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Advancing Care and the Nursing Profession
Advancing Care in the Nursing Profession
Nurturing and Inspiring Our Nursing Workforce Through Innovative Professional Development Programming
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Ochsner Health System’s commitment to education and professional development of our nursing workforce ensures that nurses have the most current knowledge to deliver high-quality, compassionate patient care today and that we are prepared for the future healthcare demands of tomorrow. In 2019, Ochsner launched innovative programs to support the career growth of both student and staff nurses.
“Ochsner is proud to offer an OR summer nurse technician program where student nurses can learn about and experience perioperative nursing. This program teaches nurses how to prepare for and scrub in on cases, as well as circulate with a preceptor. It’s a unique experience that currently isn’t a part of the undergraduate nursing curriculum. This program is an excellent pipeline for future OR and procedural
nurses.” said Melissa Adams, MHCA, BS, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer, OMC – West Bank Campus and executive sponsor of Ochsner’s Surgery Integration Council.
The OR Nurse Technician Summer Program participants with The OR Nurse Technician Summer Program participants with faculty faculty members at new nurse orientation. members at new nurse orientation.
At Ochsner, we have a longtime tradition of hosting nursing students to gain on-the-job experience and to work alongside Ochsner nurses. On June 3, 2019, the Ochsner nursing team welcomed 79 nursing students from schools of nursing in the greater New Orleans area to begin the 2019 Nurse Technician Honors Program. Additionally, in response to the shortage of operating room (OR) nurses across the nation, Ochsner expanded the program to include an OR Nurse Technician experience, welcoming 11 of the 79 nursing students to participate in a specialized training program designed to introduce nursing students to the OR specialty.
Nurse Leaders Hone Leadership Skills In The Advanced Nurse Leader Academy (ANLA)
On August 22, 2019, the Nurse Executive Council, System Nursing Professional Development (SNPD) and the Ochsner Leadership Institute (OLI) launched the Advanced Nurse Leader Academy (ANLA) welcoming 20 nurse participants from across Ochsner. The ANLA program is designed to deepen nurse leaders’ understanding of the management of healthcare organizations and offers nurses the opportunity to hone leadership skills. During the five-month long program, participants learn from Ochsner’s chief nursing officers (CNO) and faculty members who bring a wealth of expertise, insight and executive leadership experience. Topics covered include leader self-awareness, motivation of others, emotional intelligence, leading teams, decision making techniques, business planning and mastery of management competencies.
“Ochsner Health System is committed to providing education at every stage of a nurses career to ensure the nurse of today can become
leader of tomorrow,” said Tracey Moffatt, MHA, BSN, RN, system chief nursing officer and vice president of Quality, Ochsner Health System. “I
am thrilled to see this program come to life!”
OCHSNER IS DEDICATED TO PREPARING NOT ONLY OUR STUDENT NURSES, NURSING STAFF AND LEADERS, BUT ALSO OUR FUTURE EXECUTIVE NURSING LEADERS
Ochsner nursing executives, in partnership with Chamberlain University College of Nursing at Ochsner Health System, are creating a training program designed to support nurse leaders to assume roles as CNOs across our system. In 2019, a joint advisory committee began laying the groundwork for the program that will prepare high potential unit leaders. Although the program plan is still in development, the leadership development program will include didactic learning, self-assessment, mentorship, career advisement and experiential learning with an Ochsner CNO. The program is planned to launch in 2020. Ochsner remains committed to fostering the education and growth of our outstanding nursing staff.
New InPlace Software Solution Makes It Easier to Manage Clinical Placements for Nursing Students
Ochsner Health System nurses are leading the way in academic partnerships to prepare our future nursing workforce through clinical placements for students. In 2019, one focus for the system education council was planning to implement a new solution for managing the clinical placement of health professional students within Ochsner.
