Congratulations to the following nurses
whose abstracts have been selected for poster presentation
at this year's conference.
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Submitting Author's Last Name Submitting Author's First Name Poster Title
Deirdre Alexander There's No Place LIke Home:  Sickle Cell Disease Combined Home Project
Claire Alminde A COMPARISON OF THE ACCURACY OF ESTIMATIONS, BY ONE HOSPITAL'S NURSING STAFF, OF THE VOLUME OF FLUID SPILLED ON IMMEASURABLE SURFACES- A FOLLOW-UP STUDY
Jennifer Anderson-Cohen Twenty-four Hours is a Long Time:  The caregivers independent stay prior to discharge.  
Heidi  Baur Using a Balanced Scorecard to Enhance Staff Nurses Understanding of Performance Improvement
Kristina Bischoff "Devoted Documenters": Utilization of a Competition to Improve Documentation
Janet Boyce Evidence Based Support of the Independent Home Care Simulation
Dyane Bunnell Use of An Indwelling Catheter to Decrease Frequency of Subcutaneous Injections in Children
Claire Chee Compliance and the Ketogenic Diet: How easy it is to adhere to our recommendations we give families
Mei Lin Chen-Lim Sleep Disturbances in Children with Cancer 
Mei Lin Chen-Lim Evidence Based Practice Project:  Improving Pain Assessment for Cognitively Impaired Children
Kimberly  Cirillo White Easing the Pain through Staff Nursing Education:
Which FACES says it best?
Christine Correale Identifying Talents/Building on Strengths During the First Year of Employment
Kathy  Cramsie Developing Staff Leaders
Suzanne Durning All for One and One for All; A Multidisciplinary, Focused Approach to Eliminating CLABSI
Diane  Eckles Harlequin Ichthyosis: A Family Centered Plan of Care
Rebecca Ehling Managing the Post Operative NUSS Patient
Kristen Engblom Easing the Transition from Pediatric Oncology to Rehabilitation
Elizabeth Figueroa Navigating Health Care Coverage
Marguerite Fritsch Family Awareness of the Care Team in the NICU
Patricia Gispert Mentoring the Novice Nurse
Maryanne Halligan Soaring to New Heights: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Pediatric Palliative Care
Jennifer Hartman A Comparison of Nurses' Knowledge about Key Principles Associated with Administering PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia) and the Nurses' Application of These Principles within Selected Case Scenarios
Brenda  Holtzer An Evidence Based Review of Standards for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Education Programs for Patients and Families
Susan Kamerling Family-Centered Care in the Pediatric Perioperative Setting:  Making the Ideal a Reality
Caroline McCardell What Happens When the Pediatric Hospice Patient Continues To Live?
Patricia Melcer Perinatal Hypophosphatasia 
Linda Morrison Clinical Simulation in Nursing Staff Development: Implementing an early response team in a pediatric rehabilitation setting
Chantel Murray How Sweet It Is:  Nursing Management and Protocol for Infants with Post-Prandial Hypoglycemia (PPH)
Kathleen Neal Bedside Pediatric Nurses at Family Centered Rounds
Cindy  Petro J Pouch - An Overview
Cara Rakow Covering all Bases: LEADing Pediatric Surgical Nursing Care
Cynthia  Reilly PARENT AND CLINICIAN REPORTED TOXICITIES IN CHILDREN WITH POSTERIOR FOSSA TUMORS DURING STANDARD RADIATION TREATMENT: A DAILY DIARY STUDY
Eileen Ryan Changing the Culture: Nurse Practitioner Coordinated care in a Pediatric Pre-Operative Outpatient Clinic
Gina Santucci Self-Reported Experiences of Pediatric Nurses Regarding Care of Children at the End-of-Life
Amy Scholtz Central Venous Catheter Dress Rehearsal: Every Line Counts! Outcomes of a Unique Approach to Education.
Benjamin Sheets Strategies to Improve Communication in a Specialty Nursing Unit 
Annette Steger Charge Nurse Competency
Judith Stellar THE SIPS STUDY: SKIN INJURY PREVALENCE SURVEY
Kristen Thompson Learning While at Work!  A Hands On Approach
Susan Weaver Pediatric Obesity and the care of the patient undergoing gastric banding