Student Success Highlights
Carol Adams
When Carol Adams graduated from the Waynesburg University DNP program in 2014, she submitted a manuscript for publication to the Quality Management in Healthcare journal. Her article on implementation of Project Re-engineering Discharge (RED) in a rural community hospital was published in 2014 (Adams Abstract). Recently, her article was cited on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) website (AHRQ Project RED) as a reference for others who are interested in decreasing readmissions. Congratulations, Carol!
Michele Lozito
Michele Lozito DNP, RN was recently notified by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) that her DNP capstone project, which had previously been published in the June 2018 edition of their journal, was selected to be translated for the Chinese edition of AORN. According to Rickii Martinez-Torres, Perioperative Practice and Publications Coordinator for AORN, the Chinese edition is funded through financial support from Johnson & Johnson and published quarterly. Articles are selected by a perioperative nurse leader in China. Dr. Lozito graduated from the DNP program in 2017. Her capstone work was on improving the perioperative culture of safety (Lozito Abstract). Congratulations on a great project and two publications, Dr. Lozito!
Shelly Huff
Congratulations to Shelly Huff DNP, RN for the online publication of your capstone project! Huff’s work on implementing a vital sign alert system into the electronic medical record at her hospital resulted in improved patient outcomes, including a 21% increase in identification of sepsis. Her article is available online ahead of print on the Journal of Nursing Care Quality website (Huff Abstract). The print version is scheduled for publication in 2019.
Congratulations to DNP students Marian Longstreth, Irma D’Antonio, Kerry Maier, and Sharon Hanchett who recently presented posters at the Southwestern PA Organization of Nurse Leaders conference.
DNP Capstone Projects
2022
- Implementing best practices for decreasing nurse hesitancy to call the rapid response team: An evidence-based quality improvement Initiative
- Implementation of Professional Development Mapping Sessions to Increase Perceived Development: A Quality Improvement Project
- Interdisciplinary Tele-rounding in a pediatric intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative
- Implementation of stay interviews to decrease nurse turnover and increase nurse satisfaction
- Ensuring rapid response team care aligns with patients’ limitations of medical therapy: A quality improvement project
- A hospital acquired pressure injury prevention program: a quality improvement project
- Home for lunch: an early patient discharge initiative
2021
- Improving PACU transfers using an electronic dashboard: A quality improvement initiative
- Implementation of project RED for heart failure patients in a community health system
- Evidenced-based communication strategies to improve patient satisfaction: A quality improvement project.
2020
- Reducing readmissions using Project RED
- Managing capacity: Improving accuracy and efficiency through technology
2019
- A quality improvement project to increase nurse retention at the bedside
- Implementation of an interdisciplinary, evidence-based approach to the care of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome
- Transformational servant leadership: A focus on the remotely practicing employee
- Early identification of substance use during pregnancy
2018
- An evidence-based approach to implementing a needle-stick injury prevention program
- Decreasing falls in the acute care setting
- Implementation of a healthcare provider in triage to improve throughput and outcomes
- Implementation of an electronic vital sign alert system to improve patient outcomes
- Implementation of the obstetrical hemorrhage bundle in a rural hospital setting
- Peer-to-peer performance evaluation for nurses in leadership
- Physician-nurse rounding to improve communication, collaboration, and patient safety
- Succession planning in a community hospital health system
2017
- Enhancing cancer pain assessment and management in hospice care
- Evaluating the effectiveness of a healthcare provider in triage on patient flow at an inner city emergency department
- Implementation of evidence-based practice guidelines to reduce the incidences of central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in a large community hospital
- Implementation of the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) for detection of pain in nonverbal adults
- Reducing missed HIV appointments: A multi-pronged evidence-based approach
2016
- Failure to rescue: Improving healthcare provider recognition of human trafficking
- Good catch campaign: Improving the culture of safety in the perioperative department
- Implementing bedside shift report in the emergency department: An evidence-based QI project
- Moving shift report to the bedside in a large, urban, Magnet™ designated, teaching hospital
- Multidisciplinary collaboration to improve sepsis care and survival within a tertiary care hospital
DNP Capstone Project Publications
Adams, J., Whiteman, K., McGraw, S. (2022). Patient-centered appointment reminder intervention. Compendium of evidence-based HIV interventions and best practices for HIV prevention: Structural interventions. HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Synthesis project of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/research/interventionresearch/compendium/si/Patient_Centered_Appointment_Reminder_SI_EI.pdf
Adams, J., Whiteman, K., McGraw, S. (2022). Patient-centered appointment reminders. Compendium of evidence-based interventions and best practices for HIV prevention: Linkage to, retention in, and re-engagement in HIV care. HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Synthesis project of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/research/interventionresearch/compendium/lrc/Patient_Centered_Appointment_Reminder_LRC_EI_Engagement.pdf
D’Antonio, I., Stephens, K., Whiteman, K., Swanson-Biearman, B., & Peters, J. (2022). Evidence-based communication strategies to improve patient satisfaction: A quality improvement project. Nurse Leader, 20(6), 560-564.
