Mary Hodges

Pilot study Fall of 2023 on the Polytechnic campus assessing the feasibility and scalability of texting student nurses as a remedy to increase student engagement with coursework and faculty communications. Results demonstrate a text response time of ten minutes for those that engaged with the texts; and students reported favorably to questions regarding texting as a method to increase meaning between coursework, lecture, and practice without becoming intrusive or blurring the line of professionalism. 

My DNP Project (2020-2022) involved integrating evidence-based research into a process improvement plan to increase client engagement with a local pro-life pregnancy center's online educational programs. I further researched the impact of self-efficacy experienced by those participating in my project. Results demonstrated a significant increase in client engagement with the online programs, and statistically significant improvement in self-efficacy.