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* In Step
for the Commonwealth

Dear Colleagues,
Thanks for exploring our sixth edition of In Step. Although it’s our sixth edition, you could also say it is our inaugural
edition for the partnership between the new dean of the College of Nursing and the chief nurse executive for UK
HealthCare. As we continue to nurture our partnership in nursing education and practice, our leadership approaches
will be “in step” to influence and advance excellence together. The partnership will benefit nurses, students, faculty
and staff. Most importantly, our partnership will continue to promulgate superior clinical outcomes and experience
for our key stakeholders—the patients and their families, who have come to trust us to provide the highest quality of
care by compassionate and keenly competent nurses.
As this issue will reflect, we are fortunate to have such highly talented nurses, faculty educators, researchers and
students. This issue will highlight some exciting accomplishments that impact the health and wellness of populations
in the Commonwealth and beyond. It is only through strong partnerships such as the one we have with UK
HealthCare that we are able to unite our academic and clinical missions: developing thoughtful, evidence-based
nursing, and graduates who take the lead in the care of patients, families, and communities and advance nursing
science and practice. The leadership role of the registered nurse in our highly complex care environment requires
a level of situational awareness and keen interprofessional problem-solving to advance our agenda of the highest
quality care—“Every patient, every time.”

For 150 years, students have have
For nearly 150 years, students come come
to the University of Kentucky seeking an
to the University of Kentucky seeking an
education and promising future. Today,
education and aapromising future. Today, itit
often takes scholarship assistance to make
often takes scholarship assistance to make
those dreams come true.
those dreams come true.
Through gift and estate planning, there are
Through gift and estate planning, there are
many ways to help young men and women
many ways to help young men and women
achieve their nursing career goals. With
achieve their nursing career goals. With aa
bequest, charitable trust or gift annuity, you
bequest, charitable trust or gift annuity, you
can leave legacy, open doors of opportunity
can leave aalegacy, open doors of opportunity
and change lives.
and change lives.
For more information on planned giving
For more information on planned giving
options, contact the University of Kentucky
options, contact the University of Kentucky
Office of Gift and Estate Planning.
Office of Gift and Estate Planning.

With Colleen’s insight and leadership, I look forward to working with UK HealthCare Nursing colleagues to meet the
demands for acceleration of higher quality patient care and to strengthen the nursing workforce through integrative
models of education and health care delivery that are bold and innovative.
And so our new chapter begins … in step as we forge ahead stronger and bolder together. Several of the featured
stories, including advances in behavioral health care, clinical nurse specialist role integration into the care model
and the use of Schwartz Center Rounds® demonstrate how we ground our practice in pride as we continue to exceed
,
expectations and provide exceptional care.
Feel free to let us hear from you. We are proud of what’s going on with UK Nursing and want to hear what you think
about how we are leading change and advancing health.
With deep appreciation and gratitude for your nursing excellence and continued partnership in the evolution of
nursing practice in Kentucky and beyond,

Janie Heath,
PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN
Dean and Warwick Professor of Nursing,
UK College of Nursing
jheath@uky.edu
Colleen Swartz,
DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nurse Executive,
UK HealthCare
chswar2@email.uky.edu

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* Table of
Contents

Let’s Talk

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Schwartz Center Rounds are providing health care professionals
an opportunity to connect and share the emotional side of caregiving

The Acute Need for More Acute Care Nurse Practitioners
How many health care professionals will it take

Mental Health Care Model Evolution:
More Holistic and Interdisciplinary

12
16

UK APRNs working to keep patients in the system after discharge
SPOTLIGHT STORY

Evolving Care

20

The return of the clinical nurse specialist
SPOTLIGHT STORY

The Road to First-Rate Nurses: Where Both Sides Meet
Preparing the undergraduate nurse

Collaboration Is the Name of the Game,
but It’s Certainly No Game

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Senior leadership for UK HealthCare Nursing & the UK College of Nursing

UK HealthCare Nurses’ Scholarly Activities
24th Annual Nursing Research Papers Day
UK HealthCare Promotions and Transitions
Black Nurses Association
In Memoriam

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28 The Beginning of a New Era
FEATURE STORY

The UK College of Nursing welcomes
its fifth dean—Dr. Janie Heath

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* A Publishing Support System Helps
Nurse Clinicians Share Their Successes
The continuing partnership between the College of Nursing and
UK HealthCare® has fostered an environment of clinical inquiry
and innovation. Numerous practicing nurses, alone or as members
of interprofessional teams, are very active in scholarship—asking
relevant and contemporary clinical questions—and disseminating
that knowledge. We would like to recognize their contributions to
the continuing evolution of evidence-based practice and our dynamic
leadership model. This is a sampling of their work.

