International Journal of Nursing Research

Objective To study the application value of PBL teaching method in orthopedic clinical nursing teaching. Methods A total of 96 undergraduate nursing students who practiced in the orthopedics department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University were randomly divided into an experimental group (48 cases) and a control group (48 cases). The control group adopted the traditional teaching method while the experimental group adopted the PBL teaching method. After the practice, the two groups of students were assessed for their theoretical knowledge and skill operation. The critical thinking trait scale, nursing students clinical communication ability scale, nursing students humanistic care ability scale and nursing mini clinical exercise evaluation scale were used to evaluate students critical thinking, clinical communication ability, humanistic care ability and clinical nursing ability respectively before and after practice. Results After practice, the test scores of orthopedic nursing theoretical knowledge and practical operation skills of the experimental group were higher than those of the control group (P < 0.05). After practice, the scores of critical thinking trait scale, nursing students clinical communication ability scale, nursing students humanistic care ability scale and nursing mini clinical exercise evaluation scale of the experimental group were higher than those of the control group (P < 0.05). Conclusion The application of PBL teaching method in the practice teaching of nursing interns is helpful for students to master knowledge from theory and practice, and improve students critical thinking, clinical communication, humanistic care and clinical nursing ability, and improve the practice effect.

Orthopedic nursing; Practice teaching; PBL teaching method; Critical thinking; Clinical communica-tion skills; Humanistic care ability; Clinical nursing competence