Effects of Blended Learning on Nursing Students’ Clinical Competence, Clinical Judgment, and Skill Performance Ability

April 30, 2022  |  Vol.8, No.4  |  PP. 57-67  | PDF

AUTHORS:

Hye Kyung Oh, Department of Nursing, Daegu University, South Korea

KEYWORDS:

Blended Learning, Clinical Competence, Clinical Judgment, Skill Performance Ability

Abstract

This study applied blending learning that combined online theoretical learning and offline practical education and examined its effects on the clinical competence, clinical judgment, and skill performance ability of nursing students in dealing with patients having complex nursing issues. A one-group pre- and post-test quasi-experimental research design was used. The participants comprised 87 fourth-year nursing students enrolled in a simulation practice course: 22 men and 75 women. Data were analyzed using SAS 9.2. The general characteristics, clinical competence, clinical judgment, and skill performance ability were analyzed using real numbers, percentages, mean, and standard deviation. The differences in scores for clinical competence, clinical judgment, and skill performance ability before and after the blended learning course were analyzed by conducting t-test. The integrated course was conducted for eight weeks for fourth-year nursing students, with the e-learning module delivered over five weeks and offline practical education conducted for three weeks. Clinical competence (t=4.63, p=<0.0001) appeared improvement after the blended learning course, with the difference being statistically significant. Clinical judgment and skill performance ability also improved after the blended learning course, with the differences being statistically significant (t=17.99, p=<0.0001; t=11.03, p=<0.0001). According to the results of this study, a blended learning approach that combines online and offline education is deemed an appropriate teaching-learning mode in improving the clinical competence, clinical judgment and skill performance ability of nursing students.

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Citations:

APA:
Oh, H. K. (2022). Effects of Blended Learning on Nursing Students’ Clinical Competence, Clinical Judgment, and Skill Performance Ability. Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, 8(4), 57-67. doi: 10.47116/apjcri.2022.04.06

MLA:
Oh, Hye Kyung, “Effects of Blended Learning on Nursing Students’ Clinical Competence, Clinical Judgment, and Skill Performance Ability.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange, ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 8, no. 4, 2022, pp. 57-67. APJCRI, http://fucos.or.kr/journal/APJCRI/Articles/v8n4/6.html.

IEEE:
[1] H. K. Oh, “Effects of Blended Learning on Nursing Students’ Clinical Competence, Clinical Judgment, and Skill Performance Ability.” Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange (APJCRI), ISSN: 2508-9080 (Print); 2671-5325 (Online), FuCoS, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 57-67, April 2022.

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