York College graduate student Janet Shields to present poster at nursing conference

YORK, PA (02/27/2013)(readMedia)-- Janet Shields of Palmyra, a student in York College's Doctor of Nursing Practice program, will present in the Early Doctoral Poster Session at the Eastern Nursing Research Society Conference in Boston in April. She will present a poster titled "Decreasing the Incidence of Central Line Infection in Children with Short Bowel Syndrome at Home on Parenteral Nutrition." Her project focuses on using an evidence-based protocol for maintenance of central lines in the home environment, together with an educational program for parents in the Simulation Lab to help decrease hospitalizations related to central-line infections.

Located in southcentral Pennsylvania, York College offers more than 50 baccalaureate majors in professional programs, the sciences and humanities to its 4,600 undergraduate students. The College also offers master's programs in business, education and nursing, and a doctorate in nursing practice. A center of affordable academic excellence, York is dedicated to the intellectual, professional and social growth of its students. The College helps them develop a concrete plan to attain academic growth and career success; encourages them to try in the "real world" what they learn in the classroom; and prepares them to be professionals in whatever career they pursue.

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