Outstanding Orthopaedic Nurse Practice Award

Outstanding Contribution to NAON

Katie Pierson

Distinguished Service to NAON

Brigitte Failner

Nan Hilt Writers Award

Melinda Mock

Nan Hilt Research Writers Award

Lisa King

2013 NAON Congress Poster Winners

* Clinical Practice

[black small square] 1st Place: CP 23 Implementation of a Multimodal Pain Management Regimen in the Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Patients

Lisa Refuerzo, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC

Lianne Teruya, MSN, RN, CNS

Michelle Anne Alina Martires, BSN, RN

[black small square] 2nd Place: CP 40 Reducing Surgical Site Infection Rates Among Total Joint Replacement Patients

Norlina Delavega, BSN

Carmen Arambula, MSN, RN, CNL

[black small square] 3rd Place: CP37 To Bleed or Not To Bleed

Tara Stauffacher, RN-BSN, ONC

Ila Shultz, BS-BC, RN, ONC

Mary Ryan, RN-BC

* Education

[black small square] 1st Place: E11 University of California San Diego Medical Center (UCSD), 8th Floor Nurses: 70% ONC Rate: Sharing Success Story

Eleanor Yusi, BSN, RN, MPH, ONC

Nelissa Reyes, BSN, RN, ONC

[black small square] 2nd Place: E7 Pre-Screening Tactics: Our Multidisciplinary Defense Against MRSA

Carole Inman, BSN, CMSRN, ONC

Janice Delapaz, BSN, RN, ONC

[black small square] 3rd Place: E19 Creating an "I Can Do" Attitude Towards Orthopaedic Nurse Certification

Cindy Sanford, BS, RN, ONC

Janie Best, DNP, RN, CNL, ACNS-BC

* Leadership

[black small square] 1st Place: L9 Improving Patient Care on an Orthopaedic Unit by Implementing Hourly Rounding

Susan Lilly, BSN, RN, ONC

Cheryl Eklund, BSN, RN

Heidi Enderson, BSN, RN, ONC

[black small square] 2nd Place: L14 Dramatic Fall Reduction Achieved Through the Development and Implementation of a Unit-based Fall Prevention Champion Team

Rebecca Byrne, MSN, RN, FNP-BC

Mercy Badu-Nkansah, BSN, RN, III-BC

[black small square] 3rd Place: L19 Development of an Employee Engagement Committee to Foster an Engaged Workforce in the Orthopaedic PACU Setting

Lani Blanco, MA, RN

Ianina Suponitsky, BSN, RN

* Research

[black small square] 1st Place: R11 Blood Transfusion Practice in the Elective Total Joint Replacement (TJR) Patient: A Research Study

Ileana Bonfante, MSN, ARNP, ACNP-BC

Olushola Alaka, ARNP

[black small square] 2nd Place: R4 Total Joint Replacement (TJR) Preoperative Patient Class and Its Impact on Inpatient Length of Stay

Janette Denny, MSN, RN, CNL, ONC

Kimberly Jones, BSN, RN

[black small square] 3rd Place: R10 Implementing a Bowel Program for Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Patients

Linda Linari, BSN, RN, ONC