A pilot study to assess nursing faculty knowledge of "Stop the bleed": a population health initiative

Purpose of Project: This project aimed to determine if educating nursing faculty about the Stop the Bleed Initiative (STBI) through an online video would increase awareness and knowledge and determine barriers to participants taking the STBI training course. Methodology: The purpose of this project was achieved by educating nursing faculty about the Stop the Bleed Initiative (STBI). This goal was achieved by utilizing an online video followed by a short Qualtrics survey. Participating nursing faculty answered questions beginning with demographics, prior knowledge, and previous training in STBI. More responses requested were barriers to taking the training course, whether they characterized the education as valuable, whether they planned to disseminate the knowledge to students, and whether they believed the training could positively affect health outcomes. Results: The results demonstrated that participants found the education valuable and determined it could positively affect health outcomes. Barriers were identified in the responses, as well as additional remarks. Implications for practice: Educating nursing faculty utilizing an online video was determined to have the potential to positively affect health outcomes. The education of nursing faculty to recognize life-threatening bleeding and immediately respond with pressure or wound packing or the placement of a tourniquet may improve trauma patient health outcomes.D.N.P.Includes bibliographical reference