Ochsner hosts hundreds of students each year to complete clinical training. Today, managing clinical placements is a manual process with multiple steps that can be time-intensive. Nurse educators collaborated with a multi-campus, interdisciplinary team to develop a streamlined process for welcoming students to complete training at Ochsner and managing their clinical placements. In order to make the process easier, Ochsner chose to implement InPlace Network software, a web-based student placement system. InPlace will improve the student clinical placement process by streamlining communication with our academic affiliates and providing real-time snapshots of Ochsner’s student capacity and placements. With a real-time view of students who are scheduled for clinical placements, unit directors and nurses can prepare to welcome them and facilitate rich educational experiences. InPlace has been pilot-tested with Chamberlain University College of Nursing at Ochsner and the software is anticipated to go live for broader use in summer 2020. The web-based student placement system will eventually be used for nursing, medical and allied health occupations throughout the system.
Through Strong Academic Partnerships, Ochsner Offers Clinical Placements for Nursing Students
In 2018, the volume of nursing students completing clinical rotations at Ochsner was 1,373 undergraduate nurses and 381 advanced practice provider students. In 2019, Ochsner had 40 academic partnership agreements from nursing programs including LPN, RN, BSN, MSN, PhD and DNP. Nursing students from these schools complete clinical training with Ochsner nurses.
Ochsner Nurses Help Prepare the Future Nursing Workforce and Integrate New Technologies into the Healthcare Environment
“Each year, our System Nursing Professional Development Department hosts Ochsner’s strategic partner breakfast welcoming academic partners and deans from local schools of nursing to share highlights from the year and discuss clinical placement needs. Our emerging nurse leaders at Ochsner come from nursing schools across the region and it’s important that we continue to foster these relationships and build strong academic partnerships. We are so excited to play a role in preparing nursing students for their future careers,”
says Ann Lockhart, MN, RN-BC, AVP of nursing practice, system nursing professional development and nursing informatics, Ochsner Health System
“We are extremely proud of the work that we do both within Ochsner Health System and within the community training individuals on life saving
techniques,” said Kay Eddleman, supervisor, Ochsner Community Training Center, Ochsner Health System. “The
community training center would like to thank all current AHA instructors and past AHA instructors who have contributed to training over 350,000 individuals in life saving techniques. Because of their dedication to teaching and their support of the Ochsner Community Training Center and AHA, many lives have been saved!”
Ochsner’s Community Training Center Celebrates 20th Year of Service
In 2019, Ochsner’s Community Training Center marked 20 years as an official American Heart Association (AHA) Training Center. The center started in October 1998 with a mission to teach quality CPR courses to healthcare team members, caregivers and community members. Over the past 20 years, the center coordinated and trained both Ochsner team members and community individuals in basic life support, advanced cardiac life support, pediatric advanced life support, and HeartSaver CPR and AED courses. The center is one of the largest training centers in Louisiana and continues to grow and train individuals in AHA courses. Today, the training center has over 900 instructors from all over the United States and manages 36 training sites that teach AHA courses. Additionally, they were the first training center to issue AHA cards in Russia and have had instructors teaching in South America. It is also the first domestic AHA training center to manage an international training site, RNZ Hospital in Nigeria.
Celebrating Student Nurses During Transition to Care Ceremonies
The September 2019 Chamberlain University College of Nursing at Ochsner Health System Transition to Care Ceremony was hosted at The Phyllis M. and Patrick F. Taylor Auditorium at Ochsner Baptist Medical Center. The newly opened Phyllis M. and Patrick F. Taylor Auditorium features theater-style seating for up to 272 people, audiovisual capabilities and is equipped for people of varying abilities. The original auditorium opened in the 1980s and served as a meeting space for physicians, hospital employees and community organizations. The auditorium reopened in 2019 and is available for events such as medical education, celebrations and community outreach.
In 2018, Ochsner Health System and Chamberlain University created an alliance to help prepare our future nursing workforce and create a bridge from student learning to nursing professional development. Through the alliance, nursing leaders from both organizations collaborated to create opportunities for students within the practice environment and enhance student learning experiences. Since the inaugural class began in April 2018, nearly 180 students started their academic journey with Chamberlain University College of Nursing at Ochsner Health System and many entered into clinical training at campuses throughout Ochsner.
In 2019, 67 students in Chamberlain’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program celebrated an important milestone during their Transition to Care Ceremony.
