PLU's School of Nursing, Scholarship of Nursing Conference 2026
Anderson University Center
Scholarship of Nursing Conference 2026 Poster winners
Congratulations!
Number of votes in red.
47) TBSN 498 (8 Ashley Harvey & Paige Gregory | Preventing preterm labor: Evaluating the effectiveness of hormonal vs. physical methods)
33) DNP 799 (37 Cathy Elder | The Use of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to Decrease Burnout in Nurses)
27) 404 ELMSN/TBSN (55 Monte Montehermoso, Ava Brooker, Angel Louis, & Katelynn Clark | Back to Sleep, Safer Babies: Comparing SIDS Prevention Efforts in the U.S. & Japan)
79) ABSN (78 Jacky Chan | Nursing Interventions to Help Community-Dwelling Older Adults Manage their Medications)
Friday, May 8, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM PST | FREE
Keynote Speaker (UC Room 133): Mary S. McCarthy, PhD, RN, FASPEN, FAAN, Senior Nurse Scientist
“Precision Nursing: Your Genes Are Not Your Destiny“
“Mary S. McCarthy, PhD, RN, FASPEN, FAAN, is a distinguished senior nurse scientist and retired Army Major known for her 20+ years of federally funded research in military nutrition, genomics, and health promotion. She has served as a Nurse Scientist at the Center for Nursing Science & Clinical Inquiry (CNSCI) at Madigan Army Medical Center since 2005. She was awarded the 2018 Geneva Researcher of the Year and 2021 Tri-Service Nursing Research Program Scientific Mentor Award winner.“
Featuring: Scholarly Projects from DNP, BSN, ELMSN, & ABSN Students
Scholarship of Nursing Conference Schedule
Friday May 8, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
8:30 am Students set up morning posters
Morning Poster Presentations 9 AM – 10:30 AM (Scandinavian Center)
498 TBSN 36 posters (#1 – #36)
799 DNP 16 posters (#37- #52)
Break | 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Keynote Presentation (UC Room 133)
“Precision Nursing: Your Genes Are Not Your Destiny”
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM | Announcement of recipient for the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award
12:15 pm Students set up afternoon posters
Break | 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Afternoon Poster Presentations 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM (Scandinavian Center)
404 ELMSN 9 posters (#53- #61)
404 TBSN 12 posters (#62- #73)
498 ABSN 5 Posters (#74- #78)
Faculty posters
TBSN 498
| 1 | Kana Lin & Holden Anderson | Alcohol Withdrawal: A Medical Emergency, Not Just a Hangover |
| 2 | Haley Barnesson & Bailey Nagai | From Graduate to Confident Nurse: The Role of New Graduate Residency Programs in Retention |
| 3 | Blaire Bobila | Stroke: A rare but serious risk of combination birth control pills. |
| 4 | Olivia Boehm | Golden Hour - Importance of Golden Hour for Newborn Health Outcomes |
| 5 | Annika Bostrom | Formula Feeding Education & Reducing Stigma |
| 6 | Mara Clay | Trach Emergency Readiness on Pediatric Units |
| 7 | Emma Gassman | Mental health in native communities |
| 8 | Ashley Harvey & Paige Gregory | Preventing preterm labor: Evaluating the effectiveness of hormonal vs. physical methods |
| 9 | Connor Hanson | Late Night Eating and Sleep Quality |
| 10 | Claire Hindman | Placental Assessment: Clinical Indicators of Maternal & Neonatal Complications |
| 11 | My-Phi Huynh & Tessie McBride | How does excessive alarms from medical devices affect patients and healthcare staffs? |
| 12 | Manpreet Kaur & Emily Shaw | How thermoregulation is used for patients in the NICU (heating and cooling) |
| 13 | Esther Kim & Esther Lim | Standardized Hypoglycemia Education for Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Diabetes Patients |
| 14 | Bree Kunkel | Ryan's law |
| 15 | Irene Lee & Claudia Oliveira | Maternal and neonatal outcomes of water birth vs traditional vaginal birth |
| 16 | Stacy Long | Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children |
| 17 | Michaela Springs & Noelani Lopez | The Impact of Nurse Burnout on Patient Care Quality and Safety |
