EBP SYMPOSIUM WELCOMES WELL-KNOWN SCHOLARS, SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS
HOUSTON METHODIST ST. JOHN HOSPITAL
The 2016 Evidence-Based Practice Symposium titled “Redefining Practice with Evidence,” was held on Sept. 23-24, at the John F. Bookout Auditorium in the Houston Methodist Research Institute. A total of 135 clinicians participated in the conference, with more than 50 percent from Houston Methodist Hospital.
GO GREEN FOR PATIENT SATISFACTION
The conference had three major sessions, presentations, a poster demonstration and a vendor fair. This year, three well-known scholars, Dr. Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Dr. Lynn Gallagher Ford and Dr. Ellen Fineout-Overholt, were the keynote speakers. In addition, Dr. Gallagher Ford and Dr. Fineout-Overholt
provided hands-on skills workshops, which received positive feedback from the participants and speakers. Competition for the scholarly poster presentations has become more rigorous, with 45 abstracts submitted and 23 selected through the peer review process. Six institutions, UT Heath, Memorial Hermann, UTMB, MD Anderson, Texas Children’s and Baylor, judged the posters. This group of experts reviewed and scored the posters based on content and presentation. The poster titled “What Parents Can Tell Us about Patient Safety in the NICU” authored by Madeline J. Ottenson, PhD, RN, from UT Health, was awarded first place.
The cumulative patient satisfaction score for all nursing areas at Houston Methodist St. John Hospital for August 2016, was above “target.” To recognize this accomplishment, Chief Nursing Officer Katherine Walsh declared Sept. 20, as “Go Green” day. In celebration, nurses were encouraged to wear green, and the CNO and CEO distributed green cookies to the nursing units.
HOUSTON METHODIST WEST HOSTS RESEARCH FAIR Houston Methodist West Hospital celebrated its annual Research Fair with posters, prizes and fun. Each poster represented a research project that is currently ongoing or has been completed to help drive and improve care at West. Congratulations to winners: • 1st Place: Laura Espinosa and Marcia Ozdenvar: “NIPPV” • 2nd Place: Shannon Chase Weck, Shirley Tran, Alexis Rose and Elizabeth Gigliotti: “Methods for a Successful and Lasting Implementation: The SERRI Program” • 3rd Place: Rhonda Kallmeyer, Sarah Sheedy, Samantha Shepard, Stacey Silverman and Kathleen Thoede: Aspiration Pneumonia: Identifying Risk
Factors Influencing the Development of HospitalAcquired Aspiration Pneumonia” • Honorable Mention: Jimmy Do and Rhonda Kallmeyer: “Reducing Healthcare Acquired C. Difficile Infection by Identifying a Predictive Risk Model” • Honorable Mention: Alma Martinez, Raegan Ney and Amy Sodolak: “Skin to Skin Contact in the Operating Room”
ST. JOHN CELEBRATES BEING CLABSI AND CAUTI FREE On Oct. 12, Houston Methodist St. John Hospital celebrated 500 days since the last CLABSI (CentralLine Associated Blood Stream Infection), and nine months since the last CAUTI (Cather-Associated Urinary Tract Infection). This great accomplishment was recognized with a cake and punch reception. LEADERS IN NURSING 19