SPN AWARD WINNERS 2020
Excellence in Clinical Practice Award
This award recognizes a staff nurse who has made a significant
contribution to the care of children and their families.
Teresa Davis, RN
Cone Health
Excellence in Education Award
This award recognizes a nurse who has made a significant
contribution to pediatric nursing as an educator.
Linda Roney, CPN, CPEN
Fairfield University Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies
Excellence in Clinical Scholarship Award
This award recognizes a hospital, unit, group or agency that has contributed
significantly to the well-being and health care of children and their families
through the consistent application of scholarship in clinical practice.
Batten Disease program
CHOC Children’s Hospital
Barbara Larson Humanitarian Award
The Barbara A. Larson Humanitarian Award is named in memory of a long-time SPN member,
officer and pediatric nurse who made a significantimpact on the health
and well-being of children around the world.
Michelle Dozier, RN, MSN, CPN
Cook Children's Medical Center
SPN Poster Award Winners
Clinical Practice
Just ASQ: Defining the Process for Suicide Screening in a Children’s Hospital
Ashley Arehart, MSN, RN, CPN; Bobbie Hildreth, BSN, RN, CPN
Oregon Health & Science University
Education
Establishing a Standardized Pediatric Code Blue Training Utilizing Simulation
Olivia Keenan, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CPN, CCRN
The University of Kansas Health System
Evidence-based Practice
Guideline Development and Practice Implementation of Breast Milk for Oral Care in a Neonatal and Infant Critical-Care Unit
Jennifer M Flores, MSN, RNC-NIC, CLC
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Quality Improvement
Creating an Intermediate Float Pool to Meet the Demands of Rising Acuity
Andrea Marie Correia, MSN, RN, PHN, CPN, CNL
Children's Hospital of Orange County
Leadership and Management
Developing a Culture of Kindness on a Pediatric Inpatient Unit: A Direct Response to Lateral Violence and Incivility in Nursing
Sherryann St. Pierre, MSN, RN, CPN, CNL
The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital
Research
The use of combination phototherapy compared with dual phototherapy blankets in the treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
Stephanie Wiegert, RN
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Corrine Barnes Research Grant Recipients
Cultural Care Needs of Spanish Speaking Parents with Limited English Proficiency Whose Children Are Hospitalized: An Ethnonursing Study
Jennifer Stephen MSN, RN, CPN, PhD in Nursing Student
Duquesne University
Cultural Influences Related to Childhood Obesity in Burmese Youth in the Southeast US
Rebecca E. Chatham MSN, RN, PhD student, University of Tennessee at
Knoxville College of Nursing
Thank you to the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB) for sponsoring the SPN Plug In and Grow Virtual Education