Nursing News
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Accolades
The accolades page is an opportunity for the nursing staff to showcase a few of the many exciting tributes our nurses receive. Please submit kudos to: kagifford@houstonmethodist.org.
Sharon Tatum MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CEN, RN IV, Clinical Specialist Emergency Services, has been accepted for the “Project PROTECT: Infection Prevention Fellowship” from ENA (Emergency Nurses Association). This 12-month fellowship combines in-person and virtual educational sessions, one-on-one mentoring and a capstone improvement project to be implemented at the fellow’s own organization. Congratulations, Sharon! Wendi Froedge, RN-IV, MSN, CCRN, RN IV, Critical Care Services, Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital, is presenting at two different national conferences in May: The Pathway to Excellence Conference, which will be held in San Antonio, and the QSEN Quality and Safety conference in Baltimore. The first is a podium talk and the second is a poster presentation. Way to go, Wendi!
Physical therapists from Houston Methodist Hospital were active participants at the recent Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association. More than 11,000 PTs and PTAs from around the nation attended. Chris Perme, PT, CCS, presented a lecture titled “Mechanical Ventilation: The Inspirations, Expirations, and Frustrations of Physical Therapists.” Bobby Belarmino, PT, CCS, and Judy Ragsdale, PT, participated in the panel presentation “Post Professional Clinical Residencies & Fellowships in Acute Care.” Kenji Nawa, research rellow for HMRI, had a poster “Inter-Observer Reliability and Validity of the Perme ICU Mobility Score.” Congratulations to Dunn 9 employees Karlo Roasa, Molly Krug and Simone Dobbs-Wilson who have each received their CVRN. Way to go!
Cristina M. Dimafiles, RN,BSN CVRN-BC, Charge RN CVCU/SICU, Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital, attended the Patient Safety Conference in St. Louis in March, where her poster abstract on the Use of the Ventilator Bundle: ICU Captures Zero VAP (Ventilator associated Pneumonia) for Four Years was accepted and presented. Also, that same topic was accepted and also will be presented in the upcoming QSEN (Quality of Safe Education for Nurses ) conference in Baltimore.
Elizabeth Halbert, BSN, R.N., CRN, RNIII, in Endovascular Radiology/PACU, has been elected as the treasurer for 2014-15 of the organization Texas Gulf Coast Center-Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing. She has been appointed as a member of the program planning committee of ARIN’s national organization. Beth will also be one of the speakers/moderator addressing the hot topics at the upcoming ARIN 2014 Spring Convention next week in San Diego. Congratulations, Beth!
Elaine Ngitit RN,BSN,CCRN, Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital, had a Poster Abstract titled “Step Forward: Implementing Mobilization in the ICU” accepted to NTI and she will be an Evidenced-Based Solution Poster Presenter at the AACN’s National Teaching Institute (NTI) and Critical Care Exposition on May 17-22 in Denver. I sent a copy of my notice to Denise McNulty some time ago. It’s also in the list on AACN website.
Francis Hidalgo passed his CCRN exam! Great job, Francis!
Please congratulate the following staff on achievement of their RN III at Houston Methodist West Hospital: Anne Marie Hamre; Latricia Russell; Aisha Olaleye; Anila Varghese; Denise Austin; Lacey Helmke; Stacey Caster. Christiane Perme, PT, CCS, was selected by the Acute Care Section of the American Physical Therapy Association to deliver the 2015 Acute Care Section Lecture at its Combined Sections Meeting next year. This recognition is given to physical therapists who have advanced practice of physical therapy in the acute care setting. Congratulations, Chris!
Congratulations to the following nurses from Dunn 9 CVIMU for passing their CVRN exam: Eugene Frogozo, RN, CVRN-BC; Karlo Roasa, R.N., CVRN-BC; Molly Krug, R.N., CVRN-BC; and Simone Dobbs-Wilson, R.N., MBA, CVRN-BC. Congratulations to Beverley A. Anderson, R.N., CNOR, on her appointment to the Association of Perioperative Nurses (AORN) International Relations Committee 2014-15. Way to go! Amanda Cormier, RN II, from MICU, has not had an “unscheduled PTO” since she was hired in 2009. Great job, Amanda!