Views of Hospital Nurses and Nursing Students on Nursing Engagement-Bridging the Gap Through Communication Courses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Communicative engagement plays a significant role for effective nurse-patient communication. In the existing college nursing communication training within and outside China, there is a difference between what students are taught and what they can apply in their clinical placements.

Aims

Using needs analysis, this mixed-methods study explored potential gaps between frontline hospital nurses' and college nursing students' perceptions of nurse-patient communicative engagement, and collated a list of effective engagement strategies for pedagogy.

Methods

Surveys and interviews were conducted with key stakeholders, including 16 hospital nurses and 60 nursing students. A new scale named Nursing Engagement with Patients Scale (NEPS) was developed and validated to e

SUBMITTER: Huang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277507 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature