| Creating a Culture of Certification | Bradley Robinson, RN,BSN,MBA,CCRN-CSC | Chapter |
| DARE to Be Followed and Friended: engaging current and future AACN chapter members, utilizing social media | Robert Beck, RN,MSN,CCRN,CRNA | Chapter |
| How to best identify and serve your chapter members’ needs | Ruth Salathe, RN,MSN,CCRN,CNRN | Chapter |
| Dare to Improve your Chapter and let the World Know How Great You Are! | Charlotte P Tyskiewicz, RN, BSN, BA, CCRN | Chapter |
| Embracing Intraprofessionalism: Collaborative AACN Chapter Meetings | Karen A Jeffries, RN,MS | Chapter |
| Transformation | Shelley K Welch, RN,MSN,CCRN-CSC | Chapter |
| Sharing Best Practice and Research - Chicago Style! | Gerri M Kaye, MS,RN,CCRN | Chapter |
| Dare to improve skilled communication for patients with limited English proficiency | Janis Smith-Love, ARNP, MSN, CCRN, ACNP-BC | Evidence-Based |
| Journey to Eliminating Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers in ICU and PCU Settings | Jenita L Gutierrez, RN,BS,BSN,CNRN | Evidence-Based |
| A Collaborative Team Approach: Code Resuscitation Training | Rowena P Samonte, RN | Evidence-Based |
| Nurse-Led Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Pediatric Sternal Wound Infection Prevention | Cathy S Woodward, DNP, RN, PNP-AC | Evidence-Based |
| Vigilance and CLABSI Rates | Virpal Donley, RN,BSN | Evidence-Based |
| New Methods to Cover Cardiac Emergencies - the STEMI Bridge-Team | David G Hunt, RN,MSN | Evidence-Based |
| “If it’s less than 2, there’s something to do! Dare to eliminate pressure ulcers! | Michael W Scolari, RN, BS, CCRN, CNRN | Evidence-Based |
| Ventriculostomy Dressings; a process improvement project | Arlene B. Boudreaux, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN | Evidence-Based |
| Advancing Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Medical Students Partnering with Nurses | Megan E LeClair, BSN, RN | Evidence-Based |
| Reducing CAUTI in Burn Patients through Education and Accountability | Regina V Welch, RN | Evidence-Based |
| Assessing the Use of a Hypothermia Protocol in Patients with Large Burns | Debbie Diane Laws, RN, CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Early Sepsis Identification: Getting Patients to the Appropriate Level of Care | Pam Zinnecker, RN,BAN,MSNED | Evidence-Based |
| Standardizing the Management of Pulmonary Artery Catheters | Sharon K Wahl, RN,CNS,APRN,MS,CCRN,CCNS | Evidence-Based |
| Impact of a multidisciplinary approach to airway management in suspected tracheostomy decannulation or displacement | Deborah J Audette, RN, MS, ACNS-BC, CCRN-CSC | Evidence-Based |
| Noise Adversely Affects Patient Satisfaction | Danica A Case, RN | Evidence-Based |
| CODE STROKE: To tPA or NOT to tPA... AND.... Ensuring the tPA Patient is Appropriately Monitored | Bonnie A. Dickerson, BSN,RN,CCRN,CN-IV | Evidence-Based |
| We Can Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) | Lorina M Welper, RN,MSN,ACNS-BC | Evidence-Based |
| Decreasing Ventilator Days Utilizing a Progressive Upright mobility Program | Joanne K McGovern | Evidence-Based |
| Developing Professionalism in New Nurses | Karen A Jeffries, RN,MS | Evidence-Based |
| Eliminating CLABSI Through Frontline Engagement | Stacy Steiner, MSN, RN, APRN | Evidence-Based |
| Going With the Flow: Critical Response Nurses | Kathryn June Thomas, RN, BSN, CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Dare To...Defy C. Diff. | Lourdes C. Fernandez, RN, BSN, CCRN, CSC | Evidence-Based |
| Early mobility, the ICU patient | Norma Jo Stockel, RN,BAS,MA | Evidence-Based |
| Empowering the Critical Care Nurse in the War Against Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) | Justin Dilibero, RN,MSN,CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Improving Compliance with the Severe Sepsis Bundle: A Multidisciplinary Approach | Danielle D. Fraser, MS, RN, GCNS-BC | Evidence-Based |
