Nurses′ experiences of using WeChat to assist health education for patients with PICC-line: a qualitative study
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2019.27.013
- VernacularTitle: 护理人员基于微信公众平台对PICC带管患者实施健康教育体验的质性研究
- Author:
Shuhan ZHAO
1
;
Qiuming ZHU
;
Shanshan LI
;
Xuerong LIU
Author Information
1. First Department of Oncology, the First Clinical Hospital Affiliated to Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150000, China
- Publication Type:Clinical Trail
- Keywords:
Catheterization;
Central venous;
WeChat;
Health education;
Qualitative research;
Nurses
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2019;35(27):2144-2148
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To examine nurses′ experiences regarding the benefits and obstacles of using WeChat in health education for patients with PICC-line.
Methods:A semi-structured interview was conducted with 12 nurses who using WeChat to assist health education for patients with PICC-line. Data were analyzed based on Colaizzi′s phenomenological research method.
Results:Ten themes of three aspects were extracted: the benefits of using WeChat in health education include reduction in medical care consumption and costs, reduction in workload, facilitating improvement in the quality of care, promotion of the nurse–patient relationship, improvement in self-worth and professional knowledge; the obstacles of using WeChat in health education include perceived risk, disturbance to personal life, Sense of uncertainty; the advice of using WeChat in health education.
Conclusions:Exploring the experiences and obstacles of nurses regarding using WeChat in health education for patients with PICC-line can help improve the quality of health education and meanwhile provide the reference and basis for clinical health education.
