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BACKGROUND: In China, the nursing discipline has undergone rapid development in recent years, and clinical educators are an important part of the nursing education team. In order to improve their teaching ability and become competent clinical educators, we provided learning opportunities to them. METHOD: To assess the effectiveness of education courses and modules, a cross-sectional study based on questionnaire responses was conducted. Sixty-six part-time clinical nurse educators from six teaching hospitals were included. A standardized four-section questionnaire developed by the authors was used. RESULTS: The education curriculum was approved by clinical educators (94%). The specific content in the education courses significantly improved the teaching ability (84%). From a teaching perspective, the confidence was enhanced; the clinical educators were able to control the purpose of teaching and learning objectives via a syllabus (92%). CONCLUSION: Education courses can improve teaching ability, reinforce teaching control, and promote the quality of clinical teaching. [J Contin Educ Nurs. 2019;50(8):367-373.].
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Education, Medical, Continuing , Faculty, Nursing/education , Nursing Staff, Hospital/education , Professional Competence , Teaching , China , Cross-Sectional Studies , Curriculum , Hospitals, Teaching , Humans , Nursing Education Research , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
It is very important to estimate the prevalence of inadequate health literacy and determine whether or not health literacy level differences predict the physical and mental health status of older adults. A cluster sampling method was selected. A total of 1396 older adults were interviewed. Three instruments were included: the Chinese Citizen Health Literacy Questionnaire, Short Form 36, and Activity of Daily Living (ADL) Scale. The health literacy scores were very low (71.74 ± 28.35). The physical and mental health scores were all moderate. The ADLs was ⩾22, which suggests that the ADLs of older adults were poor. The major influencing factors of physical health include health literacy, ADL, alcohol consumption, household income, marital status, and former occupation. The major factors influencing mental health included ADL, former occupation, age, and smoking. Health literacy was associated with physical health, but was not associated with mental health. Improving health literacy could increase health management and health status of older adults.
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Activities of Daily Living , Health Literacy/statistics & numerical data , Health Status , Mental Health/statistics & numerical data , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , China , Female , Humans , Male , Nursing Homes , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
An imaging system based on a Microchannel Plate (MCP) detector was designed to image the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) light. The images of a 3 mm-width-slit were presented by this imaging system at the wavelengths of 13, 17.1, 19.5 and 30.4 nm respectively. Their corresponding spatial resolutions are 85, 120, 182 and 495 microm respectively. The best is 85 microm, corresponding to 13 nm. Moreover, the shorter the wavelength, the better the spatial resolution. So is the brightness of the image.