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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