Scholars to Alumni: Graduate Student Scholars Archive

Our graduate students generate new knowledge and improve clinical practice through scientific inquiry. See below to learn more about our graduate student scholarship recipients, who are now alumni, and their contributions through DNP projects and dissertations.

Class of 2022

"I strive to do the greatest good for the most people, and nursing allows me to do just that."
10/14/21
Kapri Johnson, BA, RN, Nancy Stilwell McLernon Scholarship Fund

Class of 2021

DNP Project: Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to the Utilization of Spinal Anesthesia for Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty among Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Practicing in New York State
10/7/21
Chris Giarratani, DNP '21, BS '15, RN, CCRN-CMC, TCRN (Schomburg Fellow)
DNP Project: Predictors of Quality of Life in Adult Lung Cancer Patients and Survivors in the Outpatient Setting: A Pooled Secondary Analysis
10/7/21
Rachel Martin, DNP '21, BS '17, RN (Presidential Scholar)
DNP Project: Development and Implementation of an Educational In-Service for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Working in an Emergency Department Regarding the Utility of the YEARS Criteria in Pregnant Women Being Evaluated for Pulmonary Embolism
10/7/21
Rob Stahl, DNP '21, MSN, AGNP-BC, CEN, TCRN, EMT-CC (Dr. Patricia A. Burns DNP Student Scholarship)

Class of 2020

DNP Project: Clinical Tools Used for Evaluation of Competency Levels and Expectations of Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists by Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists & the Anesthesia Care Team Members
10/7/21
Foaad M. Zaid, DNP '20, BSN, RN, CCRN (Schomburg Fellow)