| 18 | Olivia McBride & Mari Oyer | Preeclampsia recognition in the ER - symptom recognition and early nursing interventions |
| 19 | Virginia Neff | Delayed sepsis recognition increases mortality |
| 20 | Amanda Peters | Blood culture contamination |
| 21 | Audrey Poirot | Early Signs of Respiratory Distress in the Pediatric ED |
| 22 | Hannah Quiton | Blenderized vs Commercial Formula for Tube Feedings |
| 23 | Christian Renteria | The Importance of Keeping Patients Warm After Surgical Procedures for Recovery |
| 24 | Hayden Reskey & Sandra Valmonte | Umbilical cord prolapse |
| 25 | Samantha Rivard | Raising awareness of common mental health issues (and how to respond) among med/surg nurses |
| 26 | Chase Ronsse | Early Identification of CVAs in patients with dementia |
| 27 | Jason Sabol | CABG |
| 28 | Tyler Tanaka | Early Identification of Sepsis in the Hospital |
| 29 | Elle Thomas | Moral distress and ethical burnout in the PICU |
| 30 | Rachel Treves | Footware and preventing long-term foot pain |
| 31 | Kaitlyn Tyler | Dying 20 Years Too Soon: Preventable Mortality in Individuals with Serious Mental Illness |
| 32 | Dillon Wells & Aaron Valley | Use of ultrasound guided IV therapy to reduce infiltration rates and improve patient satisfaction |
| 33 | Sierra Vivar & Janis Villaflores | Cultural Barriers to Risk of Coronary Artery Disease in Filipino-Americans and Filipinos Living in the US |
| 34 | John Weldon | How to read EKGs |
| 35 | Mackenzie Wolfe-Harrington | Bridging the Gap Between Recognition and Response in Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring |
| 36 | Ella Ann Wong | Climate-Related Environmental Exposures and Their Effects on Pediatric Morbidity |
DNP 799
| 37 | Cathy Elder | The Use of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to Decrease Burnout in Nurses |
| 38 | Bonface Muniu | Mindfulness for Social Anxiety |
| 39 | Marisa Mack | Optimizing HIV Risk Screening in Primary Care Through a PDSA-Based Clinical Pathway |
| 40 | Ameena Hoosein | Implementation of a Sleep Screening and Education Toolkit in a Family and Multispecialty Clinic |
| 41 | Shukri Salah | Culturally Tailored Diabetes Education to Improve HbA1c and Self-Efficacy Among Somali Immigrants |
| 42 | Carly Hodgman | Utilizing the Menopause Rating Scale in Women Over 40 |
| 43 | Elizabeth Cardozo | Exploring the Impact of a Comfort Menu for In-Office Gynecologic Procedures |
| 44 | Anna Welle | Screening for Health-Related Social Needs in Outpatient Mental Health |
| 45 | Deborah Lim | Motivational Interviewing as an Adjunct Therapy for Weight Management |
| 46 | Ellie Hendrickson | Exploring Lavender Oil Aromatherapy for Anxiety Reduction |
| 47 | Alexandra Rose | Routine Mini-Cog screening in adults 65 and older |
| 48 | Matthew Anderson | Optimizing Reflex Urine Cultures in Urgent Care:A Diagnostic Stewardship Approach |
| 49 | Cecily Stone | The Effects of Mindful Eating in Adolescents |
| 50 | Kendra Hoyt | Impact of Social Prescribing Phone Calls on Loneliness in Caregivers |
| 51 | Reya Grossman | Impact of Auditory Binaural Beat Music: A Home Quality Improvement Study |
| 52 | Jamie Wilson | Piloting a Digital Intimate Partner Violence Screening Tool in Primary Care. |
ELMSN | TBSN 404
| ELMSN | ||
| 53 | Karely Rivas-Camacho, Payton Murai, Tyler Castro, & Katherine Calimlim | Two Systems, One Growing Crisis : Antibiotic Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in Mexico and the United States |
| 54 | Leo Bravo Valenzuela, Lisa Todisco, & Haley-Renee Cornell-Morton | Bolivia vs United States;Culture, Health Systems & Outcomes |
| 55 | Monte Montehermoso, Ava Brooker, Angel Louis, & Katelynn Clark | Back to Sleep, Safer Babies: Comparing SIDS Prevention Efforts in the U.S. & Japan |
| 56 | Hannah Ford, Makenna King, Aureliana Weinstein, & Daniel Rotolo | Childhood Anemia Across Borders: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Peru and the United States |
