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Homestead Hospital Best Practice Fair
Submissions from 2026
One Stick, One Success: Optimizing PIV Performance, Nayades Alfonso and Bashan Knockee-Cesaire
Arrival, Check-In, Vitals & Triage Flow Improvement, Vanessa Lluy, Cecieliz Sandifer, Yulisa Rivera, Patty Horton-Hugue, and Trishana Sealy
COZY Bag Initiative: A Patient-Centered Approach to Enhancing Sleep Quality & Restful Environment in the Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, Jennifer Imarenakhue, Jessica Franjul, Kenia Chavarria, and Daniel Galindo
Effect of Aromatherapy on the Level of Discomfort during the Laboring Process, Susan Rezende, Carey Acosta, Frankie Addison, Edlina Hilson, Edelmys Mederos, America Roache, Judith Gilbert Guerrero, Catalina Fernandez, Brittney O'Neil, Kelly Noguiera, Mari Smith, Lindsey Diaz, Judith Bowling, and Natalie Bermudez
Elevating Wound Care: The Power of Shadowing, Aliyah Clarke, Ashley Polster, Marlene Young, Candace MacLaughlin, Edlina Hilson, and Rocio Ramirez
Enhancing Patient and Staff Satisfaction Through Unit-Based Engagement Initiatives: A Quality Improvement Project, Christina Barrera, Carolin Tolentino, Vianca Gonzalez, Isaac Rodriguez, Martha Gaitan, Thelma Pringle, Alejandra Soroa, Deisi Perez, Priscilla Egemba, Agnes Ehabahe, Remy Jose-Antonio, Anouse Guillaume, and Shariffa Masoud
Formal Mentorship Program to Advance Retention and Professional Growth, Jacqueline Gonzalez, Atiya Kuha, Roy Mendez, Maria Noyola, Martha Nunez, and Vonedda Hendrickson
Improving Newborn Thermoregulation Through Implementation of Immersion Swaddle Bathing, Carey Acosta, Paloma Casermeiro, and Veronica Lopez
Increasing Sepsis Bundle Compliance in the Emergency Department, Cecieliz Sandifer, Trishana Sealy, Jesse Samula, and Lily Ramon
Level Up! Advance to expert: Professional Development and You, Roshnie Somra Ramgadoo, Floralynn Lacrete, Ayida Nembhard, and Christina Landivar
MS5 Shining Stars: Employee Satisfaction, Karina Alfonso, Nimsi Paulino-Espaillat, and Dawn Rudasill
One Stick, One Success: Optimizing PIV Performance, Nayades Alfonso and Bashan Knockee-Cesaire
Rapid Team Communication Using WhatsApp, Tiger Connect, and Share Point, Leyanys Armas, Anamaria Chavez, Eileen McMahon, Roy Mendez, and Maria Noyola
Reducing Newborn Diaper Dermatitis Through a Nurse-Driven Evidence-Based Care Bundle, Kristine Perez, Carey Acosta, and Paloma Casermeiro
Specialty Care Redefined: Cross Training for Outcomes, Edlina Hilson and Hector Matias
Take a Tea Minute: Supporting Staff to Enhance Patient Care, Nimsi Paulino-Espaillat, Maria de los Angeles Menendez, Erika Berroa, Dawn Rudasill, Carlos Martinez, Joosly Pierre, and Mary Claire Astorga
Zero Falls Initiative, Azaharia Segura and Yesenia Mauricio
Submissions from 2025
Case Management Nurse, Johanna Macfarlane
Community Health Nursing, David Cruz
Infection Prevention and Control Nurse, Cyndi Fischer
Lactation Consultant Nurse, Carey Acosta
Mother-Baby Nurse, Susan Rezende
Operating Room Circulator Nurse, Jose Nazario
Utilization Management Nurse, Yoandra Colon, Elizabeth Scott-Shafer, and Natalie Garriga
Wound Care Nurse, Aliyah Clarke
RN-Driven Approach to Reduce Observation Hours, Dawn Rudasill, Aracely Olvera, and Maria Carrillo
"How Sweet Are You?": A Practice Improvement Project on Diabetes Management, Christina Barrera, Gloria Gamboa, Anouse Guillaume, and Deisi Perez
ICU APRNs to the Rescue, Ana Cabrera
Improving Newborn Thermoregulation Through Immersion Swaddle Bathing, Carey B. Acosta, Paloma Casemeiro, and Veronica Lopez
