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Nursing & Health Sciences Research Journal

Editor-in-Chief

Nohemi Sadule-Rios, PhD, APRN Manager, Nursing and Health Sciences Research/Scholarly Activity Support Services, Baptist Health Academics

Editorial Board

Ana M. Viamonte Ros, MD, MPH Medical Director Palliative Care and Bioethics, Chief Well-being Officer, Baptist Health Professor, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University

Javier Jimenez-Carcamo, MD/PhD Director of Advanced Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension at South Miami Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University

John McFadden, PhD, CRNA Vice Provost for Health and Wellness, College of Health and Wellness, Barry University

Nada Wakim, PhD, RN, NE-BC Associate Chief Nurse Officer, Nursing Administration, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Tonette S. Rocco, PhD Professor and Program Leader, Adult Education and Human Resource Development Editor-in-Chief, New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, Florida International University

Zuanel Diaz, PhD Assistant Vice President of Interprofessional Education, Baptist Health Academics

Associate Editors

Arvinder Singh, PhD, APRN Nurse Scientist, Nursing and Health Sciences Research, Baptist Health Academics

Catherina Chang Martinez, PhD, MSN, APRN Nurse Scientist, Nursing and Health Sciences Research, Baptist Health Academics

Natalie Bermudez, PhD, RN, EBP-C Nurse Scientist, Nursing and Health Sciences Research, Baptist Health Academics

Stephen T. Breazeale, PhD, APRN Nurse Scientist, Nursing and Health Sciences Research, Baptist Health Academics

Yuki Asakura-Strempek, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN, OCN Nurse Scientist, Nursing and Health Sciences Research, Baptist Health Academics

Design and Copy Editor

Ana L. Santamarina, BSN, RN, Poynter ACES Editing-Certified Education Coordinator, Nursing and Health Sciences Research, Baptist Health Academics

Contributing Editors

Amanda Murphy, DNP, MSN-Ed, RN Assistant Vice President, Nursing Education, Baptist Health Academics

Avril Nimblett-Clark, MS, PA-C Assistant Professor, Academic Coordinator, Barry University PA Program

Balkys Bivins, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC Nursing Faculty, School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Miami

Corvette V. Yacoob, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC Assistant Professor of Nursing, Program Director NP/DNP Specializations, College of Health and Wellness, Barry University

Donna Shaw, EdD, MSN, RN Adjunct Professor, Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing, Nova Southeastern University

Dora Lendvai, PhD, RN Postdoctoral Nurse Fellow, Women’s Health Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System; Pain Research, Informatics, Multi-morbidities, and Education (PRIME) Center

Edwina E. Brathwaite, PhD, MSN/Ed, MS/HSA, RN-BC Director, Nursing Practice Management, Doctors Hospital, Baptist Health

Erika Dittmar, PharmD, BCPS Pharmacy Clinical Manager PGY1 Residency Program Director, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Baptist Health

Frances Ordieres Gonzalez, PharmD, CPh Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator, Department of Pharmaceutical Services, South Miami Hospital, Baptist Health

Hollie Gow, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, CCRN, PCCN, CPHQ Assistant Vice President of Nursing, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Baptist Health

James O. Adefisoye, MS Stat. Senior Research Biostatistician, AAH Academic Affairs, Advocate Aurora Research Institute, Advocate Aurora Health

Judy Bowling, PhD, MHA, MSN, NPD-BC Former Nurse Scientist, Nursing and Health Sciences Research, Baptist Health Academics

Laura O. Smith, PhD, FNP-C, RN Nurse Practitioner Specialist, Florida Department of Health Pinellas County

Linda Evans, PhD, RN Adjunct Faculty, South University

Lisa M. Grubb, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN, C/DONA, WOCnurse, CPHQ Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Faculty, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing President - elect Mid-Atlantic Region, The Society of Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses

Morgan Nestingen, PhD, APRN, AGCNS BC, NEA-BC, OCN, ONN-CG Executive Director, Navigation Program, Patient Experience Division, MD Anderson, Houston, TX, US.

Natalie A. Quesep, PharmD, BCPS Pharmacy Clinical Specialist, Doctors Hospital, Baptist Health

Radhan Gopalani, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, AACC Pharmacy Clinical Manager, PGY-2 Cardiology Pharmacy Residency Program Director, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Baptist Health

Randi Cooperman, DHSc, MCMSc, PA-C Program Director, Professor of Medical Education, Physician Assistant Program, College of Health and Wellness, Barry University

Rebecca M. Lee, DNP, CRNA Program Administrator, Associate Professor, Nurse Anesthesiology Programs, College of Health and Wellness, Barry University

Roberto L. Roman Laporte, PhD, DNP, RN, CMSRN, EBP-C Chief Innovation Officer, VitalBridge Health, Professor, International College of Health Sciences

Steve J. Rios, EdD Researcher and Senior Director, Positive Pathways, Florida Department of Children and Families, President, Rios Research and Evaluation

Tony Umadhay, PhD, CRNA, APRN Dean and Professor of Anesthesiology, College of Health and Wellness, Barry University

Victoria Y. McCue, PhD, MSN, RN,CPN Magnet Program Director, Doctors Hospital, Baptist Health

Wendy Langen, MCMSC, PA-C Associate Professor of Medical Education, Assistant Program Director, Physician Assistant Program, College of Health and Wellness, Barry University

Winifred M. Pardo, PharmD, BCPS, CPh Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Residency Program Director, Homestead Hospital, Baptist Health

Publishing Support

Devica Samsundar, MLIS, AHIP Director, Center for Research, Library & Knowledge Services, Baptist Health

Katherine A. Pittman, MLIS Supervisor Medical Librarians, Library & Knowledge Services, Center for Research, Baptist Health