| Bedside Report and the Safety Checklist: Improving the Quality of Patient Care | Nathan J Rozeboom, RN,BS,BSN | Evidence-Based |
| Collaborative Practice and Implementation of a Therapeutic Hypothermia Protocol in a Tertiary Care Referral Center. | Richard B Arbour, RN,CCRN,CCNS,CNRN | Evidence-Based |
| Therapeutic Hypothermia Post Cardiac Arrest/Anoxic Brain Injury Cool Lessons Learned | Angela M. West, RN, MSN,CCRN, CNRN | Evidence-Based |
| Reducing Central Line Days - Combining Technology and a Team Approach | Jennifer R MacDermott, MS,RN,ACNS-BC,CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| LEAN Methods: Meeting the Golden Hour in Stroke Care | Robin R. Jackson, MSN, RN-BC, CCRN, CCNS | Evidence-Based |
| A UNIT-BASED INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE GOALS OF CARE DISCUSSIONS AND DOCUMENTATION OF CODE STATUS | Carrie S Sona, RN,MSN,CCRN,CCNS, ACNS-BC | Evidence-Based |
| Delirium: Can you recognize it? | Sharon C O'Donoghue, RN,MS | Evidence-Based |
| Nursing Education improves filter life and cost in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) | Mary C. Lavieri, RN,MS,MSN,CCRN,CS,CRN | Evidence-Based |
| Dare to Zap the Clabsi, No Exceptions No Excuses | Robin H Fichuk, RN,BSN,CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Improving Compliance with the Severe Sepsis Protocol: Putting Guidelines into Practice | Kim M Raines, RN,BSN,RN | Evidence-Based |
| Utilization of a Daily Goal Sheet to Decrease the Occurrence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia | Georgia F. Jackson, RN,BSN,MPH | Evidence-Based |
| Is your patient delirious or is it just you? | Cathy E Druckenmiller, RN,BSN,CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Advanced Practice Nurse Innovation in Surgical RN Progressive Care Orientation | Kimberly Elgin, MSN,RN,ACNS-BC, PCCN, CMSRN | Evidence-Based |
| Hourly Rounding - Improving Patient Satisfaction in the Emergency Department | Alfie JC Ignacio, DNP, MSN, ACNS-BC, FNP-BC, CEN, CCRN, CF | Evidence-Based |
| HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PRESSURE ULCER (HAPU) REDUCTION PROGRAM IN A MEDICAL/SURGICAL PROGRESSIVE CARE UNIT (MSPCU) | Deborah L Louis, RN,CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Big Results Do Come in Small Packages: Our Key to a >50% CL-BSI Rate Reduction | Anne-Marie L Van Rensburg, RN | Evidence-Based |
| Creating a Healthier Work Environment through Group Report | Laura Summers Bax | Evidence-Based |
| New to Practice Nurses Making Changes: Tracheostomy and Peristomal Care in the Neurointensive Care Unit | Lauren Mang, BSN, RN | Evidence-Based |
| It Takes a Village! | Josi DeHaven, MPH,RN,CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Stay out of the doghouse! : Pressure Ulcer Prevention Strategy | Melania K Flores | Evidence-Based |
| One Message One Time: Moving Towards Highly Reliable Handoff The PICU to OR Expereince | Patricia DeCesare, RN,MSN, CNML | Evidence-Based |
| Basic Life Support (BLS) Champions Program Improves 0utcomes for Hospitalized Patients. | Deborah K Hudson, RN,BS | Evidence-Based |
| Handle with Care: Preventing Staff Injury through Body Mechanics Workshops | Meredith S. Long, BSN,RN,PCCN | Evidence-Based |
| Quality and Safety RN Champions | Marilea Higdon | Evidence-Based |
| 3, 2, 1 Blast Off . . . Launching a Unit Coach | Megan Herbers | Evidence-Based |
| Going for the Gold: A Unit-Based Approach to Influence Change and Reinforce Compliance | Kristina M Sokol | Evidence-Based |
| Rapid Assessment Unit-from Vision to Realization | Teresa E Scholer, RN,BS,PCCN | Evidence-Based |
