Educating Nurses About Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention

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Conditions studied: Venous Thromboembolism, Venous Thrombosis

In brief

As part of mandatory on-going nursing education, the investigators have incorporated identical information into two distinct web-based learning formats - the traditional linear PowerPoint format (with voice-over) and a new interactive format developed with central nursing education. The investigators will cluster randomize nurses by floor to receive either the traditional education or the new interactive education, and evaluate the impact on administration of VTE prophylaxis doses administered by nurses before and after education. All nurses on a floor will receive the same educational format. If one method of education results in statistically significant improvement in VTE prophylaxis administration, the investigators will cross over to deliver the superior education format to all nurses who originally were given the less effective method.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02301793

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

933

Starts

2014-04-01

Expected to finish

2015-03-31

Last updated by the study team

2019-05-17

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Nurses on selected surgical and medical floors at Johns Hopkins Hospital

You may not qualify if…

• Nurses who were not permanently associated with one of the 21 hospital floors (e.g. traveling nurse, float nurse) were excluded from this study

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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