UKHC Department of
Nursing Publications
Jeremy D. Flynn, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM |
Kevin W. McConeghy, PharmD, BCPS |
Alexander H. Flannery, PharmD, BCPS | Melissa
Nestor, PharmD, BCPS | Pam Branson, MSN,
RN | Kevin W. Hatton, MD
“Utilization of Pharmacist Responders as a
Component of a Multidisciplinary Sepsis Bundle.”
Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 1-77, 2014
Linda Clements, MSN, APRN, CCNS |
Mary Moore, BSN, RN | Thomas Tribble, AA, ST |
Jill Blake, MSN, RN
“Reducing Skin Breakdown in Patients Receiving
Extracorporeal Membranous Oxygenation.”
Nursing Clinics of North America, 49:61-68, 2014
Bryan Boling, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC, CEN |
C. Key, MD | J. Wainscott, MD | A. Rebel, MD
“Harlequin Syndrome as a Complication of
Epidural Anesthesia.” Critical Care Nurse,
34(3):57-61, 2014
Bryan Boling, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC, CEN
“Renal Issues in Older Adults in Critical Care.”
Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America,
26(1): 99-104, 2014
Melissa Stewart, DNP, RN, CCNS, CCRN
“Interruptions in Enteral Nutrition Delivery in
Critically Ill Patients and Recommendations for
Clinical Practice.” Critical Care Nurse 34(4), 1-8
Melissa Stewart, DNP, RN, CCNS, CCRN
“Nutrition Support Protocols and Their Influence
on the Delivery of Enteral Nutrition: A Systematic
Review.” Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
11(3), 194-199
Kari Blackburn, DNP, CPNP, CPEN |
Patricia K. Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN,
NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN
“Does ED Observation Impact the Rate of
Computed Tomography in Children With Minor
Head Trauma?” Advanced Emergency Nursing
Journal, 36(4): 294-298, 2014

Patricia K. Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN,
NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN | Andi Foley, MSN, RN, CEN
“Disaster Triage: Are You Ready?” Journal of
Emergency Nursing, 40(5):515-517, 2014
Patricia K. Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN,
NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN | Penne Allison, BSN, RN,
MSOM, NE-BC | Matt Proud, BSN, RN, CEN |
Jennifer Forman, BSN, RN, CNML
“Pain, Perceptions, and Perceived Conflicts:
Improving the Patient’s Experience.” Nursing
Clinics of North America, 49: 53-60, 2014

Presentations
Patricia K. Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN,
NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN
“Disaster Management: Lessons Learned
in Israel.” KY Statewide Trauma Symposium,
Lexington, Kentucky, 2014
Patricia K. Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN,
NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN “Stress and Resilience
of Emergency Nurses Involved in Trauma Care.”
Essentials in Emergency Nursing, 2014,
San Antonio, 2014
Patricia K. Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN,
NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN “Pain, Perceptions and
Perceived Conflicts:
How ED Staff Manage Pain.” Essentials in
Emergency Nursing, San Antonio, 2014

Posters
Ediz Tasan, MD | Michael Jesinger MD | Richard
Charnigo, PhD | Linda Clements, MSN, APRN,
CCNS | Sage Kramer, BS | Sooyeon Kim, BS |
Alison Bailey, MD | Charles Campbell, MD
“Assessment in Therapeutic Hypothermia
Protocol—A Quality Assessment Initiative and
Analysis of Hemodynamic and Laboratory
Parameters.” American Hospital Association, 2014
Graig Casada, MSN, RN
“Healthcare Disparity Within the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender Patient Population.”
American Organization of Nurse Executives, Orlando,
Florida, 2014