Leonard, J., Whiteman, K., Stephens, K., Henry, C., Swanson-Biearman, B. (2022). Improving communication and collaboration skills in graduate nurses: An evidence-based approach. The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 27(2), 1-8, https://www.doi.org/10.3912/OJIN.Vol27No02Man03
Sexton, P., Whiteman, K., George, E., Fanning, M. & Stephens, K. (2022). Improving PACU throughput using an electronic dashboard: A quality improvement initiative. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, online ahead of print, https://www.jopan.org/article/S1089-9472(21)00393-2/fulltext
Linn, N., Stephens, K., Swanson-Bierman, B., Lewis, D., & Whiteman, K. (2021). Implementing trauma-informed strategies for mothers of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome. American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 46(4), 211-216.
Sinclair, M., Stephens, K., Whiteman, K., Swanson-Bierman, B., & Clark, J. (2021). Managing and motivating the remote employee using the transformational leadership model. Nurse Leader, 19(3), 294-299.
Foreman, C., Stephens, K., Swanson-Bierman, B., Acree, C., Whiteman, K. (2020). Using technology to improve capacity management at a pediatric hospital. Journal of Nursing Administration, 50(11), 605-611.
Adams, JA., Whiteman, K. & McGraw, S. (2019 online ahead of publication). Reducing missed appointments for patients with HIV: An evidenced-based approach. Journal of Nursing Care Quality. https://journals.lww.com/jncqjournal/Abstract/publishahead/Reducing_Missed_Appointments_for_Patients_With.99421.aspx
Spencer, S., Stephens, K., Swanson-Biearman, B. & Whiteman, K. (2019). Health care provider in triage to improve outcomes. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 34(4): 346-351). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2019.01.008
Huff, S., Stephens, K., Whiteman, K., Swanson-Biearman, B., Mori, C., (2019). Implementation of a vital sign alert system to improve outcomes. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 34(4), 346-51.
Miner, M., Stephens, K., Swanson-Biearman, B., Leone, V., & Whiteman, K. (2018). Enhancing cancer pain assessment and management in hospice. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, 20(5), 452-458.
Lozito, M., Whiteman, K., Swanson-Biearman, B., Barkhymer, M., & Stephens, K. (2018). Good catch campaign: Improving the perioperative culture of safety. AORN Journal, 107(6), 705-714. http://doi.org/10.1002/aorn.12148
McAllen, E., Stephens, K., Swanson-Biearman, B., Kerr, K., & Whiteman, K. (April 9, 2018) "Moving Shift Report to the Bedside: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project" OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 23(2). doi:10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No02PPT22
Egyud, A., Stephens, K., Swanson-Biearman, B., DiCuccio, M. & Whiteman, K. (2017). Implementation of human trafficking education and treatment algorithm in the emergency department. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 43(6), 626-631.
Tedesco, E., Whiteman, K., Heuston, M., Swanson-Biearman, B. & Stephens, K. (2017). Interprofessional collaboration to improve sepsis care and survival within a tertiary care emergency department. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 43(6), 532-538.
Wilson, C., Whiteman, K., Stephens, K., Swanson-Biearman, B. & LaBarba, J. (2017). Improving the Patient's Experience with a Multimodal Quiet-at-Night Initiative. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 32(2):134-140. http://doi.org/10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000219
Bonalumi, N., Bhattacharya, A., Edwards, C., Fasnacht, A., Mazzone, L., Stephens, K., Whiteman, K. & Swanson-Biearman, B. (2017). Impact of a planned workflow change: Super track improves quality and service for low-acuity patients at an inner city hospital. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 43(2), 114-125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2016.03.029
Egyud, A., & Whiteman, K. (2016). Failure to rescue: Improving healthcare provider recognition of human trafficking. Pennsylvania Nurse. Summer, 16-20.
