presenter at conference
Inova Loudoun Hospital clinical mentor Aurora Braman, BSN, RN, RNC-MNN, NPD-BC, presents a poster entitled "Adapting a phased model to postpartum nurse orientation" at the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses conference.

Members of Inova Loudoun Hospital’s nursing team take part in the system-wide research and evidence-based practice program. Each year, Inova Loudoun Hospital is proud of our nurses’ involvement and contributions.

We support the Vizient nurse residency program and the numerous, inspirational and innovative evidence-based practice projects developed by our nurse residents. Additionally, we support and facilitate the initiatives of other registered nurses on our campus who are undertaking evidence-based projects and research.

Inova nurses undertaking research projects have access to world-class support resources including:

 

  • Librarians in Inova Fairfax Hospital’s Health Sciences Library
  • Inova’s grants management office
  • Many research and evidence-based practice templates
  • The privilege of working collaboratively with other healthcare institutions

Posters, presentations and publications

Below is a sample of Inova Loudoun Hospital’s research and evidence-based practice posters, podium presentations and published articles. Efforts contribute to systematically improving patient care, reducing errors, and enhancing the integrity and excellence of all healthcare interactions.

Nipple dependability

2024 Synova Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Leadership Conference
Anna Haynes, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC, IBCLC; Rubina Ali-Ahmed, BSN, RNC-NIC; Hayley Godwin, BSN, RNC-NIC; Deborah Kotin, MS, CCC-SLP, BCSS, CEIM

Reducing opioid use through ERAC
2024 Virginia Magnet Consortium spring meeting
Lani Brown, MSN, RN, IBCLC; Tomeka Brown-Rolle, MSN, RNC-MNN; Chandra Burnside, MSN, RN, IBCLC, CNL; Kris Hematti, MSN, RN, RNC-MNN, NE-BC; Brittany Motter, MSN, RN, RNC-MNN, RNC-LRN, IBCLC, C-ONQS; Jaimee Robinson, MSN, RN, EBP-C, NPD-BC, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS

De-implementation of a best practice: chlorhexidine oral care in the ICU

2024 Virginia Magnet Consortium spring meeting
Amanda Golino, DNP, APRN, CCR, CCNS, PMGT-BC, TCRN; Sophia Pan, DNP, CNS, ACCNS-AG, CCRN

Obstetrical emergencies for EMS providers
2024 Northern Virginia EMS Symposium
Jaimee Robinson, MSN, RN, EBP-C, NPD-BC, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS

2024 Inova Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Symposium
Deimplementation of a best practice: chlorhexidine oral care in ICU patients
Amanda Golino, DNP, APRN, CCR, CCNS, PMGT-BC, TCRN

2024 American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery annual meeting
Tongue tied: a multidisciplinary approach to unraveling ankyloglossia
Jennifer Straub, BSN, RN, IBCLC

2024 Northern Virginia EMS Symposium
Obstetrical emergencies
Jaimee Robinson, MSN, RN, EBP-C, NPD-BC, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS

2024 Inova Loudoun Innovation Conference
Mammha screening NICU depression tool
Christina Lloyd, MSN, RN, RNC-NIC

14th Annual American Delirium Society Conference
Improving nursing assessment using the Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS) and Confusion Assessment Method – Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU) tools
Amanda Golino, DNP, APRN, CCR, CCNS, PMGT-BC, TCRN

2024 Inova Implementation Science Symposium
Pioneering implementation science: learning from each other and beyond
Johanna Emory, BSN, RN, CPEN, TCRN, CEN

Wood EB, Brown A, Douglas CS, Lawrence J, Wotherspoon Z, Gollenberg A. (2024). Engaging emergency nurses in strategies to address the social determinants of health. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 50(1), 145–152.

Yearwood K, Wood E, Schoem L, Swengros D, Desilvis-Sapsford D, Jenkins K, Brown A, Stanger D, Schwindt L, Golino A, Lyons S, Gollenberg AL. (January 2024). Testing interventions to address bias about patients with opioid use disorder in the emergency department. Journal of emergency nursing, 50(1), 135-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2023.09.008.

Lawrence J, Emory J, Sousa S, Thompson D, Jenkins K, Bettencourt AP, McLaughlin MK, Russell-Babin K. (2024). Applying Implementation Science - Implementing the Brøset Violence Checklist in the ED. American Journal of Nursing, 124(7),52-60.

Motter B. (2024). An evidence-based practice project to provide standardized education on skin-to-skin contact and neonatal hypoglycemia. Nursing for Women's Health, 28(1), 58-65.

research poster
Inova Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice Symposium poster, created by critical care team members
colleagues at conference
Members of Inova Loudoun Hospital’s nursing team attend the 2024 Magnet conference in New Orleans
colleagues at conference
Inova Loudoun Hospital nursing team members attend the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition in Denver