University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center
College of Nursing
Center for Research and
Evidence-Based Practice
1100 N. Stonewall Ave.
Oklahoma City OK, 73013

Phone: 405-271-2087
Fax: 405-271-2842
Email:
Barbara-Holtzclaw@ouhsc.edu
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Research

Evidence-Based Practice

The Annual EBP Symposium is held at the OU College of Nursing's Tulsa campus. Information from each year's symposium will be posted below as it is available.

The 6th Annual EBP Symposium : ABSN Students

The 6th Annual EBP Symposium presented by the ABSN students was held on July 22nd, 2011.  The conference brochure and information are available below.

• 2011 EBP Symposium Proceedings Booklet (ABSN Students)

The 8th Annual EBP Symposium

The 8th Annual EBP Symposium was held on April 21, 2011. The conference brochures and powerpoint presentations from the event are available below.

OU Student Presentations

• Stop Sepsis
• Reducing Physical Restraints in the ICU
• The 'Gold Standard' of Measuring Kidney Function
• Nurse Administered Propofol
• Therapeutic Hold versus Topical Analgesics
• Strategies to Promote Evidence-Based Practice
• Effectiveness of Chest Physiotherapy versus Incentive Spirometry
• In Patient's Requiring PSA, What is the Best Practice of NPO Status to Prevent Complications?
• Substance Abuse in Pregnancy
• Evidence-Based Practice: Delirium in the ICU
• Shared Governance as an Registered Nurse Retention Strategy
• Code STEMI
• Pain Management: PCA Pump versus Nurse-Administered Medication
• Incidence of Neonatal Intracranial Hemorrhage: Forceps versus Vacuum
• Intraosseous versus Traditional Vascular Access
• Blood Draws from Peripheral Catheters
• Hot and Cold Therapy for the Treatment of Perineal Pain after Vaginal Delivery: Does Evidence Support Traditional Practice?
• Hourly Rounding: is it worth the Time?
• Keys to an Effective Shift Report

NSU Student Presentations

• Factors Influencing Electronic Documentation on the MAR in the Clinical Setting
• Utilizing Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Nursing Instruction
• Importance of Congestive Heart Failure Management in Reducing Hospital Readmissions
• Ending Horizontal Violence in the Workplace
• Making a Difference: Preventing Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections
• Joint Program
• Oral Care in the Prevention of VAP
• Sharp Safety
• The Challenges of Precepting Nurses: a Comprehensive Program
• Prevention of Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
• Asthma Management in the School Setting with Asthma Action Plans
• More Structured versus Less Structured Orientation Programs
• Evidence-Based Practice: Nosocomial Infections and Bed Baths
• Reducing Nursing Process Errors and Minimizing the Risk of Sentinel Events by Orienting Preceptors and Newly Hired Nurses to the Facility, Unit and Patient Population: an Evidence-Based Approach
• Diabetes Education and Management

Keynote and Research Presentations

• The Evidence That Supports the "Evidence"
• Tailoring Cancer Educational Modules and Goals for Comanche Nation
• Critical Factors in the Decision to Retire: Retaining Aging Faculty in Nursing Education
• Process Used to Negotiate Condom Use Among African-American Women: A Grounded Theory Study
• Adolescent Birth Mothers After Unintended Pregnancy and Infant Open Adoption
  

The 7th Annual EBP Symposium

The 7th Annual EBP Symposium was held on April 23, 2010. The conference brochures and powerpoint presentations from the event are available below.

• 2010 EBP Symposium Proceedings Booklet

Presentations

• Benefits of Continuous Lateral Rotation
• Discharge Planning in the ICU
• Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections
• Suicide Risk Assessment for the Hospitalized Patient
• Identifying pain in Cognitively Impaired Residents in Long-Term Care
• Chill Out! - Save a Brain for Later Use
• Treatment of Chest Pain in the Emergency Department
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Teaching Methods
• Beneficial Technique or Harmful Standard Practice
• Patient Education on Long-Term Indwelling Urinary Catheter Care
• An Investigation of Intradermal Anesthetics
• GFR VS. Creatinine
• Pediatric Procedural Pain
• IV Teams : To have or not to have? That is the question.
• End-of-Life Care in the ICU
• Therapeutic Hypothermia to Improve Outcomes Post OHCA
• Screening for MRSA vs. Not Screening on Admission
• From EBP to Research: Closing the Circle
• Best Practices for IV flushing: Heparin or Normal Saline?
• Prevention of Perioperative Hypothermia
• Surgical Site Infections
• Smoking Cessation Evidenced Based Practice Project
• Childhood Obesity and Nutrition
• Terminal Dehydration
• Glucometer or Lab Results?
• Diabetic Foot Ulcers Evidenced Based Practice
• Pen vs. Syringe in Insulin Therapy
• Work Interruptions and Medication Errors
• New Nursing Graduate Retention:  Programs to Increase Retention and Reduce Turnover
• Antenatal Perineal Massage
• Neonatal Outcomes Elective Induction vs. Spontaneous Onset of Labor
• Pressure Relieving Mattresses vs. Standard Hospital Mattresses
• The Comparison of Incentive Spirometry vs. Turn, Cough, and Deep Breath
• Reducing Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) in Post-Surgical Patients
• NICU Positioning
  

The 6th Annual EBP Symposium

This event was held on May 1st, 2009. Below is a list of the presentations and resources available to you from the conference.

• Manual Compression vs. Arterial Puncture Closing Devices Following Femoral Cardiac Catheterization
• Early vs. Late Tracheostomy in Neurotrauma Patients
• Do You Know the "Standard Technique" to Giving a Heparin Injection?
• Computer Driven Triage
• Prevention of Ventilator- Associated Pneumonia
• Infant Exposure to Bisphenol-A (BPA)
• Community Acquired MRSA in Children
• Family-Centered Care: Practice Change Protocol
• Best Practice for Urine Collection in Pediatric Patients
• Family Presence During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• What is the best treatment modality for smoking cessation?
• Support Surfaces for Pressure Ulcer Prevention
• Evidence-Based Practice in Geriatric Care
• Physical Activity and the Elderly
• Saline Installation Beneficial Technique or Harmful Protocol
• Pediatric Obesity - Are Diet and Exercise Enough?
• Evidence-Based Practice Related to Post-Operative Pain Management for Older Adults
• Enteral vs. Parenteral Nutrition in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis
• When to remove a surgical dressing?
• In bedridden hospitalized patient's, which is most effective in prevention of venous thromboembolism, sequential compression devices or Lovenox/Heparin?
• What is the best pain management practice for post-operative patients; patient controlled analgesia (P.C.A.) or conventional opioid analgesia?
• 2009 Proceedings Booklet