Date of Award
2016
Document Type
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Nursing
Committee Chair
Lenora Smith
Committee Member
Susan Alexander
Committee Member
Douglas Lillifield
Subject(s)
Needlestick injuries, Medical personnel--Wounds and injuries
Abstract
The purpose of this Scholarly Project is to increase provider and staff knowledge regarding the prevention and management of needle stick injuries. The clinical problem is inadequate training and education regarding needle stick injuries at a Physical Medicine/orthopedic clinic. The goal is the development of a Needle Stick Injury Prevention Protocol with an assessment and comparison of knowledge gained post education. Implementation of the protocol and educational seminars improve participant knowledge and attitudes regarding needle stick injuries. Outcomes assess if providers and nursing staff have improved knowledge of how to prevent and manage a needle stick injury after the project implementation. Benchmarks for the project include eliminating unnecessary injections, ensuring the use of the safest needle devices, creating a Needle Stick Injury Prevention Protocol with the most up to date evidence based medicine and ensuring adequate education of staff. The findings suggest that participants have improved knowledge, attitudes and behaviors related to needle stick injuries at the organization. The evaluation plan includes effectiveness of the project implementation with evaluation of learning and data analysis.
Recommended Citation
MacDonald, Charlotte, "Needle stick injury prevention and education" (2016). Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). 7.
https://louis.uah.edu/uah-dnp/7