Final-year nursing students’ perceptions of humanistic education in nursing: a cross-sectional descriptive study

Abstract Background Humanistic education is an important part of nursing education. Final-year nursing students’ perceptions of nursing humanistic education are under-investigated. This study aimed to examined final-year nursing students’ perceptions of nursing humanistic education in both school an...

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Main Authors: Jun Zhang, Yangyang Tian
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-04-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05377-3
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description Abstract Background Humanistic education is an important part of nursing education. Final-year nursing students’ perceptions of nursing humanistic education are under-investigated. This study aimed to examined final-year nursing students’ perceptions of nursing humanistic education in both school and hospital. Methods This was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted from May to June 2022 among 107 final-year nursing students with a self-designed questionnaire. Results Final-year nursing students recognized the importance of humanistic education, scoring above 4.0 on a 1–5 scale, while their initiative to enhance humanistic qualities was relatively low. Students’ satisfaction with the number of humanities courses offered was only 3.7 ± 0.862. Moreover, 62.6% of students believed there was a need to enhance humanistic environmental development including corridor culture. The “monotonous teaching format” (63.6%) and “teaching methods” (64.5%) have emerged as focal points that students identified as needing attention and improvement. Conclusions In the future, nursing humanistic education can be enhanced by increasing the proportion of humanities, improving teaching methods, stimulating students’ learning motivation, and strengthening the construction of humanistic environment.
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spelling doaj.art-1b4d52b8abe142b6bf3dea41d562574d2024-04-14T11:19:40ZengBMCBMC Medical Education1472-69202024-04-012411710.1186/s12909-024-05377-3Final-year nursing students’ perceptions of humanistic education in nursing: a cross-sectional descriptive studyJun Zhang0Yangyang Tian1Intensive Care Unit, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityIntensive Care Unit, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityAbstract Background Humanistic education is an important part of nursing education. Final-year nursing students’ perceptions of nursing humanistic education are under-investigated. This study aimed to examined final-year nursing students’ perceptions of nursing humanistic education in both school and hospital. Methods This was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted from May to June 2022 among 107 final-year nursing students with a self-designed questionnaire. Results Final-year nursing students recognized the importance of humanistic education, scoring above 4.0 on a 1–5 scale, while their initiative to enhance humanistic qualities was relatively low. Students’ satisfaction with the number of humanities courses offered was only 3.7 ± 0.862. Moreover, 62.6% of students believed there was a need to enhance humanistic environmental development including corridor culture. The “monotonous teaching format” (63.6%) and “teaching methods” (64.5%) have emerged as focal points that students identified as needing attention and improvement. Conclusions In the future, nursing humanistic education can be enhanced by increasing the proportion of humanities, improving teaching methods, stimulating students’ learning motivation, and strengthening the construction of humanistic environment.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05377-3Nursing studentsNursing educationHumanistic educationPerspective
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Final-year nursing students’ perceptions of humanistic education in nursing: a cross-sectional descriptive study
BMC Medical Education
Nursing students
Nursing education
Humanistic education
Perspective
title Final-year nursing students’ perceptions of humanistic education in nursing: a cross-sectional descriptive study
title_full Final-year nursing students’ perceptions of humanistic education in nursing: a cross-sectional descriptive study
title_fullStr Final-year nursing students’ perceptions of humanistic education in nursing: a cross-sectional descriptive study
title_full_unstemmed Final-year nursing students’ perceptions of humanistic education in nursing: a cross-sectional descriptive study
title_short Final-year nursing students’ perceptions of humanistic education in nursing: a cross-sectional descriptive study
title_sort final year nursing students perceptions of humanistic education in nursing a cross sectional descriptive study
topic Nursing students
Nursing education
Humanistic education
Perspective
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05377-3
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