Abstract:

Objective To explore the effect of inquiry teaching method in Advanced Nursing Practice course on humanistic caring ability of postgraduate students with master of nursing specialist. Methods The convenience sampling method was used to select 42 postgraduates with master of nursing specialist of Grade 2021 from the School of Nursing at a university in Nanchang and the traditional teaching methods was adopted. Forty-two graduate students of Grade 2022 were selected as the experimental group，and inquiry teaching was used for humanistic care education. Results After intervention，the test scores，humanistic care quality and autonomous learning ability of the experimental group were higher than those of the control group（P<0.05）. Conclusion The application of inquiry teaching in Advanced Nursing Practice course is helpful to improve students’ learning interest，deepen their understanding of knowledge，improve the quality of humanistic care and self-learning ability.

Key words: Humanities, Inquiry teaching, Swanson’s theory of caring, Master of nursing specialist