| Supporting Professional Development Throughout a Nursing Career | Jeannette J Richardson, RN,CCRN | Chapter |
| Strategic Planning: Celebrating our Success! | Carrie S Stensrud, RN,BSN,CCRN-CSC | Chapter |
| A Chapter Collaboration with a Local Hospital System Results in Positive Outcomes for Each Partner | Mary Ellen Strozak, RN-BC, MS,CCRN, CNS | Chapter |
| Critical Care Bowl: A Fun Way to Provide Education and Networking While Building Chapter Membership | Melissa Lowder, RN,MSN,CCRN | Chapter |
| Testing with Intention: Providing Structured Study Groups to Increase Certification Exam Success | Theresa M Anderson, RN,BSN,CCRN | Chapter |
| Saving Time and Money: Use of Webex Technology for a Regional Meeting | Pamela A. Madrid, RN,CNS,MS,CCRN,CCNS | Chapter |
| AACN~Greater Long Beach & Orange County Chapter: Enhancing communication among members with Facebook group networking | Cher A Hagaman, RN,MSN,NP,GNP-BC,CNS,CCRN-CSC,PHN,AACC | Chapter |
| Chapter Education and Mentoring Through Poster Presentations at Annual Austin AACN Chapter Symposium | Karen A Jeffries, RN,MS | Chapter |
| The Stars were Shining; A Chapter Certification Celebration. | Stephen C. McKeeman, RN,MBA,CCRN,CNML | Chapter |
| A Tale of Three Cultures: An Inter-Professional Specialty Nursing Symposium | Christopher T Walker, MS, RN, NP, CNS, CCRN, APRN-BC | Chapter |
| Managing Alcohol Withdrawal in a Community Critical Care Unit | Kathryn R Small, ACNP, CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| A comparison of a behavioral and a subjective pain scale in a TCV-PO patient population. | Marie V Buffmire, MSN, RN, CCRN, RDMS | Creative Solutions |
| Turning under pressure: Improving pressure ulcer rates in the Cardiovascular ICU | Rosario P. Macapagal, RN,BS,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Waste Not- Decreasing Wasteful Practices in the Coronary Care Unit | Frederick R. Macapagal, RN,BSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Green, yellow, or red: Follow the signal to safely administer hazardous drugs. | Darlene A Lovasik, RN,MN,CCRN,CNRN | Creative Solutions |
| The New Kid on Our Block: Evolution of an Adult ECMO Program | Shannon R Olwine, RN,MSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Aspiring Nurse Leaders – Inspiring the Future of Nursing | Meghan F McCann, RN,BSN | Creative Solutions |
| Making Room: Family Presence During Resuscitation Supports a Healthy Work Environment | Donna Prentice, ACNS-BC,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| CSI Newport Beach. Clinical Search and Investigation… Nurse Peer Review | Deborah A Lepman, RN,MPH,CEN | Creative Solutions |
| Implementing the AACN Preceptor Challenge E-Learn for a Nurse Preceptor Workshop | Elizabeth S Guernsey, RN,BSN,MA | Creative Solutions |
| Saving the Green: One Surgical Intensive Care Unit's Journey to Save Money as Well as the Environment | Mary E Paciella, RN,MS,PCCN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Operationalizing Core Measures and EBP for Undergraduate Critical Care Nursing Students | Angela R Leasure, RN,CNS,APRN,PhD,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Tele-ICU Nursing Interventions: Impact on Patient Safety & Nursing Practice | Connie Barden, RN/CNS,MSN,CCRN-E,CCNS | Creative Solutions |
| Thou Shall Not Fall: Falls Reduction and Prevention Strategies for Patients in a Progressive Care Unit. | Tracey K Rankin, RN,MSN | Creative Solutions |
| Get Bundled Up: Interventions to Prevent Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections | Oluwaseyi A Lawal, RN | Creative Solutions |
| Reducing Pulmonary Complications and Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers in Quadriplegics | Gary Gates, RN, MS, CNML, TNCC | Creative Solutions |
