Author
Listed:
- Minna Ylönen
- Jaakko Viljamaa
- Hannu Isoaho
- Kristiina Junttila
- Helena Leino‐Kilpi
- Riitta Suhonen
Abstract
Aims and objectives To test the effectiveness of an Internet‐based education programme about venous leg ulcer nursing care on perceived and theoretical knowledge levels and attitudes among nurses working in home health care. Background Nurses have been shown to have knowledge gaps in venous leg ulcer nursing care. Internet‐based learning could offer a means for flexible continuing education for home healthcare environment. Design Quasi‐experimental study with pre‐ and postmeasurements and nonequivalent intervention and comparison groups. Method Nurses (n = 946) in home health care in two Finnish municipalities were invited to participate in the study and divided into intervention and comparison groups. The intervention group received education programme about venous leg ulcer nursing care, while the comparison group did not. Data were collected at baseline, at six weeks and at 10 weeks to test the hypotheses: nurses using education programme about venous leg ulcer nursing care will have higher level of knowledge and more positive attitudes than those not using education programme about venous leg ulcer nursing care. An analysis of variance and mixed models with repeated measures were used to test differences in knowledge and attitudes between and within the groups. Results There were statistically significant increases in knowledge levels in the intervention group from baseline to the first and second follow‐up measurements. In the comparison group, the knowledge levels remained unchanged during the study. Attitude levels remained unchanged in both groups. Conclusion Nurses’ perceived and theoretical knowledge levels of venous leg ulcer nursing care can be increased with Internet‐based education. However, this increase in knowledge levels is short‐lived, which emphasises the need for continuous education. Relevance to clinical practice Internet‐based education about venous leg ulcer nursing care is recommended for home healthcare nurses. Education programme about venous leg ulcer nursing care provides flexible method for nurses’ learning with feasible and cost‐effective access to evidence‐based education. Education programme about venous leg ulcer nursing care material can be used in all nursing environments where Internet is available.
Suggested Citation
Minna Ylönen & Jaakko Viljamaa & Hannu Isoaho & Kristiina Junttila & Helena Leino‐Kilpi & Riitta Suhonen, 2017.
"Internet‐based learning programme to increase nurses’ knowledge level about venous leg ulcer care in home health care,"
Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(21-22), pages 3646-3657, November.
Handle:
RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:26:y:2017:i:21-22:p:3646-3657
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13736
Download full text from publisher
Corrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:26:y:2017:i:21-22:p:3646-3657. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://doi.org/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-2702 .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through
the various RePEc services.