| The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine the relationships among individual characteristics of registered nurses, their preferred learning styles, and their ability to accurately interpret electrocardiogram rhythm strips after completion of an arrhythmia interpretation class. Forty-eight registered nurses completed a brief demographic questionnaire and the Kolb Learning Style Inventory. The results of the registered nurses' retrospective arrhythmia exams were related to other study variables. Results of this study indicated no relationship between learning style and registered nurse characteristics or accuracy of arrhythmia interpretation. Some nurses who passed the arrhythmia exam, including accurate arrhythmia interpretation, were unable to identify appropriate treatment modalities for the arrhythmias. |
