Development of Patient Positioning Electronic Book For Nurse Anesthetists

Abstract

The use of an electronic book (e-book) has provided increased opportunities for nurse anesthetists to improve their knowledge of surgery patient positioning. However, there was no the patient positioning e-book for nurse anesthetists. This study aimed to develop the patient positioning e-book and evaluate nurse anesthetists’ knowledge at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital after learning from this e-book. Participants were 33 nurse anesthetists who were selected using stratified random sampling based on their experience. Learning outcomes were determined by pre- knowledge assessment test and post-knowledge assessment test that were validated by three experts. The validity index of pre-test score and post-test score were .90 and 1.00, respectively. The reliability index of learning outcome was .91. There were two steps in the data collection process. First, a pilot test was conducted to assess the efficiency of the e-book. Secondly, a field test was performed to evaluate learning via the e-book. The test scores were analyzed by descriptive statistics.

The results of study illustrated that:

1. 1. The efficiency index of this patient positioning e-book was 86.11: 96.66, which means that the efficiency of the e-book is satisfactory.
2. 2. 33 % of participants had pretest score of less than 80%. After learning using the e-book, all participants improved their knowledge in surgery patient positioning and they received post-test scores of more than 80%. When considering nurses by different working experiences, results showed that before learning with e-book, 11 of 17 high- experienced nurses and 6 of 10 moderate-experienced nurses had pretest score of less than 80%. After learning using the             e-book, all three groups of high-experienced nurses, moderate-experienced nurses, and           low-experienced nurses had post-test scores of more than 80%.

The study findings revealed the patient positioning e-book has efficiency to increase the knowledge of nurse anesthetists. Therefore, nursing administrators should encourage nurse anesthetists to review contents in this e-book before practicing.