Effectiveness of the e-NurSus Children Intervention in the Training of Nursing Students

Cristina Álvarez-García, Carmen Álvarez-Nieto, Janet Kelsey, Rachel Carter, Sebastián Sanz-Martos and Isabel M. López-Medina
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Cristina Álvarez-García: Department of Nursing, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Carmen Álvarez-Nieto: Department of Nursing, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Janet Kelsey: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
Rachel Carter: School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
Sebastián Sanz-Martos: Department of Nursing, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Isabel M. López-Medina: Department of Nursing, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 21, 1-11

Abstract: The paediatric population is the most vulnerable to exposure to environmental risk factors. Institutions of higher education have to equip nursing students with the attitudes, knowledge, and skills to respond to this using blended learning. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of e-NurSus Children intervention on student nurses’ attitudes, knowledge, and skills. A quasi-experimental study of time series was designed using pre and post educational intervention evaluation in 2018. The participants were nursing students ( N = 267) from Spain ( n = 110) and the United Kingdom ( n = 157). Three instruments were used: the Sustainability Attitudes in Nursing Survey, the Children’s Environmental Health Knowledge Questionnaire, and the Children’s Environmental Health Skills Questionnaire. The attitudes (15.81%), knowledge (39.02%), and skills (29.98%) of nursing students improved following the e-NurSus Children intervention. It is necessary to include topics on children’s environmental health in nurse education as students are aware of this issue but do not have the knowledge or skills required to manage problems or illness caused by the environment. The e-NurSus Children intervention is an effective tool to address this educational gap.

Keywords: child health; environmental health; nursing degree education; nursing students; paediatric nursing; questionnaire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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