DNP Project Matching

Overview

The DNP Project Matching Initiative matches DNP students with stakeholders. The initiative provides the opportunity for new, expanded, or extended practice improvement projects. Students benefit from collaborative opportunities with stakeholders and interprofessional teams.

Project Matching Process

  1. Collaborate with stakeholders
  2. Generate project ideas
  3. Match students
  4. Establish project purpose
  5. Advice and track projects

Please contact the DNP Program Office for more information.

Matched Projects Faculty

Presentations

Publications

Ty Williams, Karen Hande, Ruth Kleinpell, Linking Process Improvement with DNP Projects: Strategies to Advance Clinical Leadership Initiatives, Nurse Leader, Volume 20, Issue 5, 2022, 444-450, ISSN 1541-4612, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2022.04.010.

Student Benefits

  • Seasoned project stakeholder experience
  • Networking opportunities for professional development
  • Exposure to different practice, leadership, and organizational settings
  • Possibility for publication collaboration

Community Partner Benefits

  • Alignment with a world class/top-tier nursing school
  • Structured project timeline to meet expectations and deliverables
  • Projects are designed to align with organizational needs
  • Expert resources available to analyze data and make work products aesthetically pleasing
  • Completed Projects 2020 - 2022

    StudentTopic
    Aghili, NellyNational APRN Survey results – focus on state of California
    Boyce, DelaneyAPRN Preceptor Program Evaluation
    Bucco, BreannaAssessment of benefits of live coach training for Talk With Me Baby Program
    Curwen, JennyProgram Evaluation of Peer Mentoring/Training for Labor Positioning Techniques:
    Dowling, MaryFactors influencing registered nurses’ adoption of video monitoring to improve patient safety.
    Guy, DanielleEvaluation of APRN float pool - 5/28: narrowed the project to evaluating self efficacy of critical care APRNs working in float pool compared to dedicated critical care units
    Hirschfield, HannahEvaluating factors related to patient engagement with Discharge Care Center
    Kleinhans, AliciaNational APRN Survey results - focus on state of Texas
    Kollross, WendyNational critical care survey of critical care providers related to COVID-19 (SCCM)
    Lucid, CatherineImproving interview skills of newly graduated nurses applying to the nurse residency program and increasing diversity of candidates
    Mehochko, HannahImpact of maternity bundles (lactation consultation and postpartum outcomes)
    Minchin, ElisaCommunication liaison - liaison perspectives
    Moore, ThomasenaRecommendations/guidelines to evaluate EHR optimization efforts
    (working on publication for Journal of Nursing Informatics)
    Myers, MalloryExamining data points that EPIC has provided on a quarterly basis to see trends over time since the go live on Nov 2 2017
    Najarian, ErinNational APRN Survey results – focus on state of North Carolina
    O’Briant, DeborahAssessing impact of VUMC therapeutic music intervention at VUMC – musician perspectives
    Pearson, MelissaAssessing impact of VUMC therapeutic music intervention at VUMC– clinician perspectives
    Ray, SofiaCommunication liaison - clinician perspectives
    Robb, VioletVanderbilt Opioid Management and Stewardship project
    Sorenson, NicholeAssessing caregiver burden in hospital at home
    Stoltz, IsabellEvaluation of Leadership Excellence in Advanced Practice (LEAP) program (OAP)
    Taylor, DavoniaEvaluating the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on APRN practice in Tennessee
    Uphold, CassenNational APRN Survey results- focus on state of Louisiana
    Venable, ChuckEvaluation of family education wall map in the ICU
    Williams, CoreyNational APRN Survey results – focus on state of Illinois