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Applying the Carolina care model to improve nurses' humanistic care abilities
Min Gao1, Yan Wang1, Yang Lei2
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Town Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing Medical University Chongqing, China.
Purpose:
To study the application of the Carolina Care Model to improve nurses' humanistic care abilities in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Methods:
From December 2019 to April 2020, 40 nursing staff and 80 patients in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in our hospital were recruited as the study cohort and randomly placed in an intervention group or a control group. The intervention group underwent the Carolina Care Model to complete the clinical nursing work. The control group underwent hospital routines to complete clinical nursing work.
Results:
After the training, the humanistic care ability scores and the scores of various dimensions in the intervention group were significantly higher than the scores in the control group (P<0.05). The patient care perception scores in the intervention group were higher than they were in the control group (P<0.05). The patients' nursing satisfaction scores in the intervention group were significantly higher than they were in the control group (P<0.05).
Conclusion:
Carrying out a humanistic care nursing practice based on the Carolina Care Model can improve the humanistic care abilities of the nurses in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, patient care perception and satisfaction, and the quality of the nursing service.
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