Master's Projects/Capstones from 2025
A Microsystem Fall Prevention Strategy Using the Patient-focused Fall TIPS Tool, Sarah So
Healthy Bytes: Enhancing Health Literacy in Older Adults Through Technology Services, Gianna M. Susa
Enhancing Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool 2.0 (BMAT 2.0) Competence Among Registered Nurses (RNs) and Certified Nurse Assistants (CNAs) to Promote Early Mobilization and Patient Safety, Jennyline Rose Lee Tiangco
Enhancing Continuous Improvement in Assisted Living: Developing a Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program, Guodong Tian
The Politics of Being Heard: Communication and Power Struggles in Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, Caroline Trejo
Optimizing Processes to Improve Relative Value Units for Healthcare Providers, Amalia Vaca
Preventing Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Non-ventilated Oncology Patients, Carmi Villanueva
Reimagining Nurse Education: Virtual Reality & Didactic Education for Better Nurse Handoff and Documentation, Haley M. Whalen
Implementing a Standardized Doula Awareness Tool to Improve Team Collaboration and Patient Understanding, Stephanie Wong
From Silence to Clarity: Enhancing Surgical ICU Communication Through Personalized Whiteboards, Braeden R. Woods
A Curriculum For Teaching English-Speaking Fluency, Jue Xia
Best Practices to Prevent Nurse Burnout and Reduce Turnover in the Hospital, Bernice Marie Yale
Implementation of Medication Administration Education to Increase Medication Technician Knowledge and Confidence, Nicole C. Yan
Healthy Bytes: Improving Health Literacy in Older Adults through In-Person Technology Workshops, Emily A. Yu
Promoting Interprofessional Collaboration by Increasing Visibility of Volunteer Doula Services, Ciera Rose Zelie
Enhancing Patient Safety: Fall Prevention through Video Education, Fithawit T. Zere
Enhancing Palliative Care Knowledge and Empathetic Communication in Assisted Living: An Educational Quality Improvement Initiative, Alexa Brianne Zuti and Jennifer Ann Arias
Master's Projects/Capstones from 2024
Implementing the "Baby Drop Bundle", Natalie Aguirre
Interprofessional Collaboration for Nurse Leaders: Practical Applications to Enhance Team Effectiveness on Telemetry, Paul Alegria
Contributing Factors to Tooth Decay and Dental Caries Among Children in California, Rawan Al Obaidi
Leveraging Collaboration in Advocacy: An examination of the 501(c)(4) regulatory framework and its utility for advancing immigrant rights, Christine D. Ambegia
Implementing the Donna Wright Competency Model in Pediatric Perioperative Units for Nursing Professional Development, Benjamin Amezcua
Enhancing Pain Documentation in Medical Surgical Units: Integrating Supportive Tools with Pain Nursing Education, Mariana Arias
Optimizing Geriatric Care: A NICHE-Driven Daily Implementation of the 5Ms Geriatric Assessment Tool to Minimize Length of Stay, Lori Ann Aston-Dixon
Partnering Across Professions: Public Health and Collaborative Courts Partnership to Increase Recovery Capital, Mikayla Aubry
Buddhist Leadership in the Pa-O Region: A Case Study of Venerable Razeinda Thiri, Khun Aung Aung
Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool Implementation to Increase Usage of Patient Mobility Equipment, Sarah Ayala
Managing the Environmental and Socio-economic Impacts of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh, Mousume Azad
Implementation of a Food Security Program to Reduce Hypertension at a Primary Care Clinic, Maribel Ballesteros
Enhancing Opioid Pain Assessment Practices and Chart Documentation Through Education on a Medical-Surgical Unit, Megha Bassanpal
Elevating Urban Landscapes: How Green Roofs Enhance Biodiversity and Address Climate Change in California, Jeffrey R. Beaudoin
Composting for Cleaner Air, Simi Benisty, Katie Bui, Narmin Solman, and David Woo
AN INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING PROPOSAL FOR TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER, Valeria Bernal
Improving Documentation Compliance and Patient Mobility Using the Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool, Hayley M. Bernard
Beat the Clock: Improving First Case On-Time Starts (FCOTS) in the Ambulatory Surgery Unit (ASU), Myrna M. Bernardo
Sleep to Heal: Creating a Quiet at Night Environment, Victor Marie V. Blardony
Increasing Adherence to a Nurse-Driven Removal Protocol to Reduce Indwelling Urinary Catheter Days, Hannah K. Brosnan
Reducing the Incidence of Nosocomial Aspiration Pneumonia in the Adult Oncology Population Through Improved Compliance with Oral Hygiene Protocols, Kenneth R. Brown
Increasing Resiliency in Front-Line Nurse Managers, Adrianne N. Bunyard-Fallquist
Lymphedema Education Toolkit, Lizet Campos
Reducing Heart Failure Readmissions Through Standardized Daily 1:1 Education, Neil R. Carlos
Practicing Responses to Acute Clinical Troubles: Initiative through Clinical Education (P.R.A.C.T.I.C.E.) to Improve Medical Emergency Response Increasing Nurse Confidence and Preparedness Through Low-Stakes Clinical Education, Lauren Castelblanco RN, Viviana Lopez RN, Nosa Odiase RN, and Everly Pompa RN
Improve Health Promotion in Older Adults Through an Educational Technology Program, Jennifer Velasquez Cayanan
Reducing Same-Day Case Cancellation by Implementing 72 hours Preop Phone Calls, Debbie Sharon Centeno
Exploring Asia Society Northern California’s Public Programming: Contentious Constructions of the Asia Pacific, Evan Matthew Ti Ng Chan
