Nurses Education Using Virtual Social Network

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Regardless of the method used to measure BP, initial and ongoing training of technicians and healthcare providers and the use of validated and calibrated devices are critical for obtaining accurate BP measurements.

Detailed Description
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Shortage of human resources and the importance of remaining up-to-date to provide healthcare services highlighted the development of distance education for nurses. In addition information presented via the distance learning method via software systems was more stable than the face-to-face method via lecture, and it saved time and energy. Nurses are responsible for BP monitoring and assessment in the clinical setting. Finding new strategies for distance education is of great concern and ,compared with traditional face-to-face interventions, those carried out through social networks have the advantage that the participant does not need to attend the sessions in person, and offers unlimited access to the intervention materials whenever they wish.

Official Title
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Effect of an Educational Program Using Virtual Social Network on Nurses' Knowledge and Skill of Blood Pressure Measurement

Conditions
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Blood Pressure Determination, Continuing Nursing Education, Education, Distance

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: blood pressure measurement whatsapp educational program


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Only permanent staff nurses working in the two cardiac units. Nurses of both sexes . Nurses who use a smart phone or any other digital device with the ability to install the social network of whatsapp. Exclusion Criteria: Inaccessibility to wireless net work Unwillingness to participate in study Failure to fill pretest questionnaire
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: study group<br>A social group will be created on whatsapp for subjects of the intervention group and they will receive education about blood pressure measurement guidelines in 24 sessions, once per day in the form of text, image and video clips. In addition to British and Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS) blood pressure measurement auscultatory tutorials. | Other: blood pressure measurement whatsapp educational program<br>* educational<br>|
| No Intervention: control group<br>The control group will not receive any intervention only their routine education that is provided by the continuous staff development team of the hospital. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| change in blood pressure measurement skill score | ). It consists of nine parts. Part one focuses on participants' ability to correctly identify the Korotkoff soundsParts two to nine will focus on measurement steps and a scoring system will be applied by adding 1 point to each correct practice, and 0 point to each wrong practice | will be measured at baseline and at the end of study (after 1 month) | 
| change in Blood Pressure Measurement Knowledge score | It consists of five sections. Section one focuses on demographic information , Section two to five focus on questions related to background knowledge, measurement technique, cuff size and arm position of the patient, palpation to identify systolic pressure. A scoring system will be applied by adding 1 point to each correct answer, and 0 point to each wrong answer. | will be measured at baseline and at the end of the study (after 1 month) |