"Staff Education to ICU Staff Toward the Goal of Decreasing the Rate of" by Carolyn Jean Jimmerson

Date of Conferral

1-27-2025

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Mattie Burton

Abstract

Summary This project is a staff education intervention focused on decreasing ICU pressure injury rates. The main purpose of this project was to increase staff nurses’ knowledge of preventing pressure injuries. Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury (HAPI) was noted to be a serious problem in this critical care unit. It was essential to address this problem within the context of nursing practice because it impacts the cost to this facility and reduces patient length of stay. This DNP project focused on the extent to which educating nurses about current evidence-based pressure injury prevention practices increased the knowledge of staff nurses on how to prevent pressure injuries to ICU patients. The guiding practice-focused question was as follows: For nurses in the intensive care unit, will an educational intervention focusing on pressure ulcer prevention increase knowledge toward the goal of decreasing the pressure ulcer rate in the unit? The evidence to support this project was retrieved from recently published, scholarly-reviewed articles. The educational program was developed by the Project Team, headed by me. A pre and post-assessment was used to evaluate change in knowledge. The mean pretest score was 85% (43/50 points), and the post-test was 95% (47/50 points). The finding revealed that the nurses’ knowledge increased by 10% after participating in the educational program. These findings have the potential for positive social changes for patients by decreasing the length of hospital stays. Further, this educational project highlighted nurse education interventions as an ideal way of increasing nurse awareness of evidence-based strategies for reducing pressure injuries in the ICU and enhancing patient safety.

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