Submissions from 2026
Ready to Soar with a CAUTI Reduction Passport, Obed Anne Marie Bello PhD, RN, EBP-C
Safety Without Sitters: Redefining Patient Monitoring in PCU, Obed Anne Marie Bello PhD, RN, EBP-C
Assessment of Time to Analgesia and Sedation Post-Intubation in the Emergency Department Following an Interdisciplinary Educational Initiative, Stephen Bueno, Erika Dittmar, Thomas J. Wolfel, Ismael Arias, and Javier Sanchez
Tenecteplase in Extended Window Wake-Up Stroke Scenarios: A Case Series, Stephen Bueno, Erika Dittmar, Thomas J. Wolfel, Mina Rizk, and Jonathan Kline
Back to the future, Justin P. Cagulada
PACED Model: Re-engineering Workflows, Reducing Nurse Burden, Justin P. Cagulada
Symbiotic Scaling: Exchanging Capacity for Competency to Accelerate Expansion Simulation, Justin P. Cagulada
Healing at the Cellular Level: Enhancing Transplant Efficacy through Supportive Interventions, Annette Caravia
Increasing Certification Rates in an Inpatient Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit: A Peer-to-Peer Mentorship Model for Certification Success, Annette Caravia
"Road to Recovery": A Visual Representation of a Blood & Marrow Transplant (BMT) Patient's Progression to Successful Post-Transplant Outcomes, Annette Caravia
Advancing Provision of Services for Febrile Neutropenia, Shelli Anne Marie Chernesky
Use of a Real-Time Dashboard Fosters Communication and Improves OncolNursing Performance with Pain Assessment and Reassessment, Shelli Anne Marie Chernesky
Advancing Provision of Services for Febrile Neutropenia, Shelli Anne Marie Chernesky, Cristhian Alegria, Lee J. Amaya, Orlando Betancourt, Patricia Estrada, Nell Mayendia Blanco, Maura Poleon, and Alexander Walbert
Well-Being for Novice Nurses with the Powerful Feeling of Belonging through Mentorship, Shelli Anne Marie Chernesky; Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C; and Diane S. Kramer
Spiritual Coping with a Ceremony of Hope for Hematopoietic Transplant Patients, Shelli Anne Marie Chernesky; Anna Diaz; Stefano Caccavale; Mirian Soler; Liuvys Zaldivar; Ruben Ramos; Felipe Zuluaga; Jan V. Roy; Serge Lopes; Sammy Alvero; Richert Manjarres; and Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C
Use of a Near Real-Time Dashboard Fosters Communication and Improves Clinical Nursing Performance with Pain Assessment/Reassessment, Shelli Anne Marie Chernesky, Yaribey Lopez, Courtney Willard, Shivani Kovvuri, Cara Santos, Claudia Alvarez, Annette Caravia, Lourdes M. Talavera, and Catherine A. Zilberberg
Elevating patient comfort and wellbeing: How using lavender aromatherapy can improve patient care in oncological patients, Carolyn P. Cros, Catherina Chang Martinez, Samantha Altamirano, and Shelli Anne Marie Chernesky
Effects of Lavender Aromatherapy on Oncology Patients Perception of Well-being and Comfort, Carolyn P. Cros, Shelli Anne Marie Chernesky, and Catherina Maria Chang Martinez
Healing at the Cellular Level: Enhancing Transplant Efficacy through Supportive Interventions, Anna Diaz, Shelli Chernesky, Felipe Zuluaga, Stefano Caccavale, Aileen Barcelo, Susana Salgado, Mirian Soler, Natalie Bermudez, Ruben Ramos, and Jan V. Roy
Expanding Norepinephrine Use in a Progressive Care Unit (PCU) to Enhance Critical Care Capacity and Nursing Skill Development, Liliana P. Estevez, Hollie Gow, Diana Maria Lopez, Naomi Rosa, Jennifer Prieto, Adriana Roque, Christina Alonso, and Tazmarie Paddyfoot
Interdisciplinary Training to Advance Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Care, Dayana Kowalski, Hollie Gow, Maidelin Villate Gonzalez, Ima Altidor, Javier Perez-Fernandez, Arlene Torres, Ricardo Queiro, and Martin MacKechnie
