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Assessment of Acute Wound Healing using the Dorsal Subcutaneous Polyvinyl Alcohol Sponge Implantation and Excisional Tail Skin Wound Models.
Published on: March 25, 2020
Wound Care Nursing Education in the Acute Care Setting
Corey Heerschap1, Samantha Wiesenfeld
1Corey Heerschap, MScCH, BScN, RN, NSWOC, WOCC(C), is Wound/Ostomy Clinical Nurse Specialist, Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, Barrie, Ontario, Canada, and PhD student, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario. Samantha Wiesenfeld is Undergraduate Nursing Student, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Objective:
To assess the feasibility of a survey study exploring how nurses in acute care prefer to be educated, particularly regarding wound management in the acute care setting.
Methods:
This pilot study utilized a cross-sectional survey design that included both open-ended and close-ended questions. Participants (N = 47) completed the Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire and provided information regarding their educational preferences related to wound management through use of an online survey.
Results:
Participants described the importance of varying educational techniques by topic, ensuring an appropriate time of day for education, and preferring smaller educational sessions over time. Most participants preferred one-on-one bedside education, and the most commonly reported learning styles were active, sensing, visual, and a balanced approach to sequential and global learning. There were few correlations between learning styles and choice of education method, only one of which was expected.
Conclusions:
It would be beneficial to conduct this study on a larger scale to confirm results, improve understanding of the correlations, and determine further potential correlations between study variables.
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