Development of a Project-Based Learning Program on High-Risk Newborn Care for Nursing Students and Its Effects: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Hyun-Young Koo, Young-Eun Gu and Bo-Ryeong Lee
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Hyun-Young Koo: Research Institute of Nursing Science, College of Nursing, Daegu Catholic University, 33 Duryugongwon-ro 17 gil, Nam-gu, Daegu 42472, Korea
Young-Eun Gu: Incheon Foundation for Arts and Culture, Department of Culture Management, Graduate School, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Michuhol-gu, Incheon 22212, Korea
Bo-Ryeong Lee: Research Institute of Nursing Science, College of Nursing, Daegu Catholic University, 33 Duryugongwon-ro 17 gil, Nam-gu, Daegu 42472, Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 9, 1-10

Abstract: Project-based learning (PjBL) allows nursing students to participate in real problem-solving, construct knowledge, and improve their nursing skills in the process of accomplishing meaningful projects. This study was conducted to develop a PjBL program on high-risk newborn care for nursing students and evaluate its effects. A quasi-experimental study using a nonequivalent control group pretest–posttest design was employed between June and December 2021. The participants were 45 nursing students (24 in the experimental group and 21 in the control group). A PjBL program involving the creation of an educational video clip about high-risk newborn care for nursing students was developed, and the experimental group took part in PjBL. The participants’ nursing competency for high-risk newborns, self-leadership, and practicum-related stress were assessed. In the experimental group, nursing competency for high-risk newborns increased and practicum-related stress decreased to a greater extent than in the control group. However, the change in self-leadership was not significantly different between the experimental and control groups. PjBL effectively improved students’ nursing competency for high-risk newborns and decreased their practicum-related stress. PjBL will be utilized to enhance nursing students’ expertise in high-risk newborn care.

Keywords: learning; intensive care unit; neonatal; infant; newborn; students; nursing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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