2021 Annual Conference Posters
IdentificationGLI01Preparing the Next Generation of Leaders in Gerontological Nursing: Over the past decade, GAPNA’s influence has increased on endorsing standard of care practices and health care policy that improves healthcare for older adults…Speakers
Nikki Davis, DNP, FNP-C, GNP-BC, ACHPNBrittany Mlazovsky, MSN, APRN, CNP
IdentificationGLI02Preparing the Next Generation of Leaders in Gerontological Nursing: Over the past decade, GAPNA’s influence has increased on endorsing standard of care practices and health care policy that improves healthcare for older adults…Speaker
Nina Ganesh Nandish, AGPCNP-BC
IdentificationGLI03Preparing the Next Generation of Leaders in Gerontological Nursing: Over the past decade, GAPNA’s influence has increased on endorsing standard of care practices and health care policy that improves healthcare for older adults…Speaker
Juliana Watts, NP- IdentificationGLI04Preparing the Next Generation of Leaders in Gerontological Nursing: Over the past decade, GAPNA’s influence has increased on endorsing standard of care practices and health care policy that improves healthcare for older adults…
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Megan Pratt, DNP, APRN-BC, GS-CNurse Practitioner, University of Nevada, Reno - IdentificationNon-NCPD01Purpose: To present findings from panel discussions with healthcare professionals who participated in virtual interviews regarding the diagnosis and treatment of tardive dyskinesia (TD) in real-world clinical settings…
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Autumn Roque, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC 
IdentificationP01Background: The blind stick technique for obtaining intravascular (IV) access often renders multiple unsuccessful attempts by nurses which lead to delays in medication administration, unsatisfied patients, and physician intervention likely ending with unnecessary central venous lines (CVLs) for dif…Speaker
Somali Nguyen, DNP, CRNP, AGACNP-BCInstructor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
IdentificationP02The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID 19) pandemic has changed the landscape of how we care for our vulnerable elderly. Institutionalized elderly residents of nursing facilities bare a disproportionate burden with a higher number of deaths in the very old, greater than 80 years…Speakers
Cynthia Jacobs, AAPRN, AGNP-CElizabeth Vandevelde, ANP-C
IdentificationP03The purpose of this case study was to develop a collaborative, multimodal, multidisciplinary treatment plan for peristomal pyoderma gangrenosum patients and to evaluate the efficacy of the plan…Speaker
Ruth A. Pendergrast, MSN, RN, AGPCNP-C
IdentificationP04Background: Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States; a person dies every 37 seconds from heart disease or 1 in every 4 deaths posing a population health risk for heart attack and stroke…Speakers
Lisa M. McCusker, DNP, APRN, FNP-CKimberly Couch, DNP, CNM, FNP-BC
IdentificationP05Background: Inappropriate polypharmacy is dangerous and disproportionately affects older adults, causing 1.3 million emergency departments within the United States every year. Formal medication reviews have been shown to reduce the prevalence and severity of this problem…Speaker
Jessica Smith, BSN, RN, CCRN-CMC- IdentificationP06Purpose: A strong association between stress due to loneliness and sleep problems has been reported. Social interactions when patients are hospitalized for weeks or longer may decrease or be limited…
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Hector Castillo, BSN, RN 
IdentificationP07Affecting 6.1 million people, atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk for stroke five-fold and heart failure three-fold, causes significant morbidity and mortality, and is the leading arrhythmogenic cause for hospitalization…Speakers
Lindsay Howard, MSN, RN, AGPCNP-BCMadeleine Oster, MSN, MBA, AGPCNP-BC, CCDSJoshua Thornsberry, MSN, ANP-BCMichele Talley, PhD, ACNP-BC, FAANP, FNAPAssociate Professor and Interim Associate Dean, University of Alabama at Birmingham
IdentificationP08Evidence-based guidelines: An estimated 15.7% of adults aged 60 and older are at risk to becoming a victim of elder abuse and its prevalence transcends all socioeconomic, ethnic, race and gender domains…Speaker
Natalie Baker, DNP, ANP-BC, GNP-BC, CNE, GS-C, FAANP, FAANProfessor of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham
IdentificationP09The Center for Healthy Aging applied to age-friendly health system (AFHS) in 2019 with the intention of advancing the level of geriatric care in our clinic through the adoption of 4Ms of AFHS. Prior to applying to participate in AFHS, we assumed that our geriatric care was complete…Speaker
Maureen Beck, DNP, APRN, GNP-BCAssistant Professor, McGovern Medical School
IdentificationP10Aim: The aim of the pilot study was to train primary care clinic staff to identify and address medication nonadherence among minority patients in a low-income urban community, thereby improving patient adherence through enhanced provider-patient communication…Speaker
Valerie Gruss, PhD, APRN, GNP-BC, FAAN
