Abstract Advance care planning is a process of discussion in which patients can communicate their end-of-life care preferences to family members and health care providers for consideration. Readiness for advance care planning is a patient’s preparedness to engage in advance care planning. This review aims to develop the conceptual framework for advance care planning readiness for Chinese older people. The current knowledge from the published studies was identified and synthesized by an integrative review. The conceptual framework was developed based on the social-ecological model and the theory of planned behavior. The factors from the social environment/community, health care professionals, and individual/family layers were defined. These factors may influence an individual’s medical decision-making, which in turn triggers individual behavioral mechanisms that arise from interactions between motivations, attitudes, and beliefs. Relevant factors should be considered when assessing the behavior of personnel engaged in advance care planning or formulating appropriate intervention measures to improve advance care planning participation in China. This framework can be used to guide studies that explore how the social/familial/individual factors predict the readiness for advance care planning among Chinese older people, and to design intervention studies to test the effect of family function on the readiness for advance care planning.
{"title":"Advance care planning readiness for Chinese older people: An integrative review and conceptual framework","authors":"Kalok Wong, H. Yuan, W. Kunaviktikul","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Advance care planning is a process of discussion in which patients can communicate their end-of-life care preferences to family members and health care providers for consideration. Readiness for advance care planning is a patient’s preparedness to engage in advance care planning. This review aims to develop the conceptual framework for advance care planning readiness for Chinese older people. The current knowledge from the published studies was identified and synthesized by an integrative review. The conceptual framework was developed based on the social-ecological model and the theory of planned behavior. The factors from the social environment/community, health care professionals, and individual/family layers were defined. These factors may influence an individual’s medical decision-making, which in turn triggers individual behavioral mechanisms that arise from interactions between motivations, attitudes, and beliefs. Relevant factors should be considered when assessing the behavior of personnel engaged in advance care planning or formulating appropriate intervention measures to improve advance care planning participation in China. This framework can be used to guide studies that explore how the social/familial/individual factors predict the readiness for advance care planning among Chinese older people, and to design intervention studies to test the effect of family function on the readiness for advance care planning.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"43 - 49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41719740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Objective This review aimed to map and summarize published studies that tested non-pharmacological management for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). Methods We searched for eligible studies in 5 electronic databases and screened the retrieved studies using the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data were then collated according to the types of interventions, measurement tool, and outcomes. Results The search yielded 2343 records, of which 11 were included. Four categories of non-pharmacological CINV management were made; manipulative and body-based therapy (n = 5 studies); mind–body therapy (n = 3 studies); biologically based practice (n = 1 study), and energy therapy (n = 2 studies). Seven different scales were used to measure CINV. Nine studies reported improvement in CINV. Conclusions This scoping review demonstrates the breadth of non-pharmacological management to address CINV. Various types of CINV scales were used to measure CINV severity. The management and scale can be utilized to improve nursing care, particularly in cancer care.
{"title":"Non-pharmacological management for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with cancer: a scoping review","authors":"Dewi Maulidawati, E. Rochmawati, Nina Granel","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0002","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objective This review aimed to map and summarize published studies that tested non-pharmacological management for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). Methods We searched for eligible studies in 5 electronic databases and screened the retrieved studies using the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data were then collated according to the types of interventions, measurement tool, and outcomes. Results The search yielded 2343 records, of which 11 were included. Four categories of non-pharmacological CINV management were made; manipulative and body-based therapy (n = 5 studies); mind–body therapy (n = 3 studies); biologically based practice (n = 1 study), and energy therapy (n = 2 studies). Seven different scales were used to measure CINV. Nine studies reported improvement in CINV. Conclusions This scoping review demonstrates the breadth of non-pharmacological management to address CINV. Various types of CINV scales were used to measure CINV severity. The management and scale can be utilized to improve nursing care, particularly in cancer care.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"9 - 20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49137188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Objectives: Non-healing wounds have been one of the major challenges in health care because of increased morbidity, especially for those who have diabetes mellitus. Numerous regimens are being innovated to produce an evidence-based practice that would minimize complications and promote healing. Topical oxygen therapy is an innovation in wound care that has been considered influential in the wound healing process. This intervention aims to increase the oxygen concentration in the affected limb to promote wound healing. Methods: This research applied an experimental design that targeted a total of 60 adult patients aged 45–64 years with diabetic foot ulcers. A randomized systematic sampling technique was used to allow equal chances and prevent bias. In total, 30 patients in the control group received usual care for diabetic foot ulcers, and the remaining 30 patients in the experimental group received topical oxygen therapy together with standard care for diabetic foot ulcers. Subjects were assessed using the Wagner-Meggitt Wound Classification System. Results: The result proved that there was a significant difference in the wound grade of patients in the experimental group after the application of the usual wound care plus the topical oxygen therapy using Friedman’s test. The control and experimental groups were compared using Mann–Whitney statistical analyses, and the results showed that there was a significant difference between the control and experimental groups after the application of topical oxygen therapy. Conclusions: Topical oxygen therapy was demonstrated to be effective to aid in the wound healing process of patients with diabetic foot ulcers. Further research was recommended to improve the application of topical oxygen therapy to patients with chronic wounds and promote the wound healing process.
