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SPRING COMMENCEMENTMAY 16, 20201
VIRTUAL CEREMONIESSCHOOL OF NURSINGFounded in 1909 and recognized as the first nursing program establishedwithin a university, the University of Minnesota School of Nursing continues tolead the profession into the future.With a mission to generate knowledge and prepare nurse leaders who create,lead and participate in holistic efforts to improve the health of all people, theschool and its research are addressing health issues across the life span witha focus on health promotion among vulnerable populations, prevention andmanagement of chronic health conditions, symptom management, and health/nursing informatics and systems innovation.The school is ranked among the top programs in nursing informatics and isinternationally renowned for its efforts to improve health and health carethrough the use of big data.The school has a combined undergraduate and graduate enrollment ofapproximately 1,035 students. Discover more at www.nursing.umn.edu.EARL E BAKKEN CENTER FOR SPIRTUALITY & HEALINGFounded in 1995, the University of Minnesota’s Earl E. Bakken Center forSpirituality & Healing enriches health and wellbeing by providing exemplaryinterprofessional education, conducting rigorous research, delivering engagingcommunity programs and advancing innovative models of care. It is ourvision to advance the health and wellbeing of individuals, organizations andcommunities through integrative health and healing.Our faculty are leaders from diverse academic backgrounds and arepassionate experts in their fields. Nearly 2,000 students take our courseseach academic year, and thousands participate annually in center communityworkshops.2UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTACommencement AddressJoan Gabel, JDPresident, University of MinnesotaOn Behalf of StudentsThe Honorable Mike O. KenyanyaUniversity of Minnesota Board of RegentsOn Behalf of FacultyJohn S. Wright, PhDProfessor Emeritus, College of Liberal Arts, AfricanAmerican and African StudiesOn Behalf of AlumniMichael Osterholm, PhD, MPHDirector, Center for Infectious Disease Research and PolicyConferral of DegreesThe Honorable Kendall J. PowelUniversity of Minnesota Board of Regents, ChairSCHOOL OF NURSING andBAKKEN CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY & HEALINGPomp and CircumstanceMinnesota OrchestraWelcomeConnie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FNAPProfessor and Dean, School of NursingMary Jo Kreitzer, PhD, RN, FAANDirector, Bakken Center for Spirituality & HealingProfessor, School of NursingCommencement AddressDeborah Trautman, PhD, RN, FAANPresident and Chief Executive OfficerAmerican Association of Colleges of NursingPresentation of Pins andHoodsDean Connie White DelaneyClosing RemarksDean Connie White Delaney3
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERDeborah Trautman, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the presidentand chief executive officer of the AmericanAssociation of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).Formerly the executive director of the Centerfor Health Policy and Healthcare Transformationat Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Trautman has heldclinical and administrative leadership positions atthe University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and theJohns Hopkins Medical Institutions. She also servedas the vice president of patient care services forHoward County General Hospital and as directorof Nursing for Emergency Medicine at the JohnsHopkins Hospital. She has held a joint appointmentat the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.Dr. Trautman received a BSN from West VirginiaWesleyan College, an MSN from the Universityof Pittsburgh, and a PhD in health policy from theUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County.She has authored publications on health policy,intimate partner violence, pain management, clinicalcompetency, change management, cardiopulmonarybypass, the use of music in the emergencydepartment and consolidating emergency services.2020 SPRING GRADUATESBachelor of Science inNursingMiriam BlombergSaint Cloud, MNJaeseok AhnPlymouth, MNCarolyn BrandMadison, WISamantha AngellBecker, MNDistinctionRachel BrandtGreendale, MNDistinctionBarbara Aniagyei AgyakoRochester, MNDistinctionHannah BrummundWelch, MNFaith