Quarterly Nursing Research &
Professional Development Report
1st and 2nd Quarters, 2012
IRB APPROVED PROPOSALS
Site
Principal
Investigator
Sub-Investigators
Roles of
Nurses in
Study
Project Title
IRB
Approval
Study
Design
Study Scope
Advocate Christ
Medical Center
Surgical
Services
Margaret
Ryan, RN,
CGRN
Sonia George, RN,
MSN, ACNS-BC; Mary
Lynn Schultz, RN,
MSN, ACNS-BC,
CGRN; Heather
Doorhy, RN, BSN,
CGRN;
Michelle Shaban, RN,
BSN, CGRN; Pat
Steffek, RN; Debbie
McMahon, RN; Elaine
White, RN, MS; Sue
Delmonte, RN;
Joy Velasco, BSN,
PCCN
Principal
Investigator &
Subinvestigators
Effects of music
intervention on
patients
undergoing
colonoscopy
Expedited
[Jan 2012]
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
Advocate Christ
Medical Center
Department of
Internal
Medicine
Paul Gordon,
MD
Basharath Khan, MD,
Patty Mullenhoff, MS,
APN
Subinvestigator
Retrospective
analysis of
efficacy, survival
and
complications in
early stages
NSCLC treated
with
SBRT/Cyberknife
Expedited
[Feb 2012]
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
Advocate Christ
Medical Center
Emergency
Services
Tammy Boll
MSN, RN
Principal
Investigator
Determinates of
Associate
Satisfaction in an
Observation Unit
Expedited
[April 2012]
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
1st and 2nd Quarters, 2012
IRB APPROVED PROPOSALS
Advocate Christ
Medical Center
Critical Care
Services
Fran Flynn,
APN, BC-CNS
Muhyaldeen Dia, MD,
Cheryl Lefaiver, PhD,
RN, Carol Ziebarth,
RHIT, Marilyn
O’Sullivan, RHIT
Principal
Investigator &
Subinvestigators
Clinical
Predictors of 30
day Hospital
readmission
following acute
myocardial
infarction
Expedited
[April 2012]
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
Advocate Christ
Medical Center
Heart and
Vascular
Institute
Laura A. Coyle
MSN, ACNPBC
Colleen T. Gallagher,
BSN, RN, Antone
Tatooles, MD
Principal
Investigator &
Subinvestigators
Caregivers and
left ventricular
assist
devices(VAD) as
a destination, not
a journey: An
analysis of the
ethical concerns
with VADs as
destination
therapy
Expedited
[June 2012]
Quantitative
&
Qualitative
Site for Multisite
Study
PI: James
Kilpatrick
Advocate Hope
Children’s
Hospital
Andrew Van
Bergen, MD
Joshua Wong, MD;
Sarah Kane MS, APN,
BC-PNP, CCRN
Subinvestigators
Correlation of
abdominal NIRS
with feeding
tolerance in
neonates with
complex
congenital heart
disease following
surgical palliation
Expedited
[Feb 2012]
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
Hope Children’s
Hospital
Andrew Van
Bergen, MD
S. Siddiqui MD, C.
Urbas, V. Rizzo , M.
Bowers, PhD, T. Pater
Bonnie
Hughes, RN,
BSN, CCRP;
Study
Coordinator
Evaluation of the
Validity and
Feasiblity of
Measuring
Activating
Clotting Time
(ACT) in the
Operating Room
Yes
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
Hope Children’s
Hospital
M. Nater, MD
Andrew Van Bergen,
MD
Bonnie
Hughes, RN,
BSN, CCRP;
Study
Heterotaxy
Syndrome and
Intestinal
Rotation
Yes
Quantitative
Multicenter
study
1st and 2nd Quarters, 2012
IRB APPROVED PROPOSALS
Good Shepherd
Hospital
Good Shepherd
Hospital
Pat McCarthy,
MSN, RN
NA
Coordinator
Abnormalities –
A Prospective
Study
Principal
Investigator
Delirium
Education in
Critical Care
# 5413
Nursing Specialty
Certification &
Patient Safety in
the ICU
Effectiveness &
retention of
knowledge
related to
computer based
training
Nursing Staff
Attitudes on Oral
Care
Documentation
Compliance Preand PostEducation on a
Neuro/Stroke
Unit
# 5418
Multidose
Medication
Dispensing for
Discharge
Laura Rysso
Rouch, MSN,
RN
Andy Staller, RN
Data Collector,
Analysis &
report
Good Shepherd
Hospital
Elizabeth
Keane
NA
Data Collector,
Analysis &
report
Advocate
Lutheran
General
Hospital/Advoc
ate Lutheran
General
Children’s
Hospital
(ALGH/ALGCH)
Melissa Jones
Lynn Klassman
Royce Peppa
Tereseta Balderas
Stephanie Ristin
Lisa Brezinski
Creation, IRB
application,
data collection,
education,
survey creation
ALGH/ALGCH
John
Stansbury
Royce Peppa
Jackie Kesler
Deborah Kantoris
Malika Patel
Erin Pangallo
Pharmacy is
notified of all
inpatients to be
discharged that
are using a
multidose
medication.
Patient must
be going home
on medication.
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
# 5419
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
Yes
3/20/2012
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
Yes
12/2011 to
12/2012
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
July 2012
July 2012
1st and 2nd Quarters, 2012
IRB APPROVED PROPOSALS
ALGH/ALGCH
William Nelson
Carol Victor
Creation of
idea, IRB
application,
survey creation
data collection,
education
Using USB Flash
Drives for
Diabetes
Education: A
Pilot Study
Yes 2/22/12
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
IRB # 5293
ALGH/ALGCH
Daniel
Mazzolini
Carol Victor
Literature
review, IRB
application,
education
Effect of
Hyperbaric
Oxygen on Blood
Glucose Levels
in Patients with
Diabetes
Yes 2/29/12
IRB # 5298
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
ALGH/ALGCH
Christopher
Rodriguez
Carol Victor
Creation of
idea, IRB
application,
survey creation
data collection,
education
Barriers to
Participation in
an Online
Nursing Journal
Club
Yes
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
ALGH/ALGCH
Bonnie
Satinover
Jeanne Wiesbrock
Study design,
IRB
application,
coordination of
sponsor, grant
application
Effect of Feed
Warming Method
on Feeding
Tolerance in the
Preterm Infant
Born at Less
than 30 Weeks
Gestation
Yes,
2/14/12
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
ALGH/ALGCH
Dr. Memmel
Sigrun Hallmeryer, Pam SubKaiser, Tina Beyer, Carol investigators
Dallmeyer, Colleen
Larsen, Laura Shelley
Prospective neoadjuvant
REGISTRY trial
linking
MammaPrint,
Sub typing and
treatment
response: NeoAdjuvant Breast
RegistrySymphony Trial
(NBRST)
Yes
Quantitative
1st and 2nd Quarters, 2012
IRB APPROVED PROPOSALS
Advocate
BroMenn
Medical Center
Kristin
Peterson, RN
Advocate
BroMenn
Medical Center
Alicia Allen,
RN
Advocate
BroMenn
Medical Center
Sara Martin,
RN
Investigator
Advocate
BroMenn
Medical Center
Stephanie
Wallenberg,
RN
Investigator
PUBLICATIONS
SITE
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Lutheran
General Children’s Hospital
(ALGH/ALGCH)
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Lutheran
General Children’s Hospital
(ALGH/ALGCH)
Investigator
Shelly Malin, RN
Investigators
Safety Talk: The
Aid of a Safety
Plan in Fall
Prevention
Discussion
Staff Nurses’
Perceptions of
the Professional
Practice
Environment
Does Purposeful
Hourly Rounding
Increase Patient
Satisfaction?
Purposeful
Hourly Rounding
on an Obstetric
Unit
Expedited
Qualitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
Exempt
Quantitative
, Survey
Internal to
Single
Organization
Exempt
Mixed
Methods
Internal to
Single
Organization
Exempt
Mixed
Methods
Internal to
Single
Organization
Author(s)
Sudha Kurien MSN, ANP-BC;
Kylie A. Hughes MSN, ANPBC, CCRN
Poradzisz, Michele PhD, RN*;
Kostovich, Carol T. PhD; RN*;
O’Connell, Debbie MSN, RNBC; Lefaiver, Cheryl A. PhD,
RN
*St. Xavier University
Title
Anticoagulation and bleeding in
patients with ventricular assist
devices: walking the tightrope
Preceptors and new graduate
nurse orientees: implications of
psychological type compatibility
Journal/Conference or Meeting
ACCN Advanced Critical Care
January/March 2012, Vol 23(1), 91–98
Denise Fleig, MSN,
APN,PCNS-BC
Hair Transplantation in the
Neuroscience Patient
Synapse. Newsletter for the American
Association of Neuroscience Nurses.
June 2012
Kobler, K., Limbo, R. &
Oakdale, C. (2012).
Childbirth education for parents
receiving perinatal palliative care.
International Journal of Childbirth
Education, 27(2), 26-32.
Journal for Nurses in Staff Development JNSD: 2012, Vol 28(3), E9–E15. doi:
10.1097/NND.0b013e31825515ec
PUBLICATIONS
SITE
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Lutheran
General Children’s Hospital
(ALGH/ALGCH)
Author(s)
K. Hermes, M. King, C.
Rodriguez, M. Blezien (2012)
Title
Heart failure core measure
analysis project and its impact on
transitional discharge plans and
30 day readmissions
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
Sue Durkin MSN CCRN
CCNS
Applications and Widgets
ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED
SITE
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Author(s)
Marie Morack, BSN, RN
Wendy Tuzik Micek, PhD, RN,
Maureen Craigmile, RN-BC,
MSN, Kimberly Wroble, RNC,
MS, APN and Darcie Brazel,
MSN, RN, CNAA-BC
Wendy Tuzik Micek, PhD, RN
and Patty Ludwig-Beymer, PhD,
RN*
*Edward Hospital
Kimberly Arvidson DO,
Christopher Conrady CPNP,
Caitlin Kelly MD, Rebecca McFall
MD, Joanne Joslyn MA, Chris
Steffensen PharmD, Mary
Fowler, RN, MS, Michelle Tracy
RN, MBA, MPH, Connie Pericht
BHA RHIT, Larry Roy MD
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Andrea Miller, RN, BSN, MHA,
NEA-BC
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Deb Duey, MS, APN ACNS-BC,
CCRN, APN
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Katie Stalter, RN, BSN, CNOR &
Vicky Williams, RT (R), BS, MA
Journal/Conference or Meeting
Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and
Critical Care (Vol.41, Issue 4)
http://www.heartandlung.org/article/S01479563%2812%29001872/abstract?source=aemf
Advance for Nurses, June, 2012.
Title
Walking the Walk: Progessive Mobility
in ASHU
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Facing
Certification without Fear and Getting
Results
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
Summer Institute on EBP, San
Antonio, TX
2012 ANCC National Magnet
Conference
Magnet Data Display: Turing Blurry
Lines into Clear Exemplars
2012 ANCC National Magnet
Conference
Using Quality Improvement Science to
drive change and improve nursing
practice and pediatric oncology
outcomes
2012 ANCC National Magnet
Conference
Nurse/Physician Partnership
Transforms Patient Safety and
Decreases Hospital Liability
Tilting Away ICU Length of Stay
2012 ANCC National Magnet
Conference
Calming the Chaos – Our Daily
Survival Kit for Navigating the
Perioperative Patient
2012 ANCC National Magnet
Conference
2012 ANCC National Magnet
Conference
ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED
SITE
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Cheryl Hager, MSN, APN, ONPC, NEA-BC, TNS, ATCL
Author(s)
Title
Leveraging the Forces of Magnet to
Achieve Meaningful Use
Title
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Kim Wroble, MS, APN/CNS, RNC
Our Fight Against Pertussis: Do you
Tdap?
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Debra L. Bennett-Carey, MSN,
RN, Vicky Williams, RN(R), MA,
Maggie Colabuono, RN, CPAN,
CAPA, Katie Stalter, RN, BSN,
CNOR, Cindy Monachos, RN, BS,
CNOR, RNFA, Erin Slade-Smith,
RN, BS, Charlene MCCabe, RN,
BS, CNOR, Jim Waters, MBA,
Kenneth Jurniak, MA
Cheryl A. Lefaiver, PhD, RN,
CCRP
Calming the Chaos: The Daily Survival
Kit for Navigating the Peri-Operative
Patient
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Abraham Thomas, MD; Colleen
Gallagher, BSN; Laura Coyle,
