This collection houses DNP/DNAP Capstone Projects authored by students from the Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing at Samford University. The projects are in the format of poster presentations with formal abstracts. The posters were approved by Samford faculty, but did not go through a peer-review process prior to inclusion in this repository.
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DNP Capstone Projects
Evaluation of personal intervention compared to automated intervention and the effect on patient appointment adherence, Lisa Looper and Carrie Huffstickler
Evidence-based nurse empathy training to impact nurse empathy knowledge and skills, Hannah Pope and Kristine Rodriguez
Exploring effects of continuous glucose monitoring for patients with type II diabetes mellitus, Gerard Christian Nolan
Falls in acute care settings, Viva Riley-Coleman
Focusing on MEE: Diabetes and transitional care project-diabetes self-management, Greta McGhee, Liza Garza, Annjerald Poe-DeVance, and Kyteria Haynes-Holmes
Gastric POCUS compared to preemptive RSI for GLP-1 receptor agonist management, Thomas Dechant and Maria Ledbetter
Hypotension management in patients with pulmonary hypertension, Braden Clark and Nancy Westbrook
Identification of neuropsychiatric symptoms in chronic pain patients receiving joint and soft tissue corticosteriod injections, Rachel Lise Ciota
Identifying and addressing barriers in type 2 diabetes: A three-step telemedicine approach, Stacy Ann Davis
Identifying coping mechanisms for veterans suffering moral injury: Using the Roy Adaptation Model, Michael Cox and Vonda Skjolsvik
Impact of transitional care interventions, F. Teena Stevenson-Matthews
Implementation and evaluation of a compact CKD reference guide for primary care providers, Monica Cotton
Implementation of a central line maintenance checklist in the medical intensive care unit, Charles Reynolds
Implementation of a formalized nurse manager competency program using AONE competencies, Lisa Bailey and Jenny Caldwell
Implementation of an evidence-based protocol for the diagnosis of asthma, Stephanie Edwards, Kristi Lunceford, and Samer Mazahreh
Implementing Whiteboard use to eliminate unintended retained foreign objects, Kelley Rae Trump
I'm pregnant, now what?: Acceptability and efficacy of an expressive writing intervention to promote coping and adaptation, Rachel W. Steil
Improving access to psychiatric health care through the use of telepsychiatry, Russell Franklin
Improving comfort care through evidence-based practice in the hospital, Taylor Russell
Improving nurse-patient communication to impact patient satisfaction, Wendy Winston-Brister
Improving patient outcomes through increased patient activation and self-management ability in the adult surgical population, Randy Morris
Improving the implementation of the CDC guidelines of the HPV immunization, Destiny Ibrom
Improving the timeliness of retinal exams, Laura Edwards and Andrew Nydegger
Increase colorectal cancer screening rates in a federally qualified health center in Alabama, Janice Parker, Mary Burgess-Parker, and Cherie Keahey
