Abstract:

Objective To design the Geriatric Nursing Social Practice course and evaluate its effects. Methods The course was developed through a successive process including analyzing the learning situation，establishing the goal of social practice course，building high-quality practice basements，reconstructing the teaching contents，innovating the social practice teaching model，and setting up diversified evaluation indicators. A total of 232 nursing undergraduates of 2019 class were selected as the participants. Course effects were evaluated through examination scores，students’ attitude towards older adults，and the service satisfaction of the elderly and the practice basements. Results The course examination score was（84.30±2.88）. Three themes were extracted from the reflection reports：“knowledge understanding and application”，“ability training and improvement”，and “emotional perception and sublimation”. At the end of the course，the score of the Kogan’s Attitudes towards Old People Scale was higher than that at the beginning of the course（t=5.98，P<0.001）. The satisfaction of old adults and practice basements for students’ social service was 98.72% and 100% respectively. Conclusion Geriatric Nursing Social Practice course can effectively promote students’ knowledge and practical skills of geriatric nursing，and is also helpful to cultivate students’ positive emotion and innovative research ability for the elderly.

Key words: Geriatric Nursing, Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate, Social practice course