Date of Conferral

1-9-2026

Date of Award

January 2026

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Dr Anna Hubbard

Abstract

Summary A doctor of nursing practice (DNP) staff education project was designed to enhance healthcare providers' knowledge of lifestyle interventions for hypertension management. At the practice site, primary healthcare providers were not regularly integrating lifestyle counseling. The practice-focused question guiding this project was: In primary care providers, how does implementing an evidence-based lifestyle education training program for hypertension management affect provider knowledge? An in-person educational session was provided to ten (10) healthcare practitioners who voluntarily participated. Pre- and post-training knowledge assessments was the analytical techniques employed to examine changes in provider comprehension of lifestyle-based hypertension care. Descriptive statistics and paired-sample tests were used to analyze the data to identify any notable shifts in provider expertise. Project findings showed that clinicians showed quantifiable gains in their understanding of lifestyle treatments. The mean pretest score rose from 9 to a post-test mean of 14.20, indicating a considerable improvement in knowledge scores. A highly significant improvement (p < .001) was demonstrated by statistical analysis, indicating the efficacy of the education project in enhancing provider knowledge (Rababah et al., 2021). These findings imply that comprehensive training can effectively close knowledge gaps and advance patient-centered, evidence-based hypertension therapy. This project has had significant implications for nursing. The project highlights the crucial role advanced practice nurses can play in facilitating the systems-level integration of lifestyle counseling into hypertension treatment, promoting provider education, and demonstrating evidence-based interventions.

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