Application of concept map guided nursing rounds in the nursing care of diabetic patients

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the application effect of concept map guided nursing in the high quality nursing of diabetic patients. Methods A total of 119 hospitalized diabetic patients from March 2016 to December 2016 were selected using convenient sampling and randomly divided into the control group (n=59) and observation group (n=58) . Conventional nursing ward round were conducted in the control group, and the concept map nursing round were used in the observation group. Patients' satisfaction was evaluated using satisfaction questionnaire. The Chinese critical thinking disposition inventory (CTDI-CV) was used to evaluate the ability of nurses' critical thinking. Results Scores of all dimensions of nursing satisfaction and the total score in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P<0.05) . After the implementation of concept map nursing round, scores of critical thinking in nurses truth seeking, analysis ability, open-mind, systematic ability, self-confidence of critical thinking and curiosity and the total score were improved when compared to those of nurses before the implementation; the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05) . Conclusions Clinical application of concept map, which provides human-based high quality nursing service for patients, can optimize the nursing quality and improve the critical thinking ability and quality of nurses. Key words: Diabetes; Concept map; High quality nursing