| Implementing Evidenced Based Interdisciplinary Code Team Training to improve teamwork, communication & adherence to BLS/ | Cynthia R Perez, RN,CNS,MS,CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Weaning Without Interruption: An Evidence Based Solution to Continuous Analgesia and Sedation Weaning in a Trauma ICU | Sarah C Zea, RN | Evidence-Based |
| How Care Redesign improved patient outcomes in the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit | Susan Doherty Gabriel, RN,BSN CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Time is Brain: Utilizing In House Stroke Alerts for Early Identification and Treatment of a Brain Attack | Elizabeth A Naber, RN,BSN,CCRN, CNRN | Evidence-Based |
| Implementation of a Nurse-Driven CAUTI Bundle in an Adult ICU | Laura W McCartney, RN,BSN,CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| A Multi-Disciplinary Team approach in delivering Perfect Care for Heart Failure Patients | Aileen Ingles, RN, BSN, PCCN | Evidence-Based |
| Pediatric Critical Care Inpatient Transfer: System Modifications Decrease PICU Stay | Mary Jo Grant, APRN, PhD, FAAN | Evidence-Based |
| Reducing Urinary Catheter Device Days and the Impact on Urinary Tract Infection Rates in the Neuro Intensive Care | Susan Ashcraft | Evidence-Based |
| Dare to Change: Remove those Foley Catheters! - An Evidence-Based Approach to Eliminating CAUTIs | Tamera L Crosser, RN,MSN,CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Trauma Patient: An Accident Prevented by Thinking Outside of the Bundle | Susan Ashcraft | Evidence-Based |
| Eliminating CLABSI in a Pediatric ICU through implementation of CHG bathing | Christopher C Morgan, RN, BSN, CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Multidisciplinary Point of Care Documentation for Delirium Screening and Intervention | Lisa M Job, RN,MSN,CCRN,APRN-BC | Evidence-Based |
| Preventing Unplanned Extubations in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit | Adeluisa A DeGuzman, RN,BS,BSN,CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Reducing Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections Using Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis | Celeste J Chandonnet, RN,BSN,CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Implementating Normothermia in a four hospital system | Mary M Ried, RN,CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Daring to Lead a New Path: Developing a Critical Care Fellowship for Retention and Recruitment of Critical Care Nurses | Kathryn I Schaefer, BSN,RN,CEN,CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Residual Neuromuscular Blockade in the ICU: A Quality Improvement Project | Mark B Ligad, RN, BSN, CCRN, PCCN | Evidence-Based |
| Can an Interdisciplinary Heart Failure Education Class Enhance Individualized Education? | Theresa Lynn Cary, MSN,RN,ACNS-BC,CHFN,CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Do you really want to know what families think? | Jody E Heffernan, RN | Evidence-Based |
| Improving the Implementation Process for Therapeutic Hypothermia (TH) in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OOHCA) Patients | Tana R Rodgers, RN, CCRN | Evidence-Based |
| Ambulating Patients with Pulmonary Artery Catheters Who Are Awaiting Heart Transplant | Mary E Harris, RN,CCRN | Research |
| Nurses Uninterrupted Passing Medications Safely (NUPASS) Study | Julie Quintilia Evanish, RN,BS,BSN,PCCN | Research |
| EARLY MOBILITY IN THE ICU: CHANGING UNIT CULTURE AND IMPROVING PATIENT OUTCOMES | Amy Doroy | Research |
| Initial experience with continuous intra-arterial fluorescent glucose monitoring in post-surgical ICU patients | Mary F Librande, RN, MSN, VA-BC | Research |
