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Suzette Walker, Peg Esper, and Judy Estes, Nurse Practitioners in the Cancer Center, are congratulated for completion of their fifth year of the Navigating Oncology Nursing Conference. The conference continues to grow every year. They had over 300 nurses register this year, and 2/3 of the nurses were non U of M nurses. This is the largest local regional oncology nursing conference.
Judith Coucouvanis, MS, RN, Nurse Practitioner in Ambulatory Care Psychiatry, is the co-author of Chapter 13: Autism Spectrum Disorders in the new book Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health: A Resource for Advanced Practice Psychiatric and Primary Care Practitioners in Nursing. The book is now available from Wiley-Blackwell.
Noel Baldwin, RN, BSN (6D Clinical Care Coordinator) presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Annual Congress in Houston. SCCM is the largest multi-professional organization dedicated to excellence in critical care. His topic was "Implementing Early Mobility at the Bedside".
Rebecca Priebe, who works with the Pulmonary ICU team, has published her research on NP job satisfaction in ADVANCE for NPs & PAs.
Karla Stoermer Grossman, Clinical Care Coordinator, mastery level, in the Pediatric Pulmonary specialty clinic, has been appointed to the Clinical Adjunct Faculty Network (CAFN) as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor, in the Division of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction Programs (Division II) in the School of Nursing.
Susanne Quallich, Nurse Practitioner, Urology, had five (5) book chapters finalized for publication in 2013, two (2) written independently and three (3) with coauthors:
- Quallich, S.A. (2013). Genitourinary Emergencies. In Sheehy's Manual of Emergency Care (7th edition), Hammond, B.B. & Zimmerman, P.G. (Eds.). St. Louis: Elsevier.
- Herbruck, L.F., & Quallich, S.A. (2013). Nursing Assessment: Female and Male Reproductive Function. In Focus on Adult Health: Medical Surgical Nursing, Pellico, L.H. (Ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
- Quallich, S.A. & Lajiness, M.J. (2013). Nursing Assessment: Renal and Urinary Tract Function. In Focus on Adult Health: Medical Surgical Nursing, Pellico, L.H. (Ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
- Quallich, S.A. & Lajiness, M.J. (2013). Nursing Management: Patients with Urinary Disorders. In Focus on Adult Health: Medical Surgical Nursing, Pellico, L.H. (Ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
- Quallich, S.A. (2013). Nursing Management: Patients with Male Reproductive Disorders. In Focus on Adult Health: Medical Surgical Nursing, Pellico, L.H. (Ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Cherie Holodnick, RN, MS, COHN-S, RN Level E in Occupational Health Services, published the article "Positive IGRA Results – Making a case for treatment of latent tuberculosis" in the Journal of the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare, Winter 2012 issue.
See it now at: http://www.med.umich.edu/i/quality/action/2011stories.html
- 15 teams (including those named as Exemplar) present their work in 20 minute videos.
- 58 posters presented in their entirety as exhibited during poster session (see the contact person in lower right of poster).
- 24 stories have a 4 minute audio-tour which can be listened to concurrent with poster review.
What's New in Nurse Recruitment and Retention
The March 2012 UMHS Nurse Career Fair sponsored by Nurse Recruitment and Retention was held Sunday, March 25th. We reached a record attendance of 301! Read more...
Representatives for each clinical unit/area were present to meet with candidates, provide information on current open positions, and answer their specific questions. Finding the "right fit' is an important aspect of a job search and unit representatives play a crucial role in beginning that process. The staff of Nurse Recruitment would like to thank all who participated!
Take a Look at "Virtual Quality Month"
15 teams present their work, 58 posters are presented, and 24 stories are told. Read more, watch and listen...
See it now at: http://www.med.umich.edu/i/quality/action/2011stories.html
- 15 teams (including those named as Exemplar) present their work in 20 minute videos.
- 58 posters presented in their entirety as exhibited during poster session (see the contact person in lower right of poster).
- 24 stories have a 4 minute audio-tour which can be listened to concurrent with poster review.
What's New in Nurse Recruitment and Retention
Fiscal Year 2012 Hires: From July 1, 2012 through February 16, 2012, we have hired 597 nurses!
Pediatric Critical Care Expo: On February 11, 2012, the Pediatric Critical Care Expo attracted 29 experienced nurses to the new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. Read more...
During the event they were exposed not just to the design of the building and technology found in the new Mott but also to the talented nurses who work there. This recruiting event was designed to attract nurses who have a passion for pediatric critical care and who have intensive care experience.
Thank you to the managers, supervisors and staff from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Pediatric Cardiothoracic Unit (PCTU), Pediatric Emergency Service, Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (Hem/Onc), ECMO and Central Staff Resources Pediatric Float Pool (CSR) who participated in this event. You made the career options here come alive! Recruiters and managers are continuing to work with these candidates.
Laurie Hartman, DNP, RN, APRN-BC and Elizabeth S. Stewart, MSN, RN co-authored with April N. Kapu, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC; Marc Moote, MS, PA-C; and Clare Thomson-Smith, JD, MSN, RN, FAANP the chapter Forming Centers for Advanced Practice in the book Integrating Nursing Practitioners & Physician Assistants into the ICU – Strategies for Optimizing Contributions to Care.
