The effect of mobile learning on safe ventrogluteal site injections: an interventional study

Gamze Özener; Nurcan Çalışkan

doi:10.14687/jhs.v20i3.6377

Authors

Gamze Özener Gazi University Health Research and Application Center Gazi Hospital Ankara. Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7159-4366
Nurcan Çalışkan Gazi University Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Ankara, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4611-2230

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14687/jhs.v20i3.6377

Keywords:

Mobile learning, nurse training, intramuscular injection, safe injection, ventrogluteal site;

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Purpose: This study investigated whether a mobile learning program helped nurses give safer injections into the ventrogluteal site.

Method: This interventional study was conducted between 20.08.2020 and 30.10.2020. The sample consisted of 34 nurses working at the adult units of a university hospital in a big city in Turkey. The study was approved by an ethics committee. Permission was obtained from the hospital. Informed consent was obtained from participants. Data were collected using a personal information form (pretest), the Ventrogluteal Area Knowledge Form (VAKF) (pretest and posttest), and the Training Effectiveness Evaluation Form (posttest). Participants watched an animation on their mobile phones for a week (intervention). The data were analyzed using the independent samples t-test and McNemar's test.

Findings: Participants had a mean pretest and posttest VAKF score of 12.82±3.80 and 16.97±2.84, respectively (p<0.05). After the intervention, most participants said "yes" to the statement, “The ventrogluteal site includes the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus muscles” (91.2%) (p<0.05).

Conclusion: The intervention helped nurses develop the cognitive skills necessary to administer safe injections into the ventrogluteal site.

Implications for Nursing Practice: Mobile learning methods help nurses learn how to administer safe injections into the ventrogluteal site

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Author Biographies

Gamze Özener, Gazi University Health Research and Application Center Gazi Hospital Ankara. Turkey

MSc, RN

Nurcan Çalışkan, Gazi University Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Ankara, Turkey

Ph.D, RN, Professor

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