scholarly journals Multimedia-aided instruction in teaching basic life support to undergraduate nursing students

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 300-305
Author(s):  
Chuenjit Junsawang ◽  
Karnyupha Jittivadhna ◽  
Sutha Luealamai ◽  
Renu Pookboonmee
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Basic Life Support ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
P Value ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Learning Group ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

Basic life support (BLS) knowledge is a necessity for nursing students, as they have to deal with cardiac arrest events during their professional career. Existing studies indicate poor BLS knowledge among health science students, including nursing students. Learning BLS requires an understanding of basic sciences, such as anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry, subjects perceived to be difficult, resulting in misconceptions. Hence, a multimedia-aided instruction on BLS, supplemented with cooperating learning groups, was developed to assist nursing students in gaining correct BLS knowledge. A pretest-posttest designed for single cooperating groups was employed to evaluate students’ achievements. Sixty-five undergraduate nursing students took the pretest and posttest that consisted of 10 open-ended questions, each designed to evaluate an aspect of their BLS knowledge. The results show significantly more students (60 vs. 20%) answered more questions correctly on the posttest compared with the pretest ( P value <0.05, Wilcoxon signed-rank test). Thus the multimedia-aided instruction package enhanced undergraduate nursing students’ understanding of BLS and also assisted to generate a positive perception of multimedia-aided instructions, supplemented with a cooperating learning group.

scholarly journals Effects of a Clinical Simulation Course about Basic Life Support on Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1409
Author(s):  
María del Mar Requena-Mullor ◽  
Raquel Alarcón-Rodríguez ◽  
María Isabel Ventura-Miranda ◽  
Jessica García-González
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Basic Life Support ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Assessment Protocol ◽  
Clinical Simulation ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Post Test

Training in basic life support (BLS) using clinical simulation improves compression rates and the development of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills. This study analyzed the learning outcomes of undergraduate nursing students taking a BLS clinical simulation course. A total of 479 nursing students participated. A pre-test and post-test were carried out to evaluate theoretical knowledge of BLS through questions about anatomical physiology, cardiac arrest, the chain of survival, and CPR. A checklist was used in the simulation to evaluate practical skills of basic CPR. The learning outcomes showed statistically significant differences in the total score of the pre-test and after completing the BLS clinical simulation course (pre-test: 12.61 (2.30), post-test: 15.60 (2.06), p < 0.001). A significant increase in the mean scores was observed after completing the course in each of the four parts of the assessment protocol (p < 0.001). The increase in scores in the cardiac arrest and CPR sections were relevant (Rosenthal’s r: −0.72). The students who had prior knowledge of BLS scored higher on both the pre-test and the post-test. The BLS simulation course was an effective method of teaching and learning BLS skills.

scholarly journals The effects of an online basic life support course on undergraduate nursing students’ learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 309-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Tobase ◽  
Heloisa H.C. Peres ◽  
Renan Gianotto-Oliveira ◽  
Nicole Smith ◽  
Thatiane F. Polastri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Basic Life Support ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

scholarly journals MEASUREMENT OF GENERAL CRITICAL THINKING IN UNDERGRADUATE NURSING STUDENTS: EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Paula de Souza Rego Pinto Carvalho ◽  
Allyne Fortes Vitor ◽  
Ana Luisa Petersen Cogo ◽  
Greicy Kelly Gouveia Dias Bittencourt ◽  
Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Concept Maps ◽  
Life Support ◽  
P Value ◽  
Double Blind Study ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After

ABSTRACT Objective: to compare the levels of general critical thinking and the skills or cognitive attributes involved, individually measured during the training of undergraduate nursing students, through a teaching intervention using Concept Maps. Method: an experimental, randomized, double-blind study with before and after design, conducted with 77 undergraduate nursing students. The research subjects were randomized to the control (38) and experiment (39) groups and both participated in a course on Advanced Life Support in Cardiology for a period of five weeks, when the intervention was the construction of four concept maps. Data collection took place through a sociodemographic questionnaire and the California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST) before and after the course and after in order to measure critical thinking. Results: sociodemographic data confirmed that the groups had similar characteristics. After the intervention using the concept maps, the mean pre-and post-test general critical thinking averages were classified as moderate and showed no statistically significant difference. The t-test for paired samples showed a significantly increased Evaluation skill score (p-value of 0.022) in the posttest for the experiment group. Conclusion: the use of the teaching strategy with construction of the concept maps performed well in the promotion of General Critical Thinking and its abilities. Teaching strategies based on constructivist theories should be encouraged as they play a significant role in improving student learning and critical thinking.

