Application effect of modified clinical pathway model in psychiatric nursing practice teaching

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the effect of applying modified clinical pathway management model in psychiatric nursing practice teaching.Methods Totally 196 nursing students joining in the psychiatric nursing clinical practice were divided into control group （n=102） and intervention group （n=94）, according to their internship time.The control group followed the traditional teaching model, while the intervention group received training based on the modified clinical pathway model, in which the students were involved in to specify the training plan and generate the sequence and timing of actions necessary to achieve goals.The examination, mutual behavior rating and total satisfaction investigations’ results were compared between the two groups at the end of the internship.Results Both the exam scores and the satisfactions in the intervention group were significantly higher than that in the control group （P〈0.01）.Two factors were extracted by exploratory factor analysis, factor one included：teaching skills, professional moral, level of expertise, theoretical score, work attitude, operating score; factor two included： teaching management capability, lecture score, behavioral norms, satisfaction evaluation （ student to teacher ） .Conclusions The application of clinical pathway in psychiatric nursing practice can standardize and explicit training protocol, improve the effect of internship.It is a kind of teaching model worth spreading. Key words: Psychiatry department; Clinical pathway; Clinical teaching; Nursing practice