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ERIC Number: ED283353
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Aug-29
Pages: 135
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
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School Nurse Achievement Program II: Curriculum Adaptation for Expanded and Accelerated Dissemination. Final Report.
Smith, Ann N.; Burgess, Heidi
The final report of a 3-year project to improve the delivery of inservice training for school nurses through the development of computer assisted instructional programs and videotapes concerning handicapped children is presented. The School Nurse Achievement Program (SNAP) is an on-going national inservice training course. The evaluation project described in this study attempted to: (1) measure the changes in nurses' attitudes, knowledge, skills, and tasks over time as a result of taking the SNAP course; (2) measure the accuracy, clarity, and sufficiency of the computer tutorials and the videotape; (3) compare the effectiveness of the computer and non-computer versions of the course; and (4) evaluate the usefulness of the advisory council. Materials evaluation involved 631 participants in 13 states. Overall course evaluation indicated that SNAP produced an improvement in nurses' knowledge and skills concerning handicapped children. Nurses using the computer tutorials learned significantly more than participants in the non-computer classes and rated the computer component as useful. A secondary result of the program was a significant decrease in computer anxiety by nurses in the computer program. (DB)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Colorado Univ., Denver.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A