Please take a moment to check out this great article in this month's NP World News about our UofM School Based Health Clinics and Jennifer Salerno's (our APRN colleague) work there: "The Kids Are All Right – Teen Health Care in Ann Arbor" by Ed Gruber, PhD, RN, ARNP.
Dorsch, M., Bahl, V. Moore, N. Pipe, S., Spotts, V. Froehlich, J. had an abstract accepted to the Thrombosis and Hemostasis Summit of North America, May 2012 in Chicago. Title of the abstract is: The Effects of Dose-Response Data-driven Model for Heparin Infusion Nomogram Quality Improvement on aPTT Control. This was research done to refine the heparin nomogram based on data.
Suzanne Benloucif-Moore NP, Jackie Fortino RN, and Cindy Tobin NP had their poster on Afib/OSA accepted for an international conference for Heart Rhythm Society, which is an organization specifically for electrophysiology.
Dr. Stephen Strobbe, Addictions Nursing Specialist at the University of Michigan Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS), and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing, recently had an article published in a peer-reviewed journal with the following citation: Strobbe, S. & Kurtz, E. (2012). Narratives for recovery: Personal stories in the 'Big Book' of Alcoholics Anonymous. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 7(1), 29-52.
UMHS employees are now using MiChart for registering, scheduling and billing.
This endeavor’s success is attributed to the hard work and dedication of thousands of UMHS employees who devoted significant hours to MiChart as subject matter experts, trainers, end users, testers, workgroup representatives, Super Users, technical and logistics support. Hundreds of behind-the-scenes activities were completed by the MiChart project team, Medical Center Information Technology, UMHS leadership, clinicians, end users and other staff. MiChart clinical applications will launch in summer 2012.
This event was free to students and its purpose was to help improve first year nurse retention in the state. In addition to presentations from the nurse recruiters, Marge Calarco, PhD, RN, Chief of Nursing Services, gave a welcome and was able to meet many of the students.
The highlight of the day was the "New Grad Panel". This panel, made up of recent UM RN hires, shared their experiences as new RNs and candidly answered audience questions.
This year, we would like to thank our nurses who participated and the managers and unit staff who helped facilitate their presence: Megan Bollinger - 8D-Intermediate Care Unit, Kim Cook - 6B-General Medicine, GI and Liver Unit, David Lieber - 12 East Mott-Pediatric General Care Unit, Sara West - 12 East Mott-Pediatric General Care Unit, Kristy Will - 4A-Neurology/Neurosurgery/Stroke Unit, Diana Ziser - 4C-Cardiothoracic Step Down Unit.
The UMHS Quality and Safety Website was created to demonstrate our commitment to providing patient's with high quality, safe care and to make it easy for patient's and referring physicians to use our quality and safety performance when choosing a provider.
MiChart in Ambulatory Care. The University of Michigan Health System entered a new era of patient care on February 1st, and came one step closer to a fully electronic patient health record. Read more...
UMHS employees are now using MiChart for registering, scheduling and billing.
This endeavor’s success is attributed to the hard work and dedication of thousands of UMHS employees who devoted significant hours to MiChart as subject matter experts, trainers, end users, testers, workgroup representatives, Super Users, technical and logistics support. Hundreds of behind-the-scenes activities were completed by the MiChart project team, Medical Center Information Technology, UMHS leadership, clinicians, end users and other staff. MiChart clinical applications will launch in summer 2012.
What's New in Nurse Recruitment and Retention
On Saturday, January 21st, the Nurse Recruitment and Retention team held their 5th annual "Career Launch". This year over 200 soon-to-be graduates from schools of nursing throughout Michigan gathered for a day of preparation to make the transition from student to practicing RN. Read more...
This event was free to students and its purpose was to help improve first year nurse retention in the state. In addition to presentations from the nurse recruiters, Marge Calarco, PhD, RN, Chief of Nursing Services, gave a welcome and was able to meet many of the students.
The highlight of the day was the "New Grad Panel". This panel, made up of recent UM RN hires, shared their experiences as new RNs and candidly answered audience questions.
This year, we would like to thank our nurses who participated and the managers and unit staff who helped facilitate their presence: Megan Bollinger - 8D-Intermediate Care Unit, Kim Cook - 6B-General Medicine, GI and Liver Unit, David Lieber - 12 East Mott-Pediatric General Care Unit, Sara West - 12 East Mott-Pediatric General Care Unit, Kristy Will - 4A-Neurology/Neurosurgery/Stroke Unit, Diana Ziser - 4C-Cardiothoracic Step Down Unit.
Susanne Quallich, NP (December 2011) served as co-editor for the first ever Advanced Practice issue of Urologic Nursing, and also coauthored the editorial "Toward advances in practice." Urologic Nursing, 31 (6), 325-326. Susanne also authored the first practice analysis of NPs working in urology, "A survey evaluating the current role of the nurse practitioner in urology", Urologic Nursing, 31 (6), 328-336. This research paper was accepted for presentation at the AANP conference in June.
