Effects of head teacher responsible grade system teaching mode on improving core capability in new recruited nurses of emergency department

Abstract

Objective To explore the application of service learning in neurosurgical nursing teaching. Methods Totally 125 nursing students who practiced in the Department of Neurosurgery of Shangqiu First People's Hospital from September 2015 to May 2016 were selected by convenient sampling, and randomized to observation group (n=63) and control group (n=62) according to the random number table. Nursing in the control group received conventional teaching, while nursing students in the observation group received teaching with service learning on this basis. The results of examination after training, teachers' satisfaction with nursing students and self-evaluation of nursing students were compared between the two groups. Results The results for theoretic knowledge (94.21±2.61) and operational capacity (93.24±3.65) of nursing students in the observation group were higher than those [ (84.71±3.06) and (84.32±2.87) ]of nursing students in the control group (t=2.272, 2.297; P<0.05) . Teachers' satisfaction with nursing students in the observation group (95.2%) was higher than that (67.7%) with nursing students in the control group (χ2=5.629, P<0.05) . The satisfaction with operational capacity (92.1%) in nursing students of the observation group was higher than that (72.6%) in nursing students in the control group (χ2=4.312, P=0.028) . Conclusions Service learning can improve the examination results of nursing students, teachers' satisfaction with nursing students as well as nursing students' satisfaction with their own operational capacity, which is worthy to be clinically applied. Key words: Students, nursing; Clinical clerkship; Neurosurgery; Service learning; Satisfaction