Comparison of the Effectiveness of the Learning Process of the Community Nursing Nurse Profession Conventionally Before the Covid-19 Pandemic And Online During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic which requires work from home and study from home has caused a total change in nursing learning methods from conventional face-to-face to 100% online, including nursing professional education, including the community nursing station. Various online learning methods are used to fulfill learning outcomes according to the curriculum set by the Association of Indonesian Nurses Educational Institutions according to the KKNI (Indonesian National Competency Framework).

Research method : This study used a non-equivalent control group posttest only design . The study used a control group with a conventional learning process and an experimental group with online learning. The research was conducted by involving 143 nursing professional students of STIKes Santo Borromeus who were divided into two classes, Class A (n = 67) as the control group and Class B (n = 76 people) as the experimental group. Each group underwent community nursing practice learning for 3 weeks, one group before the pandemic and one group during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collection by online questionnaire using google forms . Data analysis used the TOPSIS ( Technique For Others Reference by Similarity to Ideal Solution ) method on priority criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of the learning method.

Results : Conventional learning before the pandemic was more effective than online, supported by 74.5% of respondents with the advantage of ease of understanding the material and flexibility of lecture time.