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Student Nurses & Computer Assisted Instruction

EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION AS A TEACHING METHOD FOR STUDENT NURSES IN ANTIPARTAL CLINICAL PROCEDURES

The shortage of professional nurses in the United States in the early1990s is acute. Increasing numbers of college students are declaring nursing majors, yet the nursing shortage is expected to continue well into the next century. A major contributor to the nursing shortage and its expected continuation is the severe deficit of clinical sites for nursing education and training.

There are few signs of governmental willingness to commit the resources necessary to provide the facilities and staff required by the increasing demands placed on nursing education. Therefore, nursing educators must attempt to develop innovative teaching approaches that will lead to an increased output of professional nurses, while continuing to operate with a stable resources base, and without permitting nursing education standards to deteriorate. One such teaching innovation is computer assisted instruction.

The effectiveness of computer assisted instruction in nursing education was tested at the Ball State University School of Nursing. The test involved instruction in maternity nursing, and was specifically related to antipartal clinical procedures.

Two groups of nursing students were involved in the test. The first group was comprised of 213 associate nursing degree students, while the second group was comprised of 316 baccalaureate degree nursing students. With respect to antipartal clinical procedures, the baccalaureate degree students complete specified reading requirements related to antipartal nursing, conduct a fourhour observation of an antipartal clinic in operation, and prepare an antipartal nursing care plan following the observation. The associate degree students complete reading requirements identical to those for the baccalaureate students, and participate in a computer assisted instruction program cove...

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