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 2025
QI Charter: A Risk Assessment Protocol To Improve The Management Of Aggression And Violence In A Psychiatric Setting, JULIETTE N. BATEKI
Reclaiming Teen Recovery: Tailored Therapeutic Recreation To Boost Engagement, Satisfaction, and Participation, Kabresha R. Potts
Reducing Emergency Department to Medical ICU Boarding Times: Implementing a Standardized Escalation Protocol at a Large Medical Center Hospital, Taylor A. Robbins-Ethridge
Reducing Falls in the Acute Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Elorm M. Adzokpa
Reducing Falls in the Acute Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Elorm M. Adzokpa
Reducing Falls in the Emergency Department by Implementing a Virtual Tele Sitter, Danette Riherd
Reducing HAPIs in the ICU with a Turn Team, Taylor Guadiz
Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries: A Quality Improvement Project Implementing a Visual Reminder System in the Intensive Care Unit, Henry H. Remschel III
Reducing ICU Delirium Through Implementation of the ICU Liberation Bundle, Stacey C. Woodard DNP
Reducing Operating Room Turnover Times Through Standardized Workflow, Trinity H. Darnell
Reporting and Tracking of Occupational Bloodborne Pathogen Exposures, Olivia Smith
Standardizing Warming Measures for Surgical Patients, Brachelle Williams, BSN, RN
Strategies to Improve Nurse Documentation Compliance and Confidence in the Delivery of Preprocedural Education, Danielle A. Burris
Surgical Specimen Management Protocols in the Pre-analytical Phase, Jordan L. Hall
The Prevalence of Suicide and Suicidal Ideation in Adult Oncology Patients, Mutiat Bamiloshin
Timely Transfusions in Trauma: Instituting a Transfusion Guideline for Trauma Nurses, Lauren Standiford
Titer-First Vaccination Protocol in an Employee Health Clinic, Obehi Dickson
Using Musical Interventions as a Non-Pharmacological Strategy to Improve Chronic Pain Levels and Satisfaction Among Patients with Sickle Cell Disease, Fredeline Metellus
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 DNP Project: Improving Clinical Alarm Management Through An Alarm Management Bundle: A Quality Improvement Project, Mary I. Alejo
A Nurse-Driven Screening Process to Increase ICU Palliative Care Utilization, Sara L. Stock
Application of an Opioid Risk Assessment Tool for Patients with Pain Presenting to the Emergency Department with Drug-Seeking Behaviors, Darian L. Stephens
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