Document Type

DNP - Open Access

Award Date

2024

Degree Name

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Department

Graduate Nursing

First Advisor

Brandi Pravecek

Abstract

Background: The effectiveness of pessary patient education using the teach-back method and improving nurse confidence and conviction related to pessary use are essential in improving patient outcomes.
/="/">Local Problem: The current limitations in pessary education stem from constraints in nurse availability and workload distribution.
/="/">Methods: The quality improvement initiative involved conducting surveys to evaluate nurse confidence using surveys adapted from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality toolkit before the nurse education session, 1 month into the intervention, and at 3 months, when the implementation period ended. These surveys assessed the effectiveness of the teach-back method.
/="/">Intervention: After an educational session, nurses utilized the teach-back method during patient education regarding pessary maintenance and management for a period of 3 months.
/="/">Results: Nurses reported an increase in conviction in the importance of, confidence in using, and frequency of using teach-back with a statistically significant difference in the self-reported confidence levels from 1 month to 3 months (p = .033).
/="/">Conclusion: Utilization of the teach-back method in delivering pessary education may enhance the nurses’ confidence, conviction, and frequency of using the teach-back method.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Pessaries.
Uterus -- Prolapse -- Treatment.
Patient education.
Urogynecology.

Publisher

South Dakota State University

Rights

Copyright © Marissa Eich

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