Improving Observation Hours via A Nurse Driven Approach, Maria Menendez, Nimsi Espaillat-Paulino, Dawn Rudasill, Aracely Olvera, and Maria Carrillo
Pressure Injury Prevention on Orthopedic Patients, Maria Ramirez, Candace McLaughlin, and Lisseth Lugones
Submissions from 2024
Challenging a Sacred Cow: Implementing Clear Liquids During Labor, Paloma Casemeiro, Carey B. Acosta, and Judith E. Bowling
A Unit Practice Council's Quality Improvement Project: Burnout Reduction Through Stress Relief Techniques, Robert Garcia and Patricia Sierra
Code Rescue Escape Room: A Practice Improvement Project to Empower the Nurse Staff, Christina Barrera, Isaac Rodriguez, Gloria Gamboa, Jonathan Hernandez, Candace McLaughlin, Martha Gaitan, Priscilla Egemba, Rocio Ramirez, and Patricia Sanabria Sanabria
Four Eyes Skin Assessment, Yesenia Mauricio and Marisol Piedra
Implementing Clear Liquids During Labor: Improving Patient Experience and Challenging Sacred Cows, Paloma Casemeiro, Carey B. Acosta, and Carolina Sanchez
Let's Pull Together: SSU Pull From ED of Medical & Telemetry Monitored Patients-Pilot, Roshnie Somra Ramgadoo, Floralynn Lacrete, Tyffany Rivera, Yainet Bello, and Fabiola Molina
Multifaceted Approach to Prevent Falls in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, Jennifer Imarenakhue, Guerline Lucien, Evelyne Michel, Lupita Ornelas, and Jessica Franjul
Patient Welcome Kit: A Project to Improve Patient Satisfaction, Nayades Alfonso, Timothy Madaras, Jose Nazario, Millie Escalona, Nayai Alfonso, Vanessa Duenas, Mayra Cardosa, Lianne Moran, Lazara Barbeito, Sally Velo, and Ada Morales
Pyxis BD Omnicell Re-organization & Staff Education Quality Improvement Project, Mauricio Aragon Caceres, Edlina Hilson, Mary Montejo, and Aliyah Clarke
Reduction of Falls in the ED (Quality Improvement Project), Yasmany Perez, Michelle Isambert, and Shana Sealy
RN-MD Collaborative Observation Unit: MS5 and Inter-professional Collaboration Initiative, Maria Carrillo, Mark Hernandez, Alma Liu, Susan Collins, Carol Rey, Allison Thomas, Liuvannia Alam, Maria Menendez, Dawn Rudasill, Leslly Prado, Carlos Herrera, Nimsi Espaillat-Paulino, Aracely Olvera, Kelly Vazquez, Claudette Clarke, Vonneda Hendrickson, and Kimberly Fleitas
Sound the Alarm! Hardwiring Care of the Hip Fracture Patient to Improve Recovery, Mary Montejo, Aracely Olvera, and Maria Ramirez
The use of Nurse Practitioners in the Critical Care Team effect on Physician Satisfaction, Anamaria Chavez, Lazaro Pastor, Fritz Boucicault, Leyanys Armas, Collette Woods, and Ana Herrada Suarez
Submissions from 2023
Decreasing blood culture contamination, Nancy Doctura, Joan F. Baker, Rose Petit Frere, Jessica Celorio, and Cynthia Fischer
Handoff Report in Surgical Services, Bobbie Wich and Millie Escalona
Rest without fear: Providing safe hospital discharges for COVID-19 patients using Masimo monitoring, Rose Petit Frere, Joan Baker, Nancy Doctura, and Sherine Craig
Uncomplicate the complicated: A revamp of sepsis and glucose algorithy, Carey Acosta
What time is it? It's TEATIME!, Yesenia Mauricio and Vanessa Echevarria
A Unit Practice Journey to Improving How Well Staffed Worked Together, Jessica Martinez and Robert Garcia
Code Orange - Code Pink, Paloma Casemeiro and carey B. Acosta
Coloring to De-Stress. Providing a "Mindful Mural" to Help Staff de-stress at Work, Rose Petit Frere and Lily Ramon
Decreasing Heart Failure Readmissions through an Interdisciplinary Approach, Eda Avila and Onyinye Anyakudo
Emergency Services - EKG performance Improvement Project, Patricia Lopez, Josue Erazo, and Russel Dizon