Dr. Stephen Strobbe, PhD, RN is co-author of "Bupropion-SR for smoking cessation in early recovery from alcohol dependence." The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 37, 487-490.
Sharon Dickinson, Renee Havey, and Denise O'Brien have had four talks accepted for presentation at the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Conference, in Chicago, March 8-10, 2012. The Symposium is "Intervening to Reduce the Risk of Pressure Ulcer Development in the Critically Ill Surgical Patient."
Sharon Dickinson, MSN, RN and Leah Shever, PhD, RN were co-editors of a special edition of the Critical Care Nursing Quarterly Journal, Evidence-Based Nursing Innovations. There were many contributing authors across our system and across disciplines who contributed to this important work. Read more...
- Paula Baldridge MSN, RHN, RN
- Kimberly Bauser, RRT
- Tracey Bruce, BSN, RN
- Jennifer Dammeyer, RN, MSN, ANP, CCRN
- Chris Dickinson, MD
- Sharon Dickinson, RN, MSN, CNS-BC, ANP, CCRN
- Susan Dirkes, RN, MSN, CCRN
- Regi Freeman, MSN, RN, CNS
- Jan Gombert, MA
- Carl Haas, MLS, RRT, FAARC
- Julie Hanley, MSN, RN
- Renee Havey, RN, BSN, CCRN
- Christina Mapili, RN, MSN
- Jole Mowry, MS, RN
- Christine Nault, BSN, RN, CCRN
- Matthew Niedner, MD
- Denise O'Brien, RN, ACNS-BC, FAAN
- Tonie Owens, MSN, RN
- Deborah Pasko, PharmD
- Julie Piazza, MS, CCLS
- Brenda Shaw, BSN, RN
- Leah Shever, PhD, RN
- Dana Tschannen, PhD, RN
- Deborah Wagner, PharmD
Cyndi Bower, MS, and Chris Conrad, MSN gave podium presentations at the 3rd International Association of Clinical Research Nurses Conferences this past November in Washington, DC at the National Institutes of Health. Bower presented on "Improvements that Work: Lessons Learned at the University of Michigan." Conrad presented on "Implementation of New Phase I and II Therapies Using Biological Agents.".
The UMHS Quality and Safety Website was created to demonstrate our commitment to providing patient's with high quality, safe care and to make it easy for patient's and referring physicians to use our quality and safety performance when choosing a provider.
What's New in Nurse Recruitment and Retention
In 2011, hundreds of nurses were hired to support growth within the University of Michigan Health System. Read more...
New CS Mott Children's and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital positions as well as those created by the expansion or addition of several UH units generated numerous opportunities for nurses. Since January 2011, 439 RNs have been added to the UMHS nursing community. The majority of those, 339, were hired after July 2011.
Additionally, this past year we have seen a record number of internal transfers. 327 UMHS Nurses sought to transfer within the system to broaden their skills and knowledge in a new area of clinical practice. 203 of those who transferred have done so in the last six months.
The influx of new colleagues can sometimes be a challenge for units who are trying to manage providing complex care while orienting staff. The simple act of making others feel welcome may easily be lost in the turmoil of change. Please take a moment to check on the wellbeing of those who have joined you in the care of the patients.
UMHS is fortunate to average more than 100 candidates for each position open to new graduates. Although we are not able to hire all who apply, we are always interested in identifying and hiring great nurses. If you know a new graduate or an experienced nurse whom you would welcome as a colleague, suggest that he/she visit our website.
TBICU has had three posters accepted to National Teaching Institute (NTI) in May of this year. The titles are “Production of Multi Media Burn Care Education for Nurses, by Nurses” (Rachel Milkowski), “Evidence Based Practice: Tailored to Fit the Unique Needs of Trauma and Burn Patients” (Sarah Taylor), and “Does It Matter Who Does the Daily Skin Assessment?” (Lauren Wells)
SICU was awarded the SCCM Family-Centered Care Award.
Aebersold M, Kocan MJ, Tschannen D, and Michaels J (December 2011) recently published “Use of Simulation in Stroke Unit Education.” Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. 43 (6) 349-353. This is a nice example of some of the collaboration between SON and UMHS nursing.
Rebecca D'Agostino, RN and Susan Zill, RN have been invited to The 5th International Conference on Patient and Family-Centered Care, June 4-6, 2012, in Washington, DC. The abstract Just Do It! Beginning a Patient Family-Centered Committee in a Peri-operative Area, prepared along with Julie Piazza, CCLS, MS, BS Child Life Specialist and Scott Newport, Parent Representative C.S. Mott Patient and Family-Centered Care Committee, has been accepted for oral presentation.
In September, Dr. Stephen Strobbe, Addictions Nursing Specialist at the University of Michigan Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS), Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the University School of Nursing (UM-SON), and a member of the Board of Directors for the International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA), was co-presenter at a pre-conference workshop for IntNSA in Tucson, Arizona. The title of this half-day event was "Alcoholics Anonymous: What All Nurses Need to Know about 12-Step Recovery"
In October, Dr. Stephen Strobbe gave an invited talk, "Practical Aspects of Spirituality in Addictions Treatment", in Fairfax, VA.
