Poster Presentations

St. Louis Children’s Hospital nurses’ names are in bold.

Allen, S., Arndt, P., Looper, K., & White, J. (2024, Apr 23). Enhancing an interprofessional safety coach program to reduce patient harm [Poster]. 2025 Perspectives in Pediatrics Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Biehl, M., Geile, K., Barton, K. T., & Dandamundi, R. (2024, Apr). Beyond standard measures: Extended therapeutic plasma exchange for refractory C3 glomerulonephritis [Poster]. American Society for Apheresis Annual Meetings, Las, Vegas, NV.

Breeding, S. (2023, December 5). Does collaborative teaching and learning methods improve student outcomes? [Poster presentation]. Webster University's Mastering the Art of Nursing, St. Louis, MO, United States.

Byrd, L., Stewart, A., Niemeyer, M., Arcipowski, E., Otey, T., & Obisesan, O. (2024, Apr 3). Be prepared with a S.M.I.L.E: Enhancing inpatient glycemic management and nurse-physician communication. Barnes Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing and Sigma Tau Iota 2024 Annual Spring Research Day, St. Louis, MO.

Clark, K., Hasler, C., Watts, K., Najaf, T., & Sloan, P. (2023, October 11-13). A team sport: Multidisciplinary simulatrion improves clinician confidence in caring for patients with diaphragmatic hernia [Poster presentation]. Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Annual Symposium, Denver, CO, United States.

Connor, T. M., Tamirisa, S., Roelle, L. M., Miller, N., Orr, W. B., & Silva, J. N. A. (2023, August 27-September 1). Current assessment of global pediatric electrocardiogram reading practices [Poster presentation]. World Congress in Pediatric Cardiology, Washington DC, United States.

Donahue, K. A. (2024, Feb 28 - Mar 2). Expectations and Intentions Colliding with Reality in Breastfeeding. Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Fredman, E. S., Littell, L. M., Lariego, A. C., Orr, W. B., Conner, T. M., Miller, N., Roelle, L., Van Hare, G. F., Rohatgi, R., & Silva, J. A. (2023, March 4-6). Validating pediatric systolic & diastolic duration measurements from a digital stethoscope by comparing to transthoracic echocardiography [Poster presentation]. American College of Cardiology Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Fredrick, P., Suresh, L., & Nadler, M. (2023, October 16-17). MELD/PELD exception writing: Streamlined documentation of liver disease complications in the liver transplant evaluation note [Poster presentation]. 27th Annual Meeting, Society of Pediatric Liver Transplant, Montreal, Canada

Gaus, C., Broge, M., Basler, M., Stumpf, J., Lee, C., & Bauer Huang, S. (2024, Sept 11-14). Understanding sleep habits in families with CHD to better support life at home. Cardiac Neurodevelopment Outcomes Collaborative 12th Annual Scientific Sessions, St. Louis, MO.

Gaus, C., Kulp, B., Stumpf, J., Glatz, A., & Figueroa, M. (2024, Oct 25-26). Impact of ‘Emesis Reference Guide’ initiation for high risk infants with congenital heart disease. National Pediatric Cardiac Quality Improvement Collaborative, St. Louis, MO.

Gettemeier, J., & Perulfi, S. (2024, Oct). BJC RN Career Ladder. Barnes Jewish Hospital Research Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Hajdini, H. (2024, Apr 14-18). Pediatric emergence delirium, what it is, how to diagnose and use the PAED scale. American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses Conference, Orlando, FL.

Hajdini, H. (2024, Oct 10). Pediatric emergence delirium, what it is, how to diagnose and use the PAED scale. Illinois Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses Conference. St. Louis, MO.

Hajdini, H. (2024, Mar 18). Pediatric emergence delirium, what it is, how to diagnose and use the PAED scale. Goldfarb School of Nursing, St. Louis, MO.

Hajdini, H., Orey, T., Sanofsky, B., Guilbert, C., & Spencer, J. (2023 October 18). Implementation of the pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium scale [Poster presentation]. 16th Annual BJC Healthcare Evidence-Based Practice Conference, St. Louis, MO, United States.

Hawn, J., & Reese, C. (2024, June). Strategies to improve early recognition and treatment of severe maternal hypertension. Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Convention, Phoenix, AZ.

Hente, M., Slater, A., Bednarski, J., & Wallendorf M. (2023, February 15-18). Attaining therapeutic buulfan pharmcokenetic ranges utiling a busulfan nomogram without adverse effects on organ systems and survival: One institution's experience [Poster presentation]. 2023 Tandem Meetings - Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Meetings of American Society for Transplantion and Cellular Therapy and the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research [Hybrid], Orlando, FL, United States.

