A qualitative study on the role play and core competence of traditional Chinese medicine nursing backbone talent
Objective To explore the role and the key competencies of the backbone talents of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM).Methods In April 2023,a total of 15 backbone talents of TCM nursing were conducted the semi-structural interviews by using the method of quality research,and the seven step separation method of Colaizzi's modern materials was used to analyze and extract the theme.Results A total of 2 major themes and 10 sub-themes were extracted.Topic 1:The role of TCM nursing backbone talents was played(clinical nursing practitioners,in-structors,educators,and researchers).Topic 2:The core competence of TCM nursing backbone talents was resquested(TCM nursing ability,communication and coordination ability,teaching ability,management ability,sci-entific research ability,and personal characteristics).Conclusion The backbone talents of TCM nursing play a diver-sified role and need to have various core competencies.The training and assessment should be emphasized and strengthened to meet the development needs of TCM nursing discipline.
Chinese medicine nursingbackbone talentrole orientationcore competenciesqualitative research