Home⇛Health Sciences Journal⇛vol. 14 no. 2 (2025)

The effect of a neurological training module on the competency of neurocritical care staff nurses

Ruperto Asesor Jr. | Leonor Fruto

Discipline: medicine by specialism

 

Abstract:

Aim This study aimed to determine the effect of the Brain EMERGENTTraining Module on the competency of neurocritical care staff nurses (SNs) assigned to the Neurocritical Care Unit (NCCU) and Acute Stroke Unit (ASU) in the management of post-operative neurological patients (PONP) with increased intracranial pressure (II??). Methods This quasi-experimental study included 19 SNs recruited through purposive sampling to undergo the Brain EMERGENT training module. Four instruments were developed based on Miller's framework to measure pre- and post-test competencies across four domains: (1) Knowledge (Cronbach's a = 0.82), (2) Affective (Cronbach's a = 0.88), (3) Psychomotor (Cronbach's a = 0.84), and (4) "Does" domain, assessed through skills validation four weeks after training. Results The training module produced a highly significant improvement in the Knowledge domain (pretest mean = 7.8, SD = 1.6; post-test mean = 9.7, SD = 1.3; p = 0.0009) and a significant improvement in the Affective domain (pre-test mean = 58.8, SD = 7.6; post-test mean = 63.2, SD = 6.6; p = 0.0228). There was no significant effect on the Psychomotor domain (pre-test mean = 27.8, SD = 3.1; post-test mean = 28.5, SD = 2.8; p = 0.0855). In the "Does" domain, 8 out of 10 SNs met the competency standards during skills validation, while 2 did not. Conclusion The Brain EMERGENT training module significantly improved competencies in the Knowledge and Affective domains but showed no significant effect on Psychomotor skills.



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