Hernandez, B., Roberts, B., Jamro-Comer, E., Kodidhi, A., Roelle, L., Miller, N., Littell, L., Silva, J. R., Ybarra, A. M., Van Hare, G., Silva, J. N. A. & Orr, W. B. (2023, March 4-6). Validity of Polar Ignite's® estimated VO2max compared to traditional cardiopulmonary exercise testing in health & Fontan pediatric patients [Poster presentation]. American College of Cardiology (ACC) Conference, New Orleans, LA, United States.

Hock, R., Rozier, M., Cole, C., Backowski, J., & Rasp, P. (2024, Feb 25-28). Transitioning pediatric patients to adult healthcare post solid organ transplant. National Alliance of Transplant Coordinators Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.

Housten, AJ., Eggers, M., Bjornard, K., Dixon, S., Hoefgen, HR., Hoffman, A., Omurtag, K., Sandheinrich, T., & Woodard, T. (2024, Nov 11-13). “I think it was informative, navigable, and easy to understand”: User-testing an oncofertility decision support website for adolescents and parents. 16th Annual Oncofertility Consortium Conference, Detroit, MI.

Iler, C. M., Backowski, J., Bastardi, H., Boyle, C., Brickler, M., Buesking, C., Daneman, S., Gambetta, K., Ha, L., Huston, A. M., Sinicropi, N., White, R., & Deshpande, S. (2023, April 19-22). Non-HLA antibodies: The state of current practice in pediatric heart transplant [Poster presentation]. International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Denver, CO, United States

Johansen, W., & Massman, C. (2023, March 22-25). Implementation of a standardized transition for pediatric patients enrolled into a home-based hospital/palliative care program [Poster presentation]. American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Annual Assembly 2023, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Kerley, L., & Knoedelseder Wolfe, K. (2024, Mar 10-14). Educational curriculum development for nurse practitioners in the pediatric intensive care unit - A pilot study. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners National Conference on Pediatric Health, Denver, CO.

Kerley, L., Knoedelseder Wolfe, K., & Weyhrich, S. (2024, Mar 20-14). Longitudinal simulation and procedural skills curriculum for pediatric critical care nurse practitioners. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Conference, Denver, CO.

Kerley, L., & Knoedelseder Wolfe, K. (2024, Mar 10-14). Nurse practitioner onboarding in the pediatric intensive care unit. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Conference, Denver, CO.

Klein, A., Haynes, D., Hepler, I., Pet, G., & Lahart, A. (2024, Oct 28-30). Multidisciplinary small baby team and updated golden hour guideline improves the admission process in the NICU. Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium, Denver, CO.

Kleinschmidt, A., Arcipowski, E., Korenblat-Hanin, M., Webster, C., Quirin, K., Haycraft, A., & Moore, C. (2024, Feb 23-16). FLOURISH: A randomized control trial comparing the effects of post discharge phone calls for pediatric asthma patients on parental asthma self efficacy, ED visits, and follow-up visit attendance. NAHQ Next, virtual.

Kleinschmidt, A., Senior, M., Arcipowski, E., Korenblat-Hanin, M., Webster, C., Ercole, P., Gyr, P., Quirin, K., Haycraft, A., Moore, C., Broeder, J., & Steurer, L. (2024, Feb 25). FLOURISH: A randomized control trial comparing the effects of post discharge phone calls for pediatric asthma patients on parental asthma self efficacy, ED visits, and follow-up visit attendance. 2024 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology: AAAAI Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

Lane, M., & Simmons, L. (2023, April 27). Contemporary care model [Poster presentation]. St. Louis Children's Hospital's Perspectives in Pediatrics Conference, St. Louis, MO, United States.

Liu, YA., Barton, KT., Geile, K., Fredrick, P., Foiles, H., Dharnidharka, V., & Dandamudi, R. (2024, Apr). Efficacy of therapeutic plasma exchange for antibody-medicated rejection in pediatric kidney transplant. American Society for Apheresis Annual Meetings, Las Vegas, NV.

Malone, R., von Brecht, K., Jones, S., Murray, L., Cluster, A., Jackstadt, A., and Willis, D. N. (2023, May 10-13). Use of failure modes and effect analysis for consent and enrollment in pediatric clinical trials [Poster presentation]. 2023 American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Conference, Fort Worth, TX, United States.

Malone, R., & Willis, D. N. (2024, May). A quality improvement initiative harnessing the electronic medical record to reduce blood bank order errors. American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Conference, Seattle, WA.

