Master's Projects/Capstones from 2016
Reducing the Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers by Enhancing the Role of Unit-Based Skin Champions, Anne V. Loewenthal
Improving Unit Dynamics: Incorporating Lead Nurse Program on a Medical-Surgical Unit, Kara Mace
Strengthening Specimen Management to Eliminate Specimen Errors, Angelica Mande
Reducing the Time It Takes to Execute a Legal Hold on Patients Currently on a Voluntary Status and to Transport Them to a Locked Inpatient Psychiatric Facility, Ariel Cris B. Manipula
Evaluation of the Nursing Handoff Process from Emergency Department to In-Patient Unit, Yana Marutyan
Chronic Pain Management in the Inpatient Care Setting, Addie J. McClendon
Recovery-Oriented Care and Inpatient Psychiatric Nursing Practice, Julia M. McLaughlin
Improving Patients' Pain Management Through Proper Documentation, Virzen Merina
Reducing IV Infiltrates in the Neonatal Population, Stephanie L. Miller
The Rehabbing of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Juliane M. Millhollin
Development of a Breastfeeding Class Specifically for Working Moms, Maryleah S. Needels
Promoting Patient Safety by Implementing Bedside Shift Report, Maroof A. Olanigan
Discharge Improvement Process, Medeina O'Neal
EDUCATION THROUGH SIMULATION, Melody A. Padilla-Collings
Improving Compliance in the Use of Catheter Kit Supplied Hand Sanitizer Prior to the Insertion of an Indwelling Urinary Catheter, Antonette B. Prado
Liver Transplant Education and Training for Medical Surgical ICU Nurses, Matthew Redila
IMPROVING QUALITY AND EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PROVIDERS AND NURSING - A PSYCHIATRIC SBAR TOOL (PSYCH), Karen Lee Richards
Breast Cancer Specimen Collection, Handling & Adherence to ASCO/CAP Guidelines, Vicki F. Rocconi
Improving the Quality of Electrocardiograms Acquired within the Emergency Department, Noy K. Rogers
Falls Program on an Acute Psychiatric Unit, Joseph Hunter Rose
Implementing Change to Decrease the Emergency Department Visits for Pediatric Clients Referred to Mental Health Services, Diane Sandoval
Reduce the Rooming Time, Gagandeep Singh
Minimizing the Inappropriate Use of Physical Restraint, Shiela Marie C. Telmo
Issues In Patient Information Transmission: Standardizing Home Health Admission, Philippa Thomas
Implementing Change to Decrease the Re-admission Rate for Clients of a Care Transition Program, Aileen Tran
Improving Patient Engagement Through Nurse-Led Blood Pressure Education and Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Patience O. Ukattah
Discharge Prospectus, cynthia y. vasquez
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Reducing Falls: Utilizing Team Huddles and Visual Aids to Increase Nursing Staff and Patient Knowledge on T.E.A.M. Fall Risk Interventions, Jennifer A. Viernes
Reducing Annual Emergency Department Visits Through Improved Asthma Discharge Teaching, Alvin R. Walters
Nonpharmacological Approaches in Dementia Care, Gay Lynn Warren
Helping Diabetic Patients Reduce Their HbA1c by Follow-Up Phone Calls, Every Two Weeks, Stacie Webster
The Development of Standardized Patient Controlled Analgesia Documentation to Improve Patient Care, Collyn West
The CNL as Information Manager, Justine Wong
Transitioning Care from Hospital to Home, Increasing Awareness of Take-home Pressure Injury Prevention Kits, Erika A. Yazdanbakhsh Mrs
Master's Projects/Capstones from 2015
Reducing Loss To Follow Up in Foster Children: Standardizing the Intake Protocol, Mary Suzanne Balch Delacey
Staff Education: Nutrition Education in the Intellectually /Developmentally Disabled Community, Claire C. Bradley-Davalos MSN RN
Priority 1, rj burgess
Fall Reduction with Nursing Interventions, Sin Ting Chan
Impact of a Two Component Intervention on Aspiration Rate among Stroke Patients, victoria chaudhary
Increase Access to Healthcare and Decrease Health Disparities, Elizabeth Chicca
Educating Nurses to Improve Patient Care, Hana Chuong
N653 Fall Prevention Final Project, Sam Clark
Reducing the Risk of Suicide on an Inpatient Acute Behavioral Health Unit, Thomas I. Coleman Mr
Patient Engagement in Transitional Care, Sheeree Dela Pena
Improving Patient Safety: Reducing Medication Errors in the Microsystem, Erica M. Dent
Alarm Management: Electrocardiographic Lead Management, Dale Elaine Dominguez Ms.
