Date of Conferral

2023

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Dr. Patricia Schweickert

Abstract

Nursing self-awareness is essential for nurses to develop relationships with co-workers and patients. In the local organization, the practice problem for this doctoral project is a perceived low level of self-awareness in nursing. This Doctor of Nursing project aimed to determine if an educational intervention focused on self-awareness and the benefit of self-awareness increased knowledge among nurses working on a medical-surgical unit. A comprehensive literature review of peer-reviewed evidence provided evidence to support this project. A total of 26 individuals (N = 26) participated in the educational intervention. Eighty-nine percent (89%) of the participants (n = 23) were female, and (n = 3) were male. The mean age of the participants was 38.9 years (SD = 12.43), ranging from 21 to 62 years. On average, the participants had 14 years (SD = 11.42) with a range of 2 to 40 years of nursing experience and had been in their current position for 3.79 years (SD = 3.73) with a range of 0.5 to 13. The mean pretest score for knowledge was 86.9 (SD = 14.63), with a range between 50 to 100. The mean posttest score for knowledge was 98.5 (SD = 3.25), with a range of scores between 90 to 100. Using a Wilcoxon to estimate the data, there was a statistically significant difference in pretest and posttest scores (z = -3.45, p< 0.001), indicating increased participant knowledge. As a result, providing an education session on self-awareness can increase the nurse’s understanding of self-awareness with the hope that the increased knowledge will translate into practice and the development of the translation into practice will result in patient, provider, and organizational change, generating positive social change.

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