Recommendations for steroid initiation and avoidance of aminophylline are well adhered to. Concordance rates for other recommendations were generally less than 60%. Concordance with recommendations for steroid duration was significantly improved by our intervention. The findings suggest that to facilitate evidence-based practice, alternative interventions should be evaluated.

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Nurse educators should not assume that students are less anxious about their acute care clinical placements as the semester proceeds. There is a typical correlation between increased anxiety and decreased self-efficacy which is likely to impact on student learning in the clinical setting. Significant results can be achieved with a relatively low cost and a low technology enabling intervention.