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DNP Student Accomplishments
2011-2015
National and Regional Presentations Related to Capstone Projects:
Barbato, Kristi: Poster Presentation Web-Based Treatment for Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence
at 17th Annual Nurse Practitioner in Women’s Health Conference, October 15-18, 2014 in Savannah,
Georgia.
Bock, Lorraine: Implementation of a Caregiver Support Program Using Interactive Video and
Asynchronous Computer Technology – A Pilot Study. Podium breakout session at the Seventh National
Doctors of Nursing Practice Conference, October 2014, Nashville, TN.
Borza, John Reducing Intravenous Narcotic Documentation Errors on the Electronic Anesthesia Record
was accepted by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) for the Nurse Anesthesia
National Congress Poster Session in Orlando, September 13-16, 2014.
Borza, John: Reducing Intravenous Narcotic Documentation Errors on the Anesthesia Record. Poster at
the Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists Spring Symposium in Hershey, PA, May 1-4, 2014.
Borza, John: Reducing Intravenous Narcotic Documentation Errors on the Anesthesia Record. Poster
The Safar Symposium Multi-Departmental Trainees' Research Day, May 21, 2014. Pittsburgh, PA
Borza, J., Kaufman, J., & Cline, T. W. (2015). Reducing Intravenous Narcotic Documentations Errors
on the Electronic Anesthesia Record: A Quality Improvement Project. Anesthesia eJournal, 3(2), ISSN
2333-2611.
Bowman, Jennifer: Poster Presentation Determining the Key Sources of Information in the Maternal
Decision Making Process Which Impacts Their Decision to Either Continue or Discontinue
Pharmacological Treatment for Anxiety and/or Depression During Pregnancy. at the National
Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health 17th Annual Conference, October 15-18, 2014 in
Savannah, Georgia.
Bowman, J.A, Hellier, S.D. & Cline, T.W. (2014). Sources Impacting Pharmacological Treatment for
Anxiety and/or Depression During Pregnancy. The Journal of Nurse Practitioners, 11(2), 184-191
Bowman, J.A, Hellier, S.D. & Cline, T.W. Sources Impacting Pharmacological Treatment for Anxiety
and/or Depression During Pregnancy. Poster presented at: 17th Annual NPWH Premier Women’s
Healthcare Conference; 2014 Oct 15-18; Savannah, GA
Bowman, J. Guest lectured at Robert Morris University on Prescribing Psychotropic Medications during
Pregnancy and Lactation to DNP students for Dr. Kirstyn Kameg. January 29, 2015; Moon Township, PA
Nguyen, L., Marshalek, P. J., Weaver, Cramer, C. B., K. J., Pollard, S. E., & Matsumoto, R. R. (2015).
Off-label use of transmucosal ketamine as a rapid-acting antidepressant: a retrospective chart review,
Neuropsychiatric Disease & Treatment, 11, 2667–2673.
Crete, Joan: Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Can we avoid the glucose challenge test?
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists May 2011 (Poster).
Forest, Sabrina: “Is Telehealth Effective: A treatment control study," was accepted as a poster
presentation at the American Telemedicine Association International Conference in San Jose, CA,
April,2012.
Gervin, Coretta: Comparing patient flow with mid-level providers initiating treatment in triage versus
traditional emergency department care. 2011 National DNP Conference, New Orleans.
Gill, Lisa: "The Effect of a Music Intervention on Fall Rates in a Dementia Unit", on September 20,
2012, at the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association 31st Annual Conference in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
Halloran, Linda: Poster at AANP conference Flagstaff AZ, July 2014.
Halloran, Linda: Capstone presentation to the medical and nursing staff on the San Carlos reservation in
June 2014 and at the Winslow Health care clinic, AZ in July, 2014.
Hamid, Farhana: Providers' acceptance factors and their perceived barriers to electronic health record
adoption" Presentation at the during the 141st APHA Annual Meeting, 2013, Boston, MA .
