Date of Award

Spring 5-12-2023

Document Type

Scholarly Project

Degree Name

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Department

Nursing

First Advisor

Tracy Stahl (tstahl@pittstate.edu)

Second Advisor

Barbara McClaskey (bmcclaskey@pittstate.edu)

Third Advisor

Greg Belcher (gbelcher@pittstate.edu)

Fourth Advisor

Rahul Oberoi (oberah@gmail.com)

Abstract

Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is an evidence-based intervention that improves neonatal outcomes and reduces mortality in infants. KMC is not fully integrated into local hospital maternal-child departments and nursing professionals do not have a standard education offering concerning KMC. While the use of KMC is not entirely absent, nursing knowledge and understanding of its correct execution leads to lesser occurrences of KMC initiation. This scholarly project addresses nursing knowledge as a practice quality improvement. A literature review was completed, including searches through CINAHL, Merck Manuals, MEDLINE Plus Health Information, ProQuest, and UpToDate. A pretest, educational video, and posttest were then developed and electronically distributed to a convenience sample of twenty-eight nursing professionals within a local hospital’s maternal-child department. The data gathered from the pretests and posttests show that there was a significant increase in the knowledge of nurses regarding KMC after viewing the educational presentation provided. This was the anticipated outcome for this project. In the long-term, it is expected that educating nurses about KMC will have a trickle-down effect and lead to improved utilization of KMC by caregivers with nursing guidance, improved health outcomes, and parental knowledge.

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