Evaluation of continuous practice by mobile learning in nursing practical training

Abstract

Nursing students can learn many things through practical training by experiencing actual medical practice and by coming in contact with patients. Therefore practical training is an effective learning opportunity for developing the practical nursing care ability of nursing students. Moreover, at hospitals, which are important training facilities, with regard to medical safety, the use of learning tools that produce electrical waves is not possible. So, we created a learning support environment that facilitates the imagination of nursing techniques, and enables effective preparation, review, and learning at anytime and anywhere using a portable digital assistant (PDA) device for practical training. As described in this paper, we report on the outline of the educational materials named "digital nursing dictionary" that we developed and the evaluation of the practices using it. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.