Harcar, Crystle Abstract "Determining the Current Screening and Treatment Practices for Bacterial
Vaginosis in the Antepartum Patient" accepted for a poster presentation at the Academy of Women's
Health Conference in Washington DC in April, 2014.
Hernon, Michaelle: An Educational Program, Using Simulation Based Training and Power Point, to
Improve the Emergency Department Nurses’ Knowledge of Evidence Collection Involving Sexual Assault
Victims. Podium presentation at the International Association of Forensic Nursing Scientific Assembly in
October 2011 - Montreal Canada.
Keeley, Jennifer: Appropriate Use Criteria and SPECT MPI: An Epidemiological Retrospective
Review in a Community-Based Hospital, has been selected for a poster presentation at the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center Clinical Research Forum at St. Margaret’s Hospital, 2011.
Keeley, Jennifer: Appropriate Use Criteria for SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: An
Epidemiological Retrospective Review in a Community-Based Hospital. 2011 National DNP Conference,
New Orleans.
Lackraj, Devanand: Implementing a Culturally Sensitive Lifestyle Educational Program on Nutrition
and Physical Activity for Black Caribbean Immigrants. Poster at the Seventh National Doctors of Nursing
Practice Conference, October 8, 9 and 10, 2014 at the Marriott Airport, Nashville, TN.
Lackraj, Devanand: Implementing a Culturally Sensitive Lifestyle Educational Program on Nutrition
and Physical Activity for Black Caribbean Immigrants Poster Presentation at the North Shore Long Island
Jewish Health System Annual Nursing Research Conference on April 30th, 2014 at the North Hills
Country Club. This poster won third place!
Loree Elahee-Lee: Nurse Practitioner Job Satisfaction in Retail Health. American Academy of Nurse
Practitioners Annual Conference, Las Vegas June 2013
Mainolfi, L. A. The impact of treatment intensity in persons with serious mental illness with and without
substance use disorder on criminal recidivism posterpresentation by Lynn Ann Mainolfi, DNP, PMHNP-
BC to be presented December 2015 at the U.S. Psychiatric and Medical Congress Conference, San Diego,
CA.
Marek, Michael Article: Implementing the Use of a Brief Cognitive Assessment on Individuals
Diagnosed with Schizophrenia in an Acute Psychiatric Facility, Journal: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing,
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2015.08.016
Meyer, Patricia and Karen Weimer: “Does Having a Unit-Based Nurse Practitioner Increase Nurses’
Level of Satisfaction with Patient Care Delivery? ” Presentation at the UPMC St. Margaret 9th Annual
Clinical Research Forum on Friday, May 23, 2014.
Migaud, Peggy: Does the DNP change clinical practice? 2011 National DNP Conference, New Orleans.
Murray, Rosemary: Poster Evaluation: Reduction of Length of Stay by NPs on Acute Care Units at The
New York Nurse Practitioner Association’s 30th Annual Conference at the Saratoga Hilton, Saratoga
Springs, NY, October 24-25, 2014.
Narr, Marissa: Factors Associated with Improved Outcome after Stoma Closure in Infants with
Necrotizing Enterocolitis 23rd Annual APSNA Scientific Conference ,May 26-29, 2014, in Phoenix,
AZ.
Nellis, Deb. Assessing the Use of a Medical Malpractice Self Study Module for Advanced Practice
Nurses – Twenty-ninth Annual International Technology Conference (organized by Rutgers University
School of Nursing) – June 24 – 26, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge Hotel, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
Nellis, Deb. Assessing the use of a medical malpractice self-study module for advanced practice nurses.
2011 National DNP Conference, New Orleans.
Pandy, Leslie Article title: The Role of the Nurse Practitioner and Asymptomatic Urinary Treatments
Article reference: TJNP2392 Journal title: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners Corresponding author: Dr.
