Effect of Computer-Assisted Instructions on Staff Nurses about Renal Dialysis for Chronic Renal Failure Patients

Abstract

Background: The present study was conducted to assess the effect of computer-assisted instructions on the knowledge gain of the staff nurses on renal dialysis for chronic renal failure patients. Methods: An experimental design was chosen with pre-test and post-test of the experimental and control group. The sample comprised 60 registered staff nurses divided into two groups - 30 in experimental group and 30 in control group. The tools used for conducting the study included demographic variables, and self-structured questionnaire to assess knowledge of experimental and control group. The experimental group was given computer-assisted instructions as an intervention and the control group was used only for comparison. The data was analysed with the help of descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: The study clearly shows that there was a significant gain in the knowledge of staff nurses in experimental group with computer-assisted instructions regarding renal dialysis for chronic renal failure patients.Conclusion: The staff nurses can be benefited by computer-assisted instructions to improve their knowledge and practice on renal dialysis for chronic renal failure patients and they can practice these interventions in clinical area in the future.