Preventing Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia:
From Knowing to Doing
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Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Time: 1000 PT, 1100 MT/SK, 1200 CT, 1300 ET, 1400 AT, 1430 NL
Duration: 1 hour.
This webinar is for IPAC Canada Members and Non-Members.
Slides for this webinar.
Description
The presenter will discuss the significance of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP), and describe the etiology and risk factors for HAP. She will identify updated evidence-based HAP prevention every hospital can adopt. She will also name the three (3) parts of implementation science that will move any evidence-based practice from knowing to doing.
Presenter
DR. BARBARA QUINN is a board-certified Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist and a Fellow of NACNS (National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists). She has 30 years of experience as a Registered Nurse. After 18 years at the bedside, Barbara earned her Master of Science degree in Nursing and then her Doctor of Nursing Science in 2021.
Barbara recently retired from her role as the Director of Professional Practice and Nursing Excellence for the Sutter Health System of hospitals with a focus on elevating the profession of nursing, improving outcomes, and mentoring nurses. Barb continues to educate and consult, emphasizing nurse-sensitive outcomes such as the prevention of Non-Ventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (NV-HAP).
She is a member of several professional organizations, is a frequent presenter at national professional conferences, and has co-authored several peer-reviewed publications. When she is not in the home office, Barb enjoys being outdoors on their 5-acre property in the Sierra foothills and is fostering a new chicken brood.
This session is made possible through the generous sponsorship of