Conference

2008 Paper and Case Study Sessions

Session Type Presenter Paper Title
Thurs, Oct 2, 3-4:30 pm    
Paper Jeffrey  Goggans, MSN BS RN Wii Therapy and Nursing:  A Novel Approach to Patient Care
Paper Susan Potts-Nulty, MSN CRRN CRNP Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Veteran's Journey from VA Primary Care to Bridging Rehabiliation Services in the Community
Paper Eileen French, MSN RN CRRN Taste Comparison of Fiber/Fruit/Juice Formulas Used to Prevent and Treat Constipation
Paper Florence Denby, MS APRN BC CRRN Opening the Path to Communication and Mobility for the Patient with Locked-In Syndrome
Paper Ramesh Upadhyaya, MSN MBA RN CRRN God Doesn't Treat His Children That Way: Nursing Interventions When Faith Interferes with Rehab
Paper Carol Mills, BSN CRRN MHSA The Yin and Yang of Caregiving
Paper Diane Monsivais, PhD MSN CRRN Understanding Cultural Constructions of Chronic Pain in Mexican-American Women
Paper Gail Sims, MSN RN CRRN The Healing Circle
Paper Helen Carmine, MSN CRNP CRRN Moltivational Interviewing: Does it work in the Individual with a Traumatic Brain Injury?
Paper Donna Mack, RN CCRN CNRN Caring for Patients with Guillian-Barre Syndrome and Transverse Myelitis in Rehab
Paper Susan Newman, RN CRRN Using Photovoice to Identify Barriers and Facilitators to Community Participation of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
Paper Mary Jean Kotch, MSN CRRN-A Taking a "Leap" in Integrating Quality Improvement: A Spinal Cord Injury Wellness Clinic
Case Study Linda Bertino, MSN RN Neurogenic Bladder: Management Options
Case Study Jody Masterson, MSN RN CRRN FIALCP Clinical Case Study: Life Care Planning for the Polytrauma Patient
Fri, Oct 3, 11:15am-12:45pm    
Paper Kristen Mauk, PhD RN CRRN-A CNS-BC The Mauk Model for Post-Stroke Recovery: Assessing the Phases
Paper Carla Howard, RN APRN-BC CRRN Seizures Following Stroke
Case Study Margaret Karns, PhD RN I Learned So Much Having a Stroke I Had Another and Learned Even More
Paper Ann Marie LaRocca, MSN RN CRRN Rehabilitation Nursing in the Long-Term Care Setting
Paper Jane Bruton, MSN CRRN CCM Use of Case Mix Index as an Indicator of Patient Acuity for the Purpose of Staffing
Paper Lynda Jones, MSN CRRN CCM Reshaping For Success: From Downsized to Dream Job
Paper Adrienne Sarnecki, MSN RN CRRN Staff Nurse Involvement in Managing Staffing in the Rehabilitation Setting
Paper Karen Klemme, BSN RN CRRN CNLCP What to Do When You Have Been Named In a Lawsuit?
Paper Janet McCarthy, BSN RN CRRN Building an Electronic Bridge Linking Care Plans and Outcome Documentation
Paper Donna Elsenheimer, MS RN CNS CRRN Practical Solutions to the Medical Necessity Documentation Dilemma for Rehabilitation Nurses
Paper Sharon Kimball, MS RN CRRN CNL Comparison of Different Methods for Discharge Education
Paper Ana DiMambro, RN Development of Client/Family Standardized Teaching/Learning Plans in a Pediatric Complex Continuing Care and Rehabilitation Setting
Paper Darlene Wright, MSN RNC CRRN Providing Diabetic Education to Low Health Literate Patients & Families: The ABC's of Diabetes Care
Paper Sally Ann Gutierrez, MSN RN CRRN-A Meeting the Educational Needs of the Spanish Speaking Patient
Fri, Oct 3, 3:15-4:45pm    
Paper Jay Rosenberg, BSN RN CRRN Show Them the Ropes: Creating Superstar Rehabilitation Assistants!
Paper Michelle Matthews, MSN RN CRRN CNA-BC New Graduate RNs: A Key to the Future of Rehabilitation Nursing
Paper Donna Elsenheimer, MS RN CNS CRRN Developing a Rehabilitation Nursing Team Education Plan
Paper Lisa Salamon, MSN RN CNS-BC WOCN Development of an Interdisciplinary Orientation Program
Paper Nancy Nathenson, RRT Taking the Scare Out of Ventilator Care
Paper Nancy Nathenson, RRT The Terrifying Tracheostomy Tube: Tricks for Trachs
Case Study Jane Mitchell, BSN RN CRRN CCM The Journey Home: The Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Approach of the In-Patient Rehab Team and the Home Care Provider in the Successful Discharge of a Ventilator Dependant Tetraplegic Patient
Paper Kristy Regan, MSPT Have You Seen This Patient Today?
Paper Lalitha Mathew, RN BSN CRRN Be A DiaBEATes Nurse Champion
Paper Kim Krog, RN Bringing E-Learning Technology to a National Certification Study Group
Paper Linda Lee Thomas, MSN RN CRRN A Strategy to Increase CRRNs
Paper Lynda Jones, MSN RN CRRN CCM Improving Outcomes and Decreasing Costs by Implementing a Catastrophic Case Management Program
Paper Beth Jacobs, RN CCM CRRN The Bridge to Autonomy...Educating Persons to Achieve Independence
Case Study Donna Williams, MSN RN CRRN-A Simple to Complex- What is next?
Sat, Oct 4, 10:30am-12pm    
Paper Kristen Mauk, PhD RN CRRN-A CNS-BC Rehabilitation Nursing and the Older Adult
Paper Julie Millenbruch, RN CRRN Sexuality and Quality of Life after Stroke
Paper Stephanie Vaughn, PhD RN CRRN Family/Caregiver Classes - A "Tool Kit" for Successful Stroke Survivor Discharge
Paper Cynthia Murphy, MBA RN BC CRRN Comprehensive In-Patient Post-Stroke Group Education
Paper Joan Alverzo, PhD CRRN Developing Nurses as Researchers
Paper Laura Heard, MS RN CRRN-A Evidence-Based Rehabilitation Nursing Practice: Venous Thromboembolism Prevention in People with SCI
Paper Joy Bailey, MSN RN CRRN BC The Importance of Evidence-Based Practice to Rehabilitation Nursing
Paper Michelle Camicia, MSN RN CRRN Integrating Rehabilitation Nursing Concepts Into Care for All People: Rehabilitation Nurses Really Do Make a Difference!
Paper Elizabeth Yetzer, MSN MA RN CRRN Medication Safety Series - Taking Charge!
Paper Scarlett Lilley, BSN RN CRRN Nurse Rapid Response Team in an Acute Rehabilitation Hospital
Paper Gail Sims, MSN RN CRRN Nurse Knowledge Exchange: Application to the Rehabilitation Setting
Paper Elizabeth Hubbartt, MSN RN CRRN Ambivalence in Beliefs and Use of Bed Alarms: Using Mixed Methods to Explore an Ethical Dilemma
Paper Phyllis O'Day, BSN RN MSN FMEA & Patient Falls, Improving Process While Changing Practice
Paper Jeanne Savage, BSN RN CRRN Meeting the Challenge: Bridging the Gap Between CMS and Joint Commission Restraint Guidelines
Paper Barbara Sampson, MS RN A Journey to Create and Implement a Fall Risk Reduction Plan