title: Are you survey ready? Online evaluation of a multidrug-resistant organisms educational program in a behavioral health hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Joint Commission established a new safety goal mandating staff education in evidence-based infection prevention due to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). This pilot study assessed the effectiveness of the MDRO educational module in our behavioral health hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  An online survey was administered to a convenience sample (N= 44) consisting of employees hired within the previous 8 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results identified knowledge gaps between and among disciplines that guided subsequent improvements to our MDRO educational module.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Online surveys are an effective way to evaluate knowledge gaps and may be useful in other educational activities within nursing.
authors.affiliation: Pembroke Hospital, Pembroke, Massachusetts, USA. hannonen@bc.edu
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hannon-Engel
authors.forename: Heidi Collins
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Fantasia
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000379:methods; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*