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DNP Student Projects

A hallmark of the DNP-prepared nurse is the ability to utilize practice inquiry to translate meaningful health research into clinical practice. Students develop expertise in this process through their final DNP project. They investigate an area of nursing practice, health care delivery, or policy issues, creating projects meaningful to organizations while meeting the rigor of doctoral-level scholarship. DNP projects include quality improvement initiatives, practice change programs, program evaluations, and the translation of evidence into practice. Projects commonly address emerging themes such as substance abuse and mental health, patient safety and clinical practice improvement, chronic disease management, culturally competent care, and maternal and child health. See examples of recent DNP student projects below.

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Lisa Angelesco
A Quality Improvement Project: Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Care for Spanish Speaking Patients with Diabetes

Michael Arnuco
A Program Evaluation: Angling program as a Form of Ecological Model Therapy for
Veterans suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Rachel Bagley
A Quality Improvement Project: Health Impact and Proposed Solutions for Loneliness Among Older Adults Living in Congregate Care Settings

Juliette Bauer
A Quality Improvement Project: Decision Making of Mandated Reporters in Cases of Perinatal Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

Madison Benjert
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementing a Universal Screening Tool for Substance Use in Antepartum Patients in a Rural Obstetrics Clinic

Julie Benson
A Quality Improvement Project: Improving Identification and Treatment of Hypertension in Women in the Free Clinic Setting

Theresa Bowden
A Quality Improvement Project: Decreasing Length of Stay in the Late Preterm Newborn by Increasing Parental Self-Efficacy in the Immediate Post-Partum Period

Andre Bowers
A Quality Improvement Project: Inclusion of the Code Lavender Care Package on 7RP and 8RP at Kadlec Regional Medical Center (Compassionate Care)

Shamika Brooks
A Program Evaluation: County Health Department Street Medicine Participant and Stakeholder Engagement.

Shelby Brunson
A Program Evaluation: The Impact of Clinical Pharmacy on Diabetes Management and Provider Satisfaction at the Kadlec Kennewick Primary Care Clinic

Scott Bryant
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementing Safewards Interventions for a Supportive Housing Assisted Living Facility

Erin Checketts
Enhancing Mental Health Care in a Primary Care Setting: A Resource Guide-Based Quality Improvement Project

Charity Dempsey
A Policy Project: Mitigating Risk of Vaccine-preventable Diseases in Adults with Opioid
Use Disorder (OUD) by Offering Vaccines at the Quinault Wellness Center

Stephanie Edmonds
A Program Evaluation: Assessing SBIRT Utilization in an Emergency Psychiatric and Addiction Service (EPAS) for Women with Unhealthy Opioid Use

Alejandra Elizondo
A Program Evaluation of Community Distribution and Administration of Naloxone at
Lourdes Behavioral Health

Kylie Ergeson (Piper)
Policy Change: Developing a Protocol for Increasing Mobility in the Intensive Care Unit

Amelia Feigner
A Program Evaluation: Eating Disorder Treatment Guidelines for Adolescents on a Medical Unit

McKenna Freed
A Quality Improvement Project: Increasing Special Pathogen Preparedness at a Frontline Hospital

Ellen Gish
A Quality Improvement Project: Reducing Diabetes Complications by Increasing Utilization of the Diabetic Registry in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Staff Initiated Reminder Recall Appointment functionality in a Primary Care Practice

Derek Greenwood
A Quality Improvement Project: Emergency Department-initiated Medications for Opioid Use
Disorder in a rural, critical access hospital

Charlene Hardges
A Program Evaluation: Reducing the Length of Stay (LOS) for Hospitalized Mental Health Patients in Crisis

Brandon Heeney
A Quality Improvement Project: Two RN Bedside Braden Risk Assessment

Claudia Hernandez
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training in a Pacific
Northwest Housing Authority Assisted Living Facility (PNW-ALF)

Lindsey Hompe
A Quality Improvement Project: Linking WIC to the Babies First Program for Enhanced Maternal Mental Health Support

