Designing and evaluating an interactive multimedia web-based simulation for developing nurses' competencies in acute nursing care: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e5-

  Liaw, Sok Ying ^a   Wong, Lai Fun ^a   Chan, Sally Wai Chi ^b   Ho, Jasmine Tze Yin ^c   Mordiffi, Siti Zubaidah ^c   Ang, Sophia Bee Leng ^c   Goh, Poh Sun ^a   Ang, Emily Neo Kim ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute nursing care; Authentic learning; Clinical competency; Deterioration; Instructional strategies; Multimedia; Simulation; Web based simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MULTIMEDIA; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MULTIMEDIA; NURSES;

EID: 84922287125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3853     Document Type: Article

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