Effects of Nursing Manager Education through Distance Learning in the Workplace

Abstract

　The purpose of this study was to verify the effects of nursing manager education through distance learning in online classrooms at their workplace. We used a questionnaire to survey 74 nursing administrators from nine hospitals within a single medical corporation who attended an online lecture. We compared 48 datasets before and after the lecture. We could not find any significant change in answers to questions about knowledge and behavior on training contents except for knowledge on labor management. Although the competence scores of nursing managers assessed using the Nursing Administrator’s Competence Assessment Scale tended to increase, some variations were evident. In particular, limiting participation in the lecture to head nurses and their superiors （n = 33） resulted in significantly increased competence scores after attending the lecture. In addition, 86.5% of respondents stated after the lecture that they wished to continue participating in the same type of learning in the future.