, CPN, CPPS
  • This session will review the implementation of a language access application on handheld clinical devices, in order to improve the availability of interpretation services, increase staff satisfaction, and provide equitable health care. A pilot study will be examined, barriers discussed, methods reviewed, and analytical data will be provided.
  • 1.0 contact hour

Introducing an Educator's Guide to Pediatric Nursing Career Pathways

  • Session Track: Education
  • Lori Anne Boocks and Tomika Harris DNP, RN, CPNP-PC
  • Wondering how to attract a strong pipeline of undergraduate nursing students to pediatrics? How toe retain them once they have chosen pediatrics? This session will present  a new career pathway toolkit to engage students, demonstrate the value of pediatric nursing roles, and explore leadership at the beside and beyond.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout

Developing an Adolescent Suboxone Induction Program in a General Inpatient Pediatric Unit: Getting Buy in from the Staff and the Role of the CNS in Program Development

  • Session Track: Clinical Practice
  • Lisa Walker-Vischer RN, DNP, CNS, CCRN
  • Learn the process of how  one  organization  developed a Suboxone induction program for adolescents in a general pediatric unit with a focus of buy in from the staff and the role of the pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist.
  • 1.0 contact hour

1:00 p.M. - 2:00 p.M.
GENERAL SESSIONs

What’s New In SPN:

Part One: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: A Call for Action Within the Society of Pediatric Nurses

  • Asma Taha PhD, RN, CPNP-PC/AC, PCNS-BC and Jennifer Stephen, PhD, RN, CPN

  • We invite you to join us as we lend our ears to an SPN committee leader and an SPN task force leader as they reflect on the achievements of their committees. Together, we can review past accomplishments and shift our gaze toward the future.

  • General Session Handout

Part Two: Safe Staffing: New Minimum Staffing Recommendations

  •  Kathy Van Allen, MSN, RN, CPN and Jennifer Baird, PHD, MPH, MSW, RN, CPN
  • Pediatric nurses are essential to the successful delivery of safe, high quality, culturally humble, patient and family centered care that supports emotional safety, health, and development. Learn about SPN’s revised Safe Staffing Position Statement and our new minimum staffing recommendations.
 

2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions VIII.A 

Setting the Path: Preceptors Standardize Best Practices

  • Session Track: Clinical Practice
  • Annie Tolliver, MSN, RN, CPN and Lauren Kellum, BSN, RN
  • This session will provide strategies to empower preceptors to own their nursing practice by evaluating practices being taught across a healthcare system, identifying the gaps, and creating the tools to teach, model, and implement best practice.
  • 1.0 contact hour
  • Session Handout 1
  • Session Handout 2

The Critical Journey, A Discussion on Pediatric Critical Care Float Pool Orientation and Post-Covid Staffing

  • Session Track: Leadership and Management
  • Krista Westbrook, MSN, RN, CPN and Brittany Julsaint, MSN, RN, CCRN
  • Please join this session for a robust discussion about increasing the size of a critical care float pool team, the journey through orientation, and how engagement can improve a float pool teams success.
  • 1.0 contact hour


From Project to Publication: Empowering Pediatric Nurses to Disseminate Research Findings

  • Session Track: Education
  • Jennifer Barrows, PhD, RN, Jennifer Hayakawa, DNP, CNS, CNRN, CCRN-K and Danielle Sarik, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC
  • This session will outline a novel approach to mentoring nurse writers including specific learning objectives and strategies that contributed to their success. Learn how two pediatric healthcare organizations collaborated to develop writing workshops for novice nurse authors that helped them to advance their research from project to publication.
  • 1.0 contact hour

Stop the Drop: Preventing Newborn Falls Through the Implementation of a Baby Drop Bundle

  • Session Track: Quality Improvement (QI)
  • Ashley Owens, RN, BSN, CPN
  • This session aims to raise awareness about preventing accidental baby falls, facilitate discussions on crucial safety measures, provide a comprehensive understanding of the significance of preventing newborn falls within a children's hospital setting, and explore the role of a specialized baby drop bundle in enhancing patient safety.
  • Session Handout

