Comparison of Mental Health Nursing Student Academic Achievement and Satisfaction: Classroom Versus Online Education in Teaching Therapeutic Crisis Management Techniques. (4th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Graber, Jennifer
• Is Part Of: Issues in mental health nursing. Volume 40:Number 3(2019)
• Page Start: 247
• Page End: 251
• Publication Date: 2019-03-04
• Subjects: Psychiatric nursing -- Periodicals; Mental health personnel -- Periodicals; 616.89023105
• DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2018.1505985
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-2840

Abstract

Abstract: Background: Mental health nurse educators use online education in an effort to offer students the ability to practice varying skills in a safe environment. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness and student satisfaction of live classroom versus online education in delivering therapeutic crisis management skills content to pre-licensure nursing students as measured by overall grade point average (GPA), test scores, class grade, and student satisfaction survey results. Methods: This quasi-experimental, post-hoc comparative study had a two-group post-test design. The participants were pre-licensure psychiatric mental health nursing students who were presented a 30-min lecture followed by group work with case studies and interventions. Results: There were no statistically significant differences between the live classroom and online education group. Conclusions: This study indicates that therapeutic crisis management techniques can be taught a variety of ways for academic success and may validate the feasibility of online education within mental health nursing curricula.