| Enhancing Practice Through Unit Level Shared Governance: Targeting Unit Acquired Pressure Ulcers In The MSICU | Ann Lauren Banda, RN,BSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Moral Distress: Supporting Nurses during Patient & Family Conflict | Anna Krupp, RN,MS,CCRN,CCNS | Creative Solutions |
| Food For Foleys: An Incentive to Reduce Urinary Tract Infections in ICU | Lois K Andrews, RN-BC,MSN,CCRN, ACNS-BC | Creative Solutions |
| It’s Up To You! Creating a Self Directed Model for Professional Advancement. | Theresa M Thompson, RN,BSN | Creative Solutions |
| Failure is Not an Option: APNs Mentoring Bedside RNs to Promote Evidence-Based Care of Heart Failure Patients | Jennifer M Ballard-Hernandez, RN,MSN,FNP/GNP-BC,CCRN-CSC, AACC | Creative Solutions |
| Promoting Independence in Staff Research Teams | Bradi L Granger, RN,PhD,FAAN | Creative Solutions |
| Multilevel Creative Approach to Increasing Family | Stephanie A Vaupel-Juart, RN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| A Cardiac Resuscitation Unit (CRU) Development: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Post-Resuscitation Care | William M Hallinan, RN,MS,EMTP | Creative Solutions |
| ECCO - Can You Hear Me Now? | Audrey Roberson, MS, RN, CPAN, CNS-BC | Creative Solutions |
| Responsible Staffing: Assuring Patient Safety and Economic Stability | Cheryl A Kutos, RN,ADN,AA,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Pucker Up! How to Prevent Lip Pressure Ulcers from Endotracheal Tubes | Amanda Oakes | Creative Solutions |
| Can you hear me now? Nursing Presentation during Multidisciplinary Bedside Rounds | Heidi A. Martin, RN,BS,BSN,CNRN | Creative Solutions |
| Nursing Grand Rounds: Building Confidence and Improving Staff Satisfaction | Rochelle R Armola, RN,MSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT: STAFF DRIVEN INITIATIVE TO ENHANCE UNIT BASED NURSING SKILLS COMPETENCY REVALIDATION | Patricia Sudar, RN,BSN,PCCN,CNIII | Creative Solutions |
| Rest From Distress: Sedation and Analgesic Protocols For the Post-Op Cardiovascular Intensive Care Patients | Tracy A Toews, RN,BSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Cardiovascular Intermediate Care Unit Staff (CVIU) Expedites Discharge Teaching Through Technology | Nancy N Bouldin, RN | Creative Solutions |
| Evaluating a Fall Prevention Program Tailored for a Telemetry Unit | Lori A Catalano, RN,MSN,PCCN | Creative Solutions |
| The Infestation-- An engaging educational approach to the reduction of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections. | David J Rutherford, RN,BSN, CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Making an Impact: a Rapid Response Team’s (RRT) Proactive Approach | Heather Hicks, RN,BSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Implementing research into a CNS residency: The impact of computerized triggers on early identification of sepsis. | Lynne M. Bustraan, RN, MSN,CCRN, CCNS | Creative Solutions |
| Improving Door to Balloon Time for STEMI Patients with a Cardiac Alert Program | Candy C. Cross, MSN, RN, CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Charge Nurse Development: An Investment in Leadership Success and Satisfaction | Debra Bradshaw, MSN, RN, NEA-BC | Creative Solutions |
| Ethics Stewards – Enhancing a Culture of Ethical Practice | Julene B Kruithof, MSN, RN, CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Collaborating with Patients and Families: Creating an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Guidebook | Amy E Haverland, RN,BSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| TELEMEDICINE: PROVIDING STROKE EXPERTISE TO PATIENTS AT RURAL FACILITIES VIA A HIGHLY INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED SYSTEM | Aimee J Fahey, MSN, RN, CCRN-E | Creative Solutions |