Joetta Vamos and Mike Chesney, both Survival Flight nurses, came in second place at the National Air Medical Conference Crew Competition in St. Louis last month.
Paula Anton, RN, MS, CRRN, ACNS-BC, had 2 abstracts accepted for the NACNS Meeting, CNS: "Optimizing Outcomes - Influencing Across the Spheres" on March 8 – 10, 2012 at The Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park. Poster presentation: "Hourly Rounding: A Systematic Approach To Patient Safety". Presentation: "Post Discharge Phone Calls Improve Care Coordination".
Dr. Stephen Strobbe co-authored a recently-published article with the following citation: Karam-Hage, M., Strobbe, S., Robinson, J. D., & Brower, K. J. (2011). "Buproprion-SR for smoking cessation in early recovery from alcohol dependence: A placebo-controlled, double-blind pilot study". The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 37, 487-90. This article can be accessed at the Informa web site.
2011 Nursing Poster Day
View a video of the awards ceremony and presentations by poster authors from this year's NRP Poster Session, and see who the winners were, by clicking here.
Video of the awards ceremony and presentations by poster authors.
Congratulations to:
- "People’s Choice Award” winner: Suzanne Benloucif, #9 “Atrial Fibrillation and Sleep Apnea. Are We Missing Something?”
- “Research Award” winner: Suzanne Benloucif #9 “Atrial Fibrillation and Sleep Apnea. Are We Missing Something?”
- “Clinical Innovation” Award winner: Paula Anton #23 “Post Discharge Phone Calls Improve Care Coordination.”
- “Evidence Based Practice” Award winner: Cathy Lewis #26 “New Pediatric Nursing Care Delivery Model for the New Hospital.”
What's New in Nurse Recruitment and Retention
October was another busy month for those working in the Nurse Recruitment and Retention Department. Lots of hiring and Nurse Week celebrations. Read more...
Hiring continues for not only our new C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and the Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital, but also for the backfill and growth positions we have throughout the health system. The Recruiters are keeping busy talking with both internal staff who have questions about applying for positions and also with students from our area schools of Nursing as they begin looking for their first nursing position.
We held our last three Nurse Week celebration events in October. We hosted a PCCN and CCRN two-day review course with one of our favorite external speakers, Cammy Fancher, ACNP, MSN, CCRN. We also hosted the annual Pain CE dinner. Many thanks to one of our own Linda K. Strodtman, PhD, RN for once again providing an evening of information and insight.
Planning will begin soon for next year’s Nurse Week celebration. Please send any ideas or feedback you have to Juanita Parry jsparry@umich.edu
PCTU Nurses participate in mission trip to El Salvador
Angela White, Ashley Wallace, Bev Benmoussa, Lisa Beckman, Whitnie McNeil and Meredith Bajor (PCTU nurses) and Kim Kellogg (PNP with our Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Advanced Practice Team) traveled to El Salvador in October as part of a mission trip funded by Rotary International. The goal of this trip was to participate in helping the Salvadoran team develop their own Pediatric Cardiac Surgery program, so the main purpose of the mission was to teach and support the Salvadoran team.
Teresa Bell, RN, Level D on the Bone Marrow Transplant Clinic team, has been selected to attend the Fall 2011 Institute of Nursing Excellence.
Patricia McKenzie, Level E RN in Plastic Surgery Clinic, served as a member of the 2011 Scientific Sessions Planning Committee for the American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses (ASPSN), Annual Convention. Pat also presented at the 2011 Annual Convention of ASPSN in Denver, CO, “How to Get Involved with the ASPSN.”
Marvella Muzik, RN, MS, (PES Supervisor), along with staff nurse Sharon Stetz, RN, MS; had a presentation accepted at the 7th European Congress on Violence in Psychiatry October 19-22. The conference this year is held in Prague, Czech Republic. Their topic is "Reduction of Seclusion & Restraints in the Psychiatric Emergency Services".
Peg Esper, Nurse Practitioner in the Cancer Center, recently published two articles:
- Hudes, G. R., Carducci, M. A., Choueiri, T. K., Esper, P., Jonasch, E., Kumar, R., Srinivas, S. NCCN task force report: Optimizing treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma with molecular targeted therapy. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 9(Suppl 1), S-1-S-29, 2011.
- Esper, P. Throwing the brake on the drug approval train. The J of the Adv Prac Onc. 2(4), 2011, pp. 273-276.
She also was involved as a presenter, NCCN Leadership Academy, Philadelphia, PA, July, 2011.
Recruitment and Retention News
National Nurse Week activities continue and approximately 200 nurses attended our two Phyllis Kritek events on September 27th and 28th. We will be hosting PCCN and CCRN 2-day review courses in early October and then our annual "Pain CE" dinner mid-October.
