Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

DNP Projects

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students create a DNP project at the culmination of study. Students’ projects must:

• Enhance health outcomes, practice outcomes, or policy outcomes
• Evaluate health care outcomes, practice outcomes, or policy outcomes
• Reflect a culmination of practice inquiry
• Engage in new partnerships
• Reflect a translation of evidence into practice

The DNP program prepares students to bridge the gap between new science and integration into practice. At the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, graduates of our DNP program have created projects that implement research, plans, and practices that advance our profession and improve health outcomes. View the DNP projects below.

• 2019 Spring

  Name	Title	Abstract	Poster
  Iquo Andrews-Cooper, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP-C	Nonpharmacologica modalities (NPMs) and Persistent noncancer pain: The effects of education and patients' use of NPMs	Abstract	Poster
  Stephanie Byrd, DNP, MS, APRN-CNP	Assessing Primary Care Provider Knowledge of Current Sudden Sensorineural Hearing loss Guidelines to Improve Patient Outcomes	Abstract	Poster
  Evi Dallman, DNP, MSN, CRNP	Antibiotic Stewardship in Pediatric Primary Care	Abstract	Poster
  Barbara “Nikki” Davis, DNP, MSN, FNP-C, GNP-BC, ACHPN	The effect of an enhanced palliative care education program on advanced practice providers (APPs) in a community-based palliative care program	Abstract	Poster
  Julie Donahue, DNP, MSN, CPNP-PC, IBCLC	Targeted Postpartum Breastfeeding Intervention to Improve Lactation Outcomes in Women Affected by Gestational Diabetes Mellitus	Abstract	Poster
  Darryn  Dunbar, DNP, MS, RN, CNM, NEA-BC	The Impact of Reducing Emergency Department Length of Stay for Patients Requiring Admission to the Intensive Care Unit	Abstract	Poster
  Suzanne Dutton, DNP, MSN, RN, GNP-BC	Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Web-Based Stress Management Program for Geriatric Nurses	Abstract	Poster
  Ashleigh Epps, DNP, CPNP-PC	Wellness 4 Uth: Increasing Health Through an After School Wellness Program	Abstract	Poster
  Mara Evans, DNP, CNM	Optimizing the Care of Women and Girls Affected by Female Genital Cutting	Abstract	Poster
  Michelle Felix, DNP, MSN, CRNP	Decreasing Adverse Drug Events Related to Opioids by Improving Parent and Nurse Knowledge of Pain Management in Postoperative Infants & Toddlers	Abstract
  Ashley Fenton, DNP, CRNP, LCSW-C	A 12-week evidence-based education program to reduce cardio-metabolic risk in patients with serious mental illness in the integrated care setting	Abstract	Poster
  Nancy Gentry, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP-BC	Chlamydia Knowledge and Testing Behaviors in University Students	Abstract	Poster
  Timian Godfrey, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC	The Effect of a Diabetes Self-Management Education Program on  Glycated Hemoglobin Levels within American Indian Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Identified in the Emergency Department	Abstract	Poster
  Yovan Gonzalez, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC	Advancing Nurses' Knowledge and Skills to Address Substance Use in an Ambulatory Care Center	Abstract	Poster
  Nadine Henry-Thomas, DNP, MSN, RN, CMSRN, PCCN	Prevention of Functional Decline among Hospitalized Older Adults	Abstract	Poster
  Jocelyn Kirk, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC	Discharge Readiness Screening and Postpartum Follow-Up for Well Newborns to Reduce Early Hospital Readmission	Abstract	Poster
  Rachel Klinedinst, DNP, MSN, CRNP, ACHPN	Impact of Training Advance Practice Providers to Use the Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG) for Advance Care Planning Among Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure	Abstract	Poster
  Irina Koyfman, DNP, MSN, RN, NP-C	Student nurses as intervention advocates: Measuring the impact of a novel approach to implementation of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Assessment on registered nurses’ knowledge, attitude, and practic	Abstract	Poster
  Meghan Lopez, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC	Setting up for Success: Supporting Positive Parenting Interventions for Caregivers Impacted by Violence	Abstract	Poster
  Priya Meyer, DNP, MSN, RN, PCNS-BC	Audit and Feedback Sustains Highly Reliable Nurse Leader Safety Rounds	Abstract	Poster
  Brandon Pabst, DNP, RN, BSN, MS, CEN	Systematic Approach to Ventilator Associated Events Reduction
  Danielle Raja, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, DCNP	Improving Adherence and Satisfaction with the iPLEDGE Program	Abstract	Poster
  Lisa Santo Domingo, DNP, MSN, RN, CPNP	The Effects of Multidisciplinary Approach to Pediatric Functional Constipation with or without Fecal Incontinence	Abstract	Poster
  Whitney Sharpe, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP-BC	Increasing Scheduling Efficiency in an Outpatient Urology Clinic	Abstract	Poster
  Sharon Shin, DNP, MSN, CNM, FNP-C	Reducing Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Nurse-Midwifery Practice	Abstract	Poster
  Sarah Slone, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, CCRN	Accelerated Discharge Process for Patients with Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention	Abstract	Poster
  Cynthia Sweeney, DNP, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC	Improving a Program of Meaningful Recognition to Enhance Nurse Satisfaction and Retention of Operating Room Nurses in a Mid-Atlantic Suburban Medical Center	Abstract	Poster
  Keitra Thompson, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP-BC	Access Matters: Integrating Trauma informed Reproductive Health Services into a Family-Centered Drug Court & Social Service Program	Abstract	Poster
  Jannelle Vicens, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN, FNP-BC	The LMC Vicens Palliative Care Initiative	Abstract	Poster
  Jacqueline Wolak, DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-C	Implementing an Infantile Spasms Guideline and Electronic Medical Record Order Set for Inpatient Healthcare Providers	Abstract	Poster

