Submissions from 2018
HAC Your Patients: An Initiative to Decrease Hospital Acquired Conditions, Jobic Ray Butao, Joahna Lausa, and Olivia Cocabo
HAC Your Patients: An Initiative to Decrease Hospital Acquired Conditions, Jobic Ray Butao, Joahna Lausa, and Olivia Cocabo
Healing Hands: Does therapeutic touch decrease pain and stress levels in adult patients?, Berline Penel, Erin O'Brien, Evelyne Michel, Heather Stein, Hope Brill, Priscilla Egemba, Rosmery Garrote, and Sebastian Zuluaga
Impact of Telemedicine on Mortality, Length of Stay, and Cost Among Patients in Progressive Care Units: Experience From a Large Healthcare System, Donna Lee Armaignac, Anshul Saxena, Muni Rubens, Carlos Valle, Lisa-Mae Williams, Emir Veledar, and Louis Gidel
Implementing a Transcultural Nursing Care Model to Improve Pulmonary Hypertension Medication Compliance, Tina Hyman and Michael Salinero
Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates in the Post-Partum Population, Suganya Gobinathan and Sonya Clayton
Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates in the Post-Partum Population, Suganya Gobinathan and Sonya Clayton
Improving IV Site and IV Fluid/Antibiotic End Time Documentation in the Observation Unit, Sheila Alabastro, Claudette Mijares, Maria Santos Lozano, and Daisy Gutierrez
Improving IV Site and IV Fluid/Antibiotic End Time Documentation in the Observation Unit, Claudette Mijares, Maria Santos Lozano, Sheila Alabastro, and Daisy Gutierrez
Interventions to Improve Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment Times, Jayme Strauss
Let the Patient Discharge Follow-Up Call Data Do the Talking!, Chianta Allen, Rosalina Butao, Cherylyn Jauregui, Andres Soto, and Giovanna Vanegas
Let the Patient Discharge Follow-Up Call Data Do the Talking!, Chianta Allen, Rosalina Butao, Cherylyn Jauregui, Andres Soto, and Giovanna Vanegas
Let the Patient Discharge Follow-Up Call Data Do the Talking!, Chianta Allen and Giovanna Vanegas
Measuring Return on Investment for Professional Development Activities: 2018 Updates, Judy Bowling
Message from the Editor-in-Chief, Nohemi Sadule Rios
MI: Not a Heart Attack but a Gut Attack, Rosemary Lee and Ana Cabrera
Novice Author Gets Tremendous Support, Simone Cheong
Nurse/Patient Ratio, Yisel Lopez-Bernal, Chantal Salas, Dorkis Iglesias, Isis Lagos Rodriguez, Ketia Trapp, Alfredo Ramirez Viva, Alexei Fleites Medina, Brittney Cox, and Carlos Hernandez Herrera
Nurses' Perception of Unit-Based Competency Assessment Compared to Traditional Skills Fair, Solimar Figueroa, Judith Bowling, Roberto Roman Laporte, Tanya Cohn, and Jose Irizarry
One Step at a Time, Bianca Alonso, Daisy Viera, Geoffrey Nicholas Jr., Martha Nunez, Phillip Perez, Shaina Nembhard, and Stephen Rodriguez
Operation: Bair And Bugs, Jaylene Perez, Aidil Matos, Sherence Louidor, Michel Rodriguez Ayaub, Giannina Bolet, and Yamirka Dieguez Fernandez
Optimizing Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes through Evidence-based Interventions for the at Risk Pre-term Labor Population, Deborah Pol and Geraldine Lamoglia
Overtime: Is it Worth it?, Paola Cunha Soto, Lauren Yaques, Yanire Sanchez, Adrian Trujillo, Marisela Reyes, Kassandra Vinasco, Brenda Gomez, Gilberto Leon, Licet Martinez Queija, and Javier Borrajo Castillo
Patient's Perception of the IV Experience in the Emergency Department, Marcia Schram and Martha Tijerino
