A Study of the Feasibility of the Scoring System of the Nursing Clinical Skills Developed by Nursing Staff.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the process of a nursing clinical skills assessment in a hospital in China, design the scoring system of the nursing clinical skills(SSNCK), and discuss its clinical application effects. METHODS: To analyze the flow of the current practical skills assessment with an operation process analysis chart to identify potential improvement priorities. This was accomplished by developing the SSNCK with Microsoft Visual Basic. A total of 100 nurses were selected. They were randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group completed the SSNCK, while the other completed a paper-based assessment. The differences between the two groups in terms of testing time and costs were compared. RESULTS: The SSNCK simplified the process of nursing clinical skills assessment and efficiently allocated human, material, and financial resources. The time required to complete the SSNCK was less than that for the paper-based assessment (t=12.99, P<0.01), and the overall cost was lower than that for the other assessment (t=13.56, P<0.01). CONCLUSION: The application of the SSNCK improves the efficiency of a nursing practical assessment. It also reduces testing costs and further develops hospital nursing education.

Study on the feasibility of Scoring System of Clinical Nursing Operation Examination developed by nursing staff / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To analyze the process of clinical nursing operation assessment in a third-grade class-A hospital in China, and design the scoring system of clinical nursing operation examination (SSCNOE), and discuss its clinical application effect. Methods Through operation process analysis chart to analyze the flow of current clinical nursing operation assessment of shanxi provincial people's hospital to look for improvement priorities that can be optimized, and based on Microsoft Visual Basic technology and 15 commonly used clinical nursing operation, we developed SSCNOE. A total of 102 nurses were selected as subjects and were randomly divided into the experimental and control groups using random numbers. The experimental group accepted SSCNOE examination, while the control group received the traditional paper test. The differences in the examination time and examination cost between the two groups were compared. Results SSCNOE simplified the examination process of clinical nursing operation and saved a lot of manpower, material and financial resources. The time required to use SSCNOE was (202.13±24.69)min, shorter than the traditional assessment (347.67±6.51)min (t=12.99, P<0.01), and the overall cost was (948.13± 72.47)yuan, lower than the traditional test (1689.12 ± 126.72)yuan (t=13.56, P<0.01). Conclusion The research and application of SSCNOE can improve the efficiency of the assessment of nursing operation, save the cost of examination and improve the level of hospital nursing information construction.