School of Nursing

DNP Project Posters

2025 DNP Students and Project Titles

Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program

  • Development of Preoperative Patient Education Using A Patient Education Platform for Total Joint Arthroplasty – Melanie Ferder
  • Assessing and Improving Prosthetic Referral Rates in Unilateral Lower Limb Amputations – Colin Grey
  • Identifying Baseline Pain Indicators for Phantom Limb Pain in Amputee Patients – Erin Griffin
  • The Role of Early Mobility in Delirium Prevention in the ICU: An Evaluation of Practice – Emily Kinney
  • Delirium Notification, Screening, and Management: A Program Evaluation – Savvy Louie
  • Implementation of the ICU Liberation Bundle to Decrease Ventilator Time in the Critically Ill Patient – Scott Marchione
  • Understanding Pupillometry in Neuroscience Critical Care Patients: A Look at Clinician Usage, Understanding, and Perspective Abigail Mihaiuc
  • Perspectives of the Nurse Practitioner Role in Adult Intensive Care Units – Rhea Young

Family Nurse Practitioner Program

  • Improving Access to Cervical Cancer Screening Among Somali Refugees – Maryam Abdulkadir
  • Increasing Utilization of Continuous Glucose Monitors for Veterans Association Providers for Type 2 Diabetic Patients: A Quality Improvement Project – Dylan Legrady
  • Improving Access to Contraception in Rural Communities: An Educational Intervention for Providers – Emma Fischler
  • Improving Primary ASCVD Prevention through Statin Therapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Quality Improvement Initiative – Hypoe Tan
  • Family Planning Education for Women Experiencing Houselessness – Catriona Spilde
  • Improving Patient Portal Engagement in Older Adults: A Quality Improvement Initiative – Kimberly Edwards
  • HPV Vaccine Uptake in Young Adolescents at a Primary Care Clinic – Tahisha Buck
  • Improving Shingrix Vaccine Uptake for Medicare Part D Patients in the Primary Care Setting – Hayley Haas
  • Disparities in Skin Cancer Outcomes for Skin of Color Patients – Donald Durett
  • Transgender Healthcare for Primary Care Providers – Whitney Baker
  • Addressing Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Uptake Among University Students: A Quality Improvement Initiative – Jordyn Gerlach
  • Examining Delays in Medical Care in Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at a Primary Care Clinic – Sara Morgan
  • Improving Opioid Safety in Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Project on Naloxone Co-Prescribing – Sophia Giacomelli
  • Implementing a Bedside Liaison to Enhance Cardiac Rehab First Appointment Attendance – Jessica Larsen

Nurse-Midwifery Program

  • Nikolas Ross
  • Hannah Belton
  • Shelley Trone
  • Leah Holmes
  • Sharlotte Irwin
  • Esha Dholia
  • Alexandria Washington
  • Ana Cowgill
  • Samantha Hendrickson
  • Clare McBride
  • Mia Campbell
  • Arianna Griffin
  • Emma Folchman-Wagner

Pediatric Acute and Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program

  • Enhancing Healthcare Well-Being: Integrating Animal Therapy to Mitigate Staff Burnout in the Pediatric Emergency Department – Younghee Kim
  • Pediatric/Neonatal Nurses' Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding – Molli Calhoun
  • Increasing Provider Knowledge and Comfort in Discussing Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) with Adolescents – Stephanie Oseguera Nunez
  • Pacific NW Advance Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Health Policy Participation – Rachel Ohrenschall
  • Standardizing Emergency Department Care for Hypothermic Infants: A Quality Improvement Project – Jacob DeWees
  • Advancing Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Training: A Child Trafficking Simulation – Samantha Clark

Post-Master's Doctorate of Nursing Practice

  • Education on the Ultra-Brief 2-Item Depression Screening Tool in the Jail Setting: A Quality Improvement Project – Jennifer McCormack
  • BBD CarePath: A Step-by-Step Guide for Better Bladder and Bowel Health in Kids – Nawal Qnebi
  • Evaluating the Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Recent DNP Graduates Regarding Breastfeeding Care –Debbie Alba
  • Improving Provider Knowledge of Chronic Wound Management Strategies: A Quality Improvement Project – Ryan Cummings
  • Empowering Women through Menopause: Implementing Personalized Nutrition and Lifestyle Changes to Address Menopausal Health Initiatives – Melissa Sanchez

