title: Childhood fever management program for Korean pediatric nurses: A comparison between blended and face-to-face learning method.
abstract: A blended learning can be a useful learning strategy to improve the quality of fever and fever management education for pediatric nurses.
  
  
  
  This study compared the effects of a blended and face-to-face learning program on pediatric nurses' childhood fever management, using theory of planned behavior.
  
  
  
  A nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. A fever management education program using blended learning (combining face-to-face and online learning components) was offered to 30 pediatric nurses, and 29 pediatric nurses received face-to-face education.
  
  
  
  Learning outcomes did not significantly differ between the two groups. However, learners' satisfaction was higher for the blended learning program than the face-to-face learning program.
  
  
  
  A blended learning pediatric fever management program was as effective as a traditional face-to-face learning program. Therefore, a blended learning pediatric fever management-learning program could be a useful and flexible learning method for pediatric nurses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Dongshin University, Naju, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yong Sun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Jin Sun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D005334:Fever / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D056910:Republic of Korea
keywords: blended learning; child; fever; pediatric nurses