Mann, J., Diller, C., Cleveland, M., & Handley, M. (2024, Nov 15). A pulse check: Evolution of the pediatric cardiac ICU advanced practice provider education, training and practice. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society, San Diego, CA.

Mann, J., Straveski, S., Schutes, B., & Figueroa, M. (2024, Nov 15). Multi-modal approach to delirium screening in a cardiac intensive care unit: Use of an educational tool to improve team confidence and compliance. Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society, San Diego, CA.

Marion, C., & Montano, C. (2024, Sept 27-29). Cost-savings through collaboration: Transforming critical care RNs and RTs into ECMO specialists. Extracorporeal Life Support Organization National Conference, Detroit, MI.

Marion, C. (2024, Mar 12). Improving the continual competency process across a health system. Partners in Quality, Oklahoma City, OK.

Mayersohn, G., Esses, S., Hurley, K., Rozier, M., Shinn, L., Margherio, S., & Perulfi, S. (2023, March 30-April 2). Creation of and staff acceptability of standardized caregiver/patient-team expectation agreements [Poster presentation]. Society of Pediatric Psychology's Annual Conference 2023, Chicago, IL, United States.

Meadows, L., Ewing, K., Nelson, R., Lam, W., & Ditto, N. (2023, October 24). Adapting the system of care for immigrant communities [Poster presentation]. Public Health at WashU Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, United States.

Mayfield, A., Ostlund, Z. Z., McCauley, H., Reese, J., Johnson, C., Largent, C., Hambrick, R., Kouanchao, K., Saggio, T. S., & Estes, S. L. (2024, Oct 9-12). Mitigating workplace violence: A systematic review of behavioral response teams in healthcare settings across the United States. Annual Conference of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Louisville, KY.

Miller, N., Meng, C., Pompa, AG., Roelle, L., Conner, T., Orr, WB., & Avari Silva, J. N. (2024 Apr 6-8). Use of digital health technologies in peri-procedural pediatric cardiac ablation. American College of Cardiology, Atlanta, GA.

Miller, N., Roelle, L., Mayersohn, G., Conner, T., Pompa, A., Orr, W. B., & Silva, J. (2024, Apr 6-8). Mindfulness based stress reduction program in teenage patients with a cardiac implanted electronic device. American College of Cardiology, Atlanta, GA.

Mokshagundam, D., Backowski, J., Rasp, P., Bonura, E., Hahn, L. G., Ybarra, A. M., Scheel, J., & Canter, C. (2023, April 29-22). Use of donor-derived cell-free DNA for rejection surveillance in pediatric heart transplant patients undergoing treatment for post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder: A pilot study [Poster presentation]. International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Denver, CO, United States.

Niedbalski, A., Colt, K., Watts, K., Denton, S., Linck, D., Daughrity, L., Garrison, B., Riley, M., Wheeler, C., & Arndt, P. (2024, Oct 27-30). Interdisciplinary approach to CLABSI reduction in the neonatal intensive care unit. Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Conference.

Niedbalski, A., Colt, K., Watts, K., Denton, S., Linck, D. (2024, Apr 23). Interdisciplinary approach to CLABSI reduction in the neonatal intensive care unit. Perspectives in Pediatrics Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Pohlmann, M., Arcipowski, E., & Mohrmann, C. (2024, Mar 1). Synesthesia rates within the field of nursing. 2024 Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Reese, C., Cooley, A., & Stone, B. (2024, Oct). Strategies to improve ED to inpatient throughput. 2024 Magnet Pathway Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Rich, K., Koetting, C., Schaller, E., Esses, S., & Mayersohn, G. (2023, March 25-28). Family mentorship program in pediatric organ transplant population: A quality improvement project [Poster presentation]. 12th Congress of the International Pediatric Transplant Association, Austin, TX, United States.

Sandheinrich, T., Hayashi, R. J., Felts, K., LaFetres, E., Chaba, C., & Mohrmann, C. (2023, June 15-17). Pursuit of fertility preservation procedures for the adolescent and young adult cancer survivor [Poster presentation]. International Symposium on Late Complications After Childhood Cancer, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Sandheinrich, T., Schultz, K., Hayashi, R.J., & Hoefgen, H. (2023, June 15-17). Process improvement to increase rates of sperm-banking in adolescents and young adult patients newly diagnosed with cancer [Poster presentation]. International Symposium on Late Complications After Childhood Cancer, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Sandheinrich, T., Schultz, K., Hayashi, R.J., & Hoefgen, H. (2023, November 6-8). Process improvement to increase rates of sperm-banking in adolescent and young adults newly diagnosed with cancer [Poster presentation]. 15th Annual Conference of the Oncofertility Consortium, Pittburgh, PA, United States.

