As part of the learning curriculum in the DNP program at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, each doctoral student is challenged to create and present a project that highlights concerns and changes in healthcare and how they could help solve them.
The DNP Project Repository contains examples of the exemplary work completed by doctoral graduates. Evidence-based practice and quality improvement projects that impact patient care are highlighted in this repository.
| Name | Title | Dissemination |
|---|---|---|
| Kaylin Barefoot, BSN, Lucy Hernandez, BSN, Haleigh Wilkins, BSN | Enhancing Clinical Performance Feedback with a Standardized Debriefing Tool | Poster |
| Leslie Bilbro, MSN, RN | A Policy Development Initiative to Advance Trauma Informed Care in North Carolina Nursing Education | Poster |
| Samuel Connel, BSN, Juis Lensch, BSN, Ashlyn Swintek, BSN | Educating CRNAs on Gastric POCUS: Because "Nil Per Os" is a Hypothesis, Not a Conclusion | Poster |
| Rachel C. Cross, BSN, Morgan M. Shick BSN, Erin N. Wheeler BSN | Identifying a Consensus for International Clinical Experiences in Nurse Anesthesia Education | Poster |
| Amy Ellison, BSN, Spencer Hazel, BSN, Ashlee Price, BSN | Impact of a Formalized Mentorship Program within Wake Forest University School of Medicine Nurse Anesthesia Program | Poster |
| Margaret Faenza, MSN, CRNA | Increase Utilization of Quantitative Neuromuscular Monitors in Surgeries to Improve Recovery | Poster |
| Elizabeth Ann Faris, RN, MSN, NPD-BC | ESCAPE From Delirium Multicomponent Nursing Interventions to Decrease the Incidence of Delirium in Hospitalized Adults | Poster |
| Abby Hanson, BSN, Erin Riddle, BSN, Maddy Boone, BSN | Exploring Barriers to Engagement: Understanding the Challenges Faced by Alumni in Joining Professional Organizations Post-Graduation | Poster |
| Rebecca Harris, MSN, RN | Fostering Resilience and Well-Being in Nursing Students: A 12-Week Structured Intervention | Poster |
| Jessica Irrobali, MSN, RNC-OB, CHSE, C-OBE, C-ONQS, C-EFM | POST-BIRTH Discharge Teaching: Getting It Right From the Start | Poster |
| Jennifer N. King, MSN, APRN, FNP-C | Mental Health Break: A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Activity to Reduce Burnout | Poster |
| Daniel Lackey, MSN, FNP | The Feasibility of Implementing Tirzepatide in Conjunction with Lifestyle Modifications | Poster |
| Erin Parris, MSN, CCRN, CNE | Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Nursing Student Support Through Peer Mentorship | Poster |
| Rachel Pieters BSN, Emily Hale, BSN, Troy Nunes BSN | Enhancing Early Exposure to Nurse Anesthesia Careers Through High School Outreach | Poster |
| Mary Render, BSN, Angela Krotov, BSN, Ilia Ortiz, BSN, Lindsey Sweet, BSN | Cold Hard Facts: The Importance of Normothermia and Accurate Temperature Monitoring in the Perioperative Setting | Poster |
| Candice Rilling, MPH, BSN, RN, NPD-BC | Improving Oncology Care: Preventing Emergency Department (ED) Visits with Nurse-Led Telephone Outreach: Quality Improvement Project | Poster |
| Riki Seigler MSN-NE, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS | Integrating TeamSTEPPS® into Simulation: An Evidence-Based Approach for Senior Nursing Students | Poster |
| Julie Shaw, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, ANLC-P, RNC-OB, C-MNN, C-EFM, C-ONQS, C-NIC, CLC, CPHQ | Nourishing Beginnings: Implementation of a Pasteurized Donor Human Milk Protocol to Improve Neonatal Outcomes | Poster |