• 2018 Spring

  Name	Title	Abstract	Poster
  Carla Aquino, DNP, RN, MSN	Increasing Competence in Pressure Injury Prevention Using Competency-Based Education in Adult Intensive Care Unit	Abstract	Poster
  Mojgan Azadi, DNP, RNC IV, BSN, MSN, PhD, PCCN-EFM, RNC-OB, RNC-MNN	Enhancing the ABCDE Bundle Implementation Adherence rate through Nurse Education in the Intensive Care Unit	Abstract	Poster
  Anita H. Ben, DNP, RN, MSN	Reducing Hospital Readmission after Pneumonia	Abstract	Poster
  Fara Bowler, DNP, MS, APN, ANP-C	An Evidence-based Educational Intervention for Nurse Managers to Mitigate Impaired Nursing Practice: A pilot project	Abstract	Poster
  Judith Boyle, DNP, RN, MSN, BSN	Compassion Fatigue Resiliency Training in Emergency Nurses	Abstract	Poster
  Chrystal R. Brown, DNP, RN BS MSN	Evaluation of a Middle School- Based Program to Improve Knowledge on Healthy Nutritional and Physical Behaviors	Abstract	Poster
  Charnita M. Bryant, DNP, MS, CPNP	Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Project	Abstract	Poster
  Ivette Cardelli, DNP, MSN, ARNP-BC	Implementation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-2  for the Elderly at a Skilled Nursing Facility and Rehabilitation Center to Screen for Depression by the Registered Nurse	Abstract	Poster;
  Suzanne M. Cowperthwaite, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC	Improving the Pain Experience for Cancer Inpatients: A Quality Improvement Project	Abstract	Poster
  Eleni D. Flanagan, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN-BC	The Implementation and Evaluation of a New Nurse Manager Mentoring Program	Abstract	Poster
  Lisa Grubb, DNP, RN, MSN, WOCN, C/DONA, CPHQ	Increasing Pressure Injury Awareness in the Emergency Department	Abstract	Poster
  Sherri E. Jones, DNP, RN, MSN	Creating Safe Handoffs Between Units: Implementation of the I-PASS Handoff Program in Nursing	Abstract	Poster
  Celicia Little, DNP, MSN, RN, ARNP, CPNP	Evaluation of a Post-Graduate Education Program for Nurse Practitioners	Abstract	Poster
  Dawn Luzetsky, DNP, MS, RN	Implementing a Tele-ICU Nurse Mentoring Program in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit to Support the Novice Bedside Nurses	Abstract	Poster
  Roman Roberto, DNP, MSN, RN, CMSRN, P-PCA	Improving Novice Nurses’ Engagement in Evidence-based Practice	Abstract	Poster
  Marianne Schallmo, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN, FNP	Improving Cardiac Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Confidence in Delivering Palliative Care for Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure	Abstract	Poster
  Kristen E. Sheldon, DNP, APRN, FNP-C	Brief Negotiated Interview: A Tool for Counseling Overweight and Obese Patients?	Abstract
  Cynthia Ward, DNP, MSN, CCM, RN-BC	A Quality Improvement Project Using an Educational Outreach Program to Expand Access to VA Health Care Services for Female Veterans	Abstract	Poster
  Janice Williams, DNP, RN, MSN	Caring for the Caregiver: Assessing burnout amongst federally qualified healthcare center providers to inform the development of wellness program	Abstract	Poster

• 2017 Summer - Saudi Arabia Cohort
  Posters are not available for Summer 17. 
   

