The community partners needs are addressed when their identified goals are

accomplished with the assistance of students. The students needs are addressed
when their learning is augmented by experiences in service (Laurent, 2010).

Northern Regional Bleeding Disorders Clinic

Kaitlyn Baldwin
Ferris State University
RN to BSN

Located in Traverse City, Michigan

The center opened in Traverse City in 1986 and serves patients from
all over upper and northern Michigan
Affiliated with Munson Medical Center
A branch of the nationally recognized Center for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), Hemophilia Treatment Centers (HTC)
The role of this agency in the community is to provide the necessary
medical care to patients who have blood discrasias, such as
hemophilia.
Provides resources for patients who have bleeding disorders and is
committed to reducing the chronic problems that are linked to the
diseases of the blood.
Kaitlyn Baldwin

RN to BSN

Utilize

funding totaling $13,500, received as a

grant from the National Hemophilia
Foundation
Assigned to undertake a nation wide project
called The Buzzy Bee distraction Kit.
140 distraction kits were distributed to the
HTCs all over the United States
The service provided non-pharmacological
interventions that nurses can utilize as
distractions from the daily needle pokes
during necessary treatments.
Kaitlyn Baldwin

Collaborative Leadership
I worked closely with the
clinics Nurse
Practitioners
Consulted with Playopolis
toy company
Consulted with Buzzy
Bee company
Negotiated costs and
shipping
Created quality kits for
patient care in HTCs

Health Care Environment

Needle pokes cause

patients to develop a fear of
needles.
This psychological response
is called Needle phobia is a
formal medical condition
affecting approximately 10%
of the world population
(Sokolowski, Giovannitti, Boynes, 2010)

Distraction helps ease the

pain response associated
with treatment.

Kaitlyn Baldwin

Professionalism
opportunity to work as a
partner in the community
and serve a vulnerable
population
examined and
demonstrated the idea of
lifelong learning and
service to support
excellence in nursing
practice

Scholarship for Practice

implemented evidenced
based research
evaluate the kits with a
post distribution survey
to assess new knowledge
and use of the distraction
kit
Based on survey results
new interventions will be
adjusted for future kits

Kaitlyn Baldwin

Theoretical Base for

Practice

Generalist Nursing
Practice

assimilated current
evidence into the practice of
nursing (FSU, 2011)
learned the process of
advocating on a national
level
The Buzzy Bee distraction
kit is now a resource for
dozens of HTCs nationwide
Utilizes cognitive-behavioral
theories to manage and
cope with pain.

Interdisciplinary approach to
making the kits to achieve
improved life for patients
who have to receive daily
pokes for treatment.
Performed and examined
current nursing practice
standards of American
Nurses Association (ANA)
and the Institute of Medicine
(IOM) competencies for
quality and safety as
frameworks for the
distraction kit.

Kaitlyn Baldwin

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2014). Hemophilia treatment centers. Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hemophilia/htc.html
Ferris State University. (2011). BSN Program Outcomes. Retrieved from
http://www.ferris.edu/colleges/alliedhe/Nursing/BSN-program-outcomes.htm
Laurent, C.P. (2010). Service learning. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing. 39(2) p. 135.
Retrieved from http://0-onlinelibrary.wiley.com.libcat.ferris.edu/doi/10.1111/j.1552-6909.2010.01102.x/pdf
Sokolowski, C.J., Giovannitti, J.A., Boynes, S.G. (2010). Needle phobia: etiology, adverse consequences, and
patient management. Dental Clinics of North America. 54(4), 731-744.

Kaitlyn Baldwin