Office of Nursing Research
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Transforming health and inspiring hope for all Virginians and beyond through expert application and development of nursing evidence.
Nursing Research News Bulletin:
EBP Symposium 2025 - Congrats to Our Poster Winners!
The 2025 Evidence-Based Practice Symposium was a success! A huge thank you to Keynote speaker Laura Cullen and all of our facilitators, presenters, and event organizers for an amazing day.
Congratulations to Sammy McGuigan and Elaine Hughes as well as Marcela Munoz. Their project posters: "Stop Sticking to Stick: Decreasing IV Insertion Attempts by Identifying Difficult Peripheral Access Beforehand" and "Scrub 30. Draw 5. Clean Every Time: Reducing Blood Culture Contamination in the ED with Updated Procedure Guidelines" were voted best in show by the EBP Symposium attendees.
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