Noise Reduction: A Noise Indicator in the Perioperative Area, it's Effect on Level of Noise and Patient Satisfaction, Loriann Bernal
Nursing hand Off Report Enhancement to Improve Rehabilitation Patient Outcomes, Jesined Core, Lupita Ornelas, Evangeline Aguda, and Tania Barnett
Reducing HAPI's by Implementing a Collaborative Team Effort, Yesenia Mauricio, Veronica Zamoyski, and Vanessa Echevarria
Treating Necrotizing Fasciitis: with Gold Standard Advanced Therapies, Mary Montejo and Jose Nazario
Using a Wound Care Manual to Enhance Wound Care Knowledge and Skills of Bedside Nurses, Mary Montejo, Onyinye Anyakudo, and Mauricio Aragon Caceres
Be HAPPY not HAPI, Gloria Gamboa, Martha M. Gaitan, Priscilla Egemba, and Vera Seneque
Pressure Injury Prevention, Fritz Boucicault, Anamaria Chavez, and Daniel Silva Morales
Submissions from 2022
Diabetes vs. Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries, Lauren M. Montero, Guerlain Noda, CherryAnn Malou Carbonell, Michelle Gonzalez, Mirta Fraga Rodriguez, Diane Darias, Elizabeth M. Petersheim, Adriana L. Morua, Ivette M. Robles Siwady, Esmeralda Marenco, and Claudia Alvarez Cordero
Evaluating how the COVID-19 Pandemic has Contributed to Burnout of Emergency Department Nurses, Madison P. Littman, Ashley Cabanas, Kevon Clarke, Eduardo Paiz, and Mery Rojas Galvis
Submissions from 2021
A Performance Improvement Project to Improve Hand-off Communication Documentation within the Surgical Services Department, Bobbie J. Wich, Millie Escalona, Judy E. Bowling, and Ana L. Santos
Improving Communication with Patients in Ventilators, Yokasta Dominguez, Masiel Alonso-Carmenate, Christina Barrera, Neudys Bustamante-Jorge, Laurie DiRusso, Januri Perez Bacallao, Emily Ramirez, Alexis Reyes, Josephine Walker, and Rosmery Wong Ramirez
Exploring the effects of Omnicell disorganization on time management and patient care, Vanessa Bombiella, Briana Brightman, Yulisa Dionicio Vasquez, Jorge Dominguez Horta, Tomesha Duhart, Natalie Dunbar, Nicole Estrada, Sarah Galante, Luisa Gomez, Naillah Hussain, Frances Iturrioz, Kassandra Marichal, Melissa Murray Smith, Romely Ramos, Tiffany Torres, and Emily Vazquez
Falls Among the Elderly in the Emergency Department, Magen Subirana, Josie Janvier, Alexia Pavlovic, Sisley Perez, Ana Rosell, Shanna LaCroix, Nicole Martinez, Ivana Green, Stephanie Gonzalez, Florencia Royo Correa, Luisa Lira Cano, Georgia Bowman, Angelica Jean-Pierre, Denis Pichardo Gonzalez, Angie Aizpurua, Shivanni Bhagwandeen, Kenvelin Villalta-Portillo, Hannah Stamos, Gabriella Martinez, Ivana Lamboglia, Ivan Urquiza, and Hannah De Marchena
In the adult Med-Surg COVID19 patients with nasal cannula, venti-mask, or non-rebreathing mask, does the completion of a facial skin assessment every 4 hours as opposed to once a shift, improve preventing device related pressure injuries?, Tessa Brathwaite, Francesca Lanata, Mauricio Zuniga Ibagon, Marie Claudia Moran, Isabel Gonzalez, Michelle Rojas, Minela Del Valle, and Johana Suarez
Psychological Effects of Covid-19 Isolated Patients, Alexander Baldeon, Kellia Mimy, Melissa Santos, Natalie Solis, Sandra Torres, Briana Archer, Kelly Magaletti, Natalie Nunez, and Priscilla Lazcano
The Effects of Paternal Skin-to-Skin Contact on Infant and Paternal Outcomes, Daniela De Mena, Ashly Fertil, and Miranda Gener Betancourt
An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Reducing Readmission Rates and Improving Self-Management Skills for People Living with Diabetes, Eduardo Martinez Sanchez, Elva Diaz, Martha Bertin, Victoria McCue, James Adefisoye, Marie-Elsie Ade, and Winifred Pardo
A Unit Practice Council’s Journey to Reducing Noise Pollution, Jessica Martinez
