All types of frequent natural disasters, which seriously threaten the safety of human life and property, have become a great challenge all over the world. The dangerous and changeable environment in emergency rescue demands higher requirements for competency of the nurses who respond to a disaster. Disaster nursing combines medical science, sociology, psychology, and other disciplines; thus, it has become a comprehensive interdisciplinary branch of nursing. Disaster nursing has just recently been introduced to our country and is still in the stage of exploration. Nurses comprise the largest rescue force on disaster relief teams; therefore, disaster nursing competency is influential on the disaster response and recovery of victims after a disaster. Thus, this paper defines the concepts and elements of disaster nursing, including disaster nursing skill requirements and architectural framework. It will provide an important contribution to improving the overall level and comprehensive quality of disaster nursing competency of nurses in China.
To develop a scientific and reasonable competency evaluation index system for operating room nurses (ORN) in order to provide a tool for selecting, training and evaluating operating room nurses in China.
A multiple-method approach including in-depth interviews and the Delphi and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used. Eighteen interviews were undertaken to explore the components of ORN competencies, and then 30 operating room experts were consulted to gain consensus. Finally, the AHP was adopted to determine the relative weights of competency elements, thus increasing the accuracy of the results.
Results of the interviews suggested that there were 32 items of ORN core competency. Results of the DHP (Delphi and AHP) revealed 22 ORN core competencies in four dimensions, such as specialized knowledge, professional ability, personality and self-motivation. The weights of these four dimensions were 0.477, 0.138, 0.256, and 0.128, respectively.
The construction of an ORN core competency evaluation index system in this study contained not only explicit competence but also implicit competence, which reflected the requirements for operating room nurses comprehensively in China. In particular, as the system presented the specialized features of an operating room, it would be of great importance for both nurses and hospitals.
This article reviews the hope level of chronic non-malignant diseases patients and its influencing factors. We also introduced to the concept of hope level, related theory of hope, measuring tools and the basic strategy of improving the hope level of chronic non-malignant diseases patients. We proposed that we should better understand and apply the theory of hope to make targeted nursing intervention measures for different patients.
This article introduces the concept and mode of narrative education in addition to the application of narrative education in clinical nursing education. A summary is presented of the application of narrative education in this clinical nursing context from several aspects, including providing a display platform and various other teaching forms for the teachers' use, promoting the professional quality of teachers and students, and facilitating the teaching of abstract concepts.
To develop a new curriculum for a master's degree in nursing and provide a reference for nursing education in China.
After a comprehensive literature review and item consolidation, an expert panel developed the initial version of the master's degree program objective and curriculum. A three-round Delphi study was subsequently conducted to revise and validate the curriculum.
Twenty-six experts participated in the evaluation and validation process. The authority coefficient was 0.88, and the Kendall coordination coefficient was statistically significant (χ2 test, P < 0.01). The final training objective contained 9 items, covering knowledge, skills and humanistic quality. The final established curriculum contained 22 courses, including 5 public compulsory courses, 5 specialized basic compulsory courses and 12 elective courses for professional development.
The present study provided an operational curriculum for a master's degree in nursing in China.
The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of an indicator system for assessing the quality of ophthalmic nursing.
A questionnaire-based study was performed for 218 individuals in clinical nursing management using this indicator system. The resulting data were compiled and analyzed using Excel 2003 and SPSS 13.0, and tests of reliability and validity were conducted.
The indicator system yielded an overall Cronbach's ɑ value of 0.948, a test-retest reliability of 0.793, 3-dimensional Cronbach's ɑ values of 0.870–0.930, and a content validity of 0.92. Exploratory factor analysis was then performed to extract three common factors, which generated a cumulative contribution rate of 54.04%. The load range of each factor was 0.43–0.83.
The indicator system for evaluating the quality of ophthalmic nursing has favorable reliability and validity, which means that it is a suitable clinical tool for assessing the quality of ophthalmic nursing.
To investigate the effects of music therapy on mood, language, behavior, and social skills in children with autism.
A literature search was conducted using the following Chinese databases: the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data, the Chinese Biomedical Literature (CBM) Database, and the VIP Chinese Science and Technology Periodicals Database. The search terms were “autistic children” or “children with autism” and “music therapy” or “music treatment.” Studies of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included, and each publication included was assessed for quality. A meta-analysis was conducted using RevMan 5.1.
Publications were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Six research articles describing RCTs were included; the total sample size was 300 patients. The results of meta-analysis showed that music therapy improved mood [Risk ratio (RR) = 3.02, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.93–4.11, Z = 5.45, P < 0.000 01] and behavior (RR = 7.36, 95% CI = 4.28–10.44, Z = 4.69, P = 0.000 01) in children with autism. Additionally, music therapy improved language (RR = 4.05, 95% CI = 3.38–4.73, Z = 11.71, P = 0.000 01), sensory perception (RR = 4.62, 95% CI = 1.55–7.69, Z = 2.95, P = 0.003), and social skills (RR = 4.66, 95% CI = 1.90–7.42, Z = 3.31, P = 0.000 9) in children with autism.
Music therapy can improve mood, language, sensory perception, behavior, and social skills in children with autism.
This paper reviews the concept, research condition and research progress of hierarchical division in nursing ladder management in China; points out the problem and outlook of this area.
With the rapid development of medical departments in recent years, nursing subspecialization has increased in prominence and performance. This highly subspecialized division of labor system not only improves the quality of nursing care but also promotes the development of nursing science. Today, developing nursing subspecialization has become the direction and strategy for the development of clinical nursing practice in many countries.