Cecilia Page, DNP, RN-BC, CPHIMS, PMP, FACHE,
“Usability: a Critical Dimension in the Design of
Nursing Documentation Within the Electronic
Medical Record.” American Organization of Nurse
Executives, Orlando, Florida, 2014
Lisa Fryman, DNP, RN | Rebecca Charles,
BSN, RN | Cynthia Talley, MD, FACS
“Trauma ICU Charge Nurses Can Impact
Efficiency.” American Organization of Nurse
Executives, Orlando, Florida, 2014
Rachel Ward-Mitchell, ADN, RN | Meriem K.
Bensalem-Owen, MD | Gayle Plank, BSN, BA,
RN, CNML
“Creating a Standard of Care for Epilepsy
Patients: Starting With Nursing Staff in the Adult
Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.” National Epilepsy
Conference, Seattle, 2014
Linda Clements, MSN, APRN, CCNS |
Mary Moore, BSN, RN | Thomas Tribble, AA, ST |
Jill Blake, MSN, RN
“Reducing Skin Breakdown in Patients Receiving
Extracorporeal Membranous Oxygenation.”
National Patient Safety Congress, Orlando, Florida, 2014.
Amy Herrington, DNP, RN
“Pre-admission Nutrition Assessment of
Geriatric Patients Undergoing Elective Total Joint
Revision.” National Doctors of Nursing Practice
Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, 2014
Bryan Boling, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC, CEN
“Surviving the Unsurvivable? Recovery From
Pulmonary Hypertension.” FACTS-Care 11th Annual
Conference, CVT Critical Care, Washington, 2014
Bryan Boling, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC, CEN
“Harlequin Syndrome as a Complication of
Epidural Anesthesia.” FACTS-Care 11th Annual
Conference, CVT Critical Care, Washington, 2014
Donna Dennis, RN, CCTC | Bryan Boling, BSN,
RN, CCRN-CSC, CEN | T.A. Tribble, AA, ST |
Navin Rajagopalan, MD | Charles Hoopes, MD
“Safety of Nurse-Driven Ambulation for Patients
on Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane
Oxygenation.” International Society for Heart &
Lung Transplantation 34th Annual Meeting and
Scientific Sessions, San Diego, 2014

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* Completed Research
Patricia K. Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN, NE-BC,
FAEN, FAAN | Gordon Gillespie, PhD, RN, FAEN
“Stress and Resilience in Emergency Nurses
Following Trauma Care”

Pavilion A, Neuro Service Line
Amanda Jurkash, BSN | Cody Porter, BSN |
Alysa Cairer, BSN | Monica Hardy, BSN |
Sarah Buschmann, BSN | Audrey King, BSN
“Process Improvement: Focus on Patient Safety
Through Improved ICU Visitation Signage”

Amy Fisher, PhD, RN, CCRN
“Retrospective Simulation of a Sepsis
Screening Strategy”

Oncology Service Line
Nicole Bradley, BSN | Debbie Snyder, BSN
“Quest to Zero–CLABSI Prevention”

Lisa Fryman, DNP, RN
“Trauma Resuscitation Team Program Evaluation”

Good Samaritan Service Line
Adebola Adegoboyega, BSN | Laura Hale, BSN |
Lori Napier, BSN | Sarah Casteel, BSN | Stephanie
Abney, BSN | Steven Campton, BSN
“Nurse-Driven Patient Specific Care Planning”

Curtina Kirkpatrick, MSN, RN
“Assessing Nursing Perceived Knowledge of
Spontaneous Breathing Trial”
Amanda Martin, MSN, RN
“Improving Employee Engagement in
Registered Nurses”
Kathy Semones, MSN, RN
“Managing Clinical Deterioration Through
Effective Use of Information Technology With a
Dedicated Rapid Response Team”

BSN Residents’ Presentations
Peri-operative Service Line
Alicia Coburn, BSN | Stephen Skeens, BSN |
Kimberly Bro, BSN | Adam Loose, BSN |
Kayla Scalf, BSN
“SBAR Handoff Tool”
Pediatric Service Line, PICU
Claire Parker, BSN | Nicki Mundell, BSN |
Justin Neidig, BSN | Jaron Hammons, BSN
“Improving the Experience for Parents of
Children in the PICU”
Kentucky Children’s Hospital, Acute and OB
Cassie Long, BSN | Emily McKinney, BSN |
Janita Patel, BSN | Kaitlyn Zedrick BSN
“Decreasing Peripheral IV Infiltrations”

