International Journal of Education

Objective To explore the application effects of the “Four Qualities Leading” ideology in basic nursing education. Methods A total of 259 undergraduate nursing students from five classes of Grade 2021 in the School of Nursing of a university in Fujian were selected as the research object, and randomly divided into observation group with 158 students in three classes and control group with 101 students in two classes. The control group adopted the traditional teaching method, while the observation group adopted the course of "Four Qualities Leading" for ideological and political education, including personal character leading, professional characteristics leading, professional accomplishment leading and feelings of home and country leading. Each part aims to improve students comprehensive quality and professional ability through diversified teaching methods such as case analysis, role-playing and virtual simulation. Results The scores of students in the observation group (including regular scores, practical scores, theoretical scores, and overall scores), as well as their humanities quality and professional quality scores, were significantly higher than those of the control group (all P<0.01). Conclusion Implementing the "Four Qualities Leading" ideology teaching in basic nursing courses helps improve students academic performance, humanities quality, and professional identity, and also enhances teachers ideological awareness and teaching ability.

Basic Nursing; Ideological and Political Education; Academic Performance; Humanities Quality; Professional Quality