{"title":"Effectiveness of topical oxygen therapy in wound healing for patients with diabetic foot ulcer","authors":"Marvin Queg, J. de Leon","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0010","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objectives: Non-healing wounds have been one of the major challenges in health care because of increased morbidity, especially for those who have diabetes mellitus. Numerous regimens are being innovated to produce an evidence-based practice that would minimize complications and promote healing. Topical oxygen therapy is an innovation in wound care that has been considered influential in the wound healing process. This intervention aims to increase the oxygen concentration in the affected limb to promote wound healing. Methods: This research applied an experimental design that targeted a total of 60 adult patients aged 45–64 years with diabetic foot ulcers. A randomized systematic sampling technique was used to allow equal chances and prevent bias. In total, 30 patients in the control group received usual care for diabetic foot ulcers, and the remaining 30 patients in the experimental group received topical oxygen therapy together with standard care for diabetic foot ulcers. Subjects were assessed using the Wagner-Meggitt Wound Classification System. Results: The result proved that there was a significant difference in the wound grade of patients in the experimental group after the application of the usual wound care plus the topical oxygen therapy using Friedman’s test. The control and experimental groups were compared using Mann–Whitney statistical analyses, and the results showed that there was a significant difference between the control and experimental groups after the application of topical oxygen therapy. Conclusions: Topical oxygen therapy was demonstrated to be effective to aid in the wound healing process of patients with diabetic foot ulcers. Further research was recommended to improve the application of topical oxygen therapy to patients with chronic wounds and promote the wound healing process.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"85 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48132421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shifan Han, Jin-Ping Gao, Yan Cao, Ruifang Zhu, Ya-Ping Wang
Abstract Objectives: To identify the dermatological system drugs that may be prescribed by Chinese dermatological nurses through expert consensus. Methods: A 2-round study, consisting of 32 medical and nursing experts, was conducted using the Delphi method from September 2019 to June 2020. Microsoft Excel 2019 and IBM SPSS Ver. 22 were used to analyze the results of the consultations. Results: A total of 63 drugs across 13 categories were identified as relevant to Chinese nurses working in dermatological departments. Among these drugs, 1 drug was generally prescribed independently, 17 drugs tended to be prescribed collaboratively, and 45 were prescribed either independently or in collaboration with others. Conclusions: This expert consensus determines the prescription drugs that may be prescribed by dermatology nurses in China, which can be used as the key content of prescription drug training for dermatology nurses in future. The results of the study could provide a basis for the implementation of nurses’ prescription rights in China in future and provide a reference for the formulation of relevant legislation on nurses’ prescription rights.
