Application of mind mapping in the practice teaching of psychiatric nursing students / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the application method and effect of mind mapping in the practice teaching of psychiatric nursing students.Methods:A total of 31 undergraduate nursing students from June to December in 2018 were selected as the experimental group, and 32 interns from April to July in 2019 were selected as control group. The experiment group adopted the mind mapping method to carry out the teaching while the traditional teaching method was used for teaching in control group. The changes of the critical thinking ability, the evaluation on the teaching method, and the performances of the theoretical and operational assessments were compared between the two groups of nursing students before and after the practice teaching. SPSS 20.0 was used for t-test, Chi-square test, and rank sum test. Results:The experimental group improved significantly in the score of the critical thinking ability scale. It was raised to (331.03±14.31) points from (248.09±24.45) points before teaching. The score of experimental group was significantly higher than that in control group ( P<0.05). The affirmative evaluation of each item in the experimental group was more positive than that in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05). The theoretical scores were (88.35±7.71) points and the operational scores were (86.45±5.03) points in experimental group after the practice; the theoretical scores were (74.41±10.27) points and the operational scores were (81.02±6.64) points in control group after the practice teaching. There were significant differences between the two groups ( P<0.05). Conclusion:The use of mind mapping method in clinical teaching has improved the enthusiasm of psychiatric nursing students. The method of learning changes from passive to active. At the same time, this method has also promoted the cultivation of nursing students' critical thinking ability, which is worthy of clinical promotion.