Date of Graduation
Fall 12-13-2024
Document Access
Project/Capstone - Global access
Degree Name
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
College/School
School of Nursing and Health Professions
Program
MSN project
First Advisor
Cynthia Huff DNP, RN, OCN, CRNI, CNL
Second Advisor
Susan Mortell DNP, RN, CNL
Abstract
Problem: Patients with diabetes enrolled in primary care clinic A face challenges with access to care. Many diabetic patients are placed on the diabetic nurse educator’s schedule for continuous glucose monitoring, reteaching, or troubleshooting. Same-day appointments cause the diabetes nurse educator to be overbooked, and newly diagnosed diabetics are unable to schedule their initial appointment for up to a month.
Context: Primary care A clinic provides high-quality care to promote a healthier and happier community by providing various resources, including individualized diabetes management. The current patient education process uses demonstration when applying a new device and troubleshooting devices and readers.
Intervention: This issue was addressed by developing a foundational baseline for the current process, evaluating the registered nurses' confidence in patient education using the teach-back method, and educating staff registered nurses on the standardized process.
Measures: The measures used to monitor the study are the percentage of the nurses’ confidence level in using the teach-back method during patient education. Quantitative surveys were used before and after their training.
Results: Two training sessions were conducted for registered nurses. After the first training, 66.7% of registered nurses expressed confidence using the teach-back method. The second training focused on more visual aids, hands-on practice, and practicing the teach-back method. At the conclusion of the project, all nurses expressed 100% confidence in their ability to use the teach-back method.
Conclusion: This intervention accomplished and exceeded the project's goals by increasing registered nurses' confidence in applying the teach-back method. After the project concludes, the teach-back method is expected to be used in all patient encounters and adopted in other primary care clinics and specialty clinics within the organization.
Keywords: continuous glucose monitoring, teach-back, patient education, Type 1 Diabetes, health literacy
Recommended Citation
Nacionales, Leialoha, "Enhancing Diabetic Patient Teaching on Continuous Glucose Monitoring Using the Teach-Back Method" (2024). Master's Projects and Capstones. 1776.
https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/1776
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