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PRESENTATIONS 

Nicole Agee, MSN, CNL, CCRN; Theresa Kirkpatrick, CNS; Mary Lawanson-Nichols, CNS, CCRN; Valentina Obreja, MSN, RN, AG/AC NP-BC, CCRN, PHN. The Importance of Frailty Assessment in Improving Sepsis and Mortality Prevention in Hospitalized Patients. Omicron Delta Education and Conference 2020. Virtual. 11/7/2020. (Podium)

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center & UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica 
Lianna Z. Ansryan, MSN,CNS, PHN, RN-BC; Kathleen Vollman, MSN, RN, CCNS, FCCM, FCNS, FAAN; Elissa Brown, MSN, CNS, RN; Maricia Cornell, MSN, APRN, RN-BC, ACNS-BC, CEN,TCRN; Chantal Toth, MSN, RN, ACCNS-AG, CMSRN. Transforming Health Care: Leveraging Our Past Expertise to Mentor Our Present and Influence our Future! National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists. Indianapolis, IN. 3/10/2020. (Podium) Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, VA Health, University Hospitals Geagua Medical Center, & Tower Health, Reading Hospital
Leilanie Ayala, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC. Yes, And!: How to engage patients in therapeutic groups through improvisational techniques! American Psychiatric Nursing Conference. Lake Buena Vista, FL. 9/30/2020 (Podium) Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA

Leilanie Ayala, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC; Robbie Harris-Depriest, MHA, RT; Erika Lozano, MSN, RN-BC; Sunnie Dishman, MSN, RN-BC; Jaimie Chazen, BA. Addressing the Youth Bullying Crisis Through Community Partnetships. ANCC Magnet Conference. Atlanta, GA. 10/7/2020 (Poster)

Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA

Allegra Bell, BSN, RN, OCN; Patricia Jakel, MN, RN, AOCN; Rayna Ewer, BSN, RN, OCN; Rebecca Bank, BSN, RN, OCN; Thanh Neville, MD; Peter Phung, MD. 3 Wishes: Making a Difference in End of Life Care. 45th Annual Oncology Nursing Society Congress. (Podium; Conference cancelled) This presentation was disseminated internally via video and PowerPoint.

UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica 
Bob Bencangey MSN, RN-BC, CEN; Iris Mayoral BSN, RN-BC. Feasibility of Implementing an Electronic Patient Rounding System (EPRS) in an Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Facility. International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses. San Antonio, TX. 3/25/2020-3/28/2020. (Poster) Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA
Kelly Conner, PhD, PA-C; Sandra Dewar, PhD, APRN, FAES; Madona Plueger, ACNS-BS, APRN,CNRN, FAES; Gigi Smith, PhD, RN, PNP, FAES; Bethany Thomas, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC. Advanced Practice Providers Symposium: Epilepsy Diagnostics and Results Interpretation. American Epilepsy Society Annual  Meeting. Seattle, WA. 12/4/2020. (Podium) Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center 
Melissa Connor, MPH, BSN, RN, CEN; Tina Riley-Gonzales, BSN, RN. Code Staff Assist - Addressing Workplace Violence Through Use of a Behavioral Code Activation. Emergency Nurses Association Conference. Virtual. 9/13/2020. (Podium) Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center 
Jade Cruz, MSN-Ed, RN; Kathleen Feldman, MSN, RN, NPD- BC; Chia-Yen (Cathy) Li, Ed.D, MSN, RN, PHCNS-BC, CHSE. COVID-19: The NPD Practitioner Response to the Education Emergency. Association of Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) 2021 Annual Conference. 8/3/2021-8/6/2021. (Poster)
UCLA Health System
Shelly Frisco BSN,RN,CCRN; Karen Wright, PhD, NNP-BC. Implementing Infant Driven Feeding in the Level IV NICU: A Doctor of Nursing Practice Pilot Project. Florida Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Annual Board Review. Virtual. 10/13/2020-10/16/2020. (Poster) Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center 
Meg Furukawa MN, RN-BC, CNS; Mari Akre PhD, RN, NEA-BC. Improving Care Outcomes: Start with Standardization of Nursing Knowledge Information Models. HIMSS20 Global Health Conference and Exhibition. Orlando, FL. 3/9/2020. (Podium) UCLA Health System
Meg Furukawa MN, RN-BC, CNS. Using Data to Optimize the Electronic Health Record. ANIA 2020 Annual Conference. Virtual. 8/21/2020. (Podium) UCLA Health System
Meg Furukawa MN, RN-BC, CNS; Mari Akre PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CPHIMS. Improving Care Outcomes:  Start with Standardization of Nursing Knowledge Information Models. ANIA Midwest Fall Education Webinar. 11/2/2020. (Podium) UCLA Health System
Cheryl Le Huquet, MSN, DNPc, RN, NE-BC; Michelle Ladin, BSN, RN. Application of Practice Standards to ECG Monitoring of Surgical Patients. 2020 Western Institute of Nursing Conference. Portland, OR. 4/15/2020. (Poster) UCLA Health System
Cheryl Le Huquet, DNPc, RN, NE-BC; James Q Simmons, DNPc, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC; Renee Krystle Doll M. Lazaro, MSN, RN, CNOR. Advancing Nursing Science. An Innovative Approach to PDromote Doctoral Collaboration. 2020 UCLA School of Nursing Research Days. Los Angeles, CA. 5/8/2020. (Poster) UCLA Health System
Cheryl Le Huquet, MSN, DNPc, RN, NE-BC. Application of Practice Standards to ECG Monitoring of Surgical Patients. 2020 UCLA School of Nursing Research Days. Los Angeles, CA. 5/8/2020. (Poster) UCLA Health System
Anila Ladak, MSN, RN, CNS, GNP-BC; Valerie Yeo, MSN, RN, CNS, GNP-BC, NE-BC; Nadia Akram, MSW. Improving Patient Outcomes on an ACE Unit: The Companion Care Volunteer Program to Reduce Loneliness and Isolation. NICHE Conference. New Orleans, LA. 4/27/2020. (Poster)
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica 
Anila Ladak, MSN, RN, CNS, GNP-BC; Janet Mentes, PhD, APRN, FGSA, FAAN. Nurse-Led Delirium Prevention Program for Hospitalized Older Adults. UCLA School Of Nursing Research Day. Virtual Display. 5/6/2020. (Poster)
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica 
Dahlia Maldonado BSN, RN-BC. An Integrated U: Improving Pain Management through an Integrative Therapy Algorithm. 28th National Evidence-Based Practice Conference. Virtual. 4/14/2021.(Podium) UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
Fotine Mamais, MSN, RN, GCNS-BC, GNP. Creating A Geriatric Population Infrastructure- Value of Population Based Clinical Nurse Specialist. NICHE Conference. New Orleans, LA. 4/27/2020. (Podium) Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Iris Mayoral, BSN, RN-BC; Eleanor Tomas-Lagmay, BSN, RN-BC. Integration of Proactive Toileting in Geri-Psychiatric Unit's Fall Prevention Bundle. UCLA SON 2020 Research Days. Virtual. 5/6/2020. (Poster) Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA
Iris Mayoral, BSN, RN-BC; Eleanor Tomas-Lagmay, BSN, RN-BC; Leanne Lamb, BSN, RN-BC; Emma Rimular BSN, RN-BC. Integration of Proactive Toileting in Geri-Psychiatric Unit's Fall Prevention Bundle. American Psychiatric Nursing Conference. Lake Buena Vista, FL. 9/30/2020-10/3/2020. (Poster) Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA
Jeannette (Jeannie) Meyer, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCNS, PCCN-K, ACHPN; Mary Lawanson-Nichols, RN, MSN, CNS, NP, CCRN. Beyond the ICU: Improving Communication Utilizing IMPACT ICU Strategies. NACNS 2020 National Conference. Indianapolis, IN. 3/10/2020. (Podium) UCLA Health System & UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica 
Ann McNeil MSN, RN, NE-BC; Jacquelyn Gates, MSN, RN. Fine Tuning the Mobile Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Transport Team Activation Process in the Time of COVID: ARE WE CRAZY? Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL) Annual Program: Your Path to Leadership. Virtual. 02/07/2021-02/10/2021. (Podium) Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Jeannette (Jeannie) Meyer, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCNS, PCCN-K, ACHPN. Beyond the ICU: Improving Communication Utilizing IMPACT ICU Strategies. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses National Teaching Institute 2020. Indianapolis, IN. 5/6/2020. (Podium) UCLA Health System