ACNP-BC; Geetha Bhat, PhD,
MD, FACC; Antone Tatooles, MD
Outcomes Following Ventricular Assist
Device Placement in Patients with
Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease
[Poster presentation]
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Jennifer Davies, BSN RN, CPN;
Michelle Tracy, MPH, MBA, BSN,
RN, CPN
Ann Gagliardi BSN, RN, CCRN,
TNS; Krystyne LeRose BSN, RN
On the C.U.S.P. of a patient safety
breakthrough [Poster presentation]
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Say Yes: Sponsored Trials Augment
Nursing Research in Practice [Oral
presentation]
A standardized approach for nasogastric
tube securement improves care in ICU
[Poster presentation]
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
2012 ANCC National Magnet
Conference
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
March of Dimes 37th Annual
Perinatal Nursing Conference,
Lisle, IL, March 2012
Association of Perioperative
Registered Nurses, 59th
Annual Congress, New
Orleans, LA, March 2012
Midwest Nursing Research
Society 37th Annual Research
Conference, Dearborn, MI,
March 2012
The International Society for
Heart & Lung Transplantation
Annual Meeting and Scientific
Sessions, Prague, Poland,
April 2012
Annual Society of Pediatric
Nursing Conference, Texas,
April 2012
Symposium on Advanced
Wound Care, April 2012,
Atlanta, GA
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Author(s)
Title
Debra L. Bennett-Carey, MSN,
RN; Vicky Williams, RN(R), MA;
Maggie Colabuono, RN, CPAN,
CAPA; Katie Stalter, RN, BSN,
CNOR; Cindy Monachos, RN, BS,
CNOR, RNFA; Erin Slade-Smith,
RN, BS; Charlene MCCabe, RN,
BS, CNOR; Jim Waters, MBA;
Kenneth Jurniak, MA
Kim Wroble, MS, APN/CNS, RNC
Calming the chaos: A daily survival kit
for navigating the peri-operative patient
[Poster presentation]
Irene Tranowski, MSN, CRRN;
Maureen Craigmile, RN-BC MSN;
Kim Wroble, RNC, MS, APN;
Wendy Micek, PhD, RN
Karen A. Bogdan RN, MS, CCRN,
CNML; Deborah Duey RN, APRN,
CCRN; Margaret Steinmetz RN,
MS
Julie Evanish, RN, BS, PCCN;
Sue Glavin, RN, BSN; Dawn
Hutchinson, RN, BSN, PCCN;
Dawn Hart, RN, BSN; Joy Fernald,
RN, BSN; Fran Flynn, RN, MS
Catherine McAvoy RN, BSN,CVN;
Kathleen Lash RN, BSN, CCRN;
Lisa Lenzen RN, MSN; Lisa
Wieland MSN, APN
Meghan Slade-Smith, RN, MSN;
Emily Schmidt, RN, BSN, CCRN;
Michelle Nellett, APN, MSN,
CCRN, CCNS
Fely Ong, MSN,APN,CCNS;
Donna Ellis, MS,APN,ACNS-BC
The Certification Process: Supporting
the Bedside Nurse on the Road to
Certification [Poster presentation]
Our Fight Against Pertussis: Do You
Tdap? [Poster presentation]
Managing Alcohol Withdrawal in the
Hospitalized Patient [Poster
presentation]
Nurses Uninterrupted: Passing
Medications Safely Using Evidence
Based Practice [Poster presentation]
Failure is Not an Option: Implementation
of Evidence Based Practices [Poster
presentation]
Where to Start, What to Chart? Setting a
Standard for ICU Charting. [Poster
presentation]
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
Prevention In The Acute Care Setting
[Poster presentation]
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
American Society of
PeriAnesthesia Nurses, April
2012, Orlando, FL
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
1
Advocate Trinity Hospital,
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital, 3Advocate Lutheran
General Hospital, 4Advocate
Christ Medical Center,
5
Advocate South Suburban
Hospital, 6Advocate Good
Shepherd Hospital, 7Advocate
Health Care
2
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Author(s)
Irene Benson, MSN, APN1;
Euphemia Connell, MS, APN1;
Mary Sue Dailey, MSN, ACNS-BC,
APN2; Diane Eckhouse, MS, OCNBC, APN3; Donna Ellis, MS,
ACNS-BC4; Ann Jorgensen, MS,
CCNS, APN5; Diane Kuehlenz,
MS, CCNS, APN3; Gina Minga,
MS, ACNS-BC, APN5; Fely Ong,
MSN, CCNS, APN4; Linda Sroka,
RN6; Joanne Lamantia Watts,
MSN, ACNS-BC, FNP-BC7
Bernadine Brennan, RN, BSN;
Carol Pisano, RN, BSN; Kathleen
Karns, RN, BS; Diane Byrne, RN,
BSN; Mary Sue Dedic, RN, BSN;
Eileen Golden, RN; Patricia
Menke, RN, BSN; Mary Grace
Samardzich, RN, BSN; Linda
Sobanski, RN, BSN; Geetha Bhat,
MD; Marc Silver, MD
Madonna Scatena, MSN, RN,
APN; Kate Murczek, MS, RN;
Jamie Djulabic, MSN, RN
Deborah Duey, MS, APN ACNSBC, CCRN; Maureen O’Brien,
BSN; Karen Bogdan, MS, CCRN,
CNML; Mary Ann Hilsen, PT, MPT
Joanne Regan, RN, CCRN;
Michelle Nellett, MSN, APN,
CCRN, CCNS
Kimberly Duback, BSN, RN, CPN,
Ginny Fowler, MS, APN, CPNP;
Denise B. Angst, PhD, RN
Title
Upper Extremity Venous Thrombolism
[Poster presentation]
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
Hospitalization Rates in a Disease
Management Program [Poster
presentation]
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
Accuracy of Determining Emergency
Severity Index (ESI) by Triage Nurses,
Does Experience Make a Difference?
[Poster presentation]
Early Mobility in the Mechanically
Ventilated Intensive Care Patient Using
the Kreg Tilt Bed [Poster presentation]
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
Walking the Walk [Poster presentation]
Perceptions of Family Centered Care in
an Inpatient Pediatric Setting [Poster
presentation]
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Kimberly Wittmayer, MS, APRN,
PCNS-BC
Exploring the Effects of the Pediatric
Pain Clinical Nurse Specialist's Role
[Poster presentation]
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Phyllis Lawlor‐Klean MSN, APN;
Cheryl Anema, PhD, RN; Patti
Wilson MA, RN, ONC
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Susan Cusack BSN, RN‐BC; Lori
Francis BSN, RN‐BC; Deb Duey
MS, APN, ACNS‐BC, CCRN;
Michelle Nellett MSN, APN,
CCRN, CCNS
Christine Steffensen, Pharm D.;
Kimberly Wittmayer, MS, APN,
PCNS-BC, RN-BC
Two Unit’s Experience with Senior
Nursing Students Capstone Projects and
Implementation of Evidenced‐Based
Practice [Oral presentation]
Mobility for all patients: moving, tilting,
and walking the walk [Oral presentation]
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
J-tip Utilization Improves Pain
Management Scores but Fails to
Improve Parent Satisfaction Scores
[Poster presentation]
Do you Know Where your Line is?
Maintaining Professional Boundaries
[Oral presentation]
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Meggan Mikal, APN, MS, PCNSBC, CPN, CHPPN
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Nina Ortegon ACNP-BC, CCRN,
SANE-A, SANE-P, C-NPT
Be the Ultimate Detective: Why Kids get
hurt and how we can help them. [Oral
presentation]
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Kimberly Souder RN, MSN,
CCRN, FNP-BC
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Antone Tatooles,MD; Colleen
Gallagher,BSN; Sejal Modi CCP;
Daniel Constantini CCP; Gregory
Macaluso, MD; Geetha Bhat, PhD,
MD; Pat Pappas, MD
Antone J Tatooles, MD, Colleen T
Gallagher, BSN, Laura A Coyle,
MSN, ACNP-BC, Chadrick Cross,
MD, Geetha Bhat, PhD,MD,FAAC
and Pat S Pappas, MD
Gather the facts: Understanding the
Pathophysiology and Assessment
Pieces of the Patient with Hypoplastic
Left Heart Syndrome [Oral presentation]
Management of ECMO Patients with
Aortic Root Clot [Poster presentation]
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Mortality within the first year of support
with a Heartmate II Left Ventricular
Assist Device [Oral presentation]
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
8th Annual Nursing
Symposium, Advocate Christ
Medical Center/Hope
Children’s Hospital, April 2012
21st Annual Pediatric
Pharmacy Advocacy Group
(PPAG) Conference, Houston,
TX, April 2012
AACN National Teaching
Institute & Critical Care
Exposition, Orlando, FL, May
2012
AACN National Teaching
Institute & Critical Care
Exposition, Orlando, FL, May
2012
AACN National Teaching
Institute & Critical Care
Exposition, Orlando, FL, May
2012
American Society for Artificial
Internal Organs Annual
Conference, San Francisco,
CA, June 2012
American Society for Artificial
Internal Organs Annual
Conference, San Francisco,
CA, June 2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
Author(s)
Title
Deborah M. Heine, BSN, RNC;
Tina Davis-Larkin, APN, MSN,
RNC; Sylvia Parker, RNC; Cheryl
A. Lefaiver, PhD, RN
Lucia MacDonald, RN, MN,
CHPN; Sandra Krischak, RN;
Cheryl Meyer, PHCNS-BC
Perceptions of nurses participating in
obstetrical hemorrhage simulation
training [Poster presentation]
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Lutheran
General Children’s Hospital
(ALGH/ALGCH)
ALGH/ALGCH
Royce Peppa APN-CNS, Adult
Health, Neurology Stroke Unit,
Antoinette Nolan RN, Staff RN
Neurology Stroke Unit
Lynn Klassman, APN, MSN,
CCRN, CCNS, CNRN and Lisa
Deranleau-Urban, MS, CCC-SLP
Improved Fall Prevention Outcomes
Utilizing a Fall Kit, New Products, and
Standardized Process on a Stroke Unit
ALGH/ALGCH
Royce Peppa APN-CNS, Adult
Health, Neurology Stroke Unit
Joanne LaMantia Watts, MSN,
Clinical Development Specialist
Lynn Klassman APN-Acute Care,
Stroke Coordinator
Updates in Stroke Care Presentation
ALGH/ALGCH
Barbara Parilla, MD; Jeffrey
George, MD; Kathie Kobler, MS,
APN, PCNS-BC, CHPPN
Twin-twin Transfusion Syndrome
Multiple Risks in Multiple Gestations &
Center for Fetal Care
ALGH/ALGCH
Kathie Kobler, MS, APN, PCNSBC, CHPPN; Carrie Alani, MA,
RN, CHPPN; Henry Mangurten,
MD
Fostering Collaboration Between
Hospital & Community Pediatric
Palliative Care Programs
Advocate at Home
Safe Administration of Liquid Morphine
in Home Hospice
Oral Care Protocol Reduces Risk of
Aspiration Pneumonia in Acute Stroke
Patients
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
Association of Women's
Health, Obstetric and
Neonatal Nurses, June 2012,
Washington DC
Exemplary Professional
Practice in Action: Research
and Education 8th Annual
Nursing Symposium Advocate
Christ Medical Center April
17, 2012
Poster Presentation at
International Stroke
Conference, New Orleans,
LA. January 2012
Poster Presentation at
International Stroke
Conference, New Orleans,
LA. January 2012
Presentation to Academy of
Medical Surgical Nurses,
Local Chapter Meeting,
February 2012
Presentation, Department of
Pediatrics Conference, ALGH,
Park Ridge, IL
March 6, 2012
Poster Presentation, 2012
Annual Assembly of American
Academy of Hospice &
Palliative Medicine and
Hospice & Palliative Nurses
Association; Denver, CO
March 7-9, 2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
Poster Presentation, 2012
Annual Assembly of American
Academy of Hospice &
Palliative Medicine and
Hospice & Palliative Nurses
Association; Denver, CO
March 7-9, 2012
World of Nursing Day
Loyola University School of
Nursing
February 4, 2012
Poster presentation at the 15th
annual NICHE conference,
New Orleans, LA, March 7,8,
2012
Poster Presentation at the 31st
ASPAN National Conference
in Orlando, Florida.
ALGH/ALGCH
Kathie Kobler, MS, APN, PCNSBC, CHPPN;
Summer Cassidy, BSN, RN,
IBCLC
NICU Breast Milk Bereavement
Donation Program
ALGH/ALGCH
Marie Hagman BSN, RN, CCRN
Overview of Critical Care Nursing
ALGH/ALGCH
Diane Kuehnlenz MS, APN,
CCNS, CWOCN
A mobility team: Making a move to