“Our Transition to Care Ceremony is a special time for a Chamberlain student that marks the milestone when the student begins clinical
training to care for patients working alongside Ochsner nurses,” said Jennifer Couvillon, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, president, Chamberlain University College of Nursing at Ochsner Health System. During the ceremony, family, friends, faculty members and nursing leaders celebrated the nursing student they support. The ceremony is also the time to award scholarships to students who excel in the program. “Thank you to Donna Martin, MSN-HCSM, RN, chief nursing officer, Ochsner Baptist, who personally welcomed our fall ceremony attendees. The gift of the Transition to Care Ceremony is that it is a wonderful opportunity for Ochsner nurse leaders to welcome students to the profession to ensure a positive transition,” said Tracey Moffatt, MHA, BSN, RN, system chief nursing officer and vice president of quality, Ochsner Health System.
Left to right: Michelle Theriot, Chamberlain University College of Nursing at Ochsner Health System student, Ochsner employee, Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center, Emergency Department and 2019 recipient of the Patty Hanson Scholarship; Christine Ferry, RN, Ochsner Baptist Medical Center and Chamberlain visiting clinical professor; Joan Jarreau, RN clinical educator, Ochsner Baptist; Jennifer Couvillon, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, president, Chamberlain University College of Nursing at Ochsner Health System
Ochsner Baptist Nurses Created an Escape Room Game for Simulation Training
Maintaining competencies for infrequent emergencies, such as an obstetric hemorrhage, can be challenging. However, strong teamwork in everyday practice is evident on the mother baby unit (MBU) at Ochsner Baptist. This year, nurses developed a simulation training designed like an escape room game to help them improve teamwork and better prepare for infrequent emergencies. During the training, team members identified opportunities to advance communication during emergencies as well as elevate teamwork elements, such as closed-loop communication, role responsibility and the ability to work within roles. Escape rooms are team-based games that require participants to collaboratively solve puzzles and clues cooperatively to advance to each task during an allotted timeframe. Gamification can maximize enjoyment and engagement of nurses during education sessions by capturing their interest and inspiring them to continue learning. One nurse shared, “I feel that this training has given me the
knowledge I need to perform my role in a calm way during an emergency and to work together with my team as one.”
This initiative was led by mother baby unit leaders, Michelle Stieffel, MSN, RN, unit director; Jenifer Ducoing, RNC-OB, RN, clinical educator; Ashley Monteleone, BSN, RN, OC; Leslie Chirinos, BSN, RNC, OC; Haleigh Held, BSN, RNC, OC; and Kaylee Babin, BSN, RNC, OC. In addition, participants anticipated a simulation training, but not the escape room game, creating an element of surprise to emulate the level of anxiety experienced during a real emergency. Ninety-nine percent of mother baby unit nurses participated in the sessions and the escape room training, which proved to be beneficial across the board. Following the education activity, three actual obstetric emergency debriefings revealed the presence of teamwork in all events including closed-loop communication, role clarity, situational awareness and decision making. 34 Ochsner Nursing 2018-2019 Annual Report
“Our nurses developed the escape room game to make learning engaging, exciting, and impactful. This creative activity was not only fun, but it also improved nurses’ confidence, role clarity, and teamwork during emergency events, which strengthens our ability to manage the most difficult post-partum emergencies,”
says Donna Martin, MSNHCSM, RN, chief nursing officer, Ochsner Baptist.
The Escape Room Simulation Training Toolkit
The 60-minute training activity included:
An introduction to the exercise.
A timed escape room game format with simulation.
The escape room started with a crossword puzzle utilizing medical terminology related to obstetrical hemorrhage. The nurses used clues and medical intervention outcomes to unlock boxes that led them through the scenario. All steps of an emergency had to be followed, including code documentation, for the nurses to receive all clues, save the patient and escape. Nurses realized quickly they needed to stay calm, communicate effectively and not panic to succeed.
Team and observer debriefing.
Ochsner Baptist mother baby unit nurses presented “Don’t Panic! Escape an Emergency with Teamwork: Using an Escape Room Game Format for Simulation Training” at the 2019 Nursing Management Congress and the poster was awarded first place.
