Medication Competence of Nursing Students in The Baltic Countries and Finland: eMedication Passport as A Learning Activity
The purpose of this study was to describe the medication competence of nursing students in the Baltic countries and Finland, and to identify potential changes in medication competence and associated factors of the nursing students after the implementation of the learning tool eMedication Passport as a learning activity.
Methods. The study design was a cross-sectional quasi-experimental test. The setting was an educational setting in three nursing schools in Baltic countries and Finland. The sampling was purposive. The Medication Competence and Associated Factors tool was used. Students participating in the study answered the web-based questionnaire before and after the use of eMedication Passport. Finland participated only in the pre-survey as a reference school. The data were analysed statistically.
Results. Altogether, 288 students participated in the pre-survey and 109 students in the postsurvey. There was no significant change in the medication competence evaluated by the knowledge and medication calculation test, and patient vignettes between the evaluations. The students’ activeness and self-confidence in the studies related to medication management increased from the presurvey to post-survey in the Baltic countries when using eMedication Passport as a learning activity.
Principal conclusions. Learning activities are helpful, but students need support and help in the use of them.
Correspondence to . Joukahaisenkatu 3, 20520 Turku, Finland. E-mail: riitta-liisa.lakanmaa@turkuamk.fi