Date of Award
Spring 5-14-2022
Document Type
Scholarly Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Gena Coomes
Second Advisor
Karen Johnson
Third Advisor
Julie Dainty
Abstract
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the third most common vascular disease and includes approximately 900,000 cases annually in the United States. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to enhance education regarding VTE prophylaxis for registered nurses on a medical-surgical inpatient unit at a hospital in the Midwest. This study was initiated due to one nurse’s perception that staff on this unit lacked confidence and expertise on the importance of VTE prophylaxis interventions. Participants completed a VTE knowledge pretest, followed by an educational intervention on VTE prophylaxis utilizing Health Stream. After the intervention, participants completed a VTE knowledge post-test. The study had a total of 19 participants and good variability of demographic information. Based on the results, the null hypothesis was rejected. There was a statistically significant difference between the pretest and posttest means (t= -9.795, df=18, p
Recommended Citation
Umscheid, Theresa, "IMPROVING VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM PROPHYLAXIS KNOWLEDGE AMONG REGISTERED NURSES ON A MEDICAL-SURGICAL INPATIENT UNIT IN THE MIDWEST" (2022). Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Project. 78.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/dnp/78