Emergency Department Service Line
Corie Broering, BSN | Rebekah Dailey, BSN |
Katie Davis, BSN | Kristin Meerkreebs, BSN |
Samantha Quaine, BSN | Bethany Terry, BSN |
Maddie Wilson, BSN | Stephanie Wilson, BSN
“Nurse-to-Nurse Relationships Across Enterprise”
Pavilion H, Cardio/Med/Pulmonary CDU
Alysia Adams, BSN | Rachel Bentley, BSN |
Courtney Fletcher, BSN | Andrea Kohlman,
BSN | Sandra Reagan, BSN | Lisa Svitek, BSN |
Jenny Tharp, BSN
“Prevention of Central Line-Associated Blood
Stream Infections”
Cardio/Med/Pulmonary CDU Service Lines
Samantha Mancuso, BSN | Tabitha Mathias,
BSN | Ashley Luoma, BSN | Jeremy Bach, BSN |
Joshua Neace, BSN | Aaron Harris, BSN |
Christopher Hoffman, BSN | Natasha Laungani,
BSN | Kayla Putton, BSN | Kristina Robinson, BSN |
Kelly McCormick, BSN
“Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT)”
Emergency Department
Trei Tackett, BSN | Kelsey Jobe, BSN
Richard Edwards, BSN | Emily Kraemer, BSN
“Continuing Support for New Graduates in the ED”

Kentucky Children’s Hospital, NICU
Wendy Brown, BSN | Alisha Hall, BSN | Katie
Lamping, BSN | Erin Montgomery, BSN | Ali
Piedel, BSN | Alyssa Sutphen, BSN | Amber
Watts, BSN | Lauren Whitt, BSN
“Positional Plagiocephaly”

Good Samaritan Service Line
Abena Anane, BSN | Stephanie Kehler, BSN |
Meredith Morgan, BSN | Kristian Norkus, BSN |
Shane Slone, BSN | Callie Troyer, BSN | Lara
Zavalza-Neeson, BSN
“Nurse Awareness of Blood Glucose and Insulin
Management”

Pavilion A, Trauma/Surgical Service Line
Jennifer Clifford, BSN | Katelyn Dekker, BSN |
Emma Geiger, BSN | Erica Irwin, BSN | Jacob
Higgins, BSN | Nicole Nuxol, BSN | Kenneth
Powell, BSN | Allison Russell BSN
“Code Blue Order Set”

Pavilion A, Trauma/Neuro Service Lines
Victoria Spansail, BSN | Erin Hughes, BSN |
Renesha Wright, BSN | Sandro Pasagic, BSN |
Kenneth Baker, BSN
“Disposable ECG Leads”

Pavilion A, Trauma/Neuro Progressive
Beth Motter, BSN | Christina Pianalto, BSN |
Liza Richard, BSN | Natalie Pope BSN
“Effectiveness of Incentive Spirometry on
Preventing Pulmonary Complications”

Pavilion A, Trauma/Neuro Service Lines
Sarah Martha, BSN
“Early Mobilization of Critically Ill
Neurosurgery Patients”

