Submissions from 2022
Oncology Nurse Navigators Improve Psychosocial Distress Screening Compliance During First Course of Cancer Treatment, Jose Irizarry, Cenizia Baid, Charity Zayas, Claudia Blandon, Tania Silva Santos, Morgan Nestingen, Barbara Quintana, and Marguerite Rowell
COVID-19: Innovative Strategies to Support Mental Wellbeing for Frontline Nurses, Victoria McCue and Simone Cheong
Evaluating the Efficacy of Virtual Rounds on Hospitalized Stroke Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Andrea Castillo, Victoria McCue, Michelle Smith, Julia Caballero, and Sonia George
Improving ED Throughput: Role of Dashboard RN, Haydee Fernandez, Marisel Perigo, Stephanie Ulloa, and Diane Rivero
Improving Patient throughput: Nurse Leader Advocacy for Discharge Lounge, Christina Rodriguez, Meghan Sharkey, Nerlande Joseph, Kristine Garcia, Carol Del Sol, and Jennifer Gonzalez
Improving Sepsis Outcomes, Accountability and Ownership, Daisy Mora and Michelle Smith
Increase Sense of Ownership to Decrease Patient Falls, Dhanya Paul and Meghan Sharkey
Keep Your Eye on the Bundle: Nurse Leaders' Impact on CAUTI and CLASBI Rates, Rosalina Butao, Christina Rodriguez, Victoria Y. McCue, and Andrea Castillo
Nurses' Cry: "COVID-19 is Infecting my Wellbeing, Please Talk to Me!", Rosalina Butao and Sandra McLean
NURSES' Leading the Mantra "Gel in & Gel Out": To Decrease the Organizations HAI, Rosalina Butao and Dennise de Pascale
Partner for Excellent Patient Outcomes (PEPO) Rounding, Gen Crespo and Ruth Navarro
Shared Governance: Growing Next Generation of Nurse Leaders, Simone Cheong
Sunflower Award: CNO Organizational Influence Beyond Nursing, Simone Cheong and Sandra McLean
Surviving COVID-19 Campaign: Just in Time Training & Education, Strengthening Nurses' Resilience & Confidence, Jo Ann Aberilla
Pre-hospital Aspirin Use and Patient Outcomes in COVID-19: Results from the International Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS), Donna Lee Armaignac
Policies, Protocols, and Shared Governance, Oh My!, Cristina Bravo
Oncology Navigation Career Ladders Improve Recruitment, Retention and Professional Development, Tania Silva Santos
Deploying Technology Across an Interdisciplinary Team to Improve Oral Oncolytic Compliance, Morgan Nestingen
Empowering Nurses to Activate Rapid Response Teams Through Knowledge/Confidence-Building Using In Situ Simulation, Elicia Egozcue-Ochoa, Marrice King, and Natalie Bermudez
Exploring Nurses' Confidence in Providing Support to Bereaved Families Following Stillbirth Fetal Loss, Silvia Salazar, Jill Costley, Priscilla Kahn, Roxana Linares, and Natalie Bermudez
Navigating Without Borders': A Global Approach to Care Coordination, Morgan Nestingen and Maria Suero
Serenity for the Staff, Brigitte C. August, Amber James, Sydney Sabel, Terri Straub, Danielle Wahrman, and Samantha Huffman
The Impact of Microbreaks on Nursing Staff Stress Levels, Nicole Burks, Tammy Cathers, Sara Reynoso, Gabriela Salesses, Johnny Yeaglin, and Brandy Thrower
Effects of Video-Guided Group vs. Solitary Meditation on Mindfulness and Social Connectivity: A Pilot Study, Deidre Krzanowski
Ticagrelor versus aspirin 2 years after coronary bypass: Observational analysis from the TARGET trial, Alexander Kulik, Amy Abreu, and Viviana Boronat
Colchicine for the Treatment of Cardiac Injury in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease-19, Kenia Capdevilla, Victoria Garabedian, Sandra Chaparro, and Raul Herrera
Cutaneous manifestations of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the VIRUS COVID-19 registry, Donna Lee Armaignac
