title: Impact of an Educational Program for Advanced Practice Nurses on Knowledge of Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative Guidelines.
abstract: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are often referred to a nephrologist late. Contributing factors include primary care providers' lack of awareness of practice guidelines for treating kidney disease and their uncertainty of timing for referral to a nephrologist. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to determine if advanced practice nurses working in primary care are knowledgeable about the National Kidney Foundations Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative Guidelines, if a CKD education program increases knowledge, and if knowledge is retained. Fourteen advanced practice nurses participated in the study. The knowledge outcome was measured using a CKD knowledge-based survey. The results showed a significant increase in knowledge post-intervention; moreover, knowledge gained was retained at the one-month follow-up intervaL This evidence-based practice project was developed to promote timely referral to a nephrologist, which may then slow the progression of kidney disease, decrease morbidity and mortality, and reduce healthcare cost.
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Thompson-Martin
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: McCullough
authors.forename: Varun
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Agrawal
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000193:education*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000451:nursing*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care