Date of Conferral

4-8-2026

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Kristina Bohm

Abstract

In this Doctor of Nursing Practice quality improvement project, I used a staff education intervention to address nursing knowledge gaps related to catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention in a large outpatient urology clinic in the southeastern United States. Registered nurses (N = 28) participated in a single, 45-minute, in-person education session comprising PowerPoint slides, facilitated discussion, and printed job aids based on national guidelines. I used a single-group pre-/posttest design to evaluate the effect of the intervention. The primary outcome was staff knowledge measured using a paper-based, 17-item knowledge test administered immediately before and after the session. The secondary outcome was a participant program evaluation completed by the same nurses and analyzed descriptively to capture their perceptions of content quality, clarity, and usefulness. Knowledge scores increased from a pretest mean of 10.11 (SD = 2.025) to a posttest mean of 14.96 (SD = 1.232), with a mean change of 4.857 (SD = 1.079), t(27) = 23.82, p < .001, d = 4.50. All participants demonstrated improvement following the education session. Program evaluation ratings showed mean satisfaction, confidence, and content quality scores ranging from 4.54 to 4.57 on a 5-point scale, indicating consistently favorable participant perceptions of the training experience. The project demonstrated that a brief, standardized, nurse-led education session can be implemented efficiently in an outpatient specialty setting and produce measurable short-term gains in staff knowledge related to evidence-based CAUTI prevention. Providing equitable access to standardized nurse education supports workforce readiness and promotes safe and effective care delivery.

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