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Abbey Holthaus1, Vivian H Wright
1About the Authors Abbey Holthaus, EdD, MSN, RN, COI, is an assistant professor, 12 Month Second Degree Accelerated Program, Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama. Vivian H. Wright, PhD, is a professor of instructional technology, College of Education Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. For more information, contact Dr. Holthaus at aholthau@samford.edu.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a three-dimensional application on nursing students' electrocardiogram (ECG) level of knowledge as evidenced by exam performance. Nurse educators must prepare future nurses to competently identify ECG rhythms. As the current classroom environment often lacks application and practice opportunities, students may struggle with ECG rhythm identification at the bedside. An identical 10-item pretest and posttest was used for this quasiexperimental research study. Dependent t-tests and an independent t-test were used for statistical analysis.
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