The Best Practice Fair was held at Bethesda Hospital on September 2nd and 3th 2026. The winning posters from the event are:
🏆 1st Place: Decreasing Blood Culture Contamination Rates Through Targeted Education. Flechaus, Heather; Michel, Bruceline; Zonak, Michael; and Caldwell, Sara
🥈 2nd Place: Evaluating the Impact of Simulation and Escape Room Pedagogies on the Healthcare Team's Amniotic Fluid Embolism-related Confidence and Clinical Expertise. Pishalski, Janelle; Scholine, Monique; Gleeson, Mackenzie; Montoya, Angy; and Bermudez, Natalie
🥉 3rd Place: First Look Nurse: Enhancing Early Recognition of Critical Patients in a Community Emergency Department. Zonak, Michael; Caldwell, Sara; and Zeplin, Jennifer
🏆 Popular Vote Award: Reducing Patient Falls Through Improved Staff Education and Compliance with Fall Prevention Practices. Anders, Riley; Lynn Bush, Carol; Demarco, Emily; Escobar, Maria; Gibson, Olive; Santora, Victoria; and Woytysiak, Mary
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Reducing Patient Falls Through Improved Staff Education and Compliance with Fall Prevention Practices
Riley Anders, Carol Lynn Bush, Emily Demarco, Maria Escobar, Olive Gibson, Victoria Santora, and Mary Woytysiak
Available to BHSF community via local IP address or BHSF login.
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Improving Nurse-Led Medication Side Effect Education
Lauri Beltran, Courtney Roseberry, Angela Stewart, Juan Guanzon, My Le, and Carlye James
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Improving Maternal Outcomes Through the PROMPT Initiative
Caroline Brodi, Jennett Melendez, Gabrielle Green, Nishma Trivedi, and Darilyn Gelisanga
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Following Their Lead: Cue-Based Feeding in the NICU
Dana Desravines, Mikaela Ajayi, and Julie Quesnel
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Decreasing Blood Culture Contamination Rates Through Targeted Education
Heather Flechaus, Bruceline Michel, Michael Zonak, and Sara Caldwell
Available to BHSF community via local IP address or BHSF login.
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Maintaining Normothermia throughout the Perioperative Phase
Melinda Kaszuk, Regina Apostol-Balingit, Mariana Daniel, and Lesly Roman
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NEST: Neonatal Excellence in Supportive Therapeutic Positioning
Emma Lopez, Caitlyn Gunther, Jenny Giral, and Mariana Altauil Pineda
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Empowering Patients Through Medication Education: A Heart Hospital Performance Improvement Initiative
Kathleen Lopez, Andrea Diaz, and Jennifer Cadar
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Improving eICU Integration Into Bedside Nursing Practice
Kathleen Lopez, Courtney Tompkins, Dawn Campbell, Rebecca Moran, Sara Gentles, Andrea Diaz, Diana Gomez, Phusicha Worapachinchot, Dena LeChard, and David Knight
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Enhancing Equitable Care for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Through Implicit Bias Awareness and Education
Katherine Lurie, Dafny Amador, Traci Montgomery, Jean Murat, Lisa Nanlal, and Catherina Chang-Martinez
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Implementing Structured Leadership Rounds and Daily Sync Meetings to Improve Patient Experience
Ana Machado-Rosacker, Kevin Young, and Kristen Billings
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Project Code Ready
Esther Pierre, Cassendra Saint Pierre, Vickie Francouer, and Isemarlene Julien
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Evaluating the Impact of Simulation and Escape Room Pedagogies on the Healthcare Team’s Amniotic Fluid Embolism-related Confidence and Clinical Expertise
Janelle Pishalski, Monique Scholine, Mackenzie Gleeson, Angy Montoya, and Natalie Bermudez
Available to BHSF community via local IP address or BHSF login.
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Massive Transfusion Protocol (MTP) First and Goal: An Interdisciplinary Team Effort to Achieve MTP Objectives
Lisa Pittington and Catherina Chang-Martinez
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Reinforce the Prevention of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection Using a Systematic Approach
Ernide Pompilus, Johanne Cadet, and Rose Celian
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Exploring Nurses’ Perceptions of Laboring Patients’ Unintentional Aggression
Monique Scholine, Mackenzie Gleeson, Victoria Urman, Joan Diamond, Shannon Zalewski, and Natalie Bermudez
Available to BHSF community via local IP address or BHSF login.
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Postoperative Pain Scores Before Discharge in Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) Elderly Patients Undergoing General VS. Spinal Anesthesia
Armande Telisma, Catherina Chang Martinez, and Kevin Young
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First Look Nurse: Enhancing Early Recognition of Critical Patients in a Community Emergency Department
Michael Zonak, Sara Caldwell, and Jennifer Zeplin
Available to BHSF community via local IP address or BHSF login.