House, M., Stephens, K., Whiteman, K., Swanson-Biearman, B. & Printz, M. (2016). Cardiac medicine 30-day readmission reduction strategies: Do improved discharge transitions decrease readmissions?, MedSurg Nursing, 25(4), 251-254.
Chambers, K., Whiteman, K., Stephens, K., Goodloe, L., & Kirsteen, H. (2016). Improving inpatient colonoscopy preparation in a university hospital: An evidence-based practice project. Gastroenterology Nursing, 39(2), 86-94.
Presentations
Hanchett, S., McLaughlin, A., Jones, S. (2020). The Nurse leader residency program: Developing and promoting our future nurse leaders. Annual SWPONL Conference: 2020 Year of the Nurse Leader: Past, Present, and Future, Online, August 27, 28, 2020.
D’Antonio, I., Seeley, S. (2020). Leading through social isolation: Creating connections during COVID. Annual SWPONL Conference: 2020 Year of the Nurse Leader: Past, Present, and Future, Online, August 27, 28, 2020.
Longstreth, M., Mayle, C., Frantz, P., Morris, L., Shahan, D. & Bazzoli. Active leadership assists in the positive psychological staff experience during COVID-19. Annual SWPONL Conference: 2020 Year of the Nurse Leader: Past, Present, and Future, Online, August 27, 28, 2020.
Maier, K. (2020). Integrating Nurse Leader Rounding with Interdisciplinary care coordination rounding to improve patient perception of overall experience and care transitions. Annual SWPONL Conference: 2020 Year of the Nurse Leader: Past, Present, and Future, Online, August 27, 28, 2020.
Dobbins, L. & Whiteman, K. (2019). Engaging employees to prevent linen loss. 2019 Annual SWPONL Conference, Southwestern Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders Annual Conference, Farmington, PA.
Henry, C., McKibben, L., Stephens, K., Whiteman, K. (2019). An evidence-based approach to implementing a needlestick injury prevention program. 2019 Annual SWPONL Conference, Southwestern Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders Annual Conference, Farmington, PA.
Longstreth, M., Stroupe, L., Stephens, K. & Whiteman, K. (2019). Communication and information dissemination team in the surgical intensive care unit. 2019 Annual SWPONL Conference, Southwestern Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders Annual Conference, Farmington, PA.
Sexton, P., Fanning, M., Stephens, K. & Whiteman, K. (2019). Improving the timeliness of PACU transfers. 2019 Annual SWPONL Conference, Southwestern Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders Annual Conference, Farmington, PA.
Steele, D., Stephens, K. & Whiteman, K. (2017). Improving ECG interpretation and retention of knowledge in an emergency department. Greater Pittsburgh Nursing Research Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Weaver, E., Stephens, K. & Whiteman, K. (2017). Enhancing wound care in long-term care: An evidence-base quality improvement project, Greater Pittsburgh Nursing Research Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Burket, T., Hippensteel, D., Swanson-Biearman, B., Stephens, K., & Whiteman, K. (2017). Nurse leaders managing the present, anticipating the future. 2017 Annual SWPONL Conference, Southwestern Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders Annual Conference, Farmington, PA.
Nester, L., Frank, S., Whiteman, K. & Stephens, K. (2017). Nurse leaders managing the present, anticipating the future. 2017 Annual SWPONL Conference, Southwestern Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders Annual Conference, Farmington, PA.
Miner, M., Stephens, K., Whiteman, K., & Swanson-Biearman, B. (2017). Enhancing cancer pain assessment and management in hospice care. Nurse leaders managing the present, anticipating the future. 2017 Annual SWPONL Conference, Southwestern Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders Annual Conference, Farmington, PA.
Lozito, M., Whiteman, K., Stephens, K., Swanson-Biearman, B., & Barkhymer, M. (2017). Good catch campaign: Improving the perioperative culture of safety. AONE 2017: 50 Years of inspiring nurse leaders. Baltimore, MD.
Lozito, M., Whiteman, K., Stephens, K., Swanson-Biearman, B., & Barkhymer, M. (2017). Good catch campaign: Improving the perioperative culture of safety. Scholars Night: Enriching nursing through research. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.
