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Forward15th Annual Nursing and Clinical Sciences Symposium 2025
Overview
The Illinois Masonic Symposium will promote an organizational culture of quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research. The poster presentations reflect innovative trends in healthcare delivery and approaches to use data to guide daily clinical practice.
Join us live in the Olson Auditorium or via TEAMS
Learners will have the opportunity to view a total of 12 posters and answer 1 question per poster and 8 podium presentations to receive a maximum of 3.5 CEs for the activity.
(For poster viewing, learners may receive 1.5 CEs. For podium presentations, learners may receive 2.0 CEs for participating in the entirety of the presentations. Each presentation is worth 0.25 CEs).
Target Audience
This course is intended for registered nurses.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, learners should be able to:
- Identify at least (1) take away to implement into practice based on key elements of evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and/or research projects.
Program
Poster List with Authors
Poster #1: Counting Sheet Revamp
Madeline Moroni BSN, RN-BC
Melanie Pelcznski BSN, RN-BC
Poster #2: High Risk Huddles Recharged: Streamlining Responses to Device Challenges
Samantha Herbert DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CMSRN
Poster #3: Urine Good Hands: CAUTI Prevention Education
Woo Chae MSN, RN, PCCN
Samantha Herbert DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CMSRN
Maeve Fitzgerald BSN, RN
Zoe Frantom BSN, CMSRN
Poster #4: Tick Tock: A Gamification Approach to Improving First Case on Time Starts in the Operating Room
Megan Loufek BSN, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC
Cara McShane BSN, RN, MPH, CPAN
Poster #5: Sustaining Best Practices to Decrease Opioid Misuse and Accidental Overdose
Tricia Green MSN, CNM, WHNP, CLC
Poster #6: Touch Up your ROOTS: Improving Retention, Orientation, Onboarding, and Transition Success for New Hires
Patrick Griggs MSN, CCRN, CMC, CSC, RN
Agne Pecholdas BSN, RN
Poster #7: Rx for Research: How to Make Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement Palatable Nurses
Jocelyn Azanon MSN, RN, NPD-BC
Kelsey David BSN, RN
Tricia Green MSN, CNM, WHNP, CLC
Poster #8: Perinatal Social Drivers of Health
Bushra Warren BSN, RNC-OB
Poster #9: Sepsis Escape Room: An Innovative Learning Approach for Nurses
Emily Selby DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN
Lauren Knepper MSN, RN, CHSE
Poster #10: Stroke Alert Education and Jump Bag Implementation in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Emily Mitchell BSN, RN
Poster #11: Hot to Go: Preventative Pre-Warming
Cara McShane BSN, MPH, RN, CPAN
Emily Mitchell BSN, RN, CPAN
Poster #12 Labor of Love: It's Giving Comfort using a Labor Coping Cart
Erica Biancalana MS, RNC-OB
Nicole Zimmer BSN, RNC-OB
Tricia Green MSN, CNM, WHNP, CLC
Venue
Faculty
Presenters
Dalia Rodriguez, MSW, Clinical Therapist, Pediatrics, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Karla Avila, LCSW, Supervisor Healthy Families Program, Pediatrics, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Courney Johnson MSN, RN, NEA-BC, PCCN, Director Inpatient Operations Performance Development & Magnet, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Jocelyn Azanon MSN, RN, NPD-BC, Nursing Professional Development Generalist, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Andrew Granada BSN, RN, OCN, Cancer Care Center, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Adrienne Turri BSN, RN-BC, OCN, Cancer Care Center, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Emily Selby DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Susan Dziura MSN, RN, TNS, CPPS, Patient Safety Manager, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Melinda Jamil, MS, Human Factors Engineer Director, Nursing Informatics, Advocate Health Midwest
Bree Aguilar MSN, RN-BC, Nursing Professional Development Generalist, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Madeline Seiter BSN, BPH, RN, CEN, Emergency Department, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Elizabeth Ross MSN, RN, NPD-BC, Nursing Professional Development Specialist, Advocate Health Midwest
Woo Chae MSN, RN, PCCN, Nursing Professional Development Generalist, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Samantha Herbert DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CMSRN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Natalie Freund BSN, RN, PCCN, Telemetry, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Alison Carraher BSN, RN, CMSRN, Unit 541, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Isaac Desloover BSN, RN, CCRN, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Activity Director: Jocelyn Azanon MSN, RN, NPD-BC, Nursing Professional Development Generalist, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Disclosure
The planner(s) and speaker(s) have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose.
Accreditation
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s)
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 3.50 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 3.50 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 3.50 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
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If you have any questions, please contact the IPCE Office at cme@aah.org