Submissions from 2025
Confusion Assessment Method-ICU Performance Improvement Project, Amanda Morales, Jennifer Alonso, Stephanie Benavides, Kristina Bourne, Michelle Delgado, Michael Ferrer, Jackie Mathelier, Amanda McGiboney, Katie Moggio, Daphne Pierre, Jose Veliz Otero, and Patricia Rio
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
Developing a Standardized Oncology Advanced Practice Provider Onboarding Program, Miri Sinclair and Gerlem A. Manso Morin
“Earn while you learn”: Implementation of a Pharmacy Technician Scholars Training Program at Baptist Health Florida, Robert Kraljevich, Madeline Camejo, Jason Bell, and Estela Trimino
ECG Virtual Supportive Sessions: An Electrifying Way to Achieve Success, Katherine C. Tryon
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
Evidence-based Clinical Audits Translate to Improved Patient Outcome, Kristina Perez
Examining the Associations between Job Embeddedness and Intent to Stay in Acute Care Registered Nurses: A Replication Study, Eva Mitra; Gen Crespo; Bryan Blancaflor; Andrea Solorzano; and Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C
Exploring the Lived Experience of Nursing Faculty in Preparing for the Next Generation NCLEX: A Qualitative Study, Mary C. Granoff; Missilia Gilbert DNP-Ed., MSN, RN; Erika Nusbaum; Marjorie Lima; and Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C
Fall Prevention, Juliet Wilson, Crystal Ximines, Linsey Catalino, and Ermina Vil
Harmonization of Pharmacy Residency Programs Across a Large Health-Care System. A Strategic Initiative at Baptist Health, Robert Kraljevich, Madeline Camejo, Jason Bell, and Estela Trimino
"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
Igniting the Spark: EBP for Novice Nurses, Sandra Bastidas and Diane S. Kramer
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
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
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
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
Integrating Strategic Learning to Enhance Clinical Outcomes, Katrina Collazo De Armas
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
Leveraging Antimicrobial Compliance to Prevent Surgical Site Infection in Community Hospital: A Quality Initiative, Rupa Seetharamaiah, Arlyn Cua, and Eva Mitra
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Adjust Staffing Levels in the Emergency Department, Marisel Perigo and Haydee Fernandez
No Doctor Rounds Alone: Improving Communication Through Interdisciplinary Rounds, Nicole Burks; Heather Talib; Johnny Yeaglin; Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C; and Mia Mason
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, Ali Palau, Maria L. Perez, Cindy Delgado, Stephani Cardona, Christina Davis, Gustavo Ramirez, Marta Larranaga, Betty Muniz, and jessica grace bundy
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
Pop As You Drop Protect Your Ears Non-Stop in Hyperbaric Treatment, Pat Simms, Maribel Movilla, and Diana Ansuarez
Postpartum Access & Continuity of Care, Mayleni Perez
Pressure Injury Prevention on Orthopedic Patients, Maria Ramirez, Candace McLaughlin, and Lisseth Lugones
Preventing Hospital Onset Bacteremia: The PIV PINCED program, Marian Ramos, Frank Boza, Brooke Marin, Patricia Castillo, Osvaldo Navarro, Cecile Manahan, Yassel Diaz Matos, and Uche Fernes
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
Qualitative Exploration of Intensive Care Unit Nurses' Perceptions of Family Support Person Presence During Family-Witnessed Resuscitation, Carmen Petersen; Martha O. Morales MSN, RN, CCRN; and Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C
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
Reducing Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the Emergency Department, Aloima Guerra, Christina Anteen, and Arvinder Singh
Respectful Maternity Care Overcoming Maternal Health Disparities, Deborah Pol, Jennifer Machado, Sarah Fallon, and Leslie-Ann Kirindongo
Retrospectively Examining the Probability of Acute Skin Failure among Hospitalized Patients with Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries, Tori C. Hatch; Jeanine M. Salamone; Claire McMillan; and Pierna F. Vaughner BSN, RN
Retrospectively Exploring Differences, Relationships, and Predictors associated with the Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool and Patient Outcomes, Sandra Torres, Angela Ramirez, Nicole Boswell, Sigrid Somarriba, Simone Cheong, and Natalie Bermudez
Role of Stroke Team in Improving Stroke Education, Joanne Aberilla
Screening for Social Determinants of Health Among Medicare Beneficiaries in Primary Care Clinics in South Florida, Gabriela C. Martin, Seema Chandra, Charity Tatum, Deepa Sharma, Melissa Parlade, Kelsey Warren, JoVonnda Chresfield, Catherina Chang Martinez, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, and Beatriz Rosell
