Development and Effects of an e-Learning Program in Operating Room Nursing for Nursing Students.
10.4040/jkan.2011.41.1.36
- Author:
Eun Hee PARK
1
;
Seon Young HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea. seon9772@chosun.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Controlled Clinical Trial ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Computer assisted instruction;
Nursing students;
Clinical practice;
Operating room nursing
- MeSH:
Adult;
Clinical Competence;
Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate;
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice;
Humans;
*Internet;
Motivation;
Nursing Education Research;
Operating Room Nursing/*education;
Program Evaluation;
Questionnaires;
Students, Nursing/*psychology;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2011;41(1):36-46
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to develop an e-Learning program that assists nursing students' clinical practice in operating room nursing and to examine the learning effects. METHODS: Based on content and need analysis, 9 learning modules were developed for nursing care in operating rooms and with operating equipment. To verify the effects of the program, a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design was employed. The participants in this study were 74 third-year nursing students (34 in the experimental and 40 in the control group) from a junior college in G-city, Korea, who were engaged in a one week clinical practicum in an operating unit. Frequencies, chi2-test and t-test with the SPSS program 17.0 were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: Knowledge was significantly higher in the experimental group compared to the control group (p=.018). However, there was no significant difference between the two groups in self-directed learning. The experimental group had significantly higher motivation toward learning, which was examined posttest only (p=.027). CONCLUSION: These results indicate that the implementation of an e-Learning program needs to be continued as an effective educational tool, but more research on the best way to implement e-Learning in students' practicum is needed.
