Alexandrya
Tran,
BSN, RN, CCRN
Nurse
Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital
Alexandrya Tran, RN is a respected medical professional with over 7 years of direct patient care experience including over 2 years of critical care. She is specialized in Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units and has previous experience in geriatric medicine, hospice, palliative medicine, oncology, and surgical specialties. She is presently enrolled in the nurse practitioner program at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX with expected graduation of December 2021 and a member of the Leading Education and Nurse Advancement Program at Houston Methodist Health System.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background: Virtual reality (VR) a 3-diminential immersion experience allows for multiple sensory experiences involving visual and auditory olfactory senses. VR has shown success in the pediatric population in reducing procedural pain. Limited research is available to support VR use in adult patients.
Design: Our interdisciplinary team of Gastroenterologists, surgical nurses, and a researcher explored the feasibility and effectiveness of an innovative device VR in middle to older adults following robotic colorectal surgery with a mean hospital length-of-stay of 2.5 days. A prospective self-…