The CSI Department of Nursing noted the success of the recently held 2025 Collaborative Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Expo, hosted by Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC).

The Expo is an ongoing partnership between the College of Staten Island, Wagner College, Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island University Hospital Northwell Health, and Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing (Mu Upsilon Chapter CSI/Epsilon Mu Chapter Wagner College), and highlights research and quality improvement projects by nurses and nursing students on Staten Island. The Expo is hosted by all of these institutions on a rotating basis. Although RUMC was this year’s host, Wagner College will be the site of the 2026 Expo. The event has run for approximately 18 years.

Bedside nurses, nurse administrators, nursing professors, and nursing students (undergraduate and graduate) from the partner institutions attend this event. This year, there were around 125 attendees. In addition, all participating institutions send their nurses and/or nursing students to attend and present their scholarly work.

Commenting on the Expo, Randelle Sasa, PhD, RN-BC, CMSRN, CCRN, CNE, Chair and Associate Professor, CSI Department of Nursing, said, “The Department of Nursing at CSI is committed to the education of nursing professionals capable of delivering care that integrates robust scientific evidence with holistic and humanistic principles. We wholeheartedly support the Nursing Expo because it is an important scholarly exchange that highlights the contributions of Staten Island nurses to nursing science.”

Karen Arca-Contreras, DNP, RN-BC, CSI Associate Professor of Nursing and Deputy Chairperson, and Success Coaching Program Coordinator added, “The Collaborative Research/Evidence-Based Nursing Symposium is crucial for advancing and disseminating the practice and science of nursing. The goal is to improve patient outcomes.”

Among the many topics discussed at the Expo were Teaching Evidence-Based Practice, Creating a Culture of Evidence-Based Practice, Generating Evidence (Primary Research Studies), Synthesizing Evidence, Translating Evidence into Practice: Recommendations, Policies and Procedures Based on Evidence, Outcomes Related to Practice Changes, and Community Health Emerging Issues.

Podium presentations from CSI included: “Success Coaching: A Proactive Student Support Strategy” – Karen Arca-Contreras, DNP, RN-BC, and “ The Effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence in Early Prediction of Sepsis among Adult Patients: A Limited Literature Review” – Randelle Sasa, PhD, RN-BC, CMSRN, CCRN, CNE.

Poster presentations from CSI were “The Association between Self-Reported Sleep and Coronavirus Disease Severity in Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19” – An-Yun Yeh, PhD, ACNPC-AG, and “Turning the Tide: Embedding Clinical Reasoning to Improve Outcomes in a Medical-Surgical Nursing Course” – Stephanie Erichsen, MSN, A-GNP-C, RN and Danielle Hunton, MA, RN-BC, CCRN, CWCN, CNE.

By Terry Mares