{"title":"Dermatology nurse prescribing in China: a Delphi method","authors":"Shifan Han, Jin-Ping Gao, Yan Cao, Ruifang Zhu, Ya-Ping Wang","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objectives: To identify the dermatological system drugs that may be prescribed by Chinese dermatological nurses through expert consensus. Methods: A 2-round study, consisting of 32 medical and nursing experts, was conducted using the Delphi method from September 2019 to June 2020. Microsoft Excel 2019 and IBM SPSS Ver. 22 were used to analyze the results of the consultations. Results: A total of 63 drugs across 13 categories were identified as relevant to Chinese nurses working in dermatological departments. Among these drugs, 1 drug was generally prescribed independently, 17 drugs tended to be prescribed collaboratively, and 45 were prescribed either independently or in collaboration with others. Conclusions: This expert consensus determines the prescription drugs that may be prescribed by dermatology nurses in China, which can be used as the key content of prescription drug training for dermatology nurses in future. The results of the study could provide a basis for the implementation of nurses’ prescription rights in China in future and provide a reference for the formulation of relevant legislation on nurses’ prescription rights.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"95 - 114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41939940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anood M. Alabbas, Abdulhameid S. Althubyani, M. Alfaki, Faisal A. Alharthi, Ahmed S Alkarani
Abstract Objectives: A good patient safety culture (PSC) is linked to a reduced risk of patient problems and minimal undesirable occurrences. This study investigated the PSC levels from nurses’ perspectives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was applied. The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) questionnaire was administered to 315 nurses working at 2 major hospitals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, a t-test, and a one-way ANOVA test. The statistical significance of the correlation was determined at the 0.05 level. Results: PSC was rated as medium overall according to the nurses, with a weighted mean of 2.88–0.76 and a relative weight of 57.57%. In addition, all PSC composites were rated from medium to high, except organizational learning, which was rated low. The correlation between sociodemographic variables as well as PSC levels was investigated using the t-test and one-way ANOVA test. The association is statistically significant when P ≤ 0.05. The findings revealed a statistically significant correlation between nurse nationality (t = −4.399, P = 0.000), age (F = 7.917, P = 0.000), experience in years (F = 3.760, P = 0.024), and hospital (t = −0.401, P = 0.689). Conclusions: The nurses in this study had a medium overall PSC level, and all PSC composites ranged from a medium to a high level, except organizational learning, which had a low level. In addition, the findings showed that there is a significant relationship between PSC levels, nurses’ nationalities, experience in years, and the hospital itself.
{"title":"Evaluation of patient safety culture as perceived by nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Anood M. Alabbas, Abdulhameid S. Althubyani, M. Alfaki, Faisal A. Alharthi, Ahmed S Alkarani","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0013","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objectives: A good patient safety culture (PSC) is linked to a reduced risk of patient problems and minimal undesirable occurrences. This study investigated the PSC levels from nurses’ perspectives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was applied. The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC) questionnaire was administered to 315 nurses working at 2 major hospitals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, a t-test, and a one-way ANOVA test. The statistical significance of the correlation was determined at the 0.05 level. Results: PSC was rated as medium overall according to the nurses, with a weighted mean of 2.88–0.76 and a relative weight of 57.57%. In addition, all PSC composites were rated from medium to high, except organizational learning, which was rated low. The correlation between sociodemographic variables as well as PSC levels was investigated using the t-test and one-way ANOVA test. The association is statistically significant when P ≤ 0.05. The findings revealed a statistically significant correlation between nurse nationality (t = −4.399, P = 0.000), age (F = 7.917, P = 0.000), experience in years (F = 3.760, P = 0.024), and hospital (t = −0.401, P = 0.689). Conclusions: The nurses in this study had a medium overall PSC level, and all PSC composites ranged from a medium to a high level, except organizational learning, which had a low level. In addition, the findings showed that there is a significant relationship between PSC levels, nurses’ nationalities, experience in years, and the hospital itself.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"125 - 133"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48776863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Objective: To investigate the quality of life (QOL) of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) donors. Methods: The EuroQol 5-dimensional questionnaire (EQ-5D) was used to measure the QOL of donors. Results: One donor reported “a little problem” of mobility (MO), and 2 donors (9.1%) reported “a little problem” of usual activities (UA). Moreover, there were 8 donors (36.4%) and 7 donors (31.8%) declaring “a little problem” of pain/discomfort (PD) and anxiety/depression (AD), respectively. And both dimensions have a donor reporting “moderate problem.” The mean visual analog scale (VAS) was 83.1 ± 12.4. Conclusions: Donors can gain a stable and preferable QOL after donation in both the short and long terms. ED-5D application in the field of liver transplant could be an effective choice in QOL studies.
