ObjectiveTo know the life attitude and its influence factors of nursing undergraduates in a school of nursing,so as to provide the theoretical evidence for the exploration of the way of life education. MethodsA cluster sample of 246 nursing undergraduates were asked to complete the survey,who were sampled from grade 2008 to grade 2011 in a University of Sichuan province between Nevember and December 2011.Then we used the way of questionnaire to analyze and research the life attitude and its influence factors of nursing students,and this study mainly used the Life Attitude Scale (LAS) questionnaire which was made by Taiwan scholar Manying Xie. ResultsThe total score of the investigated nursing students'attitude to life was 365.1±43.6,and the total and each level scores were higher than Taiwan college students and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.01).Female students'total score of attitude to life and the existence sense dimension were significantly higher than male students'(P<0.05).The third grade students'score of love and care level had a significant difference with the second grade and the first grade students (P<0.05).Through correlation analysis,nursing students'life attitude and self-rating interpersonal relationship (r=0.256,P=0.000),the situation of families talking about death (r=0.210,P=0.001),whether there was a Dutch act idea (r=0.172,P=0.007),family income (r=0.151,P=0.017),gender (r=0.130,P=0.042) and whether had siblings (r=-0.143,P=0.025) were positively correlated. ConclusionWe should carry out targeted life and death education for nursing students to promote them to establish positive life attitude and value.
ObjectiveTo explore the status of clinical learning environment in undergraduate nursing students in the late clinical practice stage in Sichuan Province. MethodThe sampling was performed in a layered-randomized and geometric proportional way. A total of 1 027 nursing students from 6 nursing schools in Sichuan Province between May and July 2012 were included. Data were collected by the self-rating questionnaires, including demographic sheet, and the nursing clinical learning environment scale. ResultsThe general score of evaluation for clinical learning environment by the nursing undergraduates was 144.99±26.60, and the average score of the items was 3.45±0.63. The average scores were 3.41±0.74, 3.59±0.64, 3.43±0.69, 3.45±0.73, 3.35±0.77, and 3.49±0.69, representing the personality, task orientation, working atmosphere and team spirit, innovation, interpersonal relation, and student participation, respectively. ConclusionsThe assessments about clinical learning environment of nursing undergraduates in Sichuan province are medium grade and the evaluation dimensions of personality and interpersonal relationships low. It is necessary to improve clinical learning environment in the future.
The curriculum for nursing undergraduates in Denmark emphasizes experiments, research and development of professional promotion and need connected with the existing professions and health services. The courses are to promote the dynamic interaction and development between theories and practices of professions, academic research and creative ability. This paper introduces the curriculum for undergraduate nursing students in VIA University College from five aspects, including objective, design, context, implementation and assessment, and analyzes its characteristics such as career-oriented courses configuration, progressive curriculum concept, interdisciplinary education courses, multiple assessment methods, and international optional courses. Based on our national undergraduate nursing program, we may take advantage of the advanced experiences of Denmark undergraduate nursing curriculum configuration in order to establish a system of undergraduate nursing curriculum most suitable in our country, encouraging choosing courses beyond disciplines, widening students' horizon of knowledge, improving the course assessment standard and promoting the teaching quality of nursing schools.