National Nurses Week begins on May 6th and ends on May 12th, Florence Nightingale's birthday. We have many events planned to honor the nurses for their exemplary commitment to our hospital, patients, the community and to each other.
Schedule of events: Nurses Week Schedule.pdf
Nurses week was kicked off by keynote speaker Dr. Connie Vance, EdD, RN, FAAN - "Mentoring in a Nutshell" - The privacy word (password) is: Phelps
| Topic | Presenter | Presentation |
| Community hospital approach: Successfully transitioning Med/Surg nurse from novice, beginner to competent RNs is ambulatory oncology setting. | Angela Adjetey Appiah, MSN, MPH, MA, FAACM, RN & Betty Silchenstedt, MSN, OCN, RN | Phelps-Community hospital approach.pdf |
| Pressure Ulcers in the Peri-Operative Setting. | Catherine McCarthy, BSN, RN | Pressure Ulcers in the Peri-Operative Setting.pdf |
| How Coloring Mandalas Became an EBP Research Project | Doreen Wall, MSN, RN-BC & Jessica Chalaf, BA | Coloring for Nursing Week EBP 2018.pdf |
| New Graduate Mentoring Program | Cherry Fuentes MS-C, RN-BC | New Grad Mentoring Program EBP 2018 -Final.pdf |
| Improving Pain Assessment/ Reassessment Documentation and Patient Satisfaction: A Quality Improvement Project | Carolynn Young, MSN, RN-BC | NAON Pain Assessment Reassessment in Meditech EBP 05-08-2018 FINAL.pdf |
| "Does Patient Participation in Purposeful Rounding Increase Patient Satisfaction With Sustained Results?" | Engelina Olsthoorn, BSN RN and Cheryl Burke RN-C, MS, MBA, WCC | 2018 NICHE EBP 5-2018.pdf |
| Jaundice in Newborns - Assessing Accuracy of Serum Bilirubin Levels vs. Transcutaneous Bilirubin Measurement | Judy Kennedy, BSN, RN | Drager powerpoint presentation.pdf |