Master's Projects/Capstones from 2022
Instituting a Preceptor Program in Home Health, Abbi Arnold
Improving Medication Side Effects Documentation and Clinician Understanding in Home Health, Katherine Bales
Improving Outreach with Stroke Patients after Discharge, Marsha Belen
Improving Nursing Staff Knowledge for Management of Geriatric Patients with Confusion in the Emergency Department, Kareem G. Carter
Improving Moisture Associated Skin Damage in a Veteran Unit, Beverly Chen
United States Pharmacopeia General Chapter <800>: Improving Safe Handling and Administration of Hazardous Drugs, Courtney Clark
The Heart and Soul of Engagement in the Float Pool Team, Kymberly Dexter
Implementation of AIDET and Commit to Sit in Pediatric Outpatient Setting, Shibani Dhir
The Effect of Standardized Patient Education on 30-Day Hospital Readmissions for Heart Failure Patients in the Outpatient Setting, Lurie Dimalanta
Decreasing Hospital Acquired Pneumonia in Adult Patients, Samantha M. Flaherty
Implementing a Courtesy Call System to Increase Patient Satisfaction, Tessa Garcia
Mentorship in A Nursing School Program, Samantha I. Gavirati Yamamoto
Nurse-Led Education on Oral Chemotherapy Medications, Carmen Lucia Glick Alonso
Introducing and Implementing a Palliative Care Assessment Tool to Improve the Care Experience, MARY B. GOMEZ
Sepsis Inservice and Video at an Urban Hospital in California, Angela T. Ho
Improving Early Sepsis Management Compliance in the Emergency Care Setting, McKayla Howie
Optimization of Postoperative Length of Stay, Sadia Imran
Pre-Labs for Outpatient Cancer Clinics, Courtney L. Johnson
Managing Congestive Heart Failure Through Standardized Symptom Assessment, Shanda M. Joy
Improving Safe Handling and Administration of USP<800> Hazardous Drugs within the Medical-Surgical Unit, Pavlo Karaputa
Improving Quality of Communication in Pediatric Perioperative Outpatient Setting Using AIDET and Commit to Sit, Hyo Ryung Kim
Implementation of Staff Education to Standardize Use of Positions During the First Stage of Labor, Kelsey Jo Koch
USP<800> Hazardous Drug Safe-Handling in the Medical-Surgical Microsystem: A CNL Quality Improvement Project, Ananda T. Le
Decreasing Hospital Acquired Pneumonia in Adult Patients by Patient Care Technicians: Education with a Focus on Oral Care and Tooth Brushing, Amanda Nicole Lee
Counting Every Drop: Preventing Maternal Mortality with Quantifying Blood Loss through Triton Scale, Summer Le
Preventing Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections, Cassandra Luttrell
ED to Telemetry Bed: Optimizing Nurse Communication & Decreasing Team Frustration, Harmandeep (Harm) S. Madra
Safer Staffing: Increasing Utilization of Campus Support Nurses (CSNs) in the Cardiac Telemetry Unit, Chi Mai
Outpatient Annual Wellness Visits for Patients Using eConsult, Sofia Melendrez
Improving Donor Bank Milk Administration Workflow in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Davelyn M. Moffit
Addressing the Phenomena of Nursing Burnout: Seeking the Need for Mental Health Interventions to Support the Nursing Workforce, Cialina L. Moy
Save Lives and Sanitize: Prevention of Surgical Site Infections Post-Cesarean Section Through Increased Hand Hygiene Compliance, Lindsay N. Nance
Utilizing Training and Educational Materials to Increase Hand Hygiene Compliance of Healthcare Providers Participating in Cesarean Sections, Christopher Natividad
A "Collaborative" Approach to Improving Nurse Turnover, Tiffany M. Nawabi
Microsystem Readiness for Enhanced Recovery Medical Pathway, Lisa Nguyen
Promoting Interventions for Mental Health and Well-Being to Address the Implications of Nurse Burnout, Monica Nguyen
Implementing AIDET and Commit to Sit to Increase Patient Satisfaction in the Pediatric Outpatient Setting, Tiffany Nguyen
Reducing the Risk of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection with Chlorhexidine Gluconate Education, Scarlett Ocon
Delirium and Staff Injury, John Olague Jr
Quality Improvement Project: Pressure Injury Prevention, Julianne C. O'Leary
Tepezza: Improving Delays in Treatment, Rebecca D. Page
Addressing Nursing Burnout: Seeking the Need for Mental Health Interventions to Support the Nursing Workforce, Kayla Perry
Implementation of Staff Education to Standardize the Use of Positions During the First Stage of Labor, Minh Chau T. Phan
Utilization of a Block Excellence Specialty Team is B.E.S.T, Lauren E. Pittman
Surgical Site Infections: Reducing Excessive Foot Traffic in the Surgical Room to Minimize the Risk of Surgical Site Infections, Christopher D. Pobre
Difficult Intravenous Access in Pediatrics: Improving First Attempt Success Rates, Daisy G. Portier
Stop the Bleed and Seize Control: Educating Emergency Department Staff on Maternal Hypertension and Hemorrhage, Mayra A. Portillo-Guerra
Every Milliliter Matters: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Postpartum Quantified Blood Loss, Amy O. Quinones
Increasing Patient Satisfaction in a Pediatric Perioperative Outpatient Setting, Ailen Revuelta
Standardizing Nurse-to-Nurse Handoff in the Telemetry Setting Using Clinical Communication Tools, Jenna E. Reynolds MSN, RN
