A Study on the Current Status of Health Education Ability of Vocational Adult Nursing Undergraduates and Its Influencing Factors

Objective: To investigate the current status of health education ability of vocational adult nursing undergraduates, and to analyze its influencing factors. Methods: Using convenience sampling method, a total of 295 vocational adult nursing undergraduates were investigated with the general information questionnaire and the Chinese version of the nurses' health education ability scale. Results: The total score of health education ability of 295 vocational adult nursing undergraduates was 219.26±35.98, with an average score rate of 75.60%. The mean score rates of health education knowledge, health education skill, and health education emotion and attitude dimension were 74.15%, 76.10% and 77.87% respectively. The five items with the lowest scores were concentrated in the dimension of health education knowledge. Background education, whether the department has conducted health education training, and the average daily time spent on patient health education were the factors influencing the vocational adult nursing undergraduates' health education ability. Conclusion: Vocational adult nursing undergraduates with total health education ability scores above the theoretical median of the total scale score, but with insufficient knowledge of health education. The well-targeted health education training should be increased for the vocational adult nursing undergraduates to improve their health education ability, so as to empower them to effectively serve as health managers for urban and rural residents.