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Dr. Susan L. Davis, R.N. and Richard J. Henley College of Nursing Graduate Scholarship

Submissions from 2026 2026

Improving Nasal Decolonization Rates in the Inpatient Medical-Surgical Setting, Francesca Annunziato Royer

Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Underserved Adults in Primary Care at a Federally Qualified Health Care Center Using an “At-Home” Screening Approach: An Evidence-based Quality Improvement Project, Adelicia Iris Beltz

Leveraging Technology to Improve Throughput: A QI Project Utilizing electronic SBAR, Suzy Candito

Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease Through On-Site Vaccination and Provider Education: A Quality Improvement Project, Joanna Cole

Implementing Provider Driven Education to Decrease Antibiotic use for Suspicion of UTIs Among Older Adults in a Long-Term Care Facility: A Quality Improvement Project, Karen DeCato

Transitional Care Model Telehealth Calls to Improve Hospital Follow-ups in a Community Health Center: A Quality Improvement Project, Veronica DeJesus

Addressing SDOH: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project, Anitha D'Souza

Improving Timeliness of Palliative Care Referrals Within the ICU: A Quality Improvement Project, Stephanie Fiore, Simone O'Donovan, and Kerry A. Milner

Implementing a Technology-Based Fall Prevention Inpatient Education Program: A Quality Improvement Project, Latoya Hall and Cheryl Mitchell

Tabletop Simulation to Improve Rapid Response Activation and Timely Escalation in an Acute Pediatric Oncology/Hematology Setting: An Evidence-based Quality Improvement Project, Sydni Holtz

Enhancing Postoperative Esophagectomy Outcomes with Preoperative Education: A Quality Improvement Project, Gaelyn Kattman

Implementation of a Medication Reference Card in a Pediatric Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Project, Brooke Lotto

Implementing Interdisciplinary Debriefings Post Cardiac Arrest in the Emergency Department: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project, Bailey MacNamara

Improving Awareness and Use of the First-Responder Alerting Application, PulsePoint Respond, in the Nursing Profession, Maclaine Matties

Implementation and Early Evaluation of Long-Acting Buprenorphine Therapy at a Federally Qualified Health Center Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Gifty Quarm

Enhancing Postoperative Outcomes: The Impact of Instruction Format on Patient Satisfaction in Ambulatory Surgery An Evidence-based Quality Improvement Project, Gillian Shelby

Implementation of an Updated Opioid Overdose Response Policy to Address Xylazine-Involved Overdoses in a Federally Qualified Health Center, Dana Umbro

Improving Culturally Competent Care in Palliative and Hospice Care A Quality Improvement Project, Madeline MH Whitt

Video Instructions for Pre and Post Procedure Care: Evidence-based Quality Improvement Project, Lynn V. Wojton

Submissions from 2025 2025

Implementing Breast Milk Expression Education Protocol: A Quality Improvement, Brenda Balarezo

Implementing “Break Buddies”, a Nurse-Nurse Collaboration Model, to Improve Employee Satisfaction within Cardiology Unit, Amanda Barbarino

Optimizing Care for Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Quality Improvement Project on Guideline Directed Medical Therapy Adherence, Leonie Campbell-Williams

Implementing Nutrition Education for Patient’s Being Initiated in Semaglutide: Quality Improvement Project, Liliane Colbert

Expediting Toxicological Evidence Collection in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Report of Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault (DFSA): A Quality Improvement Project, Adelene Egan

Implementing online evidence based educational program in diabetics., Michele Lynn Gervase

Reducing the Use of Opioids in Post-Operative Pain Management: A Pilot Patient Education Quality Improvement Project, Nia Greene

Mental Health Screening and Its Effects on Obese and Overweight Patients: Quality Improvement Project, Amanda Ivos

Enhancing Patient Understanding and Reducing Readmissions: Implementing a Structured Discharge Teaching Protocol in a Medical-Surgical Unit, Jawany Joseph

Fighting Falls on an Inpatient Cardiovascular Unit: A Quality Improvement Project, Alice Lam

Improving Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the Emergency Department: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project, Kerri Maciejko

Improving Hemoglobin A1c Levels in a FQHC: A Quality Improvement Project, Laura E. Mason

