Submissions from 2024
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
Postpartum Access & Continuity of Care (PACC), Ashley Hurtado, Susan Chandler, Geraldine Lamoglia, Suzy Coleto, and Guiuliana Mazzotti
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
Prevention of Barotrauma During Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment in OP Hyperbaric/ Wound Care Center, Pat Simms, Diana Ansuarez, Maribel Movilla, Silvia Montes, Julio Sierra, Esther Raphael, David Prada, and Frank Patino
Professional Socialization in the Nursing Workforce: The Generation Z Perspective, Yvonne Patten
Providing Healing, Hope and Restoration Through a Meditation Room, Jennifer Alonso
Pyxis BD Omnicell Re-organization & Staff Education Quality Improvement Project, Mauricio Aragon Caceres, Edlina Hilson, Mary Montejo, and Aliyah Clarke
Rapid Response Team Debrief Restructure and Pause: A Quality Improvement Pilot Project, Yannick Odiete
Reduce Percent Incorrect Documentation of Surgical Wound Classification to Zero, Mara Berman, Andrea Porter, and Cam Kha
Reducing Emergency Department Patient Falls through Ownership and Drills, Marisel Perigo, Wanda Rodriguez, Alexander Alpizar, Virginia Valenzuela, and Gaby Fontela
Reduction of Falls in the ED (Quality Improvement Project), Yasmany Perez, Michelle Isambert, and Shana Sealy
Respectful Maternity Care Overcoming Maternal Health Disparities, Deborah Pol, Jennifer Machado, Sarah Fallon, and Leslie-Ann Kirindongo
Retrospectively Exploring Differences, Relationships, and Predictors associated with the Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool and Patient Outcomes, Sandra Torres, Angela Ramirez, Nicole Boswell, Sigrid Somarriba, and Simone Cheong
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
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
Senior Nurse Leaders Leverage Technology to Improve Patient Experience, Jessica Hucey Nua and Nerlande Joseph
Sound the Alarm! Hardwiring Care of the Hip Fracture Patient to Improve Recovery, Mary Montejo, Aracely Olvera, and Maria Ramirez
Staying Ahead of the PACC: Improving Postpartum Maternal Health, Cristiana Rivas, Suganya Gobinathan, Nerlande Joseph, and Yenny Giraldo
Staying Ahead of the PACC: Improving Postpartum Maternal Health, Kristy Rivas, Suganya Gobinathan, Nerlande Joseph, and Yenny Giraldo
Striving to ALWAYS Exceed the Patients Care Experience, Griselle Pastor, Diane Amado Tate, James Collins, Leticia Berrones, Giselle Ortiz, Demetrius Williams, Melissa Parodi, and Trina Vidal
Team Admission Approach: Improve Percent "Staff Works together care for you", Gaudy Soljour, Duclos Philippe, Norma Cruz-Handy, and Angela Castillo
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; Sandria Jamieson; Kettia Antoine; Nicole Adokou; Kristi Vargo; Janelle Diaz; Erin M. Franklin; and Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN, EBP-C
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
Universal Onboarding: Impacting Satisfaction and Turnover, Joanne Aberilla and Julia Caballero
Use of Imiquimod 5% cream for the treatment of lentigo maligna on the face, Laura Benitez, Uzma Farooq, and Naiara Braghiroli
Submissions from 2023
Access & Coverage through Treatment Administration, Adherence & Compliance, Morgan Nestingen
Advancing Nurse & Patient Navigator Engagement and Retention by Designing and Implementing a Professional Career Ladder, Tania Silva Santos, Morgan Nestingen, Marguerite Rowell, and Barbara Quintana
Advocacy and Collaboration for New Evidence-based Initiative Improves Breastfeeding Rate, Jennifer Canales, Betty Drago, and Alisha Gaffoor
Aiming for a Perfect Score, Nisette Alfonso, Laura Grueiro-Benitez, Candace Caston, and Idalma Perez
An Innovative Method to Perform High-Fidelity Simulation to Fulfill Educational Needs, Vivian Fuentes, Marrice King, and Elicia Egozcue-Ochoa
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
A Unit Practice Journey to Improving How Well Staffed Worked Together, Jessica Martinez and Robert Garcia
Be HAPPY not HAPI, Gloria Gamboa, Martha M. Gaitan, Priscilla Egemba, and Vera Seneque
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
Code Orange - Code Pink, Paloma Casemeiro and carey B. Acosta
