Nurses′ experiences of using WeChat to assist health education for patients with PICC-line: a qualitative study / 中国实用护理杂志
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
; (36): 2144-2148, 2019.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-803465
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ABSTRACT
Objective@#To examine nurses′ experiences regarding the benefits and obstacles of using WeChat in health education for patients with PICC-line.@*Methods@#A semi-structured interview was conducted with 12 nurses who using WeChat to assist health education for patients with PICC-line. Data were analyzed based on Colaizzi′s phenomenological research method.@*Results@#Ten themes of three aspects were extracted the benefits of using WeChat in health education include reduction in medical care consumption and costs, reduction in workload, facilitating improvement in the quality of care, promotion of the nurse–patient relationship, improvement in self-worth and professional knowledge; the obstacles of using WeChat in health education include perceived risk, disturbance to personal life, Sense of uncertainty; the advice of using WeChat in health education.@*Conclusions@#Exploring the experiences and obstacles of nurses regarding using WeChat in health education for patients with PICC-line can help improve the quality of health education and meanwhile provide the reference and basis for clinical health education.
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Health context:
Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
Health problem:
Goal 3 Human resources for health
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article