NURSING RIGHT NOW WINTER 2020 DECREASING HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS WITH WILDCARDS COMING TOGETHER TO COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS ADDRESSING THE APPROACH MENTAL, PROVIDING OPTIMAL NURSING SHORTAGE MEDICAL CARE CARE AND EDUCATION WITH A RECRUITER’S HOLISTICALLY OPPORTUNITIES MINDSET Nursing Right Now is published annually by UK HealthCare INSIDE Nursing and the UK College of Nursing. Editor Coordinator Ashley Tabb Jennifer Wirtz BEHAVIORAL AND MEDICAL CARE 18 Writers Publication Designer MEET IN THE MIDDLE Kim Klimek Emilee Stites Mental and medical health care are not mutually Kristin Baird Rattini exclusive, and they can no longer be treated Adrienne Sylver Photography independently. Integrative, multidisciplinary care Shaun Ring Seth Applegate and continuing nursing education are key. PARTNERSHIPS POWER CARE AND 24 The University of Kentucky is committed to a policy of TRAINING PROGRAMS providing opportunities to people regardless of economic Collaborative efforts are breaking the barriers to or social status and will not discriminate on the basis of helping low-income patients and those suffering race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, creed, religion, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, from substance use disorder, as well as ensuring veteran status, or physical disability. nurses stay up to date with evidence-based training. UK HealthCare is UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital; WILDCARDS PROVIDE A SAFETY NET Kentucky Children’s Hospital; UK Good Samaritan Hospital; 28 Decreasing rates of the four most common Markey Cancer Center; Gill Heart & Vascular Institute; hospital-acquired infections, and preventing Kentucky Neuroscience Institute; and the clinical activities of the UK Colleges of Dentistry, Health Sciences, Medicine, serious patient injury, increased costs and Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health. We are firmly and greater lengths of stay with a simple, evidence- unequivocally committed to providing high-quality, safe, based checklist. patient-centered care to each and every patient. Our quality data can be viewed at www.ukhealthcare.uky. edu/quality/home. FOCUSING ON RECRUITMENT TO ADDRESS 34 THE NURSING SHORTAGE From pre-degree to postgraduate education, UK nurses have continuous support and encouragement to ensure they feel prepared and confident every step of the way. 1 Nursing Right Now 315 College of Nursing Bldg. 800 Rose St. Lexington, KY 40536 Lexington, KY 40536 2 Promotions and Transitions (859) 323-5108 (800) 233-5851 3 In Memoriam 4 Publications, Posters and Presentations 10 28th Annual Nursing Research Papers Day @UKYCON, @UKHealthCare 11 Nursing Hall of Fame 12 Lexington Black Nurses Association @ukynursing, @uk_healthcare 14 Spotlight: Margaret Plymale 16 Spotlight: Joshua Saleeby @ukynursing, @ukhealthcare 38 RN to BSN: By the Numbers 40 2019 Nurses Week Awards www.uky.edu/nursing, www.ukhealthcare.uky.edu Nursing Right Now | 1 NURSING RIGHT NOW From left: Janie Heath, Gwen Moreland and Colleen Swartz. provide evidence-based care and lead best-practice integration. Our longstanding academic-clinical partnership has garnered a strong reputation in the ways we work collaboratively to support value-based care and recruit students into dynamic programs, such as the LPN-BSN and accelerated BSN options. Within these pages, we will share our ongoing work to meet needs regarding communication, recruitment, retention and higher education to support the workforce. We will further highlight our commitment to “no patient harm,” and emphasize the evolving needs to meet behavioral health standards across the care continuum. While change is on the horizon, UK HealthCare and the CON are working diligently to fuel innovation and uphold our highest standard of care for “every patient, Dear Colleagues, every time.” It has been an honor to serve as the chief nurse executive and chief administrative officer, and I This year marks a special milestone for UK HealthCare® look forward to witnessing our partnership grow and and the UK College of Nursing – a year during which we thrive for years to come. Please enjoy reading about our will honor our legacy of excellence while continuing to journey and all the amazing work we do to bring the push the needle forward and make transitions reflective best nursing practice to life. of the ever-evolving nursing profession. For our publication’s 10th anniversary, we are pleased to unveil Sincerely, “Nursing Right Now” – formerly known as “InStep” – with a refreshed look that highlights our collective momentum toward a more contemporary, progressive practice in the community and beyond. Colleen Swartz, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC In my new role as vice president of hospital Vice President of Hospital Operations, UK HealthCare