Leslie E. Morrison-Pandy First author: Dr. Leslie E. Morrison-Pandy Final version published online: 29SEP-2015 Full bibliographic details: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners 11 (2015), pp. 903-906 DOI
information: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2015.06.008
Pasek, Tracy: poster presentation: "The Development of an Electronic Headache Pain Diary for
Children who Experience Headache as a Symptom of Concussion" for the CNS Leading Innovations for
Health Care Change National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Annual Conference. San Antonio,
TX, March 7-9, 2013
Pasek, Tracy Ann: "The Development of an Electronic Headache Pain Diary for Children who
Experience Headache as a Symptom of Concussion" Presentation at the Virtual PICU Nursing Science
meeting April 24, 2014
Pasek, Tracy and Locasto, Lisa: Head Electronic Diary for Children with Concussion (HED-CC).
Poster at Sports Neuropsychology Concussion Symposium 2014: A Multidisciplinary Integration of
Science and Practice, April 25-26, 2014 Dallas, Texas.
Phillips, Gayle: Pregnancy Outcome Related to Maternal Mycoplasma Genitalium, Mycoplasma
Hominis and Ureaplasma Species. Poster presented at the American Academy of Nurse Practitioner
Conference June, 2014 Nashville, TN
Pron, Ann: “Job Satisfaction and Perceived Autonomy of Nurse Practitioners Who Work in NurseManaged Health Centers” at National Nursing Centers Consortium 2011 Conference on March 16, 2011
in San Antonio.
Scanlon, Erin: Patient and Hospital Based Risk Factors and the Occurrence of Venous Thromboembolic
Events Following Total Hip or Knee Replacement: A Correlational Study - 2012 PACNP conference –
poster presentation
Shannon, Mary & Navaroli, Latroy presented at the National WOCN Conference in Charlotte, NC. The
research project which was funded by 3M corporation through the WOCN, and was entitled "Patient
behavior that leads to recurrent venous leg ulcers: a follow up to patient education". 2011
Simonetti, Joseph: Effect of triage initiated x-rays of limb injuries and subsequent effects in providing
efficient healthcare delivery as it relates to patient satisfaction and length of stay in a suburban
emergency department. 2011 National DNP Conference, New Orleans.
Soles, Sara: Patient Education on Congestive Heart Failure. (Funded through the Jewish Healthcare
Foundation’s Alvin J. Rogal Research Award in Safety and Quality Improvement), 2012 National DNP
Conference
Spenser, Belinda: Using Evidence-Based Practice to Develop and Implement Nursing Simulation to
Reduce Medication Events on a Medical -Telemetry unit; podium presentation at the 2013 Pacific Institute
of Nursing Conference in Honolulu, HI.
Spino, Erika: Impact of Social Support on Symptoms of Depression and Loneliness in Survivors of
Suicide. Poster Presentation at the Seventh National Doctors of Nursing Practice Conference, October 8,
9 and 10, 2014 at the Marriott Airport, Nashville, TN.
Szoke, Ann Marie::The Effects of Antiplatelet Agents on Mild Traumatic Brain Injured Patients: A
Comparative Study Assessing Neurologic Deterioration and Patient Based Outcome. American Academy
of Nurse Practitioners Annual Conference in Nashville Tennessee, June, 2014.
Walker, Michelle: Cost comparison of treating uninsured patients at a hospital based free clinic,
emergency room, and inpatient hospitalizations: a retrospective chart review. 2011 National DNP
Conference, New Orleans.
Weisman, Audrey: Poster Trial of Integrative Imagery to Reduce Pain and Anxiety In Adult
Hematololgic Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy at The New York Nurse
Practitioner Association’s 30th Annual Conference at the Saratoga Hilton, Saratoga Springs, NY, October
24-25, 2014.
White-Heisel, Regina: Poster presentation Safe Handling and Movement Conference, Orlando, Florida,
March 2013
Grants for Capstone Projects:
Bugaj, Karen. Research scholarship from the Nu Theta chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International.
