Background: Nurses operate within high-acuity, emotionally demanding environments where chronic stress is often normalized and unaddressed until impairment is visible. Traditional burnout interventions focus on late-stage symptoms, leaving a gap in early recognition. The original [....] » Read More
Nursing is not an occupation for the faint of heart. Now more than ever, we need skills to combat PTSD and build resilience in both our patients and ourselves. It is time to empower individuals with simple skills that will set them up for success. This presentation will define wh [....] » Read More
This session will describe a quality improvement initiative designed to strengthen perioperative team preparedness for malignant hyperthermia (MH), a rare but life-threatening aesthetic emergency. The project implemented in situ interprofessional simulation using Rapid Cycle Deli [....] » Read More
Background: Worldwide, pressure ulcers affect between 0.4% and 38% of patients, depending on the setting and population. Hospitalized patients show an average prevalence of 12%, with higher rates observed among high-risk groups such as intensive care unit patients and those with [....] » Read More
Our growing centralized telephone triage program provides care to over 250,000 patients across an extensive care network of 30+ primary care offices located in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We are associated with a large teaching institution which provides training to both residen [....] » Read More
As patients increasingly hire non-medical, out of hospital support workers, like birth doulas, to enhance their hospital experience, tension can arise between hospital staff and these supplemental team members. In labour and delivery settings, this can lead to a "battlefield [....] » Read More
Background: Nutrition Impact Symptoms (NIS)refer to a constellation of symptoms affecting patients' ability to eat due to disease or treatment. Patients with esophageal cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy experience a substantial burden of NIS during treatment, wh [....] » Read More
Background: Hemiplegic shoulder pain is a common complication after stroke. It causes limitation of shoulder mobility and delays functional recovery. Several nonpharmacological interventions have been developed to manage this condition. However, their comparative effectiveness re [....] » Read More
Title : The power of presence: Investing in LVNs for lasting impact
Emma Gitomer, Houston Methodist Hospital, United States
Over the years the patient acuity in the hospital has increased substantially however, with the increase in the hospital acuity we have not had a change in the nurse-to-patient ratio in the ICU. With the increase in patient acuity this has led nurses being bogged down by tasks th [....] » Read More
Title : Ciao! Implementation of an international clinical capstone experience
Megan Mook, Thomas Jefferson University, United States
Introduction: To better prepare graduating nurses to enter the ever-evolving, complex world of health care, a clinical capstone experience was developed. Graduating nursing students were joined with a selected preceptor to complete 108 hours of the final clinical experience. Stud [....] » Read More
Title : Importance of genetic testing in patients referred for heart transplant or durable mechanical circulatory support
Carly Pine, Sentara Healthcare, United States
Purpose: Genetic abnormalities are found in 5 to >20% of cases of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), depending on the population studied. Truncating variants of TTN (TTNtv) are the most common genetic cause of DCM, accounting for up to 25% of cases with familial inheritance. Lifeti [....] » Read More
Title : Beyond the discharge: A trauma service program integrating community health workers
Lisa K Koser, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, United States
Background: High-utilizing trauma patients face complex medical, social, and psychological challenges, including substance use, exposure to violence, food and housing insecurity, and health illiteracy. These social determinants of health (SDOH) are often unaddressed, contributing [....] » Read More
Title : Keeping warm, healing strong: A multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative to reduce intraoperative hypothermia in burn surgery patients
Kim Priban , Akron Children's Hospital, United States
Background: Burn patients are uniquely vulnerable to hypothermia due to impaired thermoregulation, high evaporative heat loss, and frequent exposure of large surface areas during surgery. Intraoperative hypothermia increases risks of coagulopathy, blood loss, delayed wound healin [....] » Read More