Li-Yun Szu, Suh-Ing Hsieh, Whei-Mei Shih, Mei-Chu Tsai, Su-Mei Tseng
The Scale of Perceptions and Self-Participation in Hemodialysis: Development and Psychometric Evaluation
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
nursing students lack clinical experience assessing intrapartum uterine activity rating ability level understanding low fair despite receiving theoretical instruction prior attending clinical placements teaching modelaids may facilitate learning however purchasing additional models could prove expensive within many organisations limited exposure skills rehearsal school may contribute student anxiety stress perceived low selfefficacy clinical practice develop assess effectiveness novel uterine contraction learning aid training tool expand knowledge attitude practice nursing students twophase study conducted institute nursing thailand phase underpinned research development first considered quality five experts comprising obstetrician two midwives two nursing instructors novel uterine contraction learning aid assessed 30 fourthyear nursing students experience assessing uterine contractions educational suitability phase ii sixty yearthree nursing students assigned via matchedpairs either experimental control group evaluate effectiveness uterine contraction learning aid completing three questionnaires underpinned knowledge attitude practice concept phase descriptive statistics applied survey responses indicate participants rated quality uterine contraction learning aid highly every aspect learning skills perceptions confidence overall production rated good level phase ii independent sample ttest used compare knowledge attitude practice values assessing uterine contractions control experimental groups participants experiment group significantly higher scores knowledge practice assessing uterine contractions compared control group 4768 p 0000 vs 3630 p 0001 respectively statistically significant difference attitudes relation assessing uterine contractions two groups 0188 p 0852 novel uterine contraction learning aid used effectively prepare nursing students prior practicing women undergoing intrapartum care