Blended Learning via Distance Effects on Nurses’ Performance, Perception, and Anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic | ||||
Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
Article 23, Volume 10, Issue 29, March 2022, Page 255-269 PDF (1.19 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2022.156113.1417 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Manar Fathy Hamza1; Eglal Hassaneen Hakeim ![]() | ||||
1Assistant professor, Adult Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Egypt. | ||||
2Assistant professor, Adult Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing-King Salman International University, Egypt. | ||||
3Lecturer of Psychiatric, Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University, Egypt. | ||||
4Lecturer, Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: COVID-19 and subsequent global crisis lockdowns have initiated a sudden need for learning to be blended. Nurses are the frontline healthcare staff, providing direct care to individuals affected with COVID-19 Aim: This study aimed to determine the blended learning via distance effects on nurses’ performance, perception, and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design: Quasi experimental design was used. Setting: The study was conducted in the inpatients department at one of the biggest university hospitals affiliated with Cairo University in Egypt. Sample: A convenient sample of total 100 nurses allocated to the previously mentioned settings. Tools: Six tools were used to collect data including I: self-administered questionnaire B- Nurse's knowledge assessment questioner, II: Nurses self-reported checklist, III: nurses’ attitude response, IV: Nurses’ risk perception response, V: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) and VI: Nurses’ opinionnaire. Results: There was a highly statically significant difference between pre and post implementation of the blended learning training program with (P>0.001) which revealed an improvement in the study subject’s performance. Also, there was a positive attitude, and positive risk perception among nurses regarding COVID-19, with an overall improvement in the level of anxiety regarding dealing with the current pandemic. Most studied nurses were satisfied regarding implementation of the blended learning training program. Conclusion: The finding of the study concluded that nurses' performance was improved post- implementation of the blended learning intervention with satisfaction among the nurses regarding the new method of learning. Recommendations: It is highly recommended to increase nurses’ awareness through using the electronic resources. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Blended learning; Nurses’ performance; Nurses’ perception & Nurses’ anxiety | ||||
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