Abstract

Sepsis kills more than 250,000 people every year in the United States. Immediate treatment is crucial for best patient outcomes but sepsis can be challenging to identify. Nurses may miss signs of sepsis and delay life-saving treatment. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to determine whether an instructional presentation on introduction to sepsis followed by a high fidelity sepsis simulation scenario would improve knowledge and confidence in early recognition of and response to signs of sepsis for final semester associate degree nursing (ADN) students. Tanner's Clinical Judgment Model was used as the theoretical framework for this project. The project administrator used a convenience sample of 32 ADN students at a southeastern United States community college and pre tested them for knowledge and confidence with a sepsis knowledge quiz and C-Scale©. After a sepsis education presentation and high fidelity sepsis simulation scenario and debriefing, 31 students completed post testing with the same two instruments. Independent samples t-tests were used to compare changes in pre and posttest group mean scores. Results from both the sepsis knowledge quiz and the confidence scale showed a significant increase (p < .001) for group mean scores. These results affirm that there is a positive effect on knowledge and confidence in ADN students who have sepsis education followed by a sepsis simulation scenario and debriefing.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10839670; ProQuest document ID: 2247164638. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Susan G. Bryant, DNP, RN, CNE, CHSE, CCM

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Quality Improvement

Research Approach

Translational Research/Evidence-based Practice

Keywords:

Simulation, Nursing Education, Sepsis

Advisor

Cindy Miller

Second Advisor

Catherine Sykes

Degree

DNP

Degree Grantor

Gardner-Webb University

Degree Year

2018

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2023-01-30

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