Date of Conferral
2020
Degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
School
Nursing
Advisor
Diane Whitehead
Abstract
Heart failure is a chronic health condition that can have devastating effects on thephysical and social well-being of patients. One critical component to heart failure treatment is understanding of the disease process and daily self-management for patients. The gap in practice at an acute care facility in the northwest United States was the lack of comprehensive discharge patient teaching to patients diagnosed with heart failure. The project explored if a heart failure education session for nurses would increase knowledge and competency on heart failure education. Knowle’s theory of adult learning was used to frame the project components. Thirty-one nursing staff and supervisors from one medical-surgical unit participated in the program with 25 participants (80.6% response rate) completing the post program evaluation survey rated on a Likert scale rating from 5 (excellent or strongly agree) to 1 (needs improvement or strongly disagree). The mean item scores ranged from 92% to 100%. Results noted 100% agreement (n = 25) that knowledge and competence on use of evidence-based practice strategies for patients with heart failure was increased. Areas of gain included ability to teach patients about pathophysiology, identify important patient education resources for patient teaching on self-management and tools for at home monitoring; and explore the challenges and successes in managing care among patient with heart failure. The potential and positive social change implications of this doctoral project are increased quality of life for
Recommended Citation
Davio, Christopher, "Reducing Heart Failure Readmissions through Staff Education" (2020). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 10112.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/10112
