Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) projects are a culmination of learning from DNP course work. Through the project, DNP students demonstrate the ability, as an independent leader, to synthesize evidence in an advanced practice specialty or an area of health leadership. It is an evidence-based practice project geared towards improving patient outcomes and/or care processes. The following are some of the DNP capstone project abstracts of recent graduates.

2018

Early prediction of patient deterioration using Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) by the Rapid Response Team (RRT)
Fadi Islim

Multi-factorial strategies for sustaining safe patient handling: An evidence-based doctor of nursing practice demonstration project
Deborah Totzkay

Hospital-to-homecare videoconference handoff improves communication, coordination of care, & patient/family engagement
Suzanne Knight

Implementation of a Rothman index alert to facilitate MICU transfer in patients with end stage liver disease
Kelly Grimshaw

Enhancing patient safety through decreasing non-actionable cardiac telemetry alarms and alarm fatigue
Raja Issa

Implementation of a survivorship care plan program in a community-based oncology clinic
Stephanie Soulia

2017

The feasibility and use of simulation to assess parent learning
Michelle Whalen

Nurse manager leadership styles: A baseline assessment
Carol Dwyer

A fall prevention training to improve nurses' knowledge and behavior
Leila Cherara

Project BEAN: Building evidence based practice capacity across the nation
Anne Marie McLeod

Formal mentorship: Bridging the gap between nurse practitioner's education and practice
Dejuana Jackson

2016

The flipped classroom and case-based learning in a graduate program of nurse anesthesia: A process improvement project
Cynthia Farina

The impact of adding an APRN to the therapeutic response team
Jason Wannemacher