Self-care, As Important as Patient Care, Mia Cleary-Posada, Marrice A. King, and Taylor Crawford-Burns
Standardizing and Harmonizing the CMS Pass-Through Funding Process Across a Multisite Health Care System, Robert Kraljevich, Madeline Camejo, Jason Bell, and Chelsea Du-Quesne
The Effect of Simulation on Nurses' Knowledge, Skills, and Confidence with Providing Post-Fetal Death Support to Bereaved Parents, Monique Scholine; Donna Davis; Shannon Zalewski; Kettia Antoine; Nicole Adokou; Kristi Vargo; Janelle Diaz; and Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C
The Impact of Wound Care Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) on Communication, Knowledge, and Patient Outcomes within Hospitalist Teams, Andres M. Soto, Margaret Geneve, Lisandra Santos, Carlos Franco, Osvaldo Artigas, Barbara Ventura, Ivan Patino, and Rosemarie L. Schwitzer
The Triple A Comprehensive Fall Prevention Program, Joanne Aberilla and Janet Maloney
Thriving not just Surviving the Night Shift, Marian Ramos, Patricia Castillo, Uche Fernes, Wesline Roberty, and Dana Lee
Unmasking Bias: A Call to Action for All Nurses, Diane Kramer, Victoria Y. McCue, Anshul Saxena, Nicole Burks, Patricia Russell, and Jeanette Deniz
Using Simulation to Increase Nurses' Knowledge and Skills with Emergency Bedside Re-Sternotomies, Kathleen G. Lopez; Trish O’Brien; Colleen Buchholz; Dana Orfinger; Kimberly Thomas; Amanda Camarano; Lauren Lang; Miriam Caban; Tracey Fisher; and Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C
VTE Prophylaxis Concurrent Review Impacts PSI-12 Outcome, Gen Crespo, Daisy Mora, Sonia George, and Yenny Giraldo
Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance Through Electronic Monitoring, Ruth Navarro, Lupe Almaguer, Andrea Tilleman, Ayesha Pacheco, Sebastian Zuluaga, Bianca De La Barra, and Hector Vega
Multifactorial Approach to Falls Prevention with Inclusion of Morse Fall Scores & Artificial Intelligence Technology, Ruth Navarro, Andrea Tilleman, Lupe Almaguer, Grace Aguilera, Kristina Diaz-Rivas, Yesenia Quintero, Alex Vanegas, and Jessica Amigot
Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance Through Electronic Monitoring, Melanie Sosa and Andrea Tilleman
Multifactorial Approach to Falls Prevention with Morse Fall Scores and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology, Melanie Sosa and Andrea Tilleman
Using Turn Teams to Prevent Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries, Melanie Sosa and Andrea Tilleman
Using Turn Teams to Prevent Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries” for an Evidence-Based Practice, Melanie Sosa and Andrea Tilleman
A Cute Scale for Acuity: Making Assignments Simple, Equitable, and Fair, Andrea Mayorga, Jennifer Cano, Jonathan Gonzalez, and Loynier Alvarez
Code HAPI to Help: Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPI) on 3 West, Karina Astigarribia, Sarah Massilon, and Liliana Quezada
Cultivating Blooming Discharge Strategies: Innovating Nursing for Better Outcomes, Lorraine Saunders, Saly Cherian, Mariana Sanchez, Aidemarie Sampayo, and Beatriz Fernandez
Education Focused Clinical Rounds: Enhancing Self Confidence and Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice, Katty Guevara, Liliana Quezada, and Ann Levering
Improving Glycemic Control: Cultivating Consistency by Increasing the Frequency of Glucose Monitoring, Melissa Parodi, Kiara Cobian, and Alexandra Navarro
Medication Override VS. Patient Safety…Are We There Yet?, Dylan Aversa, Loyda Carrascal, Maricar Castillo, Mercedes Condom, and Maitte Ozambela
Nursing Advocacy Reduces Surgical Site Infections Related to Anastomotic Leak and Incidental Colon Lacerations, Claudia Chanes and Zebina Rodger
Optimizing Dissemination of Patient Education to Improve OAS-CAHPS Scores: Communication and Discharge Domain Performance Following Ambulatory Surgery Procedures, Kaylee Mercado, Ann Verilli, Diana Marquez, Maribel Ruiz, Fatima Costa, Michelle Harley, Lissette Vinas, Yohara Anton, and Stephanie Bolanos
Seeding Understanding, Cultivating Experience: Developing a Standardized Communication Tool for Inpatient Medication Education, Sydea Alsopp, Jen Amrani, Claudia Leao, Virginia Manuel, Kelly Martinez, Paulo Pereira, Lea Sawicki, and Vinicius Dos Santos Pinto
Spring Into Safety: Preventing Pharmaceutical Overrides, Briana Gonzalez, Carlos Antuche, Kacie Ratchko, Arlen Caceres, and Amy Campos
Empowering Future Leaders: How to Develop an Emerging Leader Program, Rachel Evers
