Welcome to the NTI 2006 Poster Presentation Page. Below is a list of selected posters and presenters for the NTI 2006 in Anaheim, CA. Posters are classified by either their Creative Solutions or Research category. Please select the poster category that you wish to view.

Creative Solutions
Advance Practice	Heathly Work Environment
Bedside Clinical Practice	Informatics
Education Competencies	Orientation/Precepting/Mentoring
Emergency Trauma	Performance/Quality Improvement
Ethics/End of Life	Recruitment/Retention
Guideline/Protocol Development	Oral
Healing Environment

Research
Bedside Clinical Practice	Healthy Work Environment
Education Competencies	Performance/Quality Improvement/Certification
Ethics/End of Life	Oral
Guidline/Protocol Development

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Creative Solutions Presentations

xxx Advance Practice	CS5: Learning Research Together In A Hospital/Academic Partnership, Nancy Ballard
xxx Bedside Clincial Practice	CS13: Pharmacology In The Pediatric During Emergency, Sabrina Egman CS14: Who You Gonna Call? Making A Critical Response Team A Reality In A Small Community Hospital, Martha Gooding CS18: Parental Satisfaction Increases With Involvement In Bedside Rounds, Dean Jarvis CS21: Effect Of Oral Care Policy On The Nursing Practice In Intensive Care And Progressive Care Units, Laura Lewis CS23: What's That Beeping Sound? Patient And Family Education Related To Intensive Care/Step Down Care Unit Equipment, Holly Macklay CS25: Helping Kick The Habit…“The Quit For Life” Program, Monika Melbrech CS27: Web-based education is "on demand" for heart surgery patients,Vivian Norman CS29: Yes, You Can Ambulate Patients With Chest Tubes To Suction, Ann Petlin CS31: Impact of a Tight Control Insulin Protocol, Nicki Roderman CS37: Just Chill Out: Facilitating Induced Hypothermia In A Small Community Hospital, Janet Williamson
xx Education Competencies	CS38: Promoting CCRN Certification In NYPH Weill Cornell Medical Center, Ngozi Moneke CS48: Staff Nurses Starring: ICU Curriculum Classes, Donna Davis CS53: How Far Will Technology Take Us? The Nurses’ Role In The Successful Implementation Of Field Telephonic Informed Consent, Theresa Haley CS59: You're Draining What? A Picture Guide To Caring For Patients With Lumbar Drains, Christine Katers CS61: Engage And Transform: Supporting Critical Care Certification, Darlene Lovasik
xx Emergency/Trauma	CS70: CLIK: Cincinnati Learning Is Quick, Susan Davis
xx Ethics/End of Life	CS75: What Do We Do Now? An Innovative Nursing Approach, Assisting Families Through The Bereavement Process, Ana Marin CS78: Clinical Ethics Consultation - There is a better way!, Donna Fuerst CS81: Mindfulness, Meditation, And Coping With Death In The PICU: A One-Day Retreat For Professional Staff, Catherine Klatzer CS83: Recycle: Transform Used Equipment To Help People In Need, Rosario Nievera
xx Guideline/Protocol Development	CS90: Intra-Hospital Transport Of Critical Care Patients, Melanie Roberts
xxx Healing Environment	CS93: Effect Of Family Centered Care On Patient/Family Satisfaction On A Progressive Care Unit, Anjie Vickers
xxx Heatlhy Work Environment	CS101: The ENT All-Stars: Boosting Patient and Staff Morale with “Team Spirit Week”, Elizabeth Cox CS105: The ICU Nursing Council: True Collaboration for Patient Safety, Steven Hooker
xx Informatics	CS114: Automating Referrals From Admission Assessment Screening, Meg Furukawa
xx Orientation/ Precepting/Mentoring	CS116: Mentoring: Rekindle The Passion For Nursing!, Rizalina Bonuel CS117: Between Orientation And Competence, Where On The Path Does ECCO Belong?, Natalie Correll-Yoder CS124: Essentials Of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO), A RETENTION Tool?, Melanie Roberts
xxxPerformance/Quality Improvement	CS131: Moving Evidence-Based Practice From Theory To Reality, Jo Ann Jenkins CS143: Stopping VAP Using The AACN Practice Alert, Natalie Corell-Yoder CS146: Implementation Of Early Goal-Directed Therapy For Sepsis At A Community Hospital Through A Multidisciplinary Approach, Melanie Atkinson CS147: Critical Care Turn Team, Kevin Barcelos CS153: To Eat Or Not To Eat - Dysphagia Assessment, Susan Davis CS160: Safety Summit: A Commitment to Patient Advocacy, Caring, and Excellence!, Suzanne Kusic CS161: You Can’t See Us, But We’re Watching…The Design And Implementation Of A Centralized Telemetry Surveillance Unit (CTSU), Monika Mehlbrech CS164: Race for Safety! 100% Compliance with JCAHO Safety Goals, Hillary Payne CS166: Every Nurse Has A Name: Bedside Nurse Name Cards, Kathy Rowland CS168: Love Your Patient’s Skin! Development of a Pediatric S.K.I.N. Bundle, Vickie Simpson
xx Recruitment/ Retention	CS174: Utilizing Staff Retreats as an Opportunity for Staff Retention and Rejuvenation, Theresa Braungardt CS176: Creative Staffing Solutions: The Art Of Self-Scheduling, Rosario Macapagal CS177: Steering Committee: An Empowered Workforce, Rosarion Macapagal CS178: Positive Action - Balancing Act, Selma Mou
xx Oral	Stop Moral Distress And Helplessness, Fight Back With The 4 A's, Natalie Correll-Yoder Braking The Silence: Helping To Halt Unsafe, Unhealthy Practices Through "Silence Kills" Awareness, Marilyn Jay “Novice To Expert…In Critical Care” Utilizing the Benner Model To Promote New Grad Retention, Deborah Lepman