Expanding Open-Heart Care: Retention and Results, Dayana Kowalski, Hollie Gow, Maidelin Villate Gonzalez, Ricardo Queiro, Javier Perez-Fernandez, and Arlene Torres
Hospital Acquired Conditions Reduction Initiative in the ICU, Dayana Kowalski, Maidelin Villate Gonzalez, Hollie Gow, Javier Perez-Fernandez, Arlene Torres, Christina Anteen, and Harold Girado
From Bedside to Benchmark: Nurse-Driven Communication for Higher HCAHPS, Diane S. Kramer, Lourdes C. Castaneda, Karina D'Amato, and Jennifer Fleites
Safe Implementation of SEEG in the ICU: a Multidisciplinary Case Study in Medically Refractory Epilepsy, Ismaray Machin, Dayana Kowalski, Hollie Gow, Maidelin Villate Gonzalez, Javier Perez-Fernandez, Arlene Torres, and Karel Fuentes
Fostering a Sense of Belonging through Mentorship Improves Nurse Retention, Mayela Anne Marie Monzon; Cecilia Eslick; Shelli Anne Marie Chernesky; Liuvys Zaldivar; Felipe Zuluaga; Stefano Caccavale; Flor Treminio; Ruben V. Ramos; Diane S. Kramer; Lisa Rothen; and Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C
Educational Review of Arterial Embolization for Knee Osteoarthritis: GAE and Beyond, Alan Anne Marie Moshir, Angel Gonzalez Saez, Parnavi Anne Marie Singh, Joshua Baker, Ekramul Gofur, Raul Herrera, Gina Landinez, and Brian V. Schiro
Exploring the Effect of a Nurse-Led Wound Care Team on Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries in a South Florida Acute Care Hospital, Lisandra Anne Marie Santos PhD, RN, EBP-C
Recognizing Skin Failure: A Nursing Case Study in a Patient with Multiorgan Failure, Lisandra Anne Marie Santos PhD, RN, EBP-C
When Perfusion Matters: Vasopressor Use and Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury Type in the ICU, Lisandra Anne Marie Santos PhD, RN, EBP-C
Submissions from 2025
Addressing End-of-Life Care Education Gaps for Registered Nurses: A Quality Improvement Project, Alejandra Angel and Mayra Villalba
A Retrospective Study on Early Labor Aids for First-Time Mothers Admitted to a Community Hospital, Candida Bell, Acklin Gordon, Dianna Hill, Elba Rivera, Heather Cowherd, Ivette Ramos, Martha Valdes, Maureen Gordon, Silvia Foltan, Silvia Medina, and Catherina Chang Martinez
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse, Ana Bonilla and Vanessa Montes de Oca
Interventional Radiology Nursing, Jackie Brown and Yatxenia Castro
Design of a Prospective Study to Compare the Efficacy of Two Venous Closure Techniques Used After Electrophysiology Procedures and Nurses Experience in Caring for These Types of Patients, Neelima C. Buddhacharya, Claudia Brito, Charity Tatum, Anails Ballate Meneses, Andres Noda, Blessy Issac, Carlos Velez, Evelyn Gonzalez, Frank Salhuana, Grecia Sierra Banegas, Julissa Arias, Karen Mila, Katrina Carrera, Lazara Martinez, Melissa Rivero, Yiska Ricardo, Nurisleidy Mendoza, Nish Patel, and Catherina Chang Martinez
An Innovative Approach to Improving Patient Throughout and Decreasing Length of Stay in a Mixed Acuity Unit Using Purposeful, Automated and Cyclic Escalations, and Decision-making (PACED) Model., Justin Cagulada, Andrea Calvo, Emanuelle Hawkins, Moises Ruiz, and Steven Caberto
Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner, Ashley Cano
SAVI catheter digitization impact: A single institution multiuser uncertainty study, Vibha Chaswal, Juan Ramirez, Marc Morcos, Tino Romaguera, Usha Abraham, Siju George, James McCulloch, Maria-Amelia Rodrigues, Alonso Gutierrez, and Ranjini Tolakanahalli