St. Bernard Parish Hospital Nurses Use Ochsner’s Clinical Simulation and Patient Safety Center to Improve Patient Care
In 2019, nurses from the medical surgical, telemetry and emergency departments at St. Bernard Parish Hospital (SBPH) participated in simulation trainings at Ochsner Health System’s Simulation and Patient Safety Center to apply theory to practice. Ochsner’s Simulation Center is located in the Center of Academic Excellence across from Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans and is designed so that the actual patient experience can be simulated during each clinical stage. During the training, medical surgical nurses had the opportunity to respond to simulated rapid response and code blue clinical scenarios. The nurses were split up into small groups, which allowed each nurse the opportunity to assess the patient before the scenario began. Each team then practiced when it is appropriate to call a rapid response versus a code blue. New graduate nurses also had the opportunity to practice skills, such as a head-to-toe physical assessment on a life-like mannequin that exhibited pupil reactions, heart and lung sounds, and more. In addition, emergency department (ED) nurses responded to simulated obstetric clinical scenarios including precipitous delivery and neonatal resuscitation, preeclampsia and eclampsia, and postpartum hemorrhage. The training gave ED nurses, who infrequently provide care for pregnant patients, the opportunity to practice how to assess and treat patients experiencing obstetric emergencies. After the clinical scenario, the groups participated in a debriefing session and had the chance to watch a recording of the events. The debriefing session allowed participants the opportunity to identify weaknesses and strengths, to ask questions, and to receive constructive feedback.
“The use of simulation training offers the opportunity for nurses to practice clinical skills in a safe and comfortable environment. The training at Ochsner’s Simulation Center enabled St. Bernard Parish Hospital nurses from the medical surgical, telemetry and emergency departments to enhance teamwork skills, communication and critical thinking, while treating a rapidly declining patient in a
controlled setting,” said Kim Keene, MBA, RN, chief executive officer, St. Bernard Parish Hospital
We are ONE Team, with ONE mission and ONE vision. We are Ochsner Flight Care. We are Rescue ONE.
Ochsner Flight Care is dedicated to the safe and expeditious treatment and transport of critically ill or injured patients of all ages. Our team works diligently to ensure and deliver the highest quality out-of-hospital critical care. The Ochsner Flight Care team was established in 1984 and is a 24/7 emergency/critical care transport service. For the last 35 years, our Flight Care team has continuously serviced the needs of our patients, both medical and trauma of all ages.
Ochsner Flight Care: A Long-Standing Legacy of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
Growing Ochsner’s Flight Care team
Ochsner’s Flight Care program recently experienced many positive changes. In December 2018, the team hired a new department director and, in January 2019, two new chief flight nurses/operations coordinators. Additionally, the Flight Care adult team moved back to its home base in New Orleans from Magee, Mississippi and both the adult team and neonatal/pediatric team were combined to create ONE Team: Ochsner Flight Care-Rescue ONE.
With greater alignment within Ochsner, the Rescue ONE team can now take advantage of all the assets available throughout the system. For example, Flight Care conducts quarterly simulation labs in conjunction with the Ochsner Simulation Center. The simulations are designed to be as real as possible to hone skills and, at times, the team uses the helicopter for this purpose.
About the Ochsner Flight Care – Rescue ONE Team
Flight Care – Rescue ONE has both an adult and neonatal/pediatric team based out of the New Orleans Lakefront Airport. The adult team is comprised of two registered nurses who are dual-certified as paramedics or emergency medical technicians (EMT). While they generally transport patients 13 years of age and older, they can also transport patients as young as two years old as well as newborns with the assistance of a neonatal nurse from Ochsner Baptist neonatal intensive care unit. The adult team also facilitates critical 911 scene response within the community. The neonatal/pediatric team is comprised of one registered nurse and one respiratory therapist. They traditionally transport patients from newborn to 12 years old. One thing that distinguishes Ochsner’s Flight Care team from other providers in the area is that they are specialty trained in balloon pumps, Impellas and ventricular assist devices. The Flight Care team also has its own transport balloon pump and transport Impella. Ochsner Flight Care is the only team in Louisiana that has this specialized training and transport equipment.
“Having our own transport equipment is an advantage to sending facilities, as they do not have to send their lifesaving equipment with the patient to the receiving facility. Flight Care safely transports Ochsner’s sickest patients to the appropriate facility to receive the care they require.”
