LibGuides: DNP Capstone Project (NUR 7200, 7310, 8200, and 8350): Madonna's DNP Capstone Collection

Using the DNP Capstone Collection

The materials in the DNP Capstone Collection are physically bound copies of students' DNP capstone papers. They cannot be accessed electronically.

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DNP Capstone Collection

Fall Prevention in the Aging Worker Population

Perceptions of a Nurse Driven Catheter Removal Protocol

Factors affecting advance practice provider job satisfaction and anticipated turnover
The impact of frontline leadership rounding on nurse engagement
The influence of nurse manager practice environment on leadership behaviors as perceived by nurse managers and nursing staff
Patient perception of readiness for discharge: impact on the discharge experience

Delirium screening in a long-term care facility
Evaluation of comfort in strengthening family communication skills of advanced practice registered
Exploration of competencies for newly hired health information technology personnel
Feasibility in establishing a nurse-managed wellness center
Implementing obesity management in primary care: linking evidence based guidelines with a nurse practitioner model of care
Improving patient care outcomes through better delegation-communication among nurses and assistive personnel
Pediatric cardiac transplant: quality of life of urban families
Screening for delirium in the emergency department
Teaching to the affective domain: an end-of-life simulation

Assessing current policy on suicide screening in a state correctional facility
Creating a culture of care: the impact of reflective practice
Implementing a school-based electronic health record: a collaborative effort
The influence of an emergency "Preflight" transition checklist on the transfer of senior facility residents to the emergency department
Nutrition education content in nurse practitioner curricula: what are Michigan NP'S learning about nutrition?
Practice pattern of DNP prepared APRNs caring for older adults
Predicting risk for falls among older adults in a free-standing rehabilitation hospital: examination of three fall risk assessment tools
Utilization of interactTM clinical pathways in long term care facilities to reduce acute care transfers

Change in staff/providers' knowledge, confidence, and satisfaction following a water inmersion education program
Dealing with realities: teaching interventions to increase cultural awareness in nursing students
Evaluating an educational module on home inotrope therapy
Evaluating a tobacco treatment clinical education program: an opportunity to lead change and transform practice
HPV vaccine initiative - changing the paradigm
Improving the culture of safety on a high acuity inpatient child/adolescent psychiatric unit by mindfulness based stress reduction training of staff
Noise in the operating room : a quality improvement project to enhance patient safety
A process improvement project to promote informed choice for prenatal genetic testing

Applying STAAR interventions in incremental bundles: improving post-CABG surgical patient care
Attitudes, knowledge and acceptance among nurses, nurse educators and nursing students toward the LGBT population
Circle of care: creating positive changes in infant outcomes
Development of an emergency department fall assessment tool: a QI imperative
An early inquiry into DNP utilization in Michigan public and teaching hospitals
The impact of a nurse practitioner rapid response team on SIRS outcomes
The impact of PTSD on pain management for veterans
The importance of assessing sedation during opioid administration
Improving the care transition process for patients hospitalized with heart failure
Mentoring needs of nurse practitioners at an academic health science center
Nurse practitioners (NP) student perceptions of using mediated technology for clinical practice evaluations - a pilot study
One year retention rates and performance ratings: comparing associate degree, baccalaureate, and accelerated baccalaureate nurses
A practice innovation: universal cervical screening to identify women at risk for preterm birth
Using an interprofessional approach to decrease blood culture contamination rates

Assessment of a comprehensive safe patient handling program
An examination of nurse caring and hospital acquired pressure ulcers
High fidelity simulation as a strategy for interprofessional education: a teaching innovation within the community college
The impact of participation in an educational experience on nursing students' health promotion practice, lifestyles and counseling self-efficiency
The inner journey of becoming nurse practitioners
An innovative program for stroke care:valadating the role dimensions of the hospital-based stroke nurse liaison
An interprofessional approach to sepsis care
Intraoperative risk factors associated with postoperative pressure ulcers in critically ill patients: a retrospective observational study
A quality improvement initiative to improve exclusive breastfeeding rate at discharge through an education intervention using transformational learning theory
Relationship of workplace incivility, stress and burnout on nurses' turnover intentions, turnover rates and psychological empowerment
Simulation as a stroke educational strategy: what works

Early periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment: screening for developmental delays in a federally qualified health center
The effect of relational cueing on patient satisfaction
Exploring the cost and clinical outcomes of integrating the registered nurse-certified diabetes educator in the patient centered medical home
Identifying the barriers to use of standardized nursing language in the electronic health record by the ambulatory care nurse practitioner
The impact of mindfulness meditation in promoting a culture of safety on an acute psychiatric unit
Relationships between caring, psychological measures and diabetes clinical outcomes