AnyasikeDawson, MNMadalyn BadenShakopee, MNTimothy BaekCottage Grove, MNSarah BediakoMinneapolis, MNBlaire BemelMendota Heights, MNSumma Cum LaudeDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyJuston BentsWorthington, MNAnn BerdanSaint Cloud, MNDistinctionTaylor BudnickBrooklyn Park, MNSophie ChenStockton, MNSumma Cum LaudeSTTI Honor SocietyRachel ChmielewskiWoodbury, MNJane ClaeysEden Prairie, MNSumma Cum LaudeDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyBrooke CoteOrr, MNElena BueltelOwatonna, MNHigh DistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyLily CunaginMinneapolis, MNJosephine BuerkleRoseville, MNHigh DistinctionMiki DahlinYokosuka Naval Base, MNMagna Cum LaudeDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietySarah CardaLittleton, COKaelyn CarlsonRochester, MNJacqueline CarrollMankato, MNHigh DistinctionJonathan Cevallos *Kasson, MNGabrielle De NoiaLibertyville, MNShelby DeFrangNewport, MNEmily DelaneyHouston, MNHigh DistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyBailey DucommunStanley, MNAshley BichelCaledonia, MN(*) indicates graduate has provided service to the military45
2020 SPRING GRADUATES2020 SPRING GRADUATESJada EliasAdrian, MNCharline GardnerChino, MNUbah Hussain AliPortland, MNFartun ElmiRochester, MNJade GoldufskyVernon Hills, ILDistinctionOlivia JacobsSaint Cloud, MNSumma Cum LaudeIsaac GroomsPlymouth, MNValina Jean-LouisMadison, MNAli GroskreutzChaska, MNEmma JohnsonMinneapolis, MNDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyZoe EppersonMinnetonka, MNDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyMadeline EricksonRichardson, MNDistinctionRachel EversoleLanesboro, MNDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyBrianna FesenmaierBurnsville, MNKristin FleissnerMinneapolis, MNDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyDavid Fonseca-LozanoHastings, MNLuke FordFaribault, MNKayli FrenchSavage, MNDistinctionSydni FryerRochester, MNErin GuseBlaine, MNAshton HaakeLewiston, MNDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyMadelyn JohnsonOakdale, MNDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyKatrina HassigWisconsin Rapids, MNAllison KellerSavage, MNHigh DistinctionIsabel HaupfearSaint Louis, MNKatelyn KemmetmuellerRogers, MNSarah HayneyWaunakee, MNKathleen KiniDePere, MNDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyHannah HeitkampExcelsior, MNMagna Cum LaudeAlexandra HolmbergStillwater, MNAlyssa HornFranklin, WIBrandon KischApple Valley, MNMadisen LynchSaint Louis Park, MNCorey Matthews*New Orleans, MNQuin McCormickHutchinson, MNDistinctionDarlene MenardReadsboro, VTHigh DistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyRuwayda MohamedBlaine, MNSara MorrisByron, MNDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyOlivia NachtsheimWest Saint Paul, MNHigh DistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyJonathan NghiemFarmington, MNEddah OsoroShakopee, MNNaomi SchmulewitzSaint Paul, MNHalia ParrottNorthbrook, ILDistinctionRyan SchrammEsko, MNJenna PatznerSaint Charles, ILCarly SchraufnagelGermantown, MNDistinctionVictoria PelkeySaint Francis, MNAbbigayle SchultzLester Prairie, MNMadeline PerinovicMenomonee Falls, MNTrevor SchwarzSpring Valley, MNSamantha PolettiPinetop-Lakeside, AZHigh DistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyCiera SiebersRacine, MNKatie RasmussenAlbert Lea, MNHannah ReichlSaint Cloud, MNAlina NguyenWoodbury, MNRobert Sommers*Muskego, MNVictoria SontagFarmington, MNCloe SpaethSaint Charles, MNElise NoletInver Grove Heights, MNMegan RinehartRochester, MNSTTI Honor SocietyAubrey StahlRochester, MNAlyssa O’DonnellRosemount, MNNicholas RinkChilton, MNAbby SteinhoffHam Lake, MNOhifamen OjeikhodionRochester, MNAleksandra RybakinaEagan, MNHigh DistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyNatalie StopferEagan, MNHolly OsborneRochester, MNDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietySydney StraubPrior Lake, MNOscar Sanchez AmezcuaDodge Center, MN(*) indicates graduate has provided service to the military67
