Sondagem vesical : efeito de um treinamento experimental com discentes de enfermagem

Abstract

A quasi-experimental non equivalent study of a control group, aiming to evaluate an experimental treatment related to the Urethral Catheterization technique execution in female patients, done by nursing undergrad students. Twelve students from both genders, who were registered in the Nursing Basics class of a private nursing college, and who didn't have previous experience with the technique, were randomly selected. The students were randomly separated in two groups of six students: experimental and control groups. These groups were submitted to a conventional practical lesson and a pre-test. The experimental group went under a experimental treatment in which a three phase instructive script was used (pre, trans and posttest). All the stages were carried out in the Nursing Laboratory. The pre-test was applied to both groups, one month after the last student training belonging to the experimental group. Comparing the table results of both groups in the pre and posttest related to the evaluation of the patient's condition, it was noticed that, in the posttest, the experimental group showed a slight improvement in the procedure execution. In the material preparation phase, there was a small decrease in the posttest errors of the experimental group 31(29%) compared to the post test control group 35(42%). According to the technical procedure, it was observed that the control group showed the largest errors number in the pre-test 97(54%) and in the post-test 108(60%) compared to the experimental group 77(43%) and post-test 48(27%). Comparing the results of the control group to the experimental one, there was a significant improvement in the experimental group related to the Urethral Catheterization technique, there was, however, a modest improvement comparing the experimental group tests. In relation to the nursing care there was no difference between the pre and post test from both groups. In the evaluation of the executed training, done by the experimental group's students, all the answers were favorable to the utilized method. It was concluded that, although the known differences between the groups and the experimental group's evaluation about the methodology that was used, the investment done to the practical teaching in the nursing laboratory is justified.