Poster of Distinction Award

Every day, nurses ask critical questions that can change a patient’s outcome and influence practice guidelines. Share your experience and findings through an abstract submission for the APGNN annual meeting! Abstracts can highlight Quality Improvement (QI), Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), or clinical research. Abstracts are blindly reviewed and scored through the APGNN and NASPGHAN Research Committees. Those with the highest score(s) receive Poster of Distinction status for which the recipient (s) will receive $1000 plus the ability to present at the conference.

* Note that the 2020 listing was provided to support virtual NASPGHAN annual meeting in lieu of Poster of Distinction.

2023 Poster of Distinction Recipient

The Role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist: Assisting an Inpatient Pediatric Gastroenterology Team to Improve Patient Outcomes

**Amy Kuzmich, MS, CNS, CPNP-PC**
UC Davis Children's Hospital

2022 Poster of Distinction Recipient

Nurse Administered FibroScan Successfully Implemented During Ambulatory Clinic Visit

**Annette McCoy, BSN, RN**
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO

2021 Poster of Distinction Recipients

Improving Multidisciplinary Education for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

**Caitlin Dolan, MS, RN, APRN, FNP-BC**
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA

Root Cause Analysis of Ambulatory Central-Line Associated Blood Stream Infections in Home Parenteral Nutrition Patients

**Jennifer McClelland, BSN, MS, RN, FNP-BC**
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA

2020 Abbott Scholarship Award Winners*

Cow's Milk Protein Enteropathy in a 12-Year-Old

**Rosemary J. Pauley, APRN**
***Clinical Practice***
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Omaha, NE

*Undergraduate: Creighton University*

Graduate: Creighton University

Clinical Interests: General GI, allergy, microbiome

Deterrents to Using the School Toilet to Defecate

**Lisa P Philichi, ARNP, MN, RN, CPNP**
Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital
Tacoma, WA

Ambulatory Pediatric GI Nursing: Disaster Preparedness: Expansion of Digital Platforms to Improve Patient Outcomes

**Clinton T. Smith, RN, BSN**
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora , CO

Anxiety, Emotional and Bored Eating, Physical Activity, and Poor Sleep in Children with Obesity: A Rapid-Cycle Quality Improvement Response Within a Rapidly Evolving Pandemic

**Goldie Wolkowitz Markowtiz, MSN, CPNP-PC**
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA

2019 Poster of Distinction Recipients

Implementation of Standardized Dosing for Vitamin D Supplementation Achieved Normal Serum Vitamin D Levels in Cholestatic Biliary Atresia Patients 2 Years of Age and Younger

A Quality Improvement Initiative: Use of Telemedicine Visits for Post-Operative Follow-up After Enteral Tube Placement

**Julia Perkins, MSN, RN, CPNP**
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA

Transition Readiness in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

**Tiffany Alicia Smith, RN, MSN, BSN**
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO

2018 Poster of Distinction Recipients

Unsedated Transnasal Endoscopy in Children: Improving Efficiency

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Action Plan: Educating Patients and Families to Recognize and Take Action for Flare Symptoms

**Jamie L. Stevenson, BSN**
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

The Effectiveness of Methylprednisolone as Premedication in Preventing Infusion Reactions to Infliximab

**Maggie Zeng, MSN, FNP-BC**
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Detroit, MI