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Maintaining and Enhancing Nursing Students' Pharmacology Knowledge to Improve Patient Safety
Laura Prochnow1, Karen Harden, Penny Riley
1Author Affiliations: Clinical Assistant Professor (Dr Prochnow), Clinical Assistant Professor (Dr Harden), and Director of Undergraduate Studies (Dr Riley), Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor.
Nurse Educator
|February 2, 2023
Summary
An online pharmacology review program significantly improved nursing students' knowledge, combating skill decay during summer break. This intervention helps maintain essential pharmacology competence for safe medication administration.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Pharmacology
- Quality Improvement
Background:
- Nurses are crucial in medication administration and are involved in adverse drug events (ADEs).
- Lack of pharmacology knowledge and skill decay contribute to ADEs.
- Maintaining pharmacology knowledge is essential for nursing practice.
Purpose of the Study:
- To implement an online pharmacology review program for nursing students.
- To maintain and improve pharmacology knowledge during summer break.
- To decrease skill decay in nursing students.
Main Methods:
- A virtual pharmacology knowledge review program was implemented for BSN students.
- The program included pretest and posttest surveys, learning modules, and quizzes.
- Participants were nursing students in a 4-year BSN program.
Main Results:
- Statistically significant improvement in test scores from pretest to posttest was observed.
- The online review program effectively enhanced pharmacology knowledge.
- The intervention demonstrated a positive impact on knowledge retention.
Conclusions:
- A review program can enhance nursing students' pharmacology knowledge over summer break.
- This study addresses the need for programs to mitigate pharmacology skill decay.
- The findings support the integration of such programs in nursing curricula.
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