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DNP Capstone Projects
Perceived ease of use and usefulness of podcasting in nursing skills competence, Lisa Mesmer Barnes
Physical activity improves depressive symptoms in older adults, Karen Lee Fahey
Planning for a community supported farmers market in a rural USDA food desert, Carrie Lynn Engelbright
Postpartum hemorrhage evidence-based registered nurse staff education project, Jessica Powell
Prenatal care education for women experiencing unplanned pregnancy, Sharon T. Heskitt
Preventing healthcare workplace violence through legislation, Erika Cunningham-Regis
Primary care-non-profit partnerships: Improving PTSD screening and treatment access for veteran patients, Nickolai Detert
Program effectiveness of a new nurse mentorship, Jennifer Malig
Promoting safe sleep education for at risk mothers, Breanna James
Quality improvement: Improving type 2 diabetes self-management and A1C levels in older adult veterans using an automated message system, Danielle Brunson
Reducing acute care hospital setting inpatient falls with implementation of hourly rounding: A quality improvement project, Courtney Delaparte
Reducing hospital-acquired pressure injuries through the implementation of the Leaf Patient Monitoring System, Meghan Kelley
Reducing no-show appointments in the outpatient rheumatology setting: A quality improvement project, Callie Soltero
Reducing violence in the emergency department, improving perception of safety: An aggression prevention team approach, Marilyn Riley
Self-care management of African American men with type 2 diabetes, Kevin Konstantinos
Social support among family caregivers who attend hospice virtual group counseling sessions: Facilitators and barriers to attending these sessions, Katherine M. Hertzfeld
The effectiveness of a chart audit and feedback intervention to improve cardiology provider delivery of heart failure self-care education, Dorothy L. Murphy
The effect of implementing a cultural change toolkit on burnout among emergency nurses, Isabella Nassif
The effect of the developing nurses' thinking model on clinical judgment in nursing students, Kristie Douglass
The effects of art therapy on hypertension in black American women, Ellen Layton Mullarkey
The evaluation of the implementation of a shared medical appointment for patients with diabetes in a rural private practice, Rebecca Rohrbach
The impact of discontinuing contact precautions for multi-drug resistant organisms, Darlene Carey
