the integration of integrated management of childhood ilness into the pediatric nursing course for associate degree nursing students in aceh, Indonesia

Background and aims: Associate degree nursing students as future nurses must have the competency to perform IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness) which can be achieved by incorporating IMCI learning during the college study. Currently the IMCI learning for associate degree in nursing program in Aceh is still conducted conventionally which takes two meetings of a hundred minutes with IMCI chart as the only taught material. Some of the students obtain IMCI practical study experience at public health centers while others do not have any expe-rience Thus, there needs to be a model of IMCI learning integration into a course, and that is pediatrics nursing course. Therefore, the aimed this study was to identify the model of IMCI learning integration into the pediatrics nursing course. Methods: The design of the research is the randomized pretest-posttest control group design. For the quantitative study was 74 people (37 in the control group and 74 in the intervention group). The intervention in this study is learn of IMCI with study guided method used module. Results: The IMCI knowledge, procedural knowledge, attitude and practice scores were higher after IMCI learning by study guide method compared to IMCI learning by conventional method using IMCI chart. The higher the IMCI knowledge score, the higher the IMCI practice score. Conclusions: IMCI learning by the method of study guide using module has significant influence towards the increase of IMCI knowledge, procedural knowledge, attitude, and practice scores. Active learning program needs to be designed for students to assist their studying and achieve the learning objectives independently.

Keywords: IMCI, pediatric nursing, knowledge, attitude, practice