Putman-Casdorph Heidi, Pinto Susan
School of Nursing, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA.
J Sch Nurs. 2011 Dec;27(6):411-5. doi: 10.1177/1059840511420162. Epub 2011 Aug 22.
Asthma remains one of the most challenging chronic illnesses faced by school nurses both nationally and in the State of West Virginia. There is a clear need to provide ongoing continuing asthma education to school nurses. However, nurses face many barriers to receiving this education. The purpose of this pilot project was to develop and evaluate distance learning technology as a method to deliver continuing asthma education to school nurses in West Virginia. A sample of 20 school nurses from 2 counties in West Virginia participated in the study using the Wimba live classroom distance learning program. Significant modest improvements were found in both the intervention groups compared to a control group postintervention. The results of this pilot study are promising and show that distance learning technology could be a viable solution for school nurses to receive asthma continuing education.
在全国范围内以及西弗吉尼亚州，哮喘仍然是学校护士面临的最具挑战性的慢性病之一。显然有必要为学校护士提供持续的哮喘教育。然而，护士在接受这种教育时面临许多障碍。这个试点项目的目的是开发和评估远程学习技术，作为向西弗吉尼亚州学校护士提供持续哮喘教育的一种方法。来自西弗吉尼亚州两个县的20名学校护士参与了该研究，使用Wimba实时课堂远程学习项目。与干预后的对照组相比，两个干预组都有显著的适度改善。这项试点研究的结果很有前景，表明远程学习技术可能是学校护士接受哮喘继续教育的一个可行解决方案。
