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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 2024 2024

Enhancing Medication Safety through Standardized Protocols and Skills Competency Checklist: A Quality Improvement Project in Group Homes for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, Mary Chilaka

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 Prior Authorization Process for Long-Acting Injectable (LAI) Initiative of HIV and PrEP Patients to Improve Financial Health of the Organization, Erica Miller

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 Mindfulness Bundle to Reduce Stress and Intention to Leave Among Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Staff, Merin Mathew

Implementing a Nurse-Driven Wellness Program for Nurses in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Raheemat Adekanmbi

Implementing a Two-Nurse Indwelling Urinary Catheter Insertion Process with a Checklist to Decrease Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in the Intensive Care Unit, Alexa Austin

Implementing Fall Prevention Safety Agreement and Fall TIPS to Improve Patient Safety with Postoperative Cancer Patients, Marguerite Ndoko

Implementing the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale To Improve Medication Adherence in Patients With HIV and Mental Illness, Kyle Ransom

Improving Adherence Amongst Post-Stroke Patients in the Outpatient Setting, Olivea Adetu

Improving Fall Rates and Satisfaction Through Implementation of Bedside Shift Report Protocol., Olive Atsafack Tieumo

Improving Hospital Onset Delirium Rates in Adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients Through the Implementation of a Nonpharmacological Multidisciplinary Sleep Hygiene Bundle (SHB), Michelle Moreno Lee

Improving Outcomes in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder Through The Utilization of The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Screening Tool in a Mental Health Setting., Murielle Nankeu

Improving Patient Engagement Post-Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using the Systematic Introduction of a Cardiac Rehabilitation Bundle in a Community Hospital: A Quality Improvement Project, Rebecca Vela

Improving Patient Safety by Reducing the Use of Restraint and Seclusion through De-escalation in an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Ndidiamaka Okafor

Improving the Quality of Nursing Documentation Among Nurses in Home Healthcare, Mavis Amponsah

Improving the Self-Efficacy and Self-Management of Adult Patients with Type II Diabetes (T2DM) Through a Telehealth Program at an Outpatient Clinic, Uchechukwu N. Iwuorie

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

Increasing The Frequency Of Behavior Assessment To Reduce Physical Restraint, BreAnne N. Ford

Introducing Therapeutic Music as an Alternative Therapy to Reduce Anxiety in the Emergency Department, Azuka Onyekwe

Lifestyle Modifications With Permissive Hypertension To Reduce Hypertension, Amanda McMillan