Baylor Scott & White
E-Research & EBP
Newsletter
On behalf of Baylor Scott and White Health North and Central Texas,
we would like to thank all nurses and associated colleagues for your
hard work conducting research, and practice change.
2015 was a lucrative year, and it could not have been accomplished
without your hard work and dedication. We look forward to meeting and
exceeding our goal regarding innovation that guides our practice.
In this Newsletter, you will be able to review the following information:
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Annual Report (for both the North and Central Division)
The 5th Annual Nursing Research Question Contest Winners
Celebrations
Announcements
Approved Studies (North and Central Division)
Research Grant and Conference Opportunities
Susan Houston, PhD, RN, FAAN, NEA-BC
Director of Nursing Research
Baylor Scott & White Health - North Texas
Happy New Year!
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Nursing Research Question Contest Results
NTX winner of the Nursing Research Question contest was
Elsy John, MSN, RN, CMSRN, Medical Telemetry Lead Charge Nurse, and
her question was:
“Is it beneficial or harmful to keep patients fasting for 24 hours before a
procedure?”
CTX winner of the Nursing Research Question contest was Donna Welborn
from Round Rock and her question was:
“Would a comprehensive, team-approached discharge teaching program
integrated early into the care plan for admitted non-ICU cardiac patients,
with a correlating phone follow-up within 10 days of discharge, result in 1.
reduced mortality rates, 2. reduced 30-day readmissions, and 3. increased
patient satisfaction scores?”
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Celebrations
Congratulations to the following individuals
for their acceptance of abstracts to various conferences:
Dr. Penny Huddleston, Dr. Mary Mancini, Jennifer Gray, and Beth Ulrich: “Measuring the Direct Care
Nurses' and Nurse Leaders' Perceptions of a Healthy Work Environment in Acute Care Hospital
Settings.”
Southern Nursing Research Society
Dr. Susan Houston, Dr. Mary Mancini, Dr. Yan Xiao, Louann Cole, Dr. Penny Huddleston, and Nancy
Smith: “The Impact of Serious Gaming on Nurse and Physician Behavior, Attitudes and Knowledge of
Effective Inter-professional Communication.”
Southern Nursing Research Society
Dr. Ruth Roberts, Louann Cole, Dr. Susan Houston, Dr. Kathleen Ellis, Richard Gilder,
Huanying Qin: “Comparing Two Educational Interventions on Geriatric Nursing Knowledge,
Confidence, and Nurses’ Perception in Providing Care for the Elderly.”
Southern Nursing Research Society
Dr. Kathleen Ellis: “Abuse and Pregnancy: Exploring Factors that May Contribute to Birthweight
Disparities.”
Southern Nursing Research Society
Brenda Blakley: "Experiential Learning and Its Impact on PCTs Confidence Level through Mock Codes."
International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation
Eileen Flanagan: "Linking Improved Patient Satisfaction to a Simulation-Enhanced Bedside Reporting
Education Strategy in a Community Hospital."
International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation
Rosanne VonReyn, Lori Halverson, Nancy Smith, Tamera Sutton, Dr. Kathleen Ellis: "Effectiveness of
Standardized Patient Simulation Scenarios & Electronic Health Record Documentation to Improve the
Clinical Competence of Graduate Nurses."
International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation
Debra Kahnen: "Don't Get Cooked by the Pressure in Healthcare.”
Academy of Med-Surg Nurses
Dr. Marygrace Hernandez-Leveille, Sonya Flanders, Kathleen Shuey, Sandy McCoy:
“Advanced Practice Registered Nurse: What skill set do you need? Does it really matter?”
National Magnet Conference
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Celebrations Continued…
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Congratulations to Dr. Susan Houston for being the 2016 recipient of the SNRS
Clinical Researcher Award!
Congratulations to Richard Gilder for contributing chapters to the following book:
Mcbride, M., Powers C., Gilder R., & Phillips B.U. (2016) “Big Data” and Advanced
Analytics. In S. Mcbride & M. Tietze (Eds.) Nursing informatics for the advanced practice
nurse: patient safety, quality, outcomes, and interprofessionalism (pp. 614-639). New
York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC
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 Congratulations to the following CTX nurses who had an article published:
Caplinger, P., Cooney, A. T., Bledsoe, C., Hagan, P., Smith, A., Whitfield, P., Goodridge, E.,
Song, J. & Tipton, P. H. (2015). Breastfeeding outcomes of women following bariatric
surgery.
Clinical Lactation, 6 (4), http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/2158-0782.6.4.1
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Sutton, Kendra & Suhayda, Rosemarie (2015). Outcomes achieved through
implementation of interdisciplinary care plans of care,
MedSurg Nursing, 24 (5), 304-308.
 3rd Annual Endowed Nursing Research Fund Painting with a Twist Fundraiser
The CTX EBP Nursing Research Council would like to thank the Temple Painting with a
Twist for allowing us to hold this event on January 17, 2016. We also thank all who joined
in the fun and contributed to this event which raised almost $300.00. Pictured below are
some of the attendees and wonderful paintings they finished.
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Announcements
Coming Soon: 5th Annual Endowed Nursing Research
Fund Call for Abstracts.
Because there will both a NTX and a CTX winner, nurses from across the
entire system are encouraged to develop nursing research project
abstracts and submit for consideration of a $1,000 award. There will be
more details to follow but for questions for NTX please contact Dr. Susan
Houston at 214-820-9118 or Susan.Houston@BSWHealth.org, and for CTX
please contact Dr. Phyllis Hart Tipton at 254-724-4764 or
Phyllis.Tipton@BSWHealth.org.
