title: Nursing students' blood pressure measurement following CD-ROM and conventional classroom instruction: a pilot study.
abstract: This paper describes a pilot investigation of first year nursing students' adherence to the recommended auscultatory blood pressure measurement procedure following three different forms of instruction; conventional classroom demonstration of the technique, a self instructional CD-ROM tutorial program, and a combination of both methods. This investigation was carried out over a 5-day time period using 27 students during normal teaching time. Students' adherence to the procedure was determined by observation using a performance checklist. Results suggest that the CD-ROM is no substitute for real life, hands on experience, although when used as an adjunct to traditional teaching methods, it can enhance learning.
authors.affiliation: Victoria University of Technology, Department of Nursing, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Huynh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001314:Auscultation; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D016251:CD-ROM; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects