Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Melissa Rouse

Abstract

AbstractAdherence to hypertension management medication(s) and lifestyle modification improve outcomes for patients diagnosed with hypertension. In this project, an educational program was developed to reduce the knowledge gap among staff nurses regarding addressing patients’ nonadherence to hypertension management in an outpatient clinic in the southern United States. Guided by andragogy and the health belief model, the staff nurse educational program was developed from evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and best practices from literature to evaluate the impact of education on improving staff nurses’ knowledge related to addressing patients’ nonadherence to hypertension management with the goal of reducing the associated medical costs, morbidity, and mortality. A panel of six experts evaluated the project for content validity. Six nurses participated in the education program by first completing a pretest questionnaire using a 5-point, Likert-type scale ranging from completely disagree to completely agree, followed by a PowerPoint presentation. Posttest questionnaires using a 5-point Likert-type scale were completed by the participants. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the pretest, posttest, differences in pre- and posttest scores, and staff nurses’ intent to educate their patients. Posttest results indicated a up to 50% increase in test scores among the 6 staff nurses. Staff nurses’ intent to teach and motivate patients on the importance of adherence to hypertension management was 100%. This staff nurse education project can promote positive social change by improving health outcomes for people with hypertension through educating staff nurses to teach and motivate their patients regarding the importance of adherence to hypertension management.

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