Burka, Stacy. Alvin Rogal Research Award in Safety and Quality Improvement. $10,000 – Jewish
Healthcare Foundation.
Chiplonia, Gina $5,000 research scholarship from AANA. Gina was honored at the AANA national
conference in Boston on 8/8/2011.
Chiplonia, Gina. Alvin Rogal Research Award in Safety and Quality Improvement. $10,000 – Jewish
Healthcare Foundation.
Ferrara, Gineen: "Evaluation of physicians' and RNs' knowledge, attitudes , and compliance with the
implementation of family presence during resuscitation in an ER department after educational
intervention" Alvin Rogal Research Award in Safety and Quality Improvement $10,000 – Jewish
Healthcare Foundation, June 2014
Gill, Lisa. Alvin Rogal Research Award in Safety and Quality Improvement. $10,000 – Jewish
Healthcare Foundation.
Karzenowski, Abby: "Noise levels: the effects on physical and mental health and strategies to decrease
noise in a skilled nursing facility" Alvin Rogal Research Award in Safety and Quality Improvement
$10,000 – Jewish Healthcare Foundation, June 2014
Linden, Kiley: "Predicting the risk of readmission within 30 days in adult patients: a comparison of two
readmission risk assessment tools" Alvin Rogal Research Award in Safety and Quality
Improvement. $10,000 – Jewish Healthcare Foundation, June 2014
Paplham, Pam: ACS Graduate Scholarship in Cancer Nursing Practice - funding for Capstone Project,
Nonmyeloablative Hemopoietic Cell Transplantation. Only 18 researchers in the U.S. each year receive
these awards and 44 of the past recipients have been Nobel Prize winners later in their careers.
Roche, Susan: 2011 Greater Pittsburgh Nursing Research Consortium, $1,000 for Capstone Project:
Nursing educational program on the structural oncologic emergencies utilizing high fidelity simulation.
Scanlon, Erin. Alvin Rogal Research Award in Safety and Quality Improvement. $10,000 – Jewish
Healthcare Foundation.
Sebbens, Danielle: CDHNF/APGNN M. SUSAN MOYER NURSING RESEARCH AWARD to
extend her Capstone work in reducing line sepsis in children with short gut syndrome who are discharged
to home. The research is funded for $25,000 and her post doctoral project period was one year 20102011.
Smith, Heather : Risk factors for facility-associated C. Difficile infections: a hospital based case-control
study. Alvin Rogal Research Award in Safety and Quality Improvement.$10,000 – Jewish Healthcare
Foundation, June 2014
Soles, Sara. Alvin Rogal Research Award in Safety and Quality Improvement. $10,000 – Jewish
Healthcare Foundation.
Wagner, Hannah:"Predicting likelihood of opioid addiction: using evaluative tools to identify
population differences" Alvin Rogal Research Award in Safety and Quality Improvement. $10,000 –
Jewish Healthcare Foundation, June 2014
Publications:
Barbato, Kristi: Web-Based Treatment for Women With Stress Urinary Incontinence accepted in
Urologic Nursing, 2014
Burka, S, Barkin, J, Shafer, S, Van Cleve, S. N. (2013). Integration of pediatric mental health care: An
evidence based workshop for primary care providers. The Journal of Pediatric Health Care. 28 (1) 23-34.
Crete, J. & Adamshick, P.The Lived Experience in the Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: What
our patients are telling us. Journal of Holistic Health. Accepted for publication December 2011.
Crete, J. & Anasti, J.Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Can we avoid the glucose challenge
test? Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Accepted for publication 2012.
Crocetti, Jacqueline: Nursing Clinical Faculty Self- Efficacy Following an Orientation Using
Simulation in Nursing Education Perspectives. March/April 2014, 35(3).
Fickert, Nancy "Effectiveness of a Caregiver education Program on Providing Oral care to Individuals
with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities" in the Journal of Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities June 2012
Gartley, Rosanna, & Prosser, Lynn (2011). Stretching to Prevent Work-Related Musculoskeletal
Injuries: An Approach to Workplace Wellness., AAOHN Journal.
