Porter Nurse Sarah Grcich to be Represented at National Nursing Conference

Sarah_GrcichPorter Health System is pleased to announce that a hospital associate’s work will be on display at Nursing Management Congress 2011. Sarah Grcich, MSN, Ed, RN, BC, and Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse will have her poster abstract entitled “Quality Improvement Intervention Results in 54% Reduction of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers” on display during the conference.

Porter bought new pressure-reduction low-air loss mattresses for some of the units in 2009,” Grcich explained. “I developed a poster that detailed the outcome of the initiative. Basically, we saw a direct connection between the new mattresses and the reduction in bed sores (pressure ulcers).”

Scheduled to be held in Las Vegas in mid-October, the Nursing Management Congress is a forum where nurses learn of alternatives and strategies for improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of nursing care. In attendance will be nursing faculty, industry executives and numerous exhibitors.


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