Nurse Director, Shelli Chernesky
Endorsing Febrile Neutropenia as an Oncological Emergency Improves Clinical Management with Timely Empirical Antibiotic Administration, Shelli Anne Marie Chernesky, Cris Alegria, Lee Amaya, Orlando Betancourt, Aloima Guerra, Kristen Jacobs, Maura Poleon, and Laura Parada
B.E.S.T. (Baptist Emergent Stroke Team) Nurse, Nina Cruz
A Retrospective Study on Social Determinants of Health and Postpartum Depression in Pregnant Patients admitted to a Community Hospital in South Florida, Emma De Robles and Mariana Vega
PCU-ICU Cross Training, Liliana C. Estevez, Jennifer Prieto, Vannessa Capener, Diana Maria Lopez, Hollie Gow, Yessenia Muniz, Naomi Rosa, Caesar Viteri, Adriana Roque, Christina Alonso, Vivianne Llaujel, Summer Hamadeh, Rosemary Diaz, Manuel Lopez de la Rosa, Marvin Rosete, and Keelai S. Lara
Increasing Progressive Care to Intensive Care Unit Nurse Capacity through an Innovative Cross-Training Program, Liliana Estevez and Diana Maria Lopez
Empowering Future Leaders: How to Develop an Emerging Leader Program, Rachel Evers
Leveling Up Clinical Competence in an Inpatient Oncology Unit: Utilizing Competitive Gaming through Nursing Olympics to Master Clinical Skills, Kristen Febus, Rodolfo Barros, and Abby Zeledon
Labor and Delivery Nurse, Jean Flores, Linda Levine, Janet Viana, Marcela Rodriguez, and Patty Morales
Improving Quality and Patient Outcomes through an Interprofessional Shared Governance Model, Hollie Gow, Sara Perez, Tania Solis, Mayra Villalba, Harold Girado, Miriam Serrano-Robles, Catherine A. Zilberberg, Leyner Martinez, Mary Warrell, Dayana Kowalski, Diana Maria Lopez, Yessenia Muniz, Jennifer Prieto, Jan V. Roy, and Catherina Chang Martinez
Reducing Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the Emergency Department, Aloima Guerra, Christina Anteen, and Arvinder Singh
Impact of Expanding the Open-Heart Program in the Intensive Care Unit on Staff Retention and Patient Outcomes, Shireen Knox, Maidalys Coto, Omar Rodriguez, Carolina Miranda, Jessica Llaca, Melisa Gomez, Yaimet Diaz, Angela Gordon, and Dayana Kowalski
Retired Nurse, Diane Kramer
Promoting Self-Reflection and Implicit Bias Awareness in Nursing: A Mixed-Method Study Advancing Practice and Fostering Healthcare Equality, Diane S. Kramer, Victoria Y. McCue, Anshul Saxena, Jeanette B. Deniz, Nicole Burks, and Patricia Russell
Promoting Professional Growth: Developing an Educational Program to Increase Nursing Certification Rates in an Inpatient Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Unit, Yalina Martinez Romero, Celia Delgado, Stefano Caccavale, Annette Caravia, and Susel Martinez
Quality Improvement Using Collaboration to Reduce Pressure Injuries Best Practices to Reduce Pressure Injuries in the Acute Care Setting, Yessenia Muniz, Hollie Gow, Dayana Kowalski, Nushi Berahman, Cristy Zangroniz, Claire Turgot Larsen, and David Lehninger
Performance Improvement Nurse, Suzanne Parchment
Capacity Management Nurse, Carolina Parra, Sara Caberto, and Jon Cosculluela
Postpartum Access & Continuity of Care, Mayleni Perez
Night Rounding Nurse Practitioner, Opal Reid-Monfiston
Vascular Access Nurse, Elizabeth Ring
Resuscitation Nurse Educator, Claudia Sabogal-Rodriguez
Improvement in Healing of Stage 4 Pressure Injuries with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Case Report, Lisandra Santos, Margaret Geneve, Andres Soto, Osvaldo Artigas, Cristy Zangroniz, Carlos Franco, Claire Turgot Larsen, Yessenia Muniz, Hollie Gow, and Dayana Kowalski