Pavilion A, Trauma/Neuro Service Lines
Sarah Maney, BSN | Blair Eberhardt, BSN
“Increasing Nursing Morale in the Intensive
Care Unit”
Pavilion A, Trauma/Neuro Service Lines
Alisa Nesta, BSN | Jessica Goetz, BSN
“Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Patient
and Family Education Plan”
Pavilion A, Trauma/Neuro Service Lines
Jonathan High, BSN | Naomi Sloan, BSN
“RN Education Reducing Supply Costs in the ICU”
Kentucky Children’s Hospital, NICU
Casi Brooks, BSN | Hillary Cox, BSN |
Michelle Erasmus, BSN | Megan Fisette, BSN |
Mara Mishler, BSN
“Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Scoring While
Under Treatment Regardless of Age”
Kentucky Children’s Hospital, NICU
Aubrey Boyers, BSN | Brianna Ratliff, BSN |
Lauren Sharp, BSN | Chelsea Witt, BSN
“Pain A.I.R. Cycle”
Kentucky Children’s Hospital, Labor and Delivery
Brittany Daniel, BSN | Ana Duran, BSN |
Kelli Tegtmeier, BSN | Kelli Watts, BSN |
Liz Zimmerman, BSN
“Pushing During Labor: Better Outcomes
for Women”
Kentucky Children’s Hospital
Caitlin Ratliff, BSN | Ashlie Rowland, BSN |
Colleen Molten, BSN | Hannah Gore, BSN
“Reducing Secondhand Smoke Exposure in
the Pediatric Population”
Adult Acute and Progressive
Abigail Puckett, BSN | Chelsea Roth, BSN
“Stat EKGs”
Adult Acute and Progressive
Lacey Cline, BSN | Stephanie Howard, BSN |
Adrienne Graeub, BSN | Kayla Lewis, BSN |
Makenzie Stoner, BSN
“It Stops at the Red Line”
Adult Critical Care
Damien Bell, BSN | Nancy Bogard, BSN | Justin
Chafin, BSN | Caitlin Clark, BSN | Taylor Day,
BSN | Robin Dodd, BSN | Janice King, BSN |
Casey McCoy, BSN | Kyndal Riley, BSN | Christine
Sutherland, BSN | Darian Taylor, BSN
“Tracheostomy Ulcers”
Kentucky Children’s Hospital
Rachel Sanders, KCH PCU, BSN | Kelli Lynch,
KCH PICU, BSN | Stephanie Langefield KCH
West, BSN
“Asthma Core Measures”

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* UK HealthCare and UK College of Nursing
24th Annual Nursing Research Papers Day
PHOTOGRAPHS BY

Lee Thomas

November 2014

2014 Dorothy Y. Brockopp
Nursing Research Award
Bryan Boling, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC, CEN, won this year’s Dorothy Y. Brockopp Nursing Research Award.
Boling was honored for his research work, including “Use of Facebook as a Virtual Community and Support
Group by Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Patients,” in which he proposed to examine the use of social
media by LVAD patients as a virtual support system. By better understanding who is using these networks and
why, nursing may be in a better position to be able to help connect LVAD patients and to meet their needs for
social support.
Boling has worked as a staff nurse in the cardiothoracic vascular intensive care unit at UK HealthCare® since
June 2012. He also writes and reviews for Nursing Reference Center and Nursing Reference Center Plus, pointof-care information products for health care professionals published by Cinahl Information Systems, a division of
EBSCO Information Services.
Boling received his ADN in 2009 from Bluegrass Community & Technical College and his BSN from the UK
College of Nursing in 2010, and he is working toward a DNP in the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Track, also at
UK, and is expected to graduate in August 2016.
He has received numerous awards and scholarships, including the Pamela Stinson Kidd Memorial Scholarship,
the Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives DNP Scholarship and the Sima Rinku Maiti
Memorial Scholarship. He was awarded the University of Kentucky Medical Center DNP Enhancement Award
and the Saha Award for cardiovascular research and education from UK. He has several publications in peerreviewed journals and publications related to his work with the Nursing Reference Center.

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* Podium Presentations
Ruth Kleinpell, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCCM
“Promoting Evidence-based Practice and
Research: Strategies for Success, Publishing
Tips, Tricks and Techniques”
Robyn Cheung, PhD, RN
“Evidence-based Practice vs. Research”
Jill Berger, MSN, MBA, NE-BC
“Promoting Research and Evidence-based
Practice Through Collaboration and Mentoring”
Patricia K. Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN,
NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN
“Stress and Resilience of Nurses Involved in
Trauma Care”
Audrey Darville, PhD, APRN, CTTS
“Managing Nicotine Withdrawal in
Hospitalized Patients”
Kara Willet, BSN, RN, CCRN
“Evaluation of Chlorhexidine Bathing Practices
in Trauma/Surgical Intensive Care Units: A
Retrospective Chart Review”
Amanda Martin, MSN, RN
“Improving Employee Engagement in
Registered Nurses”