reduce hospital falls in the older adult.
ALGH/ALGCH
Zenaida Deguzman RN, Susan K.
O’Mara APN, Therese Haines RN,
Lindsay King RN, Judy Corazza
RN, Suela Sula MSc
ALGH/ALGCH
Jeanne Wiesbrock MS, RNC-NIC,
IBCLC; Karen Lebo MS, RNCNIC; Sinead Forkan-Kelly BSEH,
RN, CIC
Buffered Lidocaine Compared To
Bacteriostatic Normal Saline When
Injected Intradermally As A Local
Anesthetic To Reduce Pain During
Intravenous Line Insertion
Central Line Associated Bloodstream
Infection: Implementation of a Quality
Improvement Initiative to Protect our
Smallest Patients
ALGH/ALGCH
Jenny Minter RN, BSN; Jeanne
Wiesbrock MS, RNC-NIC, IBCLC
Kangaroo Care in the NICU
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital Perinatal Outreach
Education Program, March
21st, 2012
ALGH/ALGCH
Malgorzata Sokolowski MSN, RN,
APN, AOCNS
Cancer awareness and cancer
prevention.
February 26, 2012.
Cancer awareness
presentation in Polish for
American Cancer Society at
St. Thomas Beckett church at
Mt. Prospect.
Poster presentation: 37th
Annual March of Dimes
Perinatal Conference,
Lemont, IL. March 1 & 2, 2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
ALGH/ALGCH
Karen Lebo MS, RNC-NIC; Sinead
Forkan-Kelly BSEH, RN, CIC;
Jeanne Wiesbrock MS, RNC-NIC,
IBCLC
Central Line Associated Bloodstream
Infection: Implementation of a Quality
Improvement Initiative to Protect our
Smallest Patients
ALGH/ALGCH
Deb Anderson BSN, RN-C, Diane
Kuehnlenz MS, APN, CCNS,
CWOCN
(presented by D. Kuehnlenz)
Teaching to techs: A team approach to
pressure ulcer prevention
ALGH/ALGCH
Diane Kuehnlenz MS, APN,
CCNS, CWOCN
A mobility team: making a move to
reduce hospital falls in the older adult
ALGH/ALGCH
Diane Kuehnlenz MS, APN,
CCNS, CWOCN
“Wrinkles and Wounds”
ALGH/ALGCH
Kathie Kobler, MS, APN, PCNSBC, CHPPN
Ethics at End-of-Life
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
Poster presentation: 9th
National Advanced Practice
Neonatal Nurses Conference,
New Orleans, LA. April 18-21,
2012
Poster presentation at
conference “It Takes a Village:
Care of the Geriatric Patient”
sponsored by Advocate
Health Care and the Chicago
Suburban Chapter of AMSN,
June 13, 2012
Poster presentation at
conference “It Takes a Village:
Care of the Geriatric Patient”
sponsored by Advocate
Health Care and the Chicago
Suburban Chapter of AMSN,
June 13, 2012
Podium presentation at
conference “It Takes a Village:
Care of the Geriatric Patient”
sponsored by Advocate
Health Care and the Chicago
Suburban Chapter of AMSN,
June 13, 2012
April 19, 2012: Hospice
Foundation of America’s
Annual Living With Grief
Conference, Invited Local
Panel Presenter: Advocate
Lutheran General Hospital
June 13, 2012: Hospice
Foundation of America’s
Annual Living With Grief
Conference, Invited Local
Panel Presenter: Advocate
Parish Nurses
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
ALGH/ALGCH
Kathie Kobler, MS, APN, PCNSBC, CHPPN
RTS Bereavement Training in Perinatal
Death
ALGH/ALGCH
Kathie Kobler, MS, APN, PCNSBC, CHPPN
RTS Coordinator Day Training
ALGH/ALGCH
Kathie Kobler, MS, APN, PCNSBC, CHPPN
Pediatric Palliative Care Considerations
ALGH/ALGCH
Kathie Kobler, MS, APN, PCNSBC, CHPPN
Honoring Relationship in Pediatric
Palliative Care
ALGH/ALGCH
Jean M. Mau DNP, MSN, ACNSBC, CHFN
ALGH/ALGCH
Jean M. Mau DNP, MSN, ACNSBC, CHFN
Development of A Conceptual
Framework Supporting the Vision of
Aging in Place”
Development of A Conceptual
Framework Supporting the Vision of
Aging in Place”
ALGH/ALGCH
Jean M. Mau MSN, ACNS-BC,
CHFN
Aging in Place
ALGH/ALGCH
Monica Biezien BSN, RN; Karen
Hermes BSN, RN-BC, CCM; Maria
King BSN, RN, CCRN; Chris
Rodriguez BSN, RN
Heart failure core measure analysis project
and it's impact on transitional discharge
plans and 30 day readmissions
ALGH/ALGCH
Support Centers
Monica Biezien BSN, RN; Karen
Hermes BSN, RN-BC, CCM; Maria
King BSN, RN, CCRN; Chris
Rodriguez BSN, RN
Josie Howard-Ruben, MS, RN,
APN-CNS, AOCN
Heart failure core measure analysis project
and it's impact on transitional discharge
plans and 30 day readmissions
Cancer Care Update
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
May 2 & 3, 2012: RTS
National Faculty 2 Day
Training, Edwards Hospital,
Plainfield, IL
May 4, 2012: RTS National
Faculty, Coordinator Day
Training, Edwards Hospital,
Plainfield, IL
May 16, 2012: Invited Guest
Presenter, Rush University
Palliative Care Course,
Chicago, IL
June 4, 2012: Invited Keynote
Presenter, International
Conference on Death, Grief &
Bereavement, La Crosse, WI
May 3, 2012 University of St.
Francis, Joliet Research Day
Poster and Podium
May 7-8, 2012 Advocate
Lutheran General Hospital,
Nurses Week Poster
presentation
March 8, 2012 Parish Nurses
at Lutheran Life Communities,
Arlington Heights, Illinois
May 7-8, 2012 Advocate
Lutheran
General Hospital, Nurses
Week
Poster presentation
American Association of Heart
Failure Nurses Annual
Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
June 27-29, 2012
Poster presentation
National Council of State
Boards of Nursing
January, 2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
Support Centers
Josie Howard-Ruben, MS, RN,
APN-CNS, AOCN
New Year, New Paradigm; Linking
Education to Outcomes in Continuing
Education
Support Centers
Josie Howard-Ruben, MS, RN,
APN-CNS, AOCN
Are We There Yet? Geriatric Palliative
Care
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
Olga Lazala, MSN APN % Laura
Robbins MSN APN
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
Mary Carol Racelis
Marge Kearney
Design and implementation of an
interdisciplinary perinatal high risk care
planning process
Optimizing Outcomes for Surgical
Patients: A collaborative approach
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
Judith Kinnavy
Tricia Gallet
Increasing efficiency of the perioperative
admission process
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
Sue Durkin
The effectiveness of Addressing upper
body warmth with elderly patients
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
CeCe Pezdek, Julie Reinhardt,
Karyn Pechinski
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
CeCe Pezdek, Julie Reinhardt,
Karyn Pechinski
Exhibiting Leadership in Patient safetyevidence based practice used to
implement capnography in the
endoscopy suite
Scope Reprocessing: Leadership Amidst
Changes in Industry Standards
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
Chicago Area Nurses in Staff
Development Organization.
January 17, 2012
Advocate Good Shepherd
Hospital
Advocate Med-Surg Tele
Conference
Drury Lane, Oak Brook. June
13, 2012
April 18th - 21st, 2012 New
Orleans, LA
Poster Presentation: Advocate
Christ Medical Center:
Exemplary Professional
Practice, Education, and
Innovation in Action April 17,
2012
Poster presentation ASPAN
national conference Orlando,
Florida April 15-18, 2012
Poster presentation
Advocate Christ Medical
Center: Exemplary
Professional Practice,
Education, and Innovation in
Action April 17, 2012
AMSN conference in June,
2012
Poster Presentation: SGNA
Annual Symposium May 18th23rd 2012
Poster & Podium
Presentation: SGNA Annual
Symposium May 18th-23rd
2012
PARTICIPANTS IN
EXTERNAL NURSING
STUDIES (Total = 0)
SITE
Principal Investigator
(Co-investigators)
NURSES IN THE NEWS
Kathie Kobler, MS, APN, PCNS-BC,
CHPPN
Kathie Kobler, MS, APN, PCNS-BC,
CHPPN
Kathie Kobler, MS, APN, PCNS-BC,
CHPPN
Kathie Kobler, MS, APN, PCNS-BC,
CHPPN
Jean M. Mau DNP
Project Title
Originating University or
Organization
National Board for Certification of
Hospice & Palliative Nurses
National Board for Certification of
Hospice & Palliative Nurses
National Alliance for Excellence in
Hospice & Palliative Nursing
National Pediatric Hospice &
Palliative Care Collaboration
May 5, 2012
Jean M. Mau DNP
Chair, National Perinatal Loss Role Delineation
Study; June, 2011 – March, 2012
Member, Executive Board
Jan – Dec, 2012
Member, Board of Trustees
Jan – Dec, 2012
HPNA Representative
Jan – Dec, 2012
Graduated with 4.0 GPA with DNP from
University of St. Francis, Joliet Illinois
Scholarship for DNP Student
Jean M. Mau DNP
Advancing and Leading the Profession
May7, 2012 Nurses Choice
Awards ALGH
May 3, 2012
Quarterly Nursing Research &
Professional Development Report
3rd and 4th Quarters, 2012
IRB APPROVED PROPOSALS
Site
Principal
Investigator
Sub-Investigators
Roles of
Nurses in
Study
Project Title
IRB
Approval
Study
Design
Study Scope
Advocate Christ
Medical Center
Medical SurgicalPsychiatry
Services
Elvia Ortiz,
RN, CDE♦
Donna Ellis, MSN
Principal
Investigator
& Subinvestigators
Diabetes
education and selfmanagement
knowledge
Expedited
[Oct/2012]
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
Advocate Christ
Medical Center
Gloria
Lalezas, RN,
Principal
Investigator
Clinical trial
awareness survey
Expedited
[Aug/2012]
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
3rd and 4th Quarters, 2012
IRB APPROVED PROPOSALS
Cancer Institute
BSN, OCN
Organization
Advocate Christ
Medical Center
Emergency
Department
Gail Gill, RN,
BSN, CEN♦
Eman Karim, RN,
BSN, CEN
Bernadette C. Hill,
RN, MS, CEN &
Madonna Scatena,
RN, MSN, APN
Advocate Lutheran
General
Hospital/Advocate
Lutheran General
Children’s Hospital
(ALGH/ALGCH)
Valerie
Navarrete,
MD
ALGH/ALGCH
Patient care
treatment times: A
retrospective
evaluation of
clinical protocols in
an overcrowded
emergency
department
Expedited
[Aug/2012]
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
Lorene Schweig, RN Subinvestigator
25-hydroxy
Vitamin D levels
and immune
function in preterm
infants
IRB #5410
Oct/2012
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
Corne Van
der Walt, MD
Lorene Schweig, RN SubRamona Donovan, investigators
RN,
Denise Angst, DNS
IVH Incidence and
cost-effectiveness
of cranial
ultrasound
screening of the
30-34 week
preterm infant:
What is the
optimal screening
limit?
IRB #5377
July/2012
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
ALGH/ALGCH
TS
Gunasekaran,
MD
Sue Weides, RN
Marian Catalano,
RNP-BC
Subinvestigators
Eosinophilic
esophagitis
pediatric patient
registry
IRB #5368
July/2012
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
Advocate Lutheran
General
Hospital/Advocate
Children’s Hospital
(ALGH/ACH)
Mallika Patel,
BSN, RN
Diane Kuehnlenz,
MS, APN, CCNS
Principal
Investigator
& Subinvestigator
Effectiveness of
Patients and Staff
Education in VTE
Mechanical
Prophylaxis
IRB #5403
Nov/2102
Observation
al
Internal to
Single
Organization
ALGH/ACH
Bhagya
Puppala, MD
Lorene Schweig, RN Subinvestigators
NIBP system
efficacy by
IRB #5488
Dec/2012
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Principal
Investigator
& Subinvestigators
3rd and 4th Quarters, 2012
IRB APPROVED PROPOSALS
comparison with
intra-arterial
measurement in
the neonate-infant
population
ALGH/ACH
Elisabeth
Hooper, MD
Advocate BroMenn
Medical Center
Martin, Sara
Advocate Eureka
Hospital
Advocate BroMenn
Medical Center
Advocate BroMenn
Medical Center
PUBLICATIONS
SITE
Denise Angst, PhD,
RN
Subinvestigators
PI
Bartlett, Ron
PI
Dunahee,
Lorilee
PI
Wiley, Laura
PI
Author(s)