| Consistency, Communication and Coaching; the three C’s in the development and utilization of a Core Charge Nurse Group | Lisa Blessing | Creative Solutions |
| A Staffing Matrix Tool based on the Synergy Model to make nursing assignments in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. | Tracy Pope, RN,MSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| A Creative Solution Using Innovative Collaboration to Reduce Door to Balloon Time | Cynthia R Perez, RN,CNS,MS,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patient and Family Advisory Council: Changing the Unit Culture | Keri E Nasenbeny, RN,BSN,MHA | Creative Solutions |
| Are you as smart as a CCRN?: Developing confidence for certification testing. | Andrea M Russo, RN,MSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| To Systemness and Beyond! A Best Practice Story | Ms Lianne L Dickerson | Creative Solutions |
| Improved Patient/Family Satisfaction after Implementation of Family Rounds | Linda A Byrne, RN,MS | Creative Solutions |
| Everyone Deserves a Holiday: Increasing Knowledge of Daily Sedation Holiday Process Through an Educational Project | Cassandra L Narr, RN,BS,BSN | Creative Solutions |
| Institution of a Nurse Mentorship Program in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) | Kellie N Garth-Green, RN | Creative Solutions |
| Authentic Leadership: Building Leadership Competency utilizing Blended Learning with ENMO | Vivian F Norman, RN,MSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| A collaborative solution to decrease unplanned extubations in the intensive care unit | Susan L Schroeder, RN,MSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Rapid Response Team: Kick it up a notch: From Reactive to Proactive | Nancy E Christiansen, RN,MSN,CCRN,CNS | Creative Solutions |
| Dramatic Mislabel Reductions in a Medical Intensive Care Unit Resulting from Unit Practice Committee Interventions | Donna Prentice, ACNS-BC,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| The “Dot” Board: An Accountability Chart for Mandatory Competencies and Requirements | Jo Ann Schumaker-Watt, RN,BS,BSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Patients and Families at the Center of Care Delivery–Relationship Based Care (RBC) within the Critical Care Environment | Sherri A. Morris, BSN, RN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| What if Surgery started on time? A look at the overall impact of surgical first case on time starts… | Lorraine Sunderland, RN,CCRN,CPAN | Creative Solutions |
| Pediatric Organ Donation: Creating a Culture of Best Practices in Donation Requests | Juliet A Vaupel-Phillips, RN,MS,BA,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| The Year of the Unit Based Council: Transforming Shared Governance from the Bedside Up | Laura Lewis, RN,BN,BS,PCCN | Creative Solutions |
| Shhhh! Putting emphasis on sleep and recuperation in the ICU. | Miriam V Nguyen, RN,BAN,BS | Creative Solutions |
| Inclusion in Care—Implementing Family Centered Care in a Small Community Hospital Beacon ICU | Martha C Gooding, RN,BS,CCRN,CRN | Creative Solutions |
| EYE SPY- Can YOU see the Improvement with Safety, Compliance and Improved Patient Satisfaction? Use of a simple bed tag | Tracey K Rankin, RN,MSN | Creative Solutions |
| HELP…Is anybody out there?: Implementing a patient/family activated emergency response | Soudi Bogert, RN, BSN, PHN, CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Pandemic Staffing Pilot | Christina N. Goatee | Creative Solutions |
| Impact of Cardiac Surgical Stepdown on Critical Care Readmissions | Karen A Cepero, RN,MSN,CCRN,CEN | Creative Solutions |
| Maintaining VAD Competency on a Progressive Care Unit | Jules J. Russell, RN,BSN,BA,PCCN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Mentoring with Intention: Helping New Charge Nurses Become Successful Leaders | Karen J. Schulz, RN,MSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| After the Abstract Is Accepted: What Next? | Rebecca W Johnson, RN,BS | Creative Solutions |
