Recognitions

Commitment! CRMH 11 West Nursing Staff Unit Director - Brooke Hickman Commitment to Patient Safety

The CAPS team announced that the staff from 11 West submitted the most non-anonymous Near Misses/Unsafe Conditions (Great

Catch!) through Safewatch for the month of July! The team from 11

West submitted 11 non-anonymous SafeWatch reports.That’s 11 opportunities to create a safer environment for our patients and care teams.11 West’s COMMITMENT to patient safety is shining through! Please continue placing SafeWatch reports through the portal or calling our 7-SAFE line.

Courage!

Daniel Terrell, MSN, NP CCMOB Gastroenterology Practice Manager - Martha Devinney Recipient - Jonas Nurse Scholar

The George Washington University School of Nursing was awarded a grant from Jonas Philanthropies, a leading national philanthropic funder of graduate nursing education, to tackle the nation’s most pressing health care issues through support of high-potential doctoral nursing scholars. GW Nursing usea the grant to improve the quality of health care by investing in nursing scholars, such as Daniel, whose research and clinical focus specifically address our nation’s most urgent needs. Daniel is a DNP student whose focus will be on the priority topic area of preventative health. He will be working to empower individuals within LGBTQ communities to communicate effectively with health care providers about their needs.

Collaboration!

Sylvia Atkins, BSN, RN Unit Director CRMH 6W CCDU

CRMH received Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI Accreditation from the American College of Cardiology

Under Sylvia’s leadership, the interdisciplinary CPC Committee collaborated to support numerous efforts promoting patient outcomes. The committee included representatives from Emergency Services, Cardiovascular Institute, Quest Imaging, Community Health and Outreach, HR Education and Organizational Development and community partners such as our local EMS agencies and the

Compress and Shock Foundation. Hospitals that achieve this accreditation undergo a rigorous evaluation of the staff’s ability to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients who may be experiencing a heart attack. It was a true team effort, but congratulations go to Sylvia for heading up this successful initiative.

Curiosity!

Ellen Dalton-Ward, MSN, RN Department of Orthopedics - ION 2019 Nursing Research Fellow - Changing Practice!

Ellen Dalton-Ward was accepted as a 2019 Carilion Nursing Research

Fellow. She completed the year long program, developing and disseminating her study, the Impact of Influenza Vaccination on the Orthopedic Surgical Patient.

Ellen was concerned that patients were not receiving the influenza vaccine. She conducted a retrospective research study with mentor

Dr. Cindy Ward. Ellen’s study clearly demonstrated that there were no differences in infection-mimicking outcomes (temperature, WBC) between patients who were and those who were not immunized and that readmissions were resulting from those who were not adequately immunized. Ellen presented this study to the Joint Council, and the council immediately decided to offer the vaccine to orthopedic patients.

Congratulations to Ellen for questioning practice, conducting an exceptional research study and for impacting patient care.

Curiosity!

Monica Coles, DNP, RN-BC, ACNS-BC, CDP Clinical Nurse Specialist - Nursing Professional Practice Scholar in Creating Interprofessional Readiness for Complex Aging Adults (CIRCAA)

Monica was selcted to be a Scholar in Creating Interprofessional

Readiness for Complex Aging Adults by the Virginia Geriatric Education Center faculty and clinician development program. The program is 1 year in length.

Courage!

Dan Freeman, MSN, NP Trauma Services - Director WVEMS Regional EMS Award

Awarded the WVEMS Regional EMS Award for Nurse with Outstanding contributions to EMS. Regional winners have been nominated for Governor’s Awards to be announced later in the year.

Collaboration!

Jennifer Bath, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, CEN, TCRN Clinical Nurse Specialist - Trauma Services TEACH Scholarship recipient

Jenn is the recipient of the TEACH Sholarship of Teaching and Learning Award. The TEACH Scholarship of Teaching and Learning award recognizes outstanding achievements in research, scholarly activity, and creative accomplishments that focus on the effectiveness of teaching methods.

Courage & Compassion!

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital COVID-19 Units

The Professional Recognition Council acknowledged Carilion’s COVID-19 units for their fearless and compassionate care of patients and the support of their peers who work on these units. Senior executive leadership participated in the ceremony. Thank you to our nurses and nursing assistants, the frontline heroes!

