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- Title
Measuring intravenous cannulation skills of practical nursing students using rubber mannequin intravenous training arms.
- Authors
Jones, Robert S; Simmons, Angela; Boykin Sr, Gary L; Stamper, David; Thompson, Jennifer C; Boykin, Gary L Sr
- Abstract
This study examined the effectiveness of two training methods for peripheral intravenous (IV) cannulation; one using rubber mannequin IV training arms, and the other consisting of students performing the procedure on each other. Two hundred-sixty Phase II Army Practical Nursing students were randomized into two groups and trained to perform an IV cannulation procedure. All students watched a 12-minute training video covering standard IV placement procedures. Afterward, both groups practiced the procedure for an hour according to their assigned group. Students were then tested on IV placement in a live human arm using a 14-item testing instrument in three trials that were scored pass/fail. There was no difference in the groups' performance of the IV procedure on the first attempt: 51.7% (n = 92) of the human arm group passed the test, and 48.3% (n = 86) of the rubber mannequin group passed the test (p = 0.074). These data suggest that using rubber mannequin IV arms for IV skills training may be just as effective as training students using traditional methods. In addition, using simulation provides an extra benefit of reducing risks associated with learning the procedure on a fellow student.
- Subjects
UNITED States; INTRAVENOUS therapy equipment; CLINICAL competence; COMPARATIVE studies; EDUCATIONAL tests &; measurements; HUMAN anatomical models; INTRAVENOUS catheterization; INTRAVENOUS therapy; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; PSYCHOLOGY of nursing students; PRACTICAL nursing; RESEARCH; SELF-perception; MILITARY personnel; TEACHING; TEACHING aids; EVALUATION research; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
Military Medicine, 2014, Vol 179, Issue 11, p1361
- ISSN
0026-4075
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00576