Date of Conferral

2021

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Bridgette Malchow

Abstract

The cases of burnout among nurses are increasing. The problem that has been identified for this DNP project relates to the lack of hospital nursing staff knowledge regarding the skills to address nurse burnout. Many staff nurses continue to work as usual despite showing severe symptoms of nurse burnout. The purpose of the DNP project was to fill the identified practice gap, a lack of knowledge and skills among nurses on strategies of preventing and controlling burnout, by implementing an educational program. The focus for this DNP project was to develop an evidence-based nursing staff education program on nurse burnout to help increase nurses’ knowledge regarding burnout. The DNP project was informed by the conservation of resource theory and the Neumann systems model. Evidence from project participants was collected to establish the level of knowledge on burnout. An educational program was presented to 23 staff nurses via Zoom. A pre- and posttest was used to measure their change in knowledge. Ninety-eight percent of the participants attributed workload as the main cause of nurse burnout. Pre- and posttest data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, 22 participants completed both the pre- and posttest. Initial knowledge about nurse burnout was indicated by a 56.5% pretest score. After the educational presentation, participants scored an average of 98% posttest indicating that the nurses had acquired knowledge about nurse burnout. Implementing burnout reduction mechanisms through the training programs supports social change by helping nurses improve coordination, teamwork, productivity, and performance in inpatient care.

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