The Effect of Education through Workshop on Nursing Student's Rapid and Sustained Learning regarding Infused Drug Calculating Skills

Drug calculation is an essential skill for nurses. However, numerous studies have demonstrated that such a skill is weak among nursing students or even nurses. This study was designed to determine the effect of education through workshop on nursing students’ rapid and sustained learning regarding infused drug calculating skills.

In this semi-experimental study, 28 nursing students studying in the second semester were recruited. Data was collected using a questionnaire including demographic information and ten questions about infused drug calculating. This questionnaire was distributed before, immediately after and 3 months after the workshop.

The students’ mean (±SD) score in pre-test was 4.23 (±2.43) and it was 18.22 (±1.33) and 14.12 (±57) in two consecutive post-tests, respectively. Comparing the mean scores revealed that the mean scores of the first and second post-tests were significantly higher than pre-test while the second post-test score was significantly less than the first one (p<0.0001).

Our results suggest that although the drug calculating workshop increased the students’ drug calculating skills immediately after the education, but their knowledge significantly decreased after three months; hence it is recommended that nursing instructors evaluate students’ knowledge in this regard at their entrance to the wards and conduct essential practices if needed.