2020 SPRING GRADUATESHannah SullivanPlymouth, MNDistinctionYa ThaoSaint Paul, MNRebecca ThelenAndover, MNAllison TraskMadison, MNSumma Cum LaudeMaria TurchCircle Pines, MNHigh DistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyJennifer UlvenMaplewood, MNDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyElizabeth van LaarhovenPlymouth, MNKate VinskiRochester, MNJordan WallaceAndover, MNHigh DistinctionGrant WassRochester, MN2020 SPRING GRADUATESMalynn WeimanEden Prairie, MNHigh DistinctionSTTI Honor SocietyBrianne ZieglerLino Lakes, MNDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietySamantha WeisserCenterville, MNMagna Cum LaudeSamantha ZielinskiPrior Lake, MNMcKenna WensmanSaint Cloud, MNDistinctionMadison WileySioux Falls, MNKristin WilkMinneapolis, MNDistinctionSTTI Honor SocietySara WittrockElk River, MNDistinctionSara WoodringEden Prairie, MNMitchell WoonerEyota, MNAlysa ZachowBaraboo, WIHigh DistinctionKathryn ZardzinMount Prospect, MNMorgan WeberWest Salem, MNHealth Care Designand InnovationCertificateErin DohertyWaterdown, OntarioCanadaTanner EarnestMidland, TXColleen Kraft PeyerlRedwood Falls, MNSTTI Honor SocietyMarena Maupin *Paradox, COSTTI Honor SocietyAlexis RueggMinneapolis, MNSTTI Honor SocietyLeadership in HealthInformationTechnology for HealthProfessionalsCertificateJeffrey MorseGoodrich, MISTTI Honor SocietyCarren OndaraCoon Rapids, MNJethrone RoleRiverside, CAPediatric Primary CareNurse PractionerCertficateAdrienne CronkMinneapolis, MNKaylee AdamsSaint Cloud, MNPost-Baccalaureate,Doctor of NursingPracticeAdult/GerontologicalClinical Nurse SpecialistDeborah Anne BraunSt. AnthonyMinneapolis, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Niloufar HadidiProject: In HomeEducation to StrokeSurvivor and CaregiverDyadsNicole GreeneRogers, MNSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: ChristineMuellerProject: Implementationof Distress Screening inAmbulatory BreastCenter: A QualityImprovement ProjectSarah OsborneMinneapolis, MNSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: ChristineMuellerProject: ImprovingOutcomes for Patientswith Dementia:Implementation of aCommunication ToolHannah ShibeshiSaint Louis Park, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Niloufar HadidiProject: Home-basedEducation: IncreasingStroke Literacy andCoping Mechanisms forStroke Survivors andCaregiversAdult/GerontologicalPrimary Care NursePractitionerAlexandra ArakawaStacy, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Mary SteffesProject: Caring forAdults at Risk for PostIntensive CareSyndrome: An ICUJournal QualityImprovement ProjectJesse BachLakeville, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Kristine TalleyProject: ImplementingOpioid PrescribingGuidelines in a TCUSettingKari BakkeMinnetonka, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Sheila SmithProject: Reducing theUse of as-neededPsychotropics inPersons with DementiaTristan FinAlbuquerque, NM(*) indicates graduate has provided service to the military89
2020 SPRING GRADUATESMegan DanielsonMaplewood, MNSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Diana DrakeProject: Implementationof an STI RiskAssessment Tool toIncrease ScreeningRates for Gonorrheaand Chlamydia inPeople Living with HIV(PLWH)Lucinda Getz JolstadFargo, NDSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Ryan MaysProject: SurvivorshipCare PlanImplementation forHead and Neck CancerSurvivorsAmber Keyes-Benner *Eagan, MNSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Erica SchorrProject: Implementationof the Skilled NursingFacilityRehospitalization RiskAssessment Tool2020 SPRING GRADUATESKyle MuellerWhitehall, MIDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Laura KirkProject: HomecareImplementation ofWound Tool for LowerLeg Venous StasisUlcers: A Quality Improvement ProjectHannah OswaldWausau, WIDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Raney LinckProject: DecreasingAs-NeededPsychotropicMedications in AssistedLiving: A QualityImprovement ProjectMoe Norton-WestbrookWalnut Creek, CADNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Erica TimkoOlsonProject: Safeguardingthe Hospice ElectronicHealth Record:A Quality ImprovementProject to ImproveMedicationReconciliation WorkflowRandy PetersonBloomington, MNSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Donna BlissProject: PalliativeWounds in Hospice:Implementation of aStandardized WoundManagement Protocol:A Quality ImprovementProjectEmily OrdalSioux Falls, SDDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Mary GoeringProject: Implementationof a StandardizedHierarchical PainAssessment Protocol ina Long-Term CareFacility for Residentswith Dementia: A QIProjectFamily