| Adam Wynn, BSN, Coltin Greer, MSN, Rebecca Lopez, BSN, and Thomas Coles, BSN | Analysis and Recommendations on Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Nerve Block Simulation in the WFUSM NAP | Poster |
| Name | Title | Dissemination |
|---|---|---|
| Dahriel Aron, BSN; Jane Kim, BSN; Alaina Maddox, BSN | The Impact of Education and Social Media on Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologists' Professional Advocacy | Poster |
| Yilmaz Ates, BSN; Ashley Connolly, BSN; Trayce Wilk, BSN | Sustainable Waste Management in the Operating Room | Poster |
| Lori A. Brown, MSN, RN | Promoting Mental Well-Being Through Self-Compassion: A Program for Undergraduate Nursing Students | Poster |
| Tavondia W. Burdett, MSN, MA, RN; Jennifer Carter, MSN, RN | Improving Perceived Readiness for Practice in Senior Level Associate Degree Student Nurses | Poster |
| Lori L. Elks, MSN, RN, CPHQ, CMSRN | Mitigating Maternal Mortality: Implementing an Innovative Approach for Case Reviews in an Electronic Database | Poster |
| Thomas Fey, BSN; Julia Martin, BSN; Nikki Naran, BSN | Enhanced Compliance to Opioid Sparing Anesthesia for Improved Postoperative Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery | Poster |
| Tracy Hayes, MSN, RN, CPN | Curriculum Evaluation for the Pillars of Professional Identity in an RN to BSN Program | |
| Jessica Huang, BSN; Emily Walker, BSN; Ashley Wallace, BSN | The Prevalence and Barriers to Reporting Substance Misuse Among Resident Registered Nurse Anesthetists | Poster |
| Susan Kendall, BSN; Collin Peterson, BSN; Heather Stinger, BSN | Simulation Experiences to Enhance Technical and Non-Technical Skills for Aspiring Nurse Anesthesia Residents | Poster |
| Geng-Wei "Jay" Lee, BSN; Holly Palmer, BSN; Melissa Salvatin, BSN | Fostering Success: A Toolkit for Improving First-Pass Certification Exam Rates | Poster |
| Amanda Levin, MHA, RN, NEA-BC | Creating an Environment that Supports Evidence-Based Practice: An Education Program to Increase EBP Knowledge and Confidence among Nursing Leaders in a Community Hospital | |
| Nate Low, MSN; Rachel Martin, MSN; Kierstin Baucom, BSN | Improving Atrium Health CRNAs' Access to Professional, Educational, and Leadership Resources | Poster |
| Meredith McSwain, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC | Gut Instinct Meets Clinical Structure: Implementation of GutCheckNEC with SBAR | Poster |
| Robin Raynor, MSN, RN | Optimizing Sepsis Care: Implementation of a Prehospital EMS Sepsis Process (PRESP) | Poster |
| Patricia Spada, MA, RN, RNC-OB, C-EFM | Structured Interdisciplinary Bedside Rounding in the Perinatal Setting: A Tool for Improving Interdisciplinary Communication and Maternal Outcomes | Poster |
| Ruth Taylor, BSN; Tess Tidwell, BSN; Bing Yang, BSN | Capnography Monitoring in the PACU for Atrium Health Lexington Medical Center | Poster |
| Elisabeth D. Tucker, MHA, RN, CCRN-K, CPHQ, CIC, CSSBB | Program Evaluation: Reducing Restraint Utilization | Poster |
| Name | Title | Dissemination |
|---|---|---|
| Patricia D. Chaney, MSN, RN | Moving Matters: An Initiative to Impact Life after Discharge for Hospitalized Patients | |
| Jessica Parsons, MSN, FNP-C | Self-Care Interventions to Improve Compassion Fatigue in Advanced Practice Providers | |
| Isabel Faircloth, BSN; Corinne Hauck, BSN; Landon Howard, BSN | Perioperative Intravenous Ketamine for the Treatment of Acute Surgical Pain in Chronic Pain Patients: A Survey of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists at a Large Academic Medical Center | |
