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
APRN Led Skin Integrity Rounds to Decrease Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPIs) in the Medical Surgical Units, Nanette L. Martin and Ashley A. Polster
Aromatherapy in the Perioperative Setting, Narling Moreda, Deanna Lemay, Eleyn Perez, and Ana Perez
A Unit Practice Council’s Journey to Reducing Noise Pollution, Jessica Martinez
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
Call me if you need me!, Christina Landivar and Fabiola Molina
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
Common Compression Neuropathies, Svetlana Faktorovich, Asia Filatov, and Zufe Rizvi
Could There be a Good Side to COVID-19 Pandemic?, Donna Shaw, Theressa Brahim, and Catherina Chang Martinez
COVID-19: Innovative Strategies to Support Mental Wellbeing for Frontline Nurses, Victoria Y. McCue and Simone Cheong
COVID-19 Surge: Extraordinary Response to Unprecedented Times, Simone Cheong and Kelly Delgado
Decreasing Blood Culture Contamination Using Initial Specimen Diversion Device, Nancy Doctura, Joan Baker, Rose Petit Frere, Jessica Celorio, and Cynthia Fischer
Decreasing the Infection Rate in the Rehabilitation Department Using Chlorhexidine Gluconate Wipes, Guerline Lucien and Evelyne Michel
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
Does the Implementation of a Noise Bundle Improve the Quietness of the Hospital Environment, Nicole Burks, Tammy Cathers, Mickey Miqueli, Lidia Tunyan, Gabriela Salesses, Heather Talib, and Johnny Yeaglin
Dysphagia Screening Improvement in Stroke Patients, Yadira Gutierrez, Joan Baker, and Russel Dizon
Effects of Float Nursing on Patient Care and Safety, Ashley Padilla, Jennifer De La Paz, Aislinn Barrett, Barbara Sosa, Jose Chavez, Rebecca Alonso, Veronica Beaulieu, Nelcy Coimbra, Lliliam Cordero, Selena Delisser, Alex Haslam, Farides Iriarte, Claudia Martinez, Diana Padron, Stephanie Ruiz, Nathalie Zaldivar, Grecia Sierra Banegas, Richard Alpizar, Demi Nardo, and Erica Phillips
Emergency Department: PODs, Mehdy Yavari, Joan Baker, Kristal Brown, Sherine Craig, Shana Sealy, and Jennifer Rodriguez
Escape Room: A Competency Validation Approach, Sandra Bastidas, Kelly Delgado, and Meghan E. Sharkey
Evaluating the Impact of a Nurse-Focused Simulation-Based Learning Platform on the Incidence of CLABSI in the Medical-Surgical Setting, Timothy Barbusio Jr., Christopher Bustamante, Laura Chirino, Adrian Gabrieli, Elizabeth Hernandez Guerra, Dominique Mabry Richards, Edelou Ortega, Miryam Paul, Malynda Point Du Jour, Jeileen Ramirez-Brugueras, Celine Rostant, Shannon Thomas, Renette Tima, and Sandy Valois
Expediating Provider Consults for Patient Care Excellence, Mariana Sanchez, Richard Garces, Juaurin Viloria, Tracy Azor, Johanna Garcia, Carolina Diaz, Arianna Moreno, Jessica Garcia, and Tatiana Pena
Exploring the effects of Omnicell disorganization on time management and patient care, Vanessa Bombiella, Briana Brightman, Yulisa Dionicio Vasquez, Jorge Dominguez Horta, Tomesha Duhart, Natalie Dunbar, Nicole Estrada, Sarah Galante, Luisa Gomez, Naillah Hussain, Frances Iturrioz, Kassandra Marichal, Melissa Murray Smith, Romely Ramos, Tiffany Torres, and Emily Vazquez
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
Falls Among the Elderly in the Emergency Department, Magen Subirana, Josie Janvier, Alexia Pavlovic, Sisley Perez, Ana Rosell, Shanna LaCroix, Nicole Martinez, Ivana Green, Stephanie Gonzalez, Florencia Royo Correa, Luisa Lira Cano, Georgia Bowman, Angelica Jean-Pierre, Denis Pichardo Gonzalez, Angie Aizpurua, Shivanni Bhagwandeen, Kenvelin Villalta-Portillo, Hannah Stamos, Gabriella Martinez, Ivana Lamboglia, Ivan Urquiza, and Hannah De Marchena
Hand Mittens use to Decrease Self-Extubation, Fritz Boucicault, Marie Ramirez-Montalvo, Nataly Ruiz, and Carla De Jesus
