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ForwardLGH Nursing Symposium 2025
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital's Nursing Symposium will promote increased awareness of performance on nursing sensitive indicators and ongoing projects by Professional Governance to address gaps. The symposium will support an organizational culture of quality improvement, evidence-based practice, research, and professional development. The presentations reflect innovative trends in healthcare delivery and approaches to use data to guide clinical practice.
Registration for this conference ends September 17, 2025! Capacity is limited.
Course Contact/Coordinator: Tracy Montesa, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN, Email: [email protected]
This conference is being held in person.
Financial Support: This activity is supported in part by the Crean Scholarship Endowment.
Target Audience
This course is intended for nurses.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, learners should be able to:
- Recognize the resources available for opportunities in nursing professional development.
- Identify at least (1) take away to implement into practice based on key elements of evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and/or research projects.
AGENDA
Agenda Topic | Speaker(s) | Start Time | End Time |
Registration Check-In and Exhibit Hall Open | 0800 | 0900 | |
Poster Viewing Opens |
| 0830 | 0900 |
Welcome and Invocation | Kimberly Maguire, RN, BSN, MBA/HCM, CHSP, CENP | 0900 | 0915 |
Keynote | Betty Jo Rocchio, DNP, RN, CRNA, CENP, EBP-C | 0915 | 1000 |
Nursing Professional Governance Council Report Out | Julia Dunne, BSN, RN | 1000 | 1015 |
Podium #1: Engaging the Environmental Services Team to Improve Turnover Time in the Operating Room | Mark Crucero, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM, CNAMB, NE-BC, NPD-BC, PCCN Jennifer Hayakawa, MSN, RN, CNOR | 1015 | 1045 |
Podium #2: Developing a Standardized Seizure Assessment Tool: Leveraging Simulation and Human Factors for Nurse Empowerment | Abigail Magdaleno, MSN, RN, NPD-BC Jennifer Hernandez, MSN, RN, CCRN | 1045 | 1115 |
Lunch | 1115 | 1215 | |
Poster Viewing and Voting Meet the Authors | Multiple Authors | 1215 | 1300 |
Break |
| 1300 | 1315 |
Podium #3: Training for the Unexpected: OB Emergency Simulation for the Novice Nurse | Erin Lackage, MSN, RNC-OB Holly Rojas, MSN, RN | 1315 | 1345 |
Podium #4: Growing ED Leadership At The Stretcher-Side | Amanda Phelps, MSN, RN, TNS Galina Kompanets, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, TNS | 1345 | 1415 |
Wrap up and Closing Remarks | 1415 | 1430 |
Key Note Speaker
Betty Jo Rocchio, DNP, RN, CRNA, CENP, EBP-C
Faculty
- Kimberly Maguire, RN, BSN, MBA/HCM, CHSP, CENP; Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- Julia Dunne, BSN, RN; Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- Mark Crucero, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM, CNAMB, NE-BC, NPD-BC, PCCN; Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- Jennifer Hayakawa, MSN, RN, CNOR; Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- Abigail Magdaleno, MSN, RN, NPD-BC; Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- Jennifer Hernandez, MSN, RN, CCRN; Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- Erin Lackage, MSN, RNC-OB; Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- Holly Rojas, MSN, RN; Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- Amanda Phelps, MSN, RN, TNS; Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- Galina Kompanets, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, TNS; Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Poster Authors
1 Guardians of the VADS: Improving Vascular Access Device Care and Confidence through Gamification
Heather Love, MSN, RN, CCRN, VA-BC; Tammy Lis, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC, CCRN, NPD-BC
2 Hands-On Heros: Champion Led CLABSI Training Boost Compliance
Maureen Ganuelas BSN, RN; Stephanie Moran BSN, RN, CCRN; Danna Vitug BSN, RN; Angela Flynn MSN, RN, NPD-BC
3 Nose for Success: Navigating Nurse Autonomy in Nasogastric Tube Placement
