1. Congratulations to our poster
winners!
APNA 24th Annual Conference
October 13-16, 2010

2. Research Category
First Place – Tie!
12. Falls Study in a Inpatient Acute Psychiatry Unit
Elizabeth Braendel, RN, MS, MSN
37. Diabetes Knowledge and Caregiving Experiences among
Family Members of People with Schizophrenia and
Diabetes Mellitus
Peggy El-Mallakh, PhD, RN; Brittany Evans, BA

5. Research Category
Second Place
120. Patterns of Healing in Boys who Experience
human being Bullied: Findings from a
Phenomenological Study
Danny Willis, DNS, PMHCNS-BC

7. Education Category
First Place
104. A Community Mental Health Clinical Project to
Promote Mental Health, Engage Undergraduate
Students and Serve the Community
Ruth Staten, PhD, ARNP-CS, PMHCNS-BC;
Joanne Matthews, MSN, PMHCNS-BC;
Leslie Beebe, MSN; Bettye Cheves, MSN;
Jeanne Rohr, BSN

9. Education Category
Second Place
102. Igniting Passions: Examining Social Justice
Issues in an Undergraduate Mental Health Nursing
Course
Joyce Shea, DNSc, APRN, PMHCNS-BC

11. Practice Category
First Place
15. A Structured Format to Evaluate Evidence for
Applying Psychiatric Nursing to Non-Psychiatric
Settings: Unit-Based Journal Clubs
Martha (Marti) Buffum, DNSc, RN,
PMHCNS-BC

13. Practice Category
Second Place
60. Reducing Restraint Use Through Patient-
Centered Care Interventions in the Acute
Psychiatric Milieu
David Karcher, BA, RN-BC

15. Student Category
First Place
33. Alcoholic Denial: A Concept Analysis and
Pursuit of a Theoretical Definition
Lisa Domenico, RN, BSN

17. Student Category
Second Place
45. On-line Evaluation of a Multidrug-resistant
Organisms Educational Program: Does Your
Behavioral Health Hospital Measure Up?
Sandy Hannon-Engel, PhD(c), RN, CS