Holistic Practice in Neuroscience, Giannina Alvarez, Ariadna Artola, Diana Denis, Crissa Diaz de Villegas, Idalmis Hernandez, Victoria Hernandez-Diaz, Alexa Montesino, Jessica ONeil, and Sofia Rendon
Hospital Survey on Culture of Transitions in Patient Care at a Community Hospital, Gwen Burley, Victoria Y. McCue, Dawn Kressly, and Ronye Kreiner
Implementation of a Communication Plan and Its Impact on Patients and Their Families During Restricted Visitation, Brigitte C. August, Amber James, Theresa Russell, Terri Straub, and Danielle Wahrman
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
Improving Hand-Hygiene in 4 Clarke, Krystin Kennedy, Victoria Marti, Anais Pena, Jocelyn Rua, Marcela Sanchez, and Melany Velasquez
Incentive Spirometry Adherence and Effectiveness in Adult Patients on a Medical-Surgical Unit, Lilian Quintana, Carl Evidente Rufino, Lisyen Perez Machin, Natalie Hernandez, Zandrah Rhodes, and Zoila Arce
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
In the adult Med-Surg COVID19 patients with nasal cannula, venti-mask, or non-rebreathing mask, does the completion of a facial skin assessment every 4 hours as opposed to once a shift, improve preventing device related pressure injuries?, Tessa Brathwaite, Francesca Lanata, Mauricio Zuniga Ibagon, Marie Claudia Moran, Isabel Gonzalez, Michelle Rojas, Minela Del Valle, and Johana Suarez
Letter from the Editor: A Peer Reviewed Journal in a Healthcare System: An Innovative Way of Dissemination, Nohemi Sadule Rios
Longitudinal Survey of COVID-19 Burden and Related Policies in U.S. Neonatal Intensive Care Units, Ashley Darcy Mahoney
Metabolic Syndrome and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19, Donna Lee Armaignac
MeteORs blazing through the Vortex into Communication Excellence!, Bobbie Wich and Millie Escalona
Normalizing Bedside Shift Report: Better for Patients, Better for Nurses, and Better for Baptist Health South Florida (BHSF), Alexis Lemus, Allan Arias Zabala, Barbara Rosas, Edilyn Samways, Galina Bebchik, Glorisha Oriley, Jessica Baptiste, Johana Aguilar, Katarina Alicea, Maikel Gonzalez Estrada, Liliana Calzado Castellanos, Micaela Seoane, Paola Bello, Tabitha Sanchez, and Gloria Jimenez
On-boarding Experienced Non-Oncology Nurses to Address Staffing Shortages: Development of a Transitional Oncology Training Program, Marguerite Rowell and Hollie Gow
Overcoming Undergraduate Nursing Education Challenges During the Pandemic, Melissa Abreu, Carolina Ferreiro, Danielle Garcia, Gisell Gonzalvo, Erika Nusbaum, and Beatrice Sikah
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
Psychological Effects of Covid-19 Isolated Patients, Alexander Baldeon, Kellia Mimy, Melissa Santos, Natalie Solis, Sandra Torres, Briana Archer, Kelly Magaletti, Natalie Nunez, and Priscilla Lazcano
Push or Scalpel, Deshai Singleton, Marcela Plata-Ramos, Carolina Del Rio, and Katerina Maury
Quality Sleep-Better Therapy- Healthy Body, Evangeline Aguda, Mariam Almasi, Sandra Castano, Cora Go, Christianah Alonge, Melissa Villa, Iomee Lehninger, Taylor Alonzo, Chiara Salomon Sriro, Fariya Sharif, Judy Bowling, and Edlina Hilson
Reducing Nurse to Patient Ratio, Cristina Mastache, Christina Neal, Christy Espinosa, Gabriela Milanes, Ivan Mendieta, Mayori Rodriguez, Mikaela Rivera, Nadinne Arenas, Patricia Chauvet, Sinai Nieto, and Lasha Woodard
Rest Without Fear: Providing Safe Hospital Discharges for COVID19 Patients Using Masimo Monitoring, Rose Petit Frere, Nancy Doctura, Sherine Craig, and Joan Baker
Rock the Pain Away, Judith Spence, Cecilia Adrianzen Ahumada, Gabriela Carrasco, Jany Hernandez, Alejandro Duran, Keisha Wright Levy, and Zaira Marin
Rule of Three, Robert Callahan, Amanda Setney, and Sulahy Tavarez