  Name	Title	Abstract
  Amal Al Ahmree, DNP, RN, BSN, MSc	Developing A Nursing Mentorship Program for the New Graduate Nurses	Abstract
  Kawthar Al Hussain, DNP, RN, SBSN, Msc	Improving Transition of Care for Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease	Abstract
  Narmeen Al Talalwah, DNP, RN, BSN, MSc	Elective Surgical Cancellations in a Tertiary Hospital in the Middle East: Quality Improvement Process	Abstract
  Halima Al Talaq, DNP, BSN, MSN, CNE	Improving Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Staff Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Competence, Knowledge, and Confidence	Abstract
  Leena Al-Mansour, DNP, MSc, BSN, RN, CWCN	Development of an Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team for Pressure Injury Management: Quality Improvement Project	Abstract
  Heba Almattar, DNP, RN, BSN, MSN, ANP	Improving Access to Cardiac Rehabilitation	Abstract
  Maisa Al-Raban, DNP, RN, MSc, BSc	Evidence Based strategies to Reduce Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection in the Intensive Care Unit at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare	Abstract
  Fatimah Alrashed, DNP, RN, BSN, MSc, MBA	Improving the Management of Pain at End of Life for Hospitalized Oncology Patients	Abstract
  Greer Barlow, DNP, RN, RM, BSc, MSc, CPHIMS	A nurse-led telephone screening initiative to identify low-risk elective orthopedic surgery patients to improve preanesthesia clinic efficiency	Abstract
  Emma Daza, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN, CWON, CFCN	Development and Implementation of a Clinical Pathway for Adult Patient Undergoing Ostomy Surgery in Saudi Arabia: A Quality Improvement Project	Abstract
  Shelby Pitts, DNP, MSN, RN, WHNP-BC	Increasing Adherence and Self-Management Among Hispanic Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes	Abstract
  Siobhan Rothwell, DNP, RPN, RGN, RANP, RNP, MSc, BSc, H.Dip, PGCert Clinical Ed	Improving Access to Timely, Quality Care for Patients with Minor Trauma Presenting to an Emergency Department	Abstract
  Jacinta I. Ukah-Ogbonna, DNP, RN, MSN	Quality Improvement Project to Increase Exclusive Breastfeeding Rate in Saudi Arabia	Abstract
  Angela Wilkins, DNP, MSN, MPH, BSN	Improving Access to Care through the Integration of the Nurse Practitioner Role in a Saudi Arabian Primary Care Department: A Comparative Study	Abstract

• 2017 Spring
  Posters are not available for Spring 17. 
   

  Name	Title	Abstract
  Betelehem Abate, DNP, GN-BC, MSN, ANP-BC	Methods to Reduce Avoidable Emergency Department Transfers in Assisted Living Facility	Abstract
  Chizoba Anako, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, CRNP	Translating an Evidence-based SBIRT Protocol into Practice to Address Depression, Alcohol and Drug Use Among Pregnant Women Living with HIV (LWHIV)	Abstract
  Martha Awoke, DNP, RN, MSN	Does Standardized Nurse-Led Heart Failure Education Improve Knowledge and Self-Care and Reduce 30-Day All Cause Readmission?	Abstract
  Kristen Brown, DNP, MS, CRNP, CPNP-AC	Preventing Cardiac Arrest in the Postoperative Congenital Heart Disease Patient: A High-fidelity Simulation Boot Camp for Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Nurse Practitioners	Abstract
  Amita Desai, DNP, MSN, CRNP	Improving Pain Assessment in the Neonate Advances in Neonatal Care	Abstract
  Susan Giscombe, DNP, MS, APRN, FNP-c	Implementation of an Evidence-based Discharge Checklist Used to Reduce 30-day Readmissions for Patients Diagnosed with Heart Failure
  Michelle Henry, DNP, MSN, PHN, RN	Evaluation of a Standardized Nursing Education Program for Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury Prevention in an Adult Critical Care Setting	Abstract
  Emily Herbert, DNP, MSN, FNP-C	Standardization of Pain Assessment Documentation to Improve the Quality of Pain Management	Abstract
  Melissa Hunter, DNP, MSN, RN, CCRN	Perioperative Screening of Patients for Risk Factors Associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea	Abstract
  Nicole Kelly, DNP, MSN, RN, AGPCNP-BC	Promoting the safe management of the anticoagulant warfarin among the geriatric population in the primary care setting	Abstract
  Claire Piccirillo, DNP, MS, BSN, RN, CPAN, PCCN	Evaluation of a Standardized, Interdisciplinary Preoperative Medication Administration Tool for Adult Inpatients in an Acute Care Setting	Abstract
  Leslie Rowan, DNP, MSN, RN, CNL, CWCN, CFCN	A Patient-Centered Data-Driven Project to Decrease Falls in Acute Care Medical Patients	Abstract
  Kyoko Sato, DNP, CRNP, MSN, MPH	Development of a Collaborative Surveillance Care Delivery System for Early Stage Colon Cancer Patients	Abstract
  Sue Verrillo, DNP, RN, MSN,CRRN	Using Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring to Detect Early Deterioration in Adult Postoperative Inpatients	Abstract
  Binnara Yoo, DNP, NP-C, MSN, BSN, RN	Implementation of a STD Screening Protocol in an Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Project to Increase STD Screenings in Young Adults Ages 15-29 with Urinary Symptoms	Abstract