– Patrick Boullion, BSN, RN, CFRN, CEN, NRP, director, Ochsner Flight Care, “
Partnerships and Access to Lifesaving Equipment Strengthen Our Impact
In 2019, Ochsner Flight Care launched a new partnership with Acadian AirMed and Metro Aviation to further the success of the program. These partnerships enabled the Flight Care team to relocate to a larger, newer facility at the Lakefront Airport. Ochsner’s Flight Care has become an industry leader with access to state-of-the-art equipment to transport the most critical patients. At the end of the day, our goal is to change and save lives as a proud part of our health system.
Empowering Nursing Professional Development with Ochsner’s Clinical Ladder Program in the Bayou Region
Organizational support for nurses continuing professional development not only builds expertise, but also improves job satisfaction. Ochsner’s clinical ladder program is stirring the hearts and minds of registered nurses to affect positive change in the nursing profession. We are so lucky to have a great group of nurses to support the clinical ladder process. The Bayou Region professional development committee (PDC) serves as a platform to engage bedside nurses in self-governance of their profession, to drive evidence-based practice, introduce and share ideas, advocate and facilitate a safe and quality work environment, and break down the barriers to efficiently and effectively get the job done.
Bayou region PDC: Chabert PDC Members - (Left to right) Michelle Dupre, RN (ED); Co-chairperson Jessica Ledford, RN (4West); Megan Fondren, RN (ICU); Jeanie Songe, RN (house supervisor); Anna Page, RN (chemo/ infusion); Melinda Griffin, RN (OPS); Flora Cabrera, RN (5East); Chairperson Stephanie Turner, RN (operating room); Terah Domingue, RN (PACU) Not Pictured: Derrin Martin, RN (endoscopy); Lisa Fulmer, LPN (Clinics); Rebecca Marcel, RN (Clinics)
Successful nurse practice councils require a deep commitment to collaboration. Membership in the PDC includes frontline nurses from every nursing service line and department in the Bayou Region. Each member is the voice of his or her campus specialty area and an advocate of the efforts of the PDC.
Monthly meetings resulted in heightened awareness of pressing issues like opportunities for Epic improvements for blood transfusion, wandering admitted patients, fall prevention, barcoding safety, patient call-backs, Alaris medication guardrails, the quality and content of the after visit summary for admitted patients, and the need for additional Epic training for newly hired team members. The Bayou Region PDC created nurse and nurse leader education that is used across Ochsner to support the success of clinical ladder applicants. The PDC is charged with managing the Bayou Region clinical ladder. There are three levels of participation and awards within clinical ladder. All levels require the nurse to be a member of a professional nursing organization. Each level requires a prescribed number of credits that are earned through various means, such as precepting, mentoring, teaching, initiating improvements, participating in evidence-based practice initiatives, volunteerism and more. The highest award level, level 3, requires the nurse to be certified in his or her specialty area.
The Bayou Region PDC approved clinical ladder awards to 35 registered nurses. This is an outstanding level of participation and the energy being generated is infectious. “So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.” – Florence Nightingale
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital PDC Members- (Left to right) Roxanne Chiasson, RN (ICU); Nancy Yzaguirre, RN (house supervisor); Emily Cheramie, RN (L&D); Ann Savoie, RN (infusion); Co-chairperson Courtney Clements, RN (ED) Not Pictured: Rochelle Landry, RN (MedSurg/Tele)
“It has been exciting to watch the momentum and growth of this program in the Bayou Region. The energy and enthusiasm are contagious and there is an unmistakable difference in our region as a result of the Clinical Ladder Program.”
– Jana Semere, MSHA, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer, Bayou Region: Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center and Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Ochsner’s Center for Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research Promotes Nursing Research and Improves Patient Care
Ochsner’s nurses are advancing nursing science and our ability to improve the well-being of not only our patients, but also our caregivers. Supported by the Center for Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research, the following projects provide examples of the work Ochsner nurses are doing to advance nursing practice and patient care through nursing research:
Nurse well-being – Deidra Dudley, DNS,
MN, MS, RN-BC, NEA-BC, assistant vice president, Ochsner Medical Center -West Bank conducted a study that focuses on measuring nurses’ perceptions of the quality of their working life. Her work supports Ochsner’s Care for the Caregiver initiative that encourages the well-being of our nurses and employees. Using a validated tool, Dr. Dudley surveyed nurses from across the system in 2017 and 2019. The data provided a pulse check on nurses’ self-reported well-being, work-home interface, job and career satisfaction, control at work, working conditions, and stress at work. To learn more about Ochsner’s Care for the Caregiver initiative, read the American Nurses Association (ANA), Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation article.
