Nursing workforce characteristics and processes with outcomes

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An Evaluation of a Sitter Reduction Intervention, Sitter Usage, Staffing Levels, and Patient Safety Outcomes
Elizabeth L Spiva, PhD, RN, PLNC, WellStar Health System; Therese Feiner, MSN, BSN, RN, WellStar Health System Kennestone Hospital; Darcia Jones, MSN, RN, WellStar Health System Kennestone Hospital; Donna Hunter, MS, RN-BC, CNS, ANP-BC, WellStar Health System Kennestone Hospital; Jayne Petefish, MSN, BA, AD, CCRN, WellStar Health System Kennestone Hospital; Lewis VanBrackle, PhD, Kennesaw State University

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111

Characteristics of Cancer Patients Who Fall: A Two Year Review and Analysis of Patient Safety Net Oncology Fall Reports
Johanna Crock, RN, BA, OCN, University of Colorado Hospital

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112

Increasing Retention of Newly Hired Nurses and Improving Quality of Care: A Post Orientation Education Program
Courtney Geetter, BSN, RN, CPN, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Ana Figueroa-Altmann, MSN, RN, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Christine A Correale, BSN, RN, CPN, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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113

Discharge Timeliness for Mother Baby Couplets: A Six Sigma Project to Improve Throughput
Patricia A Maurer, MSN, MBA, RNC, Pinnacle Health System; Megan L Strohecker, BSN, RNC-MNN, Pinnacle Health System; Barbara Emberg, BA, LSS, Black, Belt, Pinnacle Health System

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114

Pioneering an Innovative Approach for New Graduate Emergency Department Orientation
Mary Kay Silverman, BSN, RN, CEN, Hahnemann University Hospital; Tamara Smith, MSN, RN, CEN, Hahnemann University Hospital

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115

Delivering on Patient Centered Care: Implementing an Evidence Based Nurse Navigation Model Impacting Patient Outcomes
Jean A McDonald, MS, Administrative, Medicine, BS, RN, Aurora Health Care; Patty Abella, BSN, RN, Aurora Health Care

116

Measuring the Effect of a Lean Process Improvement Initiative on the RN Practice Envirionment and Patient Outcomes
Marianne J Harkin, MS, BSN, RN, CNRN, NYU Langone Medical Center; Wendy Budin, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, NYU Langone Medical Center; Margarita de La Fuente, MSN, BSN, BA, RN-BC, NYU Langone Medical Center

117

Building an ICU NP Intensivist Program
April N Kapu, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC, Vanderbilt University Hospital; Pam Jones, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Vanderbilt University Hospital; Clare Thomson-Smith, JD, MSN, RN, FAANP, Vanderbilt University Hospital

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118

Nurse-driven algorithms to de-escalate crisis situations in psychiatry and its effect on safety/reduced restraint use
Lori B Aavik, PMHNP-BC, MSN, BA, RN, NYU Hospitals Center; Millie A Hepburn, PhD(c), RN, ACNS-BC, New York University Hospital Center

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119

Putting Nurses Back at the Bedside,Introduction of an Admission,Discharge,Resource Nurse in Pediatric Critical Care
Pamela J Clay, BSN, RN, Orlando Health; Michael Turner, ASN, Orlando Health; Cindy Kling, MSN, CNS, CCNS, CCRN, CPN, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children; Dawn Bradley, ASN, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

120

Improved Glucose Control: a Cardiac Surgery ICU's Pre- and Post-Education Intervention Approach to Improving Compliance
Lauren E Tarbell, MS, BSN, RN, CCRN, Mayo Clinic; Mary Nelson, DIP, RN, Mayo Clinic; Jennifer Ferrier, MS, CNS, RN, Mayo Clinic

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121

Time is Muscle: Improving In-House STEMI Door-to Balloon Times
Stacey L. Saari, ADN, RN, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; Brenda Larson, BSN, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; DuAnne F Edwards, MN, RN, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; Jessica Y Dern, BSN, RN, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; Stephanie M Kraus, MS, RN, CCRN, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

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122

Improving Staff Compliance with Intermittent Pneumatic Compression (IPC) Therapy
Deborah Gardiner, MSN, RN, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Bridget Kelly, MSN, RN-BC, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

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123

NDNQI RN Satisfaction Survey: An Instrument to Generate Sustainable Empirical Quality Outcomes
William J Hudson IV, BSN, RN, OCN, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Michael Becker, MSN, RN, CCRN, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Charles A Belmont, BSN, RN, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

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124

Use of a Fall Prevention Coordinator to Decrease Inpatient Falls
Lisa P Smith, DNP, MSN, RN, Danbury Hospital; Alyson Blanck, MSN, RN, Danbury Hospital

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125

Floor no more: Fall prevention in the academic outpatient surgery center
C. Michelle Longley, MSN, RN, GNP, University of Virginia Health System; Martha K Holman, BSN, RN, CNOR, University of Virginia Health System

126

Improving Nurse Competency in Childhood Immunizations
Arlene Ryndak, MPH, RN, Kane County Health Department; Claire Dobbins, MSN-BC, RN, Kane County Health Department