Date of Conferral

8-6-2025

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Melanie Braswell

Abstract

Pressure injuries (PIs) are unfortunate events that can impact all healthcare system stakeholders. In-patient nursing units such as medical surgical (med surg) units are facing challenges in nursing practice in initiating prevention measures and reducing the incidents of hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs). The nursing staff’s lack of knowledge can lead to nursing practice issues, poor patient outcomes, and be costly. The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) staff education project was to educate nursing staff in initiating pressure injury (PI) prevention measures to avoid HAPI events in the hospital. The practice-focused question examined if providing education to med surg nursing staff will improve their knowledge in initiating HAPI prevention measures. Twenty nursing staff including registered nurses and patient care technicians participated in the education training, which consisted of assessing knowledge of PI prevention measures using pretest, education session, and posttest. The pretest and posttest consisted of 14 questions. Data were collected from the pretest and posttest, and statistical analysis was completed using a paired t test using GraphPad Prism (Version 10.3.1). The total of correctly answered questions on the pretest was 169, which increased to 257 out of 280 on the posttest following the education project indicating participants increased their knowledge in initiating HAPI prevention measures (p < .0001). Through presenting education to nursing staff, the project provided insight into the importance of ongoing education and addressed the knowledge gap. Empowering nursing staff can lead to their transformation into scholar-practitioners so they can affect positive social change.

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