2024 Research/EBP/QI Abstracts and Posters
ASPAN's 43rd National Conference
April 14-18, 2024, Orlando, Florida
The Clinical Inquiry posters were judged at National Conference by members of the Clinical Inquiry Committee. These are the top standouts for each category:
In the QI Category:
- Implementing Standardized Post-Surgical Follow-up Calls in Outpatient Surgery
- Preoperative Screening Of Missing Surgical Documents Prior to Day Of Surgery Reduces Surgery Delay Times
- Rolling in Smiles: The Implementation of a Pediatric Toy Cart in the Perianesthesia Care Setting
In the EBP Category:
- Just in Time: Improving Perioperative Checklist Performance in the Cath Lab
- Strategies for Promoting and Improving Certification Among Perianesthesia Nurses
- Implementation of Pediatric Emergence Delirium (PAED) Scale
In the Research Category: (due to only 6 submissions)
- Intravenous Versus Oral Acetaminophen for Post-Tonsillectomy Pain in Children: Which Route Leads to Better Outcomes?
- Effectiveness of Perioperative Nurse Navigators on the Incidence of Inpatient Preoperative Readiness
Board #1: Rolling in Smiles: The Implementation of a Pediatric Toy Cart in the Perianesthesia Care Setting
• Poster
Contact: Karina Bridges BSN RN
National Institute of Health, Perianesthesia Care Unit, Bethesda, MD
Board #2: Promoting Patient-Centered Care: A Protocol to Increasing Hospital Capacity
• Poster
Contact: Lillyann Rowe MSN RN CPAN CCRN PHN
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Board #3: PACU Pause: Time for Patient Safety
• Poster
Contact: Ava Lester MSN RN CNOR CNAMB
Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
Board #4: Perianesthesia Staffing and Practice Recommendations
• Poster
Contact: Theresa Clifford DNP RN CPAN CAPA FASPAN FAAN
Northern Light Mercy Hospital, Portland, ME
Board #5: Reducing Urinary Catheterizations After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
• Poster
Contact: Chrystal Maki BSN RN CPAN
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Board #6: Providing Education to Reduce Corneal Abrasions in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery
• Poster
Contact: Tracey Dillon MSN RN
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Board #7: Blending PACU Workflow by Merging Phase 1 and 2
• Poster
Contact: Mary Ellis BSN RN
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA
Board #8: Same Day Recovery Program (SDRP) for Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients in a Perianesthesia Setting
• Poster
Contact: Christina Allison BSN RN CAPA CPAN
Barnes Jewish West County Hospital, Creve Coeur, MO
Board #9: Applying ERAS Concepts For Patients Undergoing Same Day Lap Chole
• Poster
Contact: Adriana Torres MSN CNL
Kaiser Permanente Vallejo, Post Anesthesia Unit, Vallejo, CA
Board #10: Just in Time: Improving Preoperative Checklist Compliance in the Cardiac Cath Lab
• Poster
Contact: Laura Ortiz Carter MSN CCRN RNC-OB C-EFM
Houston Methodist Hospital-Baytown, Baytown, TX
Board #11: Let’s Get to the Core of the Score: A Performance Improvement Project to Achieve Normothermia in Preoperative Area
• Poster
Contact: Racquel Rostata RN CAPA
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Board #12: Perioperative Patient Handoff
• Poster
Contact: Janey Farish MSN RN
Apple Hill Surgical Center, York, PA
Board #13: Empowering Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Streamlining the Ambulatory Peri-operative Check in Process for U
• Poster
Contact: Viola Mena MSN RN CNS
Outpatient Surgery Center, UCLA Health Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA
Board #14: Improvement on Pain Audit Compliance: A Journey to Success
• Poster
Contact: Marilou Magnaye MSN RN CCRN
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center, Enola, PA
Board #15: Implementation of Pediatric Emergence Delirium (PAED) Scale
• Poster
Contact: Hasima Hajdini MHCOE BSN RN CPN
St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Saint Louis, MO
Board #16: Preoperative Screening Of Missing Surgical Documents Prior to Day Of Surgery Reduces Surgery Delay Times
• Poster
Contact: Thuji Lhamu DNP APRN AGCNS-BC CMSRN
Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA
Board #17: Perceptions of Certification Value by Nurses in an Orthopedic Hospital
• Poster
Contact: Christine AF Bell PhD RN CAPA WCC
New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA
Board #18: Orientation Navigators: Leading the Way Through Mentorship
• Poster