{"title":"Health-related quality of life of pediatric living donor liver transplantation donors who undergone donation surgery for 10 years","authors":"Ye-feng Lu, Leiqing Gao, K. He, Hui-qin Xi","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objective: To investigate the quality of life (QOL) of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) donors. Methods: The EuroQol 5-dimensional questionnaire (EQ-5D) was used to measure the QOL of donors. Results: One donor reported “a little problem” of mobility (MO), and 2 donors (9.1%) reported “a little problem” of usual activities (UA). Moreover, there were 8 donors (36.4%) and 7 donors (31.8%) declaring “a little problem” of pain/discomfort (PD) and anxiety/depression (AD), respectively. And both dimensions have a donor reporting “moderate problem.” The mean visual analog scale (VAS) was 83.1 ± 12.4. Conclusions: Donors can gain a stable and preferable QOL after donation in both the short and long terms. ED-5D application in the field of liver transplant could be an effective choice in QOL studies.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"81 - 83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49366634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Objective With the continuous advancement of aging in China, the number of older inpatients has increased sharply. Older patients have a high demand for planning their discharge services. Nurses serve as the leader of discharge planning for patients; there is a lack of reliable evaluation tool to evaluate the core competitiveness of nurses who implement discharge planning for older patients in China. The purpose of this study was to validate the index for the core competence of nurses who lead discharge planning for older patients developed by a project team through the Delphi method in the early stage. Methods A cross-sectional questionnaire survey with 3-stage stratified sampling was used to select 1075 nurses from 17 public general hospitals in Ningxia, China. Results The index consists of 4 first-level indicators, 13 second-level indicators, and 57 third-level indicators. The results show that 57 third-level indicators had good discrimination. With exploratory factor analysis (EFA), 4 common factors that explained 72.79% of the total variance were extracted. The Cronbach’s α was 0.98, and the retest reliability within a 14-d interval was 0.86. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) results show that the fit of the index structure was good. The criterion validity was 0.73. Conclusions The index presented excellent psychometric properties and can be used to measure the core competence of nurses in implementing discharge planning for older patients in China.
{"title":"Validation of the index for the core competence of nurses leading discharge planning for older patients in China","authors":"Lu Lu, Ling Ding, Hongyan Lu, Xin-Ning Lei, Zhe Wu, Rui Zhang","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0006","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objective With the continuous advancement of aging in China, the number of older inpatients has increased sharply. Older patients have a high demand for planning their discharge services. Nurses serve as the leader of discharge planning for patients; there is a lack of reliable evaluation tool to evaluate the core competitiveness of nurses who implement discharge planning for older patients in China. The purpose of this study was to validate the index for the core competence of nurses who lead discharge planning for older patients developed by a project team through the Delphi method in the early stage. Methods A cross-sectional questionnaire survey with 3-stage stratified sampling was used to select 1075 nurses from 17 public general hospitals in Ningxia, China. Results The index consists of 4 first-level indicators, 13 second-level indicators, and 57 third-level indicators. The results show that 57 third-level indicators had good discrimination. With exploratory factor analysis (EFA), 4 common factors that explained 72.79% of the total variance were extracted. The Cronbach’s α was 0.98, and the retest reliability within a 14-d interval was 0.86. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) results show that the fit of the index structure was good. The criterion validity was 0.73. Conclusions The index presented excellent psychometric properties and can be used to measure the core competence of nurses in implementing discharge planning for older patients in China.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"51 - 64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46470277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Objective To review the current literature on the practice of intramuscular injections (IMIs), focusing on immunizations. Methods The present study comprises 2 reviews, characterized by high-quality evidence, pertaining to the deployment of the slow injection technique without aspiration (referred to in this paper as the without-aspiration slow injection technique [WASiT]) and combined with the Zeta-track technique (ZTT). The literature review is oriented toward the analysis of 2 features associated with IMIs techniques: safety and pain, integrating new evidence on vaccinee positioning for each muscle site and general relaxation techniques in the multi-parametric analysis. Results The rigorous and in-depth reviews in the current study reveal the usefulness of including, among the international guidelines for via intramuscular immunizations, the adoption of WASiT only for compliant vaccinees, and in combination with all validated techniques for IMIs, and the use of ZTT limitedly if specific well-developed muscles are indicated. All the technique’s limitations are exposed. Conclusions Future research directions are presented by including the author’s study designs to provide indirect evidence for the validity of the rationale of the slow injection technique using scientific methods, and for the conduction of future randomized controlled trials (RCTs) focused on revisiting the adoption of ZTT in a dynamic and integrated immunizations protocol in anterolateral thigh (ALT), ventrogluteal (VG), and also in the deltoid muscle, in the specific cases analyzed.