Nurse and patient safety - In her role as nursing strategy manager at Ochsner Health System, Jlynn Westley, MSN, RN, is working to protect nurses from the risks associated with nursing fatigue. Taking advantage of the data sets collected through Ochsner’s administrative databases and the electronic medical record, she was able to explore the relationship between nurses’ work hours and patient safety. She is further exploring organizational strategies for combatting fatigue in the workforce.
Patient well-being – Fiona Winterbottom,
DNP, conducted an evaluation of the addition of 24/7 proactive expert nurse rounding to an existing rapid response system. In the redesigned rapid response system at Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans, a critical care nurse rounded on high-risk patients, answered nurse calls and responded to patient emergencies. Through her work, she demonstrates that dedicated rapid response resources save patients lives. With these additional resources, fewer cardiopulmonary arrests occur outside the ICU.
This year we welcomed our North Louisiana partners at Ochsner Shreveport and are pleased to also support them in initiating nursing research.
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“Nurses are ideally positioned at the front line of patient care to identify and address questions that impact the quality of care. Through our evidence-based practice and research efforts, nurses from across the system are making a difference in the lives of patients and nurses.”
– Jessica Peterson, PhD, RN, senior RN researcher, Center for Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research, Ochsner Health System
Ochsner encourages you to embrace the opportunity to access the many services we provide to engage nurses in evidence-based practices and research opportunities. Visit https://research.ochsner.org/nursing-research to access online resources through Ochsner’s Center for Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research.
Publications 2018
Albert, N., Bena, J. F., Ciudad, C., Keleekai-Brapoh, N., Morrison, S. L.,
Rice, K., Slifack, E., and Runner, J. C. (2018). Contamination of reusable electroencephalography electrodes: A multicenter study. American Journal of Infection Control, 46 (12), 1360-1364. Nix, M. and Caldwell, D. (August, 2018). Natural Disasters: A Louisiana Gulf perspective of Maintaining Patient Care. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 22, 460-463.
Presentations and Publications
Presentations
Albert, N., Bena, J. F., Ciudad, C., Keleekai-Brapoh, N., Morrison, S. L., Rice, K., Slifack, E., and Runner, J.C.
(June, 2018). Contamination of Reusable Electroencephalography Electrodes, A Multicenter Study. Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Minneapolis, MN.
Bernier, G., Langlois, C., Garguiolo, D.,
Winebar, R. (July, 2018). The Late Preterm Infant: When Timing is Everything. Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses, Tampa, FL.
Black, W. (May, 2018). Air Transport of Neonates. Ochsner’s Research Day, New Orleans, LA.
Castex, J. and Rice, K. (March, 2018). BITE Pain Therapy. American Nurses Association Quality and Innovation Conference, Orlando, FL.
Gomez, J. (May, 2018). Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) - Guided Core Liver Biopsy: A Promising Approach to Patient Care. Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Orlando, FL Ducoing, J. (July, 2018; September, 2018). I don’t know nothin’ ‘bout birthin’ babies: Educating Freestanding ER Nurses on Caring for the Obstetric Patient. Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses, Tampa, FL and 21st National Mother Baby Nurses Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Dudley, D. and Nix, M. (October, 2018). Assessment of the Quality of Working Life of Nurses. Care for the Caregiver Supportive Strategies. 10th Annual EBP/Nursing Research Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Ford, M.K., Ducoing, J., Lookingbill, K.,
Wood, T., Winebar, R. (May, 2018, July, 2018). Telestork: Delivering Telemedicine to Labor and Delivery Units. American Telemedicine Association Annual Conference and Expo Conference, Chicago, IL and Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses, Tampa, FL.
Harrell, J. (October 2018). Certification Central: Increasing Critical Care Registered Nurse Certification Within the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. 10th Annual EBP/ Nursing Research Conference, New Orleans, LA. Laudun, S. (April, 2018). Five Year Review of Post Left Ventricular Assist Device Outcomes in Relation to Body Mass Index. Sigma Theta Tau International, Epsilon Nu Chapter, New Orleans, LA.
