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INFLUENCE OF INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA LEARNING AMONG NURSING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION

Introduction: Mental status examination is a significant phase in delivering nursing care as the basis to make diagnosis. In reality, a lot of nursing students still find it difficult to understand terminologies and structures in mental status assessment. Studies show that interactive multimedia may help students to understand real conditions of the patients which are difficult to visualize. However, in the context of mental status assessment, further researches are required. Methods: The design of this study is quasi experimental including pre and post test with control group. The knowledge score measured using instrument 40 items multiple choices self-developed questions based on theory and has been content and construct validity with Cronbach's Alpha 0.94. The result of the study was analyzed by using Mann-Whitney test. Result: The result showed that there was a significant difference between mean score of intervention group (65.52+6.958) compared with control group (47.22+3.773) (p=0.000). Conclusion: The results of this study indicated there is a significant influence of interactive multimedia learning to improve undergraduate nursing students' knowledge about mental status examination. It is advisable to Nurse Educator to use interactive multimedia to overcome the difficulties of the students in understanding the concepts of mental status examination.

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Series Title
The Malaysian Journal of Nursing, April 2018 Vol. 9 Issue 4
Call Number
(05) 610.5 LIN t
Publisher
Malaysia : Lincoln University College.,
Collation
Hlm. 74-78
Language
English
ISBN/ISSN
2231-7007
Classification
(05) 610.5 LIN t
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Media Type
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Carrier Type
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Edition
Vol. 9 Issue 4
Subject(s)
Nursing
Knowledge
Interactive multimedia
Mental status examination
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