Collaborative Nurses Leading the Way to Quality & Safety Improvement Utilizing a Home-grown Mock Survey - "Continuous Readiness Rounds" (CRR), Rosalina Butao, Eva Mitra, Gen Crespo, Christina Fontaine, and Alex Duarte
Coloring to De-Stress. Providing a "Mindful Mural" to Help Staff de-stress at Work, Rose Petit Frere and Lily Ramon
Comparison of Microbial Respiratory Cultures versus MRSA Nasal Screen to Guide Vancomycin De-escalation in Patients Hospitalized for Bacterial Pneumonia, Victoria E. Grusauskas, Anthony Wasielewski, and Kristin Boyar
Constructive Accountability Improves Patient Outcomes in the Emergency Department, Marisel Perigo
Conversion of CDU into a COVID-19 overlfow to decrease ED wait times, Lorraine Saunders, Saly Cherian, and Mariana A. Sanchez
Decreasing blood culture contamination, Nancy Doctura, Joan F. Baker, Rose Petit Frere, Jessica Celorio, and Cynthia Fischer
Decreasing Heart Failure Readmissions through an Interdisciplinary Approach, Eda Avila and Onyinye Anyakudo
Defend a Touchdown, Prevent Falls, Lily Quezada, Maria Lucia Perez, and Karina Astigarrabia
Delirium and Sleep Bundle in the Neurological ICU, Nicole Frizzi, Rose Tucker, and Rebecca Zangrilli
Descriptive Comparison of Two Models of Tele-Critical Care Delivery in a Large Multi-Hospital Health Care System, Donna Lee Armaignac and Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy
Effective Discharge Teaching Impacts Patient Experience, Suzanne Rodriguez and Blessy Varghese
Effective Discharge Teaching Impacts Patient Experience, Suzanne Rodriguez and Blessy Varghese
Emergency Services - EKG performance Improvement Project, Patricia Lopez, Josue Erazo, and Russel Dizon
Evaluating the Effect of Turning Teams and Turning Clocks on Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries, Karen Yap; Rachel Smith; Natalia Flores; and Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN
Evaluating the Efficacy of Virtual Rounds on Hospitalized Stroke Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Victoria McCue, Michelle Smith, Sonia George, Julia Caballero, Sarah Cano, and Andrea Castillo
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
"Examining the Presence of Professional Nursing Practice Environment Attributes in a South Florida Hospital: A Quantitative Correlative Comparative Study", Monique Scholine; Angela M. Bonaby; and Natalie Bermudez PhD, RN
FAU Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention, Suresh Rana
Fueling the Stride: Impact of Identifying Patients at Risk of Malnutrition, Ysabel Aymerich, Elizabeth Goico, Danielle Rodriguez, Zulema Iznaga, Claudia Marquez, and Connie Hunter
Fully relieved: Interprofessional MDRPI Prevention, Jo Ann Aberilla, Dhanya Paul, Liset Plasencia, and Jenn Romero
Fully Relieved: Interprofessional MDRPI Prevention, Jo Ann Aberilla, Dhanya Paul, Liset Plasencia, and Jenn Romero
Getting to the Heart of the Matter: A non-cardiac hospital's innovated approach empowering nurses to conduct cardiac device interrrogations, Marla Geltner and Edwina Brathwaite
Handoff Report in Surgical Services, Bobbie Wich and Millie Escalona
Hands-on Training in Meal Selection and Cooking in Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: Randomized Controlled Trial, Yuki Asakura-Strempek
HAPI Prevention on a Medical-Surgical Unit: 325+ Days of Success, David A. Bowers, Tristen Craig, Vimala Abraham, Preeti Shrestha, Vanessa N. Lennon, and David J. O'Brien
Healthy Work Environment Standards in Tele-Critical Care Nursing, Lisa-Mae Williams
Hole in One: Driving Observation Length of Stay, Lorraine Saunders, Saly Cherian, and Mariana A. Sanchez
Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPI) HRO, Yasmin Solis
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
Impact of Microbreaks on Nursing Staff Stress Levels, Nicole Burks, Tammy J. Cathers, Sara Reynoso, Gabriela Salesses, Brandy Thrower, and Johnny Yeaglin
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
Impact of Pharmacist-Driven Protocol to Reduce Utilization of Pantoprazole Continuous Infusion, Ivan Hernandez, Jason A. Morell, Lauren Mulcahy, and Daniela Luzardo
Implementation of Post Code Blue Debriefing, Brigitte C. August, Amber James, Theresa Russell, Terri Straub, Danielle Wahrman, Sydney Sabel, Lauren Lang, Amanda Camarano, Tracey Fisher, and Mihae Kim