Hamid, Farhana & Cline, T. (2013). Providers’ Acceptance Factors and their Perceived Barriers to
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Adoption. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), 17 (3).
Available at http://ojni.org/issues/?p=2837
Lawson, D., Bires, AM., Wasser, TE & Raber-Baer, D. (2013). "Comparison of Bruce Treadmill
Exercise Test Protocols: Is Ramped Bruce Equal or Superior to Standard Bruce in Producing Clinically
Valid Studies for Patients Presenting for Evaluation of Cardiac Ischemia or Arrhythmia with Body Mass
Index Equal to or Greater Than 30?" Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology December 2013 Vol 41 No
4.
Lucatorto, Michele, “Monitoring Performance for Blood Pressure Management among Patients with
Diabetes Mellitus: Too Much of a Good Thing?” Archives of Internal Medicine (published on-line May
28, 2012 www.archintemmed.com)
Pasek, TA, Locasto, L, Reichard, J, Sumrok, VC, Kontos, A. The development of an electronic headache
pain diary for children who experience headache as a symptom of concussion [abstract]. Clinical
Nurse Specialist. 2013;27(3):158-159.
Phipps, Paul (2013). "Post traumatic stress disorder and anesthesia emergence" in the AANA Journal ,
June 2013
Riviello, Kim (2013). A retrospective study of a gastroenterology facility: are patients sicker? Anesthesia
Communique, 18 (3): 20-22.
Riviello, Kim: Why We Need Anesthesia Providers, Not Robots Or RNs, in GI Settings Pushing
Medications Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News. Issue June 2014 Volume 65:6
Tung, T., Kaufmann, J., Tanner, E. The effect of nurse practitioner practice in homecare on emergency
visits for homebound older adult patients-an exploratory pilot study. Home Healthcare Nurse. March
2012.
Van Cleve, S.N., Hawkins-Walsh, E, and Shafer, S. (2013) Nurse Practitioners: Integrating Mental
Health in Pediatric Primary Care. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 9(4), 243-248.
Hawkins-Walsh, E and Van Cleve, S.N. (2013) The Pediatric Mental Health Specialist: Role delineation.
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 9(3), 142-148.
Walker, Michelle "Cost Comparison of Treating Uninsured Patients at a Hospital Based Free Clinic,
Emergency Room, and Inpatient Hospitalizations: A Retrospective Chart Review"
Clinical Scholars Review, Sept 2012
Recognitions/Awards
Allerton, Jennifer: Jonas Salk Medical Ethics Fellow for 2011-2012.
Bock, Lorraine: Inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP) June
2014 Nashville, TN.
Hamid, Farhana: Jonas Salk Medical Ethics Fellow for 2011-2012.
Keeley, Jennifer: Awarded “Outstanding Graduating Nurse Practitioner Award” by the Nurse
Practitioner Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania, 2011. She was selected as the graduating nurse
practitioner who has exemplified excellence in both academic and clinical areas.
Lawson, Dori: Delaware County Community College 2014 Alumni Professional Achievement Award
and served as the keynote speaker at the 2014 commencement ceremony.
Neal, Kelly: 2011 awarded the first Shadyside Foundation Nursing Research Fellowship $10,000. Her
project will focus on older, hard of hearing, hospitalized patients and the use of phone amplifiers v.
Pocket Talker Personal Amplifiers. Additionally, Kelly has been awarded a $5000 grant by the hospital
foundation to use towards purchasing assistive hearing devices.
Scanlon, Erin: Jonas Salk Medical Ethics Fellow for 2011-2012.
Shannon, Mary - Scholarship from the Butler County Health Care Consortium, 2011
Van Cleve, Susan: Elected as President of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners:
2011-2014
Van Cleve, Susan: Inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP)
June 2014 Nashville, TN
Volle, Susan: Jonas Salk Medical Ethics Fellow for 2011-2012.
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