Master's Projects/Capstones from 2025
Cool & Connected OC: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Cooling Center Utilization and Decrease Heat-Related ER Visits Among Seniors in Orange County, Mi Thao Pham, Laura Germano, Valentine Huerta, and Manar Sahalam
From Incomplete to Impactful—Finalizing Unfinished Nursing Projects in NaRT and Polypharmacy for Lasting Improvement, Paula Thanh Nhat Pham, Armine Lianna Chamichyan, Anastasia Yerofeyeva, and Stelene Alexis Tragus
Nurses’ Voices in Prevention: Evaluating Enhanced Bedside Signage to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries, Jorge Pinzon Figueroa
More Than a Diagnosis: Elevating Person-Centered Care in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit Through Personalized Communication Boards, Sierra B. Poe
A Visual Nudge Toward Safer Skin: Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPI) at the Bedside, Iris Quach
Presence is Power: Restoring Compassionate Birth Through Volunteer Doulas, Sheina S. Rai
From Fear to Familiar: Decreasing Technology Anxiety Among Older Adults in a Senior Community, Regina Rayz
Implementation of a Pre-Discharge Screening Program for Fracture Prevention, Sarah J. Russell
Integration of Post-Fall Huddles to Promote Fall Prevention in a Skilled Nursing Facility, Leslie Sanroman
Enhancing Flu Vaccination Rates Through Improved Electronic Health Record User Workflow Training, Grace Sayre
Under Pressure: Targeted Nurse Education to Reduce the Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries, Isabella Shahmirza
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
Optimizing Processes to Improve Relative Value Units for Healthcare Providers, Amalia Vaca
Preventing Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Non-ventilated Oncology Patients, Carmi Villanueva
The Pressure is On: A Quality Improvement Project to Educate Nurses on Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries, Lance Ward
Reimagining Nurse Education: Virtual Reality & Didactic Education for Better Nurse Handoff and Documentation, Haley M. Whalen
Beyond Compliance: How Targeted Education Improves Psychotropic Medication Documentation and Patient Safety in Skilled Nursing Facilities, Dyani Williams
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
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
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
Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool Implementation to Increase Usage of Patient Mobility Equipment, Sarah Ayala
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
Composting for Cleaner Air, Simi Benisty, Katie Bui, Narmin Solman, and David Woo
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
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
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
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
Enhancing Nurse Awareness of a Stroke Patient Satisfaction Survey and their Significance in Practice, Amanda Dao
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
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 Communication and Reducing Near Misses through Comprehensive Handoff Tools at a Residential Nursing Facility, Sabrina Guralnik, Sophia Nguyen, Gabriela Benelyahu, and Giselle Peyus
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
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
Optimizing Peripartum Bedside Reports Through Patient-Centered Communication, Harpreet Kaur
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
Enhancing Health Promotion in Older Adults Through Technology Education, Jacqueline Larremore RN
Promoting Health Equity Through Digital Literacy Education for Older Adults, Catherine Lau
OPTIMIZATION OF TRIAGE DOCUMENTATION IN A LARGE URBAN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, Katherine Lau
Increasing Access to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables at an Urban Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project, Jordan Michael Leahy
Enhancing Teamwork with CliftonStrengths, Lauren A. LeLaidier
Enhancing Nursing Perspectives and Support of Stroke Patient Satisfaction Survey, Vanessa Li
Improving Mood Scores with Social Robot Dog ‘Pupper’ in Pediatric Cardiovascular Patients, Alyssa Lopez
Implementing Maternal Fetal Triage Index (MFTI) in a High-Risk Obstetrical Setting, Erica Bordenkircher Luna
Reducing Healthcare-Acquired Pneumonia in a Geriatric Long-Term Care Facility, Jacob R. Magsalin
Onboarding of New CNAs, Kayla Mahboubian, Jafet Alvarez, Christiana Tweneboah, and Christopher Liuo
Raising the Bar: Optimizing Peripartum Handoff through Standardized Nurse Knowledge Exchange (NKE), Kimberly Martinez RN
