The identification of delirium is still in poor state and is the major cause of the fatalities to the older people in the ICU. One of the major reasons for the lack of proper identification mechanism is that there is poor knowledge exchange and education for the registered nurses and other medical staff. It has been observed that knowledgeable nurses who understand delirium and have enough knowledge on identification of delirium are better placed to handle the identification of delirium. The knowledgeable nurses understand the need to have the right information on the need to have identification of delirium. While there are many educational models that have been developed for identifying and managing delirium in patient, there is little focus
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It is only possible to have this significant and important management of delirium if there is sufficient knowledge for the nurses. In order to have the management of delirium effectively done, it is important to have nurses have the right knowledge on delirium. The rationale of undertaking this research is to enhance the knowledge exchange and recognition of delirium. The research will make use of web-based approach as an educational model and instructional approach for the nurses. One of the reasons for the use of the web-based approach is that it I effective as it would address the different learning styles that are available (Teodorczuk, Reynish, & Milisen, …show more content…
The knowledge will enable nurses to effectively recognize delirium for aged population, and therefore, enable the treatment of the condition with the most effective means and methods. The research questions that will be used in the study will include:
1. Does the use of video clips in a web-based educational model enhance the delirium knowledge for the nurses?
H1: The rate of change in delirium knowledge score will have some significant difference between the control group and the method that has been used for intervention.
2. Does the use of web-based educational model with video clips improve the ability of nurses to recognize delirium in aged patients?
H2: The change in delirium recognition scores will have some significant changes over time and will differ between the control group and the intervention.
3. What characteristics of the research participants influence the changes in delirium recognition and knowledge as a result of the web-based educational model approach?
H4: the mean test score for the changes for the people who will participate in the study are seen to be different when compared to the baseline learner
It is only possible to have this significant and important management of delirium if there is sufficient knowledge for the nurses. In order to have the management of delirium effectively done, it is important to have nurses have the right knowledge on delirium. The rationale of undertaking this research is to enhance the knowledge exchange and recognition of delirium. The research will make use of web-based approach as an educational model and instructional approach for the nurses. One of the reasons for the use of the web-based approach is that it I effective as it would address the different learning styles that are available (Teodorczuk, Reynish, & Milisen, …show more content…
The knowledge will enable nurses to effectively recognize delirium for aged population, and therefore, enable the treatment of the condition with the most effective means and methods. The research questions that will be used in the study will include:
1. Does the use of video clips in a web-based educational model enhance the delirium knowledge for the nurses?
H1: The rate of change in delirium knowledge score will have some significant difference between the control group and the method that has been used for intervention.
2. Does the use of web-based educational model with video clips improve the ability of nurses to recognize delirium in aged patients?
H2: The change in delirium recognition scores will have some significant changes over time and will differ between the control group and the intervention.
3. What characteristics of the research participants influence the changes in delirium recognition and knowledge as a result of the web-based educational model approach?
H4: the mean test score for the changes for the people who will participate in the study are seen to be different when compared to the baseline learner