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Providing Evidence-Based Education About Caring For Patients With Atrial Fibrillation, Rose M. Happy

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Abstract In a multidisciplinary health care team, nurses are often the initial contact when patients present for clinical evaluation. Thus, it is of great importance that these nurses provide education to patients that is current and evidence-based. The target population of this project was nurses who care for patients with atrial fibrillation (A-Fib). The practice problem was the knowledge gap related to A-Fib. The purpose of the project was to provide an evidence-based, nursing education intervention to increase their knowledge. The practice-focused question sought to determine whether participation in the evidence-based education intervention increased nurses’ knowledge scores about providing care …