Development and evaluation of a long-term indwelling bladder-catheter management training program for visiting nurses

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The objectives of this study were to develop, implement, and evaluate a long-term indwelling bladder-catheter management training program for visiting nurses, based on "The Curriculum Development for Medical Education: A Six-Step Approach". We developed a program consisting of 16 behavioral objectives and educational contents by identifying problems of long-term catheter management by visiting nurses, and evaluating the needs of nurses who are learning long-term catheter management. We implemented the program in a group of 41 visiting nurses. A questionnaire survey was administered before and after the workshop, in order to verify its efficacy. A large majority (84.2%) of participants responded that they were satisfied with the program. The average number of correct answers to 16 true/false questions about catheter management increased after the workshop. For some topics, however, educational contents were not effective, suggesting the potential importance of the contents of the lecture material. Regarding the utilization of the program contents in home-visit nursing, more than 80% of participants responded that all five educational topics were “usable” or “somewhat usable”. The results show the program is effective.