Pre-Hospital FAST-ED Initiatives Improve t-PA and Endovascular Treatment Times, Amy Starosciak, Maygret Ramirez, Ivis Gonzalez, Virginia Ramos, Jayme Strauss, and Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa
Proactive Leadership Attention to Outcomes, Jobic Ray Butao
Proactive Leadership Attention to Outcomes, Jobic Ray Butao
Proactive Leadership Attention to Outcomes, Jobic Ray Butao
Reducing VAP in Critical Care, Samantha Urquidi, Lacyann Nation, Arlette Chow, Michael Suarez, Fritz Boucicault, Willie Casas-Espinosa, and Vinh Nguyen
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong, Rosalina Butao, Eva Mitra, Jobic Ray Butao, Itzel De Los Santos, Melvin Rivera, and Meghan Sharkey
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong, Rosalina Butao, Eva Mitra, Jobic Ray Butao, Itzel De Los Santos, Melvin Rivera, and Meghan Sharkey
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong, Rosalina Butao, Eva Mitra, Jobic Ray Butao, Itzel De Los Santos, Melvin Rivera, and Meghan Sharkey
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong, Rosalina Butao, Eva Mitra, Jobic Ray Butao, Itzel De Los Santos, Melvin Rivera, and Meghan Sharkey
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong and Itzel De Los Santos
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong, Eva Mitra, and Jobic Ray Butao
RN Perception of Mentoring in a Hospital Environment, Diane Kramer, Andrea Prentiss, Kayce Tugg, Victoria McCue, Eve Butler, Maria Ojeda, Sally Bonet, and Vivian Fuentes
Round Up! Is Hourly Rounding Beneficial?, Jessica Diaz, Shauna Shadeed, Anne-Dee Samedi, Emmy Rueda, Erika Chavez, Vela Fleury, Lynnette De Jesus, and Rebecca Spalding
Save The Skin, Francisco Bobadilla, Martica Menendez, Janine Rojas, Vicky Cepero, Gregory Prater, Brienna Williams, and Blesslyn Mercado
Signs of Severity (SOS) ED Escalation Guide: Bridging the Experience Gap, Marcia Schram, Vivian Fuentes, Brenda Rojas, Martha Tijerino, Michelle Thomas, Christine Williams, Eve Butler, and Andrea Prentiss
The Circulating Nurse's Role in Decreasing Fear to Patient and Designated Family Member Prior to a Surgery Under Anesthesia, Claudia Chanes and Jimmy Cotton
The Circulating Nurse's Role in Decreasing Fear to Patient and Designated Family Member Prior to a Surgery Under Anesthesia, Claudia Chanes and Jimmy Cotton
The Circulating Nurse’s Role in Decreasing Fear to Patient and Designated Family Member Prior to a Surgery Under Anesthesia, Claudia Chanes
The Circulating Nurse’s Role in Decreasing Fear to Patient and Designated Family Member Prior to a Surgery under Anesthesia, Claudia Chanes and Jimmy Cotton
The Healthy Hub: Innovative preventive care, Simone Cheong
The Impact of Using Education, Engagement and Nursing Teamwork to Reduce Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury, Melissa Marballie and Carol Johnson
The Impact of Using Education, Engagement and Nursing Teamwork to Reduce Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury, Carol McGregor and Melissa Marballie
The Lived Experiences of Role Transition among Novice Clinical Nurse Educators: A Phenomenological Study, Edwina Brathwaite
The Nursing Management of Open Abdomen Patients, Rosemary Lee
The Road to Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus, Jayme Strauss, Andrew Waisbrot, Daniel Hartnett, and Amy Starosciak