Robert Jackson
Implementing Universal Fall Screening for Older Patients: A Quality Improvement Project for Primary Care

Rachel Kelly
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementing PHQ-9 Depression Screening in Adult Preoperative Patients to Improve Coordination with Primary Care

Daniel Kilbrom
A Quality Improvement Project: Providing and Implementing a Formal Staff Instruction Program on De-escalation Techniques to Increase Staff Use and Reduce Their Reliance on Restraints

Anna Klos
A Quality Improvement Project: Guiding Oncology Patients Through Treatment – Translation of Educational Documents for Spanish Speaking Patients

Jane Koke
A Quality Improvement Project: Using Mindfulness to Build Nurse Resiliency

Mary Macejunas
A Quality Improvement Project: Enhancing patient satisfaction through improved discharge
instructions implementing a standardized education process

Bakary Manneh
A Policy Change Project: Decreasing Hospital Readmissions in the Setting of Improved Glycemic Control

Amanda McCleskey
A Quality Improvement Project Implementing a Universal Screening of Women in Primary Care Clinics for Urinary Incontinence

Lori Montoya
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementing One Key Question® to Improve Comprehensive
Contraceptive Counseling in Maternal Child Home Visiting Care

Michael Moon
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementing an Early Mobility Program Toolkit to
Reduce Inpatient Falls

Molly Murphy
A Quality Improvement Project: Partnering with a Reproductive Health Clinic in rural Oregon to increase adolescent engagement

Marleigh Noska
A Program Evaluation: Assessing the opioid overdose recognition and reversal training program for unlicensed assistive personnel in the Bellevue School District

Joyce Olal
A Quality Improvement Project: Reducing Patients’ Aggression Toward Staff Using DASA in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting

Joseph Penaflor
Program Evaluation: Assessing the Effectiveness of the Hypertension Management Program in a Free Clinic

Tina Pitta
Program Evaluation: Assessing the Implementation and Intervention of the ITSS Screening on Trauma Patients at Risk for PTSD and Depression in the Acute Trauma Patient

Reyan Pulido
A Quality Improvement Project: Improving Hypertension Management in Adults at a Primary Care Clinic

Mary Ricco
A Quality Improvement Project: Intentional Hourly Rounding

Julia Robins
A Program Evaluation: Evaluating Use and Outcomes of an Infusion Pump-EHR Interface System

Kaylyn Rutherford
A Program Evaluation: Effectiveness of the Opioid Treatment Program in Columbia County
Health System

Imari Laney Santos
Evaluation of the Revamped Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI) Prevention Bundle Protocol in an Adult Non-Critical Inpatient Unit at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center

Gregory Saunders
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementation of the PHQ-9 depression screening at the Kadlec Richland Primary Care Clinic

Diana Shields
A Quality Improvement Project: Multifactorial approaches to decrease the occurrence of hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPI)

Allison Stefani
Simulation-Based Endoscopy Nurse Training Program to Improve Clinical Competency and
Increase Patient Access to Care

Irma Sulejmanović-Bordeaux
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementing Point of Care Opt-out HIV Screening in
Adolescents within an Outpatient Pediatric Setting

Boray Thach
A Quality Improvement Project: Enhancing Recovery Pathways: Integrating Substance Use Disorder Counseling at Emerald City Enhanced Services

Alyssa Truong
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementing Patient Education Seminars to Improve Hypertension Control

Anastasia Turnstall-Fernandez
A Quality Improvement Project: Healing Pressure Injuries in Spinal Cord Injured Patients by Optimizing Nutrition

Jazzarae L Watson
A Program Evaluation: Efficacy of Mandatory Reporting Policies for Patient Safety in Residential Car

Lane Werner
A Program Evaluation of Collaborative Problem Solving in Inpatient Adolescent Psychiatry

Kalkidan Worku
A Quality Improvement Project: Increasing Breast Cancer Screening Utilization at Sea Mar East Vancouver