Sacral Pressure injuries in bed confined ICU patients, Monica Morales, Alyssa Anteen, Robert Herrero, Beatriz Gonzalez Santos, Mirlyne Charles, Lascelles Kirby III, Brittnee Gonzalez, Moises Heras, Lauren Zorio, Melissa Cuellar, Sophia Belisle, Adriana Martinez, Jess Palumbo, Jackie Moreno, Chloe Gates, Natalie Aguiar, Ryneria Johnson, Carolina Miranda, Alexandra Rivero, Thomas Dwyer, Lais Papa, Annially Estrada, Paul Matos, Gopala Dame, Priscila Acosta, Janessa Ortega, Derrick Bernard, and Sherly Cornelio
Safe Medication Practice in Chemotherapy, Meagan Reyes, Leeny Montesino, Amber Hernandez, Gabriella Palasthy, and Aymee Izquierdo
Self-Efficacy: Nurses’ Perceptions of Caring for Patients Living with Diabetes, Victoria Y. McCue
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome–Associated Coronavirus 2 Infection and Organ Dysfunction in the ICU: Opportunities for Translational Research, Donna Lee Armaignac
Shared Governance Committees Empower Nurses to Use Their Voice, Margie Martinez
Social Media Influence on Receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine, Joelle Hilton, Laura Rafael, Cynthia Rodriguez, Brunna Torres, and Denisse Jaramillo Williams
Standardized Nursing Report Template vs. Non-Standardized Nursing Report Template, Amanda Tapanes, Brittney Ramirez, Kashmira Alexander, Alonzo Cruz, Mirian Soler, Alondra Vazquez, Daniel Prats Gonzalez, Diana Arias, Laura Parada, and Amanda Woodason
Surviving COVID-19 Campaign: Just in Time Training & Education, Strengthening Nurses' Resilience & Confidence, Jo Ann Aberilla
Telemedicine and COVID-19 Improving Patients Compliance, Katrina Collazo De Armas, Anna Conde, Lucia Domenech, Melanie O. Morlans, Amanda Lamelas, Maria Noguera Benavides, Grissobelle Reyes-Obando, Emily Rivero, and Deja Sriro
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 Benefits of Implementing a Fall-Risk Prevention Checklist In the Handoff Report for Critical Care Units, Adriana Rodriguez, Anais Pezzotti, Ariel Rodriguez Farramola, Dayana Rodriguez Requena, Delmy Equihua-Galdamez, Jasza Krawietz-Malec, Lydia Gonzalez, Patricia Fernandes, Robert Hernandez Diaz, Rosemary Diaz, and Stephanie Thornton
The Collaborative Support Models Impact on Nursing, Diane Kramer and Kayce Tugg
The Effect of Education on Postpartum Depression Screening, Samantha Peluso, Edith Vasquez Meza, Jenipher Rojas, Shabelys Ramos, and Belinda Ortiz
The Effects of Paternal Skin-to-Skin Contact on Infant and Paternal Outcomes, Daniela De Mena, Ashly Fertil, and Miranda Gener Betancourt
The Impact of Disaster Tabletop Exercise on the Nurses Knowledge on Emergency Preparedness and the Influence on Professional Quality of Life, Vivian Fuentes
The Impact of Emergency Department Staggering Shifts on Nurses' and Patients' Satisfaction, Amanda Simon, Marta Roses, Susana Pangilinan, and Wilfredo Padron
The Impact of Erythropoietin on Short and Long-term Kidney-Related Outcomes in Extremely Low Gestational Age Neonates. Results of a Multi-center Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial, Jorge Perez, Magaly Diaz-Barbosa, Arturo Serize, Jorge Jordan, Edshelee Galvis, Susana Bombino, Lauren Carbonell, Anna Maria Patino-Fernandez, Carmen de Lerma, Kelly McDonough, and Maiana De Cortada
The Oncology Nursing Society Rapid Review and Research Priorities for Cancer Care in the Context of COVID-19, Noah Zanville
Turn Baby Turn, Pressure Injury Justice, Grethel Canton Hidalgo, Monica Kan, Beatriz Cruz, Tayler Dent, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Maria Torres, and Gabriela Sanchez
Turning Teams: Making Pressure Injury Prevention a Priority, Aracely Olvera, Susie Collins, Martha Gaitan, Maria Menendez, Fanny Rodriguez, Maria Carrillo, and Silvia Cubero
Uncomplicate the Complicated: A Revamp of Sepsis and Glucose Algorithm, Carey Acosta