Use of a Discharge Checklist to Improve Patient Satisfaction, Itzel De Los Santos and Nicole Paz
Use of a Discharge Checklist to Improve Patient Satisfaction, Itzel De Los Santos and Nicole Paz
Wait, Who Is My Nurse?, Cristina Benitez, Anna Fehl, Christina Guerra, Sasha Hernandez, Silvia Hernandez Ramiro, Tahimi Quintero Real, Stephanie Rentes, Lisandra Rodriguez, and Danielle Wheeler
Walk It Out: In Adult ICU Patients, What Is the Effect of Early Mobility on Patient Outcomes?, Alex Bermudez, Carlos Jimenez, Jena Lerch, Carissa Licata, Ashley Morales, Natalia Re, Natalia Restrepo, Tiffany Sistrunk, and David Smith
What’s in a Name: Performance Improvement, Evidence-Based Practice, and Research?, Andrea Prentiss and Eve Butler
Where Kids Can Just be Kids!, Belky Brochu, Janicel Dominguez, Adys Figueroa, Maria Gomez, Vanessa Montes de Oca, Hillary Orta, Ashley Pareja, and Astrid Sanchez
Why your nursing networks matter, Tanya Cohn
Would Implementation of an Acuity-Based Tool on an Adult Med-Surg Floor Lead to Decreased Burnout and Increased Patient Safety?, Elizabeth Guzman, Emily Cruz, Vanessa Estrada, Maria Corchado, Judeline Assez, Rose-Carmelle Desir, Sommer Perkins, Hannah Nicole Carlos, and Kerrian Tyndale
Submissions from 2017
Abstract 16614: Positive Impact of Tele-ICU Monitoring on Hospital Mortality and Cost Among Patients in Progressive Care With Cardiovascular Disease: Experience From a Large Healthcare System, Anshul Saxena, Donna Lee Armaignac, Carlos Valle, Khurram Nasir, and Emir Veledar
An Academic Practice Partnership in South FL: Satisfaction of Nurses who participated, Beatrice Sikah, Maria Ojeda, and Carolyn Lindgren
Barriers of Whiteboard Use, Paige Kaplan, Jessica Isaac Lopez, Vanessa Marquez, Cynthia Francois, Gilberto Perez, and Ana Barro Hernandez
Breathing Better: Asthma Quality Improvement on the NeighborhoodHelpMobile Health Center, O'Meara Mary, Kaitlin Ross, and David Brown
Can standardizing skin preparation agents for surgical patients versus using doctor's preferences reduce surgical site infections?, Alice Davel-Freitas, Sheila Hodgson, Patrick Dennison, Lian Acosta, and Jenilice Novoa Miralles
Careful Monitoring of Intravesical Volume Prevent Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection, Angie De La Cruz and Blessy Issac
Careful Monitoring of Intravesical Volume via Bladder Scan Prevents Foley Catheter Reinsertion and Decreases CAUTI, Blessy Issac
Central Line Infection Prevention, Yesenia Perez, Armando Gomez, Kristina Casals, Anna Diaz, Susana Salgado, and Horacio Lopez
Commentary for "Orthopaedic Snafus: When Adverse Events Happen in Orthopaedics", Jessica Heligman
Development of an Evidence-Based List of Noncytotoxic Vesicant Medications and Solutions, Pam Sabatino-Holmes
Do diabetic patients have decreased readmissions with a discharge team composed of diabetic educators from moment of admission in comparison to floor nurses performing discharging?, Walter Diaz, Lizzette Gonzalez, Laura Pinero, Bianca Porras, Marian Ramos, and Joselyn Ruiz Cruz
Do you Hear What I Hear, A Clinical Alarm Fatigue Project, Nancy Doctura and Tamra Da Costa
Do you need a nap?, Andrew Gonzalez, Christian de Quesada, Giancarlo Tapanes, Michael Alfonso, Rachel Rairden, Alicia Ali, Tania Carballo, Yoandra Gallardo, and Olga Viego
Entrustable Professional Activities to Assess Trainee Management of the Social Determinants of Health, Brown David, Karim Hanna, Kaitlin Ross, and Hugo Jimenez-Vazquez
