Date of Conferral

12-12-2024

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Katrina Bohm

Abstract

Retaining nurses is an ongoing challenge in the field of health care settings, particularly in health care environments. Because of the scarcity of nurses, health care agencies have depended on temporary and part-time nurses under short-term agreements, leading to heightened levels of stress and burnout, higher rates of employee turnover, reduced nursing income, and greater costs for the agency. The project site recognized nursing burnout and its issues, and nurse retention efforts shifted their focus to reducing burnout and stress among nurses. The literature findings emphasized the adverse effects of nurse burnout and stress in health care agencies and advocated for staff education as a dual approach to intervention and prevention. The primary goal of this Doctor of Nursing practice project was to improve retention among nurses in health care settings and increase nurses’ awareness and knowledge of burnout and stress through a staff education initiative. A pretest and posttest survey used Level 2 and Level 3 of Kirkpatrick and Kirkpatrick’s (2007) evaluation methodology to measure the participants’ (N = 13) knowledge of nurse burnout and stress before and after the education intervention. The mean pretest score was 53%, while the mean posttest score was 92%. A paired t-test statistic was calculated and showed a statistically significant increase in staff knowledge about nursing burnout and stress (t = 8.54, df = 12, p < .001). Staff nurses responded to an evaluation question by stating they were likely or very likely to support future burnout prevention activities. This project will improve nursing diversity, inclusion, and fairness by ensuring that all staff nurses at the agency can spot and deal with signs of stress and burnout in themselves and their coworkers.

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