Correlation of
bedside
echocardiographic
measurements
with central
venous pressure in
mechanically
ventilated children
Does purposeful
hourly
rounding increase
patient
satisfaction?
Patient privacy in
the Emergency
Department
Overcoming
barriers to
effective
management of
pediatric pain
during phlebotomy
and IV starts
Perceived benefits
and obstacles to
obtaining national
specialized
nursing
certification
Title
Organization
IRB #5448
Oct/2012
Quantitative
Internal to
Single
Organization
IRB# 5355
Mixed
descriptive
Internal
Mixed
descriptive
Internal
Mixed
descriptive
Internal
Mixed
descriptive
Internal
07/2012
IRB # 5380
09/2012
IRB#5378
10/2012
IRB#5407
09/2012
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
PUBLICATIONS
SITE
Advocate Christ Medical
Center

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Advocate Christ Medical
Center
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Author(s)

Title
Lanuza, Dorothy M. PhD,
RN*, Lefaiver, Cheryl A. PhD,
RN, Brown, Roger PhD*,
Muehrer, Rebecca PhD, RN*,
Murray, Margaret DNP*, Yelle,
Maria PhD, RN* and Bhorade,
Sangeeta MD**Sudha Kurien
MSN, ANP-BC; Kylie A.
Hughes MSN, ANP-BC,
CCRN
[*University of WisconsinMadison]
[**University of Chicago]
Nellett, Michelle MSN, APN,
CCRN, CCNS, Gregory, Mary
P. RD, LDN & Lefaiver, Cheryl
A. PhD, RN
Kobler, Kathy