Chunhong Yu
A Quality Improvement Project: Multi-level Interventions to Increase HPV Vaccination Uptake in a Rural Area of Oregon

Jennifer Adams
Management of the Postoperative Patient with Glucose Dysregulation in an Ambulatory Care Setting: A Policy Proposal and Implementation

Jessica Ahern
Increasing HPV Vaccination Uptake and Completion Rates at Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho: A Quality Improvement Project

Sarah Anderson
Development of a School-based Suicide Prevention Education Program for Adolescents: A Community Health Quality Improvement Project

Rachel Bates
A Program Evaluation: Mental Health Professional Triage Assessment Program for Adults with Mental Health Needs in the Emergency Department

Caroline Braun
Evaluation of the Implementation of the Virtual Nurse Role in an Acute Care Setting

Mafe Chase
A Quality Improvement Project: Improving the Skin Assessment of Darker Skin Patients Through the Implementation of a Standardized Skin Assessment Protocol and Training Program

Emily Christie
A Program Evaluation: Assessing the Effectiveness of Team Birth Communication Model on a Labor, Delivery, Recovery, Postpartum (LDRP) Unit

Rachel Felgenhauer
A Quality Improvement Project: Improving Sleep Quality Through Screening and Non-Pharmacological Treatment

Ashenafi Fente
Intentional Hourly Rounding to Prevent Falls at St. Joseph Medical Center: A Program Evaluation

Desiree Gabel
A Quality Improvement Project: Combining Substance Use and Eating Disorder Group Therapy for Adolescents and Adults with Eating Disorders.

Rebekah Garfield
Optimizing a DSMES Program in a Free Clinic for Accreditation: A Program Evaluation

Marisol Gutierrez
A Policy Proposal: Developing an Evidence-Based Policy for the Transfer of Care of Patients from the Intensive Care Unit to the Medical Units to Reduce the Incidence of Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries

Annabeth Guzman-McGuire
Improving Pain Management on an Inpatient Medical Oncology Unit: A Quality Improvement Project

Nicole Halley
A Program Evaluation: Identifying Barriers to Palliative Care in Rural Communities

Elisa Herke
A Quality Improvement Project: Reducing the Antibiotic Use within Hospice through the
Implementation of an Evidence-Based Protocol

Mackenzie Holloway
Mobilizing ICU Patients: A Program Evaluation

Karen Howard
Program Evaluation: Effectiveness of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in the Primary Care Setting.

Nicole Icard
QI: Improving the Pediatric Vaccination Experience through Enhanced Training of Medical Assistants

Michelle Junevitch
Promoting the Development of Positive Pediatric Needlestick Experiences through Multimodal Distraction Techniques: A Quality Improvement Project

Ashymin Kanyike
Program Evaluation: A Veterans Commercial Tobacco Cessation Program

Heather Knox
A Program Evaluation: Exploring the Joint Commissions’ National Patient Safety Goals to Improve Health Care Equity for a Psychiatric Outpatient Facility

Viktor Kuznetsov
A Quality Improvement Project: Improving Cervical Cancer Screening Rates in A Free Primary Care Clinic

Earl Bob Lampton
A Program Evaluation: Preventing Heart Failure Readmissions Through a New Remote Patient Monitoring Program.

Julie Lee
Program Evaluation of an Enhanced Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI) Prevention Program in the Intensive Care Unit

Bailey Marboe
Implementing a Standardized Discharge Process to Improve Patient Understanding of Discharge Instructions: A Quality Improvement Project

Natalie Mayse
Improving the Standard of Care Surrounding Restraints at Spokane County Jail: A Quality Improvement Project

Katrina Mccauley
Assessing a Diabetes Training Program for Unlicensed Staff in a Local School District: A Program Evaluation Project

Vanessa Miller
A Program Evaluation: Project Tamarack

Anna Monroe
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementing Return-To-Learn at South Kitsap High School

Soura Mustapha
DAST-10 Identification and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

Jazmine Nicdao-Labilles
QI: Impact of Patient Education on Mobility and Falls of Medical-Surgical/Oncology Patients

Kaylee Oberbarnscheidt
A Quality Improvement Project: Reducing Seclusion for Inpatient Psychiatric Patients

Haley Parson
Quality Improvement: Hospice Specialist Training for Providence ElderPlace Nurse Generalists; Implementing an End-of-Life Toolkit.