Implementation of U/S Guided Peripheral IV Insertion and Simulated Skills Performance on Nurse Level of Confidence and Order Requests, Nicole Burks, Mary Pat Gage, Marrice A. King, Victoria Knight, Mia Mason, Colleen Rodgers, Gabriela Salesses, Jenna Schops, Lauren Schneider, Brandy Thrower, Johnny Yeaglin, and Natalie Bermudez
Implementing a Fall Checklist to Help Decrease Falls in Neurological Patients, Nathalee Gordon, Jennifer Liquerman, Rita Mercardo, and Erica Tyler
Implementing a Stress Relief Break to Decrease Nursing Burnout, Kerryann Smith, Viviana Brito, Anita Fernades, Maria Foster, Raquel Olivieri Cordero, Denise Watson, and Ann Wilssens
Implementing Evidence-Based Interventions to Promote Compassion Satisfaction on an Oncology Unit, Asia Minus, Nadine Clarke-Francis, Ailin Santana, Vicky Rampaul, Ann Williams Nicholas, Brandy Thrower, Francette Ciceron, and Natalie Bermudez
Improving ED Throughput: Role of Dashboard RN, Haydee Fernandez, Marisel Perigo, Stephanie Ulloa, and Diane Rivero
Improving ED Throughput: Role of Dashboard RN, Haydee Fernandez, Marisel Perigo, Stephanie Ulloa, and Diane Rivero
Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates, Jennifer Canales and Simone Cheong
Improving ICU Risk Predictive Models Through Automation Designed for Resiliency Against Documentation Bias, Donna Lee Armaignac and Eduardo Martinez-Dubouchet
Improving Oral Oncolytic Education and Consent Compliance by Adding Oncology Nursing Support, Morgan Nestingen, Marguerite Rowell, Yamile Leon, Tania Silva Santos, Cindy Byrd, and Barbara Matias
Improving Patient Experience by Decreasing Length of Stay for Treat & Release Patients at BHM ED, Scott Hilliard, Lourdes Macias, Tanya George, and Kaitlin Emad
Improving patient satisfaction through engaging patients in their care- A nurse led project, Kei Berlin, Jacqueline Beckford, Vanessa Bombiella, Dorkis Iglesias, Shuyang Liu, Imani Joseph, Shariel Palmer, and Lilianny Sosa Miguelez
Improving Patient Throughput: Nurse Leader Advocacy for Discharge Lounge, Meghan Sharkey, Nerlande Joseph, Christina Rodriguez, Kristine Garcia, Carol Del Sol, and Jennifer Gonzalez
Improving Teamwork Perception Between RNs and Nursing Assistants, Ermina Vil, Joselie Marcellus, Mryline Sejour, Shari Goulbourne, Jill Spinder, Lisa Joswick, Javon Lewis, Charkila Wims, and Juliet Wilson
"Improving Teamwork Perception Between RNs and Nursing Assistants Using a Focused Communication Tool", Ermina Vil, Jill Spinder, Joselie Marcellus, Mryline Sejour, Michelle L. Fleischman, Shari Goulbourne, Lisa Joswick, Javon Lewis, Charkila Wims, and Juliet M. Wilson
Improving the Timing of Insulin Administration in Adult Acute Care Patients, Baptist Health South Florida
Improving the Timing of Insulin Administration in Adult Acute Care Patients, Nursing Practice Management
Increase Sense of Ownership to Decrease Patient Falls, Dhanya Paul and Meghan Sharkey
Increase Sense of Ownership to Decrease Patient Falls, Dhanya Paul, Meghan Sharkey, and Mariosis Matias
Innovations in Tele-Critical Care Nursing During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Miguel Gonzalez and Lisa-Mae Williams
Inpatient Weight Monitoring for All: Implementing a Strategy for Increased Compliance, James Ervin Lim, Donzaleigh Skinner-Hill, Olive Gibson, Michelle Dellafave, Kevin Young, and Natalia Flores
"Inpatient Weight Monitoring for All: Implementing a Strategy for Increased Compliance", James Ervin Lim, Olive Gibson, Michelle Dellafave, and Natalia Flores
Keep Your Eye on the Bundle: Nurse Leaders' Impact on CAUTI and CLASBI Rates, Christina Rodriguez, Rosalina Butao, Andrea Castillo, and Victoria McCue
Knocking out VAE in the CCU, Melissa Parodi, Alejandro Gonzalez-Quevedo, Alexander Mascagani, and Alexandra Navarro
Leveraging Leadership Strategies and Unit Outcomes by Decreasing Hospital Acquired Conditions with an Innovative Role Mobility Associate, Kristine Aguinaldo and Myla Malto
Leveraging Shared Governance to Improve Outcomes, Kristy Perez and Ashley Paula
Leveraging Technology to Achieve Excellence in Oral Oncolytic Management, Morgan Nestingen and Marguerite Rowell
Leveraging Technology to Elevate ICU Patient Outcomes, Joanne Aberilla and Janet Maloney
Leveraging Technology to Elevate ICU Patient Outcomes, Joanne Aberilla and Janet Maloney