Comparison of the Effect of Three Methods of Education (Inquirybased Bedside Education and Routine Approach to Clinical Education) on Critical Care Nursing Students Clinical Learning

Background & Objective: Regarding the importance of nursing education promotion there is a need to use methods that have the ability to create knowledge and skills in students This study aimed to assess the effect of education (inquiry bedside education and routine approach to clinical education) on critical care nursing students clinical learning Methods: This quasiexperimental study performed in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Valiasr hospital in Arak Iran during Octobers to March ۲۰۱۴ The subjects were ۶۰ nursing students who were selected via census method and randomly were divided into three groups of ۲۰ subjects After the administration of pretest students in the control group were educated using common method; in one of the experimental groups the inquirybased method and the other group bedside method were used for education for ۱۰ days Then the three groups completed the questionnaires at the end of education again (posttest) Finally data were analyzed using ANOVA pairedt and independentt tests Results: The mean total score of the clinical skills and cognitive domain was significantly difference among the three groups after the intervention (F = ۱۳۶۷۵ degree of freedom = ۲ P = ۰۰۰۰۱) After testing the homogeneity hypothesis of variances and using GamesHowell posthoc tests the total scores of training in bedside and inquirybased education were significantly more than the routine training after the intervention (P < ۰۰۰۰۱ and P = ۰۰۰۰۱ respectively) Conclusion: It seems that two methods inquirybased and bedside education enhanced clinical skills of students Therefore it is recommended to use these two methods of clinical educating to enhance students clinical learning

Keywords:

Inquiry , based education , Bedside education , Routine approach to clinical education , Nursing students