Radial Hemostatic Compression Device Expedited Removal after Cardiac Catheterization, Patrick P. Saludares
Improving Nursing Shift Handoff Reports: A Quality Improvement Project, Nathan MM Secrest
Improving the Delivery of Discharge Instructions on the Postpartum Unit by Increasing the Nurses' Knowledge, Judy Anne Settles
Prevention and Treatment Strategy for Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries, Meenakshi Sharma
Impact of Montessori-Based Dementia Programming on Engagement and Affect of Older Adults with Dementia, Meredith S. Sheppard
United States Pharmacopeia (USP) <800> Standards: Increasing Compliance of Safe Handling and Proper Administration of USP General Chapter <800> Drugs, Katelyn N. Sinclair
Improved Data Communication with Frontline Staff, David Sprecher
Intervention to Increase Home Preparation for Colonoscopies, Joshua Victor Stone
Stop the Bleed and Seize Control: The use of Simulation and Video Modules in Educating Emergency Department Staff Regarding Maternal Hypertension and Hemorrhage, Jared Maxwell Talsky
HAPI Beds: A Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries, Jun Jie Tan
Preventing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury in High-risk Patients, Sahara Thapa
Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia by Educating Patient Care Technicians on ROUTE Bundle Care Measures, Munroop K. Thiara
Standardizing Handoff Report in a Medsurg Telemetry Floor, Brandon Tyler Thompson
Development of a Fall Prevention Bundle with Evidence-Based Tools for Hospitalized Adults, Kelly A. Tirone
Stop the Bleed and Seize Control: The Use of Simulation in Educating Emergency Department Staff Regarding Maternal Hypertension and Hemorrhage: A Quality Improvement Project, Raquel Andreina Torres
Increasing Life Care Planning Referrals From One Integrated Service Delivery Area, Ma Rosario F. Umali
Improving Compliance with the SEP-1 Sepsis Management Bundle, Allison Uppendahl Mrs.
Teaching Time: Postoperative Urinary Catheter Care in the Preoperative Setting Before Surgery, Lynn Utecht
Standardizing Bedside Report, Mariana Z. Valenzuela
Every Milliliter Matters: Quantitative Blood Loss in Postpartum, Iana Vatsenko
Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in the Psychiatric Inpatient Unit, Diane R. Ventura
EVIDENCE-BASED IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PROSPECTUS IMPROVING MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING SCHEDULING THROUGH COVID-19 VACCINE CLINICS UTILIZING AN ONLINE POPULATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM—A TEAM APPROACH, Katya E. Villanueva
Quality Oversight for External, Contracted Behavioral Health Providers, Janice Vroman
Implementing a Health Services Google Classroom in a High School Setting, Christina M. Wilkinson
Implementation of AIDET, Commit to Sit, and Culturally-Competent Care in Pediatric Outpatient Setting, Melanie T. Wine
Implementation of Chlorhexidine Gluconate to Reduce CLABSI Rates, Jianjun Yu
Master's Projects/Capstones from 2021
Early Specialty Palliative Care for High Mortality Cancers, Dulce E. Alcantara
Improving Vaccination Uptake in the Latinx Community Through Standardized Outreach, Vanessa M. Arteaga
Standardizing Safety Checks to Decrease Risk for Self-Harm and Violence Among Behavioral Health Patients in the Emergency Department, Nicolas Avdienko
Establishing Quiet Hours in Long-term Care: A Quality Improvement Project, Heather Battaglia
Communication for Evidence Based Process Improvement, erin benefiel
Reducing Maternal Falls on a Postpartum Unit through Staff Education, Kathleen Benjamin
Motivated2Move: ICU Liberation and Early Progressive Mobility in Ventilated Patients, Leslie S. Bigler
Testing a New Workflow to Integrate the Voice-of-the-Customer in Readmission Analysis for Skilled Nursing Facility Readmissions from Home, Stephanie Edurese Bilbao
Standardizing and Documenting Decision-to-Incision Intervals for Unscheduled Cesarean-Section Deliveries, Molly Bloom
The Art and Science of Listening Carefully, Amy F. Brown
The Use of ISBARED/ISHAPED and Elimination of Reviewing Patients’ Chart before Handoff to Decrease Incremental Overtime, Sheila Bucao
Preventing Maternal Falls, Blair Burkhart
Discharge from Hospital to Home: Implementation and Use of the AHRQ IDEAL CHF Discharge Planning and AHA CHF Discharge Checklist, Eric Jason Byrd
Decreasing Patient Fall Rates in the Microsystem, Kevin Dwayne Sanchez Camaya
Implementing Patient Satisfaction Phone Calls to Improve CAHPS Communication Scores in a Hospice Setting, Claudia C. Castillo
Decreasing Maternal Breastfeeding Dissatisfaction During the Night Shift Related to Lactation Support, Robyn Caston
Improving Patient Knowledge on Medication Communication, Deborah Cha
Discharge Nurse Role Implementation: Improving Discharge Timeliness and Patient Outcomes, Diamond Faith Chu
Reducing the Postpartum Readmission Rate with Standardized Discharge Teaching, Darlene Day-Herzog
Improving COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake in the Latino Community Through Standardized Outreach, Bianca De La Piedra
