Date of Conferral
2022
Degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
School
Health Services
Advisor
Anna Hubbard
Abstract
Many hospitals fail to comply with sepsis treatment core measures. The purpose of this project was to educate nursing staff in a small rural emergency department in the Midwest United States about core measures that included 1-hour bundles for sepsis treatment. The project attempted to answer the practice-focused question: Does educating emergency department nursing staff in a small rural emergency department on the 1-hour sepsis bundle increase knowledge? Lewin’s Change Theory and Kirkpatrick’s Four-Level Training Evaluation Model served as the framework for the project. A 1-hour in-person education was developed using the Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate model with input from experts. Thirty registered emergency department nurses participated in the education. Results from a paired t test indicated a significant difference between pretest results (M = 54.3, SD = 14.8) and posttest results (M = 93.7, SD = 6.1), t(29) = 14.1, p < .001, indicating an increase in knowledge. Educating staff may result in improved sepsis identification and intervention times.
Recommended Citation
Wilkinson, Joshua J., "Reducing Sepsis Rates Through Nursing Staff Education" (2022). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 13901.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/13901
