2008 NursiNg ANNuAl report - Catholic Health System

Oral Presentations
National
Implementing Remote Cardiac Monitoring
Marilyn Boehler, MS, RN and Terry Finiki, BSN, RN - Held at the Nursing Management
Congress in Las Vegas from September 28 to October 2. Discussed employing Remote
Cardiac Monitoring from January-July 2008, and how it improves and streamlines the
patient care process.
Regional
Perinatal Bereavement
Fran Kane, RNC - July 2008 at Stanley Medical Center in Alba Marle, NC.
Ventilator Management & Prevention of Chronic Lung Disease in the NICU
Susan Pfalzer, MSN, NNPC - October 20, 2008 Delivered at the 4th Annual Perinatal &
Neonatal Care Seminar at the Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Nursing Leadership Workshop
Mary D’Angelo, MS, RN - October/November 2008 - Rural AHEC in Wellsville, NY.
Local
What’s the “Skinny” on Cholesterol
Deborah Lawler, MS, RN, CCRN - November 2008 - AppleTree Business Park, Cheektowaga,
NY.
Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Review Class
April 22-23, 2008 - Held at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Consisted of a review of the
material that is tested on the Nursing Certification Exam.
Nursing Grand Rounds
January 23, 2008 – Nursing Informatics 101- Nursing IT. Nursing Informatics specialists
presented an overview and history of Nursing Informatics. They also discussed its value to
the healthcare system and identified roles for NI practice.
February 27, 2008 – Triage: The Door to the ED- Emergency Department. Members of the
Emergency Department nursing staff discussed the definition of triage, reviewed evolution
of the process, and identified the nursing skills used to perform effective patient triage.
March 26, 2008 – Special Care Nursery: One Baby’s Journey- NICU. Nurses from the Special
Care Nursery provided a historical review of the development of the SCN, concluding with a
photo tour of the entire unit. This was followed by a presentation of statistics for pre-term
infants in the SCN. One special case was documented from the date of birth to the date of
discharge, 107 days later.
April 23, 2008 – Food and Nutrition Services- Nutritional Services. This presentation included
a video on “Nutrition Support of the Critically Ill: Practical Issues.” This was well received,
as it contained information pertinent to a large multidisciplinary audience.
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