Effectiveness of Cutaneous Melanoma Education on Knowledge, Confidence, and Practice Intent Among Graduate Nursing Students

Abstract

ABSTRACT Primary care nurse practitioners (NPs) are positioned to improve patient outcomes and reduce the global burden of skin cancers including cutaneous melanoma (CM). Improving skin cancer and CM educational opportunities, especially at the graduate student level, is a necessary step to overcome practice barriers and improve patient care. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to evaluate the effectiveness of an online graduate educational training program to improve knowledge, confidence, and practice intent. An exploratory, descriptive design guided this project with a nonprobability, convenience sample of NP graduate students. This project served as the first phase of a long-term research initiative focused on integrating CM education within an NP curriculum.