Breakout Session Handouts - Sorted by Session
**Links to the presentations will be added by Monday, April 26th for printing prior to the Annual Exchange
BEACON Initiatives – Track #1
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About HAPU Prevention
9:35 am - 10:35 am
Pressure Ulcer Prevention: A Team Approach
Jennifer Berg, BSN, RN, CWOCN, ValleyCare Health System
Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers By Using An Evidence-Based Standardized Nursing Procedure
Chungmei Shih, RN, MSN, CWCN, CNS, Cynthia Aye, RN, Menchu Cruz, RN, Tess Garcia, RN,
Amelia Hui, RD, Carmen Manosca, RN; RN, Maritess Rodriguez, RN, Washington Hospital Healthcare System
Improving Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer Outcomes Through Staff Engagement
Molly Tappe, RN, BSN, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek
Lessons Learned on Fall Prevention from Non-Acute Care Settings
10:55 am - 11:55 am
Fall Prevention Challenges & Strategies in the VAPAHCS Community Living Centers
Karen Boatright, RN, CNS; Marie Fernandez, RN, CNS; Cherina Tinio, RN, CNS; Levanne Hendrix, PhD
VA Palo Alto HealthCare System
Fall Protocol, Acute Rehabilitation Unit
Margie Ramirez-Yumul, RN, CRRN; Tim Wong, PTA; Robin Hartford, SLP, St. Francis Memorial Hospital
Surviving Sepsis - It Takes More Than a Central Line
2:20 pm - 3:20 pm
It Takes More Than a Central Line: Engaging Physicians
Alan Whippy, MD, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group
Sepsis and Beyond
Katie Choy, MS, RN-BC, CNS, NEA-BC, Washington Hospital Healthcare System
Sutter Health's Surviving Sepsis Experience
Jennifer Giusti, RN, BSN, Sutter West Bay Region
Front Line Staff - Track #2
Optimize RN to RN Hand-off Using a Standard Process & Documentation
9:35 am - 10:35 am
Optimize RN to RN Hand-off Using a Standard Process & Documentation
Linda Hargreaves, PCNS-BC, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
How Staff Nurses Can Influence Reliable Rounding
10:55 am - 11:55 am
Rounding with a Purpose: The San Francisco General Hospital Experience
Franco Herrera, RN, BSN; Jessica Thurn, RN, BSN, San Francisco General Hospital
Destination Bedside
2:20 pm - 3:20 pm
Destination Bedside: Minimizing Distractions and Enriching Interactions
Christi Zuber, RN, BSN, MHA; Bobby Hughes, RN, Kaiser Permanente Oakland/Richmond Medical Center
Critical Care - Track #3
Eliminating Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) in a Critical Care Setting
9:35 am - 10:35 am
Early Progress Mobility Program for Ventilated Adult Critical Care Patients
Pam Bills, RN, CCRN, Washington Hospital Healthcare System
**Mobility Handouts
Disseminating Evidence-Based Practice: A Staff Nurse Council Takes Charge
Kathi Barnes, MS, RN, CNS, NEA_BC, CCRN, California Pacific Medical Center
Innovative Strategies Reduce Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections in Three Adult ICUs
Hildy Schell, RN, MS, CCNS, UCSF Medical Center
Two Innovative Critical Care Programs: An End of Life Program and a BMT Triage Program
10:55 am - 11:55 am
Making a Positive Difference for our actively dying patients and their families in the ICU
Cathy H. Schuster, RN, BSN, CCRN, UCSF Medical Center
BMT (Blood and Marrow Transplant) ICU Utilization Project
Trisha Jenkins, RN, BSN, MPA, Stanford University Hospital
A Care Companion Program in a Critical Care Setting
2:20 pm - 3:20 pm
A Care Companion Program in a Critical Care Setting
Reverend Maryellen Garnier, RN, BS, Mdiv., El Camino Hospital
Flow - Track # 4
Starting on the Flow Journey Using Real Time Demand and Capacity Forecasting
9:35 am - 10:35 am
Starting on the Flow Journey
Debra Kaczynski, MS, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Tackling Flow Bottle Necks- Exchange Your Issues and Successes Through a Facilitated Discussion
10:55 am - 11:55 am
Tackling Flow Bottle Necks
Debra Kaczynski, MS, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Improving Flow in the ED
2:20 pm - 3:20 pm
Improving ED flow: a work in progress
Kate Nakfoor, Ed.D, MBA, MSIS, RN, University of San Francisco
The Evidence Is In: Nurse Initiated Pain Management Protocols Improve Patient Outcomes & Patient Flow
Cydne Holte, RN, BS, CEN & Brenda Brennan, RN, MS, CEN
Medication Safety - Track # 5
Medication Administration: Innovating Safety Practices
9:35 am - 10:35 am
Integrated Nurse Leadership Program at San Francisco General Hospital
Michael Daly, MSN, NM; Mylene Espiritu, RN; Brandi Lynn Jackson, RN, San Francisco General Hospital
UCSF's Integrated Nurse Leadership Program Medication Administration Project (MAP)
Jennifer Pacholuk, RN, BSN; Mary Moore; Sharon Russell; Kathy Walton, UCSF Medical Center
Medication Reconciliation - Bridging the Gaps in Medication Safety
10:55 am - 11:55 am
Bridging the Gaps in Medication Safety
K. Achanta, MD; Kinzi Richholt; Nsim Karmali, RPh; Qui Van Phan, Washington Hospital Health System
Innovation Approaches to Improving the Management of Diabetic Patients
2:20 pm - 3:20 pm
How Sweet It Is: In-patient Blood Glucose Program at Eden Medical Center
Sophie Taylor, RN, BSN, MSHCA; Lisa Quan, RN, BSN, CDE, CPT, Eden Medical Center
**Eden Medical Center Handouts
An Innovative Approach to Medication Compliance
Pat Shakeri, RN, MBA; Nary Sun, RN, BSN, Valley Health Center at Tully
Innovative Practice - Track # 6
From Warm Hearts to Cold Hands: A Chilly Beginning
9:35 am - 10:35 am
From Warm Hearts to Cold Hands: A Chilly Beginning
Angelina Daco, RN, CCTN; Majorie Jolicoeur, MSN; Susan Pilkington, RN, BSN, CCRN, ValleyCare Health System
Blood Management: Evidence Based Transfusion Practices
10:55 am - 11:55 am
Blood Management: Evidence Based Transfusion Practices
Nicole Brocato, RN and Peter J. Mazolewski, MD, John Muir Health
Handouts:
Transfusion Order Form
Blood Transfusion Policy
Data Driven Quality Improvement in Obstetrics
2:20 pm - 3:20 pm
Data Driven Quality Improvement in Obstetrics
Elliot Main, MD, California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative
Leadership - Track # 7
Development of Frontline Staff
9:35 am - 10:35 am
Development of Frontline Staff
Joanne Jeffords, MPA, RN, Catholic Healthcare West
Nurse-Physician Unit Leaders: A Strategic Alliance for Quality and Patient Safety
10:55 am - 11:55 am
Nurse-Physician Unit Leaders a strategic aliance for quality and patient safety
Trudy Johnson, MA, RN, NEA-BC and Dolly Goel, MD, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Crew Resource Management
2:20 pm - 3:20 pm
John Nance, JD