Submissions from 2018
Would Implementation of an Acuity-Based Tool on an Adult Med-Surg Floor Lead to Decreased Burnout and Increased Patient Safety?, Elizabeth Guzman, Emily Cruz, Vanessa Estrada, Maria Corchado, Judeline Assez, Rose-Carmelle Desir, Sommer Perkins, Hannah Nicole Carlos, and Kerrian Tyndale
An Alternative To Implanting Loop Recorders In A Hospital, Marie Paule Lafontant, Valerie Smith, Nohemi Sadule Rios, and Marsha Lambert
A Real World Experience of the FAST-ED Based Pre-Hospital Stroke Triage System to Detect Large Vessel Occlusions, Ned Shashoua, Amy Starosciak, Jayme Strauss, and Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa
Exploring Nurses’ Feelings On Floating: A Phemomenological Study, Marie Paule Lafontant
Measuring Return on Investment for Professional Development Activities: 2018 Updates, Judy Bowling
Optimizing Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes through Evidence-based Interventions for the at Risk Pre-term Labor Population, Deborah Pol and Geraldine Lamoglia
E-Dates: Enhancing Competency of Novice/Advanced Beginner RNs, Sally Bonet, Kelly Delgado, Sandra Bastidas, and Lizette Gonzalez
Effect of Change of Shift Admissions on Patient Outcomes, Juliet Diaz, Maria Villafuerte, Vicky Wheeler, Nada Wakim, and Nohemi Sadule Rios
The Healthy Hub: Innovative preventive care, Simone Cheong
Signs of Severity (SOS) ED Escalation Guide: Bridging the Experience Gap, Marcia Schram, Vivian Fuentes, Brenda Rojas, Martha Tijerino, Michelle Thomas, Christine Williams, Eve Butler, and Andrea Prentiss
Fast Pass: How to start higher doses of oral Treprostinilby using IV Epoprostenol, Michael Salinero and Tina Hyman
Breathing Easier When a Lung-Health Outpatient Team Has Your Back, Rosario Dominguez, Michael Salinero, and Tina Hyman
Clinical Partners’/Emergency Techs’ Work Relationships and Job Satisfaction, Edwina Brathwaite, Victoria McCue, Priscilla Molas, and Diana D'Orazio Garcia
Coordination of BG testing, Insulin Administration and Delivery of Meal Trays, Maria Gough and Margaret Geneve
E-Dates: Enhancing Competency of Novice/Advanced Beginner RNs, Sally Bonet, Kelly Delgado, Sandra Bastidas, and Lizette Gonzalez
Exploring and Understanding Predictors of Burnout among Nurses, Marla Geltner, Victoria McCue, Diana D'Orazio Garcia, and Timothy Madaras
Implementing a Transcultural Nursing Care Model to Improve Pulmonary Hypertension Medication Compliance, Tina Hyman and Michael Salinero
Let the Patient Discharge Follow-Up Call Data Do the Talking!, Chianta Allen and Giovanna Vanegas
Patient's Perception of the IV Experience in the Emergency Department, Marcia Schram and Martha Tijerino
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong and Itzel De Los Santos
RN Perception of Mentoring in a Hospital Environment, Diane Kramer, Andrea Prentiss, Kayce Tugg, Victoria McCue, Eve Butler, Maria Ojeda, Sally Bonet, and Vivian Fuentes
The Circulating Nurse’s Role in Decreasing Fear to Patient and Designated Family Member Prior to a Surgery under Anesthesia, Claudia Chanes and Jimmy Cotton
The Impact of Using Education, Engagement and Nursing Teamwork to Reduce Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury, Melissa Marballie and Carol Johnson
Acute Kidney Injury in Heart Failure Patients, Nicole Moenck, Keshma Jaggernauth, Nassima Taylor, Ali Palau, Francis Gonzalez, Emanuelle Hawkins, and Elisabet Perez
Beyond The Care: Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS), Nina Cruz, Jaclyn Sequeiros, Yvette Nylund, Christopher Arce, Alex Marino, Kathy Gucciardo, and Yoandra Marceda
BHM ED Psych Needs, Camila Arencibia, Stefani Bravo, Kailah Clark, Michelle Figueroa, Emibel Garrido, Daniela Martinez, and Adrian Morales
