Date of Conferral
2022
Degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
School
Nursing
Advisor
Mattie Burton
Abstract
AbstractThe use of antipsychotic medications is growing in an outpatient clinic despite the increased risk of mortality and morbidity such as falls, fractures, stroke in adults, neurological adverse effects, weight gain, and cardio-metabolic abnormalities in pediatric populations. The purpose of this project was to develop an educational program to enhance clinic staff knowledge about pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic means to manage patients’ care and improve outcomes. The conceptual framework for the project was Knowles’s adult learning theory supported by the Kirkpatrick model of training evaluation. The practice-focused question asked whether an educational program would increase staff knowledge related to the safe use of antipsychotic medications in patients in an outpatient clinic. The clinic staff provided process and summative evaluations regarding their satisfaction with the program as well as completed a pre-and post-knowledge-based assessment. A descriptive analysis of the data showed overall satisfaction with the program and demonstrated significant learning (p = 0.0005). After full implementation of the staff education, prescriptions of antipsychotic medications for each patient with mental illness will be closely monitored every 6 to 12 months, and follow-up meetings will be planned with prescribers. The project may result in positive social change at both the individual and organizational levels by decreasing the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications and potential negative side effects at the project site.
Recommended Citation
Garrison, Marinette Nyangono, "Staff Education to Improve Safe Use of Antipsychotic Medication in an Outpatient Clinic" (2022). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 12360.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/12360