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Research Presentations

xx Bedside Clincal Practice	RES7: The Experience Of The Critically Ill On Neuromuscular Blocking Agents, Nancy Ballard RES9: Factors Associated With Prolonged Prehospital Delay Time In African Americans With An Acute Myocardial Infarction, Angela Banks RES16: Averting High-Risk Dosing Errors Associated With Infusion Pump Programming, Barbara Jacobs RES17: Natural History Of Dental Plaque Accumulation In Mechanically Ventilated Adults, Deborah Jefferson RES18: End Of Life Care: Can We Predict To Prepare?, Rebecca Johnson RES20: Replace The Glasgow Coma Scale? Validation Of A New Coma Scale-The FOUR Score, Anne Miers RES24: Symptom Clusters In Acute Myocardial Infarction, Catherine Ryan RES25: The Effect Of Comprehensive Oral Hygiene And Position On Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, Barbara Salapata RES30: A Simple, Low-Cost Oral Care Protocol Reduces Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Rates, Carrie Sona RES34: Pain Management In The Cardiothoracic Patient: Then & Now!, William Wall
xx Education Competencies	RES36: Complex Care Nursing: Enhancing Technology In Nursing Education, Nancy Bittner
xxx Ethics/End of Life	RES41: A Retrospective Review Of Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD) In The United States 1994-2004, Franki Chabalewski
xxx Guidline/ Protocol Development	RES45: Development Of An Adult ICU Hyperglycemia Protocol, Cynthia Carter-Cole
xx Healthy Work Environment	RES47: Healthy Work Environments, Nurse/Physician Communication, And Patient Outcomes: Making The Link, Milisa Manojlovich
xx Performance/Quality Improvement/ Certification	RES48: Barriers To Certification, Philip Abenojar
xxx Oral	Demonstrating The Impact Of A Web-Based Education Program For Family Members Of ICU Patients, Ruth Kleinpell