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 2022
TIVA for tubeless spontaneous ventilation pediatric airway procedures, Brandyn Weatherford and Mary E. Greenway
Optimal effective oxytocin dosing in cesarean section deliveries, James A., III Brown and Terri Cahoon
Effective ventilation strategies for one-lung ventilation, Michael Kirkpatrick and Maria Ledbetter
Safe practice of medication administration by anesthesia practitioners, Eryn Krehbiel
Reducing the risks of stress with the implementation of the Bundled Strategy Plan, Debbie Lewallen
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Reducing social isolation in the elderly: Development of an algorithm for determining interventions, Sara W. Merkle and Julie Brown Nix
Behavioral interventions to decrease disparity among African American women with hypertension, Angela D. Hamby
Identifying and addressing barriers in type 2 diabetes: A three-step telemedicine approach, Stacy Ann Davis
Strategies to improve appointment no show rate at a rural healthcare clinic, Kelli Jane Bowen
Digital health interventions in type 2 diabetes to reduce non-traumatic lower extremity amputations (NLEA) through diabetes self-management education and daily foot inspection reminders, Olusola Ajeleti-Olufadeju, Jan Burt-Tidwell, and DeAviance Fowlks-Turner
Improving the implementation of the CDC guidelines of the HPV immunization, Destiny Ibrom
Perceptions of pediatric obesity in the rural community setting, Kathyrn Smith
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
TAPPED: Teaching advanced practice providers about erectile dysfunction, Monique Cornett and Felicia Wadley
Standardized management of early pregnancy loss in a midwifery clinic, Hannah Diaz
Development of culturally tailored prenatal nutritional counseling for Hispanic women, Manola McCain
Keeping heart failure patients in the "Loop": Creating a sustainable program, Rachel E. Phelps
Improving nurse-patient communication to impact patient satisfaction, Wendy Winston-Brister
Eliminating gastric residual volume checks to enhance nutrition in critically ill patients, Hannah Landgrave
Reducing postoperative coughing with intravenous lidocaine, Rosalind Benson
Reducing postpartum depression through implementation of postpartum depression screenings, Hannah Bucklew, Jane-Anne Garrick, and Lauren Shaw
The use of gait belts to minimize falls in long-term care facility residents, Tania D. Chery
Rate of adherence in patients with diabetes when using smart phone applications to document blood glucose levels, Lindsay Crocker
Dexmedetomidine: One approach for multimodal opioid–sparing analgesia, Mildred Franklin, David Sanford, and Lisa Herbinger
Simulation for poison center telephone triage: A model for quality improvement of training, LaDonna Gaines
