Date of Conferral

6-19-2025

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Lilo Fink

Abstract

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs, especially those led by providers, can expand access to care for persons with opioid use disorder (OUD). The gap in practice at the site was the insufficient knowledge among nurses on how to effectively use MAT in treating OUD. The purpose of this staff educational project was to design and implement a training module to educate mental health providers on the principles and interventions of MAT. The practice-focused question was: Does educating nurses on MAT principles while incorporating evidence from the literature improve their knowledge as measured by pre- and post-test? The ADDIE pedagogy model was used to design and implement educational training. Project sources included the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) website and peer-reviewed scholarly articles. Twenty articles were selected from CINAHL and MEDLINE databases with the help of a Walden librarian and analyzed using Walden’s literature review matrix. Two content experts assisted me in validating the project’s relevance in meeting providers’ knowledge needs. Ten nurses participated in a single in-person educational training session and completed pre-test and post-test questionnaires. A paired t test showed staff MAT knowledge improvement from a mean of 6.3 (pre-test) to 8.00 (post-test). These results demonstrate that the educational intervention improved healthcare providers’ knowledge of MAT, but a small sample size of ten participants may not indicate statistical significance. This project has significant implications for nursing practice and promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion by improving providers’ knowledge of administering MAT for individuals with OUD.

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