Assessment of Undergraduate Students in Use of Hypermedia Education on Peripheral Venous Punch

Natasha Marques Frota^*, Lívia Moreira Barros, Francisco Gilberto Fernandes Pereira, Máguida Gomes da Silva, Jennara Candido do Nascimento, Monaliza Ribeiro Mariano, Joselany Áfio Caetano

Department of Nursing, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil.

DOI: 10.4236/health.2015.74049                

Abstract

This is a qualitative study that aims to describe the opinion of nursing students on the use of an educational hypermedia on Peripheral Venipuncture. We interviewed 16 nursing students of a private university on second semester of 2014. The interviews allowed the identification of units of meaning and categorization by content analysis and led to four categories: influence of hypermedia on learning, educational technology as support to teaching classroom, contribution of hypermedia for professional practice and access difficulties. Hypermedia showed positive results as most scholars reported that the material helped in learning and generated autonomy and interactivity in the moment of studying. However some reported difficulties in access hypermedia related mainly to the server used. So hypermedia proved to be a valuable tool to use, since it favored the learning and aroused the interest and curiosity of students.

Keywords

Nursing, Internet, Educational Technology, Educational Measurement, Catherization Peripheral

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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