Chinese Medicine Nursing Studio

BackgroundThe traditional culture is the soul of a country and nation, and it can provide anendless supply of spiritual motivation for the prosperity of the nation and country. Now,cultural heritage has become an important issue for the development of a new era. Thetraditional Chinese medicine nursing is an important part of the culture of traditionalChinese medicine. Its overall and dialectical health concept meets Chinese socialconditions and the demand of people. Thus, its advantages in self-cultivation and diseaseprevention are increasingly valued. However, in recent years, it is not so affirmative in thesituation of traditional Chinese medicine nursing’s heritage. Weakening of culturalcharacteristics, and superficial cultural heritage have impeded its development. Nursingschool is an important place to propagate traditional Chinese medicine nursing. Educatorsin nursing school should take the important task of imparting knowledge, find the existingproblems and difficulties, take education reform, and explore the diversity and effectiveform of teaching organization to promote the heritage of traditional Chinese medicinenursing. As a form of fusion of teaching theory and practice, studio is suitable forimparting practical knowledge and the cultural heritage of traditional Chinese medicinenursing could benefit from the studio. The studio teaching organizational form have notbeen seen in the education of traditional Chinese medicine nursing.ObjectivesThe purpose of this study is to build a new organizational form of teaching for culturalheritage of traditional Chinese medicine nursing which is named traditional Chinesemedicine nursing studio. This study included problem-analysis of cultural heritage whichwere encountered in nursing education, studio construction--a new organizational form ofteaching for cultural heritage of traditional Chinese medicine nursing, traditional Chinesemedicine nursing practice in studio teaching organizational form, constant reflection inteaching practice of traditional Chinese medicine nursing studio construction, andsummarizing the function of traditional Chinese medicine nursing studio played in nursingeducation for future improvement. MethodsTraditional Chinese medicine nursing studio was constructed by using action researchmethod which means reflection-action-evaluation-reflection cycle mode. Researcheranalyzed the existing traditional Chinese medicine nursing problems through qualitativeinterviews, and reviewed literature to analyze studio study condition then selectedstudio-building theories as foundation. Researcher carried out construction action by usingbrainstorm meeting. The researcher engaged in the construction of the studio to organizedthe learning activities of students and teachers. After one action cycle of studioconstruction, the effect of studio education was evaluated through group meetings,interviews and observation. The second studio action cycle was designed. In this study, twoaction cycles of traditional Chinese medicine nursing studio construction was completed,and the construction of studio is not stopped yet. It will be continued in the teachingpractice in the future.ResultsIn this study, traditional Chinese medicine nursing studio was constructed and appliedin teaching. With this studio, teachers and students’ professional competence wasdeveloped, and culture of traditional Chinese medicine nursing was inherited.1. The organizational form of studio included clear target, rational organization, awealth of activities and comprehensive evaluation system. The target system containedoverall goals of studio and layered targets of students from different grades. Theorganization system defined the requirements of the study group’s composition andactivities. The activity system covered observation, practice, interview, self-and mutuallearning. The evaluation system includes qualitative and quantitative evaluation.2. The traditional Chinese medicine nursing studio contributed to the cultural heritage.Qualitative evaluation showed that nursing students’ self-recognition, professionalcognitive and companion cognitive abilities were improved. Quantitative evaluationshowed that nursing students’ ability to learn and learning attitude were enhanced afterjoined the studio(P<0.05). Teachers in the studio also improved their professionalcompetence. Traditional Chinese medicine nursing was inherited by the form of theoreticalknowledge broadcasting, practical application and tangible achievement exhibition.3. The mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine nursing studio is summarized asfollows: good cultural environment stimulates enthusiasm for learning and appropriate teaching method improves teaching effectiveness. The researcher took the condition ofstudio future development, including its development, generalization and efficacy.ConclusionIn this study, the new teaching organizational form-traditional Chinese medicinenursing studio was conceived and practiced. Completed studio teaching design andimplementation process were exhibited. This research offered an effective teachingorganizational form and successful reference to solve teaching problems and promotedcultural heritage of traditional Chinese medicine nursing.