Multimedia-assisted instruction on pain assessment learning of new nurses: a quasi-experimental study

• Published in: BMC medical education 2019-03, Vol.19 (1), p.68-8, Article 68
• Main Authors: Chu, Tsung-Lan, Wang, Jeng, Lin, Hui-Ling, Lee, Hsiu-Fang, Lin, Chiu-Tzu, Chieh, Li-Yu, Sung, Yu-Chih, Lin, Yueh-E
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Analysis; Classrooms; Clinical Competence - standards; Clinical trials; Computer-Assisted Instruction; Control Groups; Education; Education, Nursing, Continuing; Educational aspects; Educational Measurement; Female; Humans; Knowledge; Learning; Lifelong Learning; Male; Methods; Multimedia; Multimedia, teaching materials; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing care; Nursing education; Nursing Education Research; Online instruction; Pain; Pain assessment; Pain management; Pain Measurement - nursing; Pain Measurement - standards; Patient Safety; Pilot Projects; Presentation graphics software; Program Evaluation; Quality of Health Care; Quasi-experimental methods; Reference services; Skills; Studies; Study and teaching; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Training; User training; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1472-6920; 1472-6920
• DOI: 10.1186/s12909-019-1496-z

Pain assessment and treatment are key factors affecting the quality and safety of care for patients and capabilities related to them are crucial for new nursing staff. Consequently, we developed a multimedia-assisted teaching program for nursing newcomers' pain assessment learning to facilitate their practical pain assessment ability. The goal of this study was to evaluate a multimedia instructional program to boost new nurses' ability to conduct pain assessment and treatment, through simulated scenario instruction. A quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest design with purposive sampling was used in this study. Eighty-six nurses were enrolled (control group, n = 39; experimental group, n = 47). Both groups underwent traditional pain assessment training in the classroom. The control group received lectures using PowerPoint files; while the experimental group undertook pain assessment training with the same content but delivered via multimedia-assisted instruction based on the ADDIE model. Pre- and post-instruction questionnaires relating to pain knowledge were completed. Participants' competence in performing pain assessment was subsequently evaluated one-month post instruction. The experimental group had significantly higher satisfaction scores (27.67 ± 3.76 vs. 31.36 ± 3.42, p