UMHS Cardiovascular Care Center Call for Abstracts: CVC invites you to submit an abstract focusing on Quality Improvement, Care Excellence, and Evidence-based Practice. Read more...
Clinical Excellence and Innovation in Cardiovascular Care
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Kensington Court, Ann Arbor, MI.
Seeking posters related to Cardiovascular care with a focus on Innovation, Quality Improvement, Care Excellence, and Evidence Based Practice:
- Abstracts due by September 16, 2011.
- Submit a previously accepted abstract as an email attachment to Dorothy Nagle at dorothyn@umich.edu or call 734-232-1094.
- Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by September 30, 2011.
If you have friends or colleagues who you think would be great co-workers who are currently working at other institutions with at least one year of pediatric or critical care experience; invite them to register at the following website: http://pednurse.umnursing.org/
Sharon Dickinson, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, ANP, and Clinical Nurse Specialist for SICU, TBICU, and RRT, has been selected as a reviewer for the Beacon Award Review Panel. The Beacon Award for Excellence, presented by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, is a national award that recognizes individual units for exceptional patient care. The Beacon Award Review Panel is responsible for reading, grading, and providing feedback on applications received from intensive care units from across the country.
Sharon's education, years of experience, clinical expertise, and her familiarities with the Beacon Award application process make her a wonderful addition to the panel.
Marie Wolfer, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC, has been selected by the AACN (American Association for Critical Care Nurses) to serve on the review board for the prestigious Beacon Award. This award is granted to ICU's nationwide to recognize their high level achievements.
Laura Shakarjian and Juanita Parry (Recruitment & Retention) presented information about the UMHS program “Career Launch” at the National Health Care Recruiters' annual conference in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Juanita Parry, Marge Calarco and the NRR team published an article which appeared in the July issue of Nursing Management: "Investing in the Future Nursing Workforce".
Three hundred people attended a two-hour session, “Making Needlesticks Less Painful: A Strategic Plan”, presented by Representatives of the UMHS Needlestick Committee at a conference in Chicago. Read more...
Susanne Quallich has been reappointed to the Urologic Nursing Journal Editorial Board for 3 more years, 2012-2014.
Lashon Hart, RN, EAA-MPC, attended the National Nurses United conference in Washington D.C. She met with Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin. Discussions included; nurse to patient ratios, national healthcare and Medicare.
Julie Grunawalt, MS, RN, GCNS-BC; Winnie Wood, MS, RN; Sandra Kendziora, RN, Leo Kjellin, RN, and Tamara Davies, BSN, RN; have had their abstract entitled "POD Nursing: Improves Patient and Staff Satisfaction" accepted by The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) for poster presentation at the 2011 Convention this September in Boston, MA.
Dana Tschannen, Gail Keenan, Michelle Aebersold, Mary Jo Kocan, Francene Lundy and Victoria Averhart for published the article, "Implications of Nurse-Physician Relations: Report of a Successful Intervention" which can be found in Nursing Economics The Journal For Health Care Leaders, Volume 29, Number 3, May/June 2011.
SICU for has received the Beacon award for a second time. They are one of 15 units that achieved this for 2011 and were acknowledged at the AACN, National Teaching Institute in Chicago, in May. This time the award was given for 3 years 2011-2013.
SICU Call for Abstracts: SICU invites you to submit an abstract for their first annual Critical Care Conference. Read more...
Leaping Forward in Critical Care: Stitching Evidence into Practice February 29, 2012
This opportunity is not limited to surgically-focused research interests; rather, our mission is to feature a variety of speakers and posters that offer an innovative, comprehensive approach to evidence-based care of the critically ill patient.
Eligible Topics for Presentation: Evidence-Based Practice. Clinical Innovation, Process Improvement & Leadership
Submission Instructions:
- Oral presentations to be no longer than 15 minutes.
- Poster dimensions no larger than 4ft X 6ft (mountable or free-standing)
- Please limit abstract to no more than 250 words.
- Abstracts are due by August 17, 2011 at midnight.
- You will be notified by September 30, 2011 if your project has been accepted for presentation.
Click here to begin submission.
UMHS nurses win Educational Poster Award at 2011 Intravenous Nurses Society Annual Convention & Industrial Exhibition.
Laura Boonstra, Karen Harden, Sarah Jarvis, Stephanie Palmer, Pam Kavanaugh-Carveth, Joe Barnett and Chris Friese authored the article "Sleep Disturbance in Hospitalized Recipients of Stem Cell Transplantation", published in the June edition of the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing.
Diane M. Lack, MS, RN, CCM, published "Presenteeism Revisited, A Comprehensive Review" in the Vol. 59, No. 2, 2011 American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal.
Diane Wyse, MSN, RN-BC, Educational Nurse Specialist was awarded a research grant from the National Nursing Staff Development Organization (NNSDO) Research Committee to study effective evaluation of our UMHS Charge Nurse Program.
Katherine M. Abstoss, Brenda E. Shaw, Tonie A. Owens, Julie L. Juno, Elaine L. Commiskey, and Matthew F. Niedner, had their article "Increasing medication error reporting rates while reducing harm through simultaneous cultural and system-level interventions in an intensive care unit" published in the June 2011 edition of BMJ Quality & Safety Online First.
