Development of a virtual learning environment to enhance undergraduate nursing students’ effectiveness and interest in working with older people

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 672-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Edwards ◽  
Robyn Nash ◽  
Sandra Sacre ◽  
Mary Courtney ◽  
Jennifer Abbey
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Older People ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

scholarly journals Web-Based Virtual Learning Environment for Medicine Administration in Pediatrics and Neonatology: Content Evaluation (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alayne Larissa Martins Pereira ◽  
Casandra Genoveva Rosales Martins Ponce Leon ◽  
Laiane Medeiros Ribeiro ◽  
Guilherme Da Costa Brasil ◽  
Karen Karoline Gouveia Carneiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Medication Administration ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Validity Index ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

BACKGROUND Worldwide, patient safety has been a widely discussed topic and has currently become one of the greatest challenges for health institutions. This concern is heightened when referring to children. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to develop a virtual learning environment for medication administration, as a tool to facilitate the training process of undergraduate nursing students. METHODS Descriptive research and methodological development with a quantitative and qualitative approach were used with stages of design-based research as methodological strategies. For the development of the virtual environment, 5 themes were selected: rights of medication administration, medication administration steps, medication administration routes, medication calculation, and nonpharmacological actions for pain relief. After development, 2 groups—expert judges in the field of pediatrics and neonatology for environment validation and undergraduate nursing students for the assessment—were used to assess the virtual learning environment. For the validation of the virtual learning environment by expert judges, the content validity index was used, and for the evaluation of the students, the percentage of agreement was calculated. RESULTS The study included 13 experts who positively validated the virtual environment with a content validity index of 0.97, and 26 students who considered the content suitable for nursing students, although some adjustments are necessary. CONCLUSIONS The results show the benefit of the virtual learning environment to the training of nursing students and professional nurses who work in health care. It is an effective educational tool for teaching medication administration in pediatrics and neonatology and converges with the conjectures of active methodologies.

scholarly journals Web-Based Virtual Learning Environment for Medicine Administration in Pediatrics and Neonatology: Content Evaluation

10.2196/18258 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. e18258
Author(s):  
Alayne Larissa Martins Pereira ◽  
Casandra Genoveva Rosales Martins Ponce Leon ◽  
Laiane Medeiros Ribeiro ◽  
Guilherme Da Costa Brasil ◽  
Karen Karoline Gouveia Carneiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Medication Administration ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Validity Index ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

Background Worldwide, patient safety has been a widely discussed topic and has currently become one of the greatest challenges for health institutions. This concern is heightened when referring to children. Objective The goal of this study was to develop a virtual learning environment for medication administration, as a tool to facilitate the training process of undergraduate nursing students. Methods Descriptive research and methodological development with a quantitative and qualitative approach were used with stages of design-based research as methodological strategies. For the development of the virtual environment, 5 themes were selected: rights of medication administration, medication administration steps, medication administration routes, medication calculation, and nonpharmacological actions for pain relief. After development, 2 groups—expert judges in the field of pediatrics and neonatology for environment validation and undergraduate nursing students for the assessment—were used to assess the virtual learning environment. For the validation of the virtual learning environment by expert judges, the content validity index was used, and for the evaluation of the students, the percentage of agreement was calculated. Results The study included 13 experts who positively validated the virtual environment with a content validity index of 0.97, and 26 students who considered the content suitable for nursing students, although some adjustments are necessary. Conclusions The results show the benefit of the virtual learning environment to the training of nursing students and professional nurses who work in health care. It is an effective educational tool for teaching medication administration in pediatrics and neonatology and converges with the conjectures of active methodologies.

scholarly journals Virtual learning object for the simulated evaluation of acute pain in nursing students

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Graziela Alvarez ◽  
Grace Teresinha Marcon Dal Sasso
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Acute Pain ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

This study aimed to evaluate the results of the application of a virtual learning object for the simulated evaluation of acute pain in the learning of undergraduate nursing students and to verify the opinions of the students regarding the quality of the technology. This was a quasi-experimental, non-randomized, before and after study performed with 14 students in the seventh phase of the undergraduate nursing course of the Federal University of Santa Catarina. The pre (8.84) and post-test (9.31) means revealed significant differences in learning after the intervention (p=0.03). In the qualitative evaluation the flexibility of access, access independent of time/place, freedom to decide the best learning route and the similarity with reality were highlighted. It constitutes a promising educational tool, an interactive experience, similar to reality, dynamic and constructive learning. The application of the technology has brought positive results for learning about pain evaluation, contributing to fill the gap in the teaching of the thematic.

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