2007 Office of Nursing Services Innovations Award Recipients

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| **Title of    | **P    | **Contributors**                | *        |
| Submission**  | rimary |                                 | *VISN/Fa |
|               | Au     |                                 | cility** |
|               | thor** |                                 |          |
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| Catalyst for  | Mary   | Candace Cunningham, Cheryl Ann  | VISN 4   |
| Change:       | V.     | Creen, Robert Muder, Cheryl     |          |
| Getting to    | Rudy   | Squier, Alan Bernstein          | Pi       |
| Zero-MRSA     |        |                                 | ttsburgh |
| Prevention    |        |                                 |          |
| Initiative    |        |                                 |          |
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| The VAGLAHS   | Janice | Donna Beiter, Sharon Valente,   | VISN 22  |
| Nursing       | Roper  | James McGuire, Dean Yamaguchi,  |          |
| Journey to    |        | Dean Norman                     | Greater  |
| Evidence      |        |                                 | Los      |
| Based         |        |                                 | Angeles  |
| Practice      |        |                                 |          |
| I             |        |                                 |          |
| mplementation |        |                                 |          |
| Date: October |        |                                 |          |
| 2000          |        |                                 |          |
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| A Reduction   | Ana    | Regina G. Burke, Otis Goodwin   | VISN 2   |
| in            | stasia |                                 |          |
| Ca            | Stacey |                                 | Buffalo  |
| rdiopulmonary | Scime  |                                 |          |
| Arrests       |        |                                 |          |
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| Empowered     | Pa     | Maggie Vargas-Agostini, Donna   | VISN 8   |
| Nurses Impact | tricia | Jeffares, Marcia Berry, JaNice  |          |
| Major Changes | La     | Brady, Sally Zachariah,         | Bay      |
|               | nghans | Jennifer Pearson, Nicole        | Pines    |
|               |        | Esposito, Terry Headley, Mary   |          |
|               |        | Kiso                            |          |
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| The Recovery  | Brenda | Nancy Maxwell, Joseph Connelly, | VISN 8   |
| Innovation    | Ma     | Elizabeth Jane Hill, Maria      |          |
| Project: From | tthews | Williams, Barbara Frank, Motria | Bay      |
| Day Treatment |        | Deluca, Michael Gilman, Bryan   | Pines    |
| to Steps in   |        | Dickerson, Jeffrey Reardon      |          |
| Life          |        |                                 |          |
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| Developing a  | Chr    | Judy McEuen, Rob Felder, Blake  | VISN 20  |
| Non-ICU       | istine | Lesselroth, LeAnn Snodgrass     |          |
| Insulin       | Locke  |                                 | Portland |
| Infusion      |        |                                 |          |
| Protocol for  |        |                                 |          |
| Improved      |        |                                 |          |
| Patient       |        |                                 |          |
| Outcome       |        |                                 |          |
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| Evidence      | Karri  | Keri Pulley, Janice Beeken      | VISN 19  |
| Based         | Primak |                                 |          |
| Practice:     |        |                                 | Cheyenne |
| Implementing  |        |                                 |          |
| a Fall        |        |                                 |          |
| Reduction     |        |                                 |          |
| Program in a  |        |                                 |          |
| Small VA      |        |                                 |          |
| Facility      |        |                                 |          |
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| Safe Patient  | Ka     | Tara Berry, Julia Neily,        | VISN 1   |
| Movement and  | thleen | Deborah Cutts, Jason Zullo,     |          |
| Fall          | B      | Susan McCoy                     | White    |
| Preventions   | rodeur |                                 | River    |
|               |        |                                 | Juction  |
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| Rapid         | Jill   | Jill Bormann, Sheryl Becker,    | VISN 22  |
| Relaxation    | B      | Madeline Gershwin, Wendy        |          |
| Response      | ormann | Belding, Patricia Bone, Martha  | San      |
| (RRR) for     |        | Diaz, Allen Gifford, Ann Kelly, | Diego    |
| Wellbeing of  |        | Christine McKibbin, Laureen     |          |
| Mind, Body,   |        | Pada, Laura Regalbuto, Marty    |          |
| and Spirit    |        | Shively, Steven Thorp, Katie    |          |
|               |        | Warren, Robert West             |          |
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| Nurses        | L      | Diane Fisher, Connie Stevens,   | VISN 22  |
| Improve       | illian | Joyce Yamauchi, Michelle        |          |
| Medication    | Murray | Kendall, Sharon Valente         | Greater  |
| Safety with   |        |                                 | Los      |
| Medication    |        |                                 | Angeles  |
| Allergy and   |        |                                 |          |
| Adverse Drug  |        |                                 |          |
| Reports       |        |                                 |          |
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