title: Evaluating a training programme at Viet Duc University Hospital in Vietnam.
abstract: Vietnam's nursing competency standards (VNCS) were issued in 2012 as the legal framework on which the continuous nursing training programme are designed and developed.
  
  
  
  The study aimed to assess the knowledge, skills, and attitudes as well as the confidence of nurses regarding wound care at Viet Duc University Hospital before and after a new educational intervention.
  
  
  
  A comparative descriptive study was carried out in 2014 at Viet Duc University Hospital. The study reviewed knowledge, skills, attitude and confidence among nurses working in seven clinical departments. The data collection tools included a 48-knowledge-item self-administered questionnaire, a sixteen-item skills set, and attitude-item observation sheet and a thirteen confidence level-item observation sheet, adapted for the field of wound care. Data were loaded into Epidata version 3.1 and analysed with SPSS version 16.0.
  
  
  
  The mean pre-training knowledge, skill, attitude and confidence scores were (117.78±24.94), (53.61±10.26), (54.39±8.02) and (1.18-3.59), respectively, while the corresponding post-training scores were (148.68±16.54), (62.33±8.40), (60.80±8.75) and (1.50-4.15) p<0.0001.
  
  
  
  This was the first cohort to undergo the new training programme and has shown promising initial results; however, it also demonstrates that the training content, while leading to positive changes, does in some areas need to be further developed and then disseminated across the hospital to all nurses who provide direct wound care for patients.
authors.affiliation: Medical Education, Training and Guideline Center, President of the Vietname Surgical Nursing Branch Office, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Phan Thi
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Dung
authors.affiliation: Chief of Septic Surgery and Deputy Chief of Planninng Department, Viet Duc Hospital, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Nguyen Duc
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Chinh
authors.affiliation: Director, Curriculum Development Center for Human Resources in Health, Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Bui My
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Hanh
authors.affiliation: Professor of Community Health Care Studies, Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences, Birmingham City University.
authors.forename: Joy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Notter
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014744:Vietnam; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Knowledge; Nurse education and training; Nursing competency; Practical wound care