Abstract:

Objective To design a coordinated education program integrating ideological and political education with labor education in the Traditional Chinese Medicine（TCM） Clinical Nursing Course，and to explore its application effects. Methods A six-step approach was used to construct the collaborative education program，which included setting teaching goals，clarifying the integration of the professional course with ideological and political education and labor education，designing the teaching implementation，building teaching resources，and designing the teaching evaluation. This program was then applied to 106 nursing students from the 2022 intake at a university. After the course，teaching effects were evaluated through students’ course score，recognition of the teaching，and analysis of students’ reflective diaries. Results The average course score of the 106 students was 84.24±8.05. The proportions of students who “strongly approved” or “relatively approved” of the appropriateness of the breadth of ideology and labor education elements，the depth of ideology and labor education elements，their integration with teaching content，teaching methods，practical activities，and overall teaching were 89.6%，87.7%，88.7%，86.8%，94.3%，and 93.4%，respectively. Three themes were extracted from the reflective diaries：practicing knowledge and skills，enhancing ideological and political understanding，and improving labor awareness. Conclusion The application of the coordinated education program integrating ideology and politics with labor education in the TCM Clinical Nursing Course has achieved good results，with high student recognition. This study can provide a certain reference for the reform of the TCM Clinical Nursing course.

Key words: Ideological and political theory education, Labor education, TCM Clinical Nursing, Five-dimension education, Teaching reform