title: Orthopaedic nurses' knowledge and interrater reliability of neurovascular assessments with 2-point discrimination test.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  : This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of education on knowledge and interrater reliability of neurovascular assessments with 2-point discrimination (2-PD) test among pediatric orthopaedic nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  : A pre- and posttest study was done among 60 nurses attending 2-hour educational sessions. Neurovascular assessments with 2-PD test were performed on 64 casted pediatric patients by the nurses and 5 nurse experts before and after the educational sessions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  : The mean neurovascular assessment knowledge score was improved at posteducation compared with the preeducation (p < .001). The 2-PD test interrater reliability also improved from Cohen's kappa value of 0.24-0.48 at posteducation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  : The 2-hour educational session may be effective in improving nurses' knowledge and the interrater reliability of neurovascular assessment with 2-PD test.
authors.affiliation: Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Turney
authors.forename: Deana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raley Noble
authors.forename: Son Chae
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000592:standards*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D000078329:Workforce; D055815:Young Adult