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The Wrap - Nursing Poster Day 2026

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A PIC securement device cut dislodgement rates by 90%.

1. The Wrap by Michigan Medicine Headlines focuses on Nursing Poster Day 2026 and the practical details around the event at UMHS. 2. Dan Elman and Jeremy Fallis host the episode from the Department of Communication, and guests Becky, Lakeisha Benn, and Shara explain their nursing roles. 3. The episode asks what Nursing Poster Day is for, who can participate, and what nurses gain from presenting or attending. 4. Becky says Poster Day is part of Nurses Week and lets UMHS nurses showcase research, clinical innovations, and evidence-based practice work. 5. The hosts note that the event will be in Towsley Lobby on May 7 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with the kickoff hour in Sheldon Auditorium. 6. Lakeisha says the kickoff celebrates the practicing nurse evidence-based practice fellows, who will open the day with podium presentations. 7. Becky explains that the Nursing Michigan Poster Day Task Force is currently seeking poster abstracts for the celebration. 8. She says poster authors can stand by their posters, mingle, network, and share work with colleagues across the health system. 9. Becky also says selected presenters may give a 10-minute podium presentation about their project during Poster Day. 10. The guests describe Poster Day as a place where nurses can learn what other units are doing and connect similar projects across UMHS. 11. Lakeisha says she first presented at Nursing Poster Day as a fellow and learned that sharing work can reveal similar efforts in other units. 12. Shara says her poster focused on decreasing PIC dislodgement, and the team implemented a PIC securement device for adult patients. 13. She says that work decreased the dislodgement rate by 90%, and the device was adopted into standard of care. 14. Becky says her project created TracheTrail, a standardized discharge process for adult patients with new tracheostomies. 15. She says the pathway launched on 8D and is still used there, with occasional use on 4B and 6A. 16. Becky says TracheTrail reduced length of stay by 80% or 63%, reduced return visits to the ER within 24 hours, and led to video vignettes and a possible YouTube launch. 17. Lakeisha says the experience can feel overwhelming at first, but focusing on one task at a time makes the process manageable. 18. The conversation stays conversational and reflective, with the hosts prompting personal examples, practical logistics, and spring-themed light talk about poonchkis. 19. Nurses working on quality improvement, evidence-based practice, or poster presentations would get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners who want a clinical story without nursing-focused logistics may skip it.

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A practical look at how nursing poster work turns bedside ideas into safer care.

Nursing Poster Day offers a practical look at how poster work can surface quality and safety ideas and carry them into everyday care. Two examples do most of the heavy lifting: a PIC securement project that cut dislodgements by 90%, and a tracheostomy discharge pathway,…

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