At the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session, in New Orleans, April 2-5, Sue Housholder (shown center in photo) was inducted into the College. This was the first year that Cardiac Care Associates were inducted. Read more...
Our other Michigan colleagues are from WBH and HFH; Sandra O'Neill and Janet Wyman.
This conference also had a marvelous Aortic Session at the ACC which Sue moderated and was a speaker. Our own Dr. Deeb from cardiac surgery was present and the first speaker on Pathophysiology of Ascending Aortic Aneurysms, Dr. John Elefteriades, a cardiac surgeon from Yale was the second speaker and Sue closed the session with a talk on ―What's Missing in Disease Management of Thoracic Aortic Disease.‖
Nursing Research Partnership announces 2011 UMHS Nursing Poster Day
Tammy Keyes, RN, ENC in CSR, Employee Recognition Committee member has been chosen as one of the six representatives to represent UMHS in accepting an award for the four Best Practice Standards at the Recognition Professionals International Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Read more...
- Standard 1: Recognition Strategy
- Standard 2: Management Responsibility
- Standard 6: Recognition Events and Celebrations
- Standard 7: Program Change and Flexibility
Paula Anton, 6A Clinical Nurse Specialist, Dana Hanifan, SLP, and Jeff Evans from Psychology contributed to a new nursing textbook. The title of the book is "Rehabilitation Nursing: A Contemporary Approach to Practice". Read more..
Paula was the chapter author for Care of the Patient with Traumatic Brain Injury and Maintaining Skin Integrity. Paula was also a section editor for Promoting Self-Care in Rehabilitation Clients.
Dana and Jeff were co-authors for the chapter on Enhancing Cognition, Communication and Behavior.
Maria Hagan, RN, CRNI, and Debra Kovacevich, MPH, RN (HomeMed), contributed to a poster, "Patient and Clinician Perceptions Regarding Self-Disconnection of Continuous Chemotherapy Infusion at Home" which was accepted for the May 2011 Infusion Nurses Society Annual Convention and Industrial Exhibition.
Judy Baker, RN, and Karen Nagel, RN, have been selected to serve on the board of the Ann Arbor Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society. Read more...
Debra Kovacevich, MPH, RN, received an award at the 2011 INS Celebration of Excellence Dinner recognizing her Education Abstract Presentation entitled: "Consumer Feedback Regarding an Innovative Patient Education Tool to Support Home Vascular Access Device Training".
Sue Housholder-Hughes, an APN working with the Aortic Destination program in the CVC, recently published in AACN Advanced Critical Care titled, "Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome".
Susanne Quallich, ANP-BC, NP-C, CUNP, has been elected president of the Certification Board of Urologic Nurses and Associates (CBUNA), the certifying organization for non-physician providers and staff that work in Urology.
Read more...
Susanne will be presenting on male infertility at the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) annual conference in June. She recently published a "primer" on male infertility for nurse practitioners.
Jan Crissey, Marty Fuhrmann, Barbara Hensinger, Gwen Kearly, Juanita Parry, and Laura Shakarjian wrote an article entitled, "Investing in the Future Nurse Workforce: Building Beginning Connections" (Career Launch) that will be published in Nursing Management in the next 12 months.
Judi Policicchio, RN Level C, Family Medicine, had her Master's research paper, "Bringing Evidenced Based Continuing Education on Asthma to Nurses" published in the May/June edition of the Clinical Nurse Specialist journal.
Don Packard from PT, and Noel Baldwin, RN, a nurse in the CCMU, will be presenting their work on Ambulating the Ventilated ICU Patient in the fall UHC conference. Noel and Don also want to thank Jennifer Dammeyer, MSN., RN, CNS for her work on this.
Trauma Burn staff visits Russia: A group of staff from TBICU spent 10 days in Russia from April 2-12. This trip was a part of a medical exchange with Russia related to burn care. In the past year, three doctors came to our unit for two weeks to learn about our practice in burn care. The team from TBICU included Dr. Stewart Wang, Lori Pelham, RN, Rachel Milkowski, RN, Deb Reuter, LPN, Karla Klas, RN, Sophie Manning, OT, and Terry Conlin, PT.
Cynthia Thompson (PCTU) and Nick Montanaro (SICU) were selected to participate in the Michigan Center for Nursing, Institute of Nursing Excellence. Kathy Kasperski (5D SICU), Elizabeth Kosinski (4A), Danielle Wilson (7B), Wendy Kenyon (Holden) were also honored with nominations.
In May, Donna Brennan, RN, Level D, will graduate from Madonna University's Nurse Practitioner Program. The Nursing Faculty presented her with the Outstanding Student Nurse Award. She also won the Best in Clinical Innovation Award for a poster presentation she presented at the recent Conference of Nurse Practitioners.
