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 2024
Opioid-free anesthesia in bariatric surgery, Lindsay Horn
Catheter-guided nasotracheal intubation and incidence of trauma, Rachel Land and David Fort
Ketamine's effect on postoperative remifentanil-induced hyperalgesia, Madeline Tisdale
Hypotension management in patients with pulmonary hypertension, Braden Clark and Nancy Westbrook
Sphenopalatine ganglion block for postdural puncture headache, Elizabeth Haferkamp and Terri Cahoon
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Substance use disorders: Raising awareness amongst nurses, Evelynn Githiiyu
The depths of despair: Nurses reflect on the COVID-19 Pandemic, Mary Maloney and Linda Taylor
Evaluation of a behavioral intervention for prevention of weight regain following bariatric surgery, Lisa Kuntz
New graduate registered nurse well-being program to improve patient outcomes, Heather Richardson and Carrie Flora
Personalized positive end-expiratory pressure, Glenn Ray
Video-assisted double lumen tubes: The new gold standard?, Justin Norris
Tranexamic acid administration routes for total knee arthroplasty, Christopher Ryan Lonis
The use of neuraxial dexmedetomidine in the caesarean patient, Garrett Franklin
Methods of intra-operative airway exchange, Catherine Kinney and Lauren Barnes
Oxygen delivery with high risk hypoxemia esophagogastroduodenoscopy, Josh Faught
Minimizing the environmental impact of anesthesia, Ann Marie Gieger
Videolaryngoscopy with hyperangled vs. Macintosh-shaped blades, Brooke Harris
Dexmedetomidine in pediatric patients at risk for emergence delirium, Olivia Hennessy and Terri Cahoon
Emergence delirium prevention in maxillofacial surgery, Rebecca Outlaw
Opioid-free anesthesia: Examining postoperative pain control, Casey Snell
Ramifications and prevention of preoperative anxiety, Abigail Brady
Esophageal manometer-guided ventilation strategies in the obese, Austin Ford
Effectiveness of virtual reality for anxiolysis in pediatrics, Rebecca Dickinson Hackney
PENG block for total hip arthroplasty, Josefina Munoz and Lisa Herbinger
Preoperative tranexamic acid use in secondary postpartum hemorrhage, Katie Waid and Mary Beth Greenway
