International Journal of Education

Objective This study aims to explore the effect of case-based integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing teaching rounds on the cultivation of nursing students' ability to apply syndrome differentiation in nursing. Methods A total of 80 nursing students from the cardiovascular department of our hospital during the 2024-2025 period were selected as the research subjects and randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group, with 40 students in each group. The control group adopted the traditional nursing teaching round model, while the experimental group implemented case-based integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing teaching rounds. Through the selection of typical cases, integration of four diagnostic methods and Western medical indicators, phased ability training, group collaboration, and structured reflection, a 4-week teaching intervention was carried out. Results After the intervention, the accuracy rate of TCM syndrome differentiation (90.0% vs 70.0%), the score of integrated TCM and Western medicine ability (21.5 ± 1.8 vs 15.6 ± 2.4), the score of clinical thinking ability (85.6 ± 5.2 vs 78.3 ± 6.1), and the satisfaction rate of patient care (92.5% vs 80.0%) in the experimental group were all significantly better than those in the control group (all P < 0.05). Conclusion Case-based integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing teaching rounds can enhance nursing students' ability to apply syndrome differentiation in nursing and have promotion value.

Case-based; Integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing teaching rounds; Nursing ability based on syndrome differentiation