Multicenter Online Nursing Education to Improve Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Administration: A Descriptive Post-Education Survey

BACKGROUND: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) causes preventable harm, and risk-appropriate prophylaxis administration is often suboptimal because of inconsistent practices and gaps in knowledge. The authors disseminated a validated web-based interactive nurse education module on VTE prevention and evaluated nurses' perspectives. METHOD: A descriptive cross-sectional electronic post-education survey of trauma nurses was conducted at nine Level I to II centers in the Consortium of Leaders in the study Of Traumatic Thromboembolism (CLOTT) Network. Data were summarized descriptively and with conventional content analysis. RESULTS: Of 922 participants, 817 completed the post-education survey (88.6% response rate). A high proportion of positive ratings were received for applicability (96%), communication (95%), appropriateness (92%), engagement (87%), satisfaction (78%), and preference over other online clinical education modules (77%). Qualitatively, 53.7% responded positively (appropriateness and satisfaction), whereas 40.7% responded negatively (technology and variation in institutional electronic systems). CONCLUSION: Nurses rated the module as applicable to bedside practice. Feedback highlighted role-specific relevance and realistic scenarios and identified cross-site technology and workflow fit as considerations for broader dissemination.