Date of Conferral
2021
Degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
School
Nursing
Advisor
Melanine Braswell
Abstract
Girls and women carry the burden of negative consequences of untreated sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), such as chlamydia and gonorrhea. Screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea by increasing self-collected vaginal swabbing (SCVS) can improve access of care and prevent delayed treatment. Nurses may support their patients if they receive training in how to teach screening for sexual self-healthcare. The purpose of this project was to develop and conduct a staff education program in an urban primary care clinic. The project addressed whether the education program would increase nurses’ knowledge of SCVS. The goal is to ultimately increase female patients’ access to chlamydia and gonorrhea screening and prevent them from contracting more extreme illnesses. Incorporating Knowles’ adult learning theory and Orem’s’ self -care theory became the foundation for creating an education program that increases nursing staff’s knowledge and augments patient self-care engagement. A total of 13 participants volunteered and completed the one hour SCVS staff educational program and completed the pre- and post-assessments. The findings for the pre-assessment (M = 50.0; SD = 19.09) and post-assessment (M = 88.5; SD = 9.49) indicated a learner gain, with the difference in means being 38.5 (SE = 4.9963). The t-test results indicated a significant difference between pre- and post-assessment scores: t = -7.698, df = 12, p < .001. In future, integrating SCVS training into nursing practice is essential for increasing patient access to care and providing positive social change in urban communities’ sexual healthcare.
Recommended Citation
tugman, Cheryl marie, "Staff Education Program for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Self-Collected Vaginal Swabbing" (2021). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 11236.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/11236
