Author(s)

Elaine M. L. R. Andrade¹, Patrícia A. L. Cavalcanti¹, Ana Karoline C. Monteiro¹, Ana Karine C. Monteiro¹, Maria Helena B. A. Luz¹, José M. M. Neto¹, Isabel A. C. Mendes²

¹Nursing Department, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil.
²Nursing Department, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

The effect of an educational intervention by attendance and at distance on the knowledge of nurses about pressure ulcer (PU) was verified. An experimental research with a post-test control group was undertaken. A randomized sample of 43 nurses in a Control Group (CG) (N = 20) was submitted to an educational intervention by attendance and an Experimental Group (EG) (N = 23) was submitted to an intervention at distance. Data were collected between January and April 2012 in three phases, which were: location, invitation, registration and adaptation of the nurses to Moodle, educative intervention and post-test. The mean number of correct answers on the posttest among the nurses who participated in the intervention by attendance was 34.0 (sd = 3.3), against 36.2 (sd = 2.7) for the nurses in the distance education intervention. This difference in means was statistically significant (p = 0.019). The research evidenced that continuing education in nursing through distance education (DE) can be effective due to its practicality and interactivity and because it allows nurses in clinical practice to decide on the best time and place to access the content and improve their knowledge about PU.

Pressure Ulcer, Distance Education, Nursing, Clinical Practice Guidelines

Andrade, E. , Cavalcanti, P. , Monteiro, A. , Monteiro, A. , Luz, M. , Neto, J. and Mendes, I. (2014) Effect of an Educational Intervention by Attendance and at Distance on Nurses’ Knowledge about Pressure Ulcer. Creative Education, 5, 1673-1677. doi: 10.4236/ce.2014.518185.