| Melissa Goad, MSN, RN, PMH-BC | Implementation of an Evidence-Based Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool in Geriatric Behavioral Health Patients: A Standardized Assessment to Promote Safe Patient Mobility and Decrease Falls | |
| Tammy Goodwin, MSN, RNC-OB | Bridging the Gap Between Rural and Tertiary OB Nursing Care: A Program of Development | |
| Madison Hauser, MSN-NE, RN, CCRN | Using Simulation to Increase Clinical Judgement in Pre-Licensure Nursing Students | |
| Deneice D. Heller, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC | Impact of the Advanced Practice Provider (APP) in a Plastic Surgery Inpatient Discharge Process on Volume of Triage Calls and Patient Experience Ratings | |
| Caroline Hosseini, MSN, RN, CNL | Implementing Evidence-based Teaching for Interprofessional Communication and SBAR Into Nursing Curriculum | |
| Alexandra Isley, BSN; Cody Krentz, BSN; Catharine Peña, BSN | Sugammadex: Assessing Variations in Practice and Barriers to Change | |
| Jennifer Kendrick, MSN-NE, RN, C-EFM | Collaboration Through Interdisciplinary Fetal Monitoring Education in the Perinatal Setting | |
| Nia Ma, BSN; Erika Dilawari, BSN; Ryan Reiher, BSN | Quantitative Neuromuscular Monitoring in Clinical Practice | |
| Elizabeth A. Muska, MSN, RN, RYT-500 | Yoga as a Prescription for Wellness in Nurses | |
| Brianna Nero, MSN-NE, RN | Leadership Development: An Emotional Intelligence Training Program for Clinical Supervisors | |
| Travis Pearce, BSN; Sophia Wilson, BSN; Lindsey Severud, BSN | The Impact of Burnout on Doctoral Nurse Anesthesia Students | |
| Harriet Stephenson, MSN, RN, NPD-BC | Implementation of a Leadership Development Program for Direct Care Nurse(s) | |
| Sydney Stiefel, BSN; Meagan Grogan, BSN; Saira Ramsammy, BSN | Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist Recruitment Strategies and Factors Impacting Job Choice After Graduation for Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist | |
| Kimberly Ann Stout, MSN, FNP-BC | Carboplatin Hypersensitivity Protocol Update | |
| Kelly M. Walker, MSN, FNP-C | A Program Development for 3D Nipple Tattooing | |
| Annette C. Watson, MBA, RN, HN-BC, CCM | Eco-Enlightenment for Holistic Nurses: Creating a New Paradigm Based on Theory and Evidence |
| Name | Title | Dissemination |
|---|---|---|
| Ariana Amini, MSN, FNP-C; LaVern W. Delaney, MSN, RN, NE-BC; Angela Johnson, MSN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, NEA-BC | Implementing a Mindfulness Technique for Clinicians Working Remotely in an Anticoagulation Clinic: Reducing Burnout and Increasing Engagement Among Telehealth Clinicians | |
| Brandi Barnes, MSN, RN, CNOR; Cindy Gwyn, MSN, RN, CNOR | Implementation of Aromatherapy in the Adult Post Anesthesia Care Units as a Complementary Therapy for Post Operative Nausea and Vomiting | |
| Olivia Butner, MSN, WFNP | Implementing Clinical Decision Support Tools for Telephone Triage Nursing and Understanding Provider Acceptance | |
| Simone Evans-Allison, MBA-HCM, RN, CPHQ | Designing and Implementing an Electronic Post-Fall Huddle Form to Improve Completion Rates: Enhancing Data Collection | |
| Melissa Kelly, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC | Optimizing Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescent Health in Primary Care: Putting Evidence Into Practice | |
