Master's Projects/Capstones from 2022
Microsystem Readiness for Enhanced Recovery Medical Pathway, Lisa 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
Mobility Matters: Improving Average Maximum Mobility (AMM) Scores in a Medical-Surgical Telemetry Unit, Marlon Macalanda de Vera
Evidence Based Repositioning Strategies to Improve Pressure Injury Rates, Ivan E. Dorsey
The Resilience Vaccine, Sara Horton-Deutch T. Duffy
Community-Dwelling Older Adult Fall Prevention Improvement Project, Evan Edminster BSN, RN, CFRN, TCRN, CEN, NHDP-BC
Quiet Hours: A Quality Improvement Project, Doha Elsir
Reducing Hospital Readmission Rate in CHF Patients Through Early Individualized Patient Discharge Education, Anthony Ensah
Oakland’s Community Clinic COVID-19 Vaccination Improvement Project, Jesly Esparza
Patient Coordinated Care Response Team, Joshua Fox
Targeting NSTEMI Readmissions: Education to Protect the Hearts of Our Patients, Gisha Gireesan
Standardizing Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Education, Marjorie Anne Gisslow
Improving First Case Starts for a Neurosurgery OR, Tara L. Goodall
Social Determinants of Health as an Identifier for Readmission in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure, Maria Teresa B. Guadarrama
CLABSI Prevention in the ICU-a New Approach, Shannon M. Hicks
Reducing Postpartum Maternal Falls: A Quality Improvement Project, Sarah L. Iroz
Post Cesarean Surgical Site Infection Reduction Through Vaginal Preparation, Jennifer M. Jaime
Optimizing Pediatric Experiences in MRI, Ryan Jann
Optimizing Pediatric Preoperative Experiences in the MRI, Ryan Jann
The Relationship Between Surgical Site Infections and Hand Hygiene Discharge Teaching, Eishlee Renel A. Jasa
Enhanced Recovery after Surgery: Effectiveness of Real Time Data Tracking Tools, Alatia S. Jentons
Implementing In-Situ Mini Mock Code Trainings for Medical-Surgical Nurses to Improve Nurse Readiness and Self-Confidence during a Code Blue, Allison Haley Jeong
Reducing Implicit Bias: Evaluating Cultural Humility and Mindfulness Practices in the Perinatal Microsystem, Charlene Johnson
The Impact of Nurse-Led Initiative Interventions on CAUTI, Dalveer Kaur
Impact of Code Blue Readiness Trainings on Nurse Confidence, Alex Kirzinger
Maximizing Mobility in the ICU, Stephen Kupiec
Implementation of Behavioral Health Precautions Safety Checklist in the Emergency Setting, Benjamin Kusber
Streamlining the Verification of Informed Consent Process in the Preoperative Area, Melodee LaFrance
Improving Medical-Surgical Nurses’ Confidence in Initiating the Code Blue Process, Moung Sui A. Lee
Employee Engagement and Increasing Patient Satisfaction in the Pediatric Outpatient Setting, Carol Liang
Communication Strategies to Promote Infection Control Compliance: My Health is in Your Hands, Ezra Macabio
Patient Experience as a Metric for Performance in Outpatient Bone Marrow Transplant Patient Populations, Olivia S. Marlinski
Increasing Lactation Consultant Support to the MCH Unit, Daniella Grace McClendon
AIDET and Commit to Sit Implementation in the Outpatient Surgical Setting, Olivia V. Meehan
Increasing Organizational Chemotherapy Competencies, Ruth Manuel Monsalud
Neonatal Orogastric & Nasogastric Tube Placement: Evidence Based Improvement Prospectus, Jessica K. Nagra
Improving Patient Experience and Staff Workflow During ED to Inpatient Interfacility Transfers, Jonathan Nakagawa
Improving the Safety and Quality Care of Patients with Advanced Dementia, Gabriella A. Navarro
