In the context of increasing population aging, there has been an increasing demand for medical and health service personnel with knowledge of elderly care. Therefore, this article reviews the characteristics and application status of the elderly care knowledge evaluation tools for medical and health service personnel at home and abroad, in order to provide a reference for the development of the elderly care knowledge evaluation tools in China.

Objective To evaluate the nursing students′and faculty′s views on the textbook of‘Health assessment’ for vocational nursing students as well as to provide a reference for the development and selection of textbooks. Methods The questionnaires were designed and delivered to 14 nursing lecturers and tutors, 300 nursing students after clinical practice and 298 nursing students before clinical practice respectively to gather their points on the textbook of‘Health assessment’ . Results The average scores on the 32 observation points of the faculty group, post-practice group and the pre-practice group were 0. 96,0. 94 and 0. 90 respectively. Krusal-Wallis showed a statistically significant difference exists among three groups (Z=51. 192,P<0. 01). Calibration of inspection standard were conducted and significant difference between pre-practice and faculty group and between pre-practice and post-practice group were observed (P<0. 016 7). The average score of pre-practice group was lower than that of faculty group and post-practice group while no significant difference observed between faculty group and post-practice group. The total scores of three groups were 91. 60,95. 80 and 91. 80 respectively, and Krusal-Wallis represented a significant difference among three total scores (Z=24. 48, P<0. 01). Calibration of inspection standard was conducted and significant difference were observed between post-practice and faculty group and between post-practice and pre-practice group respectively (P<0. 016 7). The total score of post-practice group was higher than that of faculty and pre-practice group and there was no significant difference between the faculty group and the post-practice group (P>0. 016 7). Conclusions The total score of three groups on the 32 observation points are very excellent, but there are significant differences between the groups. As a result, students after clinical practice acquired more benefits, and are identify the textbooks. The applicability assessment scale can evaluate the textbook quality of ‘Health assessment ’ for vocational nursing speciality, and at assessment of vocational textbooks the student should be the majority leading to a all-around, objective and judicial assessment.

Objective To design web-based simulated training system for skills and clinical nursing thinking for the independent training of vocational nursing students, and analyze the training effect. Methods Nursing students from five sections in Suzhou Vocationul Health College were chosen randomly as the research object from October to November 2015, and a web-based training program which involved three categories and eight skills was designed and was employed to train the students, then a questionnaire was distributed to them and the results were analyzed.Results Nursing students′recognition degree to the 14 kinds of ability that should be paid attention in the adults nursing was 24.4%-74.7%, and their recognition degree to the 14 kinds of ability in this training system was 17.3%-69.3%. More than 90% of the nursing students thought that the design of this training system was creative, the design of training questions was rational, and the contents were scientific and advanced with high quality. However, 37. 3% of nursing students thought that the number of training programs was general/too small. About 90% of nursing students thought that this training system was helpfull in improving their ability and their study. The average scores of 223 nursing students in inquiry, physical examination, and nursing for patients with heart failure, coronary heart disease and diabetics were (84.4±17.9), (84.7±15.9), (84.7±13.5), (85.3±12.9) and (86.1±12.4).Conclusions The web-based simulated training system for skill and clinical nursing thinking has a good assist-teaching functiom, and it provides an access for nursing students to practice in their spare time. It was an innovative teaching practice with advancement and scientificity and it can help to improve students′skills and ability in clinical thinking.