Table 3.
Nurses’ demands regarding experiential teaching methods (n = 341).
| Items | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Criteria for admitting trainees∗ | |
| Possession of a nursing qualification certificate | 279 (81.8) |
| Education: Bachelor’s degree and above | 185 (54.2) |
| Technical title: Nurse practitioner and above | 201 (58.9) |
| Clinical working experience: more than 2 years of working experience in an intensive care unit | 222 (63.1) |
| Criteria for selecting trainers∗ | |
| Education: Master’s degree and above | 179 (52.5) |
| Technical title: Nurse-in-charge and above | 198 (58.1) |
| Clinical working experience: more than 10 years of working experience in an intensive care unit | 263 (77.1) |
| Educational experience: more than 5 years of college education or clinical teaching experience and more than 2 years of experience in simulation teaching | 255 (74.8) |
| Training mode | |
| Full-time training | 155 (45.4) |
| Part-time training | 164 (48.1) |
| On-the-job training | 22 (6.5) |
| Training cycle (weeks) | |
| <4 | 24 (7.0) |
| 4–8 | 98 (28.7) |
| 9–12 | 123 (36.1) |
| >12 | 96 (28.2) |
| Ratio of theoretical lectures to experiential learning | |
| 2:1 | 52 (15.3) |
| 1:1 | 112 (32.8) |
| 1:2 | 136 (39.9) |
| 1:3 | 41 (12.0) |
| Duration of one experiential class (minutes) | |
| 40–60 | 283 (83.0) |
| 61–90 | 55 (16.1) |
| >90 | 3 (0.9) |
| Demands relating to experiential training methods∗ | |
| Concrete experience | |
| Demonstration of operations | 163 (47.8) |
| Case analysis | 91 (26.7) |
| Scenario simulation | 206 (60.4) |
| Field trip | 130 (38.1) |
| Reflective observation | |
| Debriefing | 117 (34.3) |
| Video recording | 83 (24.3) |
| Brainstorming | 169 (49.6) |
| Panel discussion | 187 (54.8) |
| Abstract conceptualization | |
| Debriefing | 84 (24.6) |
| Video recording | 66 (19.4) |
| Brainstorming | 141 (41.3) |
| Panel discussion | 123 (36.1) |
Note:∗Multiple choice questions.