Participant demographics and pre- and posttest data
were coded in a spreadsheet to serve as the data set for
analysis and later transferred to statistical software
Minitab 16 (Minitab Inc, State College, PA) for analysis.
Descriptive statistics were used to analyze subject
characteristics.
For the outcome variable participant
knowledge
,
parametric testing was performed using a
paired
t
test to examine mean differences between the
groups
before and after implementation. Further analysis
of knowledge by education and experience was performed
using the t
test for mean differences between
groups.
The outcome variable of peripheral
infiltrate
rate
is reported as number of IV infiltrates per 1000
patient
days by descriptive statistics only. The project
team
leader set significance at P
=
.05.