A longitudinal study of patients'
symptoms before and during the
first year after lung
transplantation


Pilot study evaluates nutrition for
patients receiving mechanical
circulatory support in the
intensive care unit
Listening with the ear of your
heart

"Assessing The Perceived Level
Of Institutional Support For The
Second Victim Following A
Patient Safety Event"
Speaking up: teens voice their
health information needs.

Journal of Patient Safetyaccepted for future publication on
12/5/2012

J Sch Nurs. 2012
Oct;28(5):379-88. Epub 2012
Jun 19.
Bacteriostatic normal saline
compared with buffered 1%
lidocaine when injected
intradermally as a local
anesthetic to reduce pain during
intravenous catheter insertion.

J Perianesth Nurs. 2012 Dec;
27(6):399-407. doi:
10.1016/j.jopan.2012.08.005.
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital


Lee Joesten, Susan OkunoJones, Nancy Cipparrone,
and Ed DuBose

Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Smart Kathy A, Parker RS,
Lampert J, Sulo S.

Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Deguzman Zenny C, O'Mara
Susan K, Sulo S, Haines T,
Blackburn L, Corazza J.



Journal/Conference or
Meeting
Clinical Transplantation,
published online 18 SEP
2012, doi: 10.1111/ctr.12002
AACN Advanced Critical Care,
23(3), 258-269. doi:
10.1097/NCI.0b013e31824c9
93a Aug/2012
Illness, Crisis & Loss, 20(3),
305-307. 2012
PUBLICATIONS
SITE
Author(s)

Title
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
Advance Nurse Perspectives.
Available online @
http://community.advanceweb.
com. Published Dec. 10th,
2012.
Advocate Condell Medical
Center

Diane Goodman, APRN, BC,
MSN-C, CCRN, CNRN


Limited Access to Healthcare?
Discusses the difficulties of
patient/professional collaboration
& timely response to symptom
management


Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital

Sarah Katula RN PhD


Nursing Forum, 47 (4) p. 217225
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital

Sue Durkin APN

Creating a Safe Haven for
Employees Who are Victims of
Domestic Violence.
Heart Sounds, a tutorial.


Mary Ellen DiMatteo RN


Sue Durkin APN





Sue Durkin APN

Verifying Tube Feeding
Placement
Body Piercing and Healthcare
concerns
Applications and widgets

Sue Durkin APN

Body Jewels in the ED

Sue Durkin APN


Sue Durkin APN

Managing Post Cardiac Arrest in
Acute Care. CE program
Transitional Care models for
Seniors
Advance for Nurses February
2012
Advance for Nurses,
March 5, 2012
Journal of Radiology March,
Nursing 2012
Advance for Nurses,
June, 2012
Advance for Nurses
September 5, 2012
Advance for Nurses,
September 10, 2012
Advance for Nurses,
November 2012.
ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED
SITE
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
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
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
Author(s)
Title
Advocate BroMenn Medical
Center
Advocate BroMenn Medical
Center
Advocate BroMenn Medical
Center
Alicia Allen
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
 Sue Durkin APN, Megan
Crosser MPH, CIC
 Staff Nurses’ Perceptions of the
Professional Practice environment
 Safety Talk: The Aid of a Safety Plan
in Fall Prevention
 Overcoming Barriers to Effective
Management of Pediatric Pain During
Phlebotomy and Intravenous
 Multi-drug Resistant Organisms
Kristen Peterson
Lorilee Dunahee
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
 Advocate Nursing Research
Symposium
 Advocate Nursing Research
Symposium
 Advocate Nursing Research
Symposium

Advance for Nurses, CE
program
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
 Michelle