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions VIII.B

From Pushing to Pulling: Implementing a House-wide Pull Process for Admissions and Transfers
  • Session Track: Quality Improvement
  • Sarah Hedberg, RN, BSN, MA, CPN and Kristen Gamboa, RN, BSN, CPN
  • Gain valuable knowledge on reducing handoff failures and enhancing care transitions. Discover key insights, lessons learned, and strategies to improve patient outcomes and safety. This session shares the journey of implementing a hospital-wide pull process for handoff communication.
  • 1.0 contact hour
Overcoming Obstacles to Certification through a Solution-Oriented Gamified Campaign
  • Session Track: Leadership and Management
  • Priya Meyer, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, PCNS-BC, Mariana Orozco, MBA and Jennifer Baird, PhD, MPH, MSW, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, CPN
  • Learn how how one hospital used a gamified, solution-oriented approach to successfully motivate nurses to pursue specialty certification.
  • 1.0 contact hour
Creating an Educational Bundle for Proficiency in Pediatric Assessment.
  • Session Track: Education
  • Ann Hoffman DNP, RN, CPN, CNE and Rebecca Weston Ed.D, MSN, RN, CNE
  • Join these presenters as they introduce a Pediatric Assessment bundle that includes didactic education, interactive technology and simulated practice for nursing students and entry into practice nurses. Learn how this educational tool enhances traditional nursing education, reinforces nursing content, and assists in bridging the school-to-practice gap in delivering safe quality pediatric care.
  • 1.0 contact hour
Breaking Barriers: Preparing Nursing Students/New Graduates for Inclusive Care of Transgender & Gender Diverse Pediatric Patients in the Primary Care Setting
  • Session Track: Education
  • Kimberly Seaman PhD, RN-BC, CNE and Latoya Rawlins DNP, CNE, RN-BC
  • The presenters will share strategies to prepare nursing students/new practitioners to provide Transgender and gender diverse children, adolescents, and their families  gender-affirming care. that is welcoming, affirming, and safe. 
  • 1.0 contact hour

3:45 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
GENERAL SESSION

Conceptualizing the Mechanisms of Social Determinants of Health: A Heuristic Framework to Inform Future Directions for Mitigation of Health Inequity

  • Vincent Guilamo- Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN
  • Dr. Ramos will provide an overview of U.S. health inequity and will integrate eight principles of the social determinants of health (SDOH) into one applied framework. The framework serves as a roadmap to mitigate harmful SDOH and bolster strength-based resilience factors that set communities up to thrive despite structural adversity.
  • General Session Handout

ANNUAL CONFERENCE Poster Presentations 

Please note that even posters will be shared on Thursday, April 18 from 4:30-5:15 pm Mountain Time, and odd posters will be shared from 5:15-6:00 pm Mountain Time in the Phoenix Front Foyer.

