Date of Conferral
2021
Degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Advisor
Stoerm Anderson
Abstract
The delivery of patient-centered care is central to many healthcare initiatives. However, the national nursing shortage and the task-oriented nature of the nursing process can make the delivery of this type of care difficult. Nursing as a caring science requires nurses to have an in-depth understanding of how the care they provide impacts patient dignity. Although the Patient Dignity Question is effective as a dignity-preserving intervention, the project facility offered no orientation or educational opportunities that specifically related to patient dignity. This project was a multimodal educational intervention on protecting patient dignity with pre- and posteducation survey assessments. The practice-focused question asked if nurses were more likely to incorporate strategies to address patient dignity in patient care after the education than before. For this project, Lewin’s model for planned change was used. Thirteen nurses completed a multi-modal education program over the course of two weeks. Comparative inferential analysis of the data revealed a few items that were of statistical significance between the pre-/post education survey results and a few others with larger differences in means and moderately low p-values, that though close, were not considered to be statistically significant. Upon completion of the multi-modal education program there was a shift in perspective that allowed nurses to reflect on the factors they felt most impacted the delivery of dignity-preserving care. This project has promoted positive social change by broadening the focus of patient dignity to encompass all patients within the acute care setting rather than only those receiving palliative or hospice care services.
Recommended Citation
Flick, Jennifer Kepler, "The Patient Dignity Project" (2021). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 11468.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/11468
