DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MODULES FOR TEACHING EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS TO REGISTERED NURSES PRACTICING IN THE NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE.
Contributors: University of Arkansas (Fayetteville campus)
Published: 1993
Number of pages: 154
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Health Sciences, Education.
Description: The purpose of this study was to develop and validate self-instructional modules that could be used to educate registered nurses practicing in the New Madrid seismic zone about earthquake preparedness. The Borg and Gall (1989) educational research and development cycle was adapted to provide the model for the instructional product development process used in the study. These steps included research and information collection, planning, preliminary product development, preliminary field testing, instructional product revision, main field testing, and operational product revision.

Two self-instructional modules were developed focusing on general principles of earthquakes including their impact on hospitals and guidelines for registered nurses practicing in hospitals. These modules plus a pretest and posttest were sent to 75 registered nurses practicing in hospitals located within the New Madrid seismic zone. Another 75 registered nurses from the same population received only the pretests and posttests.

The detailed findings, conclusions, and recommendations for improved practice are included in the report. Major findings reveal that registered nurses who completed Module 1 had a pretest mean score of 55% and a posttest mean score of 97% while the mean scores from the control group were 50% and 46%, respectively. Registered nurses who completed Module 2 had a pretest mean score of 67% and a posttest mean score of 97% while the mean scores from the control group were 52% and 58% respectively. When subjected to statistical analysis, the differences in the scores for the experimental group were statistically significant at the.0001 level. These results indicate that self-instructional modules are useful for teaching registered nurses about the principles of earthquake preparedness.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 55-08, Section: B, page: 3241.

Thesis (ED.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, 1993.

School code: 0011.