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Implementing A D/Deaf Educational Module For Graduate Nursing Students, Brenda J. Pauley

Dissertations

Problem: Nurse practitioners lack knowledge and skills to effectively communicate with D/deaf individuals which potentiates risk for health disparities and gaps in care. Graduate nursing programs rarely incorporate D/deaf-focused education in their curriculums.

Methods: This descriptive quality improvement project implemented the first D/deaf-focused educational online module at a Midwestern university’s College of Nursing. A purposive sample of 38 BSN-DNP students enrolled in the Spring Intensive completed a pre- and post-education survey. Both surveys assessed students’ D/deaf perceptions through Lewis and Keele’s (2020) D/deaf and Hard of Hearing Interaction Beliefs Scale for Registered Nurses (DdHH-IBS/RN) and evaluated students’ knowledge through a …

Implementing A Standardized Nursing Communication Tool To Improve Inpatient Nursing Communication, Ashley D. Nator

Dissertations

Implementing a Standardized Nursing Communication Tool to Improve Inpatient Nursing Communication

Ashley D. Nator

B.S. Nursing, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2018

A Dissertation Submitted to The Graduate School at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice with an emphasis in Family Nurse Practitioner

August 2022

Advisory Committee

Cathy Koetting, PhD, DNP, APRN, CPNP, PMHS, FNP-C

Chairperson

Sarah Jackson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Amy Terbrock, MSN, PCCN, SCRN, RN

Copyright, Ashley D. Nator, 2021

Original: 08/2021 Revised: 09/2021, 10/2021, 04/2022

Abstract

Problem: Patient handovers occur among nurses more than 4,000 times …