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Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Project Abstract

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 2026

Improving INR Monitoring in Outpatient Cardiology: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Enhance Anticoagulation Safety, Antonette Atori

Improving New Graduate Nurse Clinical Readiness Through Interprofessional Collaboration and High-Fidelity Simulation, Alyssa M. Starkey

Improving Nursing Compliance With Pain Reassessment Documentation After Analgesic Administration, Dorcas Okunola

Improving nursing compliance with pressure injury prevention in postoperative patients in the cardiovascular intensive care unit, Chingyi Lam

Improving Patient Satisfaction in the Emergency Department Waiting Room Through Enhanced Communication Strategies: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Wael P. Karaki

Improving Quality of Bowel Preparation Through Digital Innovation in the Gastroenterology Clinic, Arlena S. Grays

Improving the Quality of Bone Marrow Specimen Collection Through Powered Bone Marrow Device Simulation and Supervised Procedures, Ethel C. Estrada

Improving the Screening of Intimate Partner Violence Among Women: A Quality Improvement Project in a Primary Care Setting, Confidence Ndukwe

Increasing HPV Vaccination Rates of Patients Nine and Ten-Years-Old at Pediatric Clinic Using Pre-Visit Phone Calls and Motivational Interviewing, Ilianna R. Kuntz

Increasing Parental Awareness of Childhood Overweight in School-Aged Girls, Sarah C. John

Optimizing Central Line Discontinuation in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative Using a Visual Aid to Reduce the Risk of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections, John Quyen D. Van

Optimizing Costs & Efficiency with HeartCode Complete: A Quality Improvement Project, Jessica Bryant

Optimizing the Use of the Behavioral Activity Rating Scale (BARS) to Reduce Patient-on-Nurse Workplace Violence (WPV) in a Surgical Intermediate Care Unit of a Large Metropolitan Hospital, Ayo Akinbode

Optimizing VBAC Outcomes Through a Structured TOLAC Pathway, Alexandra E. Williams

Preventing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries Utilizing a Subepidermal Moisture Scanner, Stewart H. Paynter

Reducing Patient-to-Staff Aggression in an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Through De-escalation Training for Staff, Israel Orovwuje

Reducing the Incidence of Acute Care Falls in Medical-Surgical Psychiatric Adult Patients, Ijeoma Nwosu

Reducing Unplanned COPD Readmissions Through Utilization of a Nursing Discharge Checklist, Rachael McAllister

Reduction of Waste and Cost in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Jincy C. Skaria

Standardizing Ascitic Fluid Panel to Improve Outcomes in a Large State Hospital, Yimei Zhang

Standardizing Emergency Department Lab Result Follow-Up Documentation Using a Task-Based EHR Workflow: A Process Improvement Project, Lakeidra Salazar

Streamlining Patient Workflow: Enhancing the screening process for social determinants of health to ensure consistent patient intake in a medical clinic, Candice L. Bruce

The Effect of Fall Prevention Programs with Hourly Rounding on Fall rates Among Adults Patients in Neurological Unit, Oyinlola A. Ogundeji

The Impact of Structured Family Meetings in the Intensive Care Unit, Loyce T. Mofor

Using the Dynamic Appraisal of Situation Aggression (DASA) Tool in an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Doose J. Onarinde