Presentation & Objectives
Population Health: From Concept to Practice
Charles Boicey, MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS
Objectives:
- The participant will be able to state the differences between Public Health and Population Health.
- The participant will list the data sources required to adequately assess a population.
- The participant will describe the key components of a “Community Needs Assessment.
Nursing Informatics Led Optimization Program
Ellen Pollack, RN-BC, MSN
Objectives:
- Participant will be able to verbalize one method of screening optimization requests
- Participant will be able to verbalize one method of categorizing & prioritizing optimization requests
- Participant will be able to verbalize the value that an experienced nursing Informaticist provides.
Setting the Stage for the Future
Michelle Woodley, RN, MSN
Objectives:
- Participant will be able to verbalize one method of screening optimization requests
- Participant will be able to verbalize one method of categorizing & prioritizing optimization requests
- Participant will be able to verbalize the value that an experienced nursing Informaticist provides.
Simple and Successful Literature Review Search Strategies
Adele Dobry, MLIS
Objectives:
- Appraise resources according to levels of evidence in order to use the highest levels available for EBP.
- Construct a simple, effective search strategy, using synonyms and subject headings if needed, in order to effectively do research.
- Recognize PubMed (MEDLINE) and CINAHL as key databases relevant to nursing in order to locate journal articles for research.
- Integrate the search strategy into a database in order to retrieve relevant results.
The Importance of Nursing Assessments in Reducing Avoidable Death – A Case Study with the Rothman Index
Elizabeth Pruett, BSN, BC & Michael J. Rothman, PhD
Objectives:
- Understand how nursing assessments can be used to predict in-hospital or post-discharge mortality
- See how nursing assessments can be added to vital signs and labs to create a comprehensive acuity score
Learn how protocols built around an acuity score can be used to improve