Date of Conferral
2022
Degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
School
Nursing
Advisor
Barbara Niedz
Abstract
Nurses are key health professionals in long-term care facilities who have an essential role in providing compassionate care at the end-of-life. The customary education that nurses receive in end-of-life care is inadequate to meet the complex care of dying patients. The purpose of this scholarly project was to implement an evidence-based end-of-life educational program to improve the nursing staff knowledge, attitudes towards care of the dying, and standards in long-term care. The theoretical framework to guide this project is Bandura’s self-efficacy to support the confidence and attitude of nurses caring for the dying. The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Geriatric Curriculum was used to educate nurses on end-of-life care. The Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying (FATCOD), Form B evaluated the education. Descriptive statistics analyzed a sample size of (n = 21), females 17 (81%) to males 4 (19%), ages ranged from 18-65 years, with 81% over 46 years. The sample had 11 (RN-LPN) with degrees compared to 10 (CNA-others) with high school degrees, and 85% have not previously taken an end-of-life course. The paired t test sample mean from the pretest 117.14 and posttest 121.90 suggested the nursing staff education was effective. The posttest scores improved 4.7 points after the education program. The paired sample test results t (20) = 3.368, p< .002 suggested the difference in mean increased between the pretest and posttest scores. This scholarly project achieved positive social change by providing the nursing staff with the necessary resources to increase knowledge, confidence and improve end-of-life care.
Recommended Citation
Mitchell, Lisa, "Increase Knowledge and Attitude in End-of-Life for Long-Term Care Nurses" (2022). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 13058.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/13058