| Rachel Malloy, MSN, RN, CNRN, SCRN | Development of a Media Competency Program for the Neuroscience Nurse | |
| Brittany Nicosia, MSN, WHNP-BC; Kelli Lozano, MSN, AGPCNP-BC; Jennifer Johnson, MHI, RN | Doing the HART Work: Theoretical Concept and Action to Improve Advanced Practice Provider Well-being and Increase Caring | |
| Miriam M. Rassam, MSN, FNP-C | The Utility of Post Graduate Fellowship Training Programs for Increase in Competence and Increase in Retention Among Advanced Practice Providers and the Barriers to Implementation | |
| Natalie B. Smith, MSN, RN, NPD-BC | Support to Report: A Quality Improvement Project Improving Workplace Violence Reporting Practices at a Community Hospital |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Joy Elizabeth Bediako, DNP, MSN, APRN, NP-C | Using the RE-AIM Framework to Evaluate Telemedicine and Compare With Clinic-Based Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Kathryn Fitzpatrick, DNP, MSN, RN, NPD-BC | Implementing Virtual Simulation Education into a Nurse Refresher Program: Accelerating the Re-Entry of Experienced Nurses to Practice |
| Deborah J. Flaherty, DNP, CRNA | Enhancing Leadership Engagement through an NCANA Doctoral LEAD Scholarship Program |
| Trixy M. Headden, DNP, RN, AGNP-C | Systems Improvement Project for an Internal Employee Wellness Department |
| Amy Hensley, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC; Tracy Campbell, DNP, MSN-Ed, RN | PROMIS for Lung Cancer Survivors |
| Tasha Osborne Hutcherson, DNP, MSN, RN, NNP-BC; Stephanie Smith Bowman, DNP, MSN, RN, NNP-BC | Proposed Implementation of a Golden Hour Bundle for Very Low Birth Weight Premature Infants |
| Margaret Gaddy Kappel, DNP, MSN, CRNP | Nursing Health Policy Awareness: A Proposed Plan to Encourage Nursing Advocacy with Nursing Association Involvement |
| Temple Kellermann, DNP, MSN, RN, CNOR; Ryan Minnix, DNP, MSN, RN, OCN, CCAP, NE-BC | Clinical Ladder Program (CLP) Redesign |
| Amanda Lagle, DNP, MSN, RN, CNOR | Implementing an Aromatherapy Program to Enhance the Patient Experience |
| Elena N. Meadows, DNP, MSN, CRNA | Implementation of an Educational Program for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists To Improve Adherence to Enhanced Recovery Protocols in the Orthopedic Surgery Patient |
| Devin Miller, DNP, CRNA | Educational Intervention to Improve RN Awareness and Knowledge in an Obstetric PACU |
| Amy Milner, DNP, MSN, RN, NPD-BC; Fran Charlton, DNP, MBA, MHA, RN, NE-BC | Implementation of a Nursing Transition to Practice Program and the Impact on First Year Retention |
| Luci L. New, DNP, MSN, CRNA | Implementation of a Pilot Peer Support Program at Atrium Health |
| Stacey O'Brien, DNP, MSN, RN-BC | Using Spaced Repetition Learning to Improve Rhythm Interpretation and Strip Documentation of New Graduate Nurses in Critical Care Units |
| Leah Owens, DNP, MSN, RN, OCN, BMTCN | Implementation of an Ambulatory Oncology Nurse Residency Program |
| Elizabeth Pearsall, DNP, MSN, RN, NE-BC | Comprehensive Peer Review: Exploring the Impact on Nurse Engagement |
| Sandra Pena, DNP, MSN, CRNA | Designing a Clinical Ladder for CRNAs in an Integrated Academic Healthcare System |
| Kenneth Thompson, DNP, MSN, CRNA | Operationalizing an Evidence-Based Anesthetic Technique for Breast Cancer Surgery |
| Kip Wharton, DNP, BA, MS, CRNA | A Burnout Model |
| Stephen Williams, DNP, MS, CRNA | Simulation Based Training for Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia |