Practice of core competency teaching model in Medical Nursing in vocational nursing education

Objective To explore the effects of core competency teaching model on Medical Nursing teaching in vocational nursing education.Methods Ninety vocational nursing students enrolled in 2006 were randomly divided into experimental group(n=45) and control group(n=45).The nursing core competency teaching model was used in the experimental group,the teaching methods included clinical case teaching with simple standardized patients,problem-based learning teaching and situa-tional simulation teaching et al.The conventional teaching methods were conducted in the control group.The teaching effects were evaluated by multi-stage theoretical exams,clinical skills performance evaluation,and a questionnaire survey.Results The average score of multi-stage theoretical exam(t=2.384,P0.05) and the nursing core competencies(clinical skills performance evaluation)(t=3.430,P0.01) of experimental group were better than those of control group.And the nursing students in the experimental group gave a high evaluation about the teaching effect with the teaching methods.Conclusion Application of nursing core competency teaching model in Medical Nursing can improve the exam scores and nursing core competencies for nursing students.