1. NorthColorado
MedicalCenter
180116thStreet
Greeley,CO80631
10th Annual Research
and Evidence-Based
Practice Conference:
Painting a Picture of Healthy
Work Environments Through
Evidence-Based Practice
Friday, April 19, 2013
7:30 am – 3:00 pm
McKee Conference
and Wellness Center
Loveland, CO
2013 Research and
Evidence-Based
Practice Conference
Friday, April 19
7:30 am – 3:00 pm
We exist to make a
difference in people’s lives
through excellent patient care.
Loveland
N
37th St.
34
Eisenhower Blvd.
MadisonAve.
BoiseAve.
BoydLakeAve.
Boyd Lake
McKee
Medical
Center
Register Today!
(970) 350-6633 or via e-mail to
Erika.Hartmann@BannerHealth.com
McKee Medical Center
2000 Boise Ave.
Loveland, CO 80538
Directions (from Interstate 25):
• Exit I-25 west onto U.S. Highway 34
• 3 ½ miles west to Boise Avenue
• Turn right onto Boise Avenue
• Proceed north past McKee Medical Center
• Turn right into the parking lot (parking is
free to visitors)
• Building is to the north of the hospital

2. Course Objectives
Upon completion of the program,
participants will be able to:
1. Identify strategies for leading
healthcare improvements
2. Examine emerging trends and
outcomes in healthcare
3. Apply evidence-based methods
to improve performance
Conference Schedule
April 19, 2013 • 7:30 am to 3:00 pm
7:30-7:50 – Registration, Continental
Breakfast and Networking
7:50-8:00 – Welcome and Announcements
8:00-9:45 – Keynote Horizontal
Violence among Hospital Staff RNs and
the Quality and Safety of Patient Care
by Mary Blegen, PhD, RN, FAAN
9:45-10:15 – Poster Viewing
10:15-11:15 – Break Out Session
• 30 minutes – An Evidenced-Based Approach
to CPOE Implementation, the Role of
Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations and the
Impact on Stakeholder Dissonance by
Elizabeth Samaras
• 30 minutes – Decreasing Sepsis Response
Times for Registered Nurses by Brenda Hope
[ OR ]
• 30 minutes – Multidisciplinary Management
of Heart Failure Improves Readmission
Rates and Mortality Among Patients in
Northern Colorado by Missy Jensen
• 30 minutes – Taking Action to Obtain
Excellence in AMI Care by Lorraine Bellows
11:30-12:30 – Break Out Session
• 30 minutes – ED Callbacks Transformation:
Patient Satisfaction, Case Management and
Staff Recognition by Lisa Hofstra
• 30 minutes – Postoperative Discharge
Screening Tool Reducing Readmissions
and Improving Patient Safety by Carlo G. Parker
[ OR ]
• 30 minutes – Walk in my Shoes: a Pre/Post
Hospital Relocation Research Project by
Darcy Copeland
• 30 minutes – Decreasing Nurse Server
Bacterial Counts and Increasing Cost
Savings Measures by Sarah Goeritz
12:30-1:15 – Lunch (provided)
1:15-1:45 – Poster Viewing
1:45-2:45 Break Out Session
• 30 minutes – Beginning Orientation to
Practice in the Nursing Pre-licensure Senior
Practicum Experience can Provide Improved
Outcomes for Students and Hospital Systems
by Stephanie D. Drobny
• 30 minutes – The Effect of Nurse Manager
Team Building Skills on Medication
Safety Practices by Linda Flynn
[ OR ]
• 30 minutes – Implementing Skin to Skin
with Cesarean Delivery in the Operating
Room by Debbie Smith
• 30 minutes – Predictors of High Risk
Patient Behaviors by Daniel Bruns
2:45-3:00 – Closing Remarks, Evaluation
and Thank You
Nurses Continuing Education
Hours are pending:
Banner Health Western Region is an approved
provider of continuing nursing education by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center’s
Commission on Accreditation.
Provider ID # BHW-0415 • Expiration date: 4/30/2015
Sponsored by: North Colorado Medical Center, McKee
Medical Center, University of Northern Colorado School
of Nursing, and NINES (National Institute of Nursing
Education and Scholarship)
Registration Information
Registration Fee Deadline: March 25, 2013
• Professional: $65
• Banner Employees, UNC Faculty, and
Poster/Podium Presenters: $25
Registration Refund Deadline: April 1, 2013
• No registrations accepted without payment
• Lunch and snacks provided
• Free parking
Register Today!
(970) 350-6633 or via e-mail to
Erika.Hartmann@BannerHealth.com
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Blegen’s program of research includes
a focus on the organization of healthcare
institutions and the relative effect on work
environment, culture, and patient safety
and quality of care.
Target Audience
This conference is designed for any health
care provider who strives to use research
and evidence-based practice to improve
quality in health care.
Course Description
This dynamic program offers participants a
variety of opportunities to improve their ability
to provide evidence-based care to their patients.
Most sessions are designed to be interactive,
enhancing the learner’s opportunity to learn from
the presenters. Participants will have time to view
posters of Nursing Research, Evidence-Based
Practice, and Quality Improvement projects.
Breakout sessions are planned to allow participants
to: discuss actual nursing research projects with
the researcher; how to design and implement
quality improvement; evidence-based practice
projects in your organization.
Mary Blegen PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor Emerita – School of Nursing,
University of California San Francisco
Adjunct Professor – College
of Nursing, University of Colorado
at Denver and Health Science