Courtney Polimeni
Promoting Health Equity Through Quality Improvement: Bundled Provider Education and EMR Alerts for HPV Vaccination Among Marginalized Community Health Patients

Erika Rea
Program Evaluation of Trauma-Informed Care Program of the Providence Portland Medical Center Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

Rebecca Renn
A Quality Improvement Project: Improving Staff Resiliency and Decreasing Staff Compassion Fatigue by Using Mindfulness

Allison Risa
QI: Implementation of the Bale Doneen Method Protocol to Optimize Cardiovascular Care at a Direct Primary Care Clinic

Christopher Ruzyla
Improving the Quality of Concussion Assessment and Management Within the South Kitsap School District

Brigitte Sager
Addressing Barriers to Deprescribing Chronic Proton Pump Inhibitors Prescribed as a First-Line Intervention for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Quality Improvement Project

Denisse Morelia Salazar
A Program Evaluation Project: The Impact of Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT) in the Progressive Care Unit (PCU) and Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Julia Scott
A Program Evaluation: North Central Public Health District Reproductive Health Clinic Outreach and Access to Services

Haley Shapiro
Using a Patient Reminder System to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening and Improve Patient Outcomes in the Primary Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project

Steve Tran
Seclusion and Restraint: Data-Driven Gap Analysis and Program Evaluation in the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

Sam Urkov
QI: Implementing the Migraine Toolkit in Primary Care

David Wilson
A Quality Improvement Project: Improving Nurse Knowledge and Self-Efficacy in the Reduction of Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections Using Simulation

Maolei Zhu
QI: Culturally Relevant Education on Dietary Intervention of Type 2 Diabetes for Burmese Immigrants

Peimaneh Abdolhosseini
Quality Improvement: Increasing Mindfulness Mediation to Prevent Burnout Among Mental Health Nurses

Kimberly Ashmore
A Program Evaluation: Evaluating the Impact of a Nurse Practitioner Residency Program (NPRP) on the Development of Confidence and Competence in the Novice Nurse Practitioner 

Emina Polovina Bayomy
Screening for Development Delays in Early Childhood and the Need for a Standardized Protocol: A Quality Improvement Project 

David Califf
A Quality Improvement Project: Improving Outcomes for Code Gray Responses at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center 

Samantha Capoeman
Improving Medication Reconciliation at Roger Saux Health Center: A Policy Project 

Dustin Carlson
Quality Improvement: Mindfulness to Build Resilience to Burnout Among Nurse Leaders.

Rachel Carnes
Quality Improvement: Using Simulation to Improve Acute Care Nurses’ Self-Efficacy in Caring for Post-Procedure Arterial Access Patients

Anna Caruso
A Quality Improvement Project: Meeting the Healthcare Needs of LGBTQ+ Youth Through Implementation of an Affirmative Approach in the Acute Care Setting 

Brittnie Curtis
Quality Improvement Project: Increasing patient satisfaction using the Teach-Back Method 

Daniel Davidson
A Quality Improvement Project: An Educational Program for Nurses to Improve the Care for Patients Diagnosed with Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome 

Jessica Davis
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementing Stop the Bleed at Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center, Saving Lives in Hemorrhagic Situations 

Jade Graff
Quality Improvement Project: Implementing Education on a Communication Framework to Improve Palliative Care Staff Knowledge and Confidence in Goals of Care Conversations 

Michealle Gregory
Quality Improvement Project: Supporting Transgender Youth’s Mental Health 

Cassie Hummel
Quality Improvement: Improving Menstrual Health Outcomes for an Immigrant and Refugee Organization Using Popular Training

Jessica Jajesnica
Teaching Mindfulness Techniques to Behavioral Health Care Staff for Stress Reduction and Self-Care

