The effects of the preparation program using electronic media for pregnant woman nursing practice subject in the situation of the COVID-19 outbreak

Abstract

Designing a preparation program before practising nursing care for pregnant woman using electronic media may help promote self-learning, especially in the situation of the COVID-19 outbreak. The objectives of this study were to examine the effects of using e-learning lessons on knowledge and satisfaction of nursing students. In this quasi-experimental study, a sample was selected from 113 second-year nursing students at College of Nursing and Health, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University who enrolled the NSG 2208 (Maternal Newborn Nursing and Midwifery 1) course in the academic year 2020. The research instruments consisted of e-learning lessons about prenatal nursing care (IOC=0.8-1.0) , knowledge test on prenatal nursing care, and e-learning lessons satisfaction survey. The test had a reliability of 0.84. The data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics using a one sample paired t-test. Results showed that the student scores on prenatal nursing care were higher than their prior knowledge (p < 0.5). The student had high level of satisfaction with all aspects of the prenatal nursing care e-learning lessons. Findings suggested that electronic media could be used as online learning media to prepare nursing students for practical training.