Graduation Semester and Year
Spring 2026
Language
English
Document Type
DNP Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Kim Siniscalchi
Abstract
Inpatient nursing documentation for stroke care is essential for meeting quality metrics, maintaining continuity, and supporting timely decisions. Gaps can lead to inconsistent care, metric failures, and reduced staff confidence. This quality improvement initiative aimed to improve metric compliance, documentation consistency, and nursing knowledge and satisfaction. A three-part intervention included targeted education, a standardized documentation verification form, and ongoing feedback from stroke champions. Outcomes measured were metric compliance, knowledge (pre/posttests), documentation completeness (Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), education, Modified Rankin Scale), and staff satisfaction. Results showed significant improvement in nursing knowledge (p < .005), reduced metric fallouts, and better documentation across all indicators. Staff satisfaction increased by about 20%. Overall, combining education, standardized tools, and continuous feedback improved documentation practices, enhanced compliance with stroke metrics, and increased nursing knowledge and satisfaction, supporting better care processes and patient outcomes.
Keywords
Stroke, Quality improvement, Inpatient stroke documentation
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Wyatt, Briyawna N., "Inpatient Stroke Quality Improvement" (2026). Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Scholarly Projects-Archive. 135.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/nursing_dnpprojects/135