AMSN is excited to offer a resource for members of AMSN in order to share highlights from the annual convention. "REAL Briefs™," are one-page session summaries from some of the lectures at the annual convention. Each link below opens to an Acrobat (.pdf) file, which is a "REAL Brief," to read and/or download. At the bottom of each page is a link to the full session in the AMSN Online Library. "REAL" stands for Rapid Education Abridged Lecture. REAL Briefs Annual Menu 2018 2017 2016 2015 A Paradigm Shift for IV Push Safety, Presented by Maureen Burger, MSN, RN, CPHQ, FACHE Beyond Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: The New Era of Competence in Nursing, Presented by Cheri Constantino-Shor, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CRNI Creating Excellence in Inpatient Diabetes Management: Diabetes Management Mentor’s Contributions to Quality Outcomes, Presented by Mary Beth Modic, DNP, APRN-CNS, CDE Developing A New Nursing Team while Building a Positive Culture without Any Current Staff, Presented by Kathy S. Fisher, MBA, BSN, RN, CNML Elevating Skin Injury Prevention: Team Applications, Presented by Margaret Ecklund, MS, RN, CCRN-K, ACNP-BC Implementation of an Electronic Handoff Report: A Quality Improvement Project, Presented by Angelica Ahonen, DNP, RN, CMSRN, NE-BC Sustaining Evidence-Based Practice: Clustered Assignments – A New Care Delivery Model, Presented by Barbara Potts, MS, MEd, RN, APRN-CNS, ACCNS-AG; Laura Droll, MS, RN, NE-BC; Caitlin Wears, BSN, RN-BC; and Laura Buzenski, BSN, RN-BC The Lost Population: Treating Alcohol Withdrawal in the Acute Care Inpatient Population, Presented by Traci Ashcraft, BSN, RN-BC Who Is at Risk for Failure to Rescue? A Medical-Surgical Nurse’s Dilemma, Presented by Sandra Siedlecki, PhD, RN Browse all content from the 2018 Annual Convention in the AMSN Online Library. Building a Culture of Safety: No Heroes Allowed, Presented by Cheri Constantino-Shor, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CRNI Chronic Complications of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), Presented by Cindy Ward, DNP, RN-BC, CMSRN, ACNS-BC Elevating Skin Injury Prevention: Team Applications, Presented by Margaret Ecklund, MS, RN, CCRN-K, ACNP-BC Getting the Biggest Bang for Your Buck: Reducing Readmissions While Providing Best Practices to Your COPD Patients' , Presented by Pamela Garrett, MN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, CMSRN Improving Patient Alert Mechanisms: An Academic-Practice Partnership Project, Presented by Tyler Sturdivant, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, SCRN Innovations in Fall Prevention: Beyond the Fall Bundle, Presented by Norma McNair, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAHA New Drug Update and Ways to Prevent Errors during Transitions of Care, Presented by Marlea Wellein, PharmD, BCPS Trauma Patients on Med-Surg, Presented by Jennifer Serfin, MD Browse all content from the 2017 Annual Convention in the AMSN Online Library. An Innovative Way to Teach Patients about the Care of Their Continent Urinary Diversions, Presented by Deborah Solomon, MSN, RN, ACNS, BC and Diane Cleary, BSN, RN, CMSRN, NE-C Don’t Get Cooked by the Pressure of Healthcare, Presented by Debra Kahnen, BSN, RN, CMSRN and Bethlyn Gerard, NCQA, PCMH-CCE, HTCP, CPA, LMT Effects of Nurse-Physician Collaborative Rounding , Presented by Wendy Sullivan, RN and Cynthia Ward, DNP, RN-BC, CMSRN, ACNS-BC Legal Implications of Documentation, Presented by Barbara Oberg Hansen, MS, RN, LNCC, CPHRM The New #1 Hospital-Acquired Infection and How to Prevent It, Presented by Dian Baker, PhD, APRN-BC and Barbara Quinn, RN, MSN, ACNS-BC What Will Medical-Surgical Nursing in Your Organization Look Like in 2020? A Game Plan to Assure It Successfully Transitions and Flourishes!, Presented by Catherine Morrow, BSN, RN and Mary Jean Potylycki, MSN, RN-BC Writing for Publication, Presented by Dottie Roberts, EdD, MSN, MACI, RN, OCNS-C, CMSRN, CNE Browse all content from the 2016 Annual Convention in the AMSN Online Library. Acute Stroke: Assessing and Treating to Optimize Outcomes, Presented by Hsiong Chen, MD Arthroplasty Update: A Review of Total Joints, Presented by Dottie Roberts, MSN, MACI, RN, CMSRN, OCNS-C, CNE Clinical Leadership: A Call to Action, Presented by Cecelia Gatson Grindel, PhD, CMSRN, FAAN Health Literacy: What It Is and What It Means for You and Your Patients, Presented by Jill Patricia Brown, BSN, RN Impact of the Implementation of a Nurse-Driven Mobility Protocol on an Inpatient Med-Surg Unit, Presented by Sandy Gandee, RN, ACNS-BC, and Cristiane Fukuda, RN-C, ANP-BC Mind Over Bladder: Skills for Management of Common Urologic Complications, Presented by Traci Brackin, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CWOCN, CFCN Mind the Gap: Navigating the Underground World of DKA, Presented by Christina Canfield, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN-E Stepping Up to SCIP: Meeting Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) Metrics in Step-Down Post-Operative Cardiac Surgery Blood Glucose Management, Presented by Kelly A. Haight, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, PCCN Browse all content from the 2015 Annual Convention in the AMSN Online Library. Printer-friendly version