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
Monitored anesthesia care for transcatheter aortic valve replacements, Marlee Murphree and David Sanford
Neuraxial ultrasound for lumbar spinal anesthesia in obese patients, Kendall Carlis and Terri Cahoon
New graduate registered nurse well-being program to improve patient outcomes, Heather Richardson and Carrie Flora
Opioid-free anesthesia: Examining postoperative pain control, Casey Snell
Opioid-free anesthesia in bariatric surgery, Lindsay Horn
Opioid-sparing anesthesia in adult orthopedic surgery, Janki R. Patel and Nancy Ann Westbrook
Opioid-sparing measures for laparoscopic-assisted segmental colectomy, Aleen Joy McGowan
Optimal effective oxytocin dosing in cesarean section deliveries, James A., III Brown and Terri Cahoon
Oxygen delivery with high risk hypoxemia esophagogastroduodenoscopy, Josh Faught
Pain in African Americans: Optimizing pain management in the African American patient population using a health policy development study method, Shjuan Crockett, Deon Scott, and Emily Worthy
PENG block for total hip arthroplasty, Josefina Munoz and Lisa Herbinger
PENG regional block for hip procedures, Ethan Simmons
Perceptions of pediatric obesity in the rural community setting, Kathyrn Smith
Perioperative management of patients on buprenorphine-naloxone, Surafel Kirubel and David Fort
Perioperative opioid sparing techniques in pediatric tonsillectomy, Andrew Bourg and Lisa Herbinger
Personalized positive end-expiratory pressure, Glenn Ray
Pivot nursing: Improving emergency department input, Jacquline Jansen
Postoperative delirium and treatment with Physostigmine, John Patrick Haltom
Preoperative opioid education, Hunter Tinnell
Preoperative tranexamic acid use in secondary postpartum hemorrhage, Katie Waid and Mary Beth Greenway
Preparing for a successful preceptorship: A toolkit on precepting nurse practitioner students, Kimberly Wilson
Preventing early-onset neonatal sepsis: A collaborative approach to promoting adaptation for asymptomatic neonates, Wendi Gines
Preventing emergence delirium after anesthesia in veterans with PTSD, Kimberly Wendland and Lauren Barnes
Prioritizing patient flow utilizing a patient discharge center, Demica Williams
Propofol as anesthetic agent for electroconvulsive therapy, Madison Groom and David Sanford
