Demonstration of a Regional Burn Care System. Task C, Final Report, Burn Nursing Education Project

摘要

The goal of this Project was to improve burn nursing practice through the development of a comprehensive burn education program. The design of this educational program began with the development of a burn knowledge assessment tool. It was found that the average nurse without burn care experience knew 64% of the burn knowledge while nurses working in burn care settings received an average score of 78%. Information from this preassessment was used in the design and development of the comprehensive burn education program. The comprehensive program of 105 hours was designed to meet three areas of need: Basic Burn Nursing Practice, Teaching Skills for Nurses, and Management Skills for Nurses. The program also contains a four hour module on 'An Introduction to Burn Care for Undergraduate Nurses.' Creative forms of evaluation have been built into the program. Among them is a competitive simulation exercise which places the learner in a fictitious hospital faced with a disaster. In addition, several case studies have been developed and employed as self-assessment tools for the adult learner.