The graduate students and faculty of Nebraska Methodist College are excited to share a repository collection of capstone and scholarly projects for nurses in MSN, DNP, and Ed.D programs of study. These capstone and scholarly projects exemplify our mission to positively influence the health and well-being of the community through shared values of caring, excellence, holism, learning, and respect. Information regarding Nebraska Methodist College can be found at
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Evaluating heart failure readmissions, Katie E. Bedard
Food insecurity screening among hospitalized older adults with cardiovascular disease, Claire Montoya
Foster parent mentoring within Treatment Foster Care (TFC), Jennifer Ketarkus
Fourth trimester support, Morgan Krohn
Health promotion behaviors and primary care knowledge in nurses, Olivia Gold
Helping with adherence to low sodium diets for people with heart failure, Melissa Ernesti
Impacting practice through change: Implementing cardiopulmonary resuscitation into a Nebraska school’s curriculum, Samantha Renter
Impact of adverse childhood experience education on primary care providers, Kelli Gunn
Implementation of an employee mentorship program to reduce burnout levels in a neuroscience intensive care unit, Ryan Mahoney
Implementation of an intubation checklist, Ashley Klepinger and Maureen Marzano
Implementation of wound education, Dawn Heapy and Lyndsi Hall
Implementing CPR training in schools, Kyleen Schmoker
Implementing the PHQ-2 Depression Scale for depression on the mobile diabetes unit, Allyson Fortenberry
Importance of increasing mental health awareness, screening, and support for college students and their families, Laura Loewens
Importance of patient education on hemoglobin A1C and dietary modifications, Joseph Giramata
Improving awareness of recommended preconception health behaviors to improve birth outcomes, Colleen Hobbs
Improving confidence and perceptions among nurses using a clinical decision tool for wound care management, Candice Schnoor and Valerie Anderson
Improving education in stroke patients by implementing one-on-one education, Estefani Jacobo
Improving patient education to increase nurses’ confidence, Aisha N. Washington
Improving quality of life: Efficacy of pregabalin and gabapentin in the fibromyalgia patient, Jeanette Kennedy
Improving safe skin behaviors in high school freshman, Kelsie Sue Scheer
Improving suicide risk screening in a pediatric outpatient clinic, Annie Bowman
Increasing readiness to complete an advance directive in the community, Marcella Sorrell and Hilary Applequist
Limited English Proficiency (LEP) identification in emergency departments, Gena Popken
Magnesium sulfate in relation to preeclamptic postpartum mothers, Megan Lihs, Nancy Murray, and Valerie Lynn Anderson
Maintenance COPD medication to reduce readmissions and improve quality of life, Lisa Ann Minahan
Medication reconciliation in a head and neck cancer clinic, Megan Lee Lucas
Mental health technician program, Jessica Pauley
Mobile application technology to limit compassion fatigue in acute care nurses, Seth Williams and Whitney Robertson
Move and mingle: A postpartum depression intervention, Lisa Peterson Stevens and Kari Wade
Nursing knowledge and palliative care, Kathryn Miller
Opioid use disorder education for student nurse practitioner, Priscilla L. Hussain
Optimizing access to pediatric specialty care, Ricardo Perez
Parkinson's Disease and computer-based cognitive training, Ashley N. MacDonald
Patient education, engagement, and activation for chronic pancreatitis patients and care partners, Christina Sailors and Tara Whitmire
Postpartum depression screening in the neonatal intensive care unit, Angela Zavala and Tara Whitmire
Prediction of Alcohol Withdrawal Severity Scale in the emergency department, Jacqueline Ellison
Prenatal education to improve reporting of postpartum depression, Shanda Hensley and Whitney Robertson
Preventing Type 2 diabetes in Native Americans through nutrition, Dana M. Griffin and Dorothy Sansom
Prevention of retained surgical items through education, Mary Claire Li and Valerie Anderson
Providing education to bedside nurses on critical vital signs and sepsis to aid in early identification and intervention with rapid response teams, Danielle Bryant
Purposeful rounding and improved patient care: An evaluation of nurses’ and nursing assistants’ perceptions of purposeful rounding and intervention to improve practice, Bernadine Ihediohanma and Valerie Lynn Anderson
Quality of care for cancer patients, Chanda R. Anderson
Reducing food insecurity within a Midwestern suburb, Lucas Manning
Reducing readmissions through medication reconciliation program in primary care, Joseph Anthony Anthone and Tara Whitmire
Reducing stress: An intervention for registered nurses, Niyi Olusoji
Reducing the cesarean rate in NTSV births, Micah Vande Vegte
Reducing the intake of red and processed meats in food pantry consumers, Lisa J. Lehr and Jeannie Hannan
Reliably assessing dyspnea in non-communicative end-of-life patients, Laura A. Thomas
Resilience: An essential skill in critical care nursingÂ, Jayne Nelson
