Date of Award

Spring 5-31-2026

Document Type

Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Manuscript

Degree Name

Doctor of Nursing Practice

Department

Nursing

First Advisor

Martha G. Fuller, PhD, APRN

Abstract

Patients seeking lip augmentation procedures commonly experience self-resolving soft-tissue complications such as swelling and bruising. There are many widely accepted pre-procedural recommendations available to help patients minimize the risk of these undesirable outcomes. At a Medical Aesthetics practice in Southern California, lip augmentation patients often arrived to their appointment non-adherent to pre-procedural recommendations that were available on the practice website. Text message delivery systems have been used to improve patient adherence to healthcare instructions across a variety of healthcare settings. To address this gap, I implemented text message delivery of pre-procedural recommendations to lip augmentation patients prior to their appointment. There were 100 participants over a six-month period, 50 in both the pre-intervention and post-intervention groups. An in-person survey was verbally administered by the patient’s treatment provider (RN/ NP). After implementing text message education, there was increased adherence to both eating and drinking recommendations, and arnica/ bromelain supplement recommendations. Additionally, there was a 30% increase in patient access to pre-procedural education. Implementing text message delivered education had a positive impact on adherence and access to pre-procedural recommendations in the Medical Aesthetics setting.

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