Weight Loss Education and Telehealth Reviews for Obese Patients: A Quality Improvement Project, Selena Menjivar-Delgado

Navigating Graduate Nursing Education: The Effect of Peer Mentorship on Academic Self-Efficacy at SHU: A Quality Improvement Project, Deborah Olujimi

Monitoring weight loss management and patient satisfaction by utilization of phone-based check-ins: An Evidence-based Quality Improvement Project, Katie O’Neill

Implementing Home Blood Pressure Monitoring to Identify Essential Hypertension: A Quality Improvement Project, Julianne Peterson

Using a Transitional Care Management Screening Tool on Medicare Adult Patients with Chronic Conditions: Quality Improvement Project, Lizete D. Rosa

Reducing Pain Surrounding IM Injections in a Pediatric Outpatient Setting, Tara Sangster

Enhancing Dermatologic Education in a Family Nurse Practitioner Program: A Quality Improvement Project that Promotes Skin Assessment Competency in Diverse Populations, Solonge Schiavone

Implementing a Validated Screening Tool for Intimate Partner Violence in a Women’s Primary Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Alexis Senu

Provider-Nurse Rounding Checklist: A Quality Improvement Project, Danielle Ursone

Implementing a Nurse Education Seminar to Improve Chlorhexidine 4% Compliance on a Cardiac Surgical Unit, Erin Wilson

Improving the Experience of Self-Injection in Medical Weight Loss Patients Prescribed GLP-1 Agonists: A Quality Improvement Project, Maegan Wing

Submissions from 2024 2024

Implementing Hourly Rounding in Reducing the Rate of Falls Among Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities, Alfred Amaechi

Postoperative Discharge Opioid Education including Narcan Kit Access to Prevent Overdose: A Quality Improvement Project, Arezo Aziz

DNP Project Proposal: Toolkit for Transition of Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (YA-ASD) to Primary Care, Dawn Boal

Implementation of a Human Trafficking Screening Tool in an Immigrant Services Organization, Cassandra Cooper

Introducing an Evidence-based COPD Care Bundle to Reduce Readmission Rates: A Quality Improvement Project, Michael DiStasio

Enhancing Primary Care with Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Anxiety, Depression, and Acute Stress: A Quality Improvement Project, Andrew Dudley

Implementation of a Risk Stratification Foot Screening Tool at a Free Outpatient Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project, Joni-Kay Johnson

Screening for Social Determinants of Health Screening in the Primary Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Arifa Khan

Implementing the PHQ-9 tool to as a Standard of Practice in a Mental Health Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Gabriella Laferriere

Implementing a Depression Screening Protocol in Primary Care to Improve Utilization Rates: A Quality Improvement Project, Stella Lemel

Improving Provider Ordered Annual Breast Cancer Screening in Primary Care, Alexis Manzella

Implementing a skin care bundle on hypoperfusion skin: A Quality Improvement Project, Emily O'Connor

Implementing Directed Security Rounding with the Brøset Violence Checklist: A Quality Improvement Project, Jacqueline Ortiz

Implementing Teach Back Heart Failure Education to Improve Self-care and Reduce Re-hospitalization: A Quality Improvement Project, Sweata Patel

Support Program for DNP/FNP Students: A Quality Improvement Project, Catie Pernice

Bridging the gap in health literacy: A Quality Improvement Project, Sunny Rana

Reducing Cesarean Sections with Peanut Ball Use: A Quality Improvement Project, Alexi Rivera BSN, RN

Optimization of a Push Notification System to Improve First Case Delays: A Quality Improvement Project, Chelsea Secondino and Samantha Tortora

Implementing Continuous Glucose Monitoring: A Quality Improvement Project, Molly Suydam

Smoking Cessation in Primary Care Using the 5 A’s Model of Motivational Interviewing: A Quality Improvement Project, Lauren M. Violette

Submissions from 2023 2023

Application of Teaching Regarding Injury Appearance in Darker Pigmented Skin Patients: A Quality Improvement Project, Tiffany Akiba

Naloxone Education to Improve Distribution in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Project, Joanna Boback

Implementation of a Probiotic Intervention Among Medical-Surgical Patients: An Evidence-Based Practice Quality Improvement Project, Moncia Bonvicini

