Critical Care Nurses Perceptions of Learning on E-Learning Platform in Medical College Hospital

Abstract

Aim To study the perceptions of critical care nurses in using digital learning material in a multi-speciality hospital in India, with objectives to fulfil the primary objective as converting the classroom teaching modules into digital format and secondary objective was to identify the research gap of understanding the effectiveness of technology based (e-tools) tools for Continuous Nursing Education compared to Traditional classroom training. Methodology: Experimental, Case Control method study was done among nursing manpower from the Intensive care units of a multi-speciality tertiary care teaching hospital with 220 Intensive care beds. Non-Probability convenience sampling was taken with 335 nurses as experimental group and 335 participants who chose to attend the traditional training class formed the control group. A single training program was instituted on blood transfusion practices. Results It is seen that in the control group, the percentage increase in median scores was 11.8%, whereas experimental group had median score of 17.7%. The maximum improvement in at least one participant in the control group was 31.5% while in the experimental group it was 36.5%. Conclusion Digital educational technologies are vastly been embraced in nursing education. The digital platforms provide great amount of independence to the learner, utility of theoretical knowledge can be improved through virtual learning environments. This study reinforces the introductory experiences that our nursing personnel had, which prompts the administration to reduce the training costs.