Objective To systematically evaluate the effect of occupational protection education towards needle stick injuries among nursing students in China. Methods A computerized literature searching was carried out from October 2002 to October 2012 in following databases: PubMed, CNKI, WanFang Data and VIP, so as to collect all controlled studies about the effects of preventing needle stick injuries between students who had occupational protection education and those who had not. Two reviewers independently screened the studies according to the inclusive and exclusive criteria, extracted the data, and assessed the quality. Then RevMan 5.0 software was used for meta-analysis. Results A total of 10 studies involving 2 197 nursing students were included. Ten studies indicated that protection education could reduce the incidence of needle stick injuries by 33%; 3 studies indicated that protection education could increase the awareness rate of protective knowledge by 52%; and 4 studies indicated that protection education could increase the correct treatment rate after injuries by 61%. Conclusion Occupational protection education before internship is effective to prevent needle stick injuries among nursing students. However, because of the limitation of this study, more high quality studies are needed to further confirm its effectiveness and to provide targeted advices for formulating preventive measures.
Objective To perform a cross-sectional study on mental situations of parents of student victims in Wenchuan earthquake and analysis the data to produce best evidences for the government on their decision-making. Methods By the use of questionnaires, interviewer, and observation, we performed field study on 225 student victims’ parents selected by simple random sampling to collect their demographic characteristics, economic and mental status. Results (1) Of the 123 student victims the only child of the family account for 91.87%, female account for 50.41%, the pupil and below, the middle school student, and the college account for 48.78%, 50.41%, 0.81% respectively. (2) Mental and behavior differences between fathers and mothers were significant. (3) The parents declining to accept the death of their children are not in a good social support. (4) The parents with good family economics and high education are more likely to accept the death of children. Conclusion (1) We should build a ‘Mutual Aid’ organization to help those parents construct a good social support net. (2) To take the advantage of rural hospitals to build the long-acting mechanism of the psychological intervention. (3) To perform the psychological intervention corresponding to right period and right aimed group.
Objective To assess and report on the current situation of the families of students, who were involved in the Wenchuan earthquake, to provide data for the government to make decisions that should help with recovery from the earthquake. Methods We selected 2 towns and 4 villages using stratified sampling to take account of different levels of destruction. We performed on-site surveys and secondary research. Results The psychological problems of the parents of the students were serious. These families’ economic situations were not good. Conclusion We should build ‘Mutual Aid’ organization and take the advantage of rural hospitals to promote the long-acting mechanism of the psychological intervention.
To cultivated competent clinicians with the potential to be future pillars and leaders is the educational objective of an 8-year medical program at the West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University. Problem-based learning (PBL) is more effective than traditional, passive, didactic teaching in training of communication skills, information management and critical thinking and research. These are included in the Global Minimum Essential Requirements in Medical Education (GMER). We introduce our practice of PBL as a separate course for the 8-year medical program, including its design, preparation, implementation and evaluation. We discuss why it is designed as a separate course and implemented in multiple semesters with fewer cases in each semester. The move from giving a fish to people to teaching people how to fish, and from teacher-centered to student-centered teaching is a radical transformation of educational concepts and the traditional teaching-and-learning model. Such a change cannot happen in a single step and we hope that this model PBL course, focusing on training in methods and skills, will facilitate the concept transformation and the involvement of all our teachers and students. This should help our teaching to evolve continuously, develop a system for evaluating PBL and lead to the gradual incorporation of PBL into our discipline-based courses or organ system-based courses.
ObjectiveTo understand the adaptation condition of undergraduate nursing students at the early stage of enrollment so as to provide reference frame for the development of college students' adaptability and mental health education. MethodTotally 75 full-time baccalaureate nursing students were recruited from a comprehensive university by convenience sampling method In November 2014. Adaptation condition was investigated with China College Student Adjustment Scale (CCSAS). Statistical analysis methods were applied to analysis differences of the adaptability of college and its various dimensions scores in general data statistics. ResultsThe average score of adaptation ability was (206.88±31.02) points. There were significant differences in the level of getting along with their parents and confidence in nursing speciality (P<0.05) , while no significant differences were found among students in gender, nationality, only China one students, students' regions and reasons of choosing nursing speciality （P>0.05) . ConclusionsThe current adaptation situation of nursing undergraduates freshmen should be improved. It is necessary to carry out a series of targeted activities for the entrance education of college students to promote the adaptability of university life.
ObjectiveTo explore if flipped classroom in the perspective of student-based education can improve clinical communication skills of student practical nurses in clinical practice. MethodsNursing undergraduate students who practised in a top-level comprehensive hospital between July 2014 and April 2015 were included in this study as the research subjects. Eighty-five student nurses were randomly divided into observation group (n=43) and control group (n=42). Students of the observation group participated in the flipped classroom in the perspective of student-based education, while students of the control group took routine clinical practice. The clinical communication skills of the students in the two groups before and after intervention were measured by using questionnaire survey. ResultsThere were significant improvement in verification experience, effective information delivery, patient problems identifying, listening acuity, harmonious relationship building and joint participation for students in the observation group (P < 0.05). ConclusionsFlipped classroom in the perspective of student-based education can effectively improve clinical communication skills for student practical nurses. It can be used as a method of communication ability training for undergraduate nursing students in clinical practice.
ObjectiveTo explore the feasibility of introducing student-standardized patients in the teaching reform of medical nursing course. MethodsWe chose four classes of nursing students from grade 2012 between September and December 2014 as the research subjects.Cluster sampling was used to choose two classes of 84 nursing students randomly as trial group, who received student-standardized patients in their practical learning; while the rest 2 classes of 83 students were chosen as control group, who received traditional teaching method.The course scores and the effect evaluation were compared between the two groups. ResultsThe basic knowledge test score of the trial group 31.28±4.81 was not significantly different from that of the control group 32.10±2.15(P > 0.05).The case analysis test score of the trial group 54.36±3.45 was significantly higher than that of the control group 43.12±1.37(P < 0.05).The communication ability, health education ability, skill operation ability and professional quality score of nursing students in the trial group were also significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). ConclusionIntroducing student-standardized patients in practical teaching of medical nursing can improve the teaching effect and students' comprehensive ability.
ObjectivesTo evaluate the effects of physical exercises on the vision of students in China.MethodsTrials of the effects of physical exercises on students' vision were retrieved in databases of CNKI, WanFang Data, VIP, Web of Science, EBSCO, PubMed and The Cochrane Library from inception to September 2019. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed risk of bias of included studies. Meta-analysis was carried out with RevMan 5.3 and Stata 13.0 software.ResultsA total of 8 studies including 681 students in the experimental group and 679 in the control group were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that physical exercises were beneficial to improving students' vision (SMD=1.02, 95%CI 0.90 to 1.13, P<0.000 01). The results of subgroup analysis showed that physical exercises in the elementary school students group (SMD=1.361, 95%CI 0.873 to 1.850, P<0.000 01), long period (>24 weeks) (SMD=1.502, 95%CI 0.984 to 2.019, P<0.000 01), medium frequency (3 times/week) (SMD=1.631, 95%CI 1.022 to 2.240, P<0.000 01), and short time (<90 min) (SMD=1.410, 95%CI 0.758 to 2.062, P<0.000 01) had superior results.ConclusionsPhysical exercises have beneficial effects on improving vision. Limited by quantity and quality of subjects, the above conclusions requires verification by more high-quality studies.