Shinn, L., Dandamudi, R., Ciccia, E. Barton, K., Hughey, M., Nadler, M., Eliopoulos, E., Perulfi, S., Esses, S., & Margherio, S. (2023, April 11-14). Strategies to optimize transplant referral readiness and increase referrals: An interdisciplinary approach [Poster presentation]. National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting, Austin, TX, United States.

Shinn, L., Fredrick, P., Eliopoulos, E., Rich, K., Foiles, H., House, A., Koenig, N., Dharnidharka, V., Dandamundi, R., Stoll, J., & Kulkarni, S. (2024, May 7-9). Strategies for improving influenza vaccination rates in pediatric transplant recipients. Transplant Management Forum, Louisville, KY.

Shinn, L., Fredrick, P., Eliopoulos, E., Rich, K., Lorsbach, H., House, A., Koenig, N., Dharnidharka, V., Dandamudi, R., Stoll, J., & Kulkarni, S. (2023, April 27). Strategies for improving vaccination rates in pediatric transplant recipients [Poster presentation]. St. Louis Children's Hospital's Perspectives in Pediatrics Conference, St. Louis, MO, United States.

Shinn, L., Miller, B., Gosch, K., Dandamudi, R., Dharnidharka, V., Mayersohn, G., Eliopoulos, E., Fredrick, P. (2023, March 25-28). The implementation process for an electronic pre-visit planning tool: A pediatric kidney transplant quality improvement project [Poster presentation]. 12th Congress of the International Pediatric Transplant Association, Austin, TX, United States.

Shinn, L., Miller, B., Gosch, K., Dandamudi, R., Dharnidarka, V., Mayersohn, G. Rich, K., Eliopoulos, E., & Fredrick, P. (2023, June). The implementation process for an electronic pre-visit planning tool: A pediatric kidney transplant quality improvement project. American Transplant Congress, San Diego, CA.

Shutes, B., Mann, J., Staveski, S. and the PC4 Delirium Investigator Team. (2023, April 28-30). Identifying and screening for pediatric delirium in the cardiac intensive care unit: Provider education intervention [Virtual poster presentation]. Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium and Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative Conference, Toronto, Canada.

Smith, J., Katz, J., Myers, G., Distler, A., Julian, S., McNerney, K., Rao, R., & Arbelaez, A. (2024, Apr 19). Incidence, risk factors, and short-term outcomes of hyperinsulinism in small for gestational age premature infants. 2024 Pediatric Research Retreat, St. Louis, MO.

Srinvas, M., Gettinger, K., Wang, T., Lewis, M., Malone, R. A., Frater, J., & Willis, D. (2023, May 10-13). Improving the quality of pediatric bone marrow biopsies: A quality improvement initiative [Poster presentation]. 2023 American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Conference, Fort Worth, TX, United States.

Staub, M., Meinzen, L., Taylor, L., Watts, K., Hepler, I., Rao, R., & Riley, M. (2023, November 11-13). Improving timely discharges with early car seat tolerance testing [Poster presentation]. Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Annual Symposium, Denver, CO, United States.

Suresh, L., Fredrick, P., & Nadler, M. (2024, Apr 23). Transplant core nurses: An adjunct to the traditional multidisciplinary transplant discharge education. Perspectives in Pediatrics Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Suresh, L., Fredrick, P., & Nadler, M. (2024, Oct). MELD/PELD exception writing: Streamlined documentation of liver disease complications in the liver transplant evaluation note. Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Suresh, L., Nadler, M., & Fredrick, P. (2023, October 16-17). The transplant core nurse: An adjunct to traditional multidisciplinary transplant discharge education [Poster presentation]. Society of Pediatric Liver Transplant, Montreal, Canada.

Veile, J., & Waldroup, A. (2024, Apr 23). Diabetes Boot Camp. Perspectives in Pediatrics Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Wheeler, C., Arndt, P., Watts, K., Hanna, J., & Lahart, A. (2023, March 3). NICU Direct: A new process to return all NICU patients directly to the NICU from the OR post-operatively [Poster presentation]. 2023 BJC Patient Safety and Quality Symposium, St. Louis, MO, United States.

Wren, J., Clark, K., Azlambochi, A., & Najaf, T. (2023, October 11). Utilizing a point of care ultrasound program in a large tertiary NICU to improve central line monitoring and central placement [Poster presentation]. Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium Annual Symposium, Denver, CO, United States.