The Best Practice Fair was held at Bethesda Hospital on September 3rd and 4th 2025. The winning posters from the event are:
🏆 1st Place: Improving Pressure Injury Prevention Through a Multimodal Approach Courtney Roseberry, Mykerlange Amilcar, Sandria Jamieson, Angela Creary, Kettia Antoine, Tori Hatch
🥈 2nd Place: Improving Length of Stay for Patients on an Observation Unit Through Enhanced Communication Tools Celia Deleo, Karen Yap, Oblee Frankson, Maria Escobar, Olive Gibson, Jessica Ramos, Natalia Flores
🥉 3rd Place: Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury Prevention (HAPI) on Orthopedic Unit: 220+ Days of Success Carlye James, Kayla Samuels, Angela Stewart, Lauri Beltran, Vanessa Lennon
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Improving Length of Stay for Patient on an Observation Unit Through Enhanced Communication Tools
Celia De Leo; Karen Yap BSN, RN; Oblee O. Frankson MSN, RN, CCRN; Maria Escobar; Olive Gibson; Jessica Ramos; and Natalia Flores
Available to BHSF community via local IP address or BHSF login.
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Improving Patient Experience in the Observation Unit: A Multimodal Performance Improvement Initiative
Madalyn Dickson; Olive Gibson BSN, RN; Maria O. Escobar MSN, RN, CCRN; Ardril McInnis; Alicia Gilliard; Carol Bush; Natalia Flores; and Elisabeth M. Bernabe
Available to BHSF community via local IP address or BHSF login.
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Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance in the Postpartum Unit: A Multimodal Performance Improvement Initiative
Darilyn Gelisanga; Gabrielle. M. Green BSN, RN, CWS; and Nishma O. Trivedi MSN, RN, CCRN
Available to BHSF community via local IP address or BHSF login.
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Retrospectively Examining the Probability of Acute Skin Failure among Hospitalized Patients with Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries
Tori Hatch; Jeanine M. Salamone BSN, RN, CWS; Claire O. McMillan MSN, RN, CCRN; Pierna F. Vaughner BSN, RN; and Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C
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Enhancing IV Fluid Administration Safety in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Kimberly Hulsey
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Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury Prevention (HAPI) on Orthopedic Unit: 220+ Days of Success
Carlye James; Kayla Samuels BSN, RN; Angela O. Stewart MSN, RN, CCRN; Lauri Beltran; and Vanessa N. Lennon
Available to BHSF community via local IP address or BHSF login.
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Improving Perceptions of OR Prep Efficiency: A Surgical Services Performance Improvement Initiative
Melinda Kaszuk, Mariana Daniel, and Regina Apostol Balingit
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Dangers of Surgical Smoke in the OR
Jacqueline Longmore and Sarah Christensen BSN, RN
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Small but Mighty: A NICU Waste Management Initiative with Monumental Financial Impact
Emma Lopez, Caitlyn Gunther, and Mikaela Ajayi
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Empowering Patients Through Medication Education: A Heart Hospital Performance Improvement Initiative
Kathleen G. Lopez; Andrea Diaz BSN, RN; and Jennifer O. Cader MSN, RN, CCRN
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Using Simulation to Increase Nurses' Knowledge and Skills with Emergency Bedside Re-sternotomies
Kathleen G. Lopez; Trish O’Brien BSN, RN; Colleen O. Buchholz MSN, RN, CCRN; Courtney Tompkins; Taylor Carranza; Sara Gentles; Dana Orfinger; Kimberly M. Thomas; Amanda Camarano; Lauren Lang; Miriam Caban; Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C; and Tracey Fisher
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Exploring Intensive Care Registered Nurses’ Perceptions of the Family Support Person during Family-Witnessed Resuscitation
Carmen Petersen BSN, RN; Martha O. Morales MSN, RN, CCRN; and Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C
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Malignant Hyperthermia Escape Room: Body on Fire
Lisa Pittington
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Improving Pressure Injury Prevention Through A Multimodal Approach
Courtney Roseberry; Mykerlange Amilcar BSN, RN; Sandria O. Jamieson MSN, RN, CCRN; Angela Creary; Kettia Antoine; and Tori Hatch
Available to BHSF community via local IP address or BHSF login.
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Development and Implementation of a Robust Escalation Process for Telemetry Monitoring-related Events
Courtney Roseberry; Elisabeth Bernabe BSN, RN; Peggy O. Benenati MSN, RN, CCRN; and Natalie O. Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C
Available to BHSF community via local IP address or BHSF login.
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Improving Staff Responsiveness and Hourly Rounding effectiveness to Enhance Patient Satisfaction on a Surgical Orthopedic/Neuro Unit
Sherley Salomon; Courtney Roseberry BSN, RN; Lauri O. Beltran MSN, RN, CCRN; Angela O. Stewart MSN, RN, CCRN; and Julissa Bembry
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The Effect of Simulation on Nurses’ Knowledge, Skills, and Confidence with Providing Post-Fetal Death Support to Bereaved Parents
Monique Scholine; Donna Davis BSN, RN; Shannon O. Zalewski MSN, RN, CCRN; Sandria Jamieson; Kettia Antoine; Nicole Adokou; Kristi Vargo; Erin M. Franklin; and Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C
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Improve Likelihood to Recommend East ED
Nicole Sidaway
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