| When Pigs Fly!: Establishing a Safe Environment for ICU Staff and Patients during an H1N1 Outbreak | Parvaneh Mostaghimi, RN,BSN | Creative Solutions |
| Our Journey to the Pediatric Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence | Jennifer M Cohen, DNP, PCNS-BC, CCRN, CNRN | Creative Solutions |
| The Amazing Hospital Race | Jimmy Dale Callicutt, RN-BC, BA, BSN, MSN, CCRN, CVN | Creative Solutions |
| Can You Hear Me Now? Condition “H” Hears You And Rapid Response Is On The Way ! | Deborah A Lepman, RN,MPH,CEN | Creative Solutions |
| Journey to a Healthy Work Place: AACN’s Healthy Work Environments Initiative Provides Framework for Unit Transformation | Mary E Rehak, MS,RN,ACNS-BC,C,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| test | Gina L. Kane | Creative Solutions |
| Critical Care without Borders - Critical Care Resource Nurse | Mary K Hewett, RN,MS | Creative Solutions |
| Patient and Family Centered Care Starting in the Pre-operative Phase | Sharon R. McEwen, RN,MSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| WATSON ROOM: CARING OF THE SELF | Jocelyn E Espejo, RN,BSN,CCRN,CMC | Creative Solutions |
| High Expectations for Early Extubations | Dr Michael T McEvoy | Creative Solutions |
| Minimizing Communication Errors During Patient Hand-Offs: Implementation of Nursing Sterile Cockpit | Tammy L. Uhl, RN,MS,MSN,CCRN,CCNS | Creative Solutions |
| : Drop a Bundle and Save: Reducing Surgical Site Infections Across Surgical Populations | Mischa Adams, RN, BSN, CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Meeting Educational Needs with Portable Technology: Adapting to the Next Generation of Nurses | Charles C Reed, RN,MSN,CNRN | Creative Solutions |
| PLEASANT DREAMS TO BETTER HEALTH | Jon M Frazier | Creative Solutions |
| Nurse Empowerment: Professional Development through Certification | Kathryn C McBroom, RN,ADN | Creative Solutions |
| A New Screening Strategy Detects Sepsis and Prevents Septic Shock | Jillian P Riske, RN | Creative Solutions |
| Crash Course: Resuscitating the Code Blue Process | Vivian F Norman, RN,MSN,CCRN | Creative Solutions |
| Attitudes and Perceptions of Multidisciplinary Team Members Toward Family Presence at Bedside Rounds | Cecilia Santiago, RN,MN,CNCCc | Research |
| Substandard Quality of ECG Monitoring in Current Clinical Practice: Baseline Results of the PULSE Trial | Marjorie Funk, RN,MSN,PhD,FAAN,FAHA | Research |
| Parental Presence during Invasive Procedures and Resuscitation: Thematic Analysis of Post Intervention Parental Comments | Kristan M Boutwell, RN,BSN,CCRN | Research |
| Pain Management of Post-operative Open Heart Surgery Patients Utilizing Preemptive and Multimodal Analgesia | Melinda S Fuller, RN,MSN,CCRN,-CSC,ACNP-BC | Research |
| College Student Organ Donation Study (CO-ORGAN): Phase I Results | Shannon M Disena, RN,AA,PCCN | Research |
| Quantitative and Qualitative Examination of Nurses’ Attitudes and Decision-Making in response to Rapid Response Teams | Jacqueline Wavelet, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CNL | Research |
| Patient Response to Therapeutic Mobility Activities: Molecules to Outcomes | Dr Chris Winkelman | Research |
| Isolation Status Does Not Impact the Functional Outcome of Surgical IMC Patients | Sandra Swoboda, RN, MS, FCCM | Research |
| Cardiogenic Oscillation and Ventilator Autotriggering in Brain Death: Implications for Organ Donation. | Richard B Arbour, RN,CCRN,CCNS,CNRN | Research |
| Comparison of High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation and Chest Physiotherapy on Pain and Preference Post-Lung Transplant | Susan Patrice Sommer, RN | Research |
