Construction and effect evaluation of training and assessment system for new nurses in the internet age

Abstract

Objective To establish a standardized training and assessment system for new nurses in the internet age and investigate the application effect of the system on the standardized training of new nurses. Methods From March 2015 to March 2017, a standardized training program was formulated based on national training program for new nurses. Nursing training massive open online courses (MOOC) were constructed in the cooperation with software company. A scientific and efficient system for the management, training and assessment of new nurses was established depended on nursing management system and educational network platform. A number of 97 nurses recruited in 2014 were served as control group and trained with traditional training methods between March 2015 and March 2016. Another 96 nurses recruited in 2015 were acted as observation group and treated with standardized training based on the new system in the internet age between March 2016 and March 2017. The training and assessment effects of new nurses were compared between two groups. Results The perfect rate of personal information and participation rate of training of nurses in the observation group were 97.83% and 100.00%, which were significantly higher than those in the control group (χ2=7.158, 7.034; P<0.01) . The training time of nurses in the observation group was (21.45±2.87) h, which was shorter than the control group's (35.12±3.75) h (t=28.479, P<0.01) . The excellent and good rates for the theoretical exam of new nurses in the observation group were 17.39% and 56.52% and the excellent and good rates for operation examination and clinical practice ability examination of new nurses in observation group were 11.96% and 69.56%, which were significantly higher than those of the control group (Z=-3.736, -4.000; P<0.01) . The satisfaction rate of new nurses to the training and assessment in the observation group was 97.82%, which was higher than that of the control group (82.47%) . The difference was statistically significant (χ2=14.808, P<0.01) . Conclusions The standardized training and assessment system using MOOC for new nurses in the internet age could improve the effectiveness of standardized training and satisfaction for new nurses, which is beneficial to the improvement of the nursing training quality and management benefit. Key words: Inservice training; Internet; New nurse; Massive open online course; Assessment