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February 2012

Eighty-Nine Course/Activity Registrations for Saturday Morning Clinic

A group of 38 CVMC employees answered the call for “all EBP fans and all Research fans” on February 4^th … Super Bowl weekend. The rain did not keep them away and together they “scored” 89 course/activity registrations. The schedule allowed attendees to take anywhere from one to four different educational offerings. Among the participants were a pharmacist, a physical therapist and nurses representing a total of 17 CVMC departments and 38 individuals. Thanks to you this year’s Saturday Morning Clinic was a success.

Among the courses offered were: Let’s Get Cooking with EBP, Searching the Literature and Appraising the Literature. Clinic participants also had the option to attend two different journal clubs with the following topics: “Healthcare Acquired Infections” and “Magnet Hospitals and Patient Outcomes”.

For the first time this year, the course line-up included EBP mini sessions. The first mini session, ‘Evidence-Based Patient Education and Internet Resources’, explored credible Internet sources that practitioners can utilize to increase their own understanding of disease processes and conditions their patients may be facing. The second mini session, called ‘Research and EBP “How-To” Toolkits and Levels the Evidence’ showed the course participants tools that are available on the CVMC internet as well as intranet sites. In addition, this mini session featured an overview of how the evidence levels are used to guide practice, which was ‘brought to life’ with examples out of the literature. Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation of the level of evidence overview.

What did the participants think about this year’s Saturday Morning Clinic? Staff that attended the course Searching the Literature made the following comments: “It was great”, “I really enjoyed it” and “I wish I would have had her class when I was in school”. When Appraising the Literature students were asked how this information may impact their practice, the following statements were made: “to determine if a research article is credible before sharing it with others or considering changing practice”, “very helpful hints to use in school”, “it makes it easier to digest the information in research articles” and “better patient care and better ways of providing nursing care.”

Another positive comment from an attendee was “Thanks for the EBP clinic! I actually used the TRIP resource to do a lit review, from home this weekend. A lot has been done to make it even easier for staff, thanks!"

The annual Saturday Morning Research and EBP Clinic is a great way to hone your research and/or EBP skills while earning contact hours too. If you missed it this year, don’t miss it in 2013.

The Research & EBP Council wishes to thank all of the participants for attending, along with management and leadership who worked hard to juggle schedules so that staff could attend!! Also, many thanks to the members of the Research & EBP Council who served as course instructors, facilitators and preparers. §

Certifications

Heather Lindsey, BSN, RN-BC, Psychiatry, successfully passed the certification for Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Stephanie Chapman, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, Director of Medical & CCU/Telemetry, successfully passed the certification for Nurse Executive Advanced

Rachel Nadeau, RN-BC, Surgical, successfully passed the Medical-Surgical certification

Diane Sugden, CSPDS, Sterile Processing, successfully passed the National Certification for Sterile Processing to become a Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Supervisor §

Jackie Miller to present at the National ASPAN Meeting!

Jackie Miller, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Director Day Surgery/PACU has been chosen to speak at the 31st National Conference of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) in Orlando, Florida. The conference theme is 'Beacons of Change ... Focusing on the Future' and Jackie will be speaking and presenting her poster with the topic 'Creating a safe practice environment: Elimination of mandatory overtime in the PACU".

Congratulations to Jackie on the honor of being selected!

CVMC Speech Pathologist obtains distinguished Board Certification in Dysphagia!

Kristen Cline, MA, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, Speech-Language Pathology Coordinator obtained certification as Board Recognized Specialist - Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (BRS-S). Kristen is only the 5th Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) in North Carolina to attain this level of expertise.

Swallowing disorders, or dysphagia, can lead to serious and even fatal complications if not evaluated accurately and treated effectively. Kristen has demonstrated her clinical expertise as well as professional commitment by pursuing this certification.

While BRS-S is voluntary, it is becoming the standard for identifying an SLP who is an expert in dysphagia, or swallowing disorders. Aside from demonstrating a clinical practice that specializes in dysphagia with a specified minimum number of contact hours per year, Kristen also had to accrue a substantial number of Continuing Education hours in the area of Swallowing Disorders. Finally, Kristen demonstrated her expertise via research, administrative, and/ or educational accomplishments earning her this distinguished specialty certification.

Congratulations to Kristen for this extraordinary achievement! §