Submissions from 2023
Uncomplicate the complicated: A revamp of sepsis and glucose algorithy, Carey Acosta
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis: Preventing clots on the spot, Christian Lycke, Margie Martin, Guido Maya, and Carolina Parra
We Got Your Back! ZERO HAPIs Makes Us All Happy!, Jasmin Qyyum, Venessa Rodriguez, Paola Delahoz, Melina Perez, Krystin Kennedy, Christopher Scott, and Catherina Chang Martinez
What time is it? It's TEATIME!, Yesenia Mauricio and Vanessa Echevarria
When it rains, it "POURs": EBP at bedside to prevent unplanned admissions related to post-operative urinary retention (POUR), Sandra I. Menendez, Maricar Castillo, Jon Rivera, Tina Capistrano, Loyda Carrascal, Sandra Khoury, Dana Garcia, Ricardo Diaz, and Karina Collado
Using an Evidence-based Practice Tool to Improve Surgical Wound Classification, Claudia A. Chanes and Aixa Esteve-Paz
PATH (Preparing and Teaching Health Professionals) for Health Equity, Melissa Parlade, Seema Chandra, JoVonnda Chresfield, Victoria McCue, Lorena Bonilla, Sophia Malary-Carter, Anna Maria Patino-Fernandez, Margaret Godet, Deepa Sharma, and Agueda Hernandez
Promoting New Knowledge and Innovation: Designing, Implementing, Disseminating, and Expanding Nursing Science Using a Nursing Research Fellowship, Morgan Nestingen and Nohemi Sadule Rios
Improving the Timing of Insulin Administration in Adult Acute Care Patients, Baptist Health South Florida
Improving ICU Risk Predictive Models Through Automation Designed for Resiliency Against Documentation Bias, Donna Lee Armaignac and Eduardo Martinez-Dubouchet
Where Cancer Care Comes Together, Kerri MacDonald
FAU Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention, Suresh Rana
Access & Coverage through Treatment Administration, Adherence & Compliance, Morgan Nestingen
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
Descriptive Comparison of Two Models of Tele-Critical Care Delivery in a Large Multi-Hospital Health Care System, Donna Lee Armaignac and Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy
Healthy Work Environment Standards in Tele-Critical Care Nursing, Lisa-Mae Williams
Innovations in Tele-Critical Care Nursing During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Miguel Gonzalez and Lisa-Mae Williams
Pressure Injury Prevention, Fritz Boucicault, Anamaria Chavez, and Daniel Silva Morales
The Art of Mentoring: Nurses Perception of Mentoring in a Hospital Environment, Diane Kramer, Victoria McCue, Kayce Tugg, Vivian Fuentes, and Sally Bonet
Submissions from 2022
Decreasing Sudden Unexpected Infant Death, Carey B. Acosta, Kristal Brown, and Judy E. Bowling
Exploring Workplace Incivility and Bullying in Healthcare Workers in a South Florida Community Hospital, Nada Wakim, Natalie Bermudez, and Claudia C. Sabogal-Rodriguez
Letter from the Editor: Coming Together as a Resilient Workforce, Nohemi Sadule Rios
The Lived Experiences of Frontline Nurses during COVID-19: A Phenomenological Study, Victoria Y. McCue, Edwina Brathwaite, Diane Amado Tate, and Jeanette Hansen
Admission Code Status and End-of-life Care for Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19, Donna Lee Armaignac
Measuring Return on Investment for Professional Development Activities: Literature Update and the Ongoing Challenge, Judy Bowling
Measuring Return on Investment for Professional Development Activities: Pandemic Impacts and Revised Known Cost of Outcomes, Judy Bowling
The Impact of Technologist Mammographic Positioning Training as Measured by Artificial Intelligence, Kathy Schilling
Designing and Implementing a Navigation Program Database to Track Patient Care Delivery and Report Metrics, Tania Silva Santos, Morgan Nestingen, Marguerite Rowell, and Julie Gorman
Advancing Nurse & Patient Navigator Engagement and retention by Designing and Implementing a Professional Career Ladder, Tania Silva Santos, Morgan Nestingen, Barbara Quintana, and Marguerite Rowell
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
Fully Relieved: Interprofessional MDRPI Prevention, Jo Ann Aberilla, Dhanya Paul, Liset Plasencia, and Jenn Romero
Improving ED Throughput: Role of Dashboard RN, Haydee Fernandez, Marisel Perigo, Stephanie Ulloa, and Diane Rivero
Improving Sepsis Outcomes, Accountability and Ownership, Daisy Mora and Michelle Smith
Increase Sense of Ownership to Decrease Patient Falls, Dhanya Paul and Meghan E. Sharkey
Nurses Influencing Community Health One Child at a Time, Simone Cheong and Karen Vassell
NURSES' Leading the Mantra "Gel in & Gel Out": To Decrease the Organizations HAI, Rosalina Butao and Dennise de Pascale
NURSES's CRY: "COVID-19 IS INFECTING MY WELLBEING, PLEASE TALK TO ME!", Rosalina Butao and Sandra McLean
Quiet Time: Improving Post-Partum Patient Experience, Jennifer Canales
Self-Efficacy: Nurses' Perceptions of Caring for Patients Living with Diabetes, Victoria Y. McCue
Shared Governance: Growing Next Generation of Nurse Leaders, Simone Cheong
Sunflower Award: CNO Organizational Influence Beyond Nursing, Simone Cheong and Sandra McLean
Turning Heads: Reducing Medical Device Pressure Injuries, Jo Ann Aberilla and Lupe Almaguer
Using Your Words: Improved Communication During Code Rescues, Cecilia Borges and Victoria Y. McCue
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