Authors

  1. Section Editor(s): EBRIGHT, PATRICIA DNS, RN, CNS
  2. PATTEN, STEPHEN MSN, RN, CNS, CNOR, Conference Co-chairs

Article Content

A Clinical Nurse Specialist for Limb Loss Care

 

A Comparison of Temporal Artery and Oral Electronic With Core Temperature in Normothermic Postoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Patients

 

A Pandemic Is Declared: Are You Really Ready?

 

A Systematic Review of the Literature: Analysis of APRN Roles Including the Effectiveness of the Clinical Nurse Specialist Role

 

Adherence, Safety, and Effectiveness of a Paper Versus Electronic Insulin Infusion Protocol in Acute Care

 

An Innovative Tool Designed to Influence Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification Success

 

Avoiding the Big Bailout: Clinical Nurse Specialist Role in New Product and Technology Procurement

 

Beyond the Bundle: The Value of the Clinical Nurse Specialist in Continuing Evidence-Based Practice Changes

 

Clinical Nurse Specialist and Administrator Perceptions of Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice

 

Clinical Nurse Specialist Contributions to Care Delivery: Creating a Pain Management Registered Nurse Model of Care

 

Clinical Nurse Specialist Mentored Staff Nurse as Champion of Performance Improvement

 

Clinical Nurse Specialist Implementation of a Pain Management Initiative Using the Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Quality Care

 

Clinical Nurse Specialist Influencing Local to National Systems: Electronic Transplant Referral

 

Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journey From Novice to Expert

 

Conducting Systematic Review: Effectiveness of Arm Exercise on Dyspnea in COPD

 

Contextual Factors Influencing the Nurse's Response to Alarms

 

Creating a Distance Accessible Clinical Nurse Specialist Program for Rural Communities

 

Delirium in Critical Care: Recognizing and Managing to Improve Patient Outcomes

 

Developing the Role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist as an Internal IV Therapy Consultant

 

Differences in Parent/Child Ratings of Perceived Asthma Symptoms and Barriers to Medication Adherence in Children With Asthma

 

DNP Education for Clinical Nurse Specialists

 

Educating Clinical Nurse Specialist Students at a Distance

 

Enhancing Staff Education Through Human Simulation Technology

 

Establishing SAFE Units and Practices: A "Sitter" Reduction Plan That Works!

 

Evaluating the Effect of a Pain Resource Nurse Program on Barriers to Pediatric Pain Management

 

Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Educational Program

 

Evidence-Based Practice for APNs: Making Sense of the Statistics

 

Falling Stars: Fall Prevention Through Transformational Leadership

 

Finding the Clinical Nurse Specialist Voice and Articulating Value

 

From the Frying Pan Into the Fire: How a Clinical Nurse Specialist Can Impact Pressure Ulcer Incidence and Outcomes

 

Implementing the Clinical Nurse Specialist Role Using a Matrix Management Approach: Opportunities and Challenges

 

Improving Care for Patients Who Develop Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

 

Informatics Nurse Specialist Role: Integrating Computers Into Practice

 

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Use of Complementary and Alternative Therapies Among Clinical Nurses

 

Specialists in an Academic Medical Center

 

Late-Preterm Infant-Who Am I? Using an Evidence-Based Practice Model to Expedite Improvement of Care to Vulnerable Infants

 

Matters of the Heart: Instrument Development to Test Women's Knowledge of Female MI Symptoms and Risk Factors

 

Measuring Evidence-Based Competencies in a Clinical Nurse Specialist Program

 

Moving From What Is Known to What Works: Adapting a Certification Framework to Promote Sustainable Improvement Throughout a Health System

 

Partnerships Between a Hospital and Schools of Nursing

 

Patient Family-Centered Care: A Journey Through Change

 

Patients on the Move

 

Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment Program: Successful Strategies Implemented by a Med/Surg Clinical Nurse Specialist

 

Preventing Functional Decline Among Hospitalized Older Adults to Increase Discharges to Home

 

Public/Community Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Role: Assisting Faith Communities in Developing and Maintaining a Faith-Based Nursing Ministry

 

Recreate your Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice Through Research

 

Revising the Role of Nursing in Medication Reconciliation: A Clinical Nurse Specialist-Guided Implementation

 

Safe Harbor: Suicide Precautions Outside of the Behavioral Health Setting

 

Safe Medication Practices Are for Procedure Areas Too: A Clinical Quality Improvement Project

 

Speak Up for Patient Care Quality Improvements Through Peer Review

 

Surviving Sepsis: The Clinical Nurse Specialist as Change Agent

 

The Evolution of Clinical Nurse Specialist Education at Widener University

 

The Palpable Impact of a Clinical Nurse Specialist During Patient Rounds With a Medical Residency

 

Program on a Medical-Oncology Unit

 

The Public/Community Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Role: A Pilot RCT Testing the Effect of Structured Writing With Seropositive African American Women

 

The Role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist: Transprofessional Collaboration in the Implementation of a School-Wide Bullying Prevention Program

 

Transforming Organizational Culture: A Campaign for Quality End-of-Life Care

 

Using Best Practices in a Clinical Guideline for Sickle Cell Anemia

 

Using Simulation in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Education: The Time Has Come!

 

Section Description

The 2010 National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) Annual National Conference is planned for Portland, Oregon, on March 3 to 6. More than 375 clinical nurse specialists (CNSs), graduate faculty, nurse administrators, nurse researchers, and graduate students are expected to attend. This year's theme, "CNS as Internal Consultant: Influencing Local to Global Systems," demonstrates the breadth and depth of CNS practice and leadership at multiple levels in organizations and on healthcare.

 

A total of 142 abstracts were submitted for review, and 58 (not including student posters) were selected for either podium or poster presentations. Again, this year, there is a CNS student poster session; student abstracts will appear in a later issue of the journal. The abstracts addressed CNS practice in all 3 practice domains as described in the Spheres of Influence Framework for CNS Practice. Abstracts emphasized patient safety and quality care outcomes, leadership, CNS education, evidence-based practice, and new ways to shape CNS practice. Topics include CNS work activities incorporated into the 3 Spheres of Influence, the role of the CNS in developing clinical inquiry skills among staff nurses, use of simulation technology, strategies to maintain clinical excellence, the role of the CNS in National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) activities, and many new and thoughtful ideas to support CNS education, practice, and research. Collectively, the abstracts represent the breadth, depth, and richness of the CNS's contribution to the well-being of individuals, families, and communities, as well as contributing to the advancement of the nursing profession.

 

The conference abstracts are published to share new knowledge with those unable to attend the conference. As you read each abstract, appreciate the intellectual talent and clinical scholarship of your CNS colleagues who are advancing the practice of nursing and contributing to the health of society through improved outcomes for patients and healthcare organizations. We encourage you to contact individual presenters to network, collaborate, consult, or share your thoughts and ideas on the conference topics.

 

Watch for next year's call for abstracts and consider submitting for presentation at the next NACNS annual conference scheduled for March 9-12, 2011, in Baltimore, Maryland.