All Posters + Numbers

CP-1 Oral Care Implementation to Improve Patient Outcomes
CP-10 Got Questions?  Call us: Utilizing Telephone Triage to Help Pediatric Patients After Discharge
CP-11 HAPI Hour: A QI Initiative to Decrease Pressure Injuries in the PICU
CP-12 Insulin Education for Everyone!
CP-13 It Just Makes SCENTS: Utilizing Aromatherapy in Pediatric Patients with Migraines
CP-14 It's HUDDLE time! A Standardized Approach for Prompt Recognition and Intervention of Sepsis.
CP-15 Let's practice! Calculating Mealtime Insulin Doses. An interactive, patient-specific online learning tool to supplement initial-phase diabetes self-management education.
CP-16 Nursing Decision-Making and Racial Disparities in Pain Management for Black Children
CP-17 Pediatric Cardiology for Nurses
CP-18 PICU Early Mobility: Made to Move
CP-19 Shining a Light on Autism Interventions During a Long-Term Medical Hospitalization: A Case Study
CP-2 Life of the Party: Examining the Longevity Outcomes of an Implanted Port
CP-20 Sleep Calm and Carry On: Initiating Sleep Hygiene Bundle to Promote Healing for Children in the Hospital
CP-21 Sticking it to pediatric insulin administration errors
CP-22 Streamlining the Process for Chemotherapy Administration from Start to Finish
CP-23 Use of a Poloxamer 188-Concentrated Surfactant Gel in the treatment of severely damaged skin in extremely premature and extremely low birth weight neonates.
CP-3 Virtual-First Comprehensive Care for Children with Medical Complexity Under a Population-Based Payment Model
CP-4 Enhancing Interdisciplinary Communication Through the use of a Nurse Rounding Script: A Tool for Improved Patient Care Rounds in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
CP-5 Parents Matter Too: An Updated Look at Trauma Informed Screenings for Parents with Children Admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) from a Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) Perspective
CP-6 Unclogging the Pipes: A Nurse Led Constipation Protocol
CP-7 Got EBM? We Have a Process for That!
CP-8 De-Escalation of COVID-19 Testing: Implications for Pediatric Preprocedural Health Screening and Education
CP-9 DOU, Where are you? A retrospective review of our efforts in opening a new level of care for our "not too sick PICU" patients.
EBP-1 Unveiling the Power of Hope: Exploring the Impact on Bereaved Parental Coping During  Children's Cancer Journeys
EBP-10 The Watch List: An Evidence-Based Practice Project Increasing Proactive Rounding by Rapid Response Nurses on Pediatric Patients at High Risk for Decompensation
EBP-3 The Journey to Initiating Pediatric Minimal Sedation in the Inpatient and Outpatient Settings
EBP-4 Babes Got S.H.A.D.E.S.
EBP-5 Best Practices for a Standardized Mentorship Program for New Graduate Nurses
EBP-7 No More Norovirus: Evidence-based Practice Project Calls for Changes to Hand and Environmental Hygiene and Personal Protective Equipment Protocols in a Pediatric Healthcare Setting
EBP-8 Reducing Stress and Anxiety in Children with Autism During Medical Procedures: Best Practices and Interventions
EBP-9 The Value of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Education in Ambulatory Pediatric Nursing
Ed-1 Collaborative Effort to Establish Comprehensive and Effective Core Curriculum for ICU
Ed-10 Back to Basics Education: Patient Safety and Care Competition - Refocusing on foundational patient safety and environmental care in an acute inpatient pediatric medical subspecialty unit
Ed-11 Promoting Excellence Through Multimodal Pediatric Cultural Humility Education in an Accelerated BSN Student Curriculum
Ed-12 Let's Talk It Out! Empowering Pediatric Nurses with Skilled Communication to Navigate Difficult Conversations in the Healthcare Setting
Ed-13 Choose Your Own Adventure! Revamping Traditional Pediatric Annual Competencies
Ed-14 Implementation of an Educational Initiative: Addressing Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections
Ed-15 Implementation of de-escalation training for pediatric nurses
Ed-16 Integrating Support into the Culture of a Pediatric Hospital: Growth of a Second Victim Peer Support Program
Ed-17 Lunch and Learn: How to Use an Online Platform to Increase Clinical Knowledge in the Pediatric Ambulatory Setting
Ed-18 Podcast Club: An Innovative Approach to Enhance Nursing Practice
Ed-19 The Development of a Pediatric Pain Resource Nurse Program: A System-Level Intervention to Enhance Nursing Education and Pediatric Pain Management
Ed-2 The Effect of the Training Program for Nursing Students on Child Abuse and Neglect Knowledge and Awareness Levels: A Quasiexperimental Controlled Study
Ed-20 Undergraduate Pediatric Leadership Clinical Experiences, an Innovative Educational Strategy
Ed-21 Utilization of Simulation to Aide in Recognition and Prompt Intervention of Pediatric Laryngospasm
Ed-3 Cracking the Code: Unlocking a Multimodal Approach to Code Blue Education in the NICU.
Ed-4 Pediatric Clinical Nurse Educator Development of an Education Committee to Engage Nurses in Unit-based Peer Instruction
Ed-5 Treating Little Lungs: Simulating Acute Pediatric Care for a West African Immigrant Child with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Ed-6 Medication Safety: Navigating the Path to Error Free Care
Ed-7 Preceptor Confidence in Orientation Competency Assessment & Evaluation
Ed-8 Evaluating Nursing Student's Knowledge and Confidence in Teaching Parents Infant Behaviors Associated with Breastfeeding
Ed-9 Code Blues and Medical Emergency Responses: Are Pediatric Ambulatory Nurses and Medical Assistants Prepared?
IT-1 Revolutionizing Pediatric Care Coordination with a Patient Progression Hub
IT-2 Insulin Calculator:  An Electronic Medical Record Tool to Improve Patient Care and Staff Satisfaction
LM-1 Methods to Increase Clinical Nurse Achievement Program (CNAP) Participation in a Pediatric Hospital
LM-10 Taking Charge of Your Own Professional Development by Applying to be a Lead Nurse - Charge and Resource Application
LM-2 Leveraging Meaningful Recognition to Create a Healthy Work Environment in a Pediatric Hospital
LM-3 Follow the Leader: A Leadership “Led Orientation Initiative"
LM-4 Not in our House: PIVIE Prevention in a Just Culture
LM-5 Give them a boost! Elevating Nurse Leadership at the Unit Level
LM-6 Twists, Locs, and Curls (TLC) Hair Care Project: An Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiative to address hair care needs of ethnically diverse patients in the pediatric inpatient setting
LM-7 A Nursing Professional Ladder Redesign Reignites Passion for Promotion
LM-8 A Standardized Approach to Enhance Communication and Collaboration Between Bedside Nurses and Medical Residents
LM-9 Blazing the Sepsis Trail - An Innovative Approach to Incentivize Emergency Department Teams to Meet Sepsis Metrics
QI-1 Optimizing Workflow of Safe Sleep Education and Resources in a NICU within a Stand-Alone Pediatric Facility
QI-10 Sail Away to Safety: The journey to decreasing medical device related pressure injuries in the pediatric population
QI-11 A Proactive Approach to Safety and Improvement at the Bedside: The Tier Zero Huddle
QI-12 A Process Improvement Project Seeking to Reduce Pressure Injuries at a Pediatric Post-Acute Care Hospital
QI-13 Children are not Little Adults- Pediatric Stroke Protocol at a Non-Freestanding Children's Hospital
QI-14 Revolutionizing Pediatric Hospital Auditing: Transitioning to Real-Time Electronic Platforms
QI-15 Achieving a Culture of Sustainability: A model for continuous quality improvement
QI-16 Inhale, Exhale, Excel: The Digital Odyssey of Pediatric Asthma Care
QI-17 A Novel Approach to Promoting a Safe Environment and Collaborative Care Model for Children and Adolescents with Behavioral Health Needs on an Inpatient Medical Unit
QI-18 Bee the Change' Building a Culture of Peer-to-Peer Recognition in the Emergency Room
QI-19 CLABSI Reduction Strategies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
QI-2 Tube Hero: Paving the Road to Zero "A Decade in the Making"
QI-20 Competition Increases Compliance
QI-21 Developing an Observation Unit to Improve Patient Throughput and Maximize Capacity
QI-22 Effects of Family-Centered Education on Peripheral Intravenous Infiltrations and Extravasations (PIVIES)
QI-23 Emergency Department Quality Improvement Process to Decrease Time to Antibiotics for Oncology, Sickle Cell, and Neutropenic Patients with Fever
QI-24 Endocrine Excellence: A Quality Project for Monitoring Nurse Adherence to New Guidelines in After-Hours Triage of Pediatric Patients with Diabetes
QI-25 Engaging Families to Decrease Peripheral Intravenous Infiltrations and Extravasations in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
QI-27 Improving Accuracy of Pediatric Early Warning Scores on Pediatric Acute Inpatient Units
QI-28 Improving an Emergency Department Nurse's Self-Perceived Self-Efficacy in Early Recognition of Patients in a Mental Health Crisis
QI-29 Standardization of Code Cart Supply Management in a Post Acute Care Hospital
QI-3 Seize the Day: A Standardized Educational Pathway to Decrease Unplanned Readmission Rates
QI-30 Standardizing Access Parameters for Vasoactive Infusions
QI-32 The Inpatient Pediatric Diabetes Consult Nurse: A Trailblazing Model for Decreasing Length of Stay
QI-33 Traveling Pediatric Burn Care on Wheels
   
