Heparin Versus Saline: A Comparative Study to Support Practice Change Within an Organization

Affiliations

• ¹ Author Affiliations: Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
• ² Linda Denke, PhD, RN, CCRC, is the lead nurse scientist at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Her research focuses on nurses' spirituality and burnout, workplace environment, and impact of mental illness of nurses and patients on health outcomes. Meredith Allen, BSN, RN, BMTCN, is an infusion nurse in the UT Southwestern Cancer Care Outpatient Building in Dallas, Texas. Her experience in research has been serving as the principal investigator for this study and the 2023 Chair of the Nurse Research Council. Folefac Atem, MS, PhD, is a biostatistician with experience in designing and analyzing both clinical and observational studies. He is an adjunct associate professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, and the lead statistician for the Center for Pediatric Public Health. Kavitha Nair, MSN, RN, OCN, NEA-BC, is the Director of Infusion Services at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Ms. Nair's clinical experience spans from general oncology, heme-malignancies, stem cell transplant, and CART. She also leads the clinical operations of outpatient infusion services at the NCI designated Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center. Ramona Warkola, RNC, BSN, OCN, BMTCN, is a clinical nurse in surgical oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Her work experience includes surgical and general oncology, adult and pediatric hematology, and bone marrow stem cell transplant. Jancy Wilson, BSN, RN, OCN, is an infusion nurse at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. She has been a clinical nurse for over 2 decades, with experience in hematology oncology, stem cell transplant, CART, and general oncology. Miriam Gonzales, BSN, RN, BMTCN, is a bone marrow transplant nurse at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. She has been working as a bone marrow transplant nurse for nearly 18 years. Ms. Gonzales serves as the Staff Safety Task Chair at UT Southwestern and is poised to transition to an Advisor role soon.