Operation STICK Improves Vascular Access Outcomes in a Specialty Team: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Jessica Sarlabous and Lauren Adair
Wound Care Nurse Practitioner, Barbara Ventura
Addressing End-of-Life Care Education Gaps for Registered Nurses: A Quality Improvement Project, Mayra Villalba, Alejandra Angel, and Arvinder Singh
Submissions from 2024
Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Nursing: A Focus on Bedside Shift Reporting, Lourdes Castaneda, Diane Kramer, Shelli Chernesky, Lisette Hurtado, Catherina Chang Martinez, Harold Girado, and Yessenia Muniz
Hypofractionated versus standard fractionation radiotherapy for merkel cell carcinoma, Lauren Gonzalez, Muni Rubens, Sreenija Yarlagadda, Guilherme Rabinowits, and Noah Kalman
A Multi-Pronged Collaborative Approach to Harness the Implementation and Sustainability of Bedside Shift Report, Diane s. Kramer, Lourdes C. Castaneda, Catherina Chang Martinez, Shelli A. Chernesky, Lisette Hurtado, Harold Girado, and Yessenia Muniz
Evaluating the Impact of Source-specific Order Sets for Sepsis on Empiric Antibiotic Selection in the Emergency Department, Lourdes Menendez Alvarado, Alice Landayan, Jason Morell, Zhenwei Zhang, Richard Levine, and Timothy Gauthier
Professional Socialization in the Nursing Workforce: The Generation Z Perspective, Yvonne Patten
Preparing for Day Zero: Examining the Effects and Lived Experiences of Participating in the Ceremony of Hope as a Religious Coping Intervention among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients, David Stackhouse, Shelli Chernesky, Sammy Alvero, Karla Ruiz Tamayo, Denise Dujon, Nina Aguda, Mirian Soler, Natalie Bermudez, Ruben Ramos, Felipe Zuluaga, and Liuvys Zaldivar
Nurse-led Advocacy in Reducing 30-Day Readmission Rates for Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction, Lourdes M. Talavera, Madeleine Turco, Hector Gonzalez, Catherina Chang Martinez, Daniela Wintersteen, Stephanie Villadamigo, Alexandra Palau, Maria L. Perez, Cindy Delgado, Stephani Cardona, Christina Davis, Gustavo Ramirez, Marta Larranaga, Betty Muniz, and Jessica G. Bundy
Addressing End-of-Life Care Education Gaps for Registered Nurses: A Quality Improvement Project, Mayra Villalba, Alejandra Angel, and Arvinder Singh
Submissions from 2023
Characterization of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Admitted for Acute Heart Failure During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Paola Delahoz, Karen Corrales, Justin P. Cagulada, Jessica Cardona, Jasmin Qyyum, Venessa Rodriguez, and Catherina Chang Martinez
Improving Patient Experience by Decreasing Length of Stay for Treat & Release Patients at BHM ED, Scott Hilliard, Lourdes Macias, Tanya George, and Kaitlin Emad
Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury Prevention Bundle, Alexis Lemus, Deja Leo, Christine Lopez, Luis Naranjo Lara, Kristine Paris, Merly Fernandez Gonzalez, Alejandra Angel, and Yaismary Otero Leon
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis: Preventing clots on the spot, Christian Lycke, Margie Martin, Guido Maya, and Carolina Parra
Where Cancer Care Comes Together, Kerri MacDonald
Reducing Urinary Tract Infections in Adult Hospitalized Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Quality Improvement Project, Margie Martin, Hollie Gow, Courtney Goldman, Joy Mitts, Yessenia Muniz, Dayana Kowalski, Gabriela Flores, Laura Budnechky, and Catherina Chang Martinez
Improving the Timing of Insulin Administration in Adult Acute Care Patients, Nursing Practice Management
