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Improving Nurse Knowledge And Comfort In Advance Care Planning, Hajrudina Brkic, Marisia Young
Improving Nurse Knowledge And Comfort In Advance Care Planning, Hajrudina Brkic, Marisia Young
Nursing DNP Projects
Objectives: The purpose of this project was to increase nurses’ knowledge and comfort level regarding advance care planning (ACP) in patients with a diagnosis of heart failure (HF) in a clinical setting.
Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used with a pre-and-post test administered to nurses prior to the beginning of a four-hour interactive class and immediately following the class. The data was analyzed using a 5-point Likert scale and paired t-tests were used to determine statistical significance. Statistical significance was set at 0.05.
Results: Of the eight nurses who participated in the interactive course, seven were female, one …