Development and Evaluation of a Vital Signs E-book for Undergraduate Student Nurses.
10.4040/jkan.2005.35.6.1036
- Author:
Il Sun KO
1
;
Kyu Sook KANG
;
Joung Ohn SHIM
;
Jin Hee PARK
;
Shin Young YOOK
;
So Young YUN
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Nursing Policy Ressearch Institute Yonsei University. isko16@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Vital signs;
Internet;
Learning
- MeSH:
Respiration;
Pulse;
*Physical Examination;
*Internet;
*Education, Nursing;
*Computer-Assisted Instruction
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2005;35(6):1036-1043
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop a vital signs e-book for undergraduate student nurses and evaluate the content, system and student satisfaction. METHOD: This study was done in three stages, the development of a vital signs e-book, implementation and evaluation. The subjects were 73 undergraduate student nurses in Y university. RESULT: Thirty one learning objectives were used to create the contents. A set of 5 chapters and 18 subsections were defined after validation from nurse educators. The e-book is available at http://123.134.207.23/ebook/vitalsigns. Analysis of the questionnaires showed a mean score for content, system and students satisfaction of 3.17 +/- .73, 3.11 +/-.79, and 2.96 +/-.74 respectively out of a possible 4 points. CONCLUSION: Nurse educators should provide quality and effective web-based courses that meet undergraduate student nurses' learning needs and they should incorporate web-based learning into traditional teaching to meet the demands of nursing education.