scholarly journals A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Basic Life Support among First Year Undergraduate Nursing Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
D. Ravivarman ◽  
K. Kamala
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Basic Life Support ◽  
Life Support ◽  
First Year ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Structured Teaching ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mean

Introduction: Early initiation of Basic life support (BLS) with Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an important contributory factor in the survival of Cardiac arrest. Effective and timely CPR reduces the likelihood of death following sudden cardiac arrest. Adequate knowledge and skills regarding BLS and appropriate application of the same is an essential requisite for nursing students. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding Basic life support among first year undergraduate Nursing students. Materials and Methods: Quantitative pre experimental research design was adopted for this present study. First year 59 undergraduate Nursing students were chosen by Purposive sampling technique. The data were collected by using demographic proforma and self structured knowledge questionnaire. Results: Pre-test and post- test knowledge scores revealed that during pre-test, the mean score 8.6±3.07 (SD) which is 43% of the total mean score, whereas in post-test, the mean score was 15.13 ± 2.26(SD) which is 75.65% of the total mean score depicting difference of 32.65% increase in mean percentage of score. The calculated‘t’ value 24.89 which is higher than the P<0.05, stated that highly significant difference between the pre-test and post-test. It proved that the structured teaching programme was highly effective to improve the student’s knowledge.

scholarly journals A Cross-International Study to Evaluate Knowledge and Attitudes Related to Basic Life Support among Undergraduate Nursing Students—A Questionnaire Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 4116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Kwiecień-Jaguś ◽  
Wioletta Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska ◽  
Nijolė Galdikienė ◽  
Gemma Via Clavero ◽  
Monika Kopeć
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Basic Life Support ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
International Study ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
First Aid Training ◽  
Project Data

Practicing the algorithms of basic life support (BLS) is essential in order to take adequate measures to save lives, and future nursing staff should be advanced when it comes to performing lifesaving activities. The purpose of the study was to analyse the theoretical and practical knowledge of nursing students (within the undergraduate course) with regards to the basic life support (BLS). The study has a prospective, comparative and descriptive nature. Three countries that educate nursing students within the undergraduate course participated in the project. Data was collected with the use of a questionnaire based on the guidelines of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC 2015). The study was carried out among a total of 748 respondents from three countries: Poland (n = 189, 25.3%), Lithuania (n = 500, 66.8%) and Spain (n = 59; 7.9%). The average age of respondents was 23.41 (SD ± 5.90). The average score obtained by the respondents who answered the questions was 11.13 with a standard deviation of SD ± 2.29. The conducted study revealed that a substantial number of the respondents who participated in the study obtained an average result concerning theoretical and practical knowledge of BLS. It was also confirmed that the additional education in the form of first aid training courses has a major impact on improving the levels of knowledge among the students in each of the analysed country.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF SIMULATION OF THE BASIC LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING ON NURSING STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-183
Author(s):  
Ida Rahmawati ◽  
Dwi Putri Sulistiya Ningsih
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Student ◽  
Basic Life Support ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Cerebral Oxygenation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
P Value ◽  
Knowledge Questionnaire ◽  
Post Test

ABSTRACTBackground: Cardiac arrest is a health problem that is increasing to be the leading cause of death in the world. The main action to save cardiac arrest aims to maintain optimal myocardial and cerebral oxygenation so that death does not occur. Providing Basic Life Support (BLS) is an effort to save and restore this function. Knowledge about cardiac arrest among health students is still a neglected problem due to a lack of awareness in seeking basic knowledge.Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of basic life support-based simulation training on knowledge of nursing students in the city of Bengkulu.Methods: This study used a pre-experimental design with a pre-test post-test approach. The population in this study were all 61 students of the fourth semester of STIKES Tri Mandiri Sakti Bengkulu nursing students. Samples were taken using total sampling technique. Data were collected using a knowledge questionnaire containing 10 question items which were adopted from the questionnaire Yunanto et al., (2017). Data were analyzed using paired sample t-test.Result: Based on the results of the study, it was found that there was a significant effect of BLS training based on manikin simulation on nursing student knowledge with a value of t test = -15.169, p = value = 0.000 <α = 0.05.Conclusion: Nursing students need to provide knowledge about BLS from the start so that they are more confident and able to apply it in case of cardiac arrest outside the hospital. Higher education institutions should provide health education about BLS from the beginning of the academic year, so that in the following semester students are better able to improve the quality of the skills they have formed.Keywords: Basic Life Support, Knowledge, Simulation.  

