Education methods for maintaining nursing competency in low-volume, high-risk procedures in the rural setting: bridging the theory to practice gap.
Nurses practicing in the rural setting have faced a unique challenge in maintaining competency in low-volume, high-risk procedures. This study assessed the effectiveness of a focused, multifaceted educational intervention on the retention of nursing knowledge related to central venous access devices care and maintenance. A pretest-posttest intervention study design was used at a 58-bed rural healthcare facility in a Western state. This study demonstrates a statistically significant increase in functional nursing knowledge in the postintervention period.
Banks
Cassie M
CM
Rural Health Clinic, Gordon Memorial Health Services, Gordon, Nebraska, USA. cbanks@gordonmemorial.org
Gilmartin
Heather
H
Fink
Regina M
RM
D000328:Adult; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000451:nursing; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D009742:Nursing Theory; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D055815:Young Adult