Date of Conferral

12-8-2025

Date of Award

December 2025

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Dr. Wells

Abstract

This staff education project aimed to increase nurses' knowledge to provide high-value dementia care. At the project site, nurses indicated low self-confidence and knowledge in providing quality dementia care. Providing low-value care to persons with dementia (PwD) contributes to suboptimal clinical outcomes and poor quality of life and adversely influences nurses' satisfaction. Therefore, the project question addressed whether a staff education program would increase nurses' self-perceived ability and confidence to provide high-value dementia care. The staff education objective was to enhance patient-centered dementia care, provision of quality care that can improve quality of life (QoL) of PwD. Twenty peer-reviewed journal articles informed the project's development. A total of 10 nurses participated in the staff education project. Participants completed demographics and pretests, attended 2-hour staff education, and completed posttests and program evaluation questionnaires. Average pre- and posttest scores were analyzed via descriptive statistics. Postimplementation, 98.89% of participants indicated confidence or high confidence regarding confidence in working with PwD. Moreover, participants demonstrated a high level of satisfaction with the program. The staff education project facilitated social change by enhancing the nursing staff's knowledge to deliver high-value dementia care that is crucial in delaying disease progression, promoting QoL, prolonging survival, and lowering caregiver burden. Equity, inclusion, and diversity were facilitated via improved care quality for PwD and decreasing the socioeconomic burden of dementia to patients, families, and caregivers. Ongoing staff education can improve quality care for optimal clinical outcomes and QoL among PwD.

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