Maria Hagan, RN, had her poster, "Patient and Health Care Provider Perceptions Regarding Home Continuous chemotherapy Self-Disconnection" accepted for the 2011 Nursing Dean's Research Day and the Intravenous Nurses Society Annual Meeting.
Stephen Strobbe, PhD, RN; Lisa Mathias, RN, CARN; and their colleagues at the University of Michigan Addiction Treatment Services (UMATS), authored an article that was recently published in the Journal of Addictions Nursing on the design, implementation, and evaluation of a pilot project for a buprenorphine clinic to help treat opioid addiction.
Catherine Meldrum, Clinical Nurse IV in Pulmonary Medicine, co-authored the article "Lung Volume Reduction Surgery: A Treatment Option for Severe Emphysema" in the journal OR Nurse 2011. 
Several UMHS and School of Nursing colleagues have recently published in a special issue of the Western Journal of Nursing Research related to evidence-based practice. Marita Titler, PhD, RN, FAAN, served as the issue editor. The authors are:
- Michelle Aebersold – “Using Simulation to Improve the Use of Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines”
- Laura Cullen, Marita Titler, and Grace Rempel – “An Advanced Educational Program Promoting Evidence-Based Practice”
- Margaret Calarco – “The Impact of Positive Practices on Nurse Work Environments: Emerging Applications of Positive Organizational Scholarship”
- Leah Shever, Marita Titler, Melissa Lehan Mackin, and Angela Kerney – “Fall Prevention Practices in Adult Medical-Surgical Nursing Units Described by Nurse Managers”
- Dana Tschannen, AkkeNeel Talsma, Jan Gombert, and Jole’ Mowry – “Using the TRIP Model to Disseminate an IT-Based Pressure Ulcer Intervention”
- Jole’ Mowry and Laurie Hartman – “Intravascular Thrombophlebitis Related to the Peripheral Infusion of Amiodorone and Vancomycin”
Psych NPs Julie Kuebler and Judith Coucouvanis, were Abstract Reviewers for the concurrent sessions of the 4th Annual Psychopharmacology Institute, “The Art, Science and Diversity of Psychiatric Nursing” and International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses 13th Annual Conference. Read more.
Susanne Quallich, an NP in urology, recently published the first “primer” for Nurse Practitioners on male infertility and will be presenting on male infertility at the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) annual conference in June. Read more.
The UMHS Transplant Center performed their 500th lung transplant in February. One organ donor saved two lives as both lungs were transplanted simultaneously into two Michigan men. We have posted and distributed our own press release and video.
Michelle Aebersold, Mary Jo Kocan, Dana Tschannen and Janet Michaels’ manuscript "Use of Simulation in Stroke Unit Education" has been accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing.
Falls study leads to 70% reduction in patient falls
Michael Heung, MD, Jonathan Segal, MD, Therese Adamowski, RN, and Preeti N. Malani, MD, from the U-M Divisions of Nephrology and Geriatric Medicine, authored a study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology detailing the approach that helped reduce falls by 70 percent.
At baseline, a total of 22 falls occurred among patients and staff. But after an interventional period that focused on staff education and environmental modifications such as installing lift devices and an in-ground scale for post-dialysis weighing, only three falls were reported in 21 months of follow-up.
Lorelei Papke (VAST) and Debra Kovacevich‘s (HomeMed) abstract "Consumer feedback regarding an innovative patient education tool to support home vascular access device training" was accepted for presentation at Infusion Nurses Society's Annual Convention and Industrial Exhibition being held May 21-26, 2011.
Susan Dirkes, RN, MSA, CCRN, had her article “Acute Kidney Injury: Not Just Acute Renal Failure Anymore?” published in the February 2011 issue of Critical Care Nurse. See it online.
UMHS ECMO department celebrated their 2000th ECMO patient in February.
The SICU receives the Society of Critical Care Medicine 2011 Family-Centered Care Award.
As the 2011 recipient, the SICU is granted one complimentary registration to SCCM’s 40th Annual Critical Care Congress and a commemorative plaque will be presented to the UMHHS during the combine American College of Critical Care Medicine Convocation/Society of Critical Care Medicine Awards Presentation to be held in San Diego.
Annette Scott, MS, RN (CNS-PiCU) has an article, "Protecting fragile skin, nursing interventions to decrease development of pressure ulcers in pediatric intensive care" published in the January 2011 issue of AJCC.
Debra S. Kovacevich, RN, MPH ( Manager – HomeMed) had her article “Ethanol-Lock Therapy for the Prevention of Central Venous Access Device Infections in Pediatric Patients With Intestinal Failure” published in the October 2010 issue of Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.
Judy Benkeser, BSN, RN;, and Ann Dowling, BSN, RN; are co-authors with some Hospitalists on an article: “Excess Hospitalization Days in an Academic Medical Center: Perceptions of Hospitalists and Discharge Planners” in the American Journal of Managed Care.
UMHHC receives patient safety award from Leapfrog Group
Nursing is "most trusted" profession (again)!
