Date of Conferral
11-11-2025
Date of Award
November 2025
Degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
School
Nursing
Advisor
Jubileth Lauren
Abstract
Summary This DNP staff education project focuses on providing health literacy training. The practice problem identified at the local project site was inadequate patient education it may have resulted from a number of factors,. poor blood pressure control. The practice-focused question for this project was as follows: “Will staff education on health literacy and patient education improve staff knowledge and confidence in providing HTN patient education?” The purpose of this doctoral project was to enhance healthcare providers' capacity to deliver effective, evidence-based hypertension education. Eventually, providers would acquire effective communication that would improve patient understanding and self-management. Awareness of this issue stemmed from suboptimal hypertension outcomes amid the need for new strategies to improve blood pressure control. Furthermore, the studies confirmed the effectiveness of dedicated educational interventions in improving hypertension management. The results of this project showed increases of 19.3% and 45% in knowledge scores and self-efficacy, respectively. The implications for the organization included immediate enhancement of care quality and improved alignment with national control metrics. The major conclusion for this project is a demonstrated increase in staff knowledge post-education. The recommendations for the future are mandatory annual refresher training and integration of teach-back protocols into the electronic health record system. The potential implications of this project on nursing practice are the potential to improve outcomes in this population of hypertensive patients. This project has the potential to positively impact social change by dismantling communication barriers that disproportionately affect diverse populations, thereby fostering health equity.
Recommended Citation
Ukomadu, Blessing, "Improving Staff Knowledge and Confidence in Hypertension Patient Education Through Health Literacy Training" (2025). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 18691.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/18691
