DEVELOPING RENAL NURSES' BUTTONHOLE CANNULATION SKILLS USING E‐LEARNING. Issue 1 (31st January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Blackman, Ian R.; Mannix, Trudi; Sinclair, Peter M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of renal care. Volume 40:Issue 1(2014:Mar.)
• Page Start: 55
• Page End: 63
• Publication Date: 2014-01-31
• Subjects: Kidneys -- Diseases -- Nursing -- Periodicals; Hemodialysis -- Periodicals; Kidney Diseases -- nursing -- Periodicals; Renal Replacement Therapy -- nursing -- Periodicals; 616.61
• DOI: 10.1111/jorc.12047
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1755-6678

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>SUMMARY</title> <sec id="jorc12047-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Background</title> <p>It has previously been shown that nurses can learn clinical nursing skills by e‐learning (online), and that many variables will influence how well nurses adopt learned clinical skills using distance education.</p> </sec> <sec id="jorc12047-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Objectives</title> <p>This study aimed to identify and measure the strength of those factors which would simultaneously influence registered nurses' (RNs') beliefs about their own learning about buttonhole cannulation, using e‐learning.</p> </sec> <sec id="jorc12047-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Design</title> <p>An online Likert style survey consisting of a list of statements related to knowledge and skill domains considered crucial in the area of buttonhole cannulation was distributed to 101 RNs before and after completing an e‐learning programme. Participants were required to identify their current level of self‐confidence in relationship to each of the statements.</p> </sec> <sec id="jorc12047-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Measurements</title> <p>Measures of RNs' self‐rated abilities to assess and implement buttonhole cannulation after completing a related e‐learning program were tested using a Partial Least Squares Analysis (PLS‐PATH) programme.</p> </sec> <sec id="jorc12047-sec-0005" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>The study's results strongly identify that the nurses' ability to meet both clinical and educational outcomes of the renal e‐learning module can be predicted by six variables, none of which are directly related to the participants' demographic or clinical backgrounds.</p> </sec> <sec id="jorc12047-sec-0006" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusion</title> <p>These findings support the use of e‐learning to teach clinical skills to RNs, and demonstrate the value of Partial Least Squares Analysis in determining influential learning factors.</p> </sec> </abstract>