Blood Pressure Determination, Continuing Nursing Education, Education, Distance
Conditions
Brief summary
Regardless of the method used to measure BP, initial and ongoing training of technicians and healthcare providers and the use of validated and calibrated devices are critical for obtaining accurate BP measurements.
Detailed description
Shortage of human resources and the importance of remaining up-to-date to provide healthcare services highlighted the development of distance education for nurses. In addition information presented via the distance learning method via software systems was more stable than the face-to-face method via lecture, and it saved time and energy. Nurses are responsible for BP monitoring and assessment in the clinical setting. Finding new strategies for distance education is of great concern and ,compared with traditional face-to-face interventions, those carried out through social networks have the advantage that the participant does not need to attend the sessions in person, and offers unlimited access to the intervention materials whenever they wish.
Interventions
OTHERblood pressure measurement whatsapp educational program
educational
Sponsors
Mansoura University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Only permanent staff nurses working in the two cardiac units. * Nurses of both sexes . * Nurses who use a smart phone or any other digital device with the ability to install the social network of whatsapp.
Exclusion criteria
* Inaccessibility to wireless net work * Unwillingness to participate in study * Failure to fill pretest questionnaire
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| change in blood pressure measurement skill score | will be measured at baseline and at the end of study (after 1 month) | ). It consists of nine parts. Part one focuses on participants' ability to correctly identify the Korotkoff soundsParts two to nine will focus on measurement steps and a scoring system will be applied by adding 1 point to each correct practice, and 0 point to each wrong practice |
| change in Blood Pressure Measurement Knowledge score | will be measured at baseline and at the end of the study (after 1 month) | It consists of five sections. Section one focuses on demographic information , Section two to five focus on questions related to background knowledge, measurement technique, cuff size and arm position of the patient, palpation to identify systolic pressure. A scoring system will be applied by adding 1 point to each correct answer, and 0 point to each wrong answer. |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed