Lauren M. Orfe
About Lauren M. Orfe
Titles
Senior Quality Manager
Certifications
Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB)
Awards and Honors
2019, DVANN Professional Development Award Recipient
2016, Mid-Atlantic region Nurse.com GEM Award Finalist in the Excellence in Clinical Nursing Category
Education & training
Undergraduate Degree
BSN - LaSalle University School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA
Graduate Degree
MSN, Quality, Safety, and Risk Management in Healthcare - Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
Publications
2020
Coughlin, K., Posencheg, M., Orfe, L., Zachritz, W., Meadow, J., Yang, K., Christ, L. (2020) Reducing Variation in the Management of Apnea of Prematurity in the Intensive Care Nursery. Pediatrics, 145 (2), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2019-0861
Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)
2021
Nurse-led Interdisciplinary Rounding and Real-Time Feedback Sustains CLABSI Reduction at a Large Urban Academic Medical Center. Co-Author of accepted abstract & poster presentation at the ANA Quality Conference, the ANCC Pathways to Excellence Conference, and the ANCC Magnet Conference, 2021 (Formerly the postponed QSEN Conference May 2020)
"Improving Interdisciplinary Non-Pharmacologic Care for Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Results in Decreased Length of Stay," Co-Author of accepted abstract & presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual Meeting.
2020
The Impact of Nurse Driven Rounding on CLABSI Reduction in a Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery. Co-Author of Poster presentation, 2020, NANN 36th Annual Conference, Planned to be virtually held in New Orleans, LA.