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program

  • Addressing Provider Burnout with Peer Support Groups: A Quality Improvement Project – Marisa Arana, Teri Barlow
  • Understanding the Experience of Novice Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Group Co-leaders – Paige Brubacher
  • Assessing and Educating Harm Reduction Interventions for Methamphetamine Users in a Psychiatric Emergency Setting – Josiah Laughlin
  • Measuring Fidelity of Feedback Informed Treatment Pilot Program: A Quality Improvement Project – Elizabeth Frost
  • Increasing Access to Laboratory Services at a Community Mental Health Clinic for Patient’s Experiencing First Episode Psychosis: A Quality Improvement Project – Jordan Feist
  • Improving Provider Knowledge of School Accommodations and Confidence When Educating Families: A Quality Improvement Project – Raven Bentley
  • Improving Discharge Follow-up Post-Hospitalization for Mental Health or Substance Use at a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) – Samantha Reis
  • Improving Provider Knowledge and Appropriate Referral to Pediatric Mental Health Care in Rural Communities – Torie Lindskog, Mandelynn Pray
  • Implementing Mental Health Passports to Enhance Communication: A Quality-Improvement Initiative in Psychiatric Care – Nadeen Hajaj
  • Mental Health On the Street: Improving Students' Care of People Experiencing Homelessness – Talah Alem
  • Rachael Thomas

2024 DNP Students and Project Titles

Nurse-Anesthesia

  • Reducing Regulated Medical Waste at Oregon Health and Science University – Luke Armstrong
  • Secondary Analysis for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Professional Practice Analysis – Kelly Binder
  • Reducing Regulated Medical Waste at Oregon Health and Science University – Alivia Chang
  • Policy Change for Reinstatement Alternative to Discipline Program Option for RNs in the State of Oregon – Emily Huber*
  • Reducing Regulated Medical Waste at Oregon Health & Science University – Rachel Hunsaker
  • Improving Malignant Hyperthermia Education for the Non-Operating Room Environment Through High-Fidelity Simulation: A Quality Improvement Project – Brenna Kreglo
  • Surgical Smoke Evacuation Device Implementation: A Quality Improvement Project at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital – Patrick Martyak
  • Improving Malignant Hyperthermia Education for the Non-Operating Room Environment Through High-Fidelity Simulation: A Quality Improvement Project – Ron Nakahara
  • Secondary Analysis for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Professional Practice Analysis – Joseph Olenginski
  • Secondary Analysis for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Professional Practice Analysis – Jessica Pierce
  • Designing a Formal Mentorship Program for New Graduate Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists: A Needs Assessment Project at Oregon Health and Science University – Loren Powell
  • Policy Change for Reinstatement Alternative to Discipline Program Option for RNs in the State of Oregon – Lyndsay Prinz
  • Designing a Formal Mentorship Program for New Graduate Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists: A Needs Assessment Project at Oregon Health and Science University – Micah Ries
  • Surgical Smoke Evacuation Device Implementation: A Quality Improvement Project at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital – Kimberlee Thornton

2021 Archive

Rodighiero DNP Poster

Examining Individual Factors to Explain Overdue A1Cs in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes–A Multnomah County Diabetes Project

Lorenzo Ortega MN, FNP-C, OHSU DNP student

Rebecca Martinez DNP, FNP-BC, DNP chair

Savage DNP Poster
Savage DNP Poster

Implementation of POLST in a rural Indian Health Services Clinic

Alex Rodighiero MN, FNP, OHSU DNP Student

Mandy McKimmy, DNP, FNP-C, AAHIVS, OHSU Chair

Advancing Care for Sexual & Gender Minority Students in Oregon School Health Centers: A Needs Assessment

Amika C. Savage, DNP, FNP-BC, CHES

Jonathan Soffer, DNP, ANP, OHSU Chair

2020 Archive

STURGES DNP Poster

Improving Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity Education among Healthcare Providers

Maria E. Rivera, MN, FNP-C, OHSU DNP Student

Mandy McKimmy, DNP, FNP-C, Chair

STURGES DNP Poster

Latinx Oregonian Access to Oregon RH Program: A Needs Assessment

Lea Sturges, MN, FNP, OHSU DNP Student

Rebecca Martinez, DNP, MPH, FNP, OHSU Chair