2014 Nursing Research
Papers Day Posters
Bryan Boling, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC, CEN
“Surviving the Unsurvivable? Recovery from
Pulmonary Hypertension”
Bryan Boling, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC, CEN
“Harlequin Syndrome as a Complication of
Epidural Anesthesia”
Cate Morgan, BSN, RN
“Early Mobility in Ventilated Patients in the
Intensive Care Unit”
Elinor Smith, BSN, RN
“CLABSI: PICC Lines and Showering: Is There
Cause for Concern?”
Majdi Rababa, MSN, AC-CNS
“Family Support and Family-based Approach
Interventions to Improve Adherence to Low
Sodium Diet: A Systematic Literature Review”
Megan Walden, BSN, RN
“Human Rights Campaign Healthcare
Equality Index Leader”
Suzanne Springate, BSN, RN, NE-BC
“From Closed Beds to ED Borders: How to
Respond in 24 Hours”

Leslie Scott, PhD, RN, PNP-BC, CDE
“Implementation of a Unique Partnership to
Meet a Healthcare System Need for Acute Care
Advanced Practice Certification”

Jamie Stephens, RN, CEN, CPEN
“Reducing Blood Culture Contamination in the
Emergency Department”

Suzanne Springate, BSN, RN, NE-BC
“Family-centered Care in the Pediatric Inpatient
Setting: A Concept Analysis”

Jennifer Parr, MSN, RN, APRN
“Examining Treatment Modalities Utilized Most
Frequently by Hospitalized Pregnant Women
With Opiate Addiction to Manage Withdrawal and
the Effectiveness of These Different Treatment

Modalities on Opiate Withdrawal: a Retrospective
Chart Review”
Jessica Johnston, BSN, RN
“An Evaluation to the Adherence of an Indwelling
Urinary Catheter Maintenance Bundle”
Jill Berger, MSN, MBA, RN, NE-BC
“Nurses’ Perceptions of Family-witnessed
Resuscitation”
Karen M. Butler, DNP, RN
Mary Kay Rayens, PhD
Kathy Begley, BA
Ellen Hahn, PhD, RN, FAAN
“Lung Cancer Worry, Perceived Risk, and
Exposure to Tobacco Smoke in the Home”
Katie Layton, BSN, RN
Amanda Wiggins, PhD
Mary Kay Rayens, PhD
Elizabeth Salt, PhD, APRN
“Evaluation of a Rheumatology Patient
Prioritization Triage System”
Linda Clements, MSN, APRN, CCNS
“The Mediator Effects of Depressive Symptoms
on the Relationship Between Family Function
and Quality of Life in Caregivers of Patients With
Heart Failure”
Elissa Johnson, BSN, BSE, RN
“Role of Glucose Control in Wound Healing for
Post-surgical Patients With Diabetes Mellitus”
Tracey Vitori, MS, MSN, M.Ed, APRN
“The Psychometric Properties of the BSI Hostility
and Anxiety Subscale in a Prison Population”

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* UK HealthCare Nurse Promotions and
Transitions to Leadership Positions

June 2013 –
June 2014

Kimberly Blanton,
MSN, MHA, RN

Rebecca Garvin,
MSN, MBA, RN-BC

Carrie Kirkpatrick,
BSN, RN, CEN, CCRN

Director for Enterprise
IPAC & Safety
Infection Prevention
and Control

Staff Development Manager
Division of Nursing Practice
Improvement

Patient Care
Manager Assistant
Cardiovascular Services

Deana Grant,
BSN, RN, CRN-C

Cheryl Knapp, BSN, RN

Laura Bruin, BSN, RN

Nurse Coordinator Clinical
Perioperative Services

Acute Dialysis Program
Manager
Acute Dialysis

Clinical Documentation
Manager
Utilization Review

Elizabeth (Dixie) Bryant,
BSN, RN, CEN

Suellen Hedger,
BSN, RN, CPN

Kathleen Kopser,
MSN, RN, NE-BC

Patient Care Manager
Emergency Services

Patient Care Manager
Kentucky Children’s Hospital

Associate Chief Nurse
Executive

Rebecca Charles,
BSN, RN

Courtney Howard,
MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC,
RNC-OB

Rebecca Kuchenbrod,
BSN, RN

Patient Care Manager
Assistant
Trauma and Acute Care
Surgical Services

Allison Copper-Willis,
BSN, RN
Patient Care Manager
Assistant
Cardiovascular Services

