2006, Number 2
Clinical aptitude in a pharmacology course for nurses
Cegueda-Benítez BE
Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 87-96
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: In order to satisfy their training necessities, professional nurses from a Gyneco–pediatric Hospital of IMSS, implement a monographic pharmacology course based on professional competences, since 1997, with the objective of reinforcing theoretical and practical aspects into preparation, ministration, and surveillance of collateral effects from the most used drugs, reaching up today a 60% of trained personnel.Objective: To evaluate the proficiency to recuperate the nursing experience during struggling situations taking into account the thematic topics from a previous pharmacology course for nurses, as well as estimate the differences in clinical aptitude related to the years of working experience.
Methodology: 50 nurses who took the mentioned course, from three different shifts and positions of general nurse and nursing assistant were evaluated. The clinical aptitude evaluation (AC) was done through a measurement instrument compound of 100 items that explored 9 indicators. Non-parametric statistic methods were utilized to evaluate the differences among shifts and categories; and parametric to estimate the average differences between the year when the course was taken and the length on the job.
Results: There were not significant differences on obtained scores either by shifts or categories. Neither, the year when the course was taken nor the length working in the job was significant.
Conclusions: Clinical aptitude on nursing staff is low. These results are a challenge to incur in an al-ternative educational proposal with participative emphasis to improve the educational process of the health team members.
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