The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of competency and retention in cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to self-directed learning compared with conventional CPR program for the nursing college students. The study was designed...
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of competency and retention in cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to self-directed learning compared with conventional CPR program for the nursing college students. The study was designed to take nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest, quasi-experimental method.
The data were collected from November 21, 2005 to April 28, 2006. The subjects for the experimental group and control group were 28 nursing students respectively.
All subjects were tested pre-test, post-test for 4 times; immediately after, 1 Mo. later, 3Mo. later, and 5Mo. later their program. Control group was trained by 4h CPR program and experimental group was attended self-directed learning program after 4h CPR training.
The data were analyzed by the statistical program SPSS/PC 12.0 for window. ANCOVA was employed to verify the hypotheses identifying the CPR competency between two groups, and repeated measure ANOVA and paired t-test after Bonferroni correction were employed to verify the hypotheses identifying the effects of CPR retention between two groups.
The results of the study were as follows:
· There were no significant differences on the CPR competency of knowledge and self-efficacy between experimental and control group, However in the skills competency of CPR, there were significant differences between two groups.
· There were no significant differences on the CPR retention effect of knowledge and self-efficacy between experimental and control group, However in the CPR retention of skills, there were significant differences between two groups.
In conclusion, 4h CPR program was useful for the CPR knowledge and self-efficacy, However, the results of this study show that self-directed learning program was very effective program and powerful learning strategy to improve CPR competency of skills and CPR retention of skills.
According to the above results we suggest that:
· Self-directed learning was very effective program to have CPR skills competency and to increase retention of CPR skills, and could be nursing intervention for CPR training
· Long-term additional studies more than 5 months are needed to determine the lasting effects of the program.
· The study to verify whether the self-directed learning method is also effective applied to other nursing skills is needed.