Nursing Research Education
We are excited to bring the world of Nursing Research to all nurses and
healthcare professionals in our system by launching our Nursing
Research modules. There are 9 quick and fun lessons each explaining the
different components of the nursing research process, as well as
providing some great resources for all nurses interested in learning more
about how you might start your own nursing research project!
You will find the modules on BHCSCLIP.org, select “Categories,” and filter
for “Nursing Research.” The modules are also live on the main nursing
page on myBaylorScottAndWhite.com under Nursing Research Modules.
Please contact Kristin.Erwin@BSWHealth.org with any questions, and
happy learning!
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Baylor Scott & White Health North and
Central Division NRC Approved Studies
October-December 2015
 “Susie” Pet Robotic Therapy in Acute Care Hospital
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Penny Huddleston, PhD, RN, CCRN (Magnet Coordinator/Nurse Scientist)
Dorothy Dawes, MSN/MHA, RN, NE-BC (Coronary Care Unit Nurse Manager)
Brenda Blain, DNP, RN-BC, FACHE, NEA-BC (Chief Nursing Officer/Chief
Operating Officer)
Dawn Graham, BSN, RN, CVN (Manager of Acute Care Unit)
Linda Tjiong, MSN, DBA, RN, NE-BC (Director of Education at Baylor
McKinney)
Melissa Winter, DNP, RN, NEA-BC (Chief Nursing Officer/Chief Operating
Officer)
 Nursing-Driven Acute Stroke Care – NASCare
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PI: Jamee Gatzemeier, BSN, RN, CEN, CCCC
Co-Investigators: Kathleen Ellis, PhD, RN
 Characteristics of Nursing Mentors in a Health Care
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Jennifer Davis
Susan Baxley, PhD, RN
Janet Glowicz, MPH, MSN, RN, CIC
April Rhoads, MBA-HCM, BSN, RN-BC
Marygrace Leveille, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC;
Kathleen Ellis, PhD, RN
Mallory Piaschyk, RN
Ruth Robert, PhD, RN
CTX Approved Studies:
 Improving Nurse/Physician Communication Through
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Samantha Smith, BSN, RN
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Nursing Events and Conferences
INACSL Conference- Grapevine, TX - June 15-18 2016
https://www.inacsl.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3286
Advanced Practice Institute: Promoting Adoption of Evidence-Based Practice
– Iowa City, IA - February 17-19, 2016
https://www.uihealthcare.org/Nursing/Post.aspx?id=234195
Best Practices in Wound Care Institute: Minding the Gap - Niagara Falls,
Ontario - February 28- March 4, 2016
http://rnao.ca/events/best-practices-wound-care-institute-minding-gap-foundational-1
AORN Surgical Conference and Expo - Anaheim, CA - April 2-6, 2016
http://www.aorn.org/surgicalexpo
AWHONN Convention - Grapevine, TX - June 11-15, 2016
http://awhonnconvention.org/
Southern Nursing Research Society - Williamsburg, VA - February 24-27, 2016
http://www.snrs.org/2016-annual-conference
Evidence-Based Practice Boot Camp- Baltimore, MD - April 11-15, 2016
https://www.ijhn-education.org/content/evidence-based-practice-boot-camp-april-1115-2016
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Funding News & Grant Tips
Research Grant Opportunities:
http://www.nursingsociety.org/Awards/Pages/awards.aspx
Funding News and Grant Tips:
Volunteering Can Improve Health in Older Adults
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/fic/tips.shtm
Nonprofits Struggle to Pay Increased Minimum Wage
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/fic/tips.shtm
Public Funding Opportunities:
Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT) Program: HRSA-16-071
http://www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?oppId=280438
Evaluating Locally-Developed or Adapted (Homegrown) Combination HIV
Prevention Interventions for Transgender Persons who have Sex with Men: RFAPS-16-003
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=280248
Improving Diabetes Management in Children with Type 1 Diabetes (DP3): RFA-DK16-003
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-16-003.html
Improving Diabetes Management in Pre-teens, Adolescents and/or Young Adults
with Type 1 Diabetes (DP3): RFA-DK-16-001
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-16-001.html
Integration of Infectious Diseases and Substance Abuse Intervention Services for
Individuals Living with HIV (R01): RFA-DA-16-011
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-16-011.html
Private Funding Opportunities
Community Access to Child Health Seeks Applications for Community Health
Programs
http://www2.aap.org/catch/funding.htm
National Kidney Foundation Accepting Applications for Young Investigator
Program
https://www.kidney.org/sites/default/files/2016%20YI%20Grant%20Instructions%20%20FINAL.pdf
Open Meadows Foundation Invites Applications for Women-Led Projects
https://sites.google.com/site/openmeadowsfoundation/
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Baylor Scott & White Health
Nursing Research Contacts
Susan Houston, PhD, RN, FAAN, NEA-BC
Director of Baylor Scott & White Health Nursing
Research –North Texas
Corporate Office of the CNO
2001 Bryan St. Ste. 600
Dallas, TX 75201
Cell: 972-272-9012
Email: Susan.Houston@BSWHealth.org
Phyllis Hart Tipton, PhD, RN
Research Associate
Nursing Professional Development
Baylor Scott & White Health- Central Texas
MS-26-A431
2401 S. 31st St.
Temple, TX 76508
Ph.: 254-724-4764
Fax: 254-724-4166
Email: Phtipton@BSWHealth.org
Kristie Johnson
Administrative Assistant
Corporate Office of the CNO-North Texas
2001 Bryan St. Ste. 600
Dallas, TX 75201
Ph.: 214-820-9675
Fax: 214-820-4170
Email: Kristie.Johnson@BSWHealth.org
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