Edpuzzle Application in Improving Nursing Students Metric and Drug Dose Calculation Skills in a Virtual Learning Environment: Mixed Methods Study

OpenAlex İngilizce

Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of Edpuzzle application on nursing students' metric conversion and drug dose calculation skills. Methods: 84 nursing students participated in parallel groups in the mixed model single-blind randomized controlled study, conducted between April and June 2021.Data were collected using a descriptive features form, metric and drug dose calculation skill test. After all students completed the theoretical lessons, a pre-application of the skill test was made. After the experimental group students watched the interactive videos in the Edpuzzle application for fifteen days, a final skill test was applied to all students. Then, four focus group interviews were conducted with 28 experimental group students. Results: The last scores of the students in the experimental group, pertaining to metric and drug dose calculation skill test, were higher than those of the students in the control group and were statistically significant (p