AAACN 44th Annual Conference 2019 Posters (PDFs)

Introduction: Evidence suggests patients with cancer experience sleep disruption or sleep-wake disturbances before diagnosis, during cancer treatment, and for a long time after completing treatment (Berger, Matthews, Kenkel, 2017)…

Issue/background: A key aspect of the Triple Aim in healthcare is improving care experience, including the ambulatory setting. Evidence describes how patients and providers define ambulatory quality care…

Significance and background: Our comprehensive cancer center places a priority on professional and educational development of our nurses. Our nurses are encouraged to continue their education and improve their leadership skills through the clinical ladder program…

Experts predict that changes in healthcare will lead to increased volume and acuity of patients in ambulatory settings. This shift has begun to increase the need for more relevant professional development for staff in this changing ambulatory care environment…

• Describe the departments/team needed to improve recruitment and retention strategies…

Background: Suicide is a serious public health problem that can have lasting harmful effects on individuals, families, and communities. The ambulatory nurses in the neurology department identified a gap in care for patients who called or presented to the clinic with suicidal ideation…

In a large healthcare enterprise that features many different ambulatory clinic specialties and locations, it can be difficult to provide an orientation that is inclusive and applicable to such a wide range of staff members…

Our organization is a safety-net hospital and the only level I adult and pediatric trauma center in our state. We are licensed for approximately 400 inpatient beds and perform more than 600 planned (non-emergent) surgeries per month…

Objectives: Identify the role of the emergency department CNL, focus of practice in a community hospital, and key care coordination strategies used…

Care coordination in clinical practice plays a significant role in the success of behavior change. Nurses in this unique role assist patients with complex medical needs across varied care settings to promote self-care…

Purpose: To implement a standardized and structured nursing handoff process between a pediatric outpatient hematology/oncology clinic and a pediatric inpatient hematology/oncology unit utilizing the SBAR communication tool to evaluate its impact on nurse perception of missed care and nurse satisfac…

Evidence-based professional development initiatives such as certification and clinical ladder advancement can improve nursing knowledge and staff satisfaction and promote team building, henceforth impact patient outcomes…

Background: Our ambulatory emergency response team (ERT) is comprised of registered nurses, medical assistants, respiratory care practitioners, and non-clinical managers…

Background: The role of nursing in ambulatory care has historically been ambiguous. AAACN’s recently revised position statement provides a framework to guide organizational approaches to effectively utilizing registered nurses in this environment…

Problem: An opportunity existed to improve practice, safety, and efficiency in our Allergy and Immunology Clinic…