Abstract
The study investigated the viability of video playback as a means to maintain and enhance nursing skills in today's healthcare environment. The purpose was to determine if video playback would improve performance of psychomotor clinical skills and increase participant satisfaction with the leaning process. A two-group sample of registered and student nurses participated in the study. Each participant performed a nursing procedure. Two nursing procedures were used, one for each group. Each nursing procedure was recorded on videotape and played back to the participant who then repeated the procedure and completed a satisfaction assessment questionnaire. Results showed improved performance and learner satisfaction.
This study investigated the viability of what is commonly referred to as "video playback" to allow students to acquire, maintain, and enhance nursing skills without instructor's time. Participants' satisfaction with video playback learning was also appraised. Video playback is the generally accepted term to indicate an image transmission received and heard as recorded, facilitated by a camcorder and a video cassette recorder (VCR) (Videomaker, 1998). In this study, the term video playback was used to indicate a self-analysis by watching and listening to a videotape of a nursing skill previously performed by the viewer.