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Planning Committee

Mary Alexander, BS, CRNI

 

Jane H. Barnsteiner, PhD, RN, FAAN

 

Deborah Benvenuto, BS, CRNI

 

Kathleen G. Burke, PhD, RN

 

Maureen Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN, chairperson

 

Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN

 

Victoria L. Rich, PhD, RN

 

Janet L. Tomcavage, CMP

 

Center for Professional Development, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA

 

Reviewers

Jane H. Barnsteiner, PhD, RN, FAAN

 

Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA

 

Sean Clarke, PhD, RN, CRNP, CS

 

Associate Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy, Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA

 

Mary E. Foley, MS, RN

 

Associate Director, Center for Research & Innovation in Patient, Care, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

 

Ada Sue Hinshaw, PhD, RN, FAAN

 

Dean, University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI

 

Ronda G. Hughes, PhD, MHS, RN

 

Senior Health Scientist, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships, Rockville, MD

 

Kathy Ketchum, PhD, RN

 

Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL

 

Victoria L. Rich, PhD, RN

 

Chief Nursing Officer, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

 

Symposium Facilitator

Nancy Fritsche Eagan, MSW

 

Metuchen, NJ

 

Writer-Editor

Laurie Lewis

 

New York, NY

 

Participants

Christine R. Agius, MSN, RN

 

Cardiology Service, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, [email protected]

 

Mary Alexander, BS, CRNI*

 

Chief Executive Officer, Infusion, Nurses Society, Norwood, MA, [email protected]

 

Geri Amori

 

Past President, American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, Partners for Patient Safety, Chicago, IL, [email protected]

 

Jane H. Barnsteiner, PhD, RN, FAAN

 

Director of Nursing for Translational, Research, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, [email protected]

 

Deborah Benvenuto, BS, CRNI

 

Education Manager, Infusion Nurses Society, Norwood, MA, [email protected]

 

John Bond

 

Marketing Manager-Infusion Systems, Medex, Inc., Carlsbad, CA, [email protected]

 

Kathleen G. Burke, PhD, RN*

 

Director, Center for Professional, Development, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, [email protected]

 

Sean Clarke, PhD, RN, CRNP, CS

 

Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Associate Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, Philadelphia, PA, [email protected]

 

Hedy Cohen, MS, BSN

 

Vice President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Huntingdon Valley, PA, [email protected]

 

llene Corina

 

President, PULSE New York, Wantagh, NY, Cofounder, PULSE America, National Patient Safety Foundation, McLean, VA, [email protected]

 

Mark Crawford

 

Director, Concept Development, Becton, Dickinson & Co., Franklin Lakes, NJ, [email protected]

 

Beth Duthie, MA, RN

 

Director of Nursing for Education & Patient Care System, Tisch Hospital, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, [email protected]

 

Mary E. Foley, MS, RN

 

Associate Director, Center for Research & Innovation in Patient Care, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, [email protected]

 

Michael Gibney, MA, RN, CDE

 

Clinical Marketing Manager, Becton, Dickinson & Co., Franklin Lakes, NJ, [email protected]

 

Janet Y. Harris, MSN, RN, CNAA

 

National Director of Professional Services, Cardinal Health/Pyxis Products, San Diego, CA, [email protected]

 

Rodney Hicks, MSN, RN, MPA

 

Research Coordinator, Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety, U.S. Pharmacopeia, Rockville, MD, [email protected]

 

Amber Hogan

 

Government Relations and Health, Affairs, Becton, Dickinson & Co., Franklin Lakes, NJ, [email protected]

 

Ronda G. Hughes, PhD, MHS, RN

 

Senior Health Scientist, Administrator, Agency for Healthcare Quality & Research, Rockville, MD, [email protected]

 

Rita Jew, PharmD

 

Clinical Coordinator, Pharmacy, Clinical Specialist in Neonatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, [email protected]

 

Amy Karch, RN, MS, ANP

 

Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Rochester, School of Nursing, Rochester, NY, Column Coordinator, American Journal of Nursing, [email protected]