| 57 | Mercy Nuam, Grace Lopez, Jesusa Ignacio, & Hytzel Oleta | Emergency Care Comparison: United States vs Philippines |
| 58 | Dung Quach, Min Loh, Alanna Sousa, & Erika Vasquez | Cancer Care Across Borders: Spain vs. US |
| 59 | Colin Molloy, Aisha Mbangkollo, Jovan Brown, & Hannah Morris | Sex Education Policy and Health Outcomes in the United States and United Kingdom |
| 60 | Grace Macharia, Pauline Muthii, Lucy Ndichu, & Gosi Lelaka | Cross-Cultural Comparisons in Maternal and Child Health Outcomes: Kenya vs United States |
| 61 | Alaina Pugh, Kiana De Jesus, Sarah Baxstrom, & Sharlene Insong | More Than Medicine : How Culture, Stigma, and Access has Shaped the HIV Epidemic in the US and South Africa |
| TBSN | ||
| 62 | Emma Oswald, Caitlyn Podolak, Kailey Floyd, & Nikolay Nekrasov | Mental Illness Has No Borders |
| 63 | Elyse Prock, Katie Woodward, Rehema Isom, & Aaron Woehl | Does 212 Years of History Change How We Treat Mental Illness? History shapes care. Stigma determines access. |
| 64 | Sonja Dickinson, Edgar Valenzuela, Leann Wagner, & Lucero Torres | Bandages or Barriers; Healthcare Access in America and Congo |
| 65 | Katie Koznarsky, Sydney Christenson, Banreet Kaur, & Evelyn Dow | A Tale of Two Prison Systems |
| 66 | Katelyn Raguse, Chelsea Seldvedt-Janssen, Alissa Powell, & Cory O'Day | Two Nations, One Leading Cause; Getting to the Heart of Cardiovascular Disease |
| 67 | Emily Corbin, Kate French, Sierra Longaker, & Haramy Shimokawa | The Power of Leave : How Policy Shapes Parenthood |
| 68 | Kaiyn Jackson, Joan Njane, & Anna Becker | Lack of Healthcare Workers in Nigeria; Why is Everyone Leaving? |
| 69 | Whitney Loucks, Jillian Cenci, Tara Shields, & Brittany Clanton | The Pacific Gap; Comparing the United States and New Zealand Healthcare Systems |
| 70 | Khushi Dosanjh, Gurnoor Brar, Katrina Wilson, & Kaadejah Sesay | Access to Healthcare; A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Switzerland |
| 71 | Juan Flores del Torro, Andrew Cha, Dylan Jones, & Shanelle Carbonel | Beauty on a Budget; Cosmetic Surgery in Turkey |
| 72 | Nancy Ramirez, Josselin Martinez, Najele Razo, & Dianna Dominguez | When Giving Life Becomes Life Threatening |
| 73 | Yuri Kim, Brianna Colina, Elyza Alagar, & Teona Casul | Unseen Barriers: How Culture Shapes Mental Health Care |
ABSN
| 74 | Melina Karadzic & April Sandoval-Garcia | Bridging the Gap: Cultural Competence, Humility and Workplace Diversity in Advancing Health Equity |
| 75 | Navjot Kaur & Jasleen Pamma | Do Patients with Renal Failure Have Better Quality of Life with Peritoneal Dialysis than Hemodialysis? |
| 76 | Blanche Berg | Animal Assisted Therapy for Reducing Anxiety Symptoms in Hospitalized Patients |
| 77 | Johnny Hernandez-Perez & Sarah Moran | Atrial Fibrillation: Anticoagulants versus Catheter Ablation for Reducing Stroke Risk |
| 78 | Jacky Chan | Nursing Interventions to Help Community-Dwelling Older Adults Manage their Medications |
Faculty
| Heather King PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAAN | Non-Pharmacologic Interventions for Insomnia in Service Members: A Systematic Review |
| Carrie Ann Matyac, DNP, ARNP, FNP, PMHNP, Oredolapo Kartchner, MA, RN* | Healing in the Digital Age: Assessing the Impact of Technology on Traditional vs. Modern Medical Access in Nigeria |
| Brittany Shutes, MD (PI); Kayla Harvey, PhD, RN, PNP-BC; Chance Alvarado, MS; Kate Kanwar, MS; Sandra Staveski, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC, FAAN | Parental Perspectives on Delirium in pediatric cardiac patients (P-POD): A North American Survey |
| Rainey Banick Wood, DNP, ARNP, FNP-C | Bridging the Gap: Continuity of Care and Health Equity for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals |
| Shumenghui Zhai, PhD, MPH, RN1, Adam Haley1, Jingyi Li, PhD, RN2, Frances Chu, PhD, MSN, MLIS, RN3, Zhuoran Huang4, Serena J. Xie, PhD5, Liying Wang, PhD6 and Weichao Yuwen, PhD, RN2, | Artificial Intelligence in Sleep Health: A Systematic Review |
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