Practice Project abstracts from 2024-current.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program prepares clinical scholars recognized for outstanding leadership and innovation to apply their talents and expertise to delivery of evidence-based patient- and population-centered care that improves systems of care and positively influences patient outcomes. The program focuses on inter-professional collaboration and development of the kinds of competencies in quality improvement and safety that lead to enhanced outcomes for patients, families, providers, and organizations.
Submissions from 2026
Fall Prevention in a Medical Intermediate Care Unit (MIMU) Through Use of a Collaborative Fall Bundle, Sara M. Jose
Improving the Screening of Intimate Partner Violence Among Women: A Quality Improvement Project in a Primary Care Setting, Confidence Ndukwe
Submissions from 2024
A Comprehensive Community Awareness Website to Increase Screening Colonoscopy Rates Among Adults in Flower Mound, TX, Alexandra Biltz
Addressing Medication Adherence Barriers in Hispanics Diagnosed with Diabetes Type II, Solmayra Solis
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementing a Mental Health Screening Program for International Business Travelers., Joyce Ighedosa
Battling alarm fatigue in the intensive care unit by reducing unnecessary clinical alarms through daily electrode electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode changes, Christena Jacobhose
Decreasing Compassion Fatigue in Inpatient Nurses Using Debriefing and Group Care Program, Hanh Nguyen
Enhancing Discharge Process for Home IV Milrinone Patients With Advanced Heart Failure, Kaitlyn Bauer
Impact of a Nurse Manager Development Program on Manager Competency and Intent to Leave, Yashamika Short
Implementation of a Peer Mentorship Process within a Nurse Fellowship Program (Critical Care), Laura Douglas
Implementation of a Standardized Process to Increase Referrals to the Tobacco Quitline in an Underserved General Oncology Cancer Survivorship Clinic, Kristyn-Mae Rosales
Implementation of Peer Mentorship Process Within a Nurse Fellowship Program, Julie Edwards
Implementation of same day cervical cancer and chlamydia screening in a university clinic setting, Amanda Rodriguez
Implementing a Nurse-Driven Wellness Program for Nurses in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Raheemat Adekanmbi
Implementing Fall Prevention Safety Agreement and Fall TIPS to Improve Patient Safety with Postoperative Cancer Patients, Marguerite Ndoko
Improving the Quality of Nursing Documentation Among Nurses in Home Healthcare, Mavis Amponsah
Incorporation of Sleep Promotion Measures into a Medically Supervised Weight Management Program, Enitan Pecku
Increasing Code Blue Education for Staff Nurses to Reduce Stress and Increase Competency, Haris Ali
LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS WITH PERMISSIVE HYPERTENSION TO REDUCE HYPERTENSION, Amanda McMillan
Reducing Hemoglobin A1C Using Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (Dsmes) for Hispanic Adults in a Primary Care Setting, Gita Gyawali Sedai
Use of a Mindfulness-Based Mobile App to Decrease Nurse Burnout, Vivian Ugwu