Date of Award
Spring 2024
Document Type
DNP Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Nursing
Committee Chairperson
Veronica Wilbur, Ph.D., FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP
Committee Member
Katarzyna Ferraro, MD
Abstract
This quality improvement project aimed to identify if an educational intervention will increase obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) screening in commercial medical drivers over six weeks. Eight healthcare providers certified as commercial medical examiners from a national occupational company in central Pennsylvania engaged in an optional educational poster for two weeks. A pre-and post-educational retrospective chart review was performed on 80 charts, 40 from pre-educational and 40 from post-educational. Each chart was reviewed to determine if the commercial driver was at risk for OSA and, if so, if the commercial medical examiner performed an obstructive sleep apnea screening. The educational intervention decreased the percentage of drivers who were not screened for OSA but did not increase overall OSA screening. The educational intervention increased awareness of OSA screening. More research is indicated to include more participants, charts, and a pre and post-test educational intervention.
Recommended Citation
Mortimer, Wendy, "Enhancing Commercial Driver Safety Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Through Educational Intervention" (2024). West Chester University Doctoral Projects. 272.
https://digitalcommons.wcupa.edu/all_doctoral/272