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NCT Number: NCT04789642

Nurses Education Using Virtual Social Network

Regardless of the method used to measure BP, initial and ongoing training of technicians and healthcare providers and the use of validated and calibrated devices are critical for obtaining accurate BP measurements.

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Key information

Conditions

Blood Pressure Determination Continuing Nursing Education Education, Distance

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Faculty of Nursing Mansoura University

Al Mansurah, Egypt

About this study

Shortage of human resources and the importance of remaining up-to-date to provide healthcare services highlighted the development of distance education for nurses. In addition information presented via the distance learning method via software systems was more stable than the face-to-face method via lecture, and it saved time and energy. Nurses are responsible for BP monitoring and assessment in the clinical setting. Finding new strategies for distance education is of great concern and ,compared with traditional face-to-face interventions, those carried out through social networks have the advantage that the participant does not need to attend the sessions in person, and offers unlimited access to the intervention materials whenever they wish.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Only permanent staff nurses working in the two cardiac units.
  • Nurses of both sexes .
  • Nurses who use a smart phone or any other digital device with the ability to install the social network of whatsapp.

Exclusion criteria

  • Inaccessibility to wireless net work
  • Unwillingness to participate in study
  • Failure to fill pretest questionnaire

Treatment and study plan

blood pressure measurement whatsapp educational program

Other

educational

Primary outcomes

  1. change in blood pressure measurement skill score

    Time frame: will be measured at baseline and at the end of study (after 1 month)

    ). It consists of nine parts. Part one focuses on participants' ability to correctly identify the Korotkoff soundsParts two to nine will focus on measurement steps and a scoring system will be applied by adding 1 point to each correct practice, and 0 point to each wrong practice

  2. change in Blood Pressure Measurement Knowledge score

    Time frame: will be measured at baseline and at the end of the study (after 1 month)

    It consists of five sections. Section one focuses on demographic information , Section two to five focus on questions related to background knowledge, measurement technique, cuff size and arm position of the patient, palpation to identify systolic pressure. A scoring system will be applied by adding 1 point to each correct answer, and 0 point to each wrong answer.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Mansoura University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of an Educational Program Using Virtual Social Network on Nurses' Knowledge and Skill of Blood Pressure Measurement

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Mar 9, 2021
Registry last updated
Sep 1, 2021

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