Advancing Health Promotion in Older Adults through an Education Technology Program, Cinthya Chavez
Improving Performance and Documentation of the Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool, Joseph P. Chellew
Effects of Misinformation and Disinformation on Vaccine Hesitancy and Routine Vaccine Uptake, Cindy Chen
Respiratory Syncytial Virus in the United States: A Research Proposal for a Prospective Cohort Study of RSV Vaccines, Kenneth D. Chiu
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF DELIRIUM IN AN OVERFLOW UNIT, Raquel G. Chong
Implementing Donna Wright’s Competency Model for Enhancing Nursing Professional Development in Pediatric Perioperative Units, Justin C. Chu
Addressing Rural Food Insecurity: A flexible approach using evidence-based practices, Alison Clayshulte
A Home is a Human Right: Homelessness in Sacramento, Alexa Renée Colvin
Optimizing Fall Prevention: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Enhance Documentation and Intervention Accuracy Using the Hester Davis Scale in Medical-Surgical Units, Kiana Conn, Brooklin Hunter-Johnson, Jashan Kahlon, and Adrian Paz
Infant Mortality Data: Missing Pieces to Prevention in Lesotho, Jacinda Croissant
Enhancing Nurse Awareness of a Stroke Patient Satisfaction Survey and their Significance in Practice, Amanda Dao
Exploring and assessing sustainable flood mitigation strategies in response to rising sea levels in Boston, Elizavyeta Dmitrieva
Carnistic Colonialism and Yellow Peril Rhetoric: Analyzing U.S. Media Framing of Chinese Animal Consumption During COVID-19, Maia Earnshaw
Prospectus for Expected Discharge Date Accuracy (EDD) – Prepare to Go, Mary Jane D. Esmilla MSN, BSN, RN
Pain Assessment and Reassessment Documentation Improvements in Medical-Surgical Units, Alicia Espinoza
“We Have to Fight for Change”: Intersecting and Ongoing Crises Amongst Farmworker Families Along the Monterey Bay Central Coast, Mikayla S. Feliciano
Improving Compliance in Missed Visits Documentation, Ma Rosalie Felix
Improving Firefighter Health Through Education in Sleep Science, Elisabeth J. Filiss
Increasing Awareness and Communication to Decrease Catheter Days in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Kamila Fortney
Redefining Bedside Communication: Patient-Centered Language in Peripartum Care, Brasheed Ganjeh
Reducing Compassion Fatigue on a Cardiac Telemetry Unit, Nicole Rocio Garzon
Implementation of Lymphedema Education Toolkit for Nurse Coordinators, Heather Gee
Standardizing Documentation of Patients’ Measurable Decline to Increase Medicare Compliance in the Hospice Setting, Julia A. Gines
Quality Improvement Evaluation in Support of a Structured Onboarding Process for CNAs, Lea Ann Galang Gomez, Britney Lam, Catherine Spaccia, Jennifer Aguirre Vasquez, Jennifer Porras, and Adwoa Nyamekye
Bridging the Gap: Technology Education for Health Advancement in Older Adults, Shannah M. Gozo
Enhancing Ethical Leadership: The Impact of Governance Mechanisms on Nonprofit Organizations, Norma Guerrero
Disproportionate Access to Maternal and Perinatal Health Care: An evaluation, outcomes and Proposed Interventions, Alicia Gunness
Enhancing Communication and Reducing Near Misses through Comprehensive Handoff Tools at a Residential Nursing Facility, Sabrina Guralnik, Sophia Nguyen, Gabriela Benelyahu, and Giselle Peyus
A Call for Afro & Indigenous Latinx Liberation! A Guidebook Re-Envisioning Critical Latinx Leadership Principles, Gaby Guzman
The Donna Wright Competency Model in Pediatric Perioperative Nursing Development, Nadia Hamid
Enhancing Patient Throughput from Emergency Department to Inpatient Unit with Electronic Handoff Implementation, George Hanania
Empowering Nurse-Driven Removal of Indwelling Urinary Catheters in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project, Ellen Ruby Hann
Decreasing Inappropriate Wound Consults, Arpita Hinton
Increasing Opioid Pain Pre-assessment and Reassessment Documentation Rate in Medical-Surgical Units, Hae Rim (Helen) Hwang
Journey to Baby-Friendly Designation: Standardizing Infant Feeding Education, Jasmine Geronimo Ibay
Supporting South Korea’s Aging Population: How AI and IoT Acceptance Connects the Young and Old, Bobby Im
Increasing Documentation Compliance of the Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool, Eric Jiang
Reducing HAPI on a Medical Surgical Telemetry Unit, Emily Nicole Johansen
Improving the Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstetric Sepsis, Edwije Joseph
Diapers at the Doctors: A Qualitative Study of Socioeconomic Needs and Diaper Insecurity, Brooke Kelly Kaplan
Optimizing Peripartum Bedside Reports Through Patient-Centered Communication, Harpreet Kaur
U.S. International Climate Finance: An Analysis of Historical Shortfalls and a Proposal for More Equitable Distribution, Maria-Cristina Kealey
Unlocking the Potential of Peripartum Handoff: Standardizing Nurse Knowledge Exchange (NKE), Kiana Killian
Journey to Baby-Friendly: Standardizing Patient Breastfeeding Education in the Postpartum Microsystem, Emily Korwin
Improving First Case On-Time Starts in the Operating Room, Lojy Koshy
Healing Words: The Power of Patient-Centered Communication in Bedside Reports, Sin Yee Lai
Successful Implementation of Hourly Rounding to Reduce Falls, Charles Langdon
Transforming Care: Elevating Oral Hygiene Compliance to Combat Nosocomial Aspiration Pneumonia in Adult Oncology Patients, Karina Larrea
