Gerald Knezek, David Gibson, Rhonda Christensen, Ottavia Trevisan, Morgan Carter
Assessing approaches to learning with nonparametric multidimensional scaling
British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology
study seeks assess influence educational program enhancing knowledge attitudes practices nicu nurses regarding mdros quasiexperimental design investigated efficacy educational intervention shaping knowledge attitudes practices mothers working nurses nicu toward mdros used total 168 nurses participated divided 84 intervention groups 84 noneducational groups analysis overall knowledge scores educational interventions revealed significant improvement posteducation knowledge scores mean 1694 compared preeducation scores mean 129929 t83 40119 p 0001 attitude scores exhibited notable improvement posteducation mean scores increasing 4664 pretest 5845 posttest total attitude shift statistically significant t83 10423 p 0001 0 regarding overall practice data suggests positive impact education neonatal nurses practices related antibiotic usage t3 14931 p 0001 significant positive correlation found postknowledge postattitude r 0251 p 0021 based study findings mdros educational program demonstrated effectiveness improving nurses knowledge attitudes toward mdros serving valuable educational resource nurses given increasing demand nurses mdros knowledge attitude practice nicu considering documented positive impact protecting neonates fatal infections enhancing nurses knowledge attitudes practices toward mdros become imperative