 

Bruce A. Kehr, MD

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, InforMedix, Rockville, MD, [email protected]

 

Maureen Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN

 

News Director & Special Programs, American Journal of Nursing, New York, NY, [email protected]

 

Kathy Ketchum, PhD, RN

 

Assistant Professor, Southern, Illinois University School of Nursing, Edwardsville, IL, [email protected]

 

Ellen Kinnealey, BSN, RN

 

Bedside Technology Specialist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Biomedical Engineering, Boston, MA, [email protected]

 

Ross J. Koppel, PhD

 

Department of Sociology, Principal, Investigator, Study of Hospital, Culture and Workplace Stressors on Medication Errors, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, [email protected]

 

Kathleen McCauley, PhD, RN, CS, FAAN

 

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, President, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Aliso Viejo, CA, [email protected]

 

Pam Malloy, MS, RN, OCN

 

Director of Special Projects, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC, [email protected]

 

Michael V. Marinello

 

Director, WW Public Relations, Becton, Dickinson & Co., Franklin Lakes, NJ, [email protected]

 

Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN

 

Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Nursing, New York, NY, [email protected]

 

Janet Mullan, RN, BSN, CCRN, DDS

 

Clinical Communications Manager, Baxter Healthcare Corp., Deerfield, IL, [email protected]

 

Ginnette A. Pepper, PhD, RN, FAAN*

 

Professor and Colby Presidential Endowed Chair in Gerontological Nursing, University of Utah College of Nursing, Salt Lake City, UT, [email protected]

 

Roxanne Perucca, MSN, CRNI

 

Clinical Nurse Specialist, IV Therapy, Kansas University, Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, [email protected]

 

Debra Matsen Pettit, PhD, RN

 

Advanced Practice Nurse, Research Quality and Outcomes, Management, University of Iowa, Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA, [email protected]

 

Gina Pugliese, MS, RN

 

Vice President, Safety Institute, Premier Inc.

 

Kathy Rapala, JD, RN

 

Director, Risk Management and Patient Safety, Clarian Health Partners, Indianapolis, IN, [email protected]

 

Victoria L. Rich, PhD, RN

 

Chief Nursing Officer, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, [email protected]

 

Joyce Saxton, MSN, RN, MEd, FNP

 

Professor of Nursing & Associate Chair, Los Angles Harbor College, Wilmington, CA

 

Patricia C. Seifert, MSN, RN, CNOR, CRNFA, FAAN*

 

Chair of Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, Presidential Commission on Patient, Safety and Education Coordinator, Cardiovascular Operating Room, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, VA, [email protected]

 

Kathleen Rice Simpson, PhD, RNC, FAAN

 

Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, Washington, MO, [email protected]

 

Judy Smetzer, BSN, RN,

 

Vice President, Institute for Safe, Medication Practices, Huntingdon Valley, PA, [email protected]

 

Erin Sparnon, BSE

 

Project Engineer, Health Devices Group, ECRI Plymouth Meeting, PA, [email protected]

 

Anne Swanson, MSN, RNC

 

Clinical Education Manager, Medex, Inc., Carlsbad, CA, [email protected]

 

Brian Swift, PharmD, MBA

 

Director, Jefferson Home Infusion Service, Thomas Jefferson, University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, [email protected]

 

Debra Thompson, MSN, RN

 

Team Leader, Perfecting Patient Care System, Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative, Pittsburgh, PA, [email protected]

 

Tim Vanderveen, PharmD, MS

 

Executive Clinical Director, Alaris Center for Medication Safety and Clinical Improvement, Cardinal Health, Alaris Products, San Diego, CA, [email protected]

 

Katherine Werner, MHA, RN, CRNI

 

Vice President, Professional Affairs, National Home Infusion Association, Alexandria, VA, [email protected]

 

Zane Wolf, PhD, RN, FAAN*

 

Dean and Professor of Nursing, LaSalle College School of Nursing, Chicago, IL, [email protected]

 

* Small-group facilitator [Context Link]