SHINE Conference
Awards
At the annual SHINE Conference, the Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquiry recognizes a nurse or nurse-led team for their significant contributions to nursing science.
2024 awards were announced on Monday, April 15 for:
- Excellence in Evidence-based Practice;
- Excellence in Quality Improvement;
- Best Student Project;
- Excellence in Research; and the
- Impact Award.
Congratulations to the 2024 Award Winners!
Excellence in Evidence-based Practice Award
The Excellence in Evidence-based Practice Award recognizes a nurse or nurse-led team for conducting outstanding work in the area of evidence-based practice. The award winner is selected by the Abstract Review Committee.
The Impact of a Nurse-led Unit Practice Council in the Special Care Nursery on Practice Changes and Autonomy: An Evidence-based Care Approach
By Charlotte Costello, MSN, RN and Rowena Leong Milburn, DNP, MSN, RNC-LRN
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Best practices for ensuring hospital-based traveling clinical staff provide safe patient care to reduce adverse safety events
By Michelle Cook, Julia Krzyzewski, Jessica White, Amanda Memken, Micayla Johnson, Sarah E. Francis, and Heather Watson
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Best practices for completing root cause analysis of hospital acquired pressure injury stage 3 or greater
By Helen Borte, Retzer Cariaga, Holley Farley, Rachel Moseley, Alphie Rahman, Lindsay Rice, Allison Spingler, and Cynthia A Walker
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Excellence in Quality Improvement Award
The Excellence in Quality Improvement Award recognizes a nurse or nurse-led team for conducting outstanding work in the area of quality improvement. The award winner is selected by the Abstract Review Committee.
Initiation of a Comprehensive Carotid Endarterectomy Care Pathway is Associated with Lower ICU Admission Rates and a Significant Reduction in Hospital Charges
By Tim Madeira, DNP, CRNP, APRN-CNS, CCRN, PCCN, Holly Grunebach, MS, PA-C, Sanuja Bose, MD, MPH, and Caitlin W. Hicks, MD, MS
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Noise reduction in the neonatal intensive care unit: Promoting neuroprotection and a healing environment
By Kelly Baca
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Implementation of a nurse-managed bladder management QI pilot
By Lisa Klein, Amelia Tenberg, Hohyung Yi, Margie Burnett, and John Probasco
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Excellence in Research Award
The Excellence in Research Award recognizes a nurse or nurse-led team for conducting outstanding work in the area of research. The award winner is selected by the Abstract Review Committee.
Evaluating Surgical Outcomes for Older Adults Undergoing Surgery Utilizing a Geriatric Surgical Nurse Navigator (GSNN)
By Suzanne Dutton, DNP, GNP-BC, RN, and Rosemary Trejo BSN, RN-BC
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LGTBQ+ awareness training for nurse residency program participants: Evaluation of knowledge and attitudes
By Suzanne Dutton, Andrea N. Cimino, Mary Jo Lombardo, Periwinkle Mackay, Jessica Borthwick, Nia Wright, and Melissa Gerstenhaber
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Student Project Award
The Student Project Award recognizes a student for conducting outstanding inquiry work. The award winner is selected by the Abstract Review Committee.
Reducing The Fall Rate on a Medical Surgical Unit Using Arousal, Attention, Abbreviated Mental Test-4, Acute change Delirium Screening Tool
By Laila Shrestha, B.S.N., R. N., Mary Ellen Connolly, DNP, CRNP, and Rona Corral DNP, RN, MSN, CNS
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Preventing surgical pathology specimen loss
By Rebecca Qualey
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Impact Award
The Impact Award recognizes a nurse or nurse-led team for their outstanding impact on the health care system as a whole. The award winner is selected by the Chief Nursing Officers.
It’s All on The Line: Implementation of a High-Risk Mitigation Tool to Decrease CLABSIs in The Adult Surgical ICU
By Madison Goundry, RN, BSN, Heather Cullen, RN, BSN, CCRN, Samantha Young, MS, RN, CCRN, ACNPC, CCNS , and Carley Scheeper, MLS(ASCP), CIC, CQPA
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Implementation of navel to knees with chlorhexidine gluconate to prevent catheter associated urinary tract infections
By Lisa Klein, Vivian Han, and Nancy Le
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