Submissions from 2016
Promoting a Healthy Work Environment in the Emergency Department, Becky Maya, Eleni Miralles, Katrina Lino, Monica Duart, and Julie Lamoureux
Promoting a Healthy Work Environment in the ICU through Prayer and Bible Study, Jo Ann Aberilla
The Effect of an Educational Intervention on the Knowledge and Management of PONV among Anesthesia Providers: A Pilot Study, Eleazar Comprendio, Juan E. Ruan, H. Mohammad Zayed, Julie Lamoureux, and Feliciano Villalba
The Need for Speed: Shared Governance Impacting Nursing Practice over a 3 year Magnet Journey of a newly opened hospital, Rosalina Butao, Julie Lamoureux, Tanya Cohn, Victoria McCue, and Fatima Garcia
Abstract: Bilingualism and Executive Inhibitory Control in 4- and 5-Year-Old Preterm Born Children: A Pilot Study, Ashley Darcy Mahoney
Addressing Moral Distress in Critical Care Nurses: A Pilot Study, Rose Allen and Eve Butler
A New Role In Nursing: Unit Based Manager, Patient Safety and Quality, Susan Aguilera, Rosie Rodriguez-Henderson, and Hollie Gow
Exploring Nurses' Feelings On Floating: A Phenomenological Study, Marie Paule Lafontant
How to Start and Finish a Research Project; Lunch and Learn Panel Discussion, Juan Ruiz, Tanya Cohn, Dawn Prospect, Julie Lamoureux, Allison Blivin-Martinez, and Carrie Figueredo
One-year outcomes of an intense workplace cardio-metabolic risk reduction program among high-risk employees: The My Unlimited Potential, Maribeth Rouseff, Ehimen Aneni, Henry Guzman, Sankalp Das, Doris Brown, Emeka Osondu, Brandon Shaffer, Joann Santiago-Charles, Teresa Ochoa, Joseph Mora, Cynthia Gilliam, Virginia Lehn, Shoshana Sherriff, Thinh Tran, Janisse Post, Emir Veledar, Theodore Feldman, Arthur Agatston, and Khurram Nasir
Outcomes of a 12-bed observation-holding unit in a community hospital for patients experiencing chest pain, Sandra Bastidas, Olivia White, Carmen Avila-Quintana, and Julie Lamoureux
Stand By You: An Interprofessional Compassionate Service, Rose Allen, Renato Santos, Arlenna Williams, and Sarita Khanal
The Collaborative Support Model: On Boarding Using A Team Approach, Diane Kramer, Vivian Fuentes, and Kayce Tugg
The Collaborative Support Model: On Boarding Using A Team Approach, Diane Kramer, Vivian Fuentes, and Kayce Tugg
Submissions from 2015
Nursing Bedside Swallow Screen: How it Affects Outcome of Stroke Patients, Honoree Ceballos
Abstract 1090: Are the Current Definitions Used to Detect Sepsis Adequate for Prediction of Sepsis Syndrome?, Donna L. Armaignac, Heidi Fuxa, Julie Lamoureux, Carlos Valle, and Emir Veledar
Abstract 781: The Effect of Tele-ICU Innovation on Progressive Care Unit, Donna L. Armaignac, Carlos Valle, Louis Gidel, Xiaorong Mei, Irfan Zaidi, Leslee Gross, Lisa-Mae Williams, and Emir Veledar
An Emergency Department's Journey to Decreasing Door-to-Neurology Consult Times in our Acute Stroke Patient Population, Jessica Sanabria
Endovascular coil embolization of a pancreatic pseudoaneurysm in a child with pancreatitis, Miosotys Curbelo, Shaun Samuels, Eduardo A Perez, Arcenio Chacon, Ruben Gonzalez-Vallina, and Juan Sola
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) education for all critical care nurses, Cheriese Rawlins
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and Tissue Plasminogen (tPA) Education for All Critical Care Nurses, Cheriese Rawlins
An Assessment of Current Palliative Care Beliefs and Knowledge: The Primary Palliative Care Providers' Perspective, Yvonne Patten, Maria M. Ojeda, and Carolyn Lindgren
Developing a Culture of Inquiry through Nursing Research: A New Hospital's 3-Year Journey to Magnet® Designation, Denise Harris and Tanya Cohn
Protocol for suspected pediatric appendicitis limits computed tomography utilization, Miosotys Curbelo, Kenneth Mendelson, Eduardo A Perez, Anthony Hogan, Holly Neville, and Juan Sola
