Master's Projects/Capstones from 2026
Beyond Closed Doors: Standardizing Intimate Partner Violence Screening in a Predominantly Spanish-Speaking Primary Care Clinic, Sarah Abughrib
You Haven't Been Forgotten: A Patient-Centered Initiative Restoring Trust Through Intentional Staff Communication in the Emergency Department, Daniel A. Aliakseyeu
Improving Emergency Department Staff Preparedness for Chemical Exposure and Hazardous Material Incidents Through Structured Education, Valia Almendarez
Nourishing Confidence: Empowering Seniors to Make Healthy Food Choices, Ina Patricia Bangawan
Improving Nursing Adherence to CHG Bathing and PIVC Maintenance Practices to Reduce Hospital-Onset Bacteremia in an Adult Medical-Surgical Unit, Mohabat Barikzai, Dinazar Altamirano, Edward Rivas, and Sarah Trilles
In the Loop: Delivering Consistent, Compassionate Communication at Every Step of the ED Journey, Karina Basilio
Confidence versus Competence: Addressing Nursing Knowledge Gaps in Catheter Care to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, Leslie Anne Villanueva Bautista
Cultivating Civility: A Multicomponent Approach to Reducing Workplace Incivility in an Assisted Living Facility, Sanam Bral, Kaylyn Chang, Catherine Dinh, Sanjil Kumar, and Truc Mai Moon
Closing the Loop: Strengthening CAUTI Prevention with Urinary Catheter Management, Erika N. Braun
Improving Standardization and Communication of Outcomes Related to Code Blue, Darren Cardoza
A Wildlife Crossing Proposal for Mountain Lions in San Luis Obispo County, Charles Carmichael
Tracking Toward Zero: Implementing a PICC Team Tracker to Prevent CLABSIs, Christian Justin Carreon
Bridging Fiscal Sustainability and Health Equity: A Policy Analysis of California’s Healthcare Coverage Safeguards, Guadalupe Castaneda Martinez
Tracking Towards Zero: Implementing a PICC Team Tracker to Prevent CLABSIs, Carolina Maria Gerodias Cayetano
The Parkinson's Pathway: Enhancing Knowledge and Care Management in Skilled Nursing, Kaitlyn Chau
Healthy Eating and Aging: Improving Nutrition Knowledge and Confidence for Senior Housing Residents, Winnie Y. Chen
Delirium Prevention in the Neuro/Medical ICU, Cathrene Ashika Deo
Saltwater intrusion in coastal aquifers of California Pajaro Valley and Los Angeles County, Debbie Lisseth Diaz Miranda
Suprasegmental Symphony: A Curriculum for Teaching Word Stress, Focus, and Rhythm to Native Chinese Speakers, Beini Ding
Reducing CAUTIs Through Evidence-Based Interventions, Maria Ekwoge
FireReady OC: Developing a Public Health Protocol for Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Events in Orange County, Christian Andre O. Gequillo, Allyson Hayakawa, Selin Erdogan, and Natalie Albarran
Building Healthy, Connected Communities Through Mobile Engagement, Tammy Gilsinger
Reduction of Length of Stay for Total Joint Replacement Patients, Melody C. Golden
Breaking the Silence: Standardizing Routine Intimate Partner Violence Screening at a Community Clinic Serving the Latinx Community, Victoria M. Hall
Nourishing Births: A program evaluation proposal for community-based nutrition education, food access, and garden engagement among Black birthing people, Naa Deedei-Vera Hammond
Enhancing Patient Understanding: Standardizing Cardiac Medication Education Using Teach-Back for Heart Failure, Nicole Valerie Hediger
Improving Peer Feedback Participation Through Psychological Safety Interventions in Labor & Delivery Nurses, LINDSEY C. HORA
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Upward Health’s Community-Based Care Model in San Mateo County, Emma Hunt
Evaluating Wildfire Mitigation and Wildfire “Hot Spots” in the Northern Bay Area, Nicholas W. Jones
Evaluation and Continuation of Oncology Nurse Mentorship Program, Gurpreet K. Kang
Reducing Affective Filters through AI-Supported English Learning for Korean Adult Learners, Ahreum Kim
Improving Documentation of Skin Assessment in the Med-Surg Overflow Microsystem, Min Kim and Mikeal A. Swift
Beyond The Checklist: Just-In-Time Education for Multi-Component Fall Risk Reduction, Kyle Knight
Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship: Supportive Care Needs, Resources, and Barriers, Allison Bryn Koplos
Improving Pressure Injury Prevention Through Braden Scale Compliance and Education in the Emergency Department, Joycelyn Lee, Kira Simone Faerstain, Alyssa Kristine Ortiz, and Ashley Briseida Cruz
Implementation of Visual Bed Indicator Lights to Improve Fall Prevention Processes, Andrea Leffew
PFAS Removal for Wastewater Treatment: Chain-Length, Membrane Performance, and Fuzzy MCDA Technology Selection, Tu Thanh Luong
Implementing a Standardized Counting Process, Paula M. Mbye
Decreasing ICU CLABSI Through Improved Central Line Dressing Integrity, Sharmila Reyes Moreno
Closing the Gap: Improving Nursing Compliance with Swallow Screening to Enhance Patient Safety, Emma Muiruri
Optimizing Life Care Planning for Palliative Home Health Care Patients, Lilian Muraya
Improvements Upon Reprocessing of Orthopedic Single-Use Instruments, Alyssa P. Nguyen
Nourish and Flourish: Building Confidence in Healthy Food Selection Among Older Adults in an Independent Living Facility, Emily Nguyen
Steady Steps: Building Confidence in Parkinson’s Disease Care, Jerlyn T. Nicdao
Standardizing Intimate Partner Violence Screening Among Latinx Patients in a Community Clinic Setting, Peyton O'Callaghan
