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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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Perioperative Echocardiography in the Management of Venous Air Embolism, Alyson L. Mason
Benefits of Intracuff Lidocaine in Emergence Cough Prevention, Payton E. Hudson
Multimodal Analgesia in Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery, Cassidy Romans
Sodium Bicarbonate Implications During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Madeline L. DeBuys and David Fort
Radiation: Risk, Exposure and Efficacy of Protective Measures, Jamie M. Holmes
Postoperative Pain Management and Breast Surgery, Jessica Compton Chisenhall and Maria Ledbetter
Alleviation of Tourniquet Pain in Orthopedic Surgery, Ian Perkins and Nancy Westbrook
RAAS Inhibitor-Induced Refractory Hypotension in Anesthetized Patients, Cristina Basulescu Pfister and Amy Snow
Decreasing the Incidence of Residual Neuromuscular Blockade, Jada Parish and Amy Snow
Preserving Quadriceps Strength in Athletes After ACL Reconstruction, Kate Johnson
General Anesthesia with Adductor Canal Block for Knee Arthroscopy, Amanda B. Wood
Ephedrine or Phenylephrine for Parturient Spinal-Induced Hypotension, Niki T. Alexander
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Depression screening in children and adolescents on epilepsy monotherapy using the modified PHQ-9, Barbara Peters
Sex trafficking education for nurses in a pediatric emergency department, Dannelle Paz
Evidence-based nurse empathy training to impact nurse empathy knowledge and skills, Hannah Pope and Kristine Rodriguez
Reducing unnecessary head CTs in adult emergency department patients with head injuries through implementation of a provider training initiative, Kelli McAllister and Susannah Sitton
Efficacy of EOIP plane blocks for upper abdominal procedures, Morgan Self and Nancy Westbook
Is melatonin a viable alternative to a benzodiazepine perioperatively?, Graham Herndon, Maria Ledbetter, and Terri Cahoon
Efficacy of cryoanalgesia in thoracic surgery, Thomas Parrish, David Fort, and David Sanford
Cerebral oximetry monitor efficacy during one lung ventilation, Karigan Bonner
Intraoperative methadone for postoperative pain in spine surgery, Nathaniel Cline
Aspiration risk with long-acting GLP-1 RAs, Nicole Jessen and Cassandra King
Quadratus lumborum block for analgesia following cesarean delivery, Kathryn Merola and Mary Elizabeth Greenway
Anesthetic management for patients prescribed GLP-1 agonists, Alexa Pratt and Lauren Barnes
Anesthesia implications of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 receptor agonist, James Billings and Amy Snow
