An Investigation of Nurse Clinicians’ Opinions on Standardized Training Methods for Nurses

Objective: We try to explore new standardized training methods for nurses to further improve the standardized training system for nurse clinicians. Methods: Based on study of previous literature, we used self-designed questionnaires to investigate 262 nurse clinicians. Their opinions on through what training methods they most expect to receive the 25 standardized training contents and the common ways through which they acquire professional knowledge were collected. Results: Most nurses expect the 25 training contents for new nurses to be imparted through instruction of supervisors and intensive teaching mode; the nurses prefer diverisified training methods; they acquire professional nursing knowledge mainly through textbooks, lectures and training on special topics, internet, new media (WeChat, QQ or Official Accounts), literature database searching and other channels. There is significant difference in the number of nurses who acquire professional nursing knowledge through new media between new nurses, and middle and senior nurses (χ2=5.828, P=0.016). Conclusions: When giving standardized training for new nurses, we should choose appropriate training methods according to the training contents. Diversified training can meet different needs of different nurses. We encourage new standardized training mode combined with internet and new media to save training cost and improve training effect.