Abstract:

Objective To observe the characteristics and differences of project data between higher vocational nursing and other medical and health specialties courses in national planning teaching materials for vocational education，and to provide reference for the construction of national planning teaching materials for nursing vocational education. Methods A total of 108 medical and health project approved textbooks for higher vocational education in the national planning of “13th Five-Year Plan” were selected as the research objects，including 74 nursing textbooks and 34 other medical and health professional textbooks. Comparative analysis was made on the differences in the external characteristics of textbooks for nursing and other medical and health majors from the six dimensions：the total number of textbooks and curriculum structure，repeated course textbooks，the level of the first chief editor unit，the number of editions of textbooks published，the number and distribution of publishing houses，and the distribution of ownership schools. Results The project approval rate of nursing teaching materials in higher vocational colleges（1.88%） was significantly higher than that of other medical and health teaching materials （0.86%），and the difference was statistically significant（χ²=15.020，P<0.001）. In term of repeated course teaching materials，nursing teaching materials involved 17 courses（44%），and other teaching materials of medicine and health involved 3 courses（10%），the difference was statistically significant（χ²=9.733，P=0.002）. Considering the factors of repeated course materials，there was no significant difference in the teaching materials used for professional teaching between nursing（39，0.99%） and other medical and health specialties（31，0.79%）（χ²=0.922，P=0.337）. In terms of curriculum structure，there was no significant difference between nursing and other medical and health specialties in the proportion of basic courses，core courses and extended courses（P>0.05）. In terms of the number of editions of textbooks published，nursing was significantly more than medicine and health specialties（χ²=7.496，P=0.024）. There was no significant difference in the level of the first chief editor unitand the number and distribution of publishing houses dimensions between nursing and other medical and health categories（P>0.05），but People’s Medical Publishing House and Higher Education Press have strong advantages in publishing other medical and health textbooks. Some universities such as Yongzhou Vocational and Technical College and Chongqing Three Gorges Medical College are outstanding in the construction of nursing planning teaching materials. Conclusion The construction of national planning teaching materials for higher vocational nursing education has obvious advantages，the construction strength of some course materials is strong，but there is some imbalance. Nursing educators can effectively improve the quality of nursing teaching materials and enhance the competitiveness from the aspects of teaching materials planning，compilation team，publication review，revision and improvement.

Key words: Teaching Materials, Education, Nursing, Schools, Health Occupations, External characteristics