Abstract
Problem: In staff nurses, does education on prone positioning in ARDS patients increase awareness of nursing practice over six weeks?
Intervention: This project was designed to bring awareness and empower registered nurses in the unit to safely initiate and utilize prone position through educational training. An online pre-and post-test was used to evaluate the nurse's knowledge before and after the implementation of the educational intervention. These tests were used to gather data regarding known and/or available knowledge about pronation.
Measures: To increase staff nurse awareness, a pre-test was emailed to all staff nurses in the intensive care unit. These test results were evaluated. An educational PowerPoint presentation was delivered to the staff nurses on the unit. A post-test designed with the same questions as the pre-test was emailed to evaluate the given education on prone position.
Results: Descriptive statistics were utilized on the Likert scale questions for both the pre and post-test questions. Participants had to complete both the pre and post-test for data analysis. The small number of participants resulted in project limitations.
Conclusions: Educating nurses on critical care topics such as prone position can lead to nurse empowerment and better patient outcomes.
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Lead Author Affiliation
Nebraska Methodist College, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Type
DNP Capstone Project
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Quality Improvement
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Prone Positions, Pronation, Continuing Education, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Advisor
Krumbach, Jillian
Degree
DNP
Degree Grantor
Nebraska Methodist College
Degree Year
2022
Recommended Citation
Borges, Rachell and Krumbach, Jillian, "Empowering nurse education on prone position" (2024). Group: Nebraska Methodist College. 31.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/group_nmc/31
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None: Degree-based Submission
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