Vaccination vs Monoclonal Antibodies in Preventing Risk of Severe COVID-19 Illness, Nicole Corazon, Tabitha Hernandez, Melissa Tellechea, Valerie Marcia, Sadaf Salim, Melissa Diaz Bernal, Ashley Garcia, Jonathan Marquez, Maydel Fernandez Quevedo, Kristen Crooks, Precilla Bernard, Tadaaki Horigome, Bernadette Bedgood, Stephani Cardona, Marelyn Sequeira, and Yitsi Perdomo
What time is it?....It's TEA TIME!!, Yesenia Mauricio, Vanessa Echevarria, and Marisol Piedra
Submissions from 2020
Abstract 102: EXPLORING COSTS OF TELE-INTENSIVIST DELIVERY MODELS WITH AND WITHOUT 24/7 BEDSIDE INTENSIVISTS, Donna Lee Armaignac, Lourdes Rojas, Carlos Valle, Chintan Bhatt, Lisa-Mae Williams, Eduardo Martinez-DuBouchet.se-ccu-icu, Don Parris, and Louis Gidel
Abstract 125: DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL CARE DATAMART FOR EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH AND POPULATION HEALTH TRENDS, Carlos Valle, Lourdes Rojas, Chintan Bhatt, Eduardo Martinez-DuBouchet.se-ccu-icu, Lisa-Mae Williams, Don Parris, Louis Gidel, and Donna Lee Armaignac
Abstract 1359: EXPLORING LOS IN TELE-INTENSIVIST DELIVERY MODELS WITH AND WITHOUT 24/7 BEDSIDE INTENSIVISTS, Lourdes Rojas, Carlos Valle, Chintan Bhatt, Lisa-Mae Williams, Eduardo Martinez-DuBouchet.se-ccu-icu, Don Parris, Louis Gidel, and Donna Lee Armaignac
Abstract 402: EXPLORING MORTALITY IN TELE-INTENSIVIST DELIVERY MODELS WITH AND WITHOUT 24/7 BEDSIDE INTENSIVISTS, Donna Lee Armaignac, Lourdes Rojas, Carlos Valle, Chintan Bhatt, Lisa-Mae Williams, Eduardo Martinez-DuBouchet.se-ccu-icu, Don Parris, and Louis Gidel
A Collaborative Effort to Establish a Convalescent Plasma Program in South Florida, Roberto L. Roman Laporte and Edwina Brathwaite
A Drive-thru Anticoagulation Testing Clinic during COVID-19 Pandemic, Tina Hyman, Nohemi Sadule Rios, and Robert P. Ramirez
A Healthcare Organization’s Response to Challenges during a Pandemic, Debora O'Cathey and Judy Bowling
A Nurse Driven Acute Stroke Alert Process Improves Treatment Times and Treatment Rates, Daniel D'Amour, Jayme Strauss, Amy Starosciak, Maygret Ramirez, and Star Belnap
Association of contrast and acute kidney injury in the critically ill: A propensity matched study, Lisa-Mae Williams, Gail Walker, James Loewenherz, and Louis Gidel
Bilingualism and the executive function advantage in preterm-born children, Ashley Darcy Mahoney
Case Study: How to Run Three Simultaneous Stroke Alerts that Require Endovascular Therapy, Jessilyn Pozo, Peter De Armas, Andrew Waisbrot, Daniel D'Amour, Amy Starosciak, Star Belnap, and Jayme Strauss
Critical Care A La Mode During Natural Cataclysms, Donna Lee Armaignac
Development of an Advanced Analytics DataMart for Machine Learning, Effectiveness Research, and Population Health Trends, Carlos Valle, Lourdes Rojas, Chintan Bhatt, Eduardo Martinez-DuBouchet.se-ccu-icu, Lisa-Mae Williams, Don Parris, Louis Gidel, and Donna Lee Armaignac
Efficacy of the Nutritional Supplement, EvenFlo, in the Management of Sickle Cell Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Richard Muga, Arthur Ajwang, James Ouma, Josephine Ojigo, Juliana Otieno, Peter Okoth, Caroline Wafula, Sophia Ajwang, David Ogolla, Abraham Hollist, and James Adefisoye
Fertility Preservation in the Setting of Breast and Gynecologic Cancers and Cancer Treatment, John Paul Diaz and Elina Melik-Levine
Fluids in Sepsis Keeping Pace, Donna Lee Armaignac
Háblame Bebé: A phone application intervention to support Hispanic children’s early language environments and bilingualism, Ashley Darcy Mahoney
High-Flow Nasal Cannula vs. Mechanical Ventilation for Reducing Mortality in COVID-19 ICU Patients: A Review of Current Evidence, Alexis Hawkins, Ana Miranda, Diana Romero, Viviana Tenorio, Dianne Willis, and Noah Zanville
Impact of lipid levels and high-intensity statins on vein graft patency after CABG: Midterm results of the ACTIVE trial, Alexander Kulik, Amy Abreu, and Viviana Boronat