Can you feel the pressure? Decreasing the incidence of HAPI's, Anthony Buergo, Ailen Ponce, Daily Rodriguez, Diana Gardner, Evelio Manteira Barban, Leticia Valdes, Liz Lopez, Maria Sanchez, Melissa Buzzi, Nancy Udah, Vida Velasquez, and Wendolin Garcia
Effectiveness of Mid-Level Providers and Physicians in Triage Reducing Throughput Time in the Emergency Department, Ashley Oliver, Angel Olivera, Angela Bejarano, Erick Zuniga Mejia, Isabel Nardo, Jesse Samula, Julene Lemonious, Lisette Pubillones, Nikka Lester, and Robert Berardi
Operation: Bair And Bugs, Jaylene Perez, Aidil Matos, Sherence Louidor, Michel Rodriguez Ayaub, Giannina Bolet, and Yamirka Dieguez Fernandez
Overtime: Is it Worth it?, Paola Cunha Soto, Lauren Yaques, Yanire Sanchez, Adrian Trujillo, Marisela Reyes, Kassandra Vinasco, Brenda Gomez, Gilberto Leon, Licet Martinez Queija, and Javier Borrajo Castillo
Reducing VAP in Critical Care, Samantha Urquidi, Lacyann Nation, Arlette Chow, Michael Suarez, Fritz Boucicault, Willie Casas-Espinosa, and Vinh Nguyen
Round Up! Is Hourly Rounding Beneficial?, Jessica Diaz, Shauna Shadeed, Anne-Dee Samedi, Emmy Rueda, Erika Chavez, Vela Fleury, Lynnette De Jesus, and Rebecca Spalding
Save The Skin, Francisco Bobadilla, Martica Menendez, Janine Rojas, Vicky Cepero, Gregory Prater, Brienna Williams, and Blesslyn Mercado
Wait, Who Is My Nurse?, Cristina Benitez, Anna Fehl, Christina Guerra, Sasha Hernandez, Silvia Hernandez Ramiro, Tahimi Quintero Real, Stephanie Rentes, Lisandra Rodriguez, and Danielle Wheeler
Walk It Out: In Adult ICU Patients, What Is the Effect of Early Mobility on Patient Outcomes?, Alex Bermudez, Carlos Jimenez, Jena Lerch, Carissa Licata, Ashley Morales, Natalia Re, Natalia Restrepo, Tiffany Sistrunk, and David Smith
Coordination of Blood Glucose (BG) Test, Insulin Administration and Delivery of Meals, Maria Gough and Margaret Geneve
E-Dates: Enhancing Competency of Novice/Advanced Beginner RNs, Sally Bonet, Kelly Delgado, Sandra Bastidas, and Lizette Gonzalez
HAC Your Patients: An Initiative to Decrease Hospital Acquired Conditions, Jobic Ray Butao, Joahna Lausa, and Olivia Cocabo
Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates in the Post-Partum Population, Suganya Gobinathan and Sonya Clayton
Improving IV Site and IV Fluid/Antibiotic End Time Documentation in the Observation Unit, Claudette Mijares, Maria Santos Lozano, Sheila Alabastro, and Daisy Gutierrez
Let the Patient Discharge Follow-Up Call Data Do the Talking!, Chianta Allen, Rosalina Butao, Cherylyn Jauregui, Andres Soto, and Giovanna Vanegas
Proactive Leadership Attention to Outcomes, Jobic Ray Butao
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong, Rosalina Butao, Eva Mitra, Jobic Ray Butao, Itzel De Los Santos, Melvin Rivera, and Meghan Sharkey
The Circulating Nurse's Role in Decreasing Fear to Patient and Designated Family Member Prior to a Surgery Under Anesthesia, Claudia Chanes and Jimmy Cotton
The Impact of Using Education, Engagement and Nursing Teamwork to Reduce Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury, Carol McGregor and Melissa Marballie
Use of a Discharge Checklist to Improve Patient Satisfaction, Itzel De Los Santos and Nicole Paz
Impact of Telemedicine on Mortality, Length of Stay, and Cost Among Patients in Progressive Care Units: Experience From a Large Healthcare System, Donna Lee Armaignac, Anshul Saxena, Muni Rubens, Carlos Valle, Lisa-Mae Williams, Emir Veledar, and Louis Gidel
HAC Your Patients: An Initiative to Decrease Hospital Acquired Conditions, Jobic Ray Butao, Joahna Lausa, and Olivia Cocabo
Proactive Leadership Attention to Outcomes, Jobic Ray Butao
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong, Rosalina Butao, Eva Mitra, Jobic Ray Butao, Itzel De Los Santos, Melvin Rivera, and Meghan Sharkey
Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates in the Post-Partum Population, Suganya Gobinathan and Sonya Clayton
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong, Rosalina Butao, Eva Mitra, Jobic Ray Butao, Itzel De Los Santos, Melvin Rivera, and Meghan Sharkey
Coordination of BG Testing, Insulin Administration and Delivery of Meal Trays, Maria Gough and Margaret Geneve
E-Dates: Enhancing Competency of Novice/Advanced Beginner RNs, Sally Bonet, Lizette Gonzalez, and Kelly Delgado
Improving IV Site and IV Fluid/Antibiotic End Time Documentation in the Observation Unit, Sheila Alabastro, Claudette Mijares, Maria Santos Lozano, and Daisy Gutierrez
Let the Patient Discharge Follow-Up Call Data Do the Talking!, Chianta Allen, Rosalina Butao, Cherylyn Jauregui, Andres Soto, and Giovanna Vanegas
Proactive Leadership Attention to Outcomes, Jobic Ray Butao
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong, Eva Mitra, and Jobic Ray Butao
The Circulating Nurse's Role in Decreasing Fear to Patient and Designated Family Member Prior to a Surgery Under Anesthesia, Claudia Chanes and Jimmy Cotton
Use of a Discharge Checklist to Improve Patient Satisfaction, Itzel De Los Santos and Nicole Paz
The Circulating Nurse’s Role in Decreasing Fear to Patient and Designated Family Member Prior to a Surgery Under Anesthesia, Claudia Chanes
Interventions to Improve Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment Times, Jayme Strauss
Artificial Differences in Clostridium difficile Infection Rates Associated with Disparity in Testing, Yola Duhaney
The Road to Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus, Jayme Strauss, Andrew Waisbrot, Daniel Hartnett, and Amy Starosciak
Why your nursing networks matter, Tanya Cohn
What’s in a Name: Performance Improvement, Evidence-Based Practice, and Research?, Andrea Prentiss and Eve Butler
Assessment of Self-efficacy and Outcome Expectations in Evidence-based Activities for Nurses in a Newly Opened Hospital, Julie Lamoureux, Andrea Lavallee, Tanya Cohn, and Brittany Pichette
Computer-based Stroke Training Effects on Clinical Partner Knowledge Acquisition and Satisfaction, Simone Cheong
Exploring Perceptions of Workplace Bullying in Nursing, Eve Butler, Andrea Prentiss, and Flora Benamor
An Exploration of the Association of Patient Characteristics and Pharmacological Treatments to Inpatient Falls among Patients At-risk for Falling during Hospitalization, Julie David, Maria Ojeda, James O. Adefisoye, and Winifred Pardo
Novice Author Gets Tremendous Support, Simone Cheong
Dangerously Overcrowded: The dangers of boarding patients in the Emergency Department?, Meivys Carmenate Carmenate, Nina Ackley, Jennifer Fernandez, Lissbeth Carmona, Lynn Gilmore, Glenis Michelle Artache Gonzalez, Michelle Alvarez, Sarah Jeanty, and Oscar Ladino
Relationship of Staff Engagement and Perception of Safety Scores with Patient Outcomes, Simone Cheong, Rosalina Butao, Eva Mitra, Jobic Ray Butao, Itzel De Los Santos, Melvin Rivera, and Meghan Sharkey
MI: Not a Heart Attack but a Gut Attack, Rosemary Lee and Ana Cabrera
Abstract 1216: ASSOCIATION OF OPTIMAL PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES AND TELE-ICU FOR PROGRESSIVE CARE CARDIOLOGY, Donna Lee Armaignac, Carlos Valle, Emir Veledar, Louis Gidel, Leslee Gross, Lisa-Mae Williams, and Anshul Saxena
Abstract 1219: OPTIMAL PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES FOR HIGHER-ACUITY CHEST AND EPIGASTRIC PAIN WITH TELEMEDICINE, Donna Lee Armaignac, Emir Veledar, Carlos Valle, Louis Gidel, Julie Lamoureux, and Leslee Gross
Comparison of Loop Recorder Implantation in the Electrophysiology Lab vs bedside: A Retrospective comparative study, Marie Paule Lafontant and Valerie Smith
Compliance and Real Life Performance of a FAST-ED Scale Based Pre-Hospital Stroke Initiative, Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa, Maygret Ramirez, Jayme Strauss, Ivis Gonzalez, and Amy Starosciak