Laudun, S. Parrino, E. (October, 2018). Using a multidisciplinary approach for the reduction of ventilator hours in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). 10th Annual EBP/Nursing Research Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Melton, J., Emmons, M., Pitre, S., Hayden,
K. (July, 2018). Not Ya Mama’s Sim Drills: A multiple method approach to hardwiring the obstetric hemorrhage bundle for community hospital nurses. Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses, Tampa, FL.
Nix, M. and Couvillon, J. (September, 2018). Envisioning a Secure Nursing Workforce through Leadership in Academic Partnership. National League for Nursing, Washington, DC.
Nix, M. Dooley, L. (July, 2018). Using a Mentor Academy to Support Nursing Retention and Engagement. Association for Nursing Professional Development, Orlando, FL.
Presentations and Publications
Nix, M., Hamilton, J., Couvillon, J. & Moffatt,
T. (May, 2018). Using a Career Ladder Model to Support Nursing Engagement. American Nurse Credentialing Center Conference, West Palm Beach, FL.
Nix, M. and Moffatt, T. (September, 2018). Championing a Cultural Shift that Promotes Nurse Well-being: Care for the Caregiver. Sigma Theta Tau, Mobile, AL.
Noel, L. (October, 2018). Improving Communications and Perceptions of Mutual Support to Expedite a Major Prenatal Practice Change. 10th Annual EBP/Nursing Research Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Pirrone, A. and Mahoney, C. (October, 2018). Getting to Zero: Eliminating Unplanned Extubations in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. 10th Annual EBP/Nursing Research Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Toups, B., Cobbs, A., Koehler, J., Thomas, D. and Preceptors: Barker, R. and Neill,
J. (November, 2018). Reducing Anxiety and Depression in NICU Parents Using a Guided Support Program. Xi Zeta (Sigma) Intercollegiate Research Symposium, Thibodaux, LA. (Ochsner nurse residency State of the science poster) West, S. (October, 2018). Using Critical Incident Stress Debriefing to Impact Perception of Support During Crisis in Adult Inpatient Nurses. 10th Annual EBP/Nursing Research Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Winterbottom, F. (October 2018). Evaluation of an innovative rapid response system (RRS) model. 10th Annual EBP/Nursing Research Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Winterbottom, F. and Dillard, K. (October, 2018). Rapid Response System Staff Knowledge and Satisfaction Survey. 10th Annual EBP/Nursing Research Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Presented at the 10th Annual EBP/Nursing Research Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Ali, A., Corley, J., and Clements, C. Preceptors: Brumfield, T., Johnston, M., and
Young, K. (October, 2018). Give Me a Break! Implementing Uninterrupted Breaks in the ED.
Bissel, J., Cormier, K., Hurlston, A., and Leabo, K.L. Preceptors: Alonzo, M. and
Martin, L. (October, 2018). Implementing Patient Hand Hygiene Protocol to Reduce Hospital Acquired C. Diff.
Boudreaux, A., Conaway, K., Hawkins, D., and Noland, M. Preceptors: Baye, K. and
Bradley, K. (October, 2018). Fall Prevention 2.0: Reinvigorating Best Practices.
Altmyer, C., James, S., Kostolitz, S., Loudermilk, T., and Ward, K. Preceptors: Arceneaux, L., Laudun, S., and Mancini, R.
(October, 2018). Manage Pain for Better Gain: Benefits of Preoperative Opioid Education.
Brand, K., Daly, K., Freemyer, K., and Johnson, A. Preceptors: Goodlett, D. and
Hennen, N. (October, 2018). Are Twelve Hour Shifts Causing Nurses to Unplug?
Cobbs, A., Koehler, J., Thomas, D. and Toups, B. Preceptors: Barker, R. and Neill, J.
(October, 2018; November, 2018). Reducing Anxiety and Depression in NICU Parents Using a Guided Support Program.
Coulange, A., Dejean, D., Grishman, C., Guillot, A., Pocorello, C., and Luther, M. Preceptors: Thibodeaux, A. and Meyer, T.
Family Presence During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
