Effectiveness of Using an Electronic Media Tutorial for Nursing Student Preparation in a Child and Adolescent Nursing Practicum Course

Abstract

          The use of electronic media as a teaching assistance tool is considered an effective alternative that improves the learning process among students. It is also currently integrated into the teaching of the tutorial preparation for the Child and Adolescent Nursing Practicum course. This quasi-experimental study used a one-group, pre-test/post-test design. The objectives were to 1) develop an electronic media tutorial for the Child and Adolescent Nursing Practicum course; 2) study the effectiveness of the electronic media tutorial and nursing students’ achievement; and 3) assess the nursing students’ satisfaction with the electronic media tutorial. The sample included 59 third-year nursing students at the Faculty of Nursing, Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University, who enrolled in the Child and Adolescent Nursing Practicum course for the 2022 academic year. The instruments were the electronic media tutorial preparation, an achievement test after using the electronic media tutorial, and a questionnaire that measured students’satisfaction towards the electronic media tutorial. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and paired t-test.
           The findings indicated that: 1) the efficiency of the developed electronic media tutorial was 82.35/84.63 which was higher than the standard level of 80/80; 2) nursing students’ achievement was significantly higher than before the electronic media tutorial application (p = .001); and 3) student satisfaction with the electronic media tutorial was at a high level (Mean = 4.31, SD = 0.91).
           Suggestions from the study include applying the electronic media tutorial for nursing student preparation in other nursing practicum courses in the nursing curriculum.