DNP Scholarly Projects from 2024
Reducing Burnout and Enhancing Resilience of Psychiatric Nurses Through Self-Care Practices., Bosede AKILO
Assessing Barriers and Facilitators to School Nurse Recommendations of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination, Amy E. Dark
Empowering Nurse Leaders to Achieve Harmony: Fostering Work-Life Balance, Gilberto Gamba
Impact of Personal Continuous Glucose Monitor Use During Hospitalization on Rates of Hypoglycemia and Provider Confidence, Rebecca Longo
Reducing Wait Times in the Medical Clinic of the Homeless Intake Center: A Quality Improvement Project, Otuodichinma Christy Nwankpa and Otuodichinma Christy Nwankpa
Optimizing the Assisted Living Experience: Integration of Value-Based Care to Foster Augmented Resident-Centered Quality, Jennette Pietrzak
Peer Support to Enhance Safe Alcohol Use in University Students: A Quality Improvement Project, Kerri Reynolds
Enhanced Neuroprotection and Neuropromotion in Extremely Premature Infants through Mindful Hands-on Care and Increased Family Involvement, Kristen Sergott
Integrating Behavioral Health into Family Medicine: Improving Access to Specialty Care Using a Collaborative Care Model, Christina Stephens
Integrating Behavioral Health into Family Medicine: Improving Access to Specialty Care for Medically Underserved Community Using a Collaborative Care Model, Christina M. Stephens
The impact of multidisciplinary just-in-time training on confidence in the delivery of care in the humanitarian and disaster response environment, Jennifer Verstreken
DNP Scholarly Projects from 2023
Evidence-based Suicide Assessment and Managment Training for Mental Health Professionals, Clara Abit
A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Access and Patient Flow in a Non-Emergency Walk-in Care Clinic, Renee J. Broze
Decreasing Post-Operative Ventilator Time in the Cardiovascular Surgical Patient: A Nursing Education Quality Initiative, Amanda J. Bruno Roberts
Implementation of Virtual Reality for the Laboring Patient: A Quality Improvement Project, Chantal Cole
A Quality Improvement Initiative: Addressing Workplace Violence Toward Nurses to Promote a Culture of Safety in an Inpatient Psychiatric Facility, Ernestina Danso
Exploring & Mitigating Workplace Incivility at a Rural Community Hospital, Jacquelyn Ethier
Improving Provider Retention through Addressing Burnout at a Federally Qualified Health Center: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Emily Grattan
Strengthening New Hampshire’s Primary Care Workforce Pipeline: Utilization of Alternative Scheduling Models, Elizabeth Harrison
Implementation of a Standardized Process to Increase Promotion of Family Presence During Resuscitation, Eileen Hollis
Intervention to Improve Screening Mammograms in Clinical Practice., Saida Khamooshi
Utilizing Outpatient Telehealth as a Treatment Approach for Patients with Substance Use Disorder: A Quality Improvement Project, Veronica Kwegyir-Afful
Facilitating Palliative Care in a Critical Access Hospital System: Implementation of Screening and Educational Interventions, Michele Lovell
Increasing Access and Adherence to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi) for Adults: A Quality Improvement Project, Kristen Newell
Improving Patient Access to Gastroenterology Through a Nurse-Practitioner-Led Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project, Kayla Northam
Improving Emergency Department Patient Experience Through the Engagement of a Patient and Family Advisory Council to Create and Implement a Patient Rounding Tool, Rosemary Ostendarp
Implementation of Point-of-Care Tick-Borne Disease PowerPlan™ and algorithm for early detection and treatment of tick-borne diseases, Ashley Pinkham
A Comparison of Outcomes for Lipid Emulsions in Total Parenteral Nutrition Among Home Infusion Patients, Gregory W. Wesley-Lynch
DNP Scholarly Projects from 2022
Implementation and Evaluation of a Psychoeducation Training Program for Correctional Psychiatric Nurses, Katie Lyn Araja
Promoting a Culture of Self-Care: Application of a Caring Science Framework to Prevent Nursing Faculty Burnout, Angela M. Braswell
Implementation of Oncology Standardized Scheduling Bundle Impacting Staff Productivity and Patient Satisfaction, Carolyn Brausch
Addressing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Federally Qualified Health Center: A Quality Improvement Project, Tania Centra
Implementation of a Standardized Suicide Risk Screening Tool: an Improvement Project in a University Counseling Center, Clint Emmett
Engaging Nurses in Public Policy, Carlene Ferrier
Workplace Violence Prevention for Nurses and Healthcare Workers in the State of Maine A Health Policy Initiative, Gretchen Forsley
Optimizing Mental Health Care by Increasing Access Services through Evidenced-based mHealth Applications, Barbara Laganiere
Reintegration of Licensed Practical Nurses into the Acute Care Setting: Impact on Patient Perception of Care, Darius J. Love
Enhancing Clinicians' Knowledge in the Use of the Beck Depression Inventory Tool in Outpatient Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Olabisi Oshikanlu
Impact of Literacy on Obesity and Hypertension: A Quality Improvement Project, Stephanie Penney
Identifying and Enhancing Key Competencies for Emergency Nursing in Rural Alaska: A Quality Improvement Project, Denise Plano
Implementation of a Standardized Medication Reconciliation Protocol in a Psychiatric Stabilization Setting, Sara Robinson
Increasing Awareness of Personal Harm Reduction Interventions in the Clinical Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Shawn Theberge
Implementation of Telehealth Clinical Nurse Leader Interventions to Reduce Rehospitalizations in Rural Home Health Patients, Briana White
DNP Scholarly Projects from 2021
Implementation of an Individualized Onboarding and Training for Nurse Managers, Marcelo Castro
Improving Employee Mental Health: Addressing Depression at the Workplace, gerald G. chia Dr.