Angela Flynn MSN, RN, NPD-BC; Abigail Magdaleno MSN, RN, NPD-BC; Milena Fatta-Kenar MSN, RN, CNE; Megan Hanson, MSN, RN, NPD-BC; Haylie Clement BSN, RN, CCRN
4 Decreasing Ventriculostomy-Associated Infection Rates Using Neurocritical Care Society Performance Measures
Cassie A. Soltwedel DNP, APRN-CNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN; Christine Lenzen DNP, APRN-CNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN
5 Ultrasound Guided Intravenous Catheters (USG IV) Insertion Training Project
Kaydra Sutherland, BSN, RN
6 Utilization of a Traveling Education Cart to Provide Interactive In Situ Education
Jennifer Tokarski, MSN, RN, CCRN; Tracy Montesa, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN
7 Improving CAUTI Outcomes: A Cultural Shift in Urine Practices Supported by an Evidence-Based Algorithm
Debbie Kantoris MSN, APRN, CCNS, CCRN; Mallika Patel, MS, APRN, AGACNP-BC, RN-BC
8 We're Taking This ED Show On The Road
Marcia R Crawford MSN, RN, CEN; Amanda Phelps MSN, RN, TNS
9 Professional Governance: From Informational to Transformational
Leah Stein-Fredbeck, BSN, RNC-OB; Kristin Rothbart, MBA, MSN, RN, CPHQ, NE-BC
10 Trouble Streaming? Managing Acute Urinary Retention with an EBP protocol
Debbie Kantoris MSN, APRN, CCNS, CCRN; Keri Olson MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC
11 Rhythm Rescue: Gamification to Reinforce Electrocardiogram Knowledge
Katie Roman, MSN, RN, CCRN; Tammy Lis, MSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC, CCRN, NPD-BC
12 Improving Critical Care Competence with Peer-Led Simulation
Bailey Kepford, RN, BSN, CCRN; Jennifer Caldwell, MSN, RN, CCRN; Angela Flynn, MSN, RN, NPD-BC; Tracy Montesa DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN
13 Tightening Up Nonconformities: Strategies to Improve Documentation Compliance in Neuro Critical Care
Nicole Knapp, BSN, RN; Tracy Montesa, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN; Sanah Zayed, BSN, RN
14 The Labor Diet: Busting the Myth
Amanda Maine, MSN, RN, C-EFM; Laura Lang, BSN, C-EFM, RNC-OB
15 Enhancing Milieu Safety: Implementing a Competency Based Patient Room & Belongings Seach on an Adult Behavioral Health Unit
Olivia Hart, MSN, RN; Angelica Leon, MSN, RN
16 Drip by Drip: Cultivating Consistency in ICU Titration Practices
Angela Flynn MSN, RN, NPD-BC; Tracy Montesa DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN; Deidra Gaseor MSN, RN; Kate Burke MSN, RN; Mariah Carpio MSN, RN; Lindsey Merrick BSN, RN; Kelly Tonkovic BSN, RN, CCRN; Marcella Carolan MSN, RN, CCRN
17 Don’t Flatline on ACLS Skills: Jumpstart Nurses’ Training with Rapid-Cycle Deliberate Practice
Darlene Seeman, MSN, RN, TNS, CEN, TCRN; Tracy Montesa, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN; Debbie Kantoris, MSN, APRN, CCNS, CCRN; Angela Flynn, MSN, RN, NPD-BC; Maricar Tapiador, MSN, RN, NE-BC
18 Professional Governance: Lighting the Path to Clinical Inquiry in a New Symposium
Julia Dunne BSN, RN; Tracy Montesa, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN; Joyce Quigley, MSN, RN
19 Implementing a Mobile Cancer Rehab Team (MCRT)
Jennifer Bures, MSN, RN, OCN, BMTCN; Jocelyne Carrera, BSN, RN, OCN, BMTCN
20 Lactation Know-How: An Innovative, Fast-Track to Staff Education
Jennifer Albert MSN, APN/CNP, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB, IBCLC; Jody Heinrichs-Breen, BSN, RNC-MNN, RNC-OB, IBCLC; Barbara Tarczynski, BSN, RNC-MNN, IBCLC; Keali Riolo, MPH, BSN, RNC-MNN, IBCLC
Disclosure
The planner(s) and speaker(s) have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose.
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 4.25 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 4.25 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 4.25 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. 4.25 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
Price
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This conference is being held in-person at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.
If you have any questions regarding the conference, please contact Tracy Montesa at [email protected]
If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact the IPCE Office at [email protected]