Process Change at an All-Volunteer Run Clinic with PCMH Level 1 Recognition, Erin Flynn
End Tidal Carbon Dioxide Monitoring in the Acute Post Extubation Period in the Pediatric Intensive Care Setting, Lauren N. Freeman
eHospital Safety Net ProgeHospital Safety Net Program: Defining the Transfusion Care Gap, Maria L. Galletto
Implementing Emergency Bedside Backpacks in the NICU to Improve Patient Outcomes, Melissa M. Garcia
Improving Inpatient Influenza Compliance Rates with a Standing Orders Program, Marlee E. Gruber
IMPROVING BEDSIDE SHIFT-TO-SHIFT NURSING REPORT PROCESS, Nina Herceg
Videoconferencing for Improved Access to Care, Alana L. Hernandez
Improving Patient Medication Reconciliation Participation and Compliance Through Education, Maria Elena Herrera
Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Education Improvement Project, Reginald M. Hilarie
Specialized Transplant Orientation: Improving Nursing Competence Caring for the Solid Organ Transplant Patient, Tamara Kelley
Addressing the Problem of Alarm Fatigue: Enhancing Patient Safety through Cardiac Alarm Customization, Kimberly A. Kinghorn
Intravenous Extravasation Management, Janet Kong
Hypertension Management Through Patient Education, Shaleena Kumar
Decreasing Risk of Delirium with Early Progressive Mobility, Donna J. Larson Mrs.
Prospectus Summary Brief: NICU Communication Improvement, Joy E. Lawley
Reinforcing Teach-back Method Regarding Pain Management for Non-verbal Patients and their Families, Renee Krystle Doll Lazaro
Reducing Wait Time of Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Administration to Inpatients by Increasing the Numbers of Chemotherapy Providers, Jessica y. Liang
Improving Dental Care to the Elderly in a Nursing Home, Cara M. Licavoli
Advocating for Shorter Lengths of Stay: Thyroidectomies, Michelle Lim
Intradialytic Weight Gain Management for Dialysis Patients, Susan Long
VAP Prevention in the CTICU, Pres Lorenzo
Emergency Response Improvement Project, Ewan Stephen MacDonald
Performing a correct surgical time out, Natalia E. Mariscal
Implementing a Rib Fracture Management Pathway and PIC Scoring Tool to Reduce ICU Readmissions, Susan Mastroianni
In-Patient Self-Management Diabetes Education, Amy Matthews
Improving Management of Inpatient Blood Glucose, Rachael K. Misitano
Switching to Celsius to Improve Patient Outcomes, Kimberly A. Montague
Improving Influenza Compliance Using a Reminder System, Beverly N. Motta
Understanding Core and Supportive Processes, Cora M. Murphy
Reinventing the Medical Request Process in a Correctional Healthcare Setting, Leah Murphy
Improving Patient Safety by Calculating the QT Correction in Critical Care Patients, Diane F. Newcombe
REDUCTION OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT BOARDING IN THE ED, ERIAM S. NNAMALIRI
Barriers Encountered by Nurses and Nursing Assistants that Prevent Purposeful Rounding, Mar Joseph B. Odias
Patient Centered Medication Education Monitoring: Validating the Efficacy of Patient Medication Education in Promoting Healthy Patient Outcomes, tara l. okullo
Increasing HPV Awareness and 3-Dose Series Compliance Among the Female Population (Ages 11-26) in a Community Health Clinic, Vanessa Orozco
Increasing Self Care Compliance with Follow-up Appointments, Elsa T. Owens
Preventing Surgical Site Infections by Utilizing CHG Wipes for Preoperative Skin Preparation, Jini K. Paek
Improving patient safety by decreasing restraint use, Francesca R. Pearl
Improving Patient Satisfaction, Wait Times, and Access to Care in a College Health Setting; Expanding the RN Role as Prescribing Agent With Standardized Procedures, Kimberly D. Perris
Decrease Arrival to CT Time to Improve Stroke Outcomes, Curt Peterson
Home Health: The Process of Assigning an Appropriately Trained Skilled Nurse to Provide Safe Patient Care, Susanne Polos, MSN, RN, CNL
Reducing Preventable Emergency Department Visits by Improving Patient Care Access to Primary Care, Lizeth Rodriguez
Improving Patient Satisfaction through Reducing Nurse Overtime and Redesigning Nurse Staffing and Scheduling, Abby Romme
Improving Pre-Operative Education Among Pediatric Tonsillectomy Patients, Erin K. Sadowski
Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance to Reduce CLABSI Rate in Oncology ICU, Lorenzo D. San Pedro
Delirium Education for Nurses on a Medical-Surgical Unit, Carole Santos
Triage Training: Improving Access to Care, Leslie D. Simpson-Crawford
Implementation of a Debrief “Takeaway” board, Carly A. Skeath
Implementation of a Warming Protocol to Prevent Inadvertent Perioperative Hypothermia in the Ambulatory Surgical Setting, Joan Abigail Slagle
Implementing a Diabetic Education Program at Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii Kaua'i Community Health Center, Debra A. Spung
Empowering Patients with Central Venous Catheters: Utilizing Evidence-Based Video-Assisted Education to Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections, Pritam C. Steiner
Minimizing Inpatient Readmissions Through the Use of Discharge Phone Calls, Vilaylack Sydara
Improving Medication Reconciliation on Admission and Discharge in the Behavioral Health Adult Partial Hospitalization Program, Jiawei Tabayoyong
CHF Education and Readmission Reduction, Whitney K. Taft
