ADULT IV FLUID THERAPY - ONLINE LEARNING MATERIALS FOR SAVONIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Pourdeljoo, Mahdokht; Tourunen, Kathryn (2021)
Pourdeljoo, Mahdokht
Tourunen, Kathryn
2021
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Abstract:
This thesis was carried out as a development work for the NURKLÄÄ1 Basics of Pharmacotherapy -course at Savonia University of Applied Sciences. The produced learning material was made for the second-year nursing students about the initial fundamental concepts of adult-intravenous fluid therapy. This online learning material aims to develop students´ knowledge of IV fluid therapy (body fluids, electrolytes, intravenous solutions), to support their independent learning, and to improve the content of this course. The authors´ theoretical knowledge and practical skills about the topic has significantly promoted alongside the implementation of this material.
In this thesis, the essential information of fluids, electrolyte balances & disturbances, and IV types in addition to important facts about the nursing IV safe management have been collected from prestigious original textbooks and articles. Furthermore, this study had a view of the best possible teaching methods of this subject to nursing students as adult learners in the virtual learning environment. The authors made this educational online material, in form of an interactive PowerPoint presentation with 62 slides consisting of test questions in between each main topic and voice recorded over a few choice slides. This non-graded self-study online material is a part of NURKLÄÄ1 Basics of Pharmacotherapy course and has been added to the Moodle platform as a supplementary material of the course lecture. This product was piloted with the international registered nursing groups at Savonia UAS and their feedback was analyzed through the Webropol survey. The main research question of this study was “How do the online materials in NURKLÄÄ1 Moodle improve the knowledge of IV fluid therapy after completing the PowerPoint?”
Further possible studies could be conducted regarding the implementation of the IV therapy methods in skill labs. Hence, the accuracy of aseptically IV administered by students in the internship placements can be reas-sured. Moreover, it would be beneficial to deepen students´ understanding of the IV fluid in a resuscitation situation.
This thesis was carried out as a development work for the NURKLÄÄ1 Basics of Pharmacotherapy -course at Savonia University of Applied Sciences. The produced learning material was made for the second-year nursing students about the initial fundamental concepts of adult-intravenous fluid therapy. This online learning material aims to develop students´ knowledge of IV fluid therapy (body fluids, electrolytes, intravenous solutions), to support their independent learning, and to improve the content of this course. The authors´ theoretical knowledge and practical skills about the topic has significantly promoted alongside the implementation of this material.
In this thesis, the essential information of fluids, electrolyte balances & disturbances, and IV types in addition to important facts about the nursing IV safe management have been collected from prestigious original textbooks and articles. Furthermore, this study had a view of the best possible teaching methods of this subject to nursing students as adult learners in the virtual learning environment. The authors made this educational online material, in form of an interactive PowerPoint presentation with 62 slides consisting of test questions in between each main topic and voice recorded over a few choice slides. This non-graded self-study online material is a part of NURKLÄÄ1 Basics of Pharmacotherapy course and has been added to the Moodle platform as a supplementary material of the course lecture. This product was piloted with the international registered nursing groups at Savonia UAS and their feedback was analyzed through the Webropol survey. The main research question of this study was “How do the online materials in NURKLÄÄ1 Moodle improve the knowledge of IV fluid therapy after completing the PowerPoint?”
Further possible studies could be conducted regarding the implementation of the IV therapy methods in skill labs. Hence, the accuracy of aseptically IV administered by students in the internship placements can be reas-sured. Moreover, it would be beneficial to deepen students´ understanding of the IV fluid in a resuscitation situation.