Master's Projects/Capstones from 2023
Reducing Overuse of Supplies: The Impact of Implementing a Supply Management Bundle in the Medical Surgical Observation and Telemetry Unit, Thu Nguyen, Jacqueline Pham Wong, Stephanie Kim, Ivy Cruz, Jason Wong, and Kiana Younesi
Increasing Sepsis Bundle Compliance Through Nurse Education, Parth S. Papaiya
Optimizing Sepsis Management Through Enhanced Protocol Compliance in the Emergency Department, Monica P. Rabago Moreno
Improving Timely Sepsis Care through Staff Education within the Emergency Department, Lian Radcliffe
Exploring Sepsis Bundle Compliance in the Medical-Surgical/Telemetry Unit, Kerry Rebecca Reinbold
Early Sepsis Recognition Saves Lives: Optimizing Sepsis Care in a Medical-Surgical/Telemetry Unit, Camila Risueno-Pena
Therapeutic Gardening For Addiction Recovery, Hugo A. Rivera Lopez
Enhancing Compliance Rates: The Impact of Implementing a Bed Bath Bundle, Lizeth Rosales, Destinee Unabia, Dennisse Espinoza, Nicole Razi, and Russell Hall
Reducing Care Companion Utilization in Medical-Surgical and Telemetry Units, Mary Jane B. Sagabaen
Optimizing Sepsis Management Through Enhanced Protocol Compliance in the Emergency Department, Camila Sanchez
Therapeutic Gardening for Mental Health in Substance Use Recovery, Stephanie E. Schafer
Improving Triage Accuracy in the Emergency Department, Joselyn Silverman
Non-Clinical Perspectives on Sepsis: A Project for Enhanced Awareness, Anjali Kumari Singh
The Effect of a Patient-Centered Fall Prevention Tool on Reducing Falls, Maria Gracia Skallet
Emergency Department to Medical Telemetry Bed Flow Optimization, Anne Rochelle P. Taco
Increasing Repeat Lactate Collection for Sepsis Bundle Management of Care, Rahwa Teklehaimanot
Dodge the Fall: A Newborn Fall Prevention Initiative, Lenora Thompson
Educating Medical-Surgical Nurses in a Large Hospital Organization on Sepsis Bundle Elements, Amanda H. Tran
Early Sepsis Recognition: Improving Sepsis Education in a Medical-Surgical/Telemetry Unit, Kathileen Tran
Improving Timely Sepsis Care Through Staff Education Within the Emergency Department, Gregory James Trevino
Optimizing Sepsis Management Through Enhanced Protocol Compliance in the Emergency Department, Efrain Perez Trujillo
Dodge the Fall: A Newborn Fall Prevention Initiative, Shirley B. Varela
Improving Education on Preeclampsia with Non-Severe Features and Frequency of Assessment Among Nurses in the Maternal-Child Postpartum Unit, Alyssa J. Willsher
Campaigning Beyond: Sepsis Awareness Among Non-clinical Staff, Cynthia Wong
Mentoring Nurses After Specialty Training or Orientation in Labor and Delivery, Benjamin Jlopleh Worji
Decreased Recovery Time with Postoperative Pain Assessment in a PACU, Eun Hey Gracie Yoon
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
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
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