Implementation of a Daily Central Line Maintenance Audit Form in an Outpatient Infusion Center: A Quality Improvement Project, Sarah E. Christiana

Reducing Urinary Catheter Usage in the Intensive Care Unit Setting and Education Related to Preventing CAUTIs: A QI Project, Kristina Diurno

Improving Timeliness of Palliative Care Referrals within the Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project, Stephanie Fiore

Utilizing the PHQ9 survey to improve depressive symptoms in opioid dependent adults: A Quality Improvement Project, Taylor Fuhr

Prevention of Medical Device-Related Pressure Injuries: A Quality Improvement Project, Monika Grzelczak

Increasing Job Satisfaction of Nurses using a Mindfulness-Based Program: A Quality Improvement Project, Melissa A. Haggerty

Evaluating the Impact of a No-show Policy: A Quality Improvement Project, Adrianne S. Harding

Application of a Secondary Opioid Risk Tool in the Management of Patients on Opioids in the Adult Pain Management Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project, Monica Kastanaras

Pediatric Preoperative Fasting Guidelines Update and Education: A Quality Improvement Project, Brooklyn Mickolyzck

Improving Screen Time Review and Adherence to Age-based Limits in a FQHC, Erin K. Milner

Sunscreen is Not Just for White People: Church-Based Sunscreen Education for Black Women, Lauren Mitchell

Implementation of a Patient Satisfaction Survey at a Free Community Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project, Nora O'Sullivan

Implementation of a Functional Pain Scale in an Adult Cancer Center, Kristine Pantchenko

Use of an Alarm Bundle to Reduce Alarm Fatigue in the ICU: A Quality Improvement Project, Blerina Petitti

Implementation of the STOP-BANG Screening Tool in the Primary Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Thriciana Powell

Decreasing Hospital Readmission Rates of Heart Failure Patients: An Evidence-based Quality Improvement Project, Elizabeth Rodriguez

Implementation of an Activity Protocol in the Acute Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Crystal M. Ryan

Preoperative Pain Management Education and Narcotic Use: A Quality Improvement Project, Sarah Scheller

Medical Device-Related Pressure Injury (MDRPI) Prevention in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU): An Evidence Based Practice Quality Improvement Project, Sana Shah

Implementing a Fall Screen and Prevention Program in the Primary Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project, Manpreet Singh

Use of a Worksite Physical Activity to Improve Subjective Daytime Sleepiness among Night Shift Healthcare Workers: A Quality Improvement Project, Marthe Sooh Nkongo

Spirituality Education for End of Life Clinicians: A Quality Improvement Project, Mark S. Valigorsky

Optimizing NPO Times in Infant Outpatient Surgical Patients, Julie Colangelo Ward

Oxygen Therapy Education to Improve Oxygen Safety in the Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Project, Latania Wolfe

Submissions from 2022 2022

Enhancing Depression Screening for the Adolescent Population in the Pediatric Emergency Department by Utilizing the Patient Health Questionnaire: A Quality Improvement Project, Chelsea Alvarez

Implementation of 3-minute Diabetic Foot Exam for at Risk Diabetic Patients in Urban Primary Care Setting, Suzana Alvarez

Increasing Adherence of CHG Bathing: An Evidence-based Practice Quality Improvement Project, Melissa Benedetto

Increasing Awareness of Hereditary Fructose Intolerance: An Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Project, Jacqueline M. Bridge

Operating Room Nurses Sleep Health: an Evidence-Based Practice Sleep Health Education Project, Gabriella M. Castignoli

Implementation of a Zone of Silence During Administration of Breastmilk to Decrease Nurses’ Distractions in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Quality Improvement Project, Lauren Crociata

Non-Opioid Pharmacologic Agents in the Treatment of Non-Cancer Chronic Pain in the Outpatient Setting, Diane Eannotti

Implementing a Patient Reported Outcome Measure for Patient with Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in the Outpatient Setting, Marissa Finger

Improving Specialist Referrals in Outpatient Primary Care: An Evidence-based Practice Quality Improvement Project, Kimberly Gaznabie

Implementing a Telephone Follow-Up Process for Patients with Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes: A Nurse-Led Quality Improvement Project, Amber Gomes

The Use of Telemedicine in Primary Care to Improve Medication Adherence: Quality Improvement Project, Chadae S. Haffenden-Morrison