Effectiveness of a nursing innovation workshop at enhancing nurses' innovation abilities: A quasi-experimental study

作者：Gao, Limei; Lu, Qiaocong; Hou, Xiangchuan; Ou, Jiefen; Wang, Mingzhu^*

来源：Nursing Open, 2022, 9(1): 418-427.

DOI：10.1002/nop2.1080

• innovation ability
• nurses
• research ability
• workshop

Aim To investigate the effectiveness of nursing innovation workshop in enhancing clinical nurses' innovation ability and research ability in a tertiary hospital. Design A quasi-experimental study design. Methods Thirty-seven recruited nurses participated in a nursing innovation workshop for half a year in a tertiary hospital in Guangdong between June 2019 and March 2020. Questionnaire data on the nurses' self-rated innovation and research abilities were collected before the training and 3 months after completing the training. Wilcoxon signed rank tests were used to analyse differences within the group before and after the intervention. The level for statistical significance was set at p <= .05 (two-tailed). Results Nurses' self-rated innovation ability (p < .001, 95% confidence interval 12.79 to 15.05) and research ability (p < .001, 95% confidence interval 14.39 to 19.09) improved significantly after the training. Since the whole design lacked a control group, the study needs to be further verified in more hospitals and among more nurses.

• 单位
  南方医科大学