Verifying placement of small-bore feeding tubes: electromagnetic device images versus abdominal radiographs, Vera Bryant, Jean Phang, and Kevin Abrams
An Assessment of Current Palliative Care Beliefs and Knowledge: The Primary Palliative Care Providers' Perspective, Yvonne Patten, Maria M. Ojeda, and Carolyn Lindgren
The Effect of Tele-ICU Innovation on Progressive Care Unit Patient Population, Donna L. Armaignac, Carlos Valle, Louis Gidel, Xiaorong Mei, Irfan Zaidi, Leslee Gross, Lisa-Mae Williams, and Emir Veledar
An Assessment of Current Palliative Care Beliefs and Knowledge: The Primary Palliative Care Providers' Perspective, Yvonne Patten, Maria M. Ojeda, and Carolyn Lindgren
Investigating the Scholar Nurse Partner Effect on the Novice Nurse, Gisell Gonzalvo, Vanessa Collazo, Steve Lewis, and Aubrey Florom-Smith
Healthcare Utilizing Deliberate Discussion Linking Events (HUDDLE): A Systematic Review, Lauren Prestianni and Crystal Miller
Hearing the Child's Voice: Their Lived Experience in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Andrea Prentiss
Survey of Nursing Practice at Doctors Hospital, Carolyn Lindgren, Juan Nery, Maria Ojeda, Judy Bowling, and Diane Amado Tate
Time frames for sepsis screening criteria, Rosemary Lee
Intravenous acetaminophen in bariatric surgery: Effects on opioid requirements, Anthony Gonzalez, Rey Romero, Maria Ojeda, and Jorge Rabaza
The Implementation of a Capnography Monitoring System during Endoscopic Procedures within an Outpatient Setting, Stephanie White
My Unlimited Potential: Multidimensional Workplace Life Style Modification Program Associated With Reduction in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Employees With Type 2 Diabetes, Sankalp Das, Maribeth Rouseff, Henry Guzman, Thinh Tran, Doris Brown, Joann Santiago-Charles, Teresa Ochoa, Joseph Mora, Cynthia Gilliam, Virginia Lehn, Angelica Ruiz, Ehimen Aneni, Oluseye Ogunmoroti, Lara Roberson, Emir Veledar, Janisse Post, and Khurram Nasir
Addressing Moral Distress in Critical Care Nurses, Rose Allen and Eve Butler
A Retrospective Analysis on the Effectiveness of a Maternal Hemorrhage Plan, Tammy Sincore
Ask Me About your MEDS: An initiative to improve communication and patient satisfaction, Kelly Delgado and Silvia Baldomero
Ask Tell Ask: A journey to improve nurses communication; WKBH ICU UBPC initiative, Fatima Garcia, Lauren Kern, and Dafney Santana
BAKER ACT Project, Lucy Arcila, Evelyn Quinones Lassalle, Carla Green, Melinda Patton, and Melinda Collins
Boosting your influence, Tanya Cohn
Clinical partners' perceptions of patient assignments according to acuity, Esther Thomasos, Edwina Brathwaite, Tanya Cohn, Juan Nery, Carolyn Lindgren, and Shatondre Williams
Compassion satisfaction in Florida RNs, Tanya Cohn, Fatima Garcia, Julie Lamoureux, and Mavel Arinal
Decreasing Blood Culture Contamination in the ED, Bettina Laier
Developing and testing an online breastfeeding training among undergraduate nursing students, Shakira Henderson
Discharge Alternative Non-Urgent Care Education (D.A.N.C.E.) Protocol: Addressing Emergency Department Misuse, Samantha Leon
Ebola Preparedness - An ED Perspective, Bettina Laier
Facing Falls by Staying in the Zone, Beatriz Taboada, Charles Juste, and Rocio Ramirez
MCVI-SMH Outpatient Heart Failure Program (reduce readmission rates), Victoria Pope
Motivation and Certification Rates among Allied Health Professionals, Eda Avila, Edlina Hilson, and Maria Ojeda
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and Tissue Plasminogen (tPA) Education for all Critical Care Nurses, Cheriese Rawlins
Nurse-driven telemetry discontinuation checklist, Irma Garriga
