Excellence was on display at the poster session event at the 13th Annual Conference in Baltimore this year. Over the course of the two-day session, twenty-seven posters were displayed representing an array of innovation and research by NICHE hospitals. Following are the winners as voted by the conference attendees:
Meridian Health
Linda Hassler, RN, MS, GCNS-BC
Poster: “The GREAT Kit”
Saint Xavier University
Kate Carey, PhD & Peg Gallagher, EdD, RN, CNE
Poster: “Reminiscing: The Impact on Diverse Elders and the Students Who Listen”
Northeast Hospitals
Shirley Conway, RN, MSN, MBA, BC, LNHA, Steve Gillespie, MD, and Mike Tarmey, RN, MS
Poster: “Overlaying Geriatric Principles within a Disease Management Structure: Northeast Hospitals’ Geriatric Initiative”
Highland Hospital
Barbara Schrage, RN, MS, FNP-BC
Poster: “What Is All the Noise About? Are We Really Listening to Our Patients?
| Hospital | City, State | Title | Authors |
| Bryan LGH Medical Center | Lincoln, NE | Interdisciplinary Education: Improved outcomes for the Geriatric Population | Pat Deisler, RNC, MSN, Jody Oltman, RN, Patty Peters, RN-BC, Jennifer Promes, APRN, GCNS-BC, and Cindy Wamsley, PhD, APRN-CNS-BC |
| Campbellton Regional Hospital | Campbellton, NB, Canada | Communication to Enhance function – A Collaborative Approach | Sonia Barriault, RN, BSN, Hazel Johnson, RN, BSN, MSN, Marie Andree Maher, MOA, S-LP, and Ariane Poulin, MPO |
| Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital | Fredericton, NB, Canada | Creating a Home in an Acute Care Hospital for those Awaiting Nursing Home Placement | Nicole Tupper, RN, MN, GNC |
| Greater Baltimore Medical Center | Baltimore, MD Highland Hospital, Rochester, NY | Reducing the Use of Indwelling Urinary Catheters: A Nursing-Driven Protocol | Maria Baxter, RN, BSN |
| Highland Hospital | Rochester, NY | A Multifactorial Intervention to Achieve Sustained Improvement in an Acute Care Hospital’s fall Prevention Program | Katherine Huspen, RN, GN-BC |
| Highland Hospital | Rochester, NY | What is all the Noise About? Are We Really Listening to our Patients? | Barbara Schrage RN, MS, FNP-BC |
| Horizon Health Network | Fredericton, NB, Canada | The N.E.S.T.© Approach: Evidence-Based Interventions to Successfully manage the Challenging Behaviors Associated with Dementia | Beth Harris, RMNM |
| Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital | Commerce Township, MI | Alliance for the Ages: Geriatric Interdisciplinary Teamwork is Central to Quality Care and Improved outcomes for our Hospitalized Elders | Diana LaBumbard, MSN, RN, APN-BC |
| Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital | Commerce Township, MI | Our Journey to Geriatric Certification: Improving Patient Outcomes, Patient Satisfaction, and Nurse/Physician Satisfaction | Diana LaBumbard, MSN, RN, APN-BC |
| John Muir Health | Walnut Creek, CA | Incorporating ACE Principles for Patient Care Using Transforming Care at the Bedside | Arlene Phillips, MA, and Mary Spear, RN, MSN |
| Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | Boston, MA | Creating and Sustaining Aging-friendly Environment | Lois Angelo, APRN, BC |
| Meridian Health | Brick, NJ | The GREAT Kit | Linda Hassler, RN, MS, GCNS-BC |
| Meridian Health | Brick, NJ | The Gold Standard for Oral Health Care is the Toothbrush | Barbara Boyler, RN-BC |
| Mission Hospital | Asheville, NC | Reducing Delirium with a Team Approach | Cathy Hebert, RN, GCNS-BC |
| North Memorial | Robbinsdale, MN | Identification of Cognitive Impairment from Acute Care to Primary Care | Susan Schumacher, GCNS |
| Northeast Hospitals | Essex County, MA | Overlaying Geriatric Principles within a Disease management Structure: Northeast Hospitals’ Geriatric Initiative | Shirley Conway, RN, MSN, MBA, BC, LNHA, Steve Gillespie, MD, and Mike Tarmey, RN, MS |
| Saint Francis Hospital | Tulsa, OK | A Nursing P.A.C. for Better Patient Care | Glenda Gregory, RNBC, and Tyleen Smith, BSN,RN |
| Saint Xavier University | Chicago, IL | Reminiscing: The Impact on Diverse Elders and the Students who Listen | Kate Carey, PhD, and Peg Gallagher, EdD, RN, CNE |
| Southwest General Health Center | Middleburg Heights | Dementia Care in an Inpatient Hospice Center | Debbie Borowske, MSN, RN, GCNS-BC |
| St . Joseph Hospital | Nashua, NH | Making NICHE Work for Us | Annah Harrigan, LNA, Stacey Palaskas, LNA, Michelle Pelletier, RN, RCN, and Jenn richards,RN, BC |
| St . Luke’s Episcopal Hospital | Houston, TX | Changing Acute Care Nurses to Care for the Elderly through Best Practices and Practice Changes | Petra Grami, RN, BSN, NE-BC, CVRN II, and Sharon Greene, RN, MSN |
| St . Luke’s Episcopal Hospital | Houston, TX | Caring for Patients with Dementia: Enculturation of Best Practice in an Acute Care Setting | Sharon Greene, RN, MSN |
| The Christ Hospital | Cincinnati, OH | Improving Outcomes for the Elderly through a Bundle of Environmental and Social Changes | Sandra Wright,RN, BSN, MS |
| University Hospitals Case Medical Center | Cleveland, OH | Outcomes of Interdisciplinary Team meetings on an ACE Unit | Peter DeGolia, MD, Yolanda flenoury, RN, MSN, Marilyn Kabb, RN, MSN, and Denise Kresevic, PhD, RN |
| University Medical Center of Princeton | Princeton, NJ | Promoting Restorative Sleep for the Geriatric Patient on a Telemetry Unit | Christine Andreyko, BSN, RN, PCCN |
| University Medical Center of Princeton | Princeton, NJ | Benefits of Implementing an ACE Model of Care: The NICHE Approach | Daphne Berei, BSN, RN, CNA, GCRN |
| University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics | Madison, WI | Collaborating Across the Academic Medical Center and School of Nursing to Improve Care of the Hospitalized Elderly | Susan Heidrich, PhD, RN, Suzanne Purvis, MSN, RN, GCNS, and Kim Walker-Daniels, RN-BC, CmSRN |