Date of Conferral

11-7-2025

Date of Award

November 2025

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Julibeth Lauren

Abstract

Summary This DNP staff education project focused on improving staff knowledge on self-care management of hypertension. The overarching patient care problem at the project site was uncontrolled hypertension among adult patients with lack of staff knowledge and confidence in delivering related patient education. Addressing uncontrolled hypertension is vital within nursing practice due to its impact on public health and the opportunity for a nurse-led evidence-based intervention to improve patient outcomes. The practice-focused question for this project was: “In adults with uncontrolled hypertension, does staff education program on hypertension self-care management improve staff knowledge on how to educate patients on self-care management of hypertension?” The purpose of this doctoral project was to improve staff knowledge on self-care management of hypertension. Nurses are equipped to support the national hypertensive initiative through evidence-based strategies. Among hypertensive patients, self-care management is effective in reducing blood pressure. The results were analyzed by comparing the pre- (M = 93%; SD = 8) and post-knowledge assessment scores (M = 96%; SD = 8), which revealed a small 3 percentage point increase in total score with a meaningful increase on two items that scored low at pretest. The implications to the organization included improving nurses’ knowledge in providing evidence-based education. The recommendations are for future ongoing staff training to sustain knowledge gain. This project has the potential to positively impact social change by empowering staff to treat and help patients to self-manage hypertension

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