Date of Award
Spring 2020
Document Type
DNP Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Nursing
Committee Chairperson
Veronica Wilbur Ph.D. APRN CNE FAANP
Committee Member
Barbara Roming, DNP, RN, CPHQ, NEA-BC
Committee Member
Cheryl D. Schlamb, DNP, CRNP
Abstract
Florence Nightingale first described the detrimental effects of noise on patients as an element nurses could control. Hospitalized patients who sleep in the hospital are at risk for poor periods of rest from unwanted noise in the care environment. This Doctor of Nursing Practice Project will assess interventions aimed at increasing the patient’s perception of quietness around the care environment at night for a pilot population. Swanson’s Theory of Caring will be utilized as a framework for the project. Outcomes of nursing interventions were reviewed for the improved patient perception of the care environment at night and resultant health outcomes. After the implementation of a group of noise-reducing interventions and a review of outcomes using a standardized assessment tool that is commonly used, the selected group of interventions in this quality improvement project did not show a direct improvement in the perception of quietness at night for the study population. The evidenced-based interventions and quality improvement measures were clinically significant. Both, the trending of data and the linkage of the evidence to basis in nursing theory, demonstrates a need for further exploration and study.
Recommended Citation
Marks, Timothy, "Creating Restful Environments: Applying Evidenced-Based Interventions to Increase the Patients Perceptions of Room Quietness at Night" (2020). West Chester University Doctoral Projects. 68.
https://digitalcommons.wcupa.edu/all_doctoral/68
Included in
Family Practice Nursing Commons, Geriatric Nursing Commons, Nursing Administration Commons