Jamie Jordan
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementation of an Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) Program in a Behavioral Health Agency 

Lindsey Karlsen
Quality Improvement: Implementing a Medication Container Review Process  
to Reduce Medication Discrepancies or Errors at the New Heights Clinic, a Free Primary Care Clinic 

Svitlahna Kasko
Improving Practitioner Skills in Managing Vascular Occlusions: A Quality Improvement Project at a Private Plastic Surgery Clinic in Seattle, Washington 

Jeffrey Kasnick
Quality Improvement Project: Creating a Culture of Evidence-Based Practice Through the Implementation of an Evidence-Based Practice Toolkit  

Samantha Knapp
A Quality Improvement Project: Providing Anxiety Web-based Psychoeducational Resources and Tools to Rural School Districts for Advancing Mental Health Awareness of Rural Adolescents and Children (Project TAMARACK)

Stanley Kong
Program Evaluation: Assessing Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Consistency in Migraine Assessment Workflow in the Neurology Clinic

Crystal Kostelyk
Program Evaluation: Evaluating Implementation of Antibias Training in the Perinatal Setting 

Diana Meresi
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementing the Use of a Violence Assessment Tool in Assessing the Risk of Violence in Behavioral Health. 

Danielle Metz
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementing an Educational Offering to Increase Nursing Staff Confidence in Using the Teach-back Method for Patient Education 

Courtney Morley
A Quality Improvement Project: Initiating Contingency Management to Improve Retention in Medication Assisted Treatment for Adults with Opioid Use Disorder    

Katherine Novak
A Quality Improvement Project: Restoring Reimbursement Parity 

Pedersen
A Policy Proposal for Intravenous Micronutrient Therapy as a Non-Pharmacologic Approach in Mental Health Treatment. 

Courtney Robbins
Quality Improvement: Implementing a Program to Increase Caregiver Confidence Regarding Advanced Care Planning Conversations Within a Large Healthcare Organization

Stephanie Rudin
A Program Evaluation: The Impact of The Spanish-Speaking Nurse Navigator Role on Staff Engagement and Patient Outcomes 

Jessica Saxton
Policy Project: Creating a Diabetes Care Policy for Spokane Public Schools 

Danielle Scala
A Quality Improvement Project: Impact of GAIN-SS Tool on Outcomes of a Rehabilitation

Crystal Swain
Implementing Postpartum Depression Screening in the NICU: A Quality Improvement Project

Sienna Tanner
A Quality Improvement Project: Providing Web-Based Sleep Education in a School-Based Setting 

Mesha Thomas
Quality Improvement: Closing Care Gaps for Patients with Diabetes Through Integration of Telehealth and In-Home Care

Natasha Tobias-White
Policy: Improving abscess management care during street rounds: Developing an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for abscess management adapted to street medicine practice.  

Victoria Wallin
A Quality Improvement Project: Promoting Antibiotic Stewardship for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection

Stacey Williams
A Quality Improvement Project: Utilizing Cancer Survivorship Care Plans for Survivors of Bladder Cancer Post-Cystectomy in a Urology Outpatient Setting

Alyssa Aurisy
Quality Improvement: Implementing Transgender/Gender Diversity Education for Parents at Unity Center for Behavioral Health

Amelia Mahoney
Quality Improvement Project: Addressing the Problem of Nurse-Patient Communication at a Critical Access Hospital 

Amy Behler
Quality Improvement: Improving Nutritional Knowledge Among Residents of a Residential Rehabilitation Unit 

Andy Worley
Quality Improvement: Optimizing Screening for Substance Use Disorder in a Primary Care Clinic 

Angelo Davis
Program Evaluation: Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) Education Process at NW Children’s Hospital  

Austin Brekke
Quality Improvement: Implementing and Evaluating a Palliative Care Education Program 

Brianna Melvin
Quality Improvement: Modeling Safe Sleep among Hospitalized Infants 

Britney Allison
Organizational Change/Quality Improvement: Respecting Gender Diverse Patients and Caregivers: A Microlearning Training Program 

