Abstract

Background: Computer assisted instruction is integrated to nursing education lecture class. It is notassessed in online teaching of maternal-newborn nursing and Midwifery class.Purpose: To examine the effectiveness of online computer assisted instruction of nursing care forpregnant women with diabetes on knowledge, self-efficacy, and satisfaction of nursing students.Methodology: Quasi-experimental research was designed in this study. Participants were selectedusing systematic random sampling. Eighty nursing students were enrolled in this study. Forty studentsin experimental group was assigned to learn via online computer assisted instruction of nursing carefor pregnant women with diabetes, where as another forty students was assigned to learn in lectureclass. The pretest and posttest mean scores of students’ knowledge and self-efficacy of nursing care forpregnant women with diabetes were analyzed and compared within group and between group.Results: The posttest mean score of students’ knowledge and self-efficacy of nursing care for pregnantwomen with diabetes in the experimental group was significantly higher than those in lecture class.The overall students’ satisfaction with online computer assisted instruction was 82.50 percent. Thesefindings suggested that online computer assisted instruction could enhance students’ learning outcomesand satisfaction.

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