Master's Projects/Capstones from 2023
Improving Timely Sepsis Care through Staff Education within the Emergency Department, Jillian J. Abinader
Educating Nursing Staff on Evidence-Based Maternal Positioning to Promote Fetal Descent During the First and Second Stages of Labor, Lydia Agacanian
The Use of Therapeutic Gardening in Addiction Recovery, Sophia Agne
Educating Nursing Staff on Evidence-Based Maternal Positioning to Promote Fetal Descent During the First and Second Stages of Labor, Maryellen Barillas and Maryellen Barillas
Decreasing No-Show Rates in an Outpatient Specialty Clinic, Edward L. Barraza
Reduce Extended Length of Stay by Reducing In-Hospital Falls, Norberto Benitez
Standardizing Congestive Heart Failure Education to Decrease Readmissions, Cyntia Boter
Improving Timely Sepsis Care Through Staff Education Within the Emergency Department, Leman E. Bush
Improving Timely Sepsis Care Through Staff Education Within the Emergency Department, Kaylee Castro
Improving Timely Sepsis Care Through Staff Education Within the Emergency Department, Shirley Chen
Optimizing Sepsis Care in a Medical Surgical Telemetry Unit, Rezart Chili
Medication Management Program Among Elderly at a Residential Facility, Refugio Y. Cisneros, Caroline Mehta, Veronica Williams, Rosa Paniagua, Erica Kim, and Rick Nguyen
Data Quality: Integral to CAUTI Surveillance and Improvement in Non-Critical Care Units, Mary Grace Daria
Reducing Hospital-Acquired Clostridium Difficile, Tracy Esposo
Implementation of a Wellness Program for Nurse Leaders, Ericson A. Fernando
Improving Timely Sepsis Care through Staff Education Within the Emergency Department, Spencer Forest
Educating Nursing Staff on Evidence-Based Maternal Positioning to Promote Fetal Descent During the First and Second Stages of Labor, Mary Ray Fouad
Implementation of Feeding Education to Increase Hospice Volunteer Knowledge, Hannah Franzwa
Implementing a Bedside Rounding Tool to Reduce Inpatient Falls, Steven W. Garcia
Prevention and Reduction of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection, Lea F. Garin
Reducing Readmission Rates Within 30 Days of Discharge by Increasing Frequency of Calls by the East Bay Transitions Care Department, Rediet Abebe Gebremichael
Impact of Cataract Surgery Preparation Education on Cancellations, Yasamin Ghanivand
Analyzing Reporting of Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries in the Acute Care Setting, Trineca R-N Godfrey, Gabriella Garcia, Ameerah Tolentino, Gisselle chairez, and Jane Kwak
Educating Nursing Staff on Evidence-Based Maternal Positioning to Promote Fetal Descent During the First and Second Stages of Labor, Daniela Gonzalez Acosta
HAPI prevention on a medical surgical telemetry COVID unit, Maria g. Gonzalez
Therapeutic Gardening for Addiction Recovery, Alicia D. Grant
Purposeful Rounding for Fall Reduction, Deborah Grant RN
Educating Medical-Surgical Nurses in a Large Hospital Organization on Sepsis Bundle Elements, Christopher N. Guinto
Increasing Compliance Through Nurse Education on the Bundle, Zachary Harrison-Evans
Reduce Harm, Prevent Falls: A Quality Improvement Project, Uyen Hoang
Transformational Leadership Training for Middle Management to Reduce Turnover and Improve Job Satisfaction, Andrea Huntsinger and Andrea Huntsinger
Enhancing Diabetic Patient Continuous Glucose Monitoring Access, Colleen Ildefonso
Educating Medical-Surgical Nurses in a Large Hospital Organization on Sepsis: Bundle Elements, Grace Jenks
Early Sepsis Recognition Saves Lives:Optimizing Sepsis Care in a Medical-Surgical Telemetry Unit, Genevieve Kales
Medication Management Program Among Elderly at a Residential Facility, Erica J. Kim, Caroline Mehta, Rick Nguyen, Rosa Paniagua, Refugio Cisneros, and Veronica Williams
Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury in an Inpatient Medical-Surgical Telemetry Adult Unit by Educating and Encouraging Basic Wound Care Prior to Wound Care Consult, See Wai (Amy) Kong
Improvement of Medication Compliance by Adding a Weekly Medication Planner, Jeramie Muya Laurio
Educating Medical-Surgical Nurses in a Large Hospital Organization on Sepsis Bundle Elements, Jessica Lee
Expanding the Volunteer Role to Include Advance Care Planning Knowledge, Andrea C. Leomo
Increasing Sepsis-Bundle Adherence on a Medical-Surgical/Telemetry Unit: A Quality Improvement Project, Tiffany Liu
An Implementation of Combined Fecal/Gastric Occult Blood Testing in the Emergency Department, Desiree Long
Fall Risk Identification and Reduction Among the Gerontological Population at a Long-term Care Facility, Esther A. Lowe, Breanna Cates, Lisa James, Ashley Samson, Jowel Ochoa, and Matthew Ng
Early Mobility in the Intensive Care Unit, Kimberly Masse
Bridging the Gap: Educating Medical-Surgical Unit Nurses in a Large Hospital Organization on Sepsis Bundle Elements, Meara J. Matthews
Therapeutic Gardening for Addiction Recovery, Hayley Milleson
Seeking Patient-Centered Care Through Bedside Handoff in the Postpartum Unit, Evelyn Ndaki
Educating Labor and Delivery Nurses on Evidence-Based Birthing Positions to Promote Fetal Descent During First and Second Stage Labor, Sophia Nguyen
Increasing Sepsis Bundle Compliance Through Nurse Education, Parth S. Papaiya
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
Therapeutic Gardening for Mental Health in Substance Use Recovery, Stephanie E. Schafer
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
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
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