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Exploring The Relationship Between Covid-19 Unit Designation And Nurse Burnout Syndrome, Gisele Bazan, Tiffany Patterson, Kelsey Sawyer, Jamie Roney, Erin Whitley, Sahar Mihandoust, Joann Long

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted healthcare due to surges in infected patient and respiratory failure. Nursing burnout syndrome (NBS) results from occupational factors leading to mental health problems. Nurses working in intensive care units (ICUs) dedicated to caring for COVID-19infected individuals may be even more susceptible to NBS due to increased burdens of futile care delivery and high mortality rates within overstretched healthcare systems. Identifying socio-demographic, work-related, and psychological predictors of NBS may help organizations mitigate, or at least minimize, the negative psychological impact on ICU nurses working during future pandemics.

Purpose/Aims: The aim of this study was to compare …

Effectiveness Of Apfel Simplified Risk Score In Predicting Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting In Day Surgery Unit, Leni Alejo, Cherry De Guia, Cynthia Rodriguez, Cassandra Luck-Bird

2021 Providence Nurse Research Conference

Background: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) continues to be a perioperative complication despite improvement in quality and safety of anesthesia care causing an increased overall healthcare cost and sometimes serious physical complications. The American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) supports that risk assessment for PONV helps with its prevention which is in line with the Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia's (SAMBA) current guidelines for PONV management. Literature supports that PONV can be predicted and prevented in patients by assessing risk factors such as gender, smoking status, history of PONV and use of postoperative opioids, among others. At present there is no …