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Educating Nurses About Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention

NCT02301793 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 933

Last updated 2019-05-17

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Summary

As part of mandatory on-going nursing education, the investigators have incorporated identical information into two distinct web-based learning formats - the traditional linear PowerPoint format (with voice-over) and a new interactive format developed with central nursing education.

The investigators will cluster randomize nurses by floor to receive either the traditional education or the new interactive education, and evaluate the impact on administration of VTE prophylaxis doses administered by nurses before and after education. All nurses on a floor will receive the same educational format. If one method of education results in statistically significant improvement in VTE prophylaxis administration, the investigators will cross over to deliver the superior education format to all nurses who originally were given the less effective method.

Conditions

  • Venous Thromboembolism
  • Venous Thrombosis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nurse education in contemporary format

Education about VTE was delivered through a web-based contemporary interactive format

BEHAVIORAL

Nurse education in traditional format

Education about VTE was delivered through a web-based traditional linear Powerpoint format with voice over.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Elliott R Haut, MD PhD · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-01
Primary Completion
2015-03-31
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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