Nurses' Compassion Satisfaction and its Perceived Impact on Patient Care and Nurse Retention, Tanya Cohn, Julie Lamoureux, Mavel Arinal, and Fatima Garcia
Outcomes of Sepsis Patients using Noninvasive Cardiac Output Monitoring to Guide Fluid Resuscitation, Rosemary Lee, Rosie Sanchez, Laura Berni, Joyce Nealey, and Maria Ojeda
Pain Management of Medical-Surgical Patients at Homestead Hospital: The Role of Nurse-Patient Communication, Dianne Crabtree, Kathy Gruny, Kimberly Figueroa, Veronica Zamoyski, Carrie Bilek, Rachael Rodriguez, and Luchie Anne Dwyer
Patients' and Families' Perspective: What Makes an Extraordinary Nurse in a Patient and Family Centered Care Hospital?, Victoria McCue
Patients’ and families’ perspective: What makes an extraordinary nurse in a patient and family centered care hospital?, Victoria McCue, Rosario Carrigan, Kelly Delgado, and Tanya Cohn
Pediatric Emergency Department Rapid Care Model, Netonua Reyes, Rene Bascoy, Rosa Rousseau, Francisco A. Medina Mejia, Julian Diavanti, Pedro Marin, Tanisha R. Jones, Sandra Young, and Andrea Gibson
Promoting Comfort During CT-Coronary Angiogram, Margo Archer, Dawn Arevalo, and Kelly Vazquez
Psychometric Properties of Newly Translated Spanish Life Events Inventory and Daily Hassles Scale, Dianne Bazzani, Norma Romero, Blanca Chavez, and JoAnn Picanes
The Effect of an Educational Intervention on the Knowledge and Management of PONV Among Anesthesia Providers: A Pilot Study, Eleazar Comprendio, Juan E. Ruan, Mohammad Zyed, Julie Lamoureux, and Feliciano Villalba
Unit Retention Strategies, Steven Trush, Rosa Filomeno, Joyce Jones, and Martha Gaitan
Using a Nurse-Driven Telemetry Discontinuation Protocol to Effect Telemetry Utilization and Nursing Job Satisfaction, Irma Garriga
Using a peer-driven facilitative review process to establish feasibility and support ethical review of clinical research, Tanya Cohn and Tiffany Llera-Lora
Submissions from 2014
Abstract 131: Effect of environment of care within PIRO sepsis model: is tele-health the answer for health policy?, Donna Lee Armaignac, Carlos Valle, Julie Lamoureux, Louis Gidel, Xiaorong Mei, and Emir Veledar
Abstract 421: Emergence of acute GI illness in predisposition, insult, response, outcomes (PIRO) sepsis model, Donna Lee Armaignac, Carlos Valle, Julie Lamoureux, Louis Gidel, Xiaorong Mei, and Emir Veledar
Keep Calm and Carry On: Reducing Elective Early-Term Deliveries, Tammy Sincore and Linda Levine
Designing and Opening a New Hospital With a Culture and Foundation of Magnet®: An Exemplar in Transformational Leadership, Denise Harris and Tanya Cohn
Association between Severity of Anemia and 30-Day Readmission Rate: Archival Data of 847 Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure, Jorge Busse, Tanya Cohn, Rosalina Butao, and Julie Lamoureux
Abstract 327: Six months follow-up of “My Unlimited Potential”, A 12-week Worksite, Multi-Component, Lifestyle Intervention for Improving Cardiometabolic Health in High Risk Persons, Maribeth Rouseff, Ehimen Aneni, Thinh Tran, Josette Bou-Khalil, Joseph Mora, Henry Guzman, Sankalp Das, Doris Brown, Joann Santiago-Charles, Teresa Ochoa, Cynthia Gilliam, Virginia Lehn, Beatriz Castillo, Lara Roberson, Emir Veledar, Janisse Post, Khurram Nasir, and Angelica Ruiz
My Unlimited Health Potential: 6 Month Effect of Participation in a Worksite Lifestyle Intervention Program on Significant Weight Loss and Eligibility Criteria for Bariatric Surgery Among High Risk Individuals, Sameer Shaharyar, Lara Roberson, Ehimen Aneni, Maribeth Rouseff, Thinh Tran, Henry Guzman, Sankalp Das, Doris Brown, Joann Santiago-Charles, Teresa Ochoa, Joseph Mora, Beatriz Castillo, Emir Veledar, Theodore Feldman, Arthur Agatston, Janisse Post, and Khurram Nasir
Take aim at acute kidney injury with RIFLE criteria, Lisa-Mae Williams
