The Effect Of Online Course Through Whatsapp Group On The Success Of Ners Competence Test For Retakers Suratmi (a*), Abdul Rokhman (b), Nur Hidayati (b)
a) Undergraduate Nursing Program, Faculty of Health Sceince, Universitas Muhammadiyah Lamongan
Jl. Raya Plalangan Plosowahyu KM 2 Lamongan
suratmi.umla[at]gmail.com
b) Undergraduate Nursing Program, Faculty of Health Sceince, Universitas Muhammadiyah Lamongan
Jl. Raya Plalangan Plosowahyu KM 2 Lamongan
Abstract
The Indonesian Nurse competency test is a standard parameter for nurses in Indonesia for the requirements for a nursing license before working. However, not all Ners graduates are competent and some have failed their examinations several times and were unable to work. The pass rate of the first taker reflects the success of a nursing study program and is used by nursing councils and has an impact on the accreditation rate of the study program used to assess the success of the program. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of whatsapp online guidance on graduation of Nurse alumni on the Nurse Competence Test between the treatment group and the control group. Methods: This study used a quasy experiment design with unequal control group post test only, with a total sample size of 74 alumni (58 = intervention group, 16 = control group) taken by total sampling technique. The Intervention group was given guidance via WhatsApp by Nursing lecturers from faculty Health Science Universitas Muhammadiyah Lamongan for 5 weeks. The post test data used were the results of the National Competency Exam on October 2019 which were analyzed using the Chi square test, α- ≤- 0.05. The results showed p value = 0.014 which means that there is a significant difference in the exam results between the intervention group and the control group. Conclusion. Online Course of Nursing Exam Preparation can be carried out using the whatsapp group media and has proven to be effective in increasing of passing exam of RETAKERS. Further research is needed to compare the whats app method with other online methods.
