DNP Poster Day

Anthonia Ajimavo
Education Intervention to Improve Knowledge and Screening for Sickle Cell Carrier Status among African Americans of Reproductive Age

Meghann Alcala
Improving Medication Adherence in Individuals with Psychiatric Illnesses

Josephine Ugochi Azuaru
A Faith-Based Educational Program to Increase Hypertension Knowledge amongst African Americans

Vjollca Borova
A stress Relief App to Reieve Stressors in Nursing Students Starting Clinical Rotations

Kimberly Ducusin
Anti-Stigma Campaign to Increase Help-Seeking for DNP Students with Psychological Distress

Taylor Kemery
Implementing and Evaluating a Nutrition Education Program With Preschool Children

Ria Lam
Engaging Self-Management with a Low Back Pain App in Manual Labor Workers

Janice Matthew & Adrienne Padden
Institution of a Mindfulness Program to Improve Nurse Anesthesia Students’ Selfefficacy, Coping Skills, and Stress Management

Tiffany Meng
A Childhood Obesity Prevention Project: Implementation of the KidsFit Obesity Prevention Program Among School-aged Scouts to Increase Knowledge and Behaviors Related to Nutrition and Exercise

Daitasha Miller
HIV/AIDS: A Call for a Black Church Initiative

Jennifer Olas
A Childhood Obesity Prevention Project: Implementation of the KidsFit Obesity Prevention Program Among School-aged Scouts to Increase Knowledge and Behaviors Related to Nutrition and Exercise: Cub Scouts

Shruti Patel
Benefits of a Continuing Education Module to Enhance New Jersey Primary Care Providers’ Attitudes about Recommending Medical Marijuana rather than Prescribing Opioids to Patients with Chronic Pain

Caterina Reshetnyak
Improving Blood Pressure Control and Hypertension Management With A Self- Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Intervention

Carina Santos
Improving Diabetic Patients’ Motivation to Exercise using a Mobile Application

Karen Schill
Mobile Integrated Health and Heart Failure Patients

Romina Tara
An Educational Module for Healthcare Providers to Foster Positive Attitudes Towards Advance Care Discussions

Anna Wagner
Advance Care Planning Engagement Among Devoted Polish Roman-Catholics

Lily Yang
Coping Skills Education to Reduce PTSD in EMS Providers

Nancy Awad & Jennifer Samaan
An Educational Intervention to Increase Advance Directive Completion in the Intensive Care Unit and the Medical/Surgical Pulmonary Step Down Unit

Kaitlin Burns
Increasing ICU Nurses’ Knowledge About Post-Anesthesia Patient Care

Morgan Bardall
The Implementation of Call Bells and Exit Alarms on a Psychiatric Unit

Katherine Casas Crescenti
Advance Care Planning in the Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project

Caroline Castro
Intervention to Promote Advance Care Planning in the Joint and Spine Surgical Population

Valerie Cattano, Ingrid Emile, & Cara Seganti
The Use of Anesthesia Emergency Manuals for Intraoperative Crises

Shavar Chase
The effectiveness of de-escalation techniques as compared to physical restraint/seclusion on inpatient psychiatric units: a quantitative systematic review

Steven Cortes & Maciej Nawracaj
Will teaching focused medical Spanish phrases to anesthesia providers improve communication abilities with Spanish speaking intubated patients?

Roody Dalberis
Music Therapy for the Treatment of Agitation in Patients with Dementia

Christen Cudina
Using Video Technology to Increase Emergency Department Nursing Self Confidence

Michael Daley & Julie Greenberg
Deciphering Pharmacogenomic Implicacons for the Anesthesia Provider

Alexis Dial & Kimberly Granai
Improving the Care of Adult Sickle Cell Disease Patients Presenting with Acute Vaso-Occlusive Crisis to the Emergency Department via Education

Matthew DiCicco & Jedd Dillman
Application of the Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium Scale to Enhance Recognition in the PACU

Renay Durling-Grover
A Review of Opioid Use for Pain in Adult Patients with Traumatic Injuries

Kristine Eckert
Creating an Educational Module to Improve the Calculation of Total Body Surface Area Burned

Claire Giordano
Effectiveness of Emergency Department Staff Coping Post Implementation of a Debriefing Educational Session

Shannon Guy & Danielle Lion
The Utility of Cognitive Testing in the Nurse Anesthesia Admission Process as a Novel Predictor of Situational Awareness and Academic Success

Ana Clarita Haguisan
The Association of Discharge of Discharge Phone Calls in a 30-day Readmission Rates

Sara Hamawi
Pre Operative Pain Teaching for Cardiothoracic Nurses

Ken Hanamura & Peter Panayi
Effectiveness of Nurse Residency Programs for New Graduate Nurses: A Systematic Review

Adrianna Harulaj
Same Day Discharge versus Overnight Stay in Patients Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Pilot Project

Catherine Harvey
Evaluating HIV Stigma and Discrimination

Shari Herron & Natalie Joseph
Retrospective Chart Review: Sugammadex vs. Neostigmine/Glycopyrrolate a Pharmacoeconomic Analysis

Jacqueline Hunterton-Anderson
Psychiatric Emergency Patient Navigator: Improving Outcomes

Marthe Leveille
Implementation of a Second Victim Program

Edward Macharia
Implementation of a Sepsis Nurse Champion Role to Improve Sepsis Guideline Adherence in the Emergency Department