Esophagogastric Tamponade Tube, Rosemary Lee
Exploring Nurses’ Feelings On Floating: A Phemomenological Study, Marie Paule Lafontant
Exploring Nurses’ Feelings On Floating: A Phenomenological Study., Marie Paule Lafontant
Fixed Workstation versus Workstations on Wheels in the Emergency Department, Ariel Bowers, Razvan Buricel, Andrea Jimenez, Stefanie Moses, Yandro Perez Trevieso, and Juan Ramirez
Home in 16 Hours, Jessica Lynn Heligman and Lizbeth Torres
How does endotracheal suctioning with normal saline affect mechanically ventilated patients?, Jamil Aboumansour, Kristina Del Rey, Danielle Herrera, Philip Huynh, Guadalupe Izaguirre, Hazel Lara, Elizabeth Magallon, Valeria Miranda, Arturo Pena, Angela Rabaza, and Naomi Rosa
Hurricane Irma – ‘No’ Clinical Impact, Leslee Gross, Louis Gidel, Lisa-Mae Williams, Eduardo Martinez-DuBouchet.se-ccu-icu, Carlos Valle, and Donna Lee Armaignac
Impact of Nightly Earplugs on Medical/Surgical Patients’ Perceptions of Noise Level and Quality of Sleep, Talania Diana, Myla Malto, and Melvin Rivera
Improving the identification and treatment of sepsis through a pediatric sepsis screening tool, Pujol Michael, Tanya Cohn, Julie Lamoureux, Andrea Prentiss, and Martin Nariznis
Improving the Identification and Treatment of Sepsis Through The Use of a Pediatric Specific Sepsis Screening Tool, Michael Pujol
Increasing RN Perceived Competency With Substance Use Disorder Patients, Regina Russell, Maria Ojeda, and Barbara Ames
Inpatient Pain Management, Anel Chirino, Kelly Vasquez, Liliana Quezada, Skarlet Santana, Yensly Gonzalez Carrazana, and Vanessa Castellanos
Interventions to Reduce Emergency Department Wait Times, Briege Osle, Patricia Brito Gomez, Madeleine Cook, Gerald Santiesteban, Tatiana Pardo, Lauren Gonzalez, and Stephanie Costa
Intraabdominal Pressure Monitoring, Rosemary Lee
Irma - No Clinical Impact, Donna Lee Armaignac
Knowledge and Use of a Nursing Professional Practice Model at a Critical Access Hospital, Jessica Bauser, Victoria McCue, Melanie O'Neill, Beverley Leake, Chelsea O'Connor, and Amanda Smith
Medication Cabinets Improving Patient Safety, Paulene Dukes
Navigating Transitions: IV Epoprostenol to oral Treprostinil, Michael Salinero, Tina Hyman, Margarita Pallares, and Francisco Javier Jimenez-Carcamo
Nurses' perceptions of reasons for persistent low rates in hand hygiene compliance, Nohemi Sadule Rios and Graciela Aguilera
Nurse to Patient Ratio, Meliss Cabrera-Matiz, Jasmine Cabrera, Michelle Cedeno, Andres Moya Aguilar, Guillermo Martin III, Stephanie Velazquez, and Lia Williams
Off to a Good Start: Bedside Report, Nohemi Sadule Rios
Oh wait, what did you say?, Taylor Salas, Christina Cabrera, Peggy Noel, Margarita Ramirez, Yabeiri Nieves, Patrick Charles, and Michelle Garcia
One Million Global Catheters PIVC Worldwide Prevalence Study, Pam Sabatino-Holmes
Operational Failures Detected by Frontline Acute Care Nurses, Carolyn Lindgren
Overcoming Challenges to Implementing Beside Shift Report, Matt Mihm, Zahily Dominguez, Jessica Infante, Tina McCants, Desha Fleureme, and Crystal Everett
Pain Protocol: To improve pain management in the acute care setting, Elizabeth Cerdeira, Lauren Rodriguez, Mariosis Matias, Melissa Granada, Tarrah Kallusingh, and Valerie Juarez
Patient and Parent Sleep Quality in a Pediatric Hospital, Kathleen Taylor