Monica Mikhael, RN, MSN; Michelle Gagarin, RN, BSN; Lisa Yanuria, RN, BSN. Evidence-Base CLABSI Prevention Starts with U. 27th National Evidence-Based Practice Conference. Coralville, IA. 4/14/20-4/15/20. (Poster)

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Alex Monin, RN, BSN, PCCN; John Silverlake, RN, BSN, PCCN; Kimberly Bennett, RN, MSN; Mat Ilasin, RN, BSN, PCCN; Nancy Tran, RN, MSN, PCCN; Sabrina Mone, RN, BSN, PCCN; Sara Kusumoto, RN, BSN, PCCN. Med Menus: Medication Side Effect Education for Patient Satisfaction. 27th National Evidence-Based Practice Conference. Coralville, IA. 4/14/2020. (Podium) Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Marshall Tad Morgan Jr., MSN, RN; Nina Park, MSN, RN, CNL. Don’t Wait to Palliate: A Neuropalliative Care Trigger Tool Improves Patient/Family Satisfaction in Neuroscience Populations. 28th National Evidence-Based Practice Conference. Virtual. 4/14/2021. (Podium)
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Jessica Pancio, BSN, RN-BC, ONC, GRN, UZIT; Heather Hahn, MA, ACCP, GPCA, UZIT. Post-operative Delirium: Tools to Identify, Prevent, and Manage. NICHE Conference. New Orleans, LA. 4/27/2020. (Poster) UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica 
Isaac Pro, RN, BSN; Jacob Merkel, MSN, RN-BC; Leilanie Ayala, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC. Finding Serenity at Work. American Psychiatric Nursing
Association.
 Orlando, FL. 9/30/2020 (Poster)
Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA
Rae-Nicole Rios, BSN, RN; Sarah Stephens, BSN, RN; Megan Weisbart, MSN, RN, CNL, PHN. Antibiotics in the NICU of Time: An Education Intervention to Decrease Sepsis in the NICU. 2020 Vizient /AACN Nurse Residency Program Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. 3/9/2020-3/12/2020. (Poster) UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica 
Rae-Nicole Rios, BSN, RN; Sarah Stephens, BSN, RN; Megan Weisbart, MSN, RN, CNL, PHN. Antibiotics in the NICU of Time: An Education Intervention to Decrease Sepsis in the NICU. 27th National Evidence-Based Practice Conference. Virtual Display. 4/15/2020-4/16/2020. (Poster) UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica 
Michelle Tolentino, DNP, MSN, RN, CPN, NE-BC; Felicia Hodge, Dr PH; Mary-Lynn Brecht, PhD; Jian Li, PhD, MD; Carol Pavlish, PhD. Influence of Span of Support on Nurse Perception of Leader Access and Responsiveness. UCLA School Of Nursing Research Day. Virtual Display. 5/6/2020. (Poster) Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Bryan Villareal, RN, BSN, CCRN, SCRN; Kevin Brown, ARRT, CT; Kenny Harrell; Jeffrey L. Saver, MD; Mersedeh Bahr Hosseini, MD; Lucas Restrepo-Jimenez, MD; David S. Liebeskind, MD; Viktor Szeder, MD; Walid Ghurab, MD; Clayton Kazan, MD; Nichole Bosson, MD; Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD; Cathy Chidester, RN, MSN; May Nour, MD, PhD. Improved Routing Of Comprehensive Stroke Center Appropriate Patients Via Mobile Stroke Unit Conclusive Field Diagnosis. International Stroke Conference 2020. Los Angeles, CA. 2/20/2020. (Podium) Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