Charles Mahoney
Improving Throughput from ED to ICU/CCU

Lara Mendoza & Chad Toughill
The APN-A Profession and Interprofessional Collaboration

Raysha Monel
Assessing Emergency Department Nurses’ Knowledge of Caring for Older Adults

Sara Owen
Evaluation of an Evidence Based Educational Module on Glycemic Control of Targeted Temperature Management Patients in the Critical Care Setting

Karissa Padilla
Implementation of Fall TIPS Intervention to Reduce Rate of Falls in a Psychiatry Inpatient Unit

Lynn Panzica & John Tomasello
The Benefits of Implementing Grand Rounds in the Rutgers Nurse Anesthesia Specialty Tract

Vaibhavee Pathak
Reducing the Prevalence of Compassion Fatigue among Emergency Department Advanced Practice Providers by Increasing Awareness

Keith Peterson
Validation of a Computer-Based Patient Surge as a Teaching Tool for Disaster Education in the Emergency Department

Stephen Pilot & Maria Tomasetti
Rutgers Nurse Anesthesia Program’s Mentorship Mediated Clinical Site Orientation Framework

Dimpal Rana
Increasing Interdisciplinary Discussion on End of Life and POLST Form Completion in the Medical Intensive Care Unit

Anthony Rizzuti & Stacie Tittamin
Anesthesia Machine Fundamentals: Improving Clinical Performance Through Adjunct Video Review

Samantha Ruszkowski
Mechanical Ventilation Simulation for Cross-Training Step-Down Nurses to the Surgical ICU

Michelle Romagnoli
Perspectives of the Obstetric Nurse Practitioner and Registered Nurse on the Barriers and Facilitators of Implementing a Self-Administrating Medication Program on a Mother-Baby Unit at a NYC Hospital

Jessica Santos
The Impact of Therapy Dogs on Nursing Staff Mood in the Emergency Department

Christine Stiansen
Analysis of Current Post Graduate Nurse Practitioner Residency Programs

Lauren Torpey & Robin Torpey
Utilization of a Suicide Screening Tool to Increase Suicide Screening in Adults in the Emergency Department

Saturday Ugbo
Improving Emergency Department Triage with Accurate Emergecy Severity Index Allocation

Valerie Vermiglio-Kohn
Reducing Compassion Fatigue in Rebilitation Nurses Working at the Bedside

Juda Zurndorfer
Evidence Based Pain Assessment Protocol for Non-Verbal Patients

Clarence Gocon
Evaluation of Barriers to Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment

Jennifer Hall
Identification of Knowledge Gaps in Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease

Temitope Akande
Improving HPV Vaccination Rates in Pre-teen and Teenage Boys

Rita Asiedu
Improving Hepatitis C Screening Among Minority Baby Boomers in the Primary Care Setting

Amanda Boyle & Delilah Nankoo
The Implementation of the GAD-7 Screening Tool in Primary Care

Rosemary Buonocore
A Novel Approach to Diabetes Prevention: Implementation of a Multimedia-Based Diabetes Prevention Program

Pamela Camacho
Evaluation of a Fluoride Varnish Application Program at a Pediatric Primary Care Office

Amirose Cardines
A Standardized Plan of care for Obesity Management in the Primary Care Setting

Julie Cargille
An Educational Activity to Increase Intention to Quit Tobacco Use

Nwamaka Eguh
The Effects of 1:1 Individualized Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support on Glycemic Control

Leydi M. Espinosa & Sara Jurado
Implementing the 2018 ACC/AHA Cholesterol Management Guidelines in Primary Care: Exploring the Provider and Patient Experience

Aliya Fayazi
Increasing Knowledge in Obesity Management Using an Educational Activity

Angie Garcia
Improving Immunization Rates for Hepatitis A and Influenza in a Federally Qualified Health Center

Holly Gonzalez
Applying the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) Questionnaire to Improve the Referral Process for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) Services

Regina Inokon
Nurse Practitioner (NP) Student Knowledge of PrEP in Preventing Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in High-Risk Women

Firmin Langyin & Kenneth Ogali
Implementation of the use of Depression Screening Tool in a HIV care Setting

Kiera Leonard
Addressing the Human Papillomavirus uptake: Multi-component culturally driven education for parents of adolescent patients

Jaykumar Maradia
Implementation of PHQ-9 in patients with chronic medical illness for detection of depression

Gladwin Omare
Utilization of a Toolkit to Improve Control of Hypertension in a Black Urban Population

Juli Palatty
Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Referrals in an Urban Clinic

Diana Pichardo
The Use of Nutritional Knowledge Assessments to Guide Nutrition Counseling in Primary Care

Shipra Prasad
HIV Screening Education for Healthcare Providers

Yasmin Rafiuddin
Implementation of Pneumonia/Influenza Vaccination Educational Brochure Among COPD Patients in a Primary Care Setting

Maria Silva-Esquivel
Implementing Multimodal Smoking Cessation Interventions in Adult Primary Care

Dashmeet Singh
Improving Advance Care Planning in Primary Care

Jessica Wahler
PrE(P)Conception: Creating and Implementing a Smartphone Application for Serodiscordant Couples to Support an HIV-free Future.

Colleen Whelan
Healthcare Transition from Pediatric to Adult Medicine: Implementation of a Readiness Tool