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Amin Hosseini, Fatemeh Keshmiri, Dr. Zahra Rooddehghan, Zahra Mokhtari, Elahe Salamat Gaznag, Fatemeh Bahramnezhad,
Volume 16, Issue 3 (12-2021)
Abstract
Introduction: Educating students in a safe environment such as simulated centers can be effective in providing educational services and preparation for clinical work. Accordingly, the present study was conducted with the aim of designing, implementing and evaluating clinical pharmacology simulation training method for nursing students.
Methods: This study was performed in 2019-2021 in three main phases of design, implementation and evaluation of Pharmaceutical Skills Center in Clinical Skills Center of Tehran School of Nursing and Midwifery. First, the design phase was accomplished by preparing the space and the desired drugs. Due to the prevalence of Covid-19 disease, part of the implementation and evaluation phase was carried out in the virtual context. Before and after the internship, students' knowledge, skills, satisfaction and clinical reasoning were measured using relevant questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics.
Result: The mean scores of the three variables in terms of pharmacology knowledge, drug calculation skills and clinical reasoning of pharmacology of nursing students before and after the internship were examined. The results demonstrated that all three means were significantly improved compared to that of before the intervention (P <0.001 and P = 0.001). The mean of total students' satisfaction with pharmacology internship course turned out to be 30.57 (3.2), which indicated the relative satisfaction with the training course.
Conclusion: In general, the results of the study indicated an improvement at the level of pharmacological knowledge, clinical reasoning of pharmacology and a significant improvement in pharmacological skills. Despite the limitations of Covid 19, this training method seems to augment the performance of nursing students in pharmacology.
Dr. Fatemeh Bahramnezhad, Miss Najmeh Chegini,
Volume 17, Issue 2 (9-2022)
Abstract
Introduction: The majority of nursing students believed that their knowledge in the field of pharmacology is far from the desired level, which can be due to the large volume of intensive one-semester content and ineffective teaching of the pharmacology course. Accordingly, this study has determined and compared education with the mobile application and puzzle classroom on memorization of pharmacology course for undergraduate nursing students.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed between 2020-2021. Seventy, 4th and 5th semester nursing students were divided into two groups using a table of random numbers. One group was taught through the mobile application and the other group was taught through the puzzle classroom. Before and one month after the intervention, students were tested in clinical reasoning. Data were analyzed using software version 16 and independent t-test, paired t-test and descriptive statistics.
Result: The findings of this study showed that there was no statistically significant difference between the memorization score of the pharmacology course of the puzzle classroom with education through mobile application compared to before and after the intervention and also in comparison between the two groups.
Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, both puzzle classroom and teaching through mobile application can be used to enhance learning pharmacology among undergraduate students.
Puzzle Classroom, Mobile Application, Memory, Pharmacology, Undergraduate Nursing Student
Mrs Mehrnoosh Partovirad, Mr Amin Hosseini,
Volume 18, Issue 2 (9-2023)
Abstract
Introduction: The problem of the weak knowledge of pharmacology among nursing students has not been well explained, and on the other hand, experiences and suggestions in the field of improving the knowledge of pharmacology of nursing students are not properly available in the nursing literature of the country, so this study aims to explain the challenge of the weak knowledge of pharmacology in nursing students of the country and to present Solutions to improve pharmacology knowledge were carried out. Method: This study was conducted as a review by searching the Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, SID, and MagIran databases with the keywords of pharmaceutical knowledge and nursing students in the abstract and title of the articles, and the articles that examine the level of pharmaceutical knowledge Nursing students had studied in the country, and also the studies that were published in the field of providing solutions to improve the knowledge of pharmacology in nursing students were selected and analyzed in the present study. Results: Out of 52 reviewed articles, four internal articles investigated the status of nursing students' knowledge of pharmacology, and other internal and external studies provided improvement strategies in this field. The presented solutions were classified into two operational dimensions and teaching methods. Conclusion: Based on the research done, it seems that in terms of pharmacology teaching methods, the use of combined approaches will bring more concrete results due to more suitable consequences in terms of solving the upcoming challenge.
