Date of Conferral

2021

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Barbara Gross

Abstract

AbstractThis doctoral project aimed to assess how the provision of a mental health providers’ education program regarding the use of cognitive-behavioral therapy for self-harm would assist in preventing and reducing self-harm incidents in an adolescents’ psychiatric unit. The project entailed a literature search that used various databases. The doctoral project relied on evidence deduced from systematic reviews, meta-analyses, randomized controlled trials, and well-designed controlled trials without randomization. The evidence obtained from the studies formulated an education program for the providers. The education program was based on John Hopkins nursing evidence-based practice model, lewin’s change theory, and the adult learning theory. The impact of the education program was assessed using pre- and postintervention surveys. Thirty-two participants, comprised of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, were administered questionnaires before and after the education session to determine whether the program resulted in any significant improvement concerning their knowledge of CBT as a treatment for self-harm. The pre- and postintervention survey results indicated that the education session was impactful in enhancing the providers’ knowledge of CBT in reducing and preventing self-harm among adolescents. In the preintervention questionnaire, the participants had a mean score of 48% compared to 92% in the postintervention survey. These results suggest that the doctoral project will promote social change by significantly improving the competence of nurses in attending to adolescents with self-harm behavior at the study site. This enhanced competence may result in enhanced safety and clinical outcomes of affected patients at the practice site.

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