J Korean Acad Nurs.  2011 Feb;41(1):36-46. 10.4040/jkan.2011.41.1.36.

Development and Effects of an e-Learning Program in Operating Room Nursing for Nursing Students

• Park EH
• Hwang SY

• KMID: 1007007
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2011.41.1.36

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.

Keyword

Computer assisted instruction; Nursing students; Clinical practice; Operating room nursing

MeSH Terms

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