Katherine Daniels,
MSN, RN, CNOR
Nurse Development
Coordinator
Perioperative Services

Jill Dobias,
MSN, RN, OCN

Clinical Nurse Specialist
Maternal Services

Patricia K. Howard,
PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN,
NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN
Enterprise Director
Emergency Services

Julie Hudson,
MS, RN, CNOR

Nurse Coordinator Clinical
Perioperative Services

Pam Lane, BSN, RN
Patient Care
Manager (Interim)
Hospital Command Center

Sarah Lester,
DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Perioperative Services
Administrator
Perioperative Services

Clinical Nurse Specialist
Neuroscience Services

Patty Hughes,
DNP, RN, NE-BC

Shelly Marino,
MHA, RN, C-NPT,
NE-BC

Clinical Nurse Specialist
Oncology Services

Assistant Chief Nurse
Executive (Interim)
UK HealthCare Ambulatory
Services

Nursing Operations
Administrator (Interim)
Kentucky Children’s Hospital

Sherri Dotson,
BSN, RN

Kathy Isaacs,
PhD, RNC-NIC

Amanda Martin,
MSN, RN

Patient Care Manager
UK Good Samaritan,
Acute Care

Director of Nursing
Professional Development
Division of Nursing Practice
Improvement

Phillip Eaton,
MSN, DHSC, RN,
NE-BC, RRT
Nursing Operations
Administrator
Pulmonary Services

Tricia Kellenbarger,
MSN, RN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Clinical Decision Unit

Patient Care Manager
Assistant
Neuroscience Services

Brandy Mathews, MSN,
MHA, RN, NE-BC
Assistant Chief Nurse
Executive (Interim)
UK HealthCare Good
Samaritan

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* Leanna Smoot,
BSN, RN

Theresa Draper,
BSN, RN

Patient Care Manager
Assistant
Kentucky Children’s Hospital

Patient Care Manager Assistant
Trauma & Acute Care Services

Nurse Coordinator Clinical
Perioperative Services

Tina McCoy,
MSN, RN, C-NPT

Sue Strup,
MSN, MSEd, RN

Patient Care Manager
(Interim)
Kentucky Children’s Hospital

Nursing Career Consultant
Nurse Recruitment

Gwen Moreland,
MSN, RN, NE-BC

Robert Sutter,
BSN, RN

Michelle McClure,
MSN, RN

Assistant Chief Nurse
Executive (Interim)
Kentucky Children’s Hospital

Nurse Coordinator Clinical
Perioperative Services

Amy Norsworthy,
ADN, RN, CNOR

Christina Thomas,
BSN, RN, CNOR

Nurse Coordinator Clinical
Perioperative Services

Service Line Manager
Perioperative Services

Judith Poe,
MSN, MBA, RN, CNOR

Matilda Wright,
BSN, RN

Associate Director
Perioperative Procedural and
Central Sterile
Perioperative Services

Trauma Program Manager
Trauma and Acute Care
Services

Jessica Porter,
BA, BSN, RN, CCRN
Patient Care Manager
Assistant
Cardiovascular Services

Meredith Rice,
BSN, RN
Manager, Capacity
Management
Hospital Command Center

Jeffery Ritzler,
BSN, BA, RN, CEN
Patient Care Manager,
Emergency Services

Kristen Scalf,
BSN, RN, CPEN
Staff Development Specialist
Division of Nursing Practice
Improvement

Kathy Semones,
MSN, RN
Administrator for Capacity
Management (Interim)
Hospital Command Center

Rhonda YocumSaulsberry, BSN, RN
Patient Care Manager
Assistant
Trauma and Acute Care
Surgical Services

John Abner,
BSN, MBA, RN
Division Charge Nurse
Good Samaritan Nursing
Administration

Kimberly (Rachelle)
Brown, BSN, RN
Nurse Development
Coordinator
Perioperative Services

Marjorie Cannan,
MSN, RN
Staff Development Specialist
Division of Nursing Practice
Improvement