PUBLICATIONS
David J. Bae, MD; David M. Tehrani, MD, MS; Soniya V.Rabadia, MD; Gregg C. Fonarow, MD; Ravi Dave, MD; Asim M. Rafique,MD; Marlene Frost, NP;  Rushi Parikh, MD;  Marcella Calfon-Press, MD, PhD; Olcay Aksoy, MD;  Soban Umar, MD, PhD;  Rexza Ardehali, MD, PhD;  Amir Rabbani, MD;  Pooya Bokhoor, MD; Ali Nsair, MD; Jesse Currier, MD; Johnathan Tobis, MD. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor and Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Use Among Outpatients Diagnosed with COVID-19. American Journal of Cardiology. 2020: 132, 150-157. UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
Melissa Connor, MPH, BSN, RN, CEN; Kate Hurley, MSN, RN, CEN; Margaret Armbruster, MSN, RN. Diagnostic Sensitivity of the Dynamic Appraisal for Situational Aggression to Predict Violence and Aggression by Behavioral Health Patients in the Emergency Department. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2020 May; 46(3):302-309.  Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Sandra Dewar, PhD, APRN, FAES; MarySue Heilemann, PhD, RN, FAAN; Engel J, MD, PhD; Eunice Lee, PhD, RN; Huibrie Pieters, PhD, RN. Perceptions of illness severity in adults with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy and Behavior. 2020: 109. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Sandra Ellingson, DNP, NNP-BC, CPNP, CNS; Jenny Solano MSN NNP-BC; Mary Wyckoff PhD NNP-BC CCNS FAANP; Bonnie McCracken MSN NP-BC. Coordinating the Chaos Trauma Victim: The Unborn Neonate. Archives of Healthcare. 2020: 1(2), 81-90. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Meg Furukawa, MN, RN-BC; Ellen Pollack, MSN, RN-BC. Achieving HIMSS Stage 7 Designation For EMR Adoption. Nursing Management. 2020; 51(1): 10-12. UCLA Health System
Meg Furukawa, MN, RN-BC; Lisa Harrison, BSN, RN-BC; Yvonne Mugford, MSN, RN-BC; Ellen Pollack, MSN, RN-BC; Stesha Selsky, MSN, RN-BC; Donna Wellbaum, MSN, RN-BC. Nursing Informatics Fellowship: Developing Future Nurse Informaticists at UCLA Health. Journal of Informatics Nursing, 2020: 5(1), 24-27, 40-41. UCLA Health System
Lee Galuska, PhD, RN, NE-BC; Brenda Bursch, PhD. Meaning, Joy and Critical Care Nurse Well-Being: A Call to Action. Critical Care Nursing Clinics. 2020: 32(3), 349-367. UCLA Health System
Susan Grant, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN; Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, MCCM, FAAN; Kirstin Manges, PhD, RN; Anna Dermenchyan, MSN, RN, CCRN-K; Elise Wilson, BSN, RN; Elizabeth Dowdell, PhD, RN, FAAN. Creating Healthful Work Environments to Deliver on the Quadruple Aim. The Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA), 2020: 50(6), 314-321. UCLA Health System