Call me if you need me!, Christina Landivar and Fabiola Molina
Decreasing Blood Culture Contamination Using Initial Specimen Diversion Device, Nancy Doctura, Joan Baker, Rose Petit Frere, Jessica Celorio, and Cynthia Fischer
Decreasing the Infection Rate in the Rehabilitation Department Using Chlorhexidine Gluconate Wipes, Guerline Lucien and Evelyne Michel
Dysphagia Screening Improvement in Stroke Patients, Yadira Gutierrez, Joan Baker, and Russel Dizon
Emergency Department: PODs, Mehdy Yavari, Joan Baker, Kristal Brown, Sherine Craig, Shana Sealy, and Jennifer Rodriguez
Hand Mittens use to Decrease Self-Extubation, Fritz Boucicault, Marie Ramirez-Montalvo, Nataly Ruiz, and Carla De Jesus
MeteORs blazing through the Vortex into Communication Excellence!, Bobbie Wich and Millie Escalona
Quality Sleep-Better Therapy- Healthy Body, Evangeline Aguda, Mariam Almasi, Sandra Castano, Cora Go, Christianah Alonge, Melissa Villa, Iomee Lehninger, Taylor Alonzo, Chiara Salomon Sriro, Fariya Sharif, Judy Bowling, and Edlina Hilson
Rest Without Fear: Providing Safe Hospital Discharges for COVID19 Patients Using Masimo Monitoring, Rose Petit Frere, Nancy Doctura, Sherine Craig, and Joan Baker
Rule of Three, Robert Callahan, Amanda Setney, and Sulahy Tavarez
Turning Teams: Making Pressure Injury Prevention a Priority, Aracely Olvera, Susie Collins, Martha Gaitan, Maria Menendez, Fanny Rodriguez, Maria Carrillo, and Silvia Cubero
Uncomplicate the Complicated: A Revamp of Sepsis and Glucose Algorithm, Carey Acosta
What time is it?....It's TEA TIME!!, Yesenia Mauricio, Vanessa Echevarria, and Marisol Piedra
Submissions from 2020
A Healthcare Organization’s Response to Challenges during a Pandemic, Debora O'Cathey and Judy Bowling
Efficacy of the Nutritional Supplement, EvenFlo, in the Management of Sickle Cell Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Richard Muga, Arthur Ajwang, James Ouma, Josephine Ojigo, Juliana Otieno, Peter Okoth, Caroline Wafula, Sophia Ajwang, David Ogolla, Abraham Hollist, and James Adefisoye
The Outstanding Service of a Nurse Supervisor During COVID-19, Judy Bowling
Submissions from 2019
A Step-Wise Approach to Managing Post-Operative Pain, Mary Massieu, Martha Gaitan, Edlina Hilson, Julie David, Rosemary Lee, Victoria McCue, and James Adefisoye
A Unit Practice Council’s Journey to Improving Patient Guest Survey Returns, Jessica Martinez and Jolie Costales
CARE Initiative: Improving Patient Experience by Making Wishes Come True, Martha Gaitan, Glenice Stainton Bacon, and Areli Pena
Effect of Resiliency Education on Emergency Nurse Burnout and Patient Satisfaction, Regina Russell, Yanet Leal Morales, Victoria McCue, and James Adefisoye
Implementation of an Inpatient Diabetes Team: Impact on Hypoglycemia Recurrence, Martha Bertin and Elva Diaz
Improving the Patient Experience Through Formalization of Bedside Shift Report Among Nurses and Clinical Partners, Yainet Bello and Joe Perrone
Patient Acuity Tool for Medical Surgical Nurse-Patient Assignment, Marisol Piedra, Vanessa Andrews, Veronica Zamoyski, Vanessa Echevarria, Sandra Pluas, and Flor Amaya
Reduction in Length of Stay by Early Oral Feeding, Vivien Grayson, Victoria McCue, and James Adefisoye
The Strength of Safety: “Code Strong”, the Birth of “Nurse Assist”, Martha Gaitan and Ellen Sordo
A Step-Wise Approach to Managing Post-Operative Pain, Mary Massieu, Martha Gaitan, Edlina Hilson, Julie David, Rosemary Lee, Victoria McCue, and James Adefisoye
CARE Initiative: Improving Patient Experience by Making Wishes Come True, Martha Gaitan, Glenice Stainton Bacon, and Areli Pena