Contact: Gloriana Lucido BSN RN CMSRN
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Josie Robertson Surgery Center, New York, NY
Board #20: Pre-warming Surgical Patients
• Poster
Contact: Casey Orr MSN RN CAPA
Indiana University Health, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
Board #21: Preparing Surgical Services for Emergencies Using Simulations and Role Delineation
• Poster (not provided)
Contact: Tabitha Negrete MSN RN
Virtua Health Voorhees, NJ
Board #22: Strategies in Promoting and Increasing Certification Among Perianesthesia Nurses
• Poster
Contact: Marie Graziela Bautista MSN RN CPAN CAPA
Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Board #23: Screening Colonoscopy: Your Gut Will Thank You for It
• Poster
Contact: Ashley A Lemmon MSN RN CAPA
Advocate South Suburban Hospital, Hazel Crest, IL
Board #24: PACU Nurses' Perception and Experience with Postoperative Discharge Calls
• Poster (not provided)
Contact: Maria Saraceni BSN RN CPAN
New York Presbyterian Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Board #25: Optimizing Patient Pain Control in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit by Initiating Epidural PCA Pumps in the Operating Room
• Poster
Contact: Angela Patruno BSN CPAN RN-BC
New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Board #26: Improving Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability of Nasal Cannula Oxygen Delivery in the Recovery Room
• Poster
Contact: Maria Deda BSN RN-BC
New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell New York, NY
Board #27: Documented Sustained Response of Intravenous Amisulpride for Rescue Treatment of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: Results from a Phase III Trial
• Poster
Contact: Edith Liang PharmD BCCCP
Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple, TX
Board #28: Change in Process for Application of Sequential Compression Devices
• Poster
Contact: Sharon Larson MSN RN CMSRN CPAN CAPA
Chester County Hospital, West Chester, PA
Board #29: Decreasing Burnout: One Unit’s Story of Small Process Improvements Which Impacted Nurse Well-Being
• Poster
Contact: Michael Walker BSN RN CCRN-K CNML
University of Michigan Health, Ann Arbor, MI
Board #30: Patient Experience Quality Improvement Project at WKBH Surgical Department
• Poster
Contact: Nina Espino MSN RN CCRN
Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL
Board #31: Intravenous Versus Oral Acetaminophen for Post-Tonsillectomy Pain in Children: Which Route Leads to Better Outcomes?
• Poster
Contact: Christopher Kremer BA BSN RN CAPA
University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA
Board #32: Timing of Postoperative Education
• Poster
Contact: Samantha Brant BSN RN CPN CAPA
Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
Board #33: From Paper to Pixels: Revolutionizing Nursing Education through a Digital Learning Management System
• Poster
Contact: Mark Templonuevo BSN RN CVRN-BC
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Board #34: Post-Operative Surgical Team Handoff to Bedside PACU Nurse
• Poster
Contact: Jessica Iwaszek BSN RN
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH), Aurora, CO
Board #35: Reducing Preoperative Causes of Delays in First Surgical Cases:A Quality Improvement Project
• Poster
Contact: Dessa Fortuno Bondoc MAN RN CPAN CAPA
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (RLA), Downey, CA
Board #36: Feasibility of Auricular Acupressure in Post-Surgery Bariatric Patients to Reduce Food Cravings, Anxiety and Increase Autonomy and Implications for Perianesthesia Nurses
• Poster (not provided)
Contact: Elizabeth Card DNP APRN FNP-BC CPAN CCRP FASPAN FAAN
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Board #37: Improving PACU Throughput: Expediting Phase I Care
• Poster
Contact: Maria Liza V. Anicoche MSN RN ACNS-BC CPAN CAPA
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Board #38: ASEPT Drainage Kit Education
• Poster
Contact: Stacia Webb MSN RN CPAN CAPA
NYU Langone Hospital, Long Island, NY
Board #39: Implementing Standardized Post-Surgical Follow-Up Calls in Outpatient Surgery
• Poster
Contact: Anne Speer BSN RN
University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD
Board #40: Effectiveness of Perioperative Nurse Navigators on the Incidence of Inpatient Preoperative Readiness
• Poster
Contact: Kimberly Ports BSN RN
Veterans Affairs Hospital Dallas, TX
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