Use of a digital educational resource in teaching – learning insertion of a peripheral venous catheter

Abstract

Background: the use of information and communication technologies combined with clinical simulation, optimize the teaching- learning processes in the training of health care human resource. Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of the “insertion of a peripheral venous catheter” as a digital and educational resource in the theoretical, conceptual, and procedural learning of nursing students. Place the question addressed in a broad context and highlight the purpose of the study. Methods: quasi-experimental study under carried within 91 participants separated into three learning groups. Group 1 was trained in intervention 1; Group 2 in intervention 2, and the Control Group CG received a traditional intervention scheme. The theoretical-conceptual knowledge was measured throughout a test and the procedural skills were measured though-out a checklist. Results:  theoretical-conceptual learning and procedural skills showed significant differences between the groups (p = 0.01). Intervention groups achieved higher scores when compared to the CG, for which although there was a slight increase in scores, these did not exceed the ones achieved by G1 and G2. Conclusions: the use of the “insertion of the peripheral venous catheter" as a digital educational resource, increases the theoretical-conceptual and procedural learning in nursing students, with higher levels of success when supervised by a trained teacher..