We Got Your Back! ZERO HAPIs Makes Us All Happy!, Jasmin Qyyum, Venessa Rodriguez, Paola Delahoz, Melina Perez, Krystin Kennedy, Christopher Scott, and Catherina Chang Martinez
Impact of Midodrine on Optimization of β-blocker Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction, Maria A. Ruiz, Dayana Martinez, Maura Falli, Kristen de Almeida, and Radhan B. Gopalani
Assessment of a Pharmacist-Led Antibiotic Time-out for Transition of IV Vancomycin to Oral Linezolid, Mary S. Vogel, Jefferson Cua, Erika Dittmar, Timothy Gauthier, and Kelsey N. Williams
Submissions from 2022
The Effectiveness of Bunny Boots on Lower Extremity Pressure Injuries, Rosana Acosta, Lia Alvarez Silveira, Lina Castro, Yisell Clemente Curbelo, Feona K. Commock, Ruhayne Enriquez, Sophia Fernandez, Jader F. Gutierrez, Jorgina Jean, Claudia Perez Hernandez, Natalie Sanchez, and Shama Torchon
Medical Device Pressure Injuries in PCU, Scarlet Almendarez, Jose D. Arteaga, Kristiana G. Chinyere, Jessica Fernandez, Mairim Roque Gomez, Eliany Gonzalez Lam, Megan C. Handscombe, Lianna E. Rivera, Crystal Rodriguez, Michelle Rosas, Marco Salgado, and Danielle P. Sanchez
Reducing Blood Culture Contamination Rates, Dailen Argentel Morales, Jessica M. Barrero, Bianca Barrios Loys, Nadia R. Bryham, Angelica E. Chang, Anna Leigh L. Collier, Hellen Dammous, Malika Delgado, Nathallia Ferreira-DeSouza, Kevin Garrido, and Estefany Gomez Canas
Abstract TP94: Stroke Severity Scales Do Not Predict Adverse Hospital Outcome Variables In Young Stroke Patients: Results From A Regional Stroke Center Of Excellence, Donna Lee Armaignac, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Muni Rubens, Star Belnap, Amy Starosciak, Maygret Ramirez, and Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa
Workforce Competencies for Healthcare Quality Professionals: Leading Quality-Driven Healthcare, Mayra Astencio, Maria D. Guiribitey Dorta, Jessenia Alegria, Karessa J. Scott, Maria G. De La Torre, Shelby Austin, Argentina M. Arana, Jonathan Faura, Sebastian Restrepo, Allison E. Yuen-Cortez, and Gabrielle L. Clarkson
Swab Caps and Infection Control, Godfrey Burke Jr, Alexa Julia, Crystal Hernandez Ayala, Milton Koc, and Cynthia Acheampong
RN to CP Handoff Report Frequency, Ingrid Diaz and Jessica B. Diaz
Preventing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPI), Anabel Elizechea Gispert, Deneis Oscary, Diana Torres Onoa, Mike Napoleon, Phillip Gilles, Rosana Acosta, Sue-Ann Williams, and Nairelis Real
UTI Prevention in Hospitalized Patients , Nancy D. Estermine, Martha V. Manso, Marco Petit-Bien, Marlene Charles, Kiara Reyes, Deja L. Leo, and Jessica Rodriguez
Pain Management in Post-Amputee Patients, Genesis Garcia, Kerlina Marcelin, Katiana Desarmes, Jessica Little, and Saint L. Manuel
ECGs In The Emergency Room, Jorge L. Gonzalez, Yessenia C. Gonzalez-Montejo, Berenice Lopez, Claudia Pardo, Emily N. Perez, Natalie E. Peña, Nancy Predelus, Janeth Rodriguez, Carlos Serradet, and Adriana Valbrun
Benefits of Cupping, Sangella J. Harris, Miday Gonzalez Santos, and Mariana Vega
Improving Quality of Care by Reducing CAUTI Infections after a C- Section, Sandra Lopez, Vanessa L. Perez, Michelle Y. Barash, and Veronica Morales-Garcia
EPB: PICC Lines Care and CLABSI Prevention, Nedgy Moise, Beatriz Oliveira, Elizabeth Olivera, Annie Perez, Jennifer Rodriguez, Stephanie Rodriguez, and Venesia Rodriguez
The Effects of Patient-Nurse Ratio, Amanda A. Shewchuk, Ashley M. Hughes, Orislaidis Madruga, Victoria R. Schilling, Paula Vieyra Bernal, Jeanette B. Deniz, Emily Garabedian, and Penelope Padilla