title: Direct care nurses' knowledge in acute myocardial infarction treatment.
abstract: An acronym, a button, a script card, and a lot of fun are all an educator needs to turn dreaded education into a great learning experience for nurses as well as the patients. A multidisciplinary team pilot tested a new learning approach on a cardiac step-down unit. The goal was to educate both nurses and patients about the American Heart Association's Get-With-the-Guidelines Program for Coronary Artery Disease. The educational strategies were successful, and data revealed an increase in nursing knowledge of core measures. After a two-phase study, the program was eventually rolled out hospital-wide. The study results show that nurses' compliance with and knowledge of the AHA core measures increased as a direct result of the program.
authors.affiliation: Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware, USA. teckman@christianacare.org
authors.forename: Thea
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eckman
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haley
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kolm
authors.forename: Claudine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jurkovitz
mesh_terms: D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000523:psychology*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*