Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effect of self-protection education against hemorrhagic fevers, on nursing students of AJA University of Medical Sciences.
Materials and Methods:This study was an educational trial that was conducted during the summer of 2016 in the School of Nursing of AJA. In this study, 60 students were examined. After obtaining a written consent from the participants, they were randomly divided to two groups, traditional and simulation training. The data collection instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire. Research during the pretest, training implementation and posttest intervention in the two groups was conducted. Data was analyzed with the SPSS version 21 software and using paired t test and independent t test.Results: Knowledge of the studied subjects had no significant difference before and after the intervention (P>0.05).The knowledge average scores of the two groups receiving lecture training and simulation methods were 29.70 ± 1.622 and 29.97 ± 2.008 with independent t test and P>0.05 was not significant. However, education made a significant difference, regardless of the method, in mean scores before and after the intervention.
Discussion and Conclusion:The results indicate that the two methods were equally effective for improving students'knowledge.
Introduction: Medication, especially injection drugs are one of the complex situations and high-risk medications in clinical processes that nurses face. Risk management is one of the recommended method to identify and prevent adverse events from drug errors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of risk management programs on Preparation of electrolyte concentration skills by nursing staff.
Materials and methods:In this experimental study, 50 nurses working in emergency departments that were involved in the process of medication, were selected through census in 2014, then randomly divided into control and test groups. The control group received the routine of the hospital and in the experimental group risk management program was implemented. Preparation of electrolyte concentration skills was examined by valid and reliable researcher check list. Data were collected in pre and post-test with SPSS software, version 21 descriptive and inferential statistics were analyzed.Results: nurses' skill in preparing the condensed electrolyte, before the intervention and control groups, was respectively 96.16±3.2 and 17.17±0.2, and in two weeks after the implementation of risk management programs was respectively 27.27±8.1 and 83.17±2.2. In the pre-test, independent t test, a significant difference was observed between the two groups in the nursing skills (P>0.05). While in the post-test, significant differences in scores between the experimental and control groups were nursing skills (P<0.001). Paired t-test, before and after the intervention, the experimental group showed a significant difference (P<0.001).
Discussion and Conclusion:The results showed the effectiveness of the risk management program. Implementation of risk management programs as a way to improve nurses' skills in preparing the condensed electrolytes is recommended.
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