Implementation of a standardized, organizational approach to transition From academics to practice: A case-based discussion, Yvonne Brookes
My Unlimited Potential: Achieving Weight, Fitness And Cardio-metabolic Health Objectives Using A 12 -week, Multicomponent, Behavioral Intervention, Maribeth Rouseff, Thinh Tran, Khurram Nasir, Josette Bou-Khalil, Joseph Mora, Henry Guzman, Sankalp Das, Doris Brown, Joann Santiago-Charles, Teresa Ochoa, Cynthia Gilliam, Virginia Lehn, Ehimen Aneni, Ebenezer Oni, Lara Roberson, Emir Veledar, Janisse Post, and Beatriz Castillo
Keep Moving, Your Health Depends On It: Impact of Improved Physical Activity and Weight Loss In a Wellness Program, Ebenezer Oni, Ehimen Aneni, Maribeth Rouseff, Thinh Tran, Henry Guzman, Sankalp Das, Doris Brown, Joann Santiago-Charles, Teresa Ochoa, Joseph Mora, Cynthia Gilliam, Virginia Lehn, Beatriz Castillo, Lara Roberson, Theodore Feldman, Arthur Agatston, and Khurram Nasir
Evaluating the impact of medication cabinets in patients' rooms on a medical-surgical telemetry unit, Mavel Arinal, Tanya Cohn, and Carmen Avila-Quintana
Using the clinical information system implementation evaluation scale as a clinical implementation strategy, Tanya Cohn
100% Core Care All the Time: A Newly Opened Hospital's Journey to NQM Excellence, Eva Mitra
5 East Tower Quiet at Night Performance Improvement Project, Simone Cheong
Abstract 1007: Development of Tele-ICU Multidimensional Severity Adjusted PIRO Sepsis Model, Donna Lee Armaignac, Carlos Valle, Julie Lamoureux, Louis Gidel, Xiaorong Mei, and Emir Veledar
Achieving the Next Level in Patient Safety, Geri Schimmel, Yvonne Zawodny, and Gina Vogt
A New Role in Nursing: Unit-Based Manager of Patient Safety and Quality, Susan Aguilera and Rosie Rodriguez-Henderson
Assessing Unit Practice Council Functionality: A Pilot Study, Maria Ojeda
Assessment of Self-Efficacy in Evidence-Based Activities for Nurses in a Newly Opened Hospital, Andrea Lavallee
Clinically Significant Blood Pressure Reduction Among Participants of a Lifestyle Intervention Improvement Program Strongly Associated with Reduced Systemic Inflammation in a High Risk Working Population, Henry Guzman, Maribeth Rouseff, Thinh Tran, Khurram Nasir, Josette Bou-Khalil, Joseph Mora, Sankalp Das, Doris Brown, Joann Santiago-Charles, Teresa Ochoa, Cynthia Gilliam, Virginia Lehn, Ehimen Aneni, Ebenezer Oni, Lara Roberson, Emir Veledar, Janisse Post, and Beatriz Castillo
Educational Gaming to Reduce Medical Errors, Diane Vich
Effect of Pre-Existing Health and Illness Characteristics on Sepsis Responses and Outcomes, Donna Lee Armaignac
Effects of a Neutral Pressure Connector on Central Line Rate and Catheter Related Blood Stream Infections, Pam Sabatino-Holmes
Ethical Principles of Informed Consent: Exploring Nurses' Dual Role of Care Provider and Researcher, Tanya Cohn
Evaluating the Sensitivity and Specificity of a Severe Sepsis Tool Utilized at a Community Hospital in Miami, Florida, Jorge Hirigoyen
Evaluating the Sensitivity and Specificity of the Severe Sepsis Tool Utilized at Baptist Hospital of Miami, Jorge Hirigoyen
Evaluation of Efficacy of the COPD AARC Pilot Patient Education Program in Hospitalized COPD Patients, Mikki Thompson
Examining the Perceived Value of Certification and BSN Attainment, Maria Ojeda
Happy Skin: Prevention of Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers through a SKIN Bundle and Staff Text Reminders, Floralynn Lacrete
Hearing the Child's Voice: Their Lived Experience in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Andrea Prentiss
Impact of a Nurse-Driven Breastfeeding Educational Intervention on Maternal-Child Nurse Knowledge Gain and Patient Satisfaction in a Community Hospital, Shakira Henderson