Large Scale Organizational Intervention to Improve Emergency Department Throughput in a Community Hospital, Karen Elliott
Reducing Turnaround Time from Pathology Collection to Patient Awareness in Gastroenterology Practice, Adrianna Hyams
Implementation of Community Health Worker Education Toolkit to Promote Compliance in Managed Care Organization, LaMonica Johnson
Improving EMR Usability and Clinical Efficiency Using an Immunization Tool for School Nurses in a Primary School Setting, Cathy Loiselle
Improving Employee Engagement on an Inpatient Unit: A Quality Improvement Project, Holly McCormack
Addressing Medical Mistrust in In-Patient Psychiatric African American (AA) Patients, Eselle Molua
Improving Care Transitions for Individuals with Suicide Risk After Discharged from Acute Unit, Maureen Ndu
Improving the Diagnosis of Major Depression in a Primary Care Practice Using the Patient Health-9 Questionnaire, Chukwudi C. Orji
A Patient-Facing Dashboard to Promote Shingrix™ Vaccination in a Continuing Care Retirement Community: A Quality Improvement Project, Emily S. Stewart
Implementing a Transitional Care Protocol to Reduce Psychiatric Rehospitalizations, Charles Wangui
Impact of a Comprehensive Clinician Educational Program on Health Literacy and Patient Satisfaction, Jennifer Yokopenic
DNP Scholarly Projects from 2020
Optimizing the Effectiveness of Naloxone Distribution in the State of New Hampshire: A Program Evaluation, Lisa M. Armes
Adults on the Autism Spectrum: A Quality Improvement Project to Develop a Patient-Centered Nursing Care Guideline for the Acute Care Setting, Elizabeth Cirelli
A Quality Improvement Initiative to Manage Shingrix Vaccine Inventory in Ambulatory Clinics, Tracy Colburn
Integrating Yoga into a Medication Assisted Treatment Program to Improve Retention, Linda Davidson
Moving a Licensed Practical Nurse to a Registered Nurse in New Hampshire: A Health Policy Initiative, Vicki Gamez
Timely Follow Up Care After Initiation of ADHD Medication in Children: A Quality Improvement Project, Rebecca Haas
Timely Follow Up Care After Initiation of ADHD Medication in Children: A Quality Improvement Project, Rebecca Haas
Using the Bedside Care Conference to Improve the Patient Experience, Eileen Keefe
Engaging Patients with Dementia in the Acute Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Staff, Andrea Lee
Creating Buy-In from Nurse Leaders to Implement Inpatient Education and Screening for Human Trafficking: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Andrea MacDonald
Improving Transitions in Care: Focus on the Revocation of Conditional Discharge Process in New Hampshire, Stacy A. Sorrell
DNP Scholarly Projects from 2019
Quality Improvement on the Long-term Care Ventilator Unit: Interventions to Increase Patient Safety and Prevent Patient Harm, Billie Anderson and Joanne Samuels
Mentoring Nursing Leaders to Foster Frontline Accountability and Engagement in Continuous Performance/Process Improvement through the Utilization of Team Huddles and a Huddle Board, Brandon L. Buckingham
Implementation of Safe Patient Toileting to Decrease Patient Falls on Medical-Surgical Unit, Kimberly A. Goldsborough
Engaging persons with mental illness and/or substance use disorder in care coordination services: an improvement project at a federally qualified community health center, Elizabeth A. Hale
Health Risks of Firearm Ownership: A Patient Screening and Education Intervention, Aaron Kahn
Bill to Restrict Indoor Tanning for Minors in The State of Maine, Jamie M. Lowery
Utilizing Telecommunication to Provide Patient Centered Care for Adults Newly Diagnosed with GI Cancer: A Quality Improvement Project, Laurie Miller
Assessing Nurse Director Self Perceptions of their Readiness for High-Performing Leadership, Denise S. Palumbo
Implementing Serious Illness Conversations in a Gastrointestinal Oncology Clinic: A mixed method evaluation of a quality improvement initiative in a Boston Hospital, Rhaea N. Photopoulos
Improving Emergency Department Nurses' Self-Perceived Self-Efficacy in Early Recognition of Patients in a Mental Health Crisis, Mary Kay Silverman
Peer Support for Addiction in the Inpatient Setting, Rebecca Sweeney
Electronic Reminders to Improve Medication Adherence in Diabetes: A Quality Improvement Project, Lisa Wilson