June 2020 - October 2020 (& past presentations not noted prior to this edition)

Ward, C. October 2019. Taking Shared Carver, M., Jones, N., Djuric, D., Butt, C., Governance to the next level. NGB Professional Markham, C., Brookman, J., Reece, C., Smith, Development Day, Centra Health, Lynchburg, VA Jamie. April 15-18, 2020. Improving care Whitehead, P. October 10, 2019. CNS impact on learning support. American Academy of research, evidence-based practice, performance Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) 45th Annual improvement/quality improvement. National Conference, Chicago, IL. *Accepted to present, Association of Clinical Specialists (NACNS) conference was cancelled due to COVID-19. Continuing Education Webinars. Archived at https://nacns.org/professional-resources/education/ McCormick, J., Smith, L. June 24-26, 2020. archived-webinars/ Operating room orientation: Bridging the gap from Whitehead, P., Klaess, C. February 21,2019. Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Exploring pain and opioid conversions. National Learning (INASCL) - Virtual Association of Clinical Specialists (NACNS) Continuing Education Webinars. Archived at Mccormick, J., Kline, K., Kazemi, A., Saccocci, https://nacns.org/professional-resources/education/ M., Moses, C., Bond, B. June 24-26, 2020. archived-webinars/ Keeping staff cool during MH crisis and OR Lucas, A. May 18, 2020. Bladder management: OR with simulation. International Nursing Where does the CNS fit in management of patients Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning with urinary retention? National Association of (INASCL) - Virtual Clinical Specialists (NACNS) Continuing Education Webinars. Archived at https://nacns.org/ professional-resources/education/archivedwebinars/ Partners Hospital O.R. & Surgical Fall Virtual transitions through risk reduction with machine classroom to OR with simulation. International orientation: Bridging the gap from classroom to Whitehead, P. May/June 2019. Pain management Alderman, A. August 26, 2020. A tale of two pillars for the clinical nurse specialist: Summary of vascular access algorithms. Association for a national association of clinical nurse specialists Vascular Access Webinar opioid pain management task force. Clinical Nurse Jones, B. September 9, 2020. Enhancing patient Practice. 33(3), 136-145. https://doi.org/10.1097/experience during COVID-19. Health Connect NUR.0000000000000449 Specialist: The Journal for Advanced Nursing Conference. Lebanon, TN Alhaider, A., Davenport, P., Morris, Melanie. September 2019. Command and control Jennings, C. October 20, 2020. Engaging Nurses for managing patient flow. Proceedings of the in Quality Efforts. American College of Cardiology’s International Symposium on Human Factors and Quality Summit 2020, Virtual. Ergonomics in Health care, 8(1), 273-274.

Ward, C., Mitchell, T. October 22-25, 2020. Alhaider, A., Davenport, P., Morris, Nursing burnout with substance using inpatients: Melanie. April 2020. Distributed situation aware-A new hope. 29th Academy of Med/Surg Nurses ness: A health-system approach to assessing and Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV (Virtual) designing patient flow management. Ergonomics, 63(6), 682-709.

Whitehead, P. August 2020. How can we ethically care for our patients pain? Virginia Nurses Today, 28(3),16.

Whitehead, P. Sept/Oct 2020. The story behind Florence Nightingale: Visionary for the role of clinical nurse specialist. Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice, 34(5), 191-193. https://doi.org/10.1097/ NUR.0000000000000548

Linkous, H. June 2020. Television Ad Highlights Nurse Practitioners. Nurse practitioners are highlighted in this TV ad for stepping up during the Covid-19 pandemic. Carilion’s own, Heather Linkous, NP, a palliative and supportive care provider is highlighted in the picture collage near the end of the commercial. Check out the ad using the link below: https://www.aanp.org/news-feed/new-television-ad-highlightsnurse-practitioner-np-role-amid-covid-19-pandemic

Bond, D. September 2020. Received grant from the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare at the Ohio State University College of Nursing. The grant will support Donna’s study titled Respiratory Rate Assessment Grounded in Evidence –based Practice and her work to promote best practices at the frontline of care for respiratory rate assessment.