Effect analysis of rotated training for low seniority nurses in Psychiatric Department

Objective To Explore low seniority psychiatric nurses′ system, standard, professional training effect, improve the overall level of psychiatric nursing team. Methods A total of 68 healthy nurses, who recruited from October 2011 to June 2013, were selected and randomly divided into experimental group (n=34) and control group (n=34). Experimental group members had rotated training who went to different departments (each departments for 3 months and 1 year totally) including male ward, female ward, open ward and MECT room with specific teaching and counseling. The control group nurses given routine training. We compared the result of training by specialized theory knowledge assessment of psychiatric, technical operation evaluation, emergency ability and comprehensive quality assessment, nursing staff discussion, job satisfaction surveys and daily work of observation and measurement before and behind training. Results After Low seniority nurses rotated training, nurses in the experimental group compared with before training, specialized subject theoretical level, operation skill, emergency ability and comprehensive quality significant difference (t=-11.677, -3.049, -10.717, -12.581; P<0.01). The experimental group compared with control group, specialized subject theoretical level, comprehensive quality difference was statistically significant (t=3.916, 4.511; P<0.01), while operating skills, emergency ability (t=3.916, 4.511, P<0.01). After implementing of rotated training, nurses′ satisfaction was 94.12%, beyond 61.76% before the implementation, and the difference was statistically significant (χ2=10.350, P<0.01). Conclusions Implementation of rotated training can effectively improve psychiatric low qualification nurses specialized theoretical level and the comprehensive quality of the psychiatric clinical practical ability, communication and cooperation ability and the improvement of humanistic quality, etc. Key words: Nurses; Low seniority; Psychiatric Department; Rotated training