| Using APACHE IV Scores as Part of an Educational Program for Critical Care Nurses at a County Teaching Hospital | Jovie De Leon-Luck, RN, DNP, MS, CNS-BC, CCNS, CCRN, CCRC, | Research |
| Early Detection of Acute Lung Injury in the Critically Ill: Testing the Need for Acute and Chronic Diagnoses | Srinivasan Vairavan | Research |
| Advancing the Art and Science of Critical Care Nursing: Quality Indicators Evaluate an International PICU Mentor Program | Brienne S Johnson, RN, BSN, CPON, CCRN | Research |
| What Patients Want: Assessing an Educational Intervention to Improve Advance Directive Completion | Katherine A Hinderer, PhD, RN, CCRN | Research |
| Clinical Predictors of 30 Day Hospital Readmission Following Acute Myocardial Infarction and Reasons for Readmission | Frances M Flynn, RN,APRN,MS,CNS-BC | Research |
| Forcing the Function: Evaluation and implementation of an IV port protector to reduce CLA-BSI | Mary Christine Roberts Davis, RN,BSN,CCRN | Research |
| Effects of subject position and operator on high-frequency ultrasound scan quality | Ruth Srednicki Burk, MSN, RN | Research |
| Patients readmitted to a PICU: A retrospective review of risk factors | Shauna L Skog, RN, BSN | Research |
| Effect of backrest elevation on tissue interface pressure and pressure ulcer formation during mechanical ventilation | Mary Jo Grap, PhD, RN, FAAN | Research |
| Effect of self- positioning during changes in backrest elevation on interface pressures | Anathea Pepperl, PhD | Research |
| The Impact of Palliative Education on ICU Nurses Moral Distress | Catherina Madani, RN, MSN, CHPN | Research |
| Re-evaluation of the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool in Intubated Adults Following Cardiac Surgery | Sandra M Linde, RN,BSN,CCRN | Research |
| Can intracranial pressure fluctuations be used for pain assessment in nonverbal TBI patients? An exploratory study | Caroline Arbour, RN, PhD candidate | Research |
| The bilateral Bispectral Index (BIS)-a new approach for the detection of pain in patients with a traumatic brain injury | Caroline Arbour, RN, PhD candidate | Research |
| Thermoregulation Head Wrap Use to Facilitate Rewarming of Infants Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery | Karen H Sakakeeny | Research |
| Depression and Anxiety in the Post Operative Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patient | Sheila Hanvey, RN,PCCN | Research |
| Measuring the Complexity and Autonomy of Nursing Care in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Using the CAMEO | Jean A Connor, DNSc,RN,CPNP | Research |
| DARE to CARE About the Impact of Nursing and Organizational Characteristics on Pediatric Mortality in the United States | Patricia A Hickey, PhD, RN, FAAN | Research |
| Effect of Educational Inservice on Pain Documentation | Nora Balke | Research |
| Perceptions Related to Falls and Fall Prevention Among Acutely Ill Adult Inpatients | Kathryn Renee Twibell, RN, PhD | Research |
| Pressure, oxygenation and perfusion deficits as a model to predict pressure ulcers in the ICU | Deborah Bly, RN,BSN | Research |
| “Open vs. Closed Endotracheal Suctioning in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure.” | Martha J Reeves, RN,BA,CCRN | Research |
| Simulated Hands-on Practice Increases Cardioversion, Pacing & Defibrillation Skills | David Schmidt, RN, BSN, CCRN | Research |
| Non-Ventilated Patients Also at Risk for Hospital-Acquired Peumonia in the ICU | Barbara Quinn | Research |
| The impact of simulation training on self-confidence to facilitate family presence during emergency procedures | Cathy Hiler, RN,MSN,CCRN-CMC | Research |
| Chest tube dressings: Outcomes of taking Petroleum based dressings out of the equation on air leak and infection rates | Marian Jeffries, MSN,ACNS BC, FNP-C, CWS | Research |
