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
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
Resilience reimagined: A study on nurses' resilience through integrative nurse coach education, Melody Love Hawkins
Retrospective data analysis to support the use of small body movements as an intervention for prevention of pressure ulcer development, Leah Trautman and Valerie Lynn Anderson
Scenario-based learning for forensic nurse examiners, Lauren Awe and Valerie Anderson
Sepsis in the elderly, Esthefany Estrada
Sleep hygiene education for rural adults, Amber R. Rogers and Linda Carol Hughes
Teaching hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a rural high school, Emily Zoz
The effectiveness of newborn safety information and acknowledgement in preventing inpatient newborn falls, Carrie L. Dahl
The effect of an acuity tool on job satisfaction for medical-surgical nurses on a medical-observation unit, Danielle Rischling and Alice Kindschuh
The effect of an enhanced recovery protocol in bariatric surgery postoperative pain, Brittani A. Seagren
The effects of racial battle fatigue in students of color: Increasing awareness and improving coping skills, Meyokia Smith
The impact of a virtual poverty simulation on undergraduate nursing students' attitudes, beliefs, and awareness, Kimberly A. Sullivan and Alice Kindschuh
The impact of education on inpatient and outpatient bowel preparations, Troy Beekman, Rebecca Leistico, and Jillian Krumbach
The impact of health partner participation in cardiac rehabilitation on health partner knowledge of cardiac disease risk factors, Nathan T. Shank
The impact of peer mentorship on stress in students in an educational doctorate healthcare program, Abigail Holzwarth and Valerie Anderson
Vitamin B12 screening and treatment in patients taking metformin, Ashlee Denny
