Application of teaching plan characterized with evidence-based nursing for the course Nursing Fundamentals
Objective To establish a teaching plan under the guidance of the evidence-based nursing for the course Nursing Fundamentals,and evaluate its teaching effects.Methods Eevidence-based teaching and conventional ways of teaching were offered respectively to two classes at the same level,and the teaching outcomes were comprehensively evaluated by quantitative questionnaire survey and qualitative interviews.Results The survey showed that the total score of critical thinking ability,and the scores of truth-seeking,open-mindedness,and self-confidence were significantly improved of the experimental class with evidence-based teaching compared with the baseline level.Meanwhile,the experimental class scored much higher in truth-seeking after the course reform compared with the control class receiving traditional teaching.Furthermore,the interviews showed that nursing students in the experimental group boasted better evidence-based nursing concepts and more active learning behaviors.Conclusion This teaching project is feasible,which helps students develop critical thinking and stimulates active learning of the course and the major.
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