| Dare to Walk the Walk | Michelle E. Nellett, RN,APRN,MSN,CCRN,CCNS | Research |
| Staff Nurse Perspective of Workplace Incivility | Patricia S Lewis, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNML | Research |
| Effect of a three-times-a-day patient hand hygiene protocol in the ICU to decrease hospital acquired infections. | Cherie D Fox, RN,BSN,CCRN-CSC | Research |
| Nurse Perspectives Related To Nurse Shift-Change Bedside Report | Nicole Steenrod, RN,BSN,CCRN | Research |
| AACN Practice Alert Verification of Feeding Tube Placement: Practice Implementation by Critical Care Nurses | Annette M. Bourgault, PhD, RN,CNCC,CNL | Research |
| Moral distress and ethical climate in Pediatrics/NICU: Developing a moral community | Kathleen Marotta | Research |
| Preintubation chlorhexidine does not reduce endotracheal tube colonization | Cindy L. Munro, RN, PhD, ANP, FAAN | Research |
| Basinless Baths Compared to Chlorhexidine Bathing to Reduce Hospital Acquired Infections | Mary Beth Makic, RN,CNS,PhD,CCRN,CCNS | Research |
| Improving Caregivers Perceptions Regarding Patient Goals of Care and End of Life Issues | Carrie S Sona, RN,MSN,CCRN,CCNS, ACNS-BC | Research |
| Predictive value of the bispectral index (BIS) for burst suppression on diagnostic EEG during drug-induced coma. | Richard B Arbour, RN,CCRN,CCNS,CNRN | Research |
| A Parallel Trial of Quiet Time for Patients in Critical Care | Carolyn Maidl, MSN, RN, CNRN, CCRN | Research |
| A Stress Relief Initiative for Pediatric Float Nurses | Susan Romero, MSN, RN, CPN | Research |
| Horizontal Violence in the Nursing Workplace: Beyond Oppressed Group Behaviors | Therese M Mendez, PhD, RN | Research |
| Utilization of the Kreg Tilt Bed to Promote Mobilization in the Intubated Patient in the Medical Intensive Cardiac Unit | Deborah F Duey, RN, MS, APRN,CCRN | Research |
| Randomized Controlled Trial of Differences in Artifact/Noise in Disposable versus Reusable ECG Lead Wires | Nancy M Albert, PhD, CCRN, CCNS, CHFN, NE-BC, FCCM, FAHA | Research |
| Is ICDSC as an Alternative Tool for CAM-ICU to Detect Delirium in Mechanically Ventilated Adults? | Takeshi Unoki, RN, PhD | Research |
| Occcurrence of Secondary Insults of Traumatic Brain Injury in Patients Transorted by Critical Care Air Transport Teams | Susan F Dukes, RN,PhD,CCRN,CCNS | Research |
| Nurses Make the PICU Go Round: Nurse Prsentation on Daily Rounds | Jeannine M Rockefeller, RN,BSN,CCRN | Research |
| The Clock is Ticking: Increasing Nursing Satisfaction with Computer Documentation One Key-Stroke at a Time | Melinda Heath, RN | Research |
| A Comparison of Head Elevation Protocols Following Coronary Angiography Femoral Sheath Removal | Nancy Olson, MSN,RN | Research |
| Evaluating Effectiveness of Cleansing Solutions on the Reduction of Bacterial Load on IV Mechanical Valve Catheter H | Barbara Ehrhardt, APRN,MSN,CNS,CS | Research |
| Collaboration through Clinical Integration: Evaluation of Hospitalized Patients’ Survival, Length of Stay, and Cost | Cheryl Ann McKay, PhD CNS RN | Research |
| No Pressure in the Trauma Bay: Use of a silicone foam dresssing on trauma patients in the emergency room | Celestine R Parker | Research |
| Validation of the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool in Adult ICU Patients | Laurel A Stocks, RN,MSN,CCRN,CCNS,ARNP | Research |
| Improving Retention, Confidence, and Competence with an Evidence-Based Nurse Residency Program | Dr Jean Shinners | Research |
| Self-Efficacy and Self-Care Management of Older Persons with Heart Failure | Susan E Simms, PhD(c),MSN,RN,CRRN | Research |
| A survey of oral care practices for intensive care patients receiving mechanical ventilation. | Andreanne Tanguay, PhD | Research |
| Bacterial Colonization of Manual Resuscitation Bags | Niki C Rasnake | Research |
