SESSION
Halls C & D (Indiana Convention Center)
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Halls C & D (Indiana Convention Center)
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Maternal-Child Health Nursing Leadership Academy Poster Presentations
 A Systems Approach to Discharge Planning for Complex Neuroscience Patients
Maura MacPhee, RN, PhD, Mary Poyner Reed, RN, MSN, CNRN, ANP, Kathleen Callahan, RN, MS, Mary O'Connor, RN, Jennifer McCrave, RN, BSN, CNRN, Susan McNamara, RN, MS, PNP, Lisa Duffy, RN, MS, CNRN, PNP
 An Optimal Transitional Care Concept: BABY FIRST
Robin Basnett Evans, RN, MSN, Diana J. Reiser, RN, MSN
 Blazing a Trail: Testing an Intervention Strategy with Preschoolers “at Risk” for Later Life Overweight/Obesity
Leigh Small, PhD, RN, CPNP, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN, Dianne Morrison-Beedy, PhD, RN, WHNP, FNAP, Anne Strasser, RN, MS, PNP, Lisa Spath, MS, RN
 Building a Nursing Research Infrastructure
Kathleen M. DiGaudio, DNS, RN/PNP, Linda Eschberger, -RN, BSN, Ann Woloszyn, RN, BSN, Patricia Volker, RN, BSN, Linda Caley, PhD, RN
 CenteringPregnancy™ in Englewood:Improving maternal-child health through community partnerships
Carrie Klima, CNM, PhD, Karla Nacion, CNM, PhD
 Clinical Coaching of Nurses: A Positive Retention Tool
Rachel Ann Kuzmich, BSN, RNC, Anita Wong, BSN, MBA, RN
 Healthy Mom Healthy Baby
Marie Tancona, RNC, MSM, Marianne Di Stefano, RNC, BSN, MSN
 Implementation of Online Documentation in Labor & Delivery, Benefits and Challenges
Patricia A. Heale, MSN, RNC, Virginia Prout, MSN, RN
 Improving Breastfeeding Outcomes in the Seperated Maternal-Fetal Dyad
Marie M. Essex, MSN, APN
 In House Perinatal Project
Beverley Buchinski, RN, BSN, MA(c), Melanie Basso, RN, BSN, MSN, PNC, (c)
 Leadership in Providing Early Prenatal Care in Rural West Texas Clinics
Nancy A. Johnson, RN, C, MSN, WHNP, Debra L. McCullough, RN, MSN, FNP
 Mother-Baby Togetherness Project
Jeyachandra Pillay, RN, BSN, (C), Melanie Basso, RN, BSN, MSN, PNC, (c)
 Nurses Supporting Parental Child Attachment in Pediatric Critical Care
Karen Maureen LeComte, RN, BSN
 Partnership with a Neighborhood Community Center for Obesity Prevention in Preschool Children
Julia Snethen, PhD, RN, Rachel F. Schiffman, PhD, RN, FAAN
 Promoting Healthy Eating & Activity in Preschool Children at Head Start
Theresa Skybo, PhD, RN, CPNP, Mary M. Gottesman, RN, PhD
 Support and Satisfaction Promote Breastfeeding Longevity
Gail Katz, RN, MSN, IBCLC, LCCE, Lisa Miklush, RN, MSN, CNS

Sigma Theta Tau International
38th Biennial Convention - Leadership Sessions
November 15, 2005
Indianapolis, IN