NursePractitionerJessica BakerKansas City, MOSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Kim MooreProject: PatientDecision Aids andPerspectives RegardingShared Decision Makingin HypertensiveManagementAlicia CreppsHelena, MTSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Sarah WoodProject: Improving theEvaluation of FunctionalCapacity in PatientsUndergoing NonCardiac Surgery Usingthe Duke Activity StatusIndexAmy GarmakerSouth Saint Paul, MNSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Ann HaydenProject: Addressing theEffects of EmergencyDepartment Crowdingwith Lean Thinking andTwo-Tiered TriageKyra IscherCottage Grove, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Mary BenbenekProject: UncoveringBarriers to BreastCancer Screening inWomen of ColorAndrea JordanWatertown, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Eileen WeberProject: InorganicMercury Screening inPregnancy to ReduceHarmful Exposures: AQuality ImprovementProjectChelsea McCayTulsa, OKSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Mary SteffesProject: The Effect of anEducational Intervention and Guideline inImproving NutritionalCare for Older AdultsMichelle MyersSaint Louis Park, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Jane AndersonProject: PediatricPathway: Implementingan Evidenced BasedWorkflow toStandardize Well-ChildCare in a FamilyPractice ClinicMiranda NeubauerEden Prairie, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Jane AndersonProject: PediatricPathway: Implementingan Evidence BasedWorkflow toStandardize Well-ChildCare in a FamilyPractice ClinicMegan OslundIsanti, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Mary BenbenekProject: PediatricPathway: Implementingan Evidence BasedWorkflow toStandardize Well-ChildCare in a FamilyPractice ClinicKatelyn PedersenStillwater, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Mary BenbenekProject: IdentifyingBarriers to CervicalCancer Screening inWomen of Color: AQuality ImprovementProject(*) indicates graduate has provided service to the military1011
2020 SPRING GRADUATESVan PhamOklahoma City, OKDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Ann HaydenProject: StandardizeMedical AssistantsWorkflow to DecreaseVisit Cycle Time in anUrban Primary CareClinicMolly PhillipsChanhassen, MNSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: JudithPechacekProject: ImprovingQuality Improvement:Utilizing ImplementationScience and TheoreticalFrameworks to Informa Successful ProjectImplementation andDisseminationAllison PrattSaint Paul, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: WendyLoomanProject: ImprovingNutrition Curriculumfor the CLiMB (“I Careand Love My Body”)Program: A WellnessProgram for IslamicWomen at the Pearlsof Hope CommunityCenterKristina SteinhauserMaple Grove, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Mary ChesneyProject: ImprovingPediatric Patient andFamily SurgeryPreparedness byImplementing a WebBased Task ManagerPlatformVirginia VillarrealOceanside, CADNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Mary BenbenekProject: ImprovingInpatient Wound CareThrough Enhanced StaffEducationHealth Innovation andLeadershipErin DohertyWaterdown, OntarioCanadaDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Teddie PotterProject: Nursing Careand the MaternalExperience: The Impactof a Healthy WorkEnvironment2020 SPRING GRADUATESTanner EarnestMidland, TXDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Teddie PotterProject: Mentoring NewGraduate RegisteredNurses in the IntensiveCare Unit: A QualityImprovement ProjectColleen Kraft PeyerlRedwood Falls, MNSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Teddie PotterProject: A SystemsPerspective onImproving HealthcareResiliency Using aMindfulnessInterventionMarena Maupin*Paradox, COSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Teddie PotterProject: Nurse-PhysicianCommunication: AQuality ImprovementProjectTara NicholsGrand Rapids, MISTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Teddie PotterProject: QualityImprovement of Nonpharmacologic PainManagement in PrimaryCareAlexis RueggMinneapolis, MNSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: JudithPechacekProject: QualityImprovement Project toReduce NewbornMetabolic Acidosis:Improving TeamCommunication Relatedto Category II FetalHeart Rate TracingsNaomi ThomasTaipei, TaiwanSTTI Honor SocietyDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Carol FlatenProject: Promote JustCulture byDeveloping aSystematic ErrorReporting Program forPre-licensure NursingStudentsIntegrative Health andHealingLaura Gastelum*Niwot, CODNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: SusanO’Conner-VonProject: Creating anIntegrative Supportand Wellness Groupfor Inpatient Veteranswith Cancer: A QualityImprovement ProjectNicole LeandMinneapolis, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: DeborahRingdahlProject: Benefits andUtilization of anAromatherapy Protocolin CommonGynecologicalProcedures: A QualityImprovement ProjectNurse AnesthesiaAllison BeilkeAppleton, WIDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Cynthia BradleyProject: Reducing theFacility Use ofDesflurane and NitrousOxide During GeneralAnesthesia Through theImplementation of anEducation Initiative andAnesthesia MachineDecalKara BiscobingMilwaukee, WIDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Ryan MaysProject: A Multimodal,Algorithmic Protocol forPrevention of PONV: AQuality ImprovementProjectKirk Butler*Sikeston, MODNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Danilo LovinariaProject: Shoulderingthe Burden: Adoptionof Liposomal Bupivacaine for InterscaleneNerve Blocks in PatientsUndergoing ShoulderSurgery: A QualityImprovement Project(*) indicates graduate has provided service to the military1213
2020 SPRING GRADUATESTrevor GoldsmithEau Claire, WIDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Danilo LovinariaProject: Implementationof a StandardizedHand-off Tool toEnhance Patient Safetyand ImprovePerioperativeCommunicationMichelle HazeltonWinona, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Danilo LovinariaProject: Implementationof an Evidence-BasedPerioperativeSubcutaneous InsulinProtocol to PreventHyperglycemia andSurgical Site InfectionsKatharine KielerPlatteville, WIDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Danilo LovinariaProject: ReducingTotal Knee ArthroplastySurgical Site Infectionsthrough Implementationof a PerioperativeHyperglycemiaProtocol: A QualityImprovement ProjectAndrew MattilaMaple Grove, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Danilo LovinariaProject: SubcutaneousInsulin ManagementProtocol in DiabeticPatients UndergoingGeneral AbdominalSurgery: A QualityImprovement ProjectGeorge HirschboeckSleepy Eye, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Mary Fran TracyProject: Implementationof a Narcotic-SparingProtocol in PatientsUndergoing Total Kneeand ShoulderArthroplasty withPeripheral Nerve Block2020 SPRING GRADUATESAshley MulvihillRochester, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: DereckSalisburyProject: Implementationof a Perioperative LungProtective VentilationStrategy Protocol forPatients at High-Risk forPulmonaryComplicationsPostoperatively AfterReceiving GeneralAnesthesia forAbdominal Surgery: AQuality Improvement(QI) ProjectD’Angela RosaEden Prarie, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Mary Fran TracyProject: Implementationof a Narcotic-SparingProtocol Checklist withPeripheral Nerve Blocksin ShoulderArthroplasty SurgeriesBrynnStofferahn-MercurioFargo, NDDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: RoxanneMcMurrayProject: Single-UsePatient Specific Tapefor the Securement ofEndotracheal TubesKalina TaylorShoreview, MNDNP ScholarlyProject Advisers:Shanda Demorest &Cynthia BradleyProject: Reducing theConsumption of HighClimate ImpactAnesthetic GasesDuring GeneralAnesthesia: A QualityImprovement ProjectNurse-MidwiferyJennifer CraggSaint Paul, MNDNP Scholarly ProjectAdviser: Melissa AveryProject: Standardizingthe Management ofCategory II Fetal HeartRate Tracings in aUniversity HospitalMelinda DensonMinneapolis, MNDNP ScholarlyProject Adviser:Kathleen KrichbaumProject: ImprovePrenatal Learning ina Low Health LiteracyPopulation Using iPadTechnologyEmily FlahivePella, IADNP ScholarlyProject Adviser:Barbara McMorrisProject: ImprovingWomen’s Future HealthStatus: PostpartumGlucose Screening inPatients withGestational DiabetesEyita GagaRochester, M
Founded in 1909 and recognized as the first nursing program established within a university, the University of Minnesota School of Nursing continues to lead the profession into the future. . DNP Scholarly Project Adviser: Mary Steffes Project: The Effect of an Educational Interven-