Ivermectin in COVID-19: The Case for a Moratorium on Prescriptions, Raymond Masa
Development of Award Winning Patient-Designed Information Folders for New Cancer Patients, Marguerite Rowell and Morgan Nestingen
Improving Oral Oncolytic Education and Consent Compliance By Adding Oncology Nursing Support, Tania Silva Santos, Morgan Nestingen, Marguerite Rowell, Yamile Leon, Cindy Byrd, and Barbara Matias
Nurse Navigation: Multidisciplinary Care Coordination, Call Backs, Metrics and Beyond, Morgan Nestingen
The Lifecycle of a Certification Question, Yamile Leon
Benefits of Cupping, Sangella J. Harris, Miday Gonzalez Santos, and Mariana Vega
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
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
Emergency Versus Urgent Care, Alexis D. Garcia, Ariana I. Gonzalez, Lesyan Borges, and Victoria D. Rodriguez
EPB: PICC Lines Care and CLABSI Prevention, Nedgy Moise, Beatriz Oliveira, Elizabeth Olivera, Annie Perez, Jennifer Rodriguez, Stephanie Rodriguez, and Venesia Rodriguez
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
Improving Quality of Care by Reducing CAUTI Infections after a C- Section, Sandra Lopez, Vanessa L. Perez, Michelle Y. Barash, and Veronica Morales-Garcia
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
Pain Management in Post-Amputee Patients, Genesis Garcia, Kerlina Marcelin, Katiana Desarmes, Jessica Little, and Saint L. Manuel
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
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
RN to CP Handoff Report Frequency, Ingrid Diaz and Jessica B. Diaz
Swab Caps and Infection Control, Godfrey Burke Jr, Alexa Julia, Crystal Hernandez Ayala, Milton Koc, and Cynthia Acheampong
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
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
UTI Prevention in Hospitalized Patients , Nancy D. Estermine, Martha V. Manso, Marco Petit-Bien, Marlene Charles, Kiara Reyes, Deja L. Leo, and Jessica Rodriguez
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
Ticagrelor versus aspirin and vein graft patency after coronary bypass: A randomized trial, Alexander Kulik, Viviana Boronat, and Amy Abreu
Stroke Severity Scales Do Not Predict Adverse Hospital Outcome Variables In Young Stroke Patients: Results From A RegionalStroke Center Of Excellence, Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa, Donna Lee Armaignac, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Muni Rubens, Star Belnap, Amy Starosciak, and Maygret Ramirez
183: VARIATION IN USE OF HIGH-FLOW NASAL CANNULA AND NONINVASIVE VENTILATION IN COVID-19, Donna Lee Armaignac
20: METABOLIC SYNDROME AND ARDS IN COVID-19, Donna Lee Armaignac
764: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ICU RISK PREDICTION SCORES AND ICU NEEDS AMONG ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE PATIENTS, Donna Lee Armaignac, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, and Muni Rubens
765: CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND HOSPITAL OUTCOMES AMONG YOUNG ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE PATIENTS, Donna Lee Armaignac, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, and Muni Rubens
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
A HealthCare Organization Partnership With United Nations to Eradicate Human Trafficking, Nada Wakim
A Small Hospital with Big Goals: Improving Stroke Quality of Care at a Community Hospital, Allison Vandever, Marla Geltner, and Timothy Madaras
