Lt. Cmdr. Joseph “Joey” Biddix, a perioperative nurse and Division Officer of the Sterile Processing Department at Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms (NHTP) from June 2022 to June 2023, has been honored with a 1st place finish in the Navy Nurse Corps’ RADM Elizabeth S. Niemyer Award for Evidence-Based Practice. His award-winning project, Tackling Intraoperative Hypothermia: Implementing a Prewarming Protocol at a Remote Military Treatment Facility, showcased the successful implementation of a prewarming protocol at NHTP, beginning in June 2023.
