Investigation on the knowledge and ability of health education among nursing undergraduates
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2012.12.024
- VernacularTitle:护理本科生健康教育知识和能力的调查研究
- Author:
Liufang WANG
;
Yanbin XIANG
;
Mingying YANG
;
Jun WANG
;
Yunyan LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nursing undergraduate;
Health education;
Ability
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2012;(12):1276-1278
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the current status of health education among nursing undergraduates,to analyze the existing problems and to bring up corresponding strategies for improving the health education ability for nursing undergraduates.Methods Totally 381 nursing undergraduates were recruited and investigated with a self-designed questionnaire.Aspects of students' cognition of health education,influencing factors of health education and the implementation of health education in clinic were investigated.Data were processed using SPSS 12.0 and percentages were calculated.Resuits 98.75％ students understood the importance of heath education in nursing work.However,systemic training courses of health education for nursing undergraduates were insufficient in both colleges and hospitals.Meanwhile,clinical teachers' ability of health education was limited.Only 15.59％students provided health education for patients independently.Conclusions Nursing colleges and practicing hospitals should strengthen health education consciousness of nursing undergraduates,enhance faculty construction and should set up related courses to train the health education skills.