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Adjust Staffing Levels in the Emergency Department, Marisel Perigo and Haydee Fernandez
Increasing Progressive Care to Intensive Care Unit Nurse Capacity through an Innovative Cross-Training Program, Liliana Estevez and Diana Maria Lopez
Workplace Violence: Clinical Nurse Impacts Feeling Safe through Evidence-Based Practice, Kristina Perez
Take A Closer Look…..Waveforms Matter, Wanda Ramos, Mike Salinero, Jessica Gonzalez, and Steven Kang
Bridging the Gap – Enhancing Nurse Floating Experience, Gaileen Quammie and Ilda Corea
Champions at Work: Turning Engagement into Excellence, Gaileen Quammie and Ilda Corea
Critical Care, Critical Clarity: Making Medications Meaningful, Stephanie Benavides, Isis Lagos Rodriguez, Daphne Pierre, Erica Baltodano, Erika Gomez, Laurie King, and Kristina Bourne
Dose Matters: Preventing Adverse Reactions to IV Iron Sucrose Therapy in an Ambulatory Setting, Daniel Perez, Rocio Suarez, Yili Reyes Perez, Margarita Pallares, and Maribel Matos
Empowering Patients Through Daily Goal Collaboration to Elevate Nurse–Patient Communication, Lourdes Pedrianes-Perez, Idelmis Ojito, Vida Velasquez, Norma Cruz-Handy, and Wilver Quilca Dongo
Enhancing Airway Safety Through the BRIGHT Protocol: A NICU Quality Initiative, Amaris Fabelo, Jessica Vinuela, Yvette King-Archer, Daisy Mora, Jorge Pena, and Yanira Rodriguez
Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of the Modified Obstetric Fall Risk Assessment System: A Pilot Study (OFRAS), Geraldine Lamoglia, Ashley Hurtado, Yasmin Solis, Deborah Pol, and Natalie Bermudez
Facts and Snacks: The Use of a Hybrid Medical Provider Learning Program to Enhance Nursing Knowledge and Engagement, Yasmin Solis, Alexis Folgueira, Marian Ramos, and Gil Casanova
From Protocol to Practice: L&D Nurses Driving Change with FPQC Obstetric Hemorrhage Initiative 2.0, Deborah Pol and Priscilla Valladares
Healing The Healer: Reducing Nurse Burden Through Structured Relaxation Breaks On 5 Pav, Sariah Battle, Kristine Hernandez, and Gwendolyn Napolitano
Kudos Culture: Recognize, Appreciate, Elevate, Vicky Wheeler and Laura Charite
Minutes Matter: Increasing door to needle with new and improved focused tiered stroke education, Meaghan Lintner, Delilah Cetoute, and Silvia Clark
No Time, No Pressure: Building a Rapid Response to Pressure Injury Prevention in the Emergency Department, Amalia Pino and Silvia Clark
One Call Prevents One Fall: Your Safety, Your Power, Sariah Battle, Wendy Gil, Debbie Perez, and Anabel Caceres Perez
Operation STICK Improves Vascular Access Outcomes in a Specialty Team: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Jessica Sarlabous and Lauren Adair
Optimizing Weight Management Practices on a Telemetry Unit, Wendy Kelly, Kei Berlin, Stephanie Nunez, Tiffany Aliaga, and Leonor Ruiz
OR Steaming Ahead – Without Immediate Use Steam Sterilization (IUSS), Mara Berman, Marianne Heider, Roger T-Cruz, Krystal Rodriguez, and Andrea Bloomfield
PACU Flow Redefined: The Facilitator Effect, Gil Casanova, Heather Cosculluela, and Javier Villamil
Smooth Moves: Preventing Bowel Complications to Shorten Hospital Stay on 7P, Yarilys Alfonso, Yekaterina Ilina, Michelle Jaramillo, Stephanie Nunez, Jessica Saavedra, and Yvonne Zapata
Stronger Care, Stronger Scores: How Unified Teams Elevate Patient Experience in the ER, Genesis Ponce and Karina Munoz
Teamwork in Print: The 5 East Tower Times Effect, Bianca Porras, Isabel Velar, Rolando Cepero, Noah Kristjansson, and Natalie Roque
Zero Tolerance: Violence Ends Here!, Esperanza Del Puerto, Tamra DaCosta, and Silvia Clark
Submissions from 2024
Antenatal Lactation Education an EBP Approach to Improve Exclusivity of Breastfeeding, Maureen Pahl, Johana Porto Carrero, Dina Victor, Mabel Sosa, Sarah Lopez-Calleja, Clauville Eversley, and Beth Ann Fraser Ottey
A Warm Welcome: The Role of Care Packages in Patients Experience and Well Being, Isabel Velar, Marisol Aviles, Rachelle Mombrun, and Bianca Porras
Code Crimson OB – To Improve Maternal Outcomes, Colleen Rodriguez, Elizabeth Barrers, Leah Williams-Jones, Mercy Banaszak, and Leonor Ruiz
Confusion Assessment Method-ICU Performance Improvement Project, Amanda Morales, Jennifer Alonso, Stephanie Benavides, Kristina Bourne, Lauren Busse, Michelle Delgado, Michael Ferrer, Jackie Mathelier, Amanda McGiboney, Katie Moggio, Daphne Pierre, Patricia Rios, and Jose Veliz Otero
Enhancing Bariatric Patient Outcomes with Patient Education, Ilda I. Corea, Adrianna Matilla, Gaileen Quammie, Monica Chavez, Yunisleidis Puentes Villar, Maria Villafuerte, and Rey Hernandez
Homeward Bound Family-Centered Initiative: A Best Practice through Florida Perineal Quality Council, Jessica Vinuela, Amaris Fabelo, and Christina Palmer