2022 Research/EBP/QI Abstracts
ASPAN's 41st National Conference
April 7-10, 2022, Philadelphia, PA
Congratulations to this year's Research/EBP/QI poster winners:
Board #1: An EBP Project: What Is the Best Music Listening Intervention for Patients Recovering in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
Poster
Contact: Patricia Anne Bulacan BSN RN CCRN
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Board #2: Kinder, Gentler Presurgical Skin Prep
Poster
Contact: Susanne Parker MSN RN CSN
Evergreen Healthcare, Kirkland, WA
Board #3: The Development, Feasibility, and Effectiveness of The Pediatric Readiness for Discharge Tool (P-REDI)
Poster
Contact: Lee-Anne Waterman RN CPN CAPA
Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
Board #4: Peace in the PACU
Poster
Contact: LeighAnn Chadwell MSN RN NE-BC
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Board #5: Implications of Peri-Operative Cannabis Use In Adolescents and Young Adults
Poster
Contact: Ann P. Mariano BSN RN CPN
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Board #6: Pressure Injury Prevention Foam Dressings: Which Product Should We Use?
Poster
Contact: Gwynneth Jarrell BSN RN CPAN
Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Board #7: Cysview Instillation in the Preoperative Setting
Poster
Contact: Araceli Flores MSN RN AGNP-C CCRN CAPA
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Board #8: Ensuring Successful Practice Using a PACU-Track-Specific Nurse Residency and Fellowship Program
Poster
Contact: Hazzel Gomez MSN BSN RN CPAN CAPA
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Board #9: Music Listening as a Postanesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Nursing Intervention for Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy Patients: A Mixed Method Randomized Comparative Clinical Trial
Poster
Contact: Myrna Mamaril DNP RN NEA-BC CPAN CAPA FAAN FASPAN
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Board #10: Early Ambulation of Patients with Post Transfemoral Arteriography with Vascular Closure Device (VCD): A Quality Improvement Project
Poster
Contact: Ashley Green BSN(c) RN CPAN
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Board #11: Nurse Initiative Driven Project Results in Increased Patient Satisfaction Scores
Poster
Contact: Vida Lew BSN RN CPAN
Virtua Health, Marlton, NJ
Board #12: Discharge Scoring Tool in Ambulatory PACU
Poster
Contact: Gloriana Lucido BSN RN CMSRN
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Josie Robertson Surgery Center, New York, NY
Board #14: A Multicenter Study of Animal-Assisted Activity and Anxiety Among Older Adults Hospitalized in Acute Care Settings
Poster
Contact: Patricia Panfile MA RN CPAN
Hunterdon Medical Center Medical Center Flemington, NJ
Board #15: Finding the Frequency for Well-being
Poster
Contact: Elizabeth Card MSN APRN FNP-BC CPAN CCRP FASPAN
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Board #16: Improving the Patient Experience Through a Preoperative Educational Initiative
Poster
Contact: Diane Willemin MPA BSN RN CAPA
New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Board #17: Improving Nursing Compliance with Prescribed Respiratory Therapy in the PACU: Incentive Spirometry, Cough and Deep Breathing
Poster
Contact: Maria Saraceni BSN CPAN
New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Board #18: Improving the Pre-Admission Testing (PAT) through Informatics Enhancement
Poster
Contact: Regina Kozak BSN RN CAPA CNIV
Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Board #19: The Effect of Self-Reported Marijuana Use on Post-Operative Opiate Needs in The Spinal Fusion Surgery Patient
Poster
Contact: Melissa Rhoades BSN RN CPAN
UnityPoint Health Methodist Medical Center, Peoria, IL
Board #20: Score that Snore: Proactive Nursing Identification of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Surgical Patients
Poster
Contact: Thuji Lhamu DNP RN AGCNS-BC CMSRN
Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA
Board #21: Aromatherapy in the PACU: Amazing Scents with Pleasing Benefits
Poster
Contact: Heidi Kaufman MSN RN
Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IA
Board #24: Initiating a Validated Pediatric Post-Anesthesia Emergence Delirium Scale in the Pediatric Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
Poster
Contact: Toni Strickland BSN RN CPAN
Oklahoma Children’s Hospital at OU Health; Oklahoma City, OK
Board #26: Aldrete Assessment: Decreasing Over-Sedation Post-Operatively
Poster
Contact: Camille Brownlee MSN RN CNL
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Board #27: The Effect of Non-pharmacological Modalities for Pain, Anxiety and Length of Stay in PACU
Poster
Contact: Marlene Nahavandi BSN RN CAPA CN III
UnityPoint Health -Meriter, Madison, WI
Board #28: Creation of a Hand Off Tool Between the Preprocedural Area and OR Team
Poster
Contact: Robin Ortutay MSN RN CAPA
Virtua, Mount Holly, NJ
Board #29: Who’s Who in the PACU? Role Designation During Emergencies
Poster
Contact: Lauren Boston MSN RN PNP-PC
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Board #30: PeriAnesthesia and Aromatherapy: A Proactive Approach to Address Postoperative Nausea at a Comprehensive Cancer Center for Patients Recovering from Complex Surgical Interventions
Poster
Contact: Michelle Johann MSN RN PHN CPAN
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA