Congress2019 poster winners.

The following articles represent the first place and runner-up winners from the Nursing Management Congress2019 poster contest. Both posters were presented and recognized at last year's Congress in New Orleans. Congratulations to our winners!

Surveillance: A Nursing Intervention for Improving Patient Safety in Critical Care Environment.

Background: Nursing surveillance has been identified as a key intervention in early recognition and prevention of errors/adverse events. Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) defines surveillance as "the purposeful and ongoing acquisition, interpretation, and synthesis of patient data for clinical decision making." Because nurses are the main staffing constant in the critical care environment, the importance of surveillance as an intervention is fundamental.