A Survey of Tele-Critical Care State and Needs in 2019 and 2020 Conducted among the Members of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Donna Lee Armaignac
Bring in Agent K: Progression of Care Nurse | An Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Reduce LOS for OBS Patients, Giovanni Casines, Jonathan Gonzalez, and Jennifer Cano
Conversion of CDU into a COVID-19 Overflow to Decrease Emergency Department (ED) Wait Times, Lorraine Saunders, Saly Cherian, and Mariana Sanchez
Discharge Educational Preference: A Key to Improve Post-op Outcomes, Angela Infantas, Liliana Quezada, Gwendolyn Burley, and Juan Mora
Exploring Workplace Incivility and Bullying Experiences among Hospital Healthcare Providers, Nada Wakim
Getting to the heart of the Matter: A Non-Cardiac Hospital's Innovated Approah Empowering Nurses to Conduct Cardiac Devoce Interrogations, Marla Geltner and Edwina Brathwaite
Implementation of Source-Based Antibiotic Order Set for Sepsis, Jason A. Morell, Lourdes R. Menendez, Josefina E. Del Duca, Richard Levine, and Claudia Reyes Estevez
International Experience of an Oncology Navigation Model, Tania Silva Santos
Non-Pharmacological Delirium Prevention in the ICU, Alexander Mascagani, Alfredo Sarabia, and Melissa Parodi
Palliative Care Consultation and End-of-Life Outcomes in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Donna Lee Armaignac
Setting the Bar High: Barcode Medication Administration in the Ambulatory Surgery Setting, Julia Bowman, Michelle Harley, Diana Marquez, Ann Ngo, Danae Riker, Maribel Ruiz, and Vanessa Torres
The Lived Experience of Frontline Nurses During COVID-19: A Phenomenological Study, Victoria McCue, Edwina Brathwaite, Diane Amado Tate, and Jeanette Hansen
Transformational Leadership: Driving a Culture Engaged Employees, Maria Lucia Perez and Liliana Quezada
When it Rains, It "POUR"s: Evidence-Based Practice to Prevent Unplanned Admissions related to Post-Urinary Retention (POUR), Sandra I. Menendez, Maricar Castillo, Jon Rivera, Tina Capistrano, Loyda Carrascal, Sandra Khoury, Dana Garcia, Ricardo Diaz, and Karina Collado
Submissions from 2021
A Nursing Leader’s Perspective in Preparing for Magnet® Redesignation in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Harold Girado
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
Could There be a Good Side to COVID-19 Pandemic?, Donna Shaw, Theressa Brahim, and Catherina Chang Martinez
Hospital Survey on Culture of Transitions in Patient Care at a Community Hospital, Gwen Burley, Victoria Y. McCue, Dawn Kressly, and Ronye Kreiner
Letter from the Editor: A Peer Reviewed Journal in a Healthcare System: An Innovative Way of Dissemination, Nohemi Sadule Rios
Overcoming Undergraduate Nursing Education Challenges During the Pandemic, Melissa Abreu, Carolina Ferreiro, Danielle Garcia, Gisell Gonzalvo, Erika Nusbaum, and Beatrice Sikah
Self-Efficacy: Nurses’ Perceptions of Caring for Patients Living with Diabetes, Victoria Y. McCue
The Art of Nurse Mentoring: A Framework of Support, Diane S. Kramer, Victoria Y. McCue, Eve Butler, Andrea S. Prentiss, Maria M. Ojeda, Kayce K. Tugg, Vivian Fuentes, and Sally Bonet
The Impact of Emergency Department Staggering Shifts on Nurses' and Patients' Satisfaction, Amanda Simon, Marta Roses, Susana Pangilinan, and Wilfredo Padron
Metabolic Syndrome and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19, Donna Lee Armaignac
Alarm Fatigue and its Effects in Nurses at the Bedside, Angelica Polanco-Cabral, Johane Payoute, Mileidy Sanchez, Yerenis Rodriguez Garcia, David Yuan, and Oniel Perez Perez