Discovering your true north, Tanya Cohn
Effect of FAST-ED Implementation and Age on Distance Patients Travel from Scene to Comprehensive Stroke Center, Amy Starosciak, Maygret Ramirez, Virginia Ramos, Ivis Gonzalez, Jayme Strauss, and Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa
Fulfilling the Promises of Health Information Technology: Expect to Maximize Positive Patient Care Outcomes, Advance Analytics and Innovative Research with Tele-Healthcare Application, Donna Lee Armaignac
Healing Hands: Does therapeutic touch decrease pain and stress levels in adult patients?, Berline Penel, Erin O'Brien, Evelyne Michel, Heather Stein, Hope Brill, Priscilla Egemba, Rosmery Garrote, and Sebastian Zuluaga
Message from the Editor-in-Chief, Nohemi Sadule Rios
Nurses' Perception of Unit-Based Competency Assessment Compared to Traditional Skills Fair, Solimar Figueroa, Judith Bowling, Roberto Roman Laporte, Tanya Cohn, and Jose Irizarry
Pre-Hospital FAST-ED Initiatives Improve t-PA and Endovascular Treatment Times, Amy Starosciak, Maygret Ramirez, Ivis Gonzalez, Virginia Ramos, Jayme Strauss, and Felipe De Los Rios La Rosa
The Lived Experiences of Role Transition among Novice Clinical Nurse Educators: A Phenomenological Study, Edwina Brathwaite
The Nursing Management of Open Abdomen Patients, Rosemary Lee
Submissions from 2017
Barriers of Whiteboard Use, Paige Kaplan, Jessica Isaac Lopez, Vanessa Marquez, Cynthia Francois, Gilberto Perez, and Ana Barro Hernandez
Can standardizing skin preparation agents for surgical patients versus using doctor's preferences reduce surgical site infections?, Alice Davel-Freitas, Sheila Hodgson, Patrick Dennison, Lian Acosta, and Jenilice Novoa Miralles
Central Line Infection Prevention, Yesenia Perez, Armando Gomez, Kristina Casals, Anna Diaz, Susana Salgado, and Horacio Lopez
Do diabetic patients have decreased readmissions with a discharge team composed of diabetic educators from moment of admission in comparison to floor nurses performing discharging?, Walter Diaz, Lizzette Gonzalez, Laura Pinero, Bianca Porras, Marian Ramos, and Joselyn Ruiz Cruz
Do you need a nap?, Andrew Gonzalez, Christian de Quesada, Giancarlo Tapanes, Michael Alfonso, Rachel Rairden, Alicia Ali, Tania Carballo, Yoandra Gallardo, and Olga Viego
Fixed Workstation versus Workstations on Wheels in the Emergency Department, Ariel Bowers, Razvan Buricel, Andrea Jimenez, Stefanie Moses, Yandro Perez Trevieso, and Juan Ramirez
How does endotracheal suctioning with normal saline affect mechanically ventilated patients?, Jamil Aboumansour, Kristina Del Rey, Danielle Herrera, Philip Huynh, Guadalupe Izaguirre, Hazel Lara, Elizabeth Magallon, Valeria Miranda, Arturo Pena, Angela Rabaza, and Naomi Rosa
Inpatient Pain Management, Anel Chirino, Kelly Vasquez, Liliana Quezada, Skarlet Santana, Yensly Gonzalez Carrazana, and Vanessa Castellanos
Interventions to Reduce Emergency Department Wait Times, Briege Osle, Patricia Brito Gomez, Madeleine Cook, Gerald Santiesteban, Tatiana Pardo, Lauren Gonzalez, and Stephanie Costa
Nurse to Patient Ratio, Meliss Cabrera-Matiz, Jasmine Cabrera, Michelle Cedeno, Andres Moya Aguilar, Guillermo Martin III, Stephanie Velazquez, and Lia Williams
Oh wait, what did you say?, Taylor Salas, Christina Cabrera, Peggy Noel, Margarita Ramirez, Yabeiri Nieves, Patrick Charles, and Michelle Garcia
Overcoming Challenges to Implementing Beside Shift Report, Matt Mihm, Zahily Dominguez, Jessica Infante, Tina McCants, Desha Fleureme, and Crystal Everett
Pain Protocol: To improve pain management in the acute care setting, Elizabeth Cerdeira, Lauren Rodriguez, Mariosis Matias, Melissa Granada, Tarrah Kallusingh, and Valerie Juarez