Creating Consistency: Standardizing Gestational Diabetes Group Visit Framework in High-Risk Obstetric Care, Danielle Pack
Don’t Fall For It: Fall Prevention in a Medical-Surgical Telemetry Unit, Jennifer S. Paiz
EFFECTIVENESS OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR PHARMACEUTICAL REMOVAL IN BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA, Lady Palomino
Climate-driven maritime hazards and marine fuel oil spill risk in the Northwest Passage, Emily Grace Parker
Food for Thought: Building Confidence in Healthy Food Choices Among Seniors in a Residential Facility, Duyen Pham
Break the Code: Surviving a Malignant Hyperthermia Emergency, Kathy Phuong T. Phan
Comparative Analysis of Transportation Emissions and Policy in Lahore and Los Angeles, Laiba Rehman
Improving K-card Observation Fidelity to Sustain a Culture of Continuous Learning, John L. Ricks III
Food for Thought: Building Confidence in Healthy Food Choices Among Seniors in a Residential Facility Through Nutrition Education, Amy Rodríguez
Deforestation Dynamics in the Amazon: Impacts, Socio-Environmental Drivers and Restoration Pathways, Maria Natalia Rodriguez
Improving human-wildlife coexistence: An ecological and educational approach to rewilding grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) in California, Amanda C. D. Rosales
Improving Fluoride Varnish Application Rates in a Pediatric Primary Care Microsystem, Roman G. Roxas
Housing Pressure in Athens: A Contested and Fragmented Process of Post-Crisis Housing Restructuring, Vasileia Spyrou
Reducing Variation in Pre-Incision Preparation for Robotic Surgery: A Nurse-Led Quality Improvement Initiative, Eduardo Sudano
Justice on Autopilot: Comparing Predictive Litigation and Data Justice in Bay Area Municipal Governments, Darris M. Thomas
The Role of Intermittent Nutrient Loading in the San Francisco Bay, Rebecca M. To
Mission Parkinson Possible: Building Confidence in Parkinson’s Disease Care in Skilled Nursing, Theresa Tran
A Journey into Implicature: Do you Know What I Mean?, Brian Tura
Sustaining CLABSI Prevention Through Central line Bundle Compliance: A Focus on IV Tubing Labeling, Visual Cues and Peer Support, See Elizabeth Vang
Don’t Fall for It: Just-in-Time Staff Education to Reduce Patient Falls on an Adult Telemetry Unit, Forrest Wilcox, Kyle Knight, Jennifer Paiz, and Zaira Garcia-Vega
Escaping the Heat: Gamifying Malignant Hyperthermia Education, Wendy Ye
Urine Good Care: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Prevention at the Bedside, Ruby Yost
Escape the Heat: The Gamification of Malignant Hyperthermia Education, Alisha Zhou
Master's Projects/Capstones from 2025
Improving Doula Visibility and Integration in the Labor & Delivery Unit through the Implementation of Creative Standardized Visual Strategies, Ninna Alessandra Arcena Acebedo
The Wright Way: Advancing Pediatric Perianesthetia Nursing Competencies, Marisela E. Acevedo-Padilla
Click to Book: Improving Senior Health Management Through Technology Workshops, Alexandria E. Adams
Mental Health and Substance Use Interventions within Muslim Community Spaces: A Community Based-Participatory Research Proposal, Halah Mansour Alayleh
Assessing the Challenges of Captive-Bred Axolotls: Barriers and Opportunities for Axolotl Reintroduction into the Wild, Analia Alvarado
Enhancing Water Supply Resilience & Sustainability: Potential Solutions to Address Water Scarcity in Bogotá, Colombia, Sophia Alvarez Wong
Improving Chemotherapy Patients' Confidence and Preparedness Through Dual-format Teaching, Jasmine Esther Aminpour, Harshpreet Kaur, Ana Ruvalcaba, and Sarah Muwanas
Enhancing Palliative Care Knowledge and Empathetic Communication in Assisted Living: An Educational Quality Improvement Initiative, Jennifer Arias and Alexa Zuti
Effects of Communication Boards on Improving Communication In Assisted Living Care Facilities, Koleen Beatrice Arribas
Effectiveness of Urban composting and waste management in the San Francisco Bay Area, Elijah Ashiagbor
From Fear to Familiar: Addressing Technology Anxiety in a Senior Population, Charlotte E. Atkins
Empowered to Move: A Nursing Initiative to Advance Mobility with PLOF and CLOF, Benjamin Au
Language Attrition as a Social Process, Or Barzilay
Who Owns the Wind: The Absence of Community Wind Farms in California, Sky Berry-Weiss
Charting the Course: Improving Psychotropic Medication Documentation Through Staff Education to Promote Patient Safety and CMS Compliance, Anne J. Bertram RN
Addressing Informal Caregiver Burnout in the United States: Policies, Interventions, and Recommendations, Michael Blampye
Improving Staff Satisfaction and Flu Vaccine Uptake Through Standardized Workflow Tools, Salma Adriana Blanco
Improving Efficiency in Volunteer Onboarding, Madeline Ly Bredehoft and Samantha Nicole Contreras
The Shift: Collaboration Between Registered Nurses & Volunteer Doulas, Diamynz Bruce
Evaluating Emergency Prepardness Education: A Gap Analysis of Health Agency and Academic Plans Against AACN Essentials, Abraham Cabellero, Areli Corona, Zoha Jamal, Tanya Menas, and Jennifer Piña
Enhancing Care Through Continuous Improvement Through the Development of a Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program in Assisted Living, Angelique Naomee L. Calimlim
Understanding Healthcare Experiences of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD): A Mixed-Methods Research Proposal, Cristine Jan Catina
