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Spring 2013
Honorable Mention
Professional Advancement Model Promotions
Laura Bothe, RN *
Congratulations to the following UMMC nurses promoted in January and April 2013!
Emmylon Cui, BSN, RN
Melisha Spahr, RN, CCRN*
Multitrauma IMC
Interventional Radiology
Monica Chiduza, MSc, RN, CCRN
Francis Grissom, BSN, RN
Surgical ICU
Multitrauma ICU
Mercy Ejikemeh, MPH, RN, CMSRN Surgical ICU
Senior Clinical Nurse I Kelly Powers, RN* Cardiac Prep & Recovery
Cherry Joy Rumbaoa, BSN, RN, CMSRN Weinberg 5
Meghan Taneyhill, BSN, RN, PCCN Cardiac Progressive Care
Nicole Fletcher, BSN, RN, CEN Adult Emergency
Mary Caroline Weaver, MS, RN, CCRN MICU
Catherine Dickel, RN, CNOR* Shock Trauma OR
Darlene Gray-Silver, BSN, RN Select Trauma IMC
EP Lab
Dominique Feldman, BSN, RN, CCRN
Medical ICU
Interventional Radiology
Lisa Petty, BSN, RN
Donna Walker, RN*
MPT/RRT
EP Lab
Rebecca Mary Gilmore, RN*
* Enrolled on a BSN and/or a MS program and graduation by July 1, 2015.
TRU
Domonique Banks, MS, RN Neuro ICU
Senior Clinical Nurse II Carolyn Wirth, BSN, RN, CCRN
Christa Zagol, BSN, RN, CNOR Select Trauma ICU
PICU
Jaclyn Bashmann, BSN, RN
Tracy Baca, BSN, RN, CCRN
Cath Lab
Emily Coleen Smith, BSN, RN, CCRN Select Trauma ICU Transitional Care Unit-C8 Cardiac Prep & Recovery
Note: Next advancement application cycle is July 1–15, 2013. All applicants must have a conferred BSN or higher degree.
Shock Trauma Nurses Present Evidence-based Practice Projects Lynn Gerber Smith, MS, RN, Senior Clinical Nurse II, Trauma Resuscitation Unit Roy Ball, MS, CRNP, ACNP-BC, CCNS, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Trauma Resuscitation Unit
Karen Doyle, MBA, MS, RN, NEA-BC, Vice President of Nursing and Operations, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (STC) and Emergency Services, and newly elected President of the Society of Trauma Nurses, provided opening remarks at the Society of Trauma Nurses 16th Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV in April 2013. The Society of Trauma Nurses is a professional nonprofit organization whose mission is to ensure optimal trauma care to all people locally, regionally, nationally, and globally through initiatives focused on trauma nurses related to prevention, education, and collaboration with other
GI Endoscopy
Jennifer Motley, BSN, RN, PCCN Multitrauma IMC
Terri McMichael, BSN, RN Cheron Hawkins, BSN, RN
Johnathan Klaus, RN*
Karen Doyle, Diana Clapp and Amanda Larsen
healthcare disciplines. Shock Trauma staff and their academic efforts were well represented at the conference. In addition to the multiple presentations by STC nurses, staff from the OR, PACU, and Select Trauma were in attendance. Kathryn Von Rueden, MS, RN, FCCM, ACNS-BC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, STC and Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, presented, “Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Traumatic Stress: Buzzwords or Real Deal?” and “Rapid Fire Countdown: Getting the Empathy Back: Five Things You Can Do Right Now.”
Karen McQuillan, MS, RN, CCRN, CNRN, FAAN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, STC, presented, “International Nursing Collaboration to Reduce Central-Line Acquired Blood Stream Infections.” This international collaboration between Shock Trauma and Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center in New Delhi, India focused on evidence-based best practices for the reduction of catheter-related blood stream infections. Karen received the award for best overall abstract for her poster and oral presentation. continued on page 23.
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