Walking the walk
Advocate Christ Medical
Center
 Diane

The compassion of caring = the daisy
award
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn
 Summer
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn
 Kim
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn
 Jacqueline
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn
 Ginny
E. Nellett, MSN, APN,
CCRN, CCNS
LaPorta, BSN, RN, CRRN
Watkins, MS, APN,
CPBP-AC
Souder, MSN, APN, CCRN,
FNP-BC & Nina Ortegon ACNPBC, CCRN, SANE-A, SANE-P,
C-NPT
Evans, MS, APN,
 Radiographical
evaluation of pediatric
hip disorders

Diapering: A protocol that makes a
difference

Ronald McDonald Care Mobile
CPNP
Fowler, MS, APN, CPNP,
CPON, CPN & Kim Duback,
BSN, RN, CPN
 Perceptions
of family centered care in
the inpatient pediatric setting
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Trupti Parikh, MSN, APN,
CPNP & Sandra Voss, MSN,
APN, CPNP

Pearls of gastrostomy tube care: Back
to the basics
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Diana C. Bottari, DO FAAP;
Kimberly Wittmayer, MS, APN,
PCNS-BC & Kent Nelson, MD
FAAP

Bedside moderate sedation by
nonanesthesiologist dramatically
improves the success rate of
peripherally-inserted central catheter
(PICC) lines in pediatric patients
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
 Advocate Critical Care
Conference, Advocate
Health Care, Oak Brook, IL
Oct/2012
 Association of Rehabilitation
Nurses 38th Annual
Educational Conference,
Nashville, TN
Oct/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
 American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP) New
Orleans, LA
Oct/2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Christine Sanders, RN &
Michelle E. Nellett, MSN, APN,
CCRN, CCNS

And the beat goes on…
Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Julie Evanish, BS, RN, PCCN

Nurses uninterrupted passing of
medications successfully (NUPASS)
study
Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Frances M. Flynn, APRN, BCCNS

Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Deborah Duey, MS, APN,
ACNS-BC, CCRN

Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Bernadine Brennan, BSN, RN

Creating successful transitions
following myocardial infarction (MI)
from hospital to home using a
multidisciplinary approach
Utilization of the Kreg Lift Bed to
promote mobilization in the intubated
patient in the medical intensive
cardiac care unit
Hospitalization rates in a disease
management program
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Mary Fowler, MS, APN, CPNP,
CPN, CPON & Larry Roy, MD

Antibiotic administration in one hour
or less for pediatric oncology patients
with fever and neutropenia
Advocate Christ Medical
Center


Signed, sealed, delivered: Facing
certification without fear and getting
results
Advocate Christ Medical
Center


Where to start, what to chart? Setting
a standard for ICU charting.
Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Wendy Tuzik Micek, PhD, RN,
NEA-BC, Kim Wroble, MS,APN,
RNC, Maureen Craigmile, MSN,
RN-BC & Darcie Brazel, MSN,
RN, NEA-BC
Michelle E. Nellett, MSN, APN,
CCRN, CCNS, Meghan SladeSmith, MSN, RN, & Emily
Schmidt, BSN, RN, CCRN
Mary P. Gregory, RD, LDN,
Michelle Nellett, MSN, APRN,
CCRN, CCNS & Deborah
Kadich, BSN, RN

Newly implemented nutritional
protocol evaluated in cardiac
intensive care unit
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
 Advocate Critical Care
Conference, Advocate
Health Care, Oak Brook, IL
Oct/2012
 Advocate Critical Care
Conference, Advocate
Health Care, Oak Brook, IL
Oct/2012
 Advocate Critical Care
Conference, Advocate
Health Care, Oak Brook, IL
Oct/2012
 Advocate Critical Care
Conference, Advocate
Health Care, Oak Brook, IL
Oct/2012
 Advocate Critical Care
Conference, Advocate
Health Care, Oak Brook, IL
Oct/2012
 ANCC National Magnet
Conference, Los Angeles,
CA
Oct/2012
 ANCC National Magnet
Conference, Los Angeles,
CA
Oct/2012
 Advocate

Critical Care
Conference, Advocate
Health Care, Oak Brook, IL
Oct/2012
16th International Congress
of Dietetics, Sydney,
Australia
Sep/2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Advocate Trinity Hospital,
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital, Advocate Lutheran
General Hospital, Advocate
Christ Medical Center,
Advocate South Suburban
Hospital; Advocate Lutheran
General Hospital; Advocate
South Suburban Hospital;
Advocate Good Shepherd
Hospital; Advocate Health
Care

Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Title
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
 Academy of Neonatal
Nurses Conference,
Chicago, IL
Sep/2012
Phyllis Lawlor-Klean, RNC, MS,
APN/CNS, [Advocate Children's
Hospital-Oak Lawn], Jennifer
Perkins, BSN, MS, RNC-NIC,
[Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital], Jeanne Wiesbrock
BSN, RN, IBCLC, [Advocate
Children's Hospital-Park Ridge]
Marie Morack, RN, BSN, CCRN
& Michelle Nellett, MSN, APN,
CCRN, CCNS

Nurses’ perception of milk
temperature at delivery compared to
actual practice in the neonatal ICU
(NICU)

Put your best foot forward:
Progressive mobility in the ICU

Irene Benson, MSN, APN,
Euphemia Connell, MS, APN,
Mary Sue Dailey, MSN, ACNSBC, APN, Diane Eckhouse, MS,
OCN-BC, APN, Donna Ellis,
MS,ACNS-BC, Ann Jorgensen,
MS, CCNS, APN, Diane
Kuehlenz, MS, CCNS, APN,
Gina Minga, MS, ACNS-BC,
APN, Fely Ong, MSN, CCNS,
APN, Linda Sroka, RN, Joanne
Lamantia Watts, MSN, ACNSBC, FNP-BC,
Fely Ong, MSN, APN, CCNS &
Donna Ellis, MS, APN,
ACNSBC

Is anticoagulation associated with
preventing upper extremity venous
thromboembolism and are there any
risk factors?


Venous thromboembolism (VTE)
prevention in the acute care setting

Kim Souder, MSN, APN,
CCRN, FNP-BC

Spreading pediatric CLABSI efforts
hospital wide

Summer Institutes on
Evidence-Based Quality
Improvement, San Antonio,
TX
Jul/2012
Summer Institutes on
Evidence-Based Quality
Improvement, San Antonio,
TX
Jul/2012
Summer Institutes on
Evidence-Based Quality
Improvement, San Antonio,
TX
Jul/2012
NACHRI Annual
Leadership Conference in
Washington, DC
Nov/2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Wendy Tuzik Micek, PhD, RN,
NEA-BC

Preparing for the future of nursing:
What you need to know
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Summer Watkins, MSN, APN,
CPNP-AC

Acute compartment syndrome
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Ginny Fowler, MS, APN, CPNP,
CPON, CPN; Leticia Losurdo,
MA, RN & Kim Duback, BSN,
RN, CPN

An investigation: Scrutiny of
documentation
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Sarah Kane, MS, APN, CPNP,
CCRN

Low cardiac output
Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Geanette Barry, BSN, RNC &
Lorian Williams Willis, MSN,
APN

Let's stay together: Nurses attitudes
and confidence related to nonseparation
Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Cheryl A. Lefaiver, PhD, RN,
CCRP & Wendy Tuzik Micek,
PhD, RN, NEA-BC

Evidence based practice
implementation improves for journal
club users
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Fran Majca, MA, BSN, RN,
CPON

Sickle cell: It's a pain
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Gloria Mudryj, BSN, RN, CPN

Home care challenges for the
medically complex child
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
 Clinical Aspects of
Perinatal Medicine: 36th
Annual Perinatal
Symposium, Oak Lawn, IL
Nov/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
 Ninth Annual Evidence
Based Practice
Conference, Naperville, IL
Oct/2012
 Ninth Annual Evidence
Based Practice
Conference, Naperville, IL
Oct/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Ryan Gagnon, BSN, RN &
Christina Lee, BSN, RN, CPEN

From the front line to the front door:
Who needs our help first?
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Alix McNulty, BA, RN Pediatric
Nursing: Big Issues for Little

Seizures
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Laurie Eschbach, MS, RD,
LDN, CDE & Maureen
Zaleski,BSN, RN, CDE

Medical and nutritional management
of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Laura Burokas, MS, APN,
CPNP, CCNS

Lumps and dimples: Congenital,
spinal cord anomalies in children
Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Jacqueline Evans, MS, APN,
CPNP

What's new with immunizations and
why should I care?
Advocate Christ Medical
Center


Magnet data display: Turning blurry
lines into clear exemplars
Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Wendy Tuzik Micek, PhD, RN,
NEA-BC & Patti Ludwig
Beymer*, PhD, RN, NEA-BC,
[*Edward Hospital]
Irene Tranowski, MSN, CRRN

Lateral violence: Where is the
compassion
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn

