New Knowledge, Innovations and Improvements
- CEO Award received by Amy Thomas, pharmacist clinical coordinator for Covid-19 response, vaccine distribution and research trials at Irving, which was among 700 nominees
- One of 143 hospitals that received CMS approval to implement a Home Recovery Care Program
- 5 patients have received acute care at home
- Moral Distress Among Nurses in the Environment of a Pandemic: A Survey Study completed 6/2021
- Measuring the Clinical Nurses Perceptions of Workplace Bullying Part 3
- Measuring the Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Perceptions of Workplace Bullying Part 3
- Delaying the Bath to Increase Breastfeeding Rates in Mothers who Vaginally Delivered Newborns
- Use of Weighted Blankets in Patients with Behavioral Disturbances in Acute Care Settings
- Team Support: Help When You Need it! #3
- Measuring Interventions for Meaningful Recognition and Skilled Communication using the Healthy Work Environment Scale for Direct Care Nurses in Acute Care Settings #10
- Measuring Interventions for Meaningful Recognition and Skilled Communication using the Healthy Work Environment Scale for Nurse Leaders in Acute Care Settings #11
- Effects of Virtual Reality for Non-Opioid Pain Management for Patients after a post-surgical procedure in Acute Care Settings
- BSWQA Workplace Violence Grant obtained by Penny Huddleston, PhD, RN, NEA-BC
- Huddleston, P. (2020). Measuring unlicensed assistive personnel perceptions of a healthy work environment in acute care settings, part 4. Journal of Nursing Administration, 50(10), 526-532.
- Arroliga, M.E., Dhanani, K., Arroliga, A.C., Huddleston, P.S., Trahan, J., Aguilar, T. & Weldon, D. (2021). Allergic reactions and adverse events associated with the administration of mRNA-based vaccines: A health-care system experience. Allergy and Asthma Proceedings, 42, 395-399.
- ED submitted three (3) posters to the IER Quality Summit, receiving 2nd place for poster titled “House-wide Collaboration”
- Does the John Hopkins Highest Level of Mobility Scale influence fall reduction in patients as compared to patients not rated by the John Hopkins Highest Level of Mobility Scale within a 6-month period? By Effie Thomas completed 9/2021