Cameron Maleki
Quality Improvement: Improving the Care of Domestic Violence Survivors in a Labor and Delivery Unit 

Danette Delo
Quality Improvement: Effective Screening for Symptoms of Postpartum Depression 

DeAnna Hamlik
Program Evaluation: Palliative Care in the Emergency Department 

Deborah Orth
Quality Improvement: Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI) to Reduce High School Faculty and Staff Stress 

Diana Rambo
Quality Improvement: Reducing Inpatient Seclusion for Psychiatric Patients 

Erik Rammelsberg 
Quality Improvement: A Process to Decrease Door to Electrocardiogram Time in the Emergency Department 

Gabriela Byrne (Hurst)
Quality Improvement: Improving Hypertension Management in an Indian Health Service Clinic 

Gilleann Rivera 
Program Evaluation: Evaluating a CAUTI Reduction Program Seeking to Standardize Practice with External Collection Devices 

James Zachary
Quality Improvement: An Initiative to Reduce Hypertension in the Primary Care Setting Using the Health Literate Care Model 

Jennifer Hanlon-Wilde
Quality Improvement: Increasing Primary Care Engagement in the Treatment of Problem Drinking in a Rural Northwest Family Practice  

Jennifer Quinn
Program Evaluation: Addressing Tobacco Use by Cancer Patients and Supporting Cessation Using a Health Care Provider-Led Tobacco Cessation Program: Methodology Data Management  

Jessica Bailey
Quality Improvement: Increasing Registered Nurse Confidence in Caring for Pediatric Emergencies at a Community Hospital 

Jessica Dear
Quality Improvement: Implementation of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) in the Perioperative Environment 

Jessica Wallingford
Quality Improvement: Implementation of Interdisciplinary SBAR with New Graduate Nurses to Increase Confidence Levels with Communication 

Juliana Crisman
Quality Improvement: The Integration of Palliative Care Within Primary Care Clinics in Rural Okanogan County 

Juliana Whitaker
Quality Improvement: Implementing Usage of The Adverse Childhood Experience Screening Tool  

Justine Mings
Quality Improvement: Implementing Universal School-Based Mental Health Screening at a Residential School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adolescents 

Kari Cunningham-Rosvik
A Program Evaluation: The Effectiveness of The Arc of King County Parent to Parent, Parent Matching Program for Spanish-Speaking Parents and Caregivers of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities  

Kari Wallace
Qualitative Improvement: Addressing Barriers to Early Mobility in the Intensive Care Unit by Improving Caregivers Perception of Early Mobility Practices 

Kayla Lamb
Quality Improvement: Standardizing Heart Failure Care Across a Clinic System 

Kelsey Eidem
Program Evaluation: Evaluating a Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Residency Program. 

Lindsey Davidson
Program Evaluation: The Care, Assistance, Resiliency, Encouragement (CARE) 4 U Program: One Urban Medical Center’s Approach to Mitigate Burnout and Improve Well-Being in Health Care Professionals. 

Lisa Rodriguez
Quality Improvement: Improving Cultural Responsiveness in Outpatient Behavioral Health Care: The Effect of Cultural Formulation Interview Education and Implementation on Culturally Responsive Care 

Madeline Gottlieb
Quality Improvement: Increasing Mindfulness in Assisted Living Caregivers 

Manjot Singh
Organizational Change/ Quality Improvement: Zero Harm for Caregivers: A Microlearning Training Program 

Mattie Keltner
Quality Improvement: Increasing Accuracy of Specimen Labeling through Bedside Technology and Staff Development. 