Evaluation of Drug Dose Calculation Ability of Nursing Students: An Interventional Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deependra Prasad Sarraf ◽  
Basant Kumar Karn ◽  
Erina Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Dose Calculation ◽  
Drug Dose ◽  
P Value ◽  
Interventional Study ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Mastery Level ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Calculation Ability

Abstract Background: Incorrect drug dose calculations by nursing students can cause drug errors and harm patients. Their ability to calculate the correct dosage of drugs consistently need to be evaluated regularly. The objective of the study was to evaluate the drug dose calculation ability of nursing students.Methods: A pre-post interventional study was conducted among 99 undergraduate nursing students studying in 2nd, 3rd and 4th year. Pre-test was conducted using a 20-item self-administered questionnaire on drug dose calculation test followed by a 30 minute lecture on the methods of drug dose calculation. Post-test was conducted using the same questionnaire after a washout period of six weeks. Mean score, standard deviation, frequency and percentage were calculated. Student t test, one way ANOVA and McNemar Test were used for statistical analysis using SPSS version 11.5 at P-value of 0.05.Results: Pre-test and post-test mean score were 10.59 ± 3.00 and 15.36 ± 2.46 respectively. There was 45.04% increase in mean score in the post-test after the intervention and it was statistically significant (P-value < 0.05). None of students scored more than 90% of mastery level in the pretest and 42 students (42.4%) scored more than 90% of mastery level in the post-test. The mean score was highest for third year students in both pre-test and post-test; however, it was statistically not significant (P-value > 0.05).Conclusions: Drug dose calculation ability of the students was poor in the pre-test and it significantly improved after the intervention. The study findings highlight the need for regular continuing mathematical and drug dose calculation practice among the students.

Moral distress among undergraduate nursing students who question the choice of professional career

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.S. Bordignon ◽  
V.L. Lunardi ◽  
E.L.D. Barlem ◽  
W.D. Lunardi Filho ◽  
J.G. Tomaschewski-Barlem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Moral Distress ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

scholarly journals Retracted: The effectiveness of basic life support training on nursing students’ knowledge and basic life support practices: a non-randomized quasi-experimental design

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 966-976
Author(s):  
Selmin Kose ◽  
Semiha Akin ◽  
Onur Mendi ◽  
Sonay Goktas
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Basic Life Support ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Skill Scores ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Support Practices

This article has been retracted by the Editor as it has been published in a previous issue. Background: Provision of up-to-date information and skills training related to basic life support practices is very important for nursing students’ professional development and practitioner and education related roles. Objective: The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of basic life support training on knowledge and practices among nursing students. Methods: A non-randomized quasi-experimental design (one group pre-test-post-test) was used in this study. The study was conducted in the laboratory of an undergraduate nursing school. The sample consisted of a convenience sample of 1st-year stu- dents enrolled in the undergraduate nursing class. The study sample consisted of 65 nursing students. Basic life support training included both theoretical and practical components. The students’ knowledge and practices were assessed before basic life sup- port training. Data were collected using the knowledge assessment questionnaire. The practical skills for basic life support were observed and assessed using a checklist. The pre- and post-assessment practice scores were compared. Results: After basic life support training, level of knowledge and practical skill scores were higher compared to pre-training scores (t= -12.442, p=0.000; t= -22.899, p=0.000). There was a significant and moderate association between the adult basic life support knowledge form scores and the adult basic life support practice assessment form scores obtained after the training (r = 0.39, p<0.01). Conclusion: The study showed that basic life support training improved knowledge and skills related to basic life support practices in nursing students. Periodic basic life support training is very important for competency in this area among nursing students. Keywords: Basic life support; training; nursing; students

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