 
 
QI-4 Saving the Line: Preventing Pediatric PICC Line Dislodgements
QI-5 Implementing Four Eyes: A Two-Person Skin Assessment Done within the First 24 hours of Admission
QI-6 Improving Neonatal Nurses' Confidence in Providing Redirection of Care Using a Bereavement Simulation: A Pilot Study
QI-7 Improving Discharge Coordination for the Medically Complex Pediatric Population
QI-8 Improving Postoperative Pain Management Following Spinal Fusion Among Adolescents with Idiopathic Scoliosis
QI-9 Can't Touch This! A Nurse-Led Trach Dislodgment Risk Assessment
R-1 A Novel Simulation to Prepare Caregivers of Children Diagnosed with a Critical Congenital Heart Defect
R-2 Exclusive Breastfeeding at Six Months Postpartum in Low-Income Populations: A Literature Review
R-3 Exploring the Relationship Between the Family Caregiver and Wound Care Practices: A Systematic Review
R-4 Feasibility of Studying Children with Medical Complexity and their Caregivers using Repeated Measures
R-5 Needs of international adopted children and families : a study on the perceptions of nurses in general settings.
R-6 Nurse, Parent, and Surgeon Assessment of Hypospadias Outcomes
R-9 Using an Escape Room to Provide Training on Necrotizing Enterocolitis to Registered Nurses in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit