| Saturday, 22 July 2006: 8:15 AM-9:45 AM | |||
| Initiatives in the Acute Care Setting | |||
| A Study to Assess the Effect of Preoperative Instructions and Therapeutic Touch on Postoperative Recovery Measures of Patients Undergoing Elective Abdominal Surgery Nirmal Kaur, MSc, MA | |||
| Best Practice Interventions for the Reduction of Sternal Wound Infections in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients Vickie Hettenbaugh, RN, BSN, MS | |||
| Violence in Healthcare: Impact on the Nursing Community Dianne Ditmer, PhD, RN, DABFN, SANE-A, Jennifer Malek, MSN, CS, APRN, BC | |||
| The Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Nurse Specialists Research Task Force's Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice Programs in Response to the Identification of Common Patient Problems, Level of Preparation and Adequacy of Resources Patricia Connors, RNC, MS, WHNP | |||