Melasene Cole,
MSN, RN

Stephanie Durbin,
BSN, RN, CPN
Division Charge Nurse
Kentucky Children’s Hospital

Vickie Frisby, BSN, RN
Division Charge Nurse
Obstetrics Administration

Celia Hammond,
BSN, RN, CNOR
Service Line Manager
Perioperative Services

Brittany Kanavy,
BSN, RN
Nurse Coordinator Clinical
Rapid Response Team

Tracie Lear,
MSN, APRN-FNP
Nurse Practitioner
Perioperative Anesthesia Clinic

Barilee Mattingly, ADN, RN
Nurse Coordinator Clinical
Rapid Response Team

Maureen Moore,
ADN, RN
Nurse Clinical Coordinator
Hospital Command Center

Jessica Noe, ADN, RN
Nurse Coordinator Clinical
Periopertive Services

Ashley Oney, BSN, RN
Division Charge Nurse
Emergency Services

Daniel Potter, ADN, RN
Nurse Coordinator Clinical
Perioperative Services (PACU)

Madeline Ray, BSN, RN
Division Charge Nurse
Kentucky Children’s Hospital

Heather Courtney
Thornton,
BSN, RN, PLNC
Patient Care Manager Assistant
Transition Units

Patient Care Manager
Cardiovascular Services

Spring 2015

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* Let’s
Talk
WRITTEN BY

Christina Noll
PHOTOGRAPHS BY

M. Claire Sale
Lee Thomas
Melissa Weber
Richie Wireman

Schwartz Center Rounds are providing health care professionals an
opportunity to connect and share the emotional side of caregiving.
In the hospital, rounds are an important teaching tool and ritual of
health care education and inpatient care. Professionals at every level and
every discipline are familiar with presenting the medical problems and
treatment options for a patient. Now, a new kind of rounds is making it
possible for various health care providers to connect and share thoughts
about the emotional impact of their professions.
“This provides an opportunity for a multidisciplinary team of providers to
share the emotional side of caring for patients,” says Gwen Moreland, MSN,
RN, NE-BC, a participant in Schwartz Center Rounds®. Part of the vision
of the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, Schwartz Center
Rounds operate under the mission of strengthening the caregiver-patient
relationship and reminding caregivers why they entered their profession.
“We’re all human at the core, and we all have reactions of sadness and grief
and hope and happiness,” says Joanne Matthews, DNP, APRN, PMHCNSBC and “nurse champion” for Schwartz Rounds at UK Albert B. Chandler
Hospital. “This gives us an opportunity to express those feelings, share those
feelings and find that we’re not alone in our feelings.”
Ken Schwartz, a Boston health care attorney, founded the center, a
national nonprofit organization housed at Massachusetts General
Hospital. Before Schwartz died of lung cancer at age 40, he found that
what mattered to him most as a patient were the simple acts of kindness

from his caregivers, which he said made “the unbearable bearable.” His
idea took off, and today, Schwartz Center Rounds take place at more than
350 health care facilities in 40 states and the United Kingdom.
The reason so many health care facilities and professionals are embracing
this can be traced back to why many of them chose to enter the health
care field in the first place: compassion. “As health care professionals, we
have an opportunity every day to see patients and their family members
experience the worst forms of stress and extremes in emotions,” explains
Joey Burke, MSN, RN, and nurse champion for Schwartz Center Rounds
at Kentucky Children’s Hospital. “We experience the full spectrum of
the human experience. We need to have the time and space to process the
lived experience of being so intimately involved in the lives of others.”
“Schwartz Center Rounds are totally different from other rounds,” says
Rebecca Yarrison, PhD, faculty member at the UK Program for Bioethics,
which provides administration for Schwartz Rounds.
“It’s the social and team and emotional aspects that we focus on. The
outcomes we’re hoping for are improved communication and reduced
compassion fatigue.”

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* How It Works
Schwartz Center Rounds usually focus on a specific patient situation, and
the providers form a panel to tell the story of their involvement with that
patient. A discussion between the panel and audience members follows.
The interdisciplinary makeup of the panel and audience gives greater
insight into each other’s roles and how those roles affect their views and
psychological impact of caring for the p