Ajay K. Gupta, MD, MRCP, PhD; Hani Jneid, MD; Daniel Addison, MD; Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD; Amelia K. Boehme, PhD, MSPH; Sanket Borgaonkar, MD; Romain Boulestreau, MD; Kevin Clerkin, MD; Nicolas Delarche, MD; Holli A. DeVon, PhD, RN; Isabella M. Grumbach, MD, PhD; Jose Gutierrez, MD, MPH; Daniel A. Jones, MBBS, MRCP, PhD; Vikas Kapil, MBBS, PhD; Carmela Maniero, MD, PhD; Amgad Mentias, MD; Pamela S. Miller, PhD, RN, ACNP, CNS, PHN; Sher May Ng, MBBChir, MA, MRCP; Jai D. Parekh, MD; Reynaldo H. Sanchez, MD; Konrad Teodor Sawicki, MD, PhD; Anneline S. J. M. te Riele, MD, PhD; Carol Ann Remme, MD, PhD; Barry London, MD, PhD. Current Perspectives on Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Cardiovascular Disease: A White Paper by the JAHA Editors. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2020: 9(12), e017013. London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UCLA Health System, and others
Chai-Chih Huang, MSN, NE-BC; Vanessa Torres, MSN, RN; Eufemia Jacob, RhD, RN. Challenges and Lessons Learned From Short-Term Medical Service Trips in Global Communities. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 2020: 16, 573-577. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, and UCLA School of Nursing
Stephanie Jackson, MSN, RN, AOCNS, BMTCN; Jocelyn Densing, MSN, RN, BMTCN; Lauren Fujihara, MSN, RN. (2020) Administration of Hazardous Drugs in the Perioperative Setting. In Mary Magee Gullatte, Rowena Schwartz, Renee Spinks & Deborah Kirk Walker(Eds.), Clinical Guide to Antineoplastic Therapy: A Chemotherapy Handbook (Fourth Edition) (pp. 91-98). Oncology Nursing Society Publications. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Zachary C Madson, MD; Sitaram Vangala; Grace Sund, CNS; James A Lin, MD. Does Carrier Fluid Reduce Low Flow Drug Infusion Error from Syringe Size? World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics. 2020: 9(2), 17-28. Mattel Children's Hospital - UCLA Health
Jeannette Meyer, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, CCNS, PCCN-K, ACHPN. (In Press) Book Chapter: Hospice and Palliative Care in the Emergency Room and Critical Care Unit: Core Curriculum for the Advanced Practice Hospice and Palliative Registered Nurse.  UCLA Health System
Huibrie C. Pieters, PhD, DPhil, RN; Sandra R. Dewar, PhD, RN, FAES; Tomoko J. Iwaki, PhD4; Jerome Engel Jnr, MD,PhD. (In Press) Surgical decision-making among patients with uncontrolled epilepsy: “Making important decisions about my brain, which I happen to love.” Chronic Illness. UCLA School of Nursing, UCLA Health System, Silver School of Social Work, New York, & David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Mae de Vera Reyes, MSN, RN; Janeen Gaul, MSN, NNP-BC; Emily Rodriguez, ADN, RNC-NIC; Lindsay Calac, BSN, CCRN; Renee Cauntay, BSN, CCRN; Britnie Hanks, BSN, CCRN; Siyung Kim, ADN, CCRN; Chandni Patel, BSN, CCRN; Lauren Muguerza, BSN, CCRN; Anahit Sarin-Gulian, MSN, RNC-NIC, NE-BC. Breastfeeding Issues: Nursing Management of Pediatric Disaster (377-388). Springer. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Alyson Takaoka, MSc; Meredith Vanstone, PhD; Thanh H. Neville, MD, MSHS; Sophia Goksoyr, MSW, RSW; Marilyn Swinton, MSc; France J. Clarke, RRT; Orla M. Smith, PhD, RN; Allana LeBlanc, MScN, RN; Denise Foster, RN; Yuhan Kao, MSN, RN Xueqing Xu, MSN, RN, CCRN, GCNS-BC, NE-BC; Neala Hoad, RN; Feli Toledo, MDiv; Deborah J. Cook, MD, MSc. Family and Clinician Experiences of Sympathy Cards in the 3 Wishes Project. American Journal of Critical Care. 2020: 29(6), 422-428. 

