2008 Meeting
Washington, DC | Saturday June 7
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Marriott Wardman Park * Washington, D.C.

AGENDA

5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Networking & Hors D'oeuvers

5:30 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.
Welcome & Membership Meeting
Mary Ellen Murray, Ph.D., R.N.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
IRGNI Chair

5:50 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Updates on RWJF's Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI)
Mary Naylor, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Program Director
INQRI

6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Paper Presentations

Medical and Surgical Residents' Perspectives on Collaboration and Coordination with Nurses
Dana Weinberg, Ph.D.
Queens College, CUNY

Eliminating Bloodstream Infections: Influences of Nurse Turnover and Teamwork Activities
David Thompson, D.NSc., M.S., R.N.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Nursing

What is the Union Wage Premium for RNs?
Joanne Spetz, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco

Validation of Failure to Rescue Cases: Clinical Trajectory of Complication Related Episode of Care
AkkeNeel Talsma, Ph.D., R.N.
University of Michigan

Poster Presentation

New Investigator Award:
The effect of communication on nursing practice environments
Milisa Manojlovich, Ph.D., R.N., C.C.R.N.
University of Michigan

8:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Networking

Meeting Sponsored in part by:

• American Nurses Association
• Indiana University
• Kansas University School of Nursing National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI)
• The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing