scholarly journals The Effectiveness of an Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Educational Program on Undergraduate Nursing Students’ EBP Knowledge and Skills: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 293
Author(s):  
Daniela Cardoso ◽  
Filipa Couto ◽  
Ana Filipa Cardoso ◽  
Elzbieta Bobrowicz-Campos ◽  
Luísa Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Cluster Randomized

Evidence-based practice (EBP) prevents unsafe/inefficient practices and improves healthcare quality, but its implementation is challenging due to research and practice gaps. A focused educational program can assist future nurses to minimize these gaps. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of an EBP educational program on undergraduate nursing students’ EBP knowledge and skills. A cluster randomized controlled trial was undertaken. Six optional courses in the Bachelor of Nursing final year were randomly assigned to the experimental (EBP educational program) or control group. Nursing students’ EBP knowledge and skills were measured at baseline and post-intervention. A qualitative analysis of 18 students’ final written work was also performed. Results show a statistically significant interaction between the intervention and time on EBP knowledge and skills (p = 0.002). From pre- to post-intervention, students’ knowledge and skills on EBP improved in both groups (intervention group: p < 0.001; control group: p < 0.001). At the post-intervention, there was a statistically significant difference in EBP knowledge and skills between intervention and control groups (p = 0.011). Students in the intervention group presented monographs with clearer review questions, inclusion/exclusion criteria, and methodology compared to students in the control group. The EBP educational program showed a potential to promote the EBP knowledge and skills of future nurses.

scholarly journals Development and effects of a nursing information literacy competency education program for undergraduate nursing students

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-222
Author(s):  
Mean Jung Jo ◽  
Mee Ock Gu
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Directed Learning

Purpose: This study was conducted to develop and test the effects of a nursing information literacy competency education program for undergraduate nursing students.Methods: A non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The subjects consisted of 42 sophomore undergraduate nursing students who had completed a fundamental nursing course (experimental group: n=21, control group n=21). The nursing information literacy competency education program consisted of 8 steps in 8 sessions, taught over 4 weeks, which was 20 hours in total. Data were collected between January 23 and March 14, 2019 and were analyzed using Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, t-test, paired t-test, and repeated measure ANOVA with SPSS/WIN 23.0.Results: Significant differences were shown between the experimental and control groups regarding nursing information literacy competency (F=91.74, p<.001), problem-solving ability (F=52.43, p<.001), self-directed learning ability (F=36.61, p<.001), and evidence-based practice competency (F=59.66, p<.001).Conclusion: The nursing information literacy competency education program was effective in improving the nursing information literacy competency, problem-solving ability, self-directed learning ability, and evidence-based practice competency of nursing students. Hence, we recommend the nursing information literacy education program will be included as an independent course in the nursing curriculum for undergraduate nursing students to promote a needed proficiency in nursing information literacy competency.

scholarly journals Teaching cardiovascular physical examination in nursing: clinical simulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Marinho Fernandes ◽  
Ana Carolina Costa Carino ◽  
Maria Isabel da Conceição Dias Fernandes ◽  
Jéssica Dantas de Sá Tinôco ◽  
Helen Cristiny Teodoro Couto Ribeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Physical Examination ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Educational Strategy ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Clinical Simulation ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
And Control

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate, in Nursing students, the effect of clinical simulation as an educational strategy for learning about the cardiovascular physical examination. Methods: Quasi-experimental study, with the placement of 30 undergraduate nursing students, from a public university in Northeast Brazil, in two groups - intervention and control. The educational intervention consisted of a clinical simulation applied to the intervention group. The control group received only the usual class. Pre-test and post-test were applied with questions about cardiovascular physical examination for both groups. In the inferential analysis, we used chi-square or Fisher’s exact tests for categorical variables; and the Student’s t-test for independent samples. Results: The results showed that the difference in correct answers between the intervention and control groups was statistically significant, with a value of p of 0.05. Conclusion: We concluded that the applied educational strategy had a positive effect on undergraduate nursing students to learn the cardiovascular physical examination.

Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention in Reducing New International Postgraduates’ Acculturative Stress in Malaysian Public Universities: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Musheer Abdulwahid Al-Jaberi ◽  
Muhamad Hanafiah Juni ◽  
Hayati Kadir Shahar ◽  
Siti Irma Fadhilah Ismail ◽  
Murad Abdu Saeed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Acculturative Stress ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Cluster Randomized

BACKGROUND Universities around the world, including Malaysia, have attracted many international students from different countries. Research has reported that acculturative stress resulting from international students’ attempts to adjust to the cultures of host countries is one of the most challenging issues that affects their lives in general and academic lives in particular. OBJECTIVE This study aims to examine the effectiveness of an educational intervention on acculturative stress among new postgraduate international students joining Malaysian public universities. METHODS A cluster randomized controlled trial design with Malaysian public universities as the unit of randomization will be used in this study. Public universities will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to be either in the intervention (educational program) or control group (waiting list). Participants in the intervention group will receive 7 sessions in 9 hours delivered by an expert in psychology and the researcher. The control group will receive the intervention once the 3-month follow-up evaluation is completed. RESULTS The data will be analyzed using the generalized estimation equation with a confidence interval value of 95%; significant differences between and within groups are determined as <i>P</i>&lt;.05. The results of the study underlie the effectiveness of educational program in decreasing acculturative stress of new international students and enabling them to cope with a new environment. The results of this study will contribute to previous knowledge of acculturative stress, acculturation, and adjustment of international students. Furthermore, such results are expected to play a role in raising university policy makers’ awareness of their postgraduate international students’ acculturative stress issues and how they can help them avoid such stress and perform well in their academic life. CONCLUSIONS We expect that the intervention group will score significantly lower than the wait-list group on the immediate and 3-month postintervention evaluation of acculturative stress and achieve a higher level of adjustment. Results will have implications for international students, policy makers at universities, the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education, and future research. CLINICALTRIAL Clinical Trials Registry India CTRI/2018/01/011223; http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/showallp.php?mid1= 21978&amp;amp;EncHid=&amp;amp;userName=Muhamad%20Hanafiah%20Juni INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT PRR1-10.2196/12950

scholarly journals Effects of a Web-Based Educational Program Regarding Physical Restraint Reduction in Long-Term Care Settings on Nursing Students: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6698
Author(s):  
Eun-Hi Kong ◽  
Myoungsuk Kim ◽  
Seonho Kim
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Physical Restraint ◽  
Nursing Schools ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Restraint Reduction ◽  
Cluster Randomized ◽  
The Web

Physical restraint is still frequently used in many countries. However, a lack of education hinders physical restraint reduction in long-term care facilities. No study has yet to examine the effects of physical restraint reduction education on nursing students. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a web-based educational program of physical restraint reduction on nursing students’ knowledge and perceptions. A cluster randomized controlled and single-blind design was used. This study was conducted at four nursing schools in South Korea. A total of 169 undergraduate nursing students completed this study. Using random allocation, two nursing schools (85 students) were allocated as the experimental group and the other two schools (84 students) as the control group. The experimental group received the web-based educational program, and the control group did not receive the educational program. Data were collected immediately before and after the web-based educational program. The experimental group’s knowledge and perceptions significantly improved between pre-test and post-test. The analysis of covariance showed statistically significant differences between groups in knowledge (p < 0.001) and perceptions (p < 0.001) over time, revealing positive effects of the web-based educational program. The web-based educational program regarding physical restraint reduction positively affected nursing students’ knowledge and perceptions. Future studies are required to examine the educational program’s longitudinal effects with more rigorous measurements and research methods.

Instruments for measuring undergraduate nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes and skills in evidence-based practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 1979-1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Cardoso ◽  
Eduardo Santos ◽  
Maria L. Cardoso ◽  
Catarina R. Oliveira ◽  
Manuel A. Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

scholarly journals Development and Evaluation of Cultural Competence Course on Undergraduate Nursing Students in Vietnam

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 888
Author(s):  
Trang-Thi-Thuy Ho ◽  
Jina Oh
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Nursing Curricula ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds

Cultural competence is a crucial requirement of nursing to promote caring for patients with diverse backgrounds. The purpose of this study was to develop a cultural competence course and to evaluate the effects of the course on undergraduate nursing students in Vietnam. A concurrent triangulation mixed-methods study was adopted using quantitative and qualitative data sources. Sixty-six nursing students were recruited for the following groups: cultural competence course with field experience (n = 22), stand-alone cultural competence course (n = 22), and a control group (n = 22). The findings indicated that significant group by time interactions in total cultural competence score (F = 66.73, p < 0.001) were found. Participants’ perceptions reflected on three categories: (a) journey to cultural competence, (b) satisfaction of cultural competence course, and (c) suggestions for improvements. No statistically significant differences between the two experimental groups were revealed, but “obtaining cultural experiences” and “expanding understanding of cultural competence through field experience” were immersed from participants having field experience. It is vital to expand cultural competency education into nursing curricula to enhance nursing students’ perspective of culturally competent care.

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