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
Improving Outpatient Staff Job Satisfaction with Implementation of Structured Educational Focus Groups Program: A Quality Improvement Project, Breanna Aromire
Improving Patient Preparedness Through Implementation of a Structured Wound Care Discharge Protocol, Kiran N. Gupta
Improving Patient Satisfaction Through Post-Urgent Care Visit Follow-Up Calls: A Quality Improvement Project, Lindsay Boyer
Improving Physiologic Monitoring Adherence During Behavioral Emergencty Sedation in a Prehospital Ems System, Jared Aucoin
Improving Postoperative Handoff for Placenta Accreta: Implementing a Structured Handoff Communication Tool, Isabelle L. Gerrard
Improving Prostate Cancer Patients’ Experience and Understanding With a Pre-CT Simulation Checklist in Genitourinary Radiation Oncology, Christopher Le
Improving Quality of Bowel Preparation Through Digital Innovation in the Gastroenterology Clinic, Arlena S. Grays
Improving Remote Monitoring Compliance for Pediatric and Adult Congenital Electrophysiology Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs), Christine Meliones
Improving Restraint Care Plan Documentation Among Nursing Staff, Samson E. Okotie
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
Improving Throughput: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Expedite Inpatient Psychiatric Placement from the Emergency Room, Candice J. Battle
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
Integrating Music Therapy into Post-Surgical Care: A Quality Improvement Strategy for Reducing Post-Operative Anxiety, Yosdania Hernandez Benitez
Mid-Shift Huddle to Improve ICU Nurse Well-Being and Reduce Burnout, Jesse Cannizzo
Nurse-Driven Initiatives to Reduce Supply Waste Produced in the Intensive Care Unit, Lance Prince
Optimizing Costs & Efficiency with HeartCode Complete: A Quality Improvement Project, Jessica Bryant