| Title |
Krahn, Taylor D MSN_2024 |
| Alternative Title |
Nursing Education on Sleep Promotion in Neurological and Neurosurgical Intensive Care Patients |
| Creator |
Krahn, Taylor D |
| Collection Name |
Master of Nursing (MSN) |
| Description |
This project aims to educate intensive care nurses in the Neurosurgical Trauma; Intensive Care Unit (NeST ICU) in a level II trauma center about the importance of sleep in; critically ill neurological and neurosurgical patients, including techniques to promote and; facilitate adequate sleep in these patient populations. |
| Abstract |
Purpose/Aim: This project aims to educate intensive care nurses in the Neurosurgical Trauma; Intensive Care Unit (NeST ICU) in a level II trauma center about the importance of sleep in; critically ill neurological and neurosurgical patients, including techniques to promote and; facilitate adequate sleep in these patient populations.; Rationale/Background: Lack of sleep in the neurological/neurosurgical intensive care patient; population can lead to a multitude of adverse events and outcomes, including delirium; development, receiving unnecessary medical interventions, longer healing times, and increased; lengths of hospital stay. Many factors contributing to the lack of sleep in this population are; mitigable through nursing interventions.; Methods: An educational program regarding sleep promotion techniques and rationales was; prepared to be delivered to the nursing staff of the NeST ICU, which specializes in caring for; critically ill neurological and neurosurgical patients. Participating nurses would complete a; confidential survey prior to and immediately after receiving the education, with an additional; follow-up survey completed six months later. The surveys would collect information about; nurses' knowledge and utilization of sleep promotion techniques, the effectiveness of the; presentation, and barriers to implementation. The results of the surveys would be reviewed to; evaluate the success of the educational implementation and guide follow-up training and policy; changes. Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation Theory will guide the implementation of this project.; Results: The anticipated comparative results of the pre-and post-surveys would indicate; improved confidence and understanding of sleep promotion techniques and their rationales.; Anticipated results from the six-month follow-up survey would show that nurses significantly; increased their utilization of sleep promotion techniques in the months following the; informational presentation.; Conclusions: Providing education to critical care nurses on sleep promotion techniques for; neurological and neurosurgical patients, along with rationales, increases nurses' understanding; and application of sleep promotion techniques, facilitating improved patient outcomes. |
| Subject |
Intensive care units; Nurses--In-service traning |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, United States of America |
| Date |
2024 |
| Medium |
Thesis |
| Type |
Text |
| Access Extent |
46 page pdf; 2.5 MB |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce his or her theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights. |
| Source |
University Archives Electronic Records: Master of Nursing. Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s658hg91 |
| Setname |
wsu_atdson |
| ID |
129783 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s658hg91 |
