The effects of mentorship and educational videos on nursing students' physical examination skills: a clinical audit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor competence in clinical examination skills among nurses has been reported in practice, and there is a strong consensus that physical examination (PE) education must be improved. However, deficiencies cannot be resolved by theoretical training alone, and new training approaches are required to enable nursing students to perform PE accurately. This study aimed to determine and compare the effect of two new educational methods (mentorship and educational video methods) on the physical examination skills of Iranian nursing students.

Methods

This study was a clinical audit with three group pretest posttest design. Eligible nursing students were recruited through the census method and assigned to three groups (mentorship, educational videos, and control group) using

SUBMITTER: Nasiri MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10698891 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature