Application of clinical pathway management mode in clinical nursing practice teaching of oncology

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of clinical pathway management mode in nursing practice teaching of oncology.Methods Totals of 120 nursing students between September 2010 and June 2012 from oncology department,were randomly divided into the clinical pathway group (n =60) and control group (n =60) with 8 weeks practice.Control group used the traditional mentoring teaching method,while clinical pathway group according to the clinical pathway nursing teaching mode,developed teaching approach.Two days before the practice ended,all nursing students' knowledge and skills and satisfaction on practice teaching were assessed.Results The study showed that the scores of theoretical basis,the operating skills and the practical ability of nurses in the clinical pathway group were (93.75 ± 3.82),(92.36 ± 2.93),(90.31 ± 3.62),respectively,and those in the control group were (80.23 ± 3.06),(74.09 ± 5.35) and (78.25 ± 6.74),and the results of the clinical pathway group were significantly better than those of control group (t =10.25,11.94,8.24,respectively ;P ＜ 0.05).Teaching quality satisfaction of nursing students in the clinical pathway group was significantly higher than that of the control group (93.33％ vs 81.67％),and the difference was statistically significant (x2 =5.839,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions The clinical pathway is a kind of advanced management mode.If the management concept is introduced into oncology nursing practice teaching,the teaching goal,teaching method,and teaching quality will be improved. Key words: Nursing; Teaching; Oncology; Clinical pathway management mode