operations, I look forward to proudly serving the community and bringing my nursing experience to the table in a different capacity. Gwen Moreland, DNP, MSN, RN, has taken over as chief nurse executive. I am thrilled Gwen Moreland, DNP, RN, NE-BC to see Dr. Moreland – also a CON alumna – take this next Chief Nurse Executive, UK HealthCare step from previously serving as assistant chief nurse executive for Kentucky Children’s Hospital. Our nurses and their patients could not be in better hands. As our patient populations and their clinical Janie Heath, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN, FNAP, FAANP needs grow in complexity, so too do our academic Dean and Warwick Professor of Nursing, UK College and clinical programs in order to ensure our nurses of Nursing 2 | UK HealthCare & UK College of Nursing Nancy Maggard 2018 PROMOTIONS MSN, RN Patient Family AND TRANSITIONS Services Manager Anna Adams Jennifer Forman Marc Manley BSN, RN BSN, RN MSN, RN Patient Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Patient Care Manager Manager Assistant Rachel Bentley Lynn Gentry Amanda Martin MSN, RN BSN, RN DN P, R N Staff Development Patient Care Patient Care Manager Specialist Manager Assistant Amber Cantrell Marco Gomez Tonja Maynard BSN, RN MSN, RN BSN, RN Patient Care Staff Development Preop/Postoperative Manager Assistant Specialist Manager Stephanie Carry Benjamin Hughes Matthew Proud MSN, RN MSN, RN DNP, RN, CEN Patient Care Manager Nursing Operations Nursing Operations Administrator Administrator Keegan Chase Eydie Johnson Sherry Rosenacker BSN, RN BSN, RN MSN, RN Patient Care Patient Care Perioperative Manager Assistant Manager Assistant Services Director Patricia Darnell Sherry Kopser Joan Scales BSN, RN BSN, RN LCSW, OSW-C Patient Care Patient Care Manager Psych-Oncology Manager Assistant Program Director Julie Derringer Amanda Lykins Ronald Simpson MSN, RN MSN, RN BSN, RN Staff Development Clinical Nurse Specialist Patient Care Manager Specialist Nursing Right Now | 3 Elinor Smith NOT PICTURED: MSN, RN Staff Development Brandi Adams Specialist MSN, RN Enterprise Dialysis Operation Manager Kristen Stacy MSN, RN Barbara Latham Clinical Nurse Specialist BSN, RN Process Improvement Specialist Farrah Taylor MSN, RN Patient & Family Education Specialist IN MEMORIAM Lisa Thornsberry Jennifer “Jen” Chapman passed away in July 2018 MSN, RN after a sudden cancer diagnosis. A nurse manager in Academic Service Line obstetrics/gynecology at Good Samaritan Hospital, she Nursing Director touched many lives in and out of work with her positivity, compassion and carefree spirit. An active member of her community, Jennifer loved being with her children, family Julia Walton and friends. She inspired so many with her joy and grace, BSN, RN the legacy of which lives on through all who knew her. Patient Care Manager Assistant Abena Anane (Hilda Aduboahene Anane) passed away unexpectedly in March 2019. She was a strong, God-fearing Jennifer Watkins nurse who always had something to smile and laugh about. MSN, RN She was a delight to work with, and she always used her Academic Service faith to guide her in her patient care. At the time of her Line Nursing Manager passing, Abena had been a registered nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital for five years and was working to obtain her doctorate of nursing practice at the University of Marc Woods Louisville, which awarded her the degree posthumously. BSN, RN Assistant Chief Nurse Clay C. Pagan died unexpectedly at his home in May Executive for Behavioral 2018, survived by his wife and two children. A nurse in Health and Eastern the cardiovascular intensive care unit and emergency State Hospital department, Clay was a founding member of the American Men in Nursing Organization and had recently completed Nathaniel Wright his masters in psychiatric nursing, preparing to work in BSN, RN Veterans Affairs. He previously served in the U.S. Navy, Patient Care completing two tours of duty in the Persian Gulf, during Manager Assistant which time he developed a passion for surfing, triathlons and half-marathons. 4 | UK HealthCare & UK College of Nursing 2018 PUBLICATIONS, POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS Maria L. Gomez, DrPH, MPH; Sheri Setser-Legg, MS, RD, PUBLICATIONS Laura Hieronymus, DNP, MLDE, LD, MLDE, CDE; and Laura MSEd, RN, BC-ADM, FAADE, CDE; Hieronymus, DNP, MLDE, MSEd, Charles T. Harris, MD; Brittney M. Kristen B. Ashford, PhD, APRN, RN, BC-ADM, FAADE, CDE, “Type Dudley, MD; Daniel Davenport, WHNP-BC, FAAN; Janine M. 1 diabetes and the very-low- PhD; Jacob Higgins, BSN, RN, Barnett, BSN, MSN; and Theresa carbohydrate diet (VLCD): What CCRN-K; Lisa Fryman, DNP, RN, A. Renn, “Linking postpartum and you need to know [News & Tools],” NEA-BC; and Andrew Bernard, parenting women with a National Practical Diabetology Online. MD, “Use of Plasma-Based Trauma Diabetes