2025 USD Graduate Commencement Program

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO 2025 Graduate Commencement

Doctoral Degrees Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science

Kelly Ann Carroll Improving Patients’ Confidence In Self- Care Management And Preventing Hospital Readmission Within 30 Days Of Discharge In The Heart Failure Population Amanda Renee Marie Carson Crisis Without Cops: Trauma-Informed Mental Health Care For BIPOC Communities Todd Nathaniel Chamoy Implementation Of A Tracheostomy Discharge Education Class For NICU Nurses Marnel Reina Mae Manzano Hernandez Patient Education On Conversion From Oral ART/PrEP To Long-Acting Injectable (LAI) Improves Patient Adherence Sue Yeon Kim Developing And Integrating An Independent Learning Module On Lifestyle Modification To Promote Diabetes Self-Efficacy For Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Amanda Allison Kuelz Strategic Policy Development To Reduce Same-Day Cancellations: A Nurse-Led Preoperative Approach Pooja Kumar Care Of The Critically Ill Non-Trauma Patient: Improving Emergency Department Readiness And Patient Care Through The Implementation Of A Dedicated Resuscitation Bay: Phase 2 Hilda Adriana Lince Increasing Advance Directive Completion: A Future Initiative For All John Patrick Lussier Improving Social Drivers Of Health Screening In An Inpatient Setting For SDOH Data Michelle Jane Mak Beyond The BMI: An Educational, Family- Centered Approach To Identifying Risk For Childhood Obesity Bridgette Davette Mangan Improving Perioperative Nursing Residency Retention: Identifying And Mitigating Factors Of Attrition In A Nursing Residency Program Tessa Ann Martinez Optimizing Warfarin Management In Cardiovascular Care

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN NURSING Michelle N. Kabakibi Caregiver Support For Patients Diagnosed With Dementia Courtney Wickersham Kendal Unlocking Stroke Susceptibility: A Pilot Retrospective Analysis Of In-Hospital Factors And Length Of Stay In Adult Patients Braxten Faye Lovett Leading Change for Transgender And Gender Diverse Healthcare: Assessing Organizational Readiness Fahad Noshili Examining Readiness For Patients And Their Companions To Transfer From Hospitals To Skilled Nursing Facilities In Saudi Arabia Michele Scott The Chaldean Lived Experience Of Hospitalization Tina Connie Smith Parent’s Health Literacy And Stress Level In The Inpatient Pediatric Setting Julie Lynn Williams Examining What Matters To Older Adults With Increased Risk Of Adverse Functional Outcomes In Emergency Medicine DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE Laura Doley Adams Implementation Of One Key Question® Screening Tool To Increase Reproductive Life Planning At A Community Health Clinic Edwin Tobbee Yap Arceo Jr. The Use Of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) Criteria By Nurses In The Nursing Home Setting To Identify Sepsis Isaac Awolola Suprathel Burn Dressing Versus Standard Care: Impact On Hospitalization Duration And Post-Discharge Outpatient Visits: Phase 2 Marc Patrick Boulanger II Optimizing Psychiatric Care Through Pharmacogenomics: An Evidence-Based Program To Increase Multi-Gene Pharmacogenomic Testing And Provider Competence In Mental Health Settings Elia M. Campos Medication Safety: A Policy Journey To Reduce Medication Errors

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