J Korean Acad Nurs.  2017 Aug;47(4):526-539. 10.4040/jkan.2017.47.4.526.

Development and Testing of a Mastery Learning Program of Nursing Skills for Undergraduate Nursing Students

• Park S
• Hur HK
• Kim KK
• Song HY

• KMID: 2389028
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2017.47.4.526

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was undertaken to develop and test a mastery learning program of nursing skills for undergraduate nursing students.
METHODS
In this methodological study, first, the preliminary draft of a mastery learning program to provide training for nursing skills was developed based on Bloom's framework for mastery learning. Second, to test the developed program, a single-blinded, nonequivalent control group nonsynchronized study was conducted on 50 senior nursing students in a University selected by convenient sampling. Thirteen students were assigned to a control group; 13, 12, and 13 of them were assigned to intravenous therapy, transfusion, and patient transfer groups, respectively. The achievement levels and performance scores of the selected nursing skills were measured before and after the completion of the program in all the groups. Lastly, the final program was confirmed based on the results of the program testing.
RESULTS
Intravenous therapy, transfusion, and patient transfer were selected as essential nursing skills for the program based on the priorities rated by clinical instructors and staff nurses. The achievement levels of selected nursing skills were determined by Angoff scores. After participating in the program, the proportion of passers and performance scores of the nursing skills in the experimental groups were significantly higher than those in the control group. The final program was confirmed which included a diagnostic test, enrichment activities for the passers and three repetitions of corrective activities and formative assessments for non-passers.
CONCLUSION
The results suggest that a mastery learning program for undergraduate students can lead to better improvement and performance of essential nursing skills.

Keyword

Program development; Learning; Nursing student

MeSH Terms

Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Humans
Learning*
Methods
Nursing*
Patient Transfer
Program Development
Students, Nursing*

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  Figure 1. Process of mastery learning.

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