{"title":"Intramuscular vaccine administrations including the adoption of “Zeta-track technique” & “without aspiration slow injection technique” (ZTT & WASiT): a prospective review","authors":"Elena Sblendorio","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0003","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Objective To review the current literature on the practice of intramuscular injections (IMIs), focusing on immunizations. Methods The present study comprises 2 reviews, characterized by high-quality evidence, pertaining to the deployment of the slow injection technique without aspiration (referred to in this paper as the without-aspiration slow injection technique [WASiT]) and combined with the Zeta-track technique (ZTT). The literature review is oriented toward the analysis of 2 features associated with IMIs techniques: safety and pain, integrating new evidence on vaccinee positioning for each muscle site and general relaxation techniques in the multi-parametric analysis. Results The rigorous and in-depth reviews in the current study reveal the usefulness of including, among the international guidelines for via intramuscular immunizations, the adoption of WASiT only for compliant vaccinees, and in combination with all validated techniques for IMIs, and the use of ZTT limitedly if specific well-developed muscles are indicated. All the technique’s limitations are exposed. Conclusions Future research directions are presented by including the author’s study designs to provide indirect evidence for the validity of the rationale of the slow injection technique using scientific methods, and for the conduction of future randomized controlled trials (RCTs) focused on revisiting the adoption of ZTT in a dynamic and integrated immunizations protocol in anterolateral thigh (ALT), ventrogluteal (VG), and also in the deltoid muscle, in the specific cases analyzed.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"21 - 42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43407046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jingjing Wang, Qin Chen, Yanfang Duan, Bei-lei Lin, Shangzhi Wang, Y. Mei, Pan-Pan Wang
Abstract Background: According to previous studies on professional English course teaching, the evaluation of course teaching was positive, but the vast majorities focus on medical English literature reading, professional English vocabulary, and professional English translation. As an alternative, the course design based on academic learning needs under the outcome-oriented education/model emphasizes the improvement of students’ comprehensive ability in oral expression, literature reading, writing, and academic communication. Objectives: The objective of this study was to analyze nursing postgraduates’ opinions on learning the outcome-oriented academic English course. Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. A total of 150 first-year nursing postgraduates enrolled in the “Academic Professional English for Nursing Postgraduates” course. After completing the course learning, students scanned QR codes generated by the online questionnaire and completed it anonymously within 48 h. Results: The students who participated in this course strongly believed that it “helped them strengthen their English speakability” (4.8 points), “made them more confident to participate in international academic conferences and exchanges in the future” (4.8 points), and “helped them apply English more in the nursing professional field in the future” (4.7 points). Conclusions: The implementation of outcome-oriented course teaching helps students to understand the research of foreign scholars and effectively express their own research content with English as a tool. It motivates them to continuously use English for professional and academic communication.
{"title":"Chinese nursing postgraduates’ views on implementing outcome-oriented academic English course: a descriptive study","authors":"Jingjing Wang, Qin Chen, Yanfang Duan, Bei-lei Lin, Shangzhi Wang, Y. Mei, Pan-Pan Wang","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Background: According to previous studies on professional English course teaching, the evaluation of course teaching was positive, but the vast majorities focus on medical English literature reading, professional English vocabulary, and professional English translation. As an alternative, the course design based on academic learning needs under the outcome-oriented education/model emphasizes the improvement of students’ comprehensive ability in oral expression, literature reading, writing, and academic communication. Objectives: The objective of this study was to analyze nursing postgraduates’ opinions on learning the outcome-oriented academic English course. Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. A total of 150 first-year nursing postgraduates enrolled in the “Academic Professional English for Nursing Postgraduates” course. After completing the course learning, students scanned QR codes generated by the online questionnaire and completed it anonymously within 48 h. Results: The students who participated in this course strongly believed that it “helped them strengthen their English speakability” (4.8 points), “made them more confident to participate in international academic conferences and exchanges in the future” (4.8 points), and “helped them apply English more in the nursing professional field in the future” (4.7 points). Conclusions: The implementation of outcome-oriented course teaching helps students to understand the research of foreign scholars and effectively express their own research content with English as a tool. It motivates them to continuously use English for professional and academic communication.","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"73 - 79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47361978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comments from the Editor in Chief","authors":"Shifan Han","doi":"10.2478/fon-2023-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52206,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"1 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46287438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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