Battling Burnout, Janet Boada, Samanta Fernandez, Emmanuel Rodriguez Arriola, Wideline Denis, Gloria Alfonso, Gavriella Ochoa, Ashley Fernandez, Ashley Toledo, Vanessa Forrest, Stephanie San Jorge, and Ingrid Vindell
Breastfeeding Education Benefits and Outcomes , Sabrina Delgado, Sahar Elhadary, Sheila Flaherty, Maday Guerra Velazquez, Jemely Herr, Stephanie Labib, Chinasa Meniru, Marien Scorpo, and Carolynn Sierra
Cap It! Lets Prevent Blood Stream Infections, Georges Avril, Patricia Castillo, Cristina Fernandez, Nicole Gomez, Laura Hernandez Aguirre, Ysabelle Hernandez, Cherline Liberte, Yeslie Ruiz Gomez, Chevanese Stephenson, Danielle Sylvaint, Cassidie Toussaint, Leidy Valdes, and Johanna K. Seballos Zambrano
Clean Hands Save Lives, Amanda Constantino, Amanda Perea, Andy Valdes Casanova, Ashley Borsten, Katherine Nistal Sayago, Kristen Webb, Priscilla Johnson, and Susan Martin
Diet Changes in 4 Hope Patients at Risk for HAPI, Ariadny Artola, Amanda Diaz Ruiz, Nereida Diaz, Stephanie Ledon, Monica Martinez, Catalina Ortega, Jose Veliz Otero, Yaima Perez, Andrea Quintero, Alzira Timmerman, and Salvador Vanegas
Fall Prevention in the Emergency Department, Giselle Ramirez, Luis E. Alvarez Seivane, Martha Saenz, Hannahjoy Wolan, Jesse Price, Helene Escalona, Frank Golembeski, Gustavo A. Almonte Cortes, Ernesto Guevara, Gabriella Cruz, Alejandro Velazquez Jorge, Stephanie Jimenez, Eva Parisi, Melissa Betancourt, and Natalie M. Gonzalez
Improving Circulation on STEMI Patients, Deniz Aguero, Paulina Carracedo, Joseph Cordova, Yanice del Valle, Jay Diaz, Maria Fidalgo, Cynthia Medina Perez, Yanna Melo, Jonathan Meneses, Nathalie Quinones, Aimee Sanchez, Alex Sanhueza, Alexandra Thorp, and Cecilia Trueba
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
Increase in Nurse-Patient Ratio and the Risk of Nurses Burnout, Marcella Spairani-Knauss, Renee Pratt, Erese Labady, Sandra Normil, Joseph Blanchard, Madison Hudson, Jacqueline Alfaro, Alecia Francis, and Madison Hudson
Preventative measures for pressure injuries for intubated and proned patients, Valery Sabbatino Restrepo, Ariela Pizzini, Nicole Marino, Beatriz De Haro Maylin, Ylenia Riesgo, Stephanie Rosell Soto, Mariam Gonzalez, Denellia Williams, Katrina Carrera, William Sanchez, Bia Agosto, Caprice Cuellar, Melissa Gomez, Nicole Acosta, and Nicole Galeano
Preventing Alarm Fatigue in Nurses: The #1 Patient Safety Hazard, Isabella Morles, Jasmine Monpoint, Vanessa Bang, Jacqueline Davis, Alimey Gutierrez Romero, Victoria Milatovic Castillo, Zuanlys Delgado Perez, Brenda Menjivar Segovia, Shamoy Dixon, Rocio Reyes Echemendia, Corissa Shill, Tori Hall, and Sofia Fonseca
Preventing HAPI in Hospitalized Patients Using Mepilex, Karen Brito, Juan Calvo Garcia, Catherine Cham, Alexis De La Rosa, Maryorie Gonzalez, Brittany Gutierrez, Darian Llanes, Alda Lopez, and Isabella Trillos
Preventing Patient Falls in 5 Hope and 6 Hope, Diana Devesa, Kristy Arteaga, Anna Mudrytska, Beyte Lugo Alonso, Ankadine Jean, Gabriela Arenas, Patricia Martin Ross, Stefano Caccavale, and Nicole DelCristo
Prevention of Falls in Patients With High Risk For Falls, Beatrice Farias, Lauren Khell, Yelsy Rivas Castaneda, Melissa Dewey, Rolando Taylee, Mariana Jimenez, Liannis Machin, Marilyn Bejarano, Anthony Fernandez, Claudia Manteira, and Kervin Paul
Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in Elderly Bedridden Patients , Chislon Griffiths, Giselle Hernandez, Greylene Basco, Marjorie Estermine, Kaitlin McWilliams, and Franceska Noel
Push or Scalpel, Deshai Singleton, Marcela Plata-Ramos, Carolina Del Rio, and Katerina Maury