Meggan Mikal, MS, APN,
PCNS, CPN, CHPPN & Rev.
Stacey Jutila, BCC

Goodness grows: Unearthing family
dynamics
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
 ANCC National Magnet
Conference, Los Angeles,
CA
Oct/2012
 38th Annual Educational
Conference for
Rehabilitation Nurses,
Nashville, TN
Oct/2012
 Pediatric Nursing: Big Issues
for Little Patients Advocate
Children's Hospital, Tinley
Park, IL
Oct/2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Joanne Grigg, APN, ACNP,
TNS

The in and outs of abdominal wounds
Advocate Christ Medical
Center

Kathy Garcia, BSN, CWOCN

Back to the basics
Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn
 Kimberly Wittmayer, MS, APN,
PCNS-BC
 ABC's of pediatric procedural pain
management
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
 Mary Carol Racelis APN
 Marge Kearney APN, ONC
 Optimizing Outcomes for Surgical
Patients: A collaborative approach
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital
 Mary Carol Racelis APN
 Marge Kearney APN ONC
 Optimizing Outcomes for Surgical
Patients: A collaborative approach
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital


Sue Durkin APN CCNS
The Effectiveness of Addressing
Upper Body Warmth with Elderly
Patients
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
 Wound Care 2012:
Changing Lives, Advocate
Christ Medical Center, Oak
Lawn, IL
Sep/2012
 Wound Care 2012:
Changing Lives, Advocate
Christ Medical Center, Oak
Lawn, IL
Sep/2012
 American Society for Pain
Management Nursing
(ASPMN), Baltimore, MD
Sep/2012
 Podium Presentation
 NACNS 2012 Chicago, IL
March 9, 2012
 Poster Presentation:
Advocate Christ Medical
Center: Exemplary
Professional Practice,
Education, and Innovation
in Action April 17, 2012
 Poster presentation
 Advocate Christ Medical
Center: Exemplary
Professional Practice,
Education, and Innovation
in Action April 17, 2012

AMSN conference, June,
2012

Advocate Critical Care
Conference, October, 2012.
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
 Poster Presentation: SGNA
Annual Symposium May
18th-23rd 2012
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital

CeCe Pezdek MSN RN, Julie
Reinhardt RN, Karyn Pechinski
RN

Exhibiting Leadership in Patient
safety-evidence based practice used
to implement capnography in the
endoscopy suite
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital

CeCe Pezdek MSN RN, Julie
Reinhardt RN, Karyn Pechinski
RN

Scope Reprocessing: Leadership
Amidst Changes in Industry
Standards

Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital


Creating a Culture of Accountability


Mary Sue Dailey APN CCNS,
Gail Gotsis MA RN
Paula Timmermann MSN RN
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital

Marge Kearney APN, ONC

The PAO Patient: Excellent
Outcomes through Collaboration
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital

Judith J. Kinnavy BSN RN
CAPA

Classes of Analgesics
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital

Sue Durkin APN CCNS

Advocate Illinois Masonic
Medical Center
Advocate Illinois Masonic
Medical Center
 Debra Polster, MS, APN,
CCRN, CCNS, Ginger Morse,
PhD, RN, NEA-BC, Kelly Poirot,
BSN, RN, PCCN
 Imelda Duyungan MSN, RN,
NE-BC, Bella Kim BSN, RN,
CNOR, & Ginger Morse PhD,
RN, NEA-BC
The Effectiveness of Addressing
Upper Body Warmth with Elderly
Patients
 Ready, Set, Go! Innovation and Peer
Support Launch Patients to
Successful Discharge
 Interruption in the OR caused by
Electronic Communication Devices.
Poster & Podium
Presentation: SGNA
Annual Symposium May
18th-23rd 2012
Poster presentation
Advocate Christ Medical
Center: Exemplary
Professional Practice,
Education, and Innovation
in Action April 17, 2012
 Poster
presentation:
Advocate Research &
Innovation Forum; Christ
Medical Center October 17,
2012
 Pain
Grand Rounds
Advocate Good Samaritan
Hospital ,November 7,
2012

Advocate Critical Care
Conference, October, 2012.
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
ANCC National
Magnet Conference,
Los Angeles, CA
Oct/2012
Power of Nursing
Seminar
Chicago, IL
November 2, 2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital


Diane Kuehnlenz

Beers Criteria: it’s not about the drink! 
Safe drugs and use of non-medical
interventions for the older adult
patient
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Kathie Kobler, MS, APN,
PCNS-BC, CHPPN

Comfort Care: Using the Neonatal
Advance Care Plan as a Guide
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital



Kathie Kobler, MS, APN,
PCNS-BC, CHPPN

Suffering, Hope & Ritual: Comfort for
the Caregiver




Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Kathie Kobler, MS, APN,
PCNS-BC, CHPPN

Making a Case: Creating a Perinatal 
Palliative Program Using Strengths of
Existing Prenatal Services


Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Dr. Heidi Memmel, MD and
Malgorzata Sokolowski MSN,
RN, AOCNS

Breast Cancer- Should I Worry?


Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Bonnie Satinover BSN, RNCNIC, Jeanne Wiesbrock MSN,
APN, IBCLC

Effect of Feed Warming Method on
Feeding Tolerance in the Preterm
Infant Born at Less than 30 Weeks
Gestation


Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Susan Okuno-Jones DNP, MA,
MS, APN, RNC-NIC, RNBC

Research at the bedside


Academy of Med-Surg
Nurses, South Suburban
Chapter meeting, education
presentation, Sept. 13,
Oakbrook
August 10, 2012
LaCrosse, WI
RTS Blueprint for Perinatal
Palliative Care Conference
Invited Plenary Speaker
August 10, 2012
LaCrosse, WI
RTS Blueprint for Perinatal
Palliative Care Conference
Invited Closing Session
Speaker, Co-presented
with Dr. Rana Limbo
September 12, 2012
Park Ridge, IL
Perinatal Outreach
Conference
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital
September 23, 2012
Breast Cancer Awareness
presentation in both English
and Polish at St. Thomas
Beckett church at Mt.
Prospect, IL
Poster presentation
September 8-12th
Academy of Neonatal
Nurses Conference,
Chicago, IL
9/7/12
15th National Mother Baby
Conference (Chicago)
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
 Advocate Critical Care
Conference
 Drury Lane
 October 10, 2012
 Poster Presentation
 Advocate Research and
Innovation Forum
 October 24, 2012
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Susan K O’Mara MSN, APN

Fifty Shades of Gray: CT Scans
versus Chest X-Rays
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Caroline Farella RN CCRN
RCIS; Tracy LaFrance BSN
CCRN RCIS; Kristin Maier RN
BSN CNOR; Susan K. O’Mara
MSN APN

Quality Improvement in Door-ToBalloon Time for ST-Elevation
Myocardial Infarction Presenting to
Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Zenaida C. Deguzman, BSN,
RN, Susan K. O’Mara, APN,
Suela Sulo, MSc, Therese
Haines, BSN, RN, CAPA,
Lindsay Blackburn, BSN, RN,
Judy Corazza, RN, CAPA

Bacteriostatic Normal Saline
Compared to Buffered 1% Lidocaine
When Injected Intradermally as a
Local Anesthetic to Reduce Pain
during Intravenous Catheter Insertion


Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Catherine Bennett, APN

Second Stage Evidence Based
Practice

Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Catherine Bennett, APN
Jean M. Mau DNP, MSN,
ACNS-BC, CHFN


Early Skin to Skin Contact and the
Effect of NICU Admissions
Development of A Conceptual
Framework Supporting the Vision of
Aging in Place









Poster Presentation
Advocate Critical Care
Conference
Drury Lane
October 10, 2012
AWHONN chapter
presentation
Rockford AWHONN
Chapter
August 27, 2012
Poster Presentation
Advocate Innovative
Research Forum
October 19, 2012
Poster
presentation/discussions
31st Annual Conference:
GAPNA
Promoting Clinical
Excellence Through Vision,
Vitality and Visibility
September 19-22, 2012
Red Rock Casino Resort
Las Vegas, Nevada
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
 Advocate Critical Care
Conference
 Drury Lane
 October 10, 2012
 Poster Presentation
 Advocate Lutheran General
 Research and Innovation
Forum
 October 24, 2012
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Susan K. O’Mara MSN APN

Fifty Shades of Gray: CT Scans
versus Chest X-ray
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Caroline Farella RN CCRN
RCIS; Tracy LaFrance BSN
CCRN RCIS; Kristin Maier RN
BSN CNOR; Susan K. O’Mara
MSN APN

Quality Improvement in Door-ToBalloon Time for ST-Elevation
Myocardial Infarction Presenting to
Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Zenaida C. Deguzman, BSN,
RN, Susan K. O’Mara, APN,
Suela Sulo, MSc, Therese
Haines, MSN, RN, CAPA,
Lindsay Blackburn, BSN, RN,
Judy Corazza, RN, CAPA