Megan DePaolo
Program Evaluation: Assessing the Effectiveness of Sepsis Bundle Adherence at an Urban Teaching Medical Institution  

Meghan Fitzpatrick
Quality Improvement: Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Disclosure to Health Care Providers 

MJ Pastor
Quality Improvement: Approaches to Improving Hyperphosphatemia in Adults Undergoing Home Peritoneal Dialysis  

Nicole Falkin
Quality Improvement: Implementing Distress Screening for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer 

Pawandeep Kaur
Program Evaluation: The Food Farmacy Program and its Effectiveness in Overcoming Food Insecurity 

Quinn Fihn
Program Evaluation of a Collaborative Care Model Pilot at a Critical Access Hospital in San Juan County, Washington 

Rashida Ullah
Quality Improvement: Increasing Skin to Skin Rates Following Birth in the Operating Room  

Rebecca Randall
Quality Improvement: Implementing and Evaluating a Shared Decision-Making Tool to Address Cannabis Use in the Management of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain 

Rosa Casillas 
Quality Improvement: Reducing Patient Falls on an Acute Care Unit 

Scott Kluth
Quality Improvement: Emergency Department Initiated Buprenorphine Bridge Pilot Program  

Stephanie Tougas
Program Evaluation: Patient and Staff Perspective on the Quality of Telemedicine Visits at a Community Clinic 

Sue Weeks
Quality Improvement: Implementation and Evaluation of the SBIRT Toolkit to reduce Substance Use Among Patients at a Student Health Clinic 

Teresa Mendoza
Quality Improvement: Implementing a Confusion Assessment Method Scale for the Fragility Fracture Patient 

Teresa Robinson
Quality Improvement Project: The Effects of a Mindfulness Program to Reduce Compassion Fatigue and Burnout Among Hospitals Nurses and Certified Nurse Assistants 

Teri Walker
Quality Improvement: Improving End of Life Symptoms with Use of the Macy Catheter  

Tofik Shkrea
Quality Improvement: Addressing Lack of Activities and Boredom in a Psychiatric Unit 

Tony Blagikh
Quality Improvement: Implementation and Evaluation of a Handoff Tool in an Emergency Psychiatric Unit  

Vanessa Hutton
Quality Improvement: Addressing Mental Health Crises in Blind Adolescent Population:  Triage and Management within a Residential Setting

Teresa P. Abernathy, BSN, RN, CGRN, DNP-FNP Student
Quality Improvement: Implementing a Screening,
Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Approach Among Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy (PDF)

Vanessa R. Albert
Recognizing Post Intensive Care Syndrome in
Intensive Care Survivors in the Outpatient Setting: Policy Change (PDF)

Micah F. Anderson, RN, BSN, DNP-FNP Student
Program Evaluation: Identifying Barriers
for a Clinical Pathway for Heart Failure in the Emergency Department (PDF)

Alex Arnold, RN, BSN, DNP-FNP Student
Program Evaluation: Assessing the Current STEMI Process from ED to Cath Lab (PDF)

Carly Beesley, RN, BSN, DNP-FNP Student
A Quality Improvement Project: Improving Post-Pathogen Exposure Safety (PDF)

Rosemaria Blackstone, RN, BSN, DNP-FNP Student
A Quality Improvement Project:
Increasing Cultural Competency to Improve Medication Administration Documentation (PDF)

Samantha Anne Campbell, BSN, RN,DNP-FNP Student
A Program Evaluation of Falls Prevention in a Medical/Renal Unit (PDF)

Ashley B. Dalgarno, RN, BSN, DNP-DNP Student
A Quality Improvement Project: Improving Nurse Proficiency in Quantitative Blood Loss Measurement (PDF)

Cathleen M. Daly, BSN, RN, DNP-FNP Student
Program Evaluation: Assessing the Effectiveness of
Advance Directive Planning for Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients (PDF)

Allison L. Davis, DNP-S, MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC
A Quality Improvement Project: Implementation and Evaluation of a Preceptor Preparedness Program (PDF)

Sophia Dunton
Assessment of EHR Implementation and
Training Processes at a Pilot Site for a National Initiative: A Program Evaluation (PDF)

Ginnette Erb RN, BSN, CEN, DNP-FNP Student
Program Evaluation: Improving Access to Healthcare in the Emergency Department
to Identify, Monitor, and Create Solutions for Efficient Throughput of Patients (PDF)