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- Title
Clinician Acceptability & Perceived Benefits of a Comprehensive Fundamentals of Peripheral IV Access eLearning Program.
- Authors
LeClair, Matthew; Schuster, Catherine; Stahl, Brian; Murray, Connie; Glover, Kevin
- Abstract
Peripheral IV catheter (PIVC) insertion is a prevalent, technically difficult, and invasive procedure. Despite this fact, most health care practitioners, who have not been trained as vascular access experts, receive little substantive peripheral vascular access education or training (Alexandrou E, Ramjan L, Murphy J, Hunt L, Betihavas V, Frost S, 2012; Hadaway L, 2012; Vizcarra C, Cassutt C, Corbitt N, Richardson D, Runde D, Stafford K, 2014). While training is necessary, capturing and maintaining the selective attention of multigenerational practicing nurses who work in high stress, potentially overworked environments is a challenge. We created a comprehensive two-hour, evidencebased eLearning program to further develop clinicians’ knowledge and understanding of important topics related to PIVC insertion and how to systematically apply well-established care approaches that improve patient care, achieve best practices, and promote patient safety. Sixty practicing nurses (n=60, age range=22-65; years as a nurse range=0-42) took part in the eLearning. Upon orogram completion, participants completed an eva uation consisting of eleven likert-type closedended questions that measured participants’ perceived value cf the learning program’s design, effectiveness, transferability to clinical practice, and overall satisfaction (Cronbach alpha= 0.91). In addition, three open-ended questions allowed participants to provide optional suggestions for program improvement. Results provided support for our chosen instruction design, as there was an overwhelmingly positive reaction to the program and self-reported gain in knowledge with applicability to their job. A majority agreed that the scope of the material was appropriate to meet their needs (90%), :he use of multimedia/audiovisuals enhanced the activity (95%), they learned new knowledge (90%), they are able to apply what was learned to their job (88%), and that completing this program was a good use of their time (83%). We concluded that eLearning could be an effective strategy to begin to meet the PIVC training needs of health care practitioners.
- Subjects
NURSING education; INTRAVENOUS catheterization; INTRAVENOUS therapy; NURSING; PATIENT safety; TEACHING aids; TEACHING methods; EVALUATION research; EVALUATION of human services programs
- Publication
Vascular Access, 2016, Vol 10, Issue 2, p9
- ISSN
1913-6692
- Publication type
Article