EFFECTIVENESS OF VIRTUAL LEARNING PROJECT ON CARDIAC ARREST PROTOCOL KNOWLEDGE AMONG STUDENT NURSES

Abstract

Cardiac arrest protocol is an essential life saving set of clinical interventions performed by the medical and nursing team. Student Nurses require an established fundamental knowledge as they progress towards subsequent clinical and experiential learning. Virtual learning has emerged as a very important learning environment even for laboratory-based content learning in certain circumstances, where health safety is a concern. This quasi experimental study describes the effectiveness of utilizing a virtual learning project on cardiac arrest protocol among 40 international senior nursing students in Thailand. The perception of effectiveness and the pre and post intervention knowledge were measured respectively. Data analysis utilized weighted mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The students perceived the virtual learning project to be highly effective and were able to significantly improve their scores. Learning projects administered virtually can effectively improve theoretical knowledge acquisition in cardiac arrest algorithm for nursing students similar to those in the other fields. Changing learning environments must be understood to effectively utilize and design an appropriate pedagogical approach to facilitate learning retention.