For the ninth straight year, nurses topped Gallup's annual Honesty and Ethics survey, which measures how trustworthy U.S. residents consider various professions. For the survey-which has been conducted since 1976-Gallup interviewed 1,037 U.S. residents ages 18 and older. According to the results, 81% of respondents rated nurses' ethical standards and honesty as "high" or "very high." Overall, nurses have topped the list in all but one year since they were first included in the poll in 1999. In 2001, firefighters ranked first after they were included on a one-time basis following the 9/11 terror attacks. From 1988 to 1998, pharmacists outranked all other professions included in the survey.
Nurse Recruitment and Retention Team held the fourth annual Career Launch for senior nursing students across the State.
On January 22, 2011, 200 students attended the all–day workshop representing many schools, including UM, MSU, Grand Valley, Hope College, Eastern, and many others. Our Recruitment and Retention Team members presented topics which included, resume writing, interview skills and help in transitioning from the role of student to professional nurse. A highlight of the day was a panel of our nurses who described their first year experience and fielded questions from the audience.
The Career Launch is an innovation developed by Juanita Parry, Director of Nurse Recruitment & Retention and as a result, this work has been receiving regional and national recognition. The latest recognition goes to Marty Furhmann, Laura Shakarjian and Juanita Parry who recently had a proposal accepted for presentation at the National Association for Health Care Recruitment's annual conference in Raleigh, North Carolina in July. A grant proposal has also been submitted to the Michigan Center for Nursing's grant for funds to collaborate with us to replicate the Career Launch idea at various locations throughout the state.
Chris Conrad and the MCRU staff had two posters presented at the Second International Association of Clinical Research Nurses (IACRN) Conference last month at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. They were entitled: "A Nursing Assessment That Works for Research Nurses" and "From Initiation to Implementation: Streamlining Protocol Education".
Cyndi Bower, MS, Nurse Manager of the MCRU, was executive producer for our new research video that was shown at the conference. The video is entitled, "The Faces of Research Nurses: Changing the Future" . The video will be on the MICHR website in the near future.
For more information on the International Association of Clinical Research Nurses (IACRN) organization go to http://www.iacrn.org/.
Dr. Stephen Strobbe, PhD, RN, Addictions Nursing Specialist at the University of Michigan Addictions Treatment Services (UMATS), and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing, was an invited speaker at the Collaborative International Substance Abuse Research Training Program in Bratislava, Slovakia from September 24-27, 2010. He was part of a contingency from the University of Michigan Addiction Research Center (UMARC) helping enhance addictions research in central and eastern European countries. Attendees included representatives from Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, the Ukraine, and the United States. Immediately thereafter, Dr. Strobbe was also an invited speaker at an addictions conference in Warsaw, Poland, where he presented a portion of his doctoral dissertation.
Jim Munn, RN, received the Nurse of the Year award from the National Hemophilia Foundation.
Jim was honored at the annual meeting in New Orleans on November 12. This award honors a nurse who has demonstrated service to the bleeding and clotting disorders community beyond day-to-day responsibilities. This individual also serves as a role model for others in the field, having demonstrated expertise working in the bleeding and clotting disorders community. Jim has been at UM for over 25 years, and in the Coagulation Disorders Program for 14.
Nurse Recruitment and Retention receives the Michigan Health Council's Building Michigan's Workforce Award for the category of RetentionJuanita Parry and the Recruitment and Retention Team received the award for their work in creating the Career Launch. The award was announced at a luncheon in Lansing on November 9th.
Jeff Thomas, RN (Survival Flight) receives the Crew Member of the Year Award. Please see the tribute to Jeff.
UMHS named one of the“101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” in Metropolitan Detroit
The Beacon Award recognizes the top intensive care units in the country, placing the University of Michigan Medical Center in the top tier of hospitals that provide the highest standards of care for critically ill patients. There are an estimated 6,000 intensive care units in the United States, and the AACN has awarded the Beacon award to approximately 200 ICUs. This national award recognizes our critical care team for achieving the highest quality outcomes and for being a beacon of light, an inspiration, to other critical care units throughout the country.
Transforming Professional Nursing Education Project Team presents to RWJF
The presentation, entitled "What do we know and How Do We Move Forward?" was submitted under the topic of Building Effective Educational-Clinical Partnerships and drew from their work on partnership development in behalf of the Initiative's clinical educational model. It was presented by Janet Goldberg, RN, Maureen Belden, RN and Marilyn Svejda, RN, at the October. 2010 conference on Enhancing Nursing Undergraduate Teaching and Learning in the Clinical Setting.(10/10)
(Ed. D. Wiegand). The book just came out and Val was the author of procedures 52: Temporary Transcutaneous (External) Pacing and procedure 54: Temporary Transvenous and Epicardial Pacing. (10/10)
Marjorie McCullagh, PhD, RN, receives NIOSH OHN program award
McCullagh, Assistant Professor of Nursing (UM SON), was awarded $200,000 for 2010-11. This is a three-year award at the same level for 2011-12 and 2012-13 that supports the OHN program as part of the ERC collaboration with the School of Public Health. Dr. McCullagh is the SON faculty member on our Nursing Health & Safety Council. (10/10)
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