| Nurses’ perceptions of the feasibility and the clinical utility of the use of the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool | Celine Gelinas, RN,DSN,PhD | Research |
| Comparative Evaluation of Minimally Invasive vs. Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring vs. Pulmonary Artery Pressures | Joya D Pickett, RN,MSN,CCNS,ACNS-BC,CCRN | Research |
| Deficiencies in Nurses’ ECG Monitoring Knowledge: Baseline Results of the PULSE Trial | Marjorie Funk, RN,MSN,PhD,FAAN,FAHA | Research |
| Comparison of the Use of a Compression Assist Device vs. Manual Compression following Arterial Sheath Removal | Beverly J Dressel, RN, MSN, CCRN, CMSRN | Research |
| Simulation training in emergency situation for the new graduate critical care nurses: A randomized controlled study | Sun Ju Chang | Research |
| Descriptive Evaluation of Patient Perception of Advance Directives | Rebecca W Johnson, RN,BS | Research |
| Critical Care Nurses’ knowledge and Perception of Fever Assessment and Management | Mary Beth H Leaton, MS, RN, CCRN, APN | Research |
| Pain Assessment in Non-Verbal Critically Ill Adults Using the Behavioral Pain Scale: Part Two | Brandee A. Fetherman, MSN, RN, CCRN | Research |
| Spontaneous Breathing Trials versus Weaning Parameters for Extubation in the Post Operative Cardiac Surgery Patient | Dawn J Gosnell, MSN,ARNP,CCRN | Research |
| Observations of Care Interventions to Improve Care for Therapeutic Hypothermia Patients | Rochelle R Armola, RN,MSN,CCRN | Research |
| Achieving sedation goals of physiologic stability and comfort at various sedation levels in the mechanically ventilated | Mary Jo Grap, PhD, RN, FAAN | Research |
| Benefits to Providing Acute Stroke Education | Mr DaiWai M Olson | Research |
| Activity Restriction After Temporary Epicardial Pacing Wire Removal: Does It Matter? | Judith Schofield, RN,BS,MSN | Research |
| Recombinant Human Hyaluronidase-Facilitated Subcutaneous Versus Intravenous Rehydration Therapy In Infants And Children | Dr. Philip Spandorfer | Research |
| Comparison of Point-of-Care and Laboratory Glucose Values in Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients | Quin E Denfeld, RN,BSN,CCRN | Research |
| Predicting Fluid Responsiveness in Post Operative Liver Transplant Patients | Laura Sawin Brown, RN,BS,BHS,CCRN | Research |
| Pediatric Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Registry (VAPoR): A precise VAP detection tool. | Jeni M Wincek, RN,MSN | Research |
| The Impact of Critical Care Incident Stressors on Critical Care Nurses and Their Work Environment | Gary P. Yehl, RN,MS | Research |
| Impact of High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation and Chest Physiotherapy on Lung Function After Lung Transplantation | Ai Jin Lee, RN | Research |
| A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF A DISCHARGE NURSING INTERVENTION TO PROMOTE SELF-REGULATION OF CARE FOR EARLY DISCHARGE | Kathleen A Gould, RN,PhD | Research |
| Dangerous ST Depression Associated with Left Main | Victoria A Barbara, RN | Research |
| Multifaceted Approach Successful in Reducing Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections | Karen L Guerin, RN,BSN,MSHA,CCRN | Research |
| Rapid Response Teams: Nurses’ Perceptions and Patient Outcomes in Monitored Versus Non-monitored Hospital Units | Jennifer A Browne, PhDc, RN-BC, CCRN | Research |
| Effects of Family Witnessed Resuscitation after Trauma Prior to Hospitalization | Dr Jane B Leske | Research |
| Pain Assessment in Non-Verbal Patients in Critical Care | Carolyn Maidl, MSN, RN, CNRN, CCRN | Research |
| It Takes a Village: A Fully Implantable Heart Replacement System | Jennifer M. Joiner, MSN,RN,CCRN-CSC | Research |
| Early Progressive Mobility Program For Ventilated Adult Critical Care Patients | Pamela S. Bills, RN,ADN,CCRN | Research |