Bacteriostatic Normal Saline
Compared to Buffered 1% Lidocaine
When Injected Intradermally as a
Local Anesthetic to Reduce Pain
during Intravenous Catheter Insertion


Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Jeanne Wiesbrock MS, APN,
IBCLC

Implementation of Potentially Better
Practices to Decrease Ventilator
Associated Pneumonia and Chronic
Lung Disease

Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Jeanne Wiesbrock MS, APN,

IBCLC; Cheryl Fornowski BSN,
RN, CEIM; Jeffrey George D.O.;
Value Analysis of Quality
Improvement Initiatives in NICU


Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Jeanne Wiesbrock MS, APN,

IBCLC; Cheryl Fornowski BSN,
RN, CEIM; Jeffrey George D.O.;
Implementation of Potentially Better
Practices to Decrease Ventilator
Associated Pneumonia and Chronic
Lung Disease


Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Cheryl Fornowski BSN, RN,
CEIM; Jeanne Wiesbrock MS,
APN, IBCLC; Jeffrey George
D.O.;

Implementation of Potentially Better
Practices to Decrease Ventilator
Associated Pneumonia and Chronic
Lung Disease

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


Poster Presentation
Advocate Critical Care
Conference
Drury Lane
October 10, 2012
Plenary presentation at the
Vermont Oxford Network
Annual Meeting and Quality
Congress, October 12-14,
2012
Poster presentation at:
Vermont Oxford Network
Annual Meeting and Quality
Congress, October 12-14,
2012
Poster presentation at:
Vermont Oxford Network
Annual Meeting and Quality
Congress, October 12-14,
2012
Poster Presentation
Advocate Lutheran General
Research and Innovation
Forum
October 24, 2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Cheryl Fornowski BSN, RN,
CEIM; Jeanne Wiesbrock MS,
APN, IBCLC; Jeffrey George
D.O.;

Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Karen Lebo MS, RNC-NIC;
Sinead Forkan-Kelly BSEH,
RN, CIC; Jeanne Wiesbrock
MS, RNC-NIC, IBCLC

Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Karen Lebo MS, RNC-NIC

Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Bonnie Satinover BSN, RNCNIC, Jeanne Wiesbrock MS,
APN, IBCLC

Journal/Conference or
Meeting

Poster Presentation
Value Analysis of Quality
 Advocate Lutheran General
Improvement Initiatives in NICU
 Research and Innovation
Forum
 October 24, 2012
Central Line Associated Bloodstream  Poster Presentation
Infection: Implementation of a Quality  Advocate Lutheran General
Improvement Initiative to Protect our  Research and Innovation
Smallest Patients
Forum
 October 24, 2012
 Plenary presentation :
Central Line Associated Bloodstream
Infection: Implementation of a Quality  Advocate Lutheran General
Improvement Initiative to Protect our  Research and Innovation
Forum
Smallest Patients
 October 24, 2012
Effect of Feed Warming Method on
Feeding Tolerance in the Preterm
Infant Born at Less than 30 Weeks
Gestation




Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital



William Nelson, RN, BSN, MST 
Carol Victor APN-CNS, CDE
Lee Joesten, Susan OkunoJones, Nancy Cipparrone, Ed
DuBose

Using USB Drives for Diabetes
Education: A Pilot Study
"Assessing The Perceived Level Of
Institutional Support For The Second
Victim Following A Patient Safety
Event"
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





Poster Presentation
Advocate Lutheran General
Research and Innovation
Forum
October 24, 2012
Poster Presentation
Advocate Lutheran General
Research and Innovation
Forum
October 24, 2012
Poster Presentation
Advocate Lutheran General
Research and Innovation
Forum
October 24, 2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Title
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
 Invited Keynote
Presentation
 Geisinger Health Care
System: 4th Annual
Perinatal & Early Infant
Loss Conference
 Danville, PA
 October 12, 2012
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Kathie Kobler, MS, APN,
PCNS-BC, CHPPN

Strategies for Maintaining
Relationship in Difficult Situations
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Kathie Kobler, MS, APN,
PCNS-BC, CHPPN

Making a Case: Creating a Perinatal 
Palliative Program Using Strengths of
Existing Prenatal Services

Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Kathie Kobler, MS, APN,
PCNS-BC, CHPPN

Relationship Centered Care






Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital

Kathie Kobler, MS, APN,
PCNS-BC, CHPPN

Palliative Care: Assuring Quality of
Living for Children with Complex
Medical Conditions

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
Invited Concurrent Session
Presentation
Geisinger Health Care
System: 4th Annual
Perinatal & Early Infant
Loss Conference
Danville, PA
October 12, 2012
Invited Co-Presenter with
Dr. Rana Limbo
Chicago Alliance of
Perinatal Bereavement
Facilitators’ 20th Annual
Spotlight on Support.: The
Effects of Perinatal Loss on
Relationship
Arlington Heights, IL
October 22.2012
Co-Presenter with Henry
Mangurten, MD & Melanie
Lamprecht, MD
Advocate Children’s
Hospital, Park Ridge:
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Park Ridge, IL
November 27, 2012
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Author(s)
Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital
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Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital
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Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital
Kathie Kobler, MS, APN,
PCNS-BC, CHPPN
Title
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Monica Biezien BSN, RN;
Karen Hermes BSN, RN-BC,
CCM; Maria King BSN, RN,
CCRN; Chris Rodriguez BSN,
RN
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Jean M. Mau DNP, MSN,
ACNS-BC, CHFN
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RTS Bereavement Training in
Perinatal Death: 2 Day Course &
RTS Bereavement Coordinator Day
Training
Heart failure core measure analysis
project and its impact on transitional
discharge plans and 30 day
readmissions
Development of A Conceptual
Framework Supporting the Vision of
Aging in Place
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
 Invited National Faculty
 RTS Bereavement Services
Conference
 Wayne, NJ
 December 6-8, 2012
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Advocate Lutheran General
Hospital/Advocate Children’s
Hospital
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Jean M. Mau DNP, MSN,
ACNS-BC, CHFN
Oak Brook Support Center Touhy
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Josie Howard-Ruben, Ph D (c), 
RN, APN-CNS, AOCN, CHPN
Advocate South Suburban
Hospital
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Manisa Baker, APN and Peggy
Cowling, APN
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Home is Where the Heart is:
Strategies for Aging in Place
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So You Think You Can Write?
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From ICU to Post Partum
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Poster Presentation
Advocate Lutheran General
Research and Innovation
Forum
October 24, 2012
Poster Presentation
Advocate Lutheran General
Research and Innovation
Forum
October 24, 2012
Presentation at Life’s
Journey: Empowering
vibrant, grace-filled living
across all generations.
Older Adult Gathering
October 9-11, 2012 Starved
Rock State Park, Utica,
Illinois
Chicago Area Case
Management Society
January 19, 2013
September 8-12th
Academy of Neonatal
Nurses Conference,
Chicago, IL
National Mother Baby
Conference.
PRESENTATIONS
SITE
Advocate South Suburban
Hospital
GRANT SUBMISSIONS
SITE
Author(s)
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Loreli Beyer, CNM, WHNP
Title
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Creating a Culture of Change
Journal/Conference or
Meeting
 September 8-12th
Academy of Neonatal
Nurses Conference,
Chicago, IL
 National Mother Baby
Conference.
Principal Investigator
(Co-investigators)
 Meggan Mikal, APN, MS, PCNSBC, CPN, CHPPN
Project Title
Grant Sponsor: Award
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Fellows Palliative Medicine Training
Program
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Advocate Christ Medical
Center
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A feasibility study using aromatherapy
for females undergoing breast cancer
surgery
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Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn
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Age Appropriateness of Neonatal
Withdrawal Assessment Tool
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Advocate Children’s HospitalOak Lawn
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PARTICIPANTS IN
EXTERNAL NURSING
STUDIES
SITE
Jackie Murauski, RN, MSN, APN,
Patrice A. Stephens, MS, APN,
AOCN, & Maggie Colabuono,
RN, BSN
Alexandra Dziadon*, Renee
Exo*, Amanda Glos*, Melissa
Victor*, & Cheryl Anema PhD,
RN*
ACH-OL Site Preceptor: Phyllis
Lawlor‐Klean MSN, APN
*Purdue University Calumet
Principal Investigator
(Co-investigators)
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Project Title
The Coleman Foundation
Awarded: Coleman
Fellowship 2012-2015
Dec/2012
Daisy Foundation
Not funded
Nov/2012
Purdue University Calumet
Undergraduate Research
Grant
Awarded: $550
Oct/2012
Originating University or
Organization