Graduate Student Research

YCP nursing graduate students study evidence-based practice research practice and apply it to a clinical project.

Student present their findings to their classmates and submit an article based on the project for publication in a nursing journal. Some students present the infrmation at professional conferences.


Here are some recent articles written by YCP graduate students who have now graduated with their master's of science in Nursing degree:

Robin Crowley, CRNA

"Total knee arthroplasty in a patient with diastrophic dwarfism" published in American Association of Nursing Anesthesia Journal.

Cynthia Stermer RN, BC, MS

"Helping your patient after breast reconstruction" published in Nursing.

 Valerie Smeltzer RN, MS, CCRN-CSC

“Transfusion related acute lung injury” published in Nursing 2010 Critical Care.

MissySchneiderNursing  Melissa Schneider, DNP, RN-BC, ONC

"Nurse-physician collaboration: A cornerstone to positive patient outcomes" published in Nursing.