Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Melissa Rouse

Abstract

The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing practice project was to address the nursing gap in knowledge about congestive heart failure (CHF) management. Lack of staff knowledge on this topic inhibits their ability to educate patients. Poor patient understanding can lead to frequent readmissions and poor patient outcomes. The project aim was to determine if educating medical-surgical nurses about CHF management increased their knowledge of topic. The ADDIE model was used to design staff education. Lewin’s change theory guided the project. Nine registered nurses attended a power point presentation. A pre-education questionnaire was distributed, and participants created unique identifiers. The same questions were used on the post-education survey to determine knowledge gained. Comparing the data from the pre-education survey (M= 2.33, Mdn = 2.00) with the data from the post-education survey (M = 2.33, Mdn = 2.00) showed no improvement in the staff’s knowledge after attending the class. However, the site for the staff education changed during this project. The original site was lost, and the final site was not experiencing the same education gap. Recommendations and implications for practice include using the same power point presentation targeted to a unit that treats CHF patients and with staff that need the education. Although the results did not show significant knowledge gain, social change implication of this study may arise from that the nurses who attended the training received the latest evidence-based information about CHF management, and this is likely to improve their ability to educate their patients, which can still result in better patient self-management and outcome.

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