McMaster University, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and St Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
Bonnie L. Westra, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI; Kay S. Lytle, DNP, RN-BC, NEA-BC, CPHMIS, FHIMSS; Luann Whittenburg, PhD, RN-BC, FNP-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FAAN; Mischa Adams, MSN, RN, CCRN-K; Samira Ali, DNP, RN; Meg Furukawa, MN, RN-BC, CNS; Stephanie Hartleben, MSN, MHA, RN-BC; Mary Hook, PhD, RN-BC; Steve Johnson, PhD; Sara Collins Rossetti, PhD, RN, FACMI, FAMIA; Theresa Settergren, MHA, MA, RN-BC. A refined methodology for validation of information models derived from flowsheet data and applied to a genitourinary case. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2020: 00(0), 1-8. University of Minnesota, UCLA Health, Duke University Health System, Columbia University, and Others
Coleen Wilson, DNP, RN, NEA-BC; Lee Galuska, PhD, RN, NE-BC. Professional Governance Implementation Successes, Failures, and Lessons Learned. Nurse Leader. 2020: 18(5), 467-470. UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, and UCLA Health System

AWARDS
Bob Bencangey, MSN, RN-BC, CEN; Iris Mayoral, BSN, RN-BC; Alisa Monicayo, BSN, RN-BC; Chantal Hudak, BSN, RN-BC; Isaac Pro, BSN, RN. First Place for poster in the Research category. International Society for Psychiatric Nursing Annual Conference. 03/27/2020. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Anna Dermenchyan, PhD. AONL Young Professionals. American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL). 7/11/2021-7/14/2021. UCLA Department of Medicine
Cheryl Le Huquet, MSN, DNPc, RN, NE-BC; Michelle Ladin, BSN, RN. Application of Practice Standards to ECG Monitoring of Surgical Patients. Third place Poster award ecognition. UCLA School of Nursing Research Days. 5/8/2020. UCLA Health System
Cheryl Le Huquet, MSN, DNPc, RN, NE-BC. DNP Scholarly Project of the Year Award. UCLA School of Nursing. 7/8/2020. UCLA Health System
Dallas Lawry, BSN, RN, OCN. Graduate Scholarship in Cancer Nursing Practice. American Cancer Society. {$20,000} UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
Betty Lee, MN, RN, CNS, CMSRN. 2020 CMSRN Recertification Grant. Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN). 2/2020. Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center
Betty Lee, RN, MN, CNS, CMSRN; Kristian Del Rosario, RN-BC, BSN; Cecily Byron, RN-BC, DNP, MSN, NEA-BC. AACN Beacon Award for Excellence®. 6/2020. Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center
Michele Maines, MSN, MSG, RN, CNL; Catherine Gabster, MSN, RN, CNL, CNS; Tara Goldberg, MSN, RN, CAPA, CPHQ; Ashlee Perreault, BSN, RN, CNOR; Linsey Weigt, MSN, RN; Kimberly Ternavan, MS/MBA, RN, CPHQ, NE-BC. Poster "Implementation of Nursing Peer Case Review to Advance Just Culture in Procedural Units" won 1st place in the Education Category at the SGNA 47th Annual Course. 10/31/20-11/2/2020. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Kathleen Pullen-Norris RN, BSN, CCRN; Kim Sturgeon RN, BSN, CCRN. Nominated for Team-based Passion and Purpose Award. NICHE (Nurses Improving Care in Healthsystems for the Elderly). 1/2020.  Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Beck Reyes, MSN, NP, RN